GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 291
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/19/99

Short Title:  Chief of Militia Powers/AB.	(Public)

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March 4, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR AS THE CHIEF OF THE STATE'S MILITIA SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS AND UNITS OR PARTS OF UNITS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST WITH STATE INAUGURAL ACTIVITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 127A-16 reads as rewritten:
"§ 127A-16. Governor as commander in chief.
(a)	The Governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, secure the safety of persons and property, suppress riots or insurrections, repel invasions and provide disaster relief.
(b)	The Governor shall have the additional power, subject to the availability of funding, to place individuals, units, or parts of units of the North Carolina National Guard in a State Active Duty status to assist with the planning, support, and execution of activities connected with the swearing-in and installation of the Governor and other members of the Council of State."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.