North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 127A Militia

Article 1 - Classification of Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-1. Composition of militia
The militia of the State shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of the State and of the United States and all other able-bodied persons...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-2. Classification of militia
The militia shall be divided into the organized and unorganized militia. The organized militia shall consist of four classes: the North Carolina National Guard,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-3. Organized militia; National Guard
The North Carolina National Guard, both Army and Air, shall consist of regularly commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel within the age limits established by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-4. Organized militia; naval militia
The naval militia shall consist of regularly commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel within the age limits established by regulations promulgated by the secretary of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-5. Organized militia; State defense militia
The State defense militia shall consist of commissioned, warrant and enlisted personnel called, ordered, appointed or enlisted therein by the Governor under the provisions...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-6. Organized militia; historic military commands
Historic military commands are those historic groups which remain active by meeting at least once a month and which follow military procedures. Only groups...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-7. Composition of unorganized militia
The unorganized militia shall consist of all other able-bodied citizens of the State and of the United States and all other able-bodied persons who...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-8. Exemptions from duty with the militia
The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States and the State of North Carolina, persons in the military or naval...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-9. Number of troops authorized
In time of peace the State shall maintain only those troops that are authorized by the President of the United States; but nothing contained...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-10. Corps entitled to retain privileges
Any corps of artillery, cavalry, or infantry existing in the State on the passage of the act of Congress of May 8, 1792, which...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-11 through 127A-15. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 2 - General Administrative Officers.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-16. Governor as commander in chief
(a) The Governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-17. Commander in chief to prescribe regulations
The commander in chief shall have the power and the duty, from time to time, to issue orders and to prescribe regulations relating to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-17.1. Confidentiality of National Guard records
Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, no records of the North Carolina National Guard in the Department of Public Safety...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-18. Personal staff of Governor
The Governor may detail not more than 10 active North Carolina National Guard members and two active naval militia members who shall in addition...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-19. Adjutant General
The military head of the militia shall be the Adjutant General who shall hold the rank of major general. The Adjutant General shall be...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-20. Administrative and operational relationships of the Adjutant General
In all administrative and operational matters affecting the militia while under State control, the Adjutant General shall be responsible to and subject to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-21. United States property and fiscal officer
(a) The Governor of the State, in consultation with the Secretary of Public Safety, shall appoint, designate, or detail, subject to the approval of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-22. North Carolina property and fiscal officer
(a) Upon full mobilization of the North Carolina National Guard into federal service to the extent that the functions of a United States property...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-23. Commissions for commandants and officers at qualified educational institutions
The Governor of North Carolina is authorized to appoint and commission, as staff officers of the North Carolina unorganized militia, the officers of any...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-24 through 127A-28. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 3 - National Guard.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-29. National Guard
The North Carolina National Guard class of the four classes of the organized militia as established under G.S. 127A-2 is hereby designated the "North...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-30. Organization of National Guard units
Except as otherwise specifically provided by the laws of the United States, the organization of the North Carolina National Guard, including the composition of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-31. Location of units
The Governor shall determine and fix the location of the units and headquarters of the North Carolina National Guard within the State; but no...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-32. Officers appointed and commissioned; oath of office
All officers of the North Carolina National Guard shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor as follows, viz.: (1) Except as otherwise specifically...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-33. Promotion of officers by seniority and in accordance with regulations
The promotion of all officers shall be by seniority as far as practicable and in the best interest of the service within the organization,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-34. Relative rank among officers of same grade
Officers of the North Carolina National Guard in the same grade rank among themselves according to the date of rank established by regulations promulgated...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-35. Elimination and disposition of officers; efficiency board; transfer to inactive status
(a) Whenever the efficiency or general fitness, including physical fitness, of a North Carolina National Guard officer is in question, the Adjutant General, State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-36. Retirement of officers
Retirement of officers shall be regulated so as to conform to federal laws and regulations of the United States relating to retirement of National...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-37. Enlistments in National Guard; oath of enlistment
(a) Enlistments in the North Carolina National Guard shall be for the periods and subject to the qualifications as prescribed by the secretary of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-38. Discharge of enlisted personnel
(a) Enlisted personnel discharged from service in the North Carolina National Guard shall receive a discharge in writing in the form and with the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-39. Membership continued in the National Guard
When called or ordered into federal service and discharged therefrom, members shall continue their membership in the North Carolina National Guard until the expiration...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-40. Pensions for the members of the North Carolina National Guard
(a) Every member and former member of the North Carolina National Guard who meets the requirements of this section shall receive, commencing at age...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-41. Uniforms, arms and equipment
The North Carolina National Guard shall, as far as practicable, be uniformed, armed, and equipped with the same type of uniforms, arms and equipment...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-41.1. Stay of legal and court proceedings because of State military service
At any stage of any legal proceeding in any court in which a person called into service of the State by the Governor is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-41.2. Operation of post exchanges
(a) The North Carolina National Guard is authorized to operate post exchanges. (b) The North Carolina National Guard is authorized to enter into agreements...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-42. Distinguished Service Medal by Governor of North Carolina
There is hereby created the North Carolina Distinguished Service Medal which shall be of appropriate design, and a ribbon, together with a rosette or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-43. North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Service Medal
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Service Medal which shall be of appropriate design, and a ribbon, together with a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-44. North Carolina National Guard Commendation Medal
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Commendation Medal which shall be of appropriate design, and a ribbon, together with a rosette...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-44.1. North Carolina National Guard Achievement Medal
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Achievement Medal which shall be of appropriate design, and a ribbon, together with a rosette...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45. North Carolina National Guard State Active Duty Award
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard State Active Duty Award which shall be a ribbon of appropriate design. This ribbon and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.1. North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.2. North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit Citation
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit Citation which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.2A. North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Unit Award
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Unit Award which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.3. North Carolina National Guard Distinguished Civilian Service Medal
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Distinguished Civilian Service Medal which shall be of appropriate design, rosette or other device to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.4. North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Outstanding Civilian Service Medal which shall be of appropriate design, rosette or other device to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.5. North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Civilian Service Award
There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Civilian Service Award which shall consist of a certificate of a design approved by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-45.5A. Other awards
The Adjutant General may, from time to time, create other awards and medals to recognize meritorious service or outstanding achievement. The creation of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-46. Authority to wear medals, ribbons and other awards
The Adjutant General may prescribe those medals, ribbons and other awards and decorations that may be worn by members of the militia, not inconsistent...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-47. Courts-martial for National Guard
Courts-martial for military personnel of the North Carolina National Guard not in the service of the United States shall be of three kinds, namely,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-48. General courts-martial
General courts-martial for military personnel of the North Carolina National Guard not in the service of the United States may be convened by orders...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-49. Special courts-martial; appointments, power and authority
In the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, special courts-martial may be appointed by any of the following:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-50. Summary courts-martial
In the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, summary courts-martial may be appointed by any of the following:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-50.1. Military judges
The Adjutant General shall appoint military judges to preside over courts-martial of the North Carolina National Guard not in federal service. Minimum requirements for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-51. Nonjudicial punishment
Any commander of the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, may, in addition to or in lieu of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-52. Jurisdiction of courts-martial
The jurisdiction of courts-martial of the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, shall be as prescribed by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-53. Manual for Courts-Martial
Trials and proceedings by all courts and boards shall be in accordance with the Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, as shall be currently in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-54. Pretrial confinement; sentences; where executed
(a) A defendant may be arrested and placed under pretrial confinement in a local government confinement facility, but a determination shall be made under...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-55. Forms for courts-martial procedure
In the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, forms for courts-martial procedure shall be substantially as those set...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-56. Powers of courts-martial
In the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, presidents of courts-martial and summary court officers shall have power...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-57. Execution of processes and sentences
All warrants and other processes authorized by this Chapter and sentences of any of the military courts of this State shall be executed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-58. Repealed by Session Laws 2010-193, s. 13, effective December 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-59. (See note for contingency) Sentences
