Title VIII, Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs

I. Any state is eligible to become a member state. II. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than 10 of the states. The effective date shall be no earlier than December 1, 2007. Thereafter it shall become effe…

I. Members and units of the national guard shall assemble for drill or other equivalent training, instruction or duties during each year and shall participate in field training, encampments, maneuvers, schools, conferences or other similar duties as may be prescribed by the laws …

The governor shall conform the organization of the New Hampshire national guard, including the composition of all units thereof, to the organization of national guard units prescribed by the laws of the United States and the regulations issued thereunder. For that purpose, the go…

I. Withdrawal. (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute which enacted the compact into law. (b