Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-101. Utah State Defense Force — How constituted. (1) Unless exempt under Subsection (2), all able-bodied citizens, and all able-bodied individuals of foreign birth who have declared their intention to become citizens, are 18 years old or older and younger than 64 years old, and are residents of this state, constitute the Utah […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-102. Governor authorized to organize Utah State Defense Force. (1) The governor, by virtue of the governor’s office, may organize and maintain the Utah State Defense Force. (2) The Defense Force may be composed of officers commissioned or assigned, and able-bodied citizens of the state who volunteer for service, supplemented if necessary by […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-103. Qualifications of members. An individual may not be commissioned or enlisted in the Defense Force who: (1) is not a citizen of the United States; or (2) has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from any military service. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 373, 2022 General Session
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-104. Term of force enlistment — Oaths. (1) An individual may not be enlisted in the Defense Force for more than one year, but an enlistment may be renewed. (2) The oath to be taken upon enlistment in the Defense Force shall be substantially in the form prescribed for enlisted individuals of the […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-105. Oaths of force officers. The oath to be taken by officers commissioned in the Defense Force shall be substantially in the form prescribed for officers of the National Guard, but substituting the words “Utah State Defense Force,” where necessary. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 373, 2022 General Session
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-106. Compensation of force members. (1) Members of the Utah State Defense Force, when called into active service by the governor, shall receive compensation as prescribed by the governor. (2) The compensation may not exceed the rate of pay prescribed for officers and other members of the National Guard when called into active […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-107. No organizations to be enlisted as a unit. A civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood, body, union, league, or other combination of individuals or civil group may not enlist in the Defense Force as an organization, detachment, company, or unit. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 373, 2022 General Session
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-108. Service outside state prohibited — Exceptions. (1) The Defense Force may not be required to serve outside the boundaries of this state unless the governor, in response to a request from the governor of another state through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, orders the Defense Force to assist outside the state. (2) […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-109. Military court law and rules of National Guard applicable. When the Defense Force or any part of it is ordered to active service Chapter 5, Utah Code of Military Justice, as it applies to the National Guard, and regulations prescribed under it apply to the Utah State Defense Force. Renumbered and Amended […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-110. State Defense Force not subject to United States military service — Members not exempt from United States military service. (1) This act may not be construed as authorizing the Defense Force to be called, ordered or in any manner drafted, as such into the military service of the United States. (2) An […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-111. Governor may requisition arms and equipment from secretary of defense. For the use of the Defense Force, the governor is authorized to requisition from the secretary of defense arms, ammunition, and equipment and to make the facilities and equipment of the National Guard available to the Defense Force. Renumbered and Amended by […]
Effective 5/4/2022 39A-4-112. Governor may proclaim martial law. (1) Whenever the Defense Force or any portion of the Defense Force is called into active service, the governor may, by proclamation, declare all or any part of any county, city or town in which the troops are serving to be under martial law. (2) When the […]
