Title 37-B, Title 37-B

The military staff of the Governor as Commander in Chief consists of: [PL 2001, c. 662, §16 (AMD).] 1. Adjutant General. The Adjutant General, who is chief of staff; 2. Senior staff officers. The senior officer on duty with each of the staff sections organized under section 105; …

The Governor may create, organize, abolish or reorganize staff sections that the Governor determines necessary to provide for the National Guard, other state military forces and the Maine Military Authority and appoint staff officers necessary to provide for the operation of the …

The Adjutant General may, subject to the approval of the Governor, appoint an assistant adjutant general for the Maine Army National Guard and an assistant adjutant general for the Maine Air National Guard, each with the qualifications set forth in section 107, who may hold the g…

A person appointed Adjutant General or assistant adjutant general must have attained the federally recognized rank of Colonel in the Maine National Guard and meet the criteria for federal recognition as a General Officer for either the United States Army National Guard or the Uni…

Any federally recognized general officer currently serving in the Maine National Guard may be appointed as Deputy Adjutant General. The Deputy Adjutant General has all the military related powers, responsibilities and duties of the Adjutant General if the Adjutant General is unab…

The honorary military staff may consist of not more than 11 aides-de-camp commissioned by the Governor to serve during the Governor's term. Honorably discharged officers or enlisted personnel who served in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard or Marine Corps during any war and …

The Adjutant General shall organize a staff to be called the Joint Force Headquarters. It shall command, control and supervise Army and Air National Guard units employed in support of civil authorities in the protection of life, property and preservation of peace, order and publi…

This section governs the provision of security at National Guard military facilities and real property of the department. [PL 2019, c. 341, §5 (NEW).] 1. Appointment of a provost marshal. The Adjutant General may appoint a provost marshal to oversee security at National Guard mil…

All military accounts, unless otherwise specially provided by law, must be approved by the person authorized to contract the accounts and transmitted to the Adjutant General for the Adjutant General's examination and approval. They must then be presented to the State Controller. …

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the qualifications for appointment of officers and enlistment of enlisted personnel and the procedures for promoting, transferring, discharging, equipping, uniforming and training personnel of the state military force shall be consist…

1. Pay and allowances. Subject to subsection 2 and section 150, members of the Maine National Guard ordered to active state service under section 181‑A, subsections 1 to 5 are entitled to receive at least the same pay and allowances as would be payable to those persons from the U…

The Commander in Chief may authorize the employment of civilian personnel in organizations in which there are vacancies of necessary personnel when the organizations are on duty under the Commander in Chief's orders or are called upon in aid of civil authorities. These civilian p…

The Governor shall, subject to the approval of the United States Secretary of the Army or the United States Secretary of the Air Force, designate a qualified commissioned officer of the Maine National Guard to be the United States property and fiscal officer. [PL 1983, c. 460, §3…

1. Conflict of interest. No officer authorized to make purchases or sales of military property may be personally interested, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or sale of the property; nor may an officer take pay other than that allowed by law for negotiating or transacting …

An enlisted person discharged from the state military forces must receive a discharge in the form and with the classification prescribed for the federal military establishment. Discharges may be given prior to the expiration of periods of enlistment under these regulations, not i…

When authorized by the national military establishment, new organizations may be raised on petition to the Governor, or by the Governor's order. When the minimum number of persons required by law has been enlisted and notice thereof given to the Governor, the Governor shall order…

A unit of the state military forces may not perform any voluntary active state service without pay, unless authorized by express order of the Governor. [PL 2019, c. 341, §8 (AMD).] An officer, warrant officer or enlisted person or any retired officer, retired warrant officer or r…

The Military Bureau may operate and maintain lodging facilities for military personnel and collect a quarters fee on behalf of both the federal government and the Military Bureau. The fees will fund these lodging facilities. That portion of the fees due the Federal Government wil…

1. Fund established. The Armory Rental Fund is established in the Military Bureau as a nonlapsing fund to assist in defraying the operation and maintenance expenses of the Military Bureau's state-owned facilities. Funds in the Armory Rental Fund are in addition to appropriations …

The Military Bureau may rent armories, readiness centers and other real property for activities that do not conflict with the military training mission.

