Florida Statutes Part I - Military Code (Ss. 250.01-250.5206)

• 250.01 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter, the term:(1) “Active duty” means full-time duty in active military service of the United States. The term includes federal duty such...
• 250.02 - Militia.
  (1) The militia consists of all able-bodied citizens of this state and all other able-bodied persons who have declared their intention to become citizens.(2) The organized militia...
• 250.03 - Military Law Of The State.
  Federal laws that relate to the Florida National Guard, and that are not inconsistent with the State Constitution or state law, are part of the...
• 250.04 - Naval Militia; Marine Corps.
  The Governor may organize a naval militia and a marine corps in accordance with federal law governing the Naval Militia or Marine Corps of the...
• 250.05 - Department Of Military Affairs.
  (1) The agency of the state government heretofore known as the Military Department shall henceforth be known as the Department of Military Affairs, which shall be...
• 250.06 - Commander In Chief.
  (1) The Governor of Florida is the commander in chief of all the militia of the state.(2) The Governor of Florida, as commander in chief, may alter,...
• 250.07 - Florida National Guard; Composition; Departmental Organization.
  (1) The Florida National Guard shall consist of enlisted personnel, commissioned officers, and warrant officers who are citizens of the United States, or who have declared...
• 250.08 - Florida National Guard Organized.
  The Governor of Florida may perform all acts, and make and publish all rules, as he or she considers necessary to organize or reorganize the...
• 250.09 - Appropriations, Property, And Equipment.
  The Governor of Florida may take all necessary steps to obtain all appropriations, property, and equipment provided by the United States or authorized by law...
• 250.10 - Appointment And Duties Of The Adjutant General.
  (1) In case of a vacancy, the Governor shall, subject to confirmation by the Senate, appoint a federally recognized officer of the Florida National Guard, who...
• 250.115 - Department Of Military Affairs Direct-support Organization.
  (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:(a) “Direct-support organization” means an organization that is:1. A Florida corporation not for profit, incorporated under chapter 617, and approved by...
• 250.116 - Soldiers And Airmen Assistance Program.
  (1) PROGRAM PURPOSE.—The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance and services to eligible servicemembers of the Florida National Guard and eligible members of...
• 250.12 - Appointment Of Commissioned And Warrant Officers.
  The appointment of commissioned officers and warrant officers shall conform in number, rank, and designation, and shall be based upon and made in conformity with...
• 250.16 - Authority To Incur Charge Against State.
  An officer of the militia or Florida National Guard may not make any purchases or enter into any contract or agreement for purchases or services...
• 250.175 - Trust Funds; Authorization; Name; Purpose.
  (1)(a) The Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund is created within the Department of Military Affairs. The department shall deposit into the trust fund moneys received from...
• 250.18 - Commissioned Officers And Warrant Officers; Clothing And Uniform Allowance.
  Each commissioned officer and warrant officer of the Florida National Guard must provide his or her own uniform, as prescribed under Department of the Army...
• 250.19 - Expenses For Travel On Military Business.
  Any officer or enlisted person of the Florida National Guard, traveling on military business not with troops, in obedience to the orders of the Governor,...
• 250.20 - Armory Operations; Allowances.
  (1) A monetary allowance shall be paid quarterly to the post commander of each Florida National Guard armory from funds appropriated to the Department of Military...
• 250.22 - Retirement.
  (1) Any person who is at least 62 years of age and who has completed not less than 30 years of service as an officer or...
• 250.23 - Pay For State Active Duty.
  (1) Officers and enlisted personnel of the Florida National Guard, when ordered to state active duty shall receive the pay and allowance prescribed in the applicable...
• 250.24 - Pay And Expenses; Appropriation; Procedures.
  (1) The pay and expenses of troops ordered to state active duty shall be paid from any appropriation for preserving the public peace or from the...
• 250.25 - Governor And Chief Financial Officer Authorized To Borrow Money.
  When a state appropriation is not available for the pay and expenses of troops called to state active duty to preserve the peace or in...
• 250.26 - Transfer Of Funds.
  Where the available funds are not sufficient for the purposes specified in ss. 250.23, 250.24, and 250.34, the Governor and Chief Financial Officer may transfer...
• 250.28 - Military Support To Civil Authorities.
  When an invasion or insurrection in the state is made or threatened, or whenever there exists a threat to security, a terrorist threat or attack,...
• 250.29 - Duty Of Officer Receiving Order To Provide Emergency Aid To Civil Authority; Penalty For Failure To Comply.
  Any officer receiving an order to provide emergency aid to a civil authority shall immediately notify the personnel under his or her command, and as...
• 250.30 - Orders Of Civil Authorities; Tactical Direction Of Troops; Efforts To Disperse Before Attack.
  When an armed force is called out in aid of the civil authorities, the orders of the civil officer or officers may extend to a...
• 250.31 - Liability Of Members Of The Organized Militia; Defense Of Actions Or Proceedings.
  (1) Members of the Florida National Guard ordered into state active duty or full-time National Guard duty or ordered into federal training or duty are not...
• 250.32 - Commanding Officer’s Control Of Arms Sales.
  When any part of the militia of Florida is on state active duty by the order of the Governor to aid in the enforcement of...
