Louisiana · statute · La. Rev. Stat. tit. 29 · 413 active provisions
A. The Military Department of this state shall be known as "The Military Department, State of Louisiana". B. The Military Department shall be composed of the National Guard, Louisiana State Guard, Louisiana Military Police, the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, and such other offices th…
The governor of the state, by virtue of his office, shall be the commander in chief of the militia of the state.
A. All able-bodied persons between the ages of seventeen and sixty-four residing in this state and who are not exempt by the laws of the United States of America or of this state constitute the militia of Louisiana and are subject to military duty. B. The militia is divided into two classes, the organized militia and t…
The national guard is divided into two classes, the active national guard and the inactive national guard. A. The active national guard consists of the regularly commissioned, enlisted, organized, and uniformed military forces of Louisiana who participate in apportionment of the annual appropriation provided by the Con…
A. Members of the militia who enter, volunteer, or who are called into active service of the state may, in accordance with the orders of the governor or the adjutant general or rules and regulations adopted by the Military Department, be organized into units in addition to and distinct from designated units of the nati…
The unorganized militia is subject to active military duty only when called into the service of the state or of the United States of America. The adjutant general may assign them to existing military organizations or organize them as the exigency of the occasion requires.
A.(1) The governor may, with or without a declaration of emergency, order into the active service of the state any part of the National Guard, Louisiana State Guard, or militia: (a) To provide for homeland security or emergency preparedness or otherwise assist civil authorities. (b) In the event of insurrection, invasi…
A. Military police forces of the active Louisiana National Guard, unless otherwise restricted by regulation or order of their commander, shall have all of the powers and authority of peace officers necessary to perform law enforcement functions related to and in connection with their duties in the active Louisiana Nati…
A. Whenever, under the circumstances mentioned in R.S. 29:7, it is not possible to communicate with the governor or the adjutant general, the senior officer of a command, upon the request of a mayor, a sheriff, or a district judge, shall order out the forces under his command, or any part thereof, for the protection of…
The governor may draw from the government of the United States of America all military stores to which the state is entitled for the use of the national guard and may give the necessary bonds.
A. The adjutant general shall have a rank not lower than a brigadier general, and he shall have been a citizen of the state for at least fifteen years prior to his appointment. He shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate from active federally recognized officers of the Louisiana National Guard…
A. The adjutant general has control of the military department, subject to the orders of the governor, and performs the duties pertaining to the office of adjutant general under the laws of Louisiana and applicable federal law and regulations. B. The adjutant general shall have the authority to appoint, assign, promote…
The adjutant general shall appoint an assistant adjutant general for the army national guard and an assistant adjutant general for the air national guard. Each assistant adjutant general shall hold the rank of brigadier general, shall have been a citizen of the state and a member of the respective national guard compon…
A. All persons qualified according to the laws of Louisiana and of the United States of America and recommended by the proper military authorities may be commissioned by the governor as officers in the national guard. B. All commissions in the military service of this state shall be in the name and by the authority of…
All officers of the national guard and Louisiana State Guard shall take the oath required by law before entering upon the duties of their office.
A. Before receiving a commission in the active national guard pursuant to an original appointment or otherwise, an officer shall pass the prescribed examinations before a board appointed by federal authority in accordance with the laws of the United States of America and orders and regulations made pursuant thereto. B.…
The governor may appoint and commission as second lieutenants, without an examination, enlisted men who have served well and faithfully in the active national guard for a period of not less than twenty-five years. Immediately upon appointment and commission, the officer shall be placed on the retired list.
The governor may have a personal military and naval staff, the members of which are not in the national guard.
A. Officers of the militia shall be paid by the state only when ordered to duty by lawful authority, unless otherwise provided in this Part. The necessary mileage and expenses of the officers of the militia when traveling on duty and under orders, as well as the necessary office expenses, including printing, postage, e…
Enlistments in the active national guard shall be for the terms prescribed by the laws of the United States of America. Qualifications for enlistment shall be the same as prescribed for the active national guard by the laws and regulations of the armed forces of the United States. No enlisted man whose service has not…
A person under eighteen years of age may be enlisted only with the written consent of the applicant's parents or legal representative.
Every person who enlists or reenlists in the organized militia of this state shall take and sign the oath required by law and shall execute the contract of enlistment. The oath shall be taken and subscribed before an officer of the organized militia or before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths.
Whenever any of the militia of this state is on active duty pursuant to the order of the governor, the commanding officer may order the closing of any place where arms, ammunition, dynamite, or other explosives or intoxicating liquors are sold, and he may forbid the sale, barter, loan, or giving away of any of these ar…
No officer or other member of the military forces of this state shall be indicted, prosecuted, or sued for any injury to any person or property performed or committed by him while in the active service of the state of Louisiana in the course of the business of the military forces of this state as required of him by thi…
A. The legislature finds and states: (1) That federal and state jurisprudence for causes of action arising prior to December 29, 1981, indicated that members of the National Guard engaged in training or duty under 32 U.S.C. 316 or 502 et seq., but not activated to become part of the federal forces as such, were to be c…