Except as provided in section 353-A, the Capital Repair, Maintenance, Construction and Acquisition Account is established in the Military Bureau as a nonlapsing fund to assist in defraying the capital repair, maintenance and construction of state-owned properties of the Military …

The Maine National Guard may provide services in accordance with section 181‑A, subsections 4 and 5 and section 183 for federal, state, county, regional and municipal governments and agencies and nongovernmental entities and may charge for those services. Except as provided in se…

The Loring Center of Excellence Operations and Maintenance Fund is established in the Military Bureau as a nonlapsing fund in order that the Commissioner of the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management may accept funds from the Department of Defense, Department of…

1. Maine Military Authority Enterprise Fund; established. The Maine Military Authority Enterprise Fund is established to fund activities of the Maine Military Authority, established in section 391, including, but not limited to, the following: A. Operating the Maine Readiness Sus…

The Maine Military Family Relief Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing fund in the department administered according to rules adopted by the Adjutant General. The funds deposited in the fund include, but are not limited to, fines imposed …

1. By order of the Governor. The Governor may order members of the state military forces to active state service in the case of, or imminent danger of, insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot, conspiracy to commit a felony or threat of violence to persons or property or upon the rea…

Whenever any portion of the state military forces is activated in aid of civilian authority and if, in the Governor's judgment, the maintenance of law and order will thereby be promoted, the Governor, by proclamation, may declare the county or municipality receiving the assistanc…

Personnel and equipment of the Maine National Guard may be employed in the case of human health emergencies. [PL 1995, c. 600, §4 (AMD).] 1. Activation of Maine National Guard. In the event of illness, injury, missing persons or loss of life, creating an emergency that requires s…

Notices for military duty must be given as follows. [PL 1995, c. 600, §5 (AMD).] 1. When given. Members of the state military forces must receive reasonable prior notice of active state service appropriate to the duty to be performed. 2. How given. Notices may be given orally or …

1. Immunity from civil and criminal liability. A member of the state military forces may not be liable civilly or criminally for any act done or caused, ordered or directed to be done by that member while on active state service in the performance of that member's duty. If an act…

1. Compensation as state employee. A member of the state military forces receives compensation as a state employee according to the provisions of Title 39‑A and this section. A. Duty status is as follows. (1) The types of duty that are covered are: (a) Active state service as def…

The bounds and limits of camps may be fixed and intrusion within those limits may be restricted as follows. [PL 1983, c. 460, §3 (NEW).] 1. Fixing the limits. A commanding officer on duty may fix necessary bounds and limits to the commanding officer's camp or parade. In doing so,…

1. Organization. When necessary to provide for the adequate protection of the State, the Governor as Commander in Chief may organize as components of the state military forces an adequate number of Army and Navy units for the length of time that the Governor directs. Those compon…

The militia shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of the State, or able-bodied persons who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who are at least 18 years of age and not more than 45 years of age, and who are enrolled pursuant to section 225, …

1. Composition. The naval militia of the State of Maine shall consist of such persons as may be enlisted, appointed or commissioned therein from the militia. 2. Administration. The Commander in Chief may organize the forces prescribed in subsection 1 as the Commander in Chief con…

The Governor may organize and maintain within this State in time of peace or war or other emergency, the Maine State Guard, which organization and maintenance of the Maine State Guard shall be consistent with federal regulations prescribing the organization, standard of training,…

1. Citizen enrollment; penalty for noncompliance. Each citizen who is more than 18 years of age and less than 45 years of age, unless exempted by order of the Governor, who is a resident of this State, must, whenever the Governor considers it necessary, be enrolled with the milit…

All commissioned officers and warrant officers in the state military forces shall provide themselves with uniforms and equipment required by federal regulation. The Adjutant General may purchase and issue as state property on memorandum receipt or sell for cash to these officers …

The clothes, arms, military outfit and accoutrements furnished by or through the State to, or required of, a member of the state military forces are not subject to any civil action, distress, execution or sale for debt or payment of taxes.

The Adjutant General shall make arrangements for the necessary repair, cleansing and renovation of all clothes, arms, military outfits or accoutrements of the state military forces. If the repair, cleansing or renovation is due to the negligence of a member, the cost shall be cha…

1. Sale of property; proceeds. The Adjutant General shall designate an officer to inspect military property, real and personal, and may condemn any inspected property that the Adjutant General determines to be unfit for use by the military. Property condemned under this subsectio…

1. Destruction of equipment. The penalties for destruction of equipment are as follows. A. Any person who knowingly or recklessly destroys, injures or defaces any article of military property belonging to the State or the United States, or uses it for an unauthorized purpose, or …

1. Duty of municipal officers. 2. Gifts to the State. The Governor or the Adjutant General, or both, may accept, in the name of the State, donations of real estate and personal property to be used for military purposes by the state military forces upon such conditions as the dono…

1. By the State. Whenever the Military Fund is sufficient, the Adjutant General may, with the approval of the Governor, erect armories and other necessary buildings. 2. By municipalities.

All real estate and personal property owned or leased by the State, by any municipality, or by any organization of the state military forces and used for military purposes is exempt from all taxation during the period of that ownership or lease and use.

Any municipal officer who fails to comply with this subchapter is guilty of a Class E crime. Any fine imposed under this section shall be paid into the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund.