321.12 (title) Chief surgeons; powers and duties.
200,92 Section 92. 21.30 of the statutes is renumbered 321.12 (1) and amended to read:
321.12 (1) The chief surgeons for the army and air national guard shall, under direction of the adjutant general, have general supervision of the medical units of the national guard and, if organized, the state defense force when organized. The chief surgeons shall make recommendations concerning the procurement of medical supplies and services for state active duty operations, for the procurement and training of medical personnel, and for the publication of national guard directives on medical subjects. The chief surgeons shall submit an annual report of the affairs and expenses of their departments to the adjutant general.
200,93 Section 93. 21.32 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,94 Section 94. 21.32 of the statutes is renumbered 321.12 (2) and amended to read:
321.12 (2) The chief surgeons for the army and the air national guard shall provide for such any physical examinations and inoculations of officers, enlistees, and applicants for enlistment in the national guard, as may be that are prescribed by U.S. department of defense and national guard regulations.
200,95 Section 95. 21.33 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,96 Section 96. 21.33 of the statutes is renumbered 321.04 (1) (c) and amended to read:
321.04 (1) (c) The quartermaster general acting as paymaster under Under orders from the governor , may draw from the state treasury the money necessary for paying troops in camp or national guard members on state active service, and shall furnish such security for the same as the secretary of administration may direct. The amount due on account of the field, staff, or other officers, noncommissioned staff and band, company, or enlistees, not herein enumerated, if any, shall be paid to the person to whom the same shall be due, on the properly signed and certified payrolls duty.
200,97 Section 97. 21.35 of the statutes is renumbered 321.37 and amended to read:
321.37 Federal laws and regulations; no No discrimination. The organization, armament, equipment, and discipline of the national guard shall be that prescribed by federal laws or regulations; and the governor may by order perfect such organization, armament, equipment, and discipline, at any time, so as to comply with such laws and regulations insofar as they are consistent with the Wisconsin code of military justice. Notwithstanding any rule or regulation prescribed by the federal government or any officer or department thereof, no No person, otherwise qualified, may be denied membership in the national guard or state defense force because of sex, color, race, creed, or sexual orientation and no member of the national guard or state defense force may be segregated within the national guard or state defense force on the basis of sex, color, race, creed, or sexual orientation. Nothing in this section prohibits separate facilities for persons of different sexes with regard to dormitory accommodations, public toilets, showers, saunas, and dressing rooms.
200,98 Section 98. 21.36 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,99 Section 99. 21.36 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 321.36 and amended to read:
321.36 Rules of discipline. The applicable rules of discipline and the regulations of the U.S. armed forces of the U.S. shall, so far as the same are applicable, constitute the rules of discipline and the regulations of the national guard; the. The rules and uniform code of military justice established by congress Congress and the U.S. department of defense for the armed forces shall be adopted so far as they are applicable and consistent with the Wisconsin code of military justice for the government of the national guard, and the. The system of instruction and the drill regulations prescribed for the different arms and corps of the armed forces of the U.S. shall be followed in the military instruction and practice of the national guard, and the use of any other system is forbidden.
200,100 Section 100. 21.36 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 321.04 (2) (a) and amended to read:
321.04 (2) (a) The governor may make and Make, publish, and have printed rules policies, regulations, and orders instructions for the government governance of the national guard, not inconsistent with the law, and cause the rules, regulations, or orders, together with any related laws, to be printed and distributed in book form, or another form, in any number that the governor considers necessary. The governor may provide.
(b) Provide for all books and forms that may be necessary for the proper discharge of the duty of all officers. The governor may delegate the authority under this subsection to the adjutant general by executive order of the national guard.
200,101 Section 101. 21.37 of the statutes is repealed.
200,102 Section 102. 21.38 of the statutes is renumbered 321.31 and amended to read:
321.31 Uniform of Wisconsin national guard. The uniform of the national guard shall be that as prescribed by regulations for the corresponding branch of the United States U.S. armed forces.
200,103 Section 103. 21.42 of the statutes is repealed.
200,104 Section 104. 21.43 of the statutes is renumbered 321.33 and amended to read:
321.33 Commissions and rank. The governor shall appoint and issue commissions to all officers whose appointments are approved by the governor. Every commission shall be countersigned signed by the secretary of state and attested by the adjutant general and. A commission shall continue as provided by law unless terminated earlier by resignation, disability, or for cause or unless federal recognition of the officer's commission under 32 USC 323 is refused or withdrawn. Each officer so commissioned officer shall take the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution and file it with the department of military affairs the oath of office prescribed by article IV, section 28, of the constitution. All commissioned officers shall take rank according to the date assigned them by their commissions, and when 2 of the same grade rank from the same date, their rank shall be determined by length of creditable service in the national guard creditable for pay, and if of equal creditable service then by lot.
200,105 Section 105. 21.47 of the statutes is renumbered 321.34 and amended to read:
321.34 Examinations for promotion or appointments. The governor or adjutant general may order any subordinate officer or person nominated or recommended for promotion or appointment in the national guard or state defense force to be examined by any competent officer or board of officers, designated in orders for that purpose, as to that person's qualifications for the office to which that person may is to be recommended or appointed, and or promoted. The governor or adjutant general may take such action on the report of such the examining officer or board of officers as the governor deems he or she considers to be for the best interests of the service national guard or state defense force. The governor or adjutant general may also require the person to take the physical examination provided for admission to the United States U.S. army or air force.
200,106 Section 106. 21.48 of the statutes is renumbered 321.35 and amended to read:
321.35 Pay. (1) Each Every officer and enlisted person of on state active duty in the national guard on active duty in the state under orders of the governor on a state pay basis shall receive the base pay and allowances of an officer or enlisted person of equal rank in the corresponding branch of the U.S. armed forces except that the base pay so provided shall not be less than $50 per day.
(2) The governor may, by orders, duplicates of which shall be filed with the secretary of state, fix the pay of any member of the governor's staff military staff of the governor, or other members of the national guard or state defense force for any special service under orders state active duty.
(3) The governor may order, with their the member's consent, to state active duty in the department of military affairs, any departmental officers of the governor's staff, including the adjutant general and the deputy adjutants general, and while so a member of his or her military staff who is a state employee. The assigned the officers staff member shall receive the pay, but not the allowances, of an officer of equal grade in the U.S. armed forces of the United States.
200,107 Section 107. 21.49 (title) and (1) (intro.) of the statutes are renumbered 321.40 (title) and (1) (intro.).
200,108 Section 108. 21.49 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
200,109 Section 109. 21.49 (1) (am) and (ar) of the statutes are renumbered 321.40 (1) (a) and (b).
200,110 Section 110. 21.49 (1) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (1) (c) (intro.).
200,111 Section 111. 21.49 (1) (b) 1., 1g. and 1m. of the statutes are renumbered 321.40 (1) (c) 1., 2. and 3.
200,112 Section 112. 21.49 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (1) (c) 4. and amended to read:
321.40 (1) (c) 4. Except as provided in subds. 1g. 2. and 1m. 3., an accredited institution of higher education located in this state, as defined in 20 USC 1002.
200,113 Section 113. 21.49 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (1) (c) 5.
200,114 Section 114. 21.49 (1) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (1) (d) and amended to read:
321.40 (1) (d) "Tuition grant" means any tuition cost reimbursement payment made by the department under sub. (3) (4).
200,115 Section 115. 21.49 (2) (intro.), (a), (b) and (e) of the statutes are renumbered 321.40 (2) (intro.), (a), (b) and (d).
200,116 Section 116. 21.49 (2) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (2) (c) and amended to read:
321.40 (2) (c) Failing to meet the national guard service duty eligibility criteria established by the department or absent without leave for more than 9 unit training assemblies.
200,117 Section 117. 21.49 (2) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (2) (e) and amended to read:
321.40 (2) (e) Failing to achieve a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or an average grade of "C" for the semester for which reimbursement is requested a tuition grant is applied for.
200,119 Section 119. 21.49 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 321.40 (3), and 321.40 (3) (a) and (b) 3., as renumbered, are amended to read:
321.40 (3) (a) Any eligible guard member upon satisfactory completion of a full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school is eligible for may apply for a tuition grant equal to 100% 100 percent of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% 100 percent of the maximum resident undergraduate tuition charged by the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less.
(b) 3. Contain the signatures of both the guard member claiming the grant and a representative of the school, certifying that the member has satisfactorily completed the course and has achieved the minimum grade point average or grade, as required under sub. (2) (f) (e).
200,120 Section 120. 21.49 (3m) and (4) of the statutes are renumbered 321.40 (4) and (5) and amended to read:
321.40 (4) Repayment of grants. The department shall require a national guard member who has received a tuition grant under this section to repay the amount of the tuition grant to the department if the national guard member, on or after September 1, 2001, is separated from the national guard for misconduct, as defined in the rules and regulations of the national guard, including being absent without leave for more than 9 unit training assemblies. The department may elect to collect the amount owed under this subsection through the tax intercept program under s. 71.93.
(5) Limitations. (a) No guard member is eligible for benefits a tuition grant under this section for more than 120 credits of part-time study or 8 full semesters of full-time study or the equivalent thereof.
(b) If the U.S. congress establishes an active draft after July 1, 1977, no new tuition grants may be authorized under this section. The department shall determine if an active draft has been established. Any termination of the tuition grant program under this paragraph shall allow persons receiving grants prior to the establishment of an active draft to receive full benefits subject to sub. (3) (4) (d) and par. (a).
(c) No guard member may receive a tuition grant under sub. (3) (4) for any semester in which he or she received a payment under s. 45.20 (2).
200,121 Section 121. 21.50 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 321.21 (title).
200,122 Section 122. 21.50 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 321.21 (2) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
321.21 (2) (a) Each commanding officer to whom state or federal who is issued military property is issued may be required to execute to the state a bond, with such sureties and in such form and amount as the adjutant general shall approve, conditioned for the faithful preservation and care of all such arms, accoutrements moneys, or stores that the officer received, to indemnify the state against loss by misuse or misapplication by the officer or any other person; to or money shall account for all of the same according to law, and to the property and money, deliver the same the property and money to any officer lawfully entitled thereto, on demand to receive them, and to pay all sums lawfully appraised for all losses or damages to that property or money.
(b) The unit commander is the legal custodian has control of the money, and military property and effects of any company sized unit or detachment of the national guard, whether said the money or property is owned by said assigned to the unit or detachment or its members collectively, or has been issued to it or any of its officers, for its use, by the state or the United States authority, and. The unit commander may sue for and recover possession of the same money or military property, whenever it is wrongfully withheld from the unit commander's custody or the custody control of the unit or detachment.
200,123 Section 123. 21.50 (3) and (4) of the statutes are repealed.
200,124 Section 124. 21.51 of the statutes is renumbered 321.13.
200,125 Section 125. 21.52 of the statutes is renumbered 321.14 and amended to read:
321.14 Authority to administer oaths. Any officer of the national guard or any officer of the U.S. armed forces may administer oaths of enlistment in the national guard.
200,126 Section 126. 21.54 of the statutes is renumbered 321.15 and amended to read:
321.15 Resignation of officer. A commissioned officer may resign the officer's his or her commission by submitting the written resignation to the officer's his or her immediate commanding officer, in writing, who . The commanding officer shall promptly forward the same resignation through military channels to the adjutant general. The governor shall, by order, accept or reject the same resignation, and, if accepted, fix the effective date of its taking effect. No the resignation shall take effect except as so ordered.
200,127 Section 127. 21.56 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,128 Section 128. 21.56 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 321.21 (3) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
321.21 (3) (a) All state-owned military property or money issued to any officer or armory facility manager shall be audited annually as a part of the annual inspection of federal property accounts. When damages damage, other than fair reasonable wear and tear, or loss of state-owned property is discovered, the adjutant general shall appoint a surveying officer to determine the cause and fix blame. Upon review, the adjutant general may hold responsible individuals pecuniarily financially liable, and may require a depreciated payment, as determined by the adjutant general, into the state treasury. If it is determined that the property or money was damaged, destroyed or lost without fault or neglect on the part of those responsible, all concerned may shall be relieved of liability.
(b) Whenever any state-owned military property becomes unsuitable, unserviceable, or no longer required for military purposes, it shall be disposed of as surplus property subject to s. 16.72 (4) and (5).
200,129 Section 129. 21.57 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,130 Section 130. 21.57 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 321.21 (4) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
321.21 (4) (a) Whenever any When an officer who is responsible for state military property or money is separated or reassigned, all military property or money in the officer's possession or for which the officer is responsible shall be delivered to become the responsibility of the person designated the adjutant general designates to receive the property by the adjutant general or money. No separation or reassignment shall be effective until all property accounts have been settled.
(b) In case of the death of any If an officer having custody control of state military property or money dies, the next in command shall immediately take charge of such the property or money and deliver the same the property or money to the person the adjutant general appointed to receive control the property by the adjutant general or money.
200,131 Section 131. 21.59 of the statutes is repealed.
200,132 Section 132. 21.60 of the statutes is repealed.
200,133 Section 133. 21.61 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,134 Section 134. 21.61 (1), (3), (4) and (5) of the statutes are renumbered 321.23 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (d) and amended to read:
321.23 (1) (a) The governing body of any city, village, town or county A political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band in which one or more companies units of the national guard may be is located may erect build or purchase a suitable armory for the purpose of drill and for the safekeeping of the arms, equipment, uniforms and other military property furnished by the state, and for public meetings and conventions, when such that use will not interfere with the use of such the building by the national guard. Plans and specifications The adjutant general and the building commission may review and approve or reject plans and specifications for such the armories shall be inspected and approved by the governor and the adjutant general who. The adjutant general and the department of administration shall file with the governing body of the city, village, town or county political subdivision or the federally recognized Indian tribe or band a certificate of such inspection and approval prior to before the erection thereof construction of an armory.
(b) The governing body of any city, village, town or county A political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band in which any such company unit of the national guard may be is located may purchase land and build armories in the same manner as the governing body political subdivision or tribe or band is now authorized by law to build other city, village, town or county buildings, and when. When unable to agree upon the price of land with its owner, the political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band may, if in its opinion necessary, appropriate land for the purpose of building armories in the same manner as the governing body political subdivision or tribe or band is now authorized by law to appropriate real estate for other city, village, town or county buildings. In case however If a city, village, town or county shall have political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band aided in the erection building of an armory and the company or companies of the national guard for which the armory was erected shall at any time be built is disbanded, then the armory shall become the property of the city, village, town or county in which political subdivision or tribe or band that aided in the building of the armory is erected.
(c) Such The armory, when erected built or purchased, shall be under the control and charge of the governor, the adjutant general, and the commanding officer of the company or companies unit of the national guard for which it has been provided. The commanding officer shall cause to be deposited therein, deposit in the armory all arms, uniforms and equipment military property received from the governor and the adjutant general who . The adjutant general may make such rules as they deem proper for the observance of issue regulations, instructions, or policies to be followed by all officers and persons having charge of such the armories or occupying any part thereof of the armories.
(d) Whenever any county, city, town or village erects political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band constructs a building as a memorial to the soldiers, sailors and marines members of the U.S. armed forces or national guard who served in any war or armed conflict of the United States and makes provision therein in the memorial building for the accommodation of one or more companies of the national guard having no regularly established armory, the governor, adjutant general or other state officers having control of armory accommodations and regulations shall, whenever practicable, rent the armory provided in such the memorial building for the use of those companies of the national guard.
200,135 Section 135. 21.612 of the statutes is repealed.
200,136 Section 136. 21.616 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,137 Section 137. 21.616 of the statutes is renumbered 321.23 (2) and amended to read:
321.23 (2) The department of military affairs is authorized and directed may, when contributions therefor are made available by the federal government under the national defense facilities act of 1950 or any act or acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, to federal law, expand, rehabilitate, equip, or convert facilities owned by the state and to acquire, construct, expand, rehabilitate, equip, or convert additional facilities. The department of military affairs may on the part of the state accept such the federal contributions in the manner prescribed by federal law or regulation, and may accept on behalf of the state the lawful terms and conditions thereof of a federal contribution. The department of military affairs shall take such steps and have all the functions and has the duties and powers necessary, consistent with the appropriation therefor, to acquire contributions under any such federal act law and to undertake and complete any such a project described in this subsection in conformity with the applicable federal act law and this section subsection.
200,138 Section 138. 21.62 of the statutes is repealed.
200,139 Section 139. 21.63 of the statutes is repealed.
200,140 Section 140. 21.70 (title) of the statutes is repealed.
200,141 Section 141. 21.70 (1) and (2) of the statutes are renumbered 321.02 (1) and (2) and amended to read:
321.02 (1) The governor may request volunteers of from the national guard to provide assistance to federal, state and local law enforcement officers, within or outside the boundaries of this state, in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under 32 USC 112. These activities may include the operation and maintenance of equipment and facilities. The governor may order, with their consent, any national guard members who volunteer under this section subsection to duty in federally funded status. The governor may delegate his or her authority under this section subsection to the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall follow all laws and regulations of the U.S. department of defense when ordering national guard members to perform drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under this section subsection.
(2) A national guard member assisting in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities under this section subsection shall obey and execute the instructions of a law enforcement officer from the assisted agency involved in these activities that are given to the national guard member through the military chain of command.
200,142 Section 142. 21.72 of the statutes is renumbered 321.60, and 321.60 (1) (c), (2), (5) and (6), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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