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2021 Kansas Statutes
Chapter 48 - Militia, Defense And Public Safety
Article 5 - State Guard
48-501 Authority and name.

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KS Stat § 48-501 (2021)
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48-501. Authority and name.
Whenever any part of the national guard of this state is in active federal service, the governor is hereby authorized to organize and maintain within this state during such period, under such regulations as the secretary of defense of the United States may prescribe for discipline in training, such military forces as the governor may deem necessary to defend this state. Such forces shall be composed of officers commissioned or assigned, and such able-bodied citizens of the state as shall volunteer for service therein, supplemented, if necessary, by members of the unorganized militia enrolled by draft or otherwise as provided by law. Such forces shall be additional to and distinct from the national guard and shall be known as the Kansas state guard. Such forces shall be uniformed.

History: L. 1941, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 18; July 1.

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