New York Military Law Article 1 - THE MILITIA OF THE STATE

• 1 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: 1. The terms "New York national guard" and "national guard" shall mean the New York army national guard and the...
• 2 - Militia of the State; Division and Composition.
  1. The militia of the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the state reserve list, the state retired list and the unorganized militia....
• 3 - Commander-In-chief; Regulations; Registration.
  1. The governor of the state shall be the commander-in-chief of the militia of the state. The governor is hereby authorized to issue regulations for...
• 4 - Equality of Treatment and Opportunity.
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that there shall be an equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in...
• 5 - Militia Call by the United States.
  When the militia of the state is called forth under the constitution and laws of the United States, the governor shall order out for service...
• 6 - Ordering Organized Militia Into Active State Service.
  1. The governor shall have power, in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace, or imminent danger thereof, to order into the...
• 6-a - Organizations and Volunteers From the Unorganized Militia.
  To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the governor may, at any time, order, authorize or recognize such organizations of the...
• 7 - Draft of Unorganized Militia.
  1. Whenever it shall be necessary in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace or imminent danger thereof or to maintain the...
• 8 - Punishment for Failure to Appear.
  Any member of the unorganized militia who is ordered to register or to be drafted into the organized militia under the provision of this chapter...
• 9 - Power of Governor to Declare Martial Rule.
  Whenever any portion of the organized militia is employed pursuant to section six of this chapter, the governor, if in his judgment the maintenance of...
• 10 - Military Staff of the Governor.
  The military staff of the governor shall consist of the adjutant general and such aides as the governor shall deem necessary who shall be commissioned...
• 11 - Adjutant General.
  The adjutant general shall serve as such at the pleasure of the governor and, under his direction, shall exercise control over the division of military...
• 12 - Deputy Adjutant General.
  There shall be a deputy adjutant general who shall serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The deputy adjutant general shall be appointed...
• 13 - The Chief of Staff of the State.
  There shall be a chief of staff of the state who shall serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The chief of staff...
• 13-a - Assistant Adjutant General for Air.
  The governor may appoint an assistant adjutant general for air who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and may have the grade of...
• 13-b - Deputy Commander of the New York Army National Guard.
  The governor, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general, may appoint a deputy commander, New York army national guard who shall serve at the pleasure...
• 13-c - Assistant Adjutant General for Army.
  The governor, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general, may appoint an assistant adjutant general for army who shall serve at the pleasure of the...
• 14 - Staff of the Adjutant General.
  There shall be under the adjutant general a staff to consist of the deputy adjutant general, the chief of staff and such other officers as...
• 15 - The Attorney General.
  The attorney general of the state shall give such legal advice and assistance to the adjutant general as he may request.
• 16 - Audit of Military Accounts.
  The comptroller of the state shall be the auditor of all military accounts payable by the state. Such accounts shall be approved by the adjutant...
• 17 - Purchase of Military Property.
  Under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general shall authorize the purchase of such military property as may be required for the use of...
• 18 - Issue of Military Property.
  The adjutant general shall issue such military property as the governor shall direct. No military property shall be issued to persons or organizations other than...
• 19 - Employees of the Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
  1. Within the amounts appropriated therefor, the adjutant general and the commanding general or commanding officer of each force of the organized militia may employ...
• 19-a - Family Liaison Officer.
  The adjutant general shall designate family liaison officers to provide assistance to the families of those military personnel who have been deployed for active military...
• 20 - State Reserve List.
  1. Any commissioned or warrant officer of the organized militia may be transferred to the state reserve list on his own request approved by the...
• 21 - State Retired List.
  1. Any commissioned officer or warrant officer of the organized militia who has reached the age of sixty-eight years shall be retired for age and...
• 22 - Service Without the State.
  The governor may order the organized militia or any part thereof to serve outside of the borders of this state or of the United States...
• 22-a - Compacts for Military Aid.
  1. a. With the prior or subsequent consent of the congress of the United States, the governor is authorized to enter into, amend, supplement and...
• 23 - Application of This Chapter to Service Without the State.
  The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the members of the organized militia while serving without the state and while going to and returning...
• 24 - Bureau of War Records; Completion and Preservation of the Records and Relics; Free Inspection of the Same and Quarters in the Capitol.
  1. The adjutant general shall cause the chief of staff of the state to establish and maintain as part of his office, a bureau of...

Last modified: February 3, 2019