Arkansas Code Title 12, Subtitle 4, Chapter 61, Subchapter 1 - State Militia Generally
- § 12-61-101 - Division and Composition.
(a) The militia shall be divided into two (2) parts: the organized, consisting of the active and inactive Army National Guard and Air National...
- § 12-61-102 - Commander-In-chief.
The Governor, by virtue of his or her office, shall be Commander-in-Chief of the militia, except the parts thereof as are ordered into the...
- § 12-61-103 - Governor's Powers and Duties Generally.
(a) (1) The Governor is authorized to make such rules and regulations governing the government, organization, discipline, and training of the militia as he...
- § 12-61-104 - Custom and Usage of the Armed Forces of the United States.
All matters relating to the organization, discipline, and government of the organized militia, not otherwise provided for in this code or in regulations issued...
- § 12-61-105 - Adjutant General -- Qualifications -- Salary.
(a) There shall be an Adjutant General of the state who shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be a commissioned officer in...
- § 12-61-106 - Adjutant General -- Powers and Duties.
(a) In addition to being a state staff officer, the Adjutant General shall be the Chief-of-Staff to the Commander-in-Chief and the administrative head of...
- § 12-61-107 - Employment of Personnel.
(a) The Adjutant General shall have such assistance and such clerks, employees, and laborers as may be necessary from time to time who shall...
- § 12-61-108 - Deputy Adjutants General.
(a) (1) The Adjutant General is authorized to appoint, subject to the approval of the Governor, four (4) deputy adjutants general who will hold...
- § 12-61-109 - Adjutant General -- Delegation of Authority.
The Adjutant General may designate by order any deputy adjutant general to act as the Adjutant General in the absence of the latter from...
- § 12-61-110 - Property and Finance Officer.
(a) After consulting with the Adjutant General, the Governor shall appoint, designate, and detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army...
- § 12-61-111 - Ordering Militia Into Service.
(a) (1) The Governor shall have power to order into the active service of the state for such a period, to such extent, and...
- § 12-61-112 - Powers, Duties, and Immunities of Militia.
(a) Whenever such forces or any part thereof shall be ordered out for service of any kind, they shall have all powers, duties, and...
- § 12-61-113 - Scope of Duties -- Service Outside the State.
(a) The Governor may order the National Guard or any portion thereof to perform military duty of every description within the state. He or...
- § 12-61-114 - Call to Duty.
Officers and enlisted personnel may be ordered for duty either by stating the substance of the orders telephonically, personally, by mail, or in such...
- § 12-61-115 - Proclamation of Emergency.
(a) Whenever any portion of the militia is employed in aid of the civil authority, the Governor, if in his or her judgment the...
- § 12-61-116 - Excuse From Duty.
(a) The officer ordering any military duty shall have the power to excuse any officer or enlisted person for absence therefrom upon good and...
- § 12-61-117 - Draft of the Unorganized Militia -- Failure to Appear -- Penalty.
(a) Whenever it shall be necessary in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace, or imminent danger thereof, or to maintain...
- § 12-61-118 - Resumption of National Guard Service.
Upon the termination of any emergency for which the National Guard of Arkansas has been ordered into the military service of the United States,...
- § 12-61-119 - Credit for Active Federal Service.
For all purposes under this code, members of the National Guard who entered the active military service of the United States in time of...
- § 12-61-120 - Credit for War Service.
For all purposes under this code, officers and enlisted personnel of the National Guard who entered the active service of the United States in...
- § 12-61-121 - Awards, Medals, Etc.
(a) (1) The Governor is authorized to award in the name of the State of Arkansas any medal, ribbon, or decoration for any exceptional...
- § 12-61-122 - National Guard Associations.
(a) The officers or noncommissioned officers or members of any unit or units of the organized militia may organize themselves into an association or...
- § 12-61-123 - Bureau of War Records.
(a) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion and with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, establish a...
- § 12-61-124 - Civilian Juvenile Student Training Programs.
(a) The Adjutant General may, at his or her discretion and with such funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly, or with...
- § 12-61-125 - National Guard Youth Challenge Program -- Stipend.
(a) Juvenile participants in the Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Joseph T. Robinson receiving services from the Arkansas National Guard are...
- § 12-61-126 - National Guard Youth Challenge Program -- Transportation.
Transportation to support Arkansas National Guard Youth Challenge Program activities for juvenile participants and staff may be provided by commercial lease or purchase of...
- § 12-61-127 - Civilian Student Training Program -- Stipend.
(a) Juvenile participants in the Civilian Student Training Program at Camp Joseph T. Robinson receiving services from the Arkansas National Guard are authorized to...
- § 12-61-128 - Civilian Student Training Program -- Transportation.
Transportation to support Civilian Student Training Program activities for juvenile participants and staff may be provided by commercial lease or purchase of motor vehicles...
Last modified: November 15, 2016