• 250.33 - Powers Of Commanding Officer On State Active Duty.
  The commanding officer of troops on state active duty may incarcerate and detain, until such person can be turned over to the civil authorities, any...
• 250.34 - Injury Or Death On State Active Duty.
  (1) Every member of the Florida National Guard who is injured or disabled while on state active duty must be furnished medical attention and necessary hospitalization...
• 250.341 - Cancellation Of Health Insurance.
  (1) Any health insurance policy, certificate, or evidence of health coverage which provides coverage to a member of the Florida National Guard, or a member of...
• 250.35 - Courts-martial.
  (1) The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. ss. 801 et seq., and the Manual for Courts-Martial (2012 Edition) are adopted for use by...
• 250.351 - Court-martial; Jurisdiction.
  (1) Members of the Florida National Guard are subject to this chapter and the Uniform Code of Military Justice at all times during their enlistment or...
• 250.36 - Mandates And Process.
  (1) Military courts may issue all process and mandates, including writs, warrants, and subpoenas, necessary to carry out the powers vested in the courts. Such mandates...
• 250.37 - Expenses Of Courts-martial.
  (1) All expenses incurred in a court-martial proceeding, including the payment of court reporters, sheriff’s fees for service of warrants, summons, subpoenas, and all other necessary...
• 250.375 - Medical Officer Authorization.
  Physicians who hold an active license to practice medicine in any other state or Puerto Rico, while serving as medical officers in the Florida National...
• 250.38 - Liability.
  An action or proceeding may not be prosecuted or maintained against a member of a military court or officer or person acting under its authority...
• 250.39 - Penalty For Contempt.
  A person may not use disorderly, contemptuous, or indecorous language or expression to or before any military court, or any member of such court, in...
• 250.40 - Armory Board; Creation; Membership, Terms, And Compensation; Duties And Responsibilities.
  (1) There is created an Armory Board, which is charged with the supervision and control of all Florida National Guard armories, facilities, and real property within...
• 250.43 - Wearing Of Uniform And Insignia Of Rank; Penalty.
  (1) The uniform or insignia of rank worn by officers of the Florida National Guard shall be worn only by persons entitled thereto by commission under...
• 250.44 - Military Equipment Regulations; Penalties.
  (1) Any person who sells, offers for sale, barters, exchanges, pledges, loans, gives away, secretes, or retains after demand is made by civil or military officers...
• 250.45 - Military Uniform Discriminated Against; Penalty.
  Any proprietor, manager, or employee of any theater or other public place of entertainment or amusement within this state who discriminates against any person lawfully...
• 250.46 - Salaried Employees Not Entitled To Additional Pay.
  Officers and enlisted personnel of the Florida National Guard employed by the Department of Military Affairs, who receive monthly salaries from the state for military...
• 250.47 - Governor’s Permission For Unit To Leave State.
  A unit of the Florida National Guard may not leave the state without permission of the Governor.History.—s. 24, ch. 8502, 1921; CGL 2036; s. 1,...
• 250.48 - Leaves Of Absence.
  Any officer or employee of the state, of any county or school district of the state, or of any municipality or political subdivision of the...
• 250.481 - Reserve Components; Employment Discrimination Prohibited.
  Any person who seeks or holds an employment position may not be denied employment or retention in employment, or any promotion or advantage of employment,...
• 250.4815 - Professional License Of Servicemember Not To Expire While Member On Federal Active Duty.
  A professional license issued in the state to any member of the Florida National Guard or the United States Armed Forces Reserves shall not expire...
• 250.482 - Troops Ordered Into State Active Service; Not To Be Penalized By Employers And Postsecondary Institutions.
  (1) If a member of the National Guard is ordered into state active duty pursuant to this chapter, a private or public employer, or an employing...
• 250.49 - Annual Encampment.
  Subject to the restrictions of federal law, the Governor may annually order into service the whole or any portion of the Florida National Guard. The...
• 250.51 - Insult To Troops; Penalty.
  When troops of the Florida National Guard are at drill in their respective armories, on the streets, public roads, or other places, where such drills...
• 250.52 - Unlawful To Persuade Citizens Not To Enlist; Penalty.
  Whenever the United States is at war, or our foreign relations tend to indicate an impending war or state of war, a person may not...
• 250.5201 - Stay Of Proceedings Where Troops Called Out Into State Active Duty Or Active Duty.
  (1) Any civil action or proceeding in any court which involves a person called into state active duty as defined in subsection (3) may be stayed...
• 250.5202 - Actions For Rent Or Possession By Landlord During State Active Duty.
  An eviction, distress action, or requirement for deposit of accrued rent into the registry of the court, as provided in part II of chapter 83,...
• 250.5204 - Installment Contracts For Purchase Of Property; Penalty.
  (1) If a creditor has received a deposit or installment of the purchase price under an installment contract for the purchase of real or personal property...
• 250.5205 - Mortgages, Trust Deeds, Etc.; Penalty.
  (1) In any proceeding commenced during the period of state active duty or active duty to enforce obligations secured by mortgage, trust deed, or other security...
• 250.5206 - Family Readiness Program.
  The Department of Military Affairs shall establish the Family Readiness Program headed by a program director and based on the United States Department of Defense...

Last modified: September 23, 2016