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. 321.21 HistoryHistory: 2003 a. 69; 2007 a. 200 ss. 47, 49, 121 to 122, 128, 130, 217; Stats. 2007 s. 321.21. 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(2)(2) The adjutant general may grant to the federal government the right to use any area of Camp Williams upon conditions that the adjutant general deems advisable. 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. 321.22 HistoryHistory: 1979 c. 221 s. 2202 (37); 1991 a. 316; 2007 a. 200 s. 33; Stats. 2007 s. 321.22. 321.23321.23 Facilities and lands. 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. 321.23(2)(2) The department may, when contributions are made available by the federal government under federal law, expand, rehabilitate, equip, or convert facilities owned by the state and acquire, construct, expand, rehabilitate, equip, or convert additional facilities. The department may accept the federal contributions in the manner prescribed by federal law or regulation, and may accept the lawful terms and conditions of a federal contribution. The department has the duties and powers necessary, to acquire contributions under federal law and to undertake and complete a project described in this subsection in conformity with the applicable federal law and this subsection. 321.23 HistoryHistory: 2007 a. 200 s. 134, 137, 218; Stats. 2007 s. 321.23. 321.24321.24 Encroachment on military areas and interference with military personnel. 321.24(1)(1) The officer in charge of any area used or to be used for military purposes may mark the area to warn against encroachment by unauthorized persons, but may not unnecessarily obstruct travel on any public highway. No person may encroach upon or enter the area without the consent of the officer. 321.24(2)(2) No person may interfere with any member of the national guard or state defense force while the member is in the performance of military duty. 321.24(3)(3) Any person who violates sub. (1) or (2) shall forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $200. The officer in charge or a designee may arrest and detain the person for such reasonable time as may be necessary to deliver the person to civil authorities. 321.24 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 94 s. 91 (1); 1975 c. 189, 199, 422; 1979 c. 221; 2007 a. 200 s. 50; Stats. 2007 s. 321.24. NATIONAL GUARD AND
STATE DEFENSE FORCE
321.30321.30 Composition of national guard. 321.30(1)(1) The organized militia of this state shall be known as the “Wisconsin national guard” and shall consist of members commissioned or enlisted in accordance with federal law or regulations governing the national guard. 321.30(2)(2) The Wisconsin national guard shall consist of the army national guard and the air national guard. 321.30 HistoryHistory: 1975 c. 189; 1983 a. 27; 2003 a. 69; 2007 a. 200 s. 16; Stats. 2007 s. 321.30. 321.31321.31 Uniform of national guard. The uniform of the national guard shall be as prescribed by regulations for the corresponding branch of the U.S. armed forces.