1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the military; expanding eligibility for 
  1.3             certain state service; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.4             1998, sections 190.08, subdivision 3; 192.19; and 
  1.5             193.29, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 190.08, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [ORDER TO STATE ACTIVE SERVICE.] The adjutant 
  1.10  general may order to state active service, with their consent, 
  1.11  additional current or former officers, warrant officers, and 
  1.12  enlisted personnel of the national guard of the state as are 
  1.13  required for the full time administration of the military 
  1.14  department.  Except for those appointed under subdivisions 1 and 
  1.15  2, they may not be removed from office after one year of active 
  1.16  service except for cause, reduction in force, or withdrawal of 
  1.17  federal recognition, as long as they remain active members of 
  1.18  the military forces of the state.  
  1.19     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 192.19, is 
  1.20  amended to read: 
  1.21     192.19 [RETIRED OFFICERS MEMBERS MAY BE ORDERED TO ACTIVE 
  1.22  DUTY.] 
  1.23     The commander-in-chief or the adjutant general may assign 
  1.24  officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel on the 
  1.25  retired list, with their consent, to temporary active service in 
  2.1   recruiting, upon courts-martial, courts of inquiry and boards, 
  2.2   to staff duty not involving service with troops, or in charge of 
  2.3   a military reservation left temporarily without officers.  
  2.4   Such officers personnel while so assigned shall receive the full 
  2.5   pay and allowances of their grades at time of retirement. 
  2.6      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 193.29, 
  2.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.8      Subdivision 1.  [ARMORY BOARD.] The control operation and 
  2.9   use of each armory building and grounds occupied by any of the 
  2.10  military forces of the state shall be vested in an armory board 
  2.11  consisting of officers, warrant officers, or enlisted personnel 
  2.12  representing the organization or organizations quartered 
  2.13  therein, as hereinafter provided, except that the 
  2.14  commission-owned armories which have been or may be constructed 
  2.15  or acquired and operated under the provisions of sections 
  2.16  193.139 to 193.149, and acts supplementary thereto shall be 
  2.17  controlled and operated as provided therein.  
  2.18     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 193.29, 
  2.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.20     Subd. 2.  [COMPOSITION OF BOARD.] For each armory occupied 
  2.21  by a single company or other unit the armory board shall consist 
  2.22  of the three senior officers, warrant officers, or enlisted 
  2.23  personnel of the unit quartered therein, provided, in the case 
  2.24  of a unit having less than three officers, the armory board 
  2.25  shall consist of such officers or officer as the adjutant 
  2.26  general may designate.  
  2.27     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 193.29, 
  2.28  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.29     Subd. 3.  [JOINT BOARDS.] In all cases in which more than 
  2.30  one company or other unit of the military forces shall occupy 
  2.31  the same armory, the armory board shall consist of three 
  2.32  officers assigned to the units or organizations quartered 
  2.33  therein.  The adjutant general shall designate by order from 
  2.34  time to time the representatives of each unit quartered therein 
  2.35  to comprise the armory board for each armory.  In the discretion 
  2.36  of the adjutant general, the membership of the board may be 
  3.1   comprised of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel 
  3.2   and may be changed from time to time so as to give the several 
  3.3   organizations quartered therein proper representation on the 
  3.4   board.