When any sentence to fine or imprisonment is imposed by any military court of this State, it shall be the duty of the military...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-60. Approval of sentence
No sentence imposed by a special or general court-martial of the North Carolina National Guard, not in the service of the United States, shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-61. Disposition of fines
Fines imposed by courts-martial under this Chapter shall be disposed of as prescribed in Article IX, Sec. 7, of the Constitution of North Carolina....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-62. Appeals; discretionary review
(a) Jurisdiction. - Court-martial judgments which include a sentence to confinement shall have a right of appeal to the Wake County Superior Court. The...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-63. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-64. Availability of resources for National Guard Family Assistance Centers; report
(a) To the extent feasible and practicable, State and local agencies who provide services directed at individuals who have served in the active or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-65. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-66. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 4 - Naval Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-67. Organization and equipment
The organization of the naval militia shall be units of convenient size, in each of which the number and rank of officers and the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-68. Officers appointed to naval militia
Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps may, with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, be appointed by the Governor...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-69. Officers assigned to duty
Line officers of the naval militia may be for line duties only, for engineering duties only, or for aeronautic duties only. (1917, c. 200,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-70. Discipline in naval militia
The naval militia shall be subject to the system of discipline prescribed for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and the commanding officer...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-71. Disbursing and accounting officer
The Governor shall appoint a disbursing officer, approved by and of a rank prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy, to perform the duties...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-72. Rendition of accounts
Accounting officers shall render accounts as prescribed by the Governor or by the Secretary of the Navy, and shall be required to give good...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-73. Disbandment of naval militia
No part of the naval militia which is entitled to compensation under the provisions of an act of Congress approved August 29, 1916, shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-74. Courts-martial for naval militia
Courts-martial for the naval militia, not in the service of the United States, shall be organized, have the same powers, functions and authorities, and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-75 through 127A-79. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 5 - State Defense Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-80. Authority to organize and maintain North Carolina State Defense Militia
(a) The Governor is authorized to organize any part of the unorganized militia as a State force for discipline and training, into companies, battalions,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-81. State defense militia cadre
(a) The Governor is authorized: to organize and regulate part of the unorganized militia as a State defense militia cadre in units or commands...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-82 through 127A-86. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 6 - Unorganized Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-87. Unorganized militia ordered out for service
The commander in chief may at any time, in order to execute the law, secure the safety of persons and property, suppress riots or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-88. Manner of ordering out unorganized militia
The Governor shall, when ordering out the unorganized militia, designate the number. The Governor may order them out either by calling for volunteers or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-89. Draft of unorganized militia
If the unorganized militia is ordered out by draft, the Governor shall designate the persons in each county to make the draft, and prescribe...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-90. Punishment for failure to appear
Every member of the militia ordered out for duty, or who shall volunteer or be drafted, who does not appear at the time and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-91. Promotion of marksmanship
The Adjutant General is authorized to detail a commissioned officer of the North Carolina National Guard or member of the State defense militia to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-92 through 127A-96. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 7 - Regulations as to Active Service.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-97. National Guard and naval militia first ordered out
In all cases the North Carolina National Guard and naval militia as provided for in this Chapter shall be first ordered into service. (1917,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-98. Regulations enforced on active State service
Whenever any portion of the militia is called into active State service to execute the law, secure the safety of persons and property, suppress...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-99. Regulations governing unorganized militia
Whenever any part of the unorganized militia is ordered out, it shall be governed by the same rules and regulations and be subject to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-100 through 127A-104. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 8 - Pay of Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-105. Rations and pay on State service
The militia of the State, both officers and enlisted personnel, when called into the service of the State by the Governor shall receive the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-106. Paid by the State
When the militia or any portion thereof is ordered by the Governor into State service, the pay (including payment for any leave earned as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-107. Rate of pay for other service
The Governor may, whenever the public service requires it, order upon special or regular duty any officer or enlisted member of the North Carolina...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-108. Pay and care of soldiers, airmen and sailors disabled in service
A member of the North Carolina National Guard, the State defense militia, or the naval militia who without fault or negligence on the member's...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-109. Pay of general and field officers
General and field officers when away from their home stations visiting the organizations of their commands, for inspection and instruction under orders from proper...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-110. Proceedings against third party injuring or killing organized militia personnel
