§ 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 immunities of peace officers of the State of Arkansas in addition to all powers, duties, and immunities now otherwise provided by law. (b) No officer or enlisted personnel of such forces […]
§ 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 she may authorize participation in small arms and gunnery competitions by any part of the National Guard anywhere outside the state or outside the United States. (b) Officers and enlisted personnel […]
§ 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 other manner as may be prescribed by the Governor as he or she deems necessary to accomplish the purpose. Upon having given notice, there shall be a presumption that the officer […]
§ 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 maintenance of law and order or preservation of the public health or security will thereby be promoted, may by proclamation declare the county, city, zone, or sector in which the troops […]
§ 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 sufficient grounds. (b) The Governor, or commanding general of the National Guard with the approval of the Governor, may relieve any organization of the militia on active duty from the further […]
§ 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 the organized militia or any force thereof at the number required for public safety or prescribed by the laws of the United States, the Governor may call for and accept from […]
§ 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, all enlisted personnel, upon being released under honorable conditions from the Army or Air Force of the United States, shall continue to serve in the National Guard of Arkansas until the […]
§ 12-61-103. Governor’s powers and duties generally
(a) (1) The Governor is authorized to make such rules governing the government, organization, discipline, and training of the militia as he or she may deem expedient. (2) Such rules shall conform to the provisions of this code and, as nearly as practicable, to those governing the United States Armed Forces. (3) When promulgated, the […]
§ 12-61-104. Custom and usage of the United States Armed Forces
All matters relating to the organization, discipline, and government of the organized militia, not otherwise provided for in this code or in rules issued pursuant thereto, shall be as prescribed by the customs and usages of the appropriate force or forces of the United States.
§ 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 the Adjutant General’s department of the National Guard of this state and shall have rank not higher than lieutenant general. (b) To be eligible for appointment, he or she shall be […]