321.20 321.20 Distribution of military property. The governor may receive and distribute military property that the state receives from the U.S. government under federal laws providing for arming and equipping of the national guard and the state defense force.

321.20 Annotation Federal law prevents the state from regulating personnel criteria of the national guard. Hazelton v. Personnel Commission, 178 Wis. 2d 776, 505 N.W.2d 793 (Ct. App. 1993).

321.21(2)(a)(a) Each commanding officer who is issued military property or money shall account for the property and money, deliver the property and money to any officer entitled to receive them, and pay for all losses or damages to that property or money.

321.21(2)(b) (b) The unit commander has control of the money and military property of any unit of the national guard, whether the money or property is assigned to the unit 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. The unit commander may sue for and recover possession of the money or military property, whenever it is wrongfully withheld from the control of the unit.

321.21(3)(a)(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 damage, other than 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 financially liable. 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 shall be relieved of liability.

321.21(3)(b) (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).

321.21(4)(a)(a) When an officer who is responsible for 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 become the responsibility of the person the adjutant general designates to receive the property or money. No separation or reassignment shall be effective until all accounts have been settled.

321.21(4)(b) (b) If an officer having control of military property or money dies, the next in command shall immediately take charge of the property or money and deliver the property or money to the person the adjutant general appointed to control the property or money.

321.21(5)(a)(a) No person may retain at any time any military property or money, unless the property or money has been lawfully issued to the person and the proper authority permits the person to retain the property or money in the discharge of a public duty. No person may use military property or money for the person's unauthorized private use. Any person violating this paragraph shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

321.21(5)(b) (b) A person who possesses military property or money, after the adjutant general makes lawful demand for the return of the property or money shall return the property or money promptly. No person may knowingly resist any officer who is lawfully taking possession of the military property or money. Any person violating this paragraph shall forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

321.22(1)(1) The state facility near Camp Douglas, Juneau County, shall be known as "Camp Williams". The officer in charge of Camp Williams may arrest a person for a violation that occurs at Camp Williams of a state law, local ordinance, or provision of the Wisconsin code of military justice.

321.22(3) (3) In memory of 1st lieutenant Jerome A. Volk, the first Wisconsin air national guard pilot killed in combat during the Korean conflict, so much of Camp Williams as is under lease to the federal government for use of the air national guard shall be known as "Volk Field" during the time the property remains under lease to the U.S. government.

321.23(1)(a)(a) A political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band in which one or more units of the national guard is located may build or purchase a suitable armory for the purpose of drill and for the safekeeping of military property, and for public meetings and conventions, when that use will not interfere with the use of the building by the national guard. The adjutant general and the building commission may review and approve or reject plans and specifications for the armories. The adjutant general and the department of administration shall file with the political subdivision or the federally recognized Indian tribe or band a certificate of inspection and approval before the construction of an armory.

321.23(1)(b) (b) A political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band in which any unit of the national guard is located may purchase land and build armories in the same manner as the political subdivision or tribe or band is now authorized by law to build other buildings. When unable to agree upon the price of land with its owner, the political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band may appropriate land for the purpose of building armories in the same manner as the political subdivision or tribe or band is now authorized by law to appropriate real estate for other buildings. If a political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band aided in the building of an armory and the company or companies of the national guard for which the armory was built is disbanded, the armory shall become the property of the political subdivision or tribe or band that aided in the building of the armory.

321.23(1)(c) (c) The armory, when built or purchased, shall be under the control and charge of the governor, the adjutant general, and the commanding officer of the unit of the national guard for which it has been provided. The commanding officer shall deposit in the armory all military property received from the governor and the adjutant general. The adjutant general may issue regulations, instructions, or policies to be followed by all officers and persons having charge of the armories or occupying any part of the armories.

321.23(1)(d) (d) Whenever any political subdivision or federally recognized Indian tribe or band constructs a building as a memorial to the 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 in the memorial building for the accommodation of one or more companies of the national guard having no regularly established armory, the adjutant general shall, whenever practicable, rent the armory provided in the memorial building for the use of those companies of the national guard.