(a) The right of a member of the North Carolina National Guard, the State defense militia, or the naval militia to compensation and other...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-111. Civilian leave option
(a) A member of the North Carolina National Guard called into service of the State by the Governor shall have the right to take...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-112 through 127A-115. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 9 - Privilege of Organized State Militia and Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United States.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-116. Leaves of absence for State officers and employees
The Governor or the Governor's designee shall promulgate appropriate policy and regulations relating to leaves of absence for short periods of military training and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-117. Contributing members
Each organization of the North Carolina National Guard and naval militia may, besides its regular and active members, enroll contributing members on payment in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-118. Organizations may own property; actions
Organizations of the North Carolina National Guard and naval militia shall have the right to own and keep real and personal property, which shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-119. When families of soldiers, airmen and sailors supported by county
When any citizen of the State is absent on duty as a member of the North Carolina National Guard, State defense militia or naval...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-120 through 127A-124. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 10 - Care of Military Property.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-125. Custody of military property
All public military property, except when used in the performance of military duty, shall be kept in armories, or other properly designated places of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-126. Other suitable storage facilities
All public military property of every description which may not be distributed among the units of the North Carolina National Guard or State defense...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-127. Property kept in good order
Every officer and enlisted member belonging to any unit equipped with public military property shall keep and preserve the property in good order; and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-128. Equipment and vehicles
Equipment and vehicles issued by the Department of Defense to the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia shall be used solely for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-129. Transfer of property
All officers accountable or responsible for public funds, property, or books, before being relieved from the duty, shall turn them over according to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-130. Replacement of lost or damaged property
Whenever any military property issued to the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia shall have been lost, damaged, or destroyed, and upon...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-131. Unlawful conversion or willful destruction of military property
(a) If any person shall willfully or wantonly destroy or injure, willfully retain after demand made or otherwise convert to the person's own use...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-132 through 127A-136. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 11 - Support of Militia.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-137. Requisition for federal funds
The Governor shall make requisition upon the secretary of the appropriate service for the State allotment from federal funds as may be appropriate for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-138. Local appropriations; unit funds
(a) Every municipality and county within the State is hereby authorized and empowered to appropriate for the benefit of any unit or units of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-139. Allowances made to different organizations and personnel
(a) There may be allowed each year to the following officers, under rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Safety, as follows:...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-140 through 127A-144. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12 - General Provisions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-145. Reports of officers
All officers of the North Carolina National Guard, the State defense militia, and the naval militia shall make returns and reports to the Governor,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-146. Officer to give notice of absence
When any officer shall have occasion to be absent from the officer's usual residence one week or more, the officer shall notify the officer...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-147. Orders, rules, regulations and Uniform Code of Military Justice applicable to militia when not in service of United States
The North Carolina National Guard, State defense militia and naval militia, when not in the service of the United States, shall be governed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-148. Commander may prevent trespass and disorder
The commander upon any occasion of duty may place in arrest during the continuance thereof any person who shall trespass upon the campground, parade...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-149. Power of arrest in certain emergencies
In the event members of the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia are called out by the Governor pursuant to the authority...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-150. Immunity of guardsmen from civil and criminal liability
(a) A member of the North Carolina National Guard or State defense militia, while acting in aid of civil authorities and in the line...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-151. Organizing company without authority
If any person shall organize a military company, or drill or parade under arms as a military body, except under the militia laws and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-152. Placing name on muster roll wrongfully
If any officer of the militia of the State shall knowingly or willfully place, or cause to be placed, on any muster roll the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-153. Protection of uniform
(a) The wearing of any military uniform of the United States by members of the militia shall be pursuant to applicable regulations promulgated by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-154. Upkeep of properties
There shall be paid from the appropriations for the North Carolina National Guard the amounts necessary for the maintenance, upkeep, and improvement of State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-155. When officers authorized to administer oaths
Officers of the North Carolina National Guard are authorized to administer oaths in all circumstances pertaining to any military matter whenever an oath is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-156 through 127A-160. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 13 - Armories.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-161. Definitions
As used in this Article, the following terms mean: (1) Armory. - Any building or building complex and related facilities, including the lands for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-162. Authority to foster development of armories and facilities
The Department of Public Safety is authorized and empowered to foster the development in North Carolina of adequate armories and other necessary facilities for...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-163. Powers of Department specified
The Department of Public Safety is further authorized and empowered: (1) To act as an agency of the State of North Carolina for the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-164. Power to acquire land, make contracts, etc
In furtherance of the duties, power, and authority given herein, the Department of Public Safety is authorized and empowered within the limitations of G.S....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-165. Counties and municipalities may lease, convey or acquire property for use as armory
Every municipality and county of the State of North Carolina is hereby authorized and empowered to lease or convey by deed to the State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-166. Prior conveyances validated
All conveyances of real property made before April 20, 1949, by any municipality or county of the State of North Carolina to the State...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-167. Appropriations to supplement available funds authorized
Any city or town and any county in the State, separately or jointly, may make appropriations to supplement available federal or State funds to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-168. Local financial support
Each county and city in this State is authorized to make appropriations for the purposes of this Article and to fund them by levy...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-169. Unexpended portion of State appropriation
The unexpended portion of any appropriation from the General Fund of the State for the purposes set out in this Article, or in Article...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-170 through 127A-174. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 14 - National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-175. Purposes
(a) Provide for mutual aid among the party states in the utilization of the National Guard to cope with emergencies. (b) Permit and encourage...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-176. Entry into force and withdrawal
(a) This Compact shall enter into force when enacted into law by any two states. Thereafter, this Compact shall become effective as to any...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-177. Definitions; mutual aid
(a) As used in this Article: (1) "Emergency" means an occurrence or condition, temporary in nature, in which police and other public safety officials...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-178. Delegation
Nothing in this Compact shall be construed to prevent the governor of a party state from delegating any of the governor's responsibilities or authority...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-179. Limitations
Nothing in this Compact shall: (1) Expand or add to the functions of the National Guard, except with respect to the jurisdictions within which...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-180. Construction and severability
This Compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-181. Payment of liability to responding state
Upon presentation of a claim therefor by an appropriate authority of a state whose National Guard forces have aided this State pursuant to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-182. Status, rights and benefits of forces engaged pursuant to Compact
In accordance with G.S. 127A-177(h), members of the National Guard forces of this State shall be deemed to be in State service at all...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-183. Injury or death while going to or returning from duty
All benefits to be paid under G.S. 127A-177(h) shall include any injury or death sustained while going to or returning from such duty. (1969,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-184. Authority of responding state required to relieve from assignment or reassign officers
Nothing in this Compact shall authorize or permit state officials or military officers of the requesting state to relieve from assignment or reassign officers...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-185 through 127A-189. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 15 - North Carolina National Guard Tuition Assistance Act of 1975.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-190. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-191. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-192. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-193. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-194. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-195. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-196. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-197. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-198. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-199. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-200. Recodified as Part 2 of Article 23 of Chapter 116, G.S. 116-209.50 through 116-209.55, by Session Laws 2010-31, s. 17.3(b), effective July 1, 2010

Article 16 - National Guard Reemployment Rights.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-201. Entitlement
Any member of the North Carolina National Guard who, at the direction of the Governor, enters State duty, is entitled, upon honorable release from...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-202. Rights
Upon release from State duty, the employee shall make written application to the employee's previous employer for reemployment within five days of the employee's...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-202.1. Discrimination against persons who serve in the North Carolina National Guard and acts of reprisal prohibited
(a) It is the policy of this State that all individuals shall be afforded the right to perform, apply to perform, or have an...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-203. Penalties for denial
If any employer, public or private, fails or refuses to comply with G.S. 127A-202, the superior court for the district of the employer's place...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-204. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-205. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-206. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-207. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-208. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-209. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 17 - Armory and Facility Development Projects and Plan.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 127A-210. Armory and facility development project plan
(a) Plan Prepared. - No later than July 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety shall prepare a statewide plan for armories...

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