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1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 1999 ASSEMBLY BILL 106
February 16, 1999 - Offered by Representative Schneider.
AB106-ASA1,1,2 1An Act to amend 21.11 (1) of the statutes; relating to: the governor's authority
2to call the national guard to active service.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB106-ASA1, s. 1 3Section 1. 21.11 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB106-ASA1,2,104 21.11 (1) In case of war, insurrection, rebellion, riot, invasion, or resistance to
5the execution of the laws of this state, or of the United States, or; in the event of public
6disaster resulting from flood, conflagration or tornado, ; when the governor considers
7the call to active service necessary for the protection of persons or property;
or upon
8application of any marshal of the United States, the president of any village, the
9mayor of any city, the chairperson of any town board, or any sheriff in this state, the
10governor may order into active service all or any portion of the national guard. If the
11governor is absent, or cannot be immediately communicated with, any such civil
12officer may, if the officer deems the occasion so urgent, make such application, which

1shall be in writing, to the commanding officers of any company, battalion or regiment,
2who may upon approval of the adjutant general, if the danger is great and imminent,
3order out that officer's command to the aid of such civil officer. Such order shall be
4delivered to the commanding officer, who shall immediately communicate the order
5to each, and every subordinate officer, and every company commander receiving the
6same shall immediately communicate the substance thereof to each member of the
7company, or if any such member cannot be found, a notice in writing containing the
8substance of such order shall be left at the last and usual place of residence of such
9member with some person of suitable age and discretion, to whom its contents shall
10be explained.
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