Title MVC — California Mil. & Vet. Code

Privates, privates first class and noncommissioned officers shall be appointed within authorized allotments and pursuant to the rules and regulations prescribed by the United States for the government and administration of the National Guard.

Enlisted persons may be transferred to or from organizations or units. Noncommissioned officers may be reduced one or more grades upon good cause appearing therefor. In transferring or reducing an enlisted person or noncommissioned officer the procedure laid down in regulations f…

Every enlisted person who enters the National Guard or who is a member of the unorganized militia when called into the service of the state, may be provided by the state with a service or dress uniform, or both, corresponding in make and general appearance to the service or dress…

(a) An enlisted member of the California National Guard who has served 20 years in the active service of the state may, on application, in the discretion of the Governor, be retired. Service in the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, or any reserve co…

When an enlisted person of the National Guard is 64 years of age, they shall be retired from active service or discharged.

In time of war or other emergency or imminent danger thereof, the Governor may detail retired enlisted persons to active duty and on conclusion of the emergency return them to the retired list.

Separation from service of an enlisted person of the National Guard or the unorganized militia called into active service is effected by death or by discharge by proper authority.

The following are causes for discharge of enlisted personnel: (a) Expiration of term of service. (b) Attainment of the age of 64 years. (c) Acceptance of appointment as a commissioned officer in the state or federal service. (d) To enlist in the United States Army, Navy, Marine C…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the discharge of enlisted personnel under the provisions of Section 260 shall be effected by order of the Governor, under those regulations as may be prescribed, or as may be authorized by the laws and regulations prescribed for the …

An enlisted person discharged from the National Guard or the unorganized militia when called or ordered into active service of the state shall receive a discharge in writing in a form and with those qualifications as may be prescribed under the laws and regulations prescribed for…

When an enlisted person of the National Guard or the unorganized militia called into active service is absent without leave and there is reason to believe that the enlisted person does not intend to return, or quits their organization or place of duty with the intent to avoid haz…

With the express authority of the Governor, a deserter may be dropped from the rolls of his organization. Any soldier discovered to be a deserter from the military or naval service of the United States shall, if not under charges, be dropped from the rolls. (Enacted by Stats. 193…

Lists of deserters shall be published by The Adjutant General in orders, from time to time as the Governor directs. (Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.)

An enlisted person who has been dropped as a deserter shall not be restored to duty without prior disposition of the charge of desertion standing against them. The charge shall be disposed of by trial by court-martial; by restoration to duty, desertion admitted, upon a written ap…

A deserter shall not be restored to duty without trial except by the Governor or by an officer authorized to appoint a general court-martial. Restoration to duty without trial shall not remove the charge of desertion or relieve the enlisted person from any of the forfeitures atta…

All time lost while absent without leave or in desertion, in excess of twenty-four hours, shall be made good unless the enlisted person is sooner discharged by proper authority.

No enlisted person who has been dishonorably discharged from the military or naval service of this state, or of another state, territory or district, or of the United States shall be permitted to enter again the military or naval service of this state without the approval of the …

A person is not eligible to enlist in the California National Guard if they actively participate in any of the conduct set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 240.

As used in this article: (a) “Veterans” means (1) any person who served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States and was killed in action or died as a result of war service in the World War since April 6, 1917; (2) any member of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard or Marin…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on or after January 1, 2001, a claimant is not ineligible for a disabled veterans’ benefit for lack of certification of disability of the veteran with respect to whom the benefit is sought, if there is a currently pending application to the …

(a) A dependent of a veteran applying for aid under this article shall be over 14 years of age or shall have entered the ninth grade, and shall be a native of or shall have lived in this state for five of the nine years immediately preceding the date that the application is filed…

A dependent of a veteran who desires to continue his education may apply to the department. If in the opinion of the department the educational needs of the applicant can be satisfactorily met in educational institutions in this State or elsewhere, the department shall assume sta…

The department, insofar as funds permit, may provide: (a) For the payment of tuition and other fees. (b) For the monthly payment of an allowance for books, supplies and living expenses of the student. Qualified applicants may claim their first monthly allowance upon completion of…

For students of collegiate, community college, business and trade school rank, the amount expended by the department as an allowance for living expenses shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per month. Dependents enrolled in the fifth year of any course requiring five years…

For tuition and fees: (a) The amount expended on account of any one applicant of undergraduate, collegiate, community college, business, or trade school rank under this article shall not exceed the maximum rate authorized for the regular school year under Section 69566 of the Edu…

The department shall consider applications in the order in which they are received. If the funds available are insufficient to meet the obligations which would arise from the guardianship of all worthy applicants, the department shall assume wardship over the applicants who are m…

No dependent of a veteran, as defined in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 890, shall be eligible to receive the benefits of this article during the time that he is entitled to receive federal educational benefits under Chapter 35, Title 38, United States Co…

Upon application to the department by a dependent of a veteran as defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 890, the department shall reimburse such person for the costs of tuition and fees incurred by such person at a public or private educational institution in the…

Any person who is reimbursed by the department for tuition and fees or on whose account the department has paid tuition and fees, shall not at the same time be eligible for any other allowances provided for in this article if, at such time, such person is also therefor entitled t…

The sum of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) is hereby annually appropriated from the receipts heretofore or hereafter collected under the provisions of Chapter 5, Statutes of 1938, or any other act under which oil royalties are or may be collected, other than those recei…

The department may, for the purposes of this article, draw upon its appropriation for educational assistance to veterans under Section 981 to 981.8 of the Military and Veterans Code.

Officers and warrant officers on active duty in the service of the State shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers of similar grade in the United States Army, United States Air Force and United States Navy. All full time active duty heretofore or hereafter performed i…

Enlisted persons, while on active duty in the service of the state, shall receive the same pay and allowances as enlisted persons of similar grade in the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Navy, except that enlisted persons in the pay grade of E1 throu…

Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons on active duty in the service of the state, except in situations described in Section 188, shall be reimbursed for their necessary traveling and other expenses in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the Department …

(a) A qualified member of the California National Guard Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, as certified by the United States Department of Defense, is eligible to receive an annual State Retention Bonus in the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000) at the completion…

(a) Whenever an officer of the National Guard or Naval Militia is detailed for special duty in any matter relating to the National Guard or Naval Militia, by order of the Governor, that officer shall be allowed the same pay and allowances as officers of similar grade in the Unite…

When an officer or enlisted person of the United States Army, United States Navy, or United States Air Force, detailed by the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force for service with the National Guard or Naval Militia, is detailed b…

Commissioned officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons and former commissioned officers, warrant officers and enlisted persons of the United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, or any reserve component thereof, California National Guard, State Guard, C…

Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons on active duty in the service of the state shall be eligible for health care benefits 30 days after being called to active duty.

(a) The purpose of this section is to help defray the uniform and travel costs paid by volunteers in the State Guard and Naval Militia. (b) On January 1, 2007, the amount of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Military Depar…

The Military Department Workers’ Compensation Fund is hereby created within the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Military Department for purposes of subdivision (a). (a) The moneys in…

The commanding officers of the several companies, troops, batteries, squadrons, headquarters or detachments shall submit vouchers or claims for necessary expenses including armory rental, janitor service, clerical service, recruiting, care of arms and equipment, and other inciden…

No claim shall be allowed under this article except upon vendors’ invoices or demand made quarterly in duplicate, signed and sworn to by the officer claiming the same, before any officer of the National Guard or Naval Militia, or notary public, and forwarded through the headquart…

(a) Subject to Section 340.1, whenever any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the California National Guard, the organized militia, or the unorganized militia, when called into the active service of the state, pursuant to Section 142, 143, or 146, is wounded, injured…

(a) Any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the California National Guard, the organized militia, or the unorganized militia, when called into the active service of the state, pursuant to Sections 142, 143, or 146, except an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted membe…

Any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the California National Guard, the organized militia, or the unorganized militia, when called into the active service of the state, pursuant to Sections 142, 143, or 146, who, while in that active service, is transferred by the …

In the determination of the benefits to be awarded any member of the militia or his dependents under the provisions of Section 340, it shall be conclusively presumed that the average yearly earning of such injured or deceased member is not less than two thousand five hundred doll…

The appeals board is empowered to hear and determine all issues concerning any obligation of the State of California to provide to any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted person on active duty with the Office of the Adjutant General any rights or benefits provided in Section 3,…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the State Militia Disability Equality Act.

(a) When any officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the California National Guard or the organized militia who is not in active service in this state is wounded, injured, or disabled in the line of duty when performing military duty of any nature under Title 10 or Title …