Missouri § 41.475 - Authorization to request volunteers for counter-drug activities — delegation of authority to adjutant general — National Guard counterdrug program ribbon.

§ 41.475. Authorization to request volunteers for counter-drug activities — delegation of authority to adjutant general — National Guard counterdrug program ribbon.

1.  The governor is hereby authorized to request volunteers of the organized militia to assist federal law enforcement authorities within or outside the state, or to assist federal, state or local law enforcement authorities within this state, and order such volunteers to duty for the purpose of providing assistance in drug interdiction and counter-drug activities and operation and maintenance of equipment and facilities for such purposes pursuant to plans adopted and funding assistance received under the provisions of 32 U.S.C. Section 112.

2.  The governor may delegate the authority conferred by this section to the adjutant general, but the governor shall retain sole authority to approve any and all plans submitted to the Secretary of Defense under 32 U.S.C. Section 112.  The adjutant general shall ensure that all directives and policies of the Department of Defense and National Guard Bureau are followed.  Personnel assisting in such activities shall obey and execute the instructions of the civil authorities charged by law with responsibility for law enforcement.

3.  The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present, in the name of the state of Missouri, a Missouri National Guard counterdrug program ribbon, which shall be of suitable design, as may be determined by the adjutant general, to individual members of the Missouri National Guard who have participated in the counterdrug program.  The period of eligibility shall be from January 1, 1989, to a future date to be determined by the adjutant general or the cessation of the counterdrug program.  No Missouri National Guard counterdrug program ribbon shall be awarded to or retained by any person whose entire service shall not have been honorable.  If a member qualifies for the Missouri National Guard counterdrug program ribbon but dies before making a request or before receipt, then the Missouri National Guard counterdrug program ribbon may be requested by and presented to the surviving primary next of kin.  The adjutant general shall adopt policies and operating regulations concerning only its internal management of this Missouri National Guard counterdrug program ribbon, which need not be published in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536, but these regulations shall be available for public inspection and review.

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(L. 1991 S.B. 358, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2593)

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