Adjutant General administration; expenses of Civil Air Patrol

(a) Due to the nature of its congressionally assigned key missions and nonassigned missions, the West Virginia wing of the Civil Air Patrol shall be administered by the Adjutant General and the Adjutant General’s department in accordance with applicable state, federal and Civil Air Patrol regulations. (b) The Adjutant General, in addition to all other powers and functions authorized by law, may expend state funds: (1) For operational missions or other objectives related to national security, homeland security, emergency response, disaster relief or other similar missions; (2) For educational and training purposes of the Civil Air Patrol, including, but not limited to, the purchase of Civil Air Patrol aviation, homeland security and emergency services education training aid books, materials and equipment; (3) To defray maintenance, repair and replacement costs of Civil Air Patrol aircraft, motor vehicles and other homeland security and emergency services equipment; (4) To purchase and obtain supplies and equipment for the Civil Air Patrol; and (5) To maintain the communications network for the Civil Air Patrol and to integrate it with other state communications networks. (c) Funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes specified in subsection (b) of this section may be expended by the Adjutant General and shall be expended for no other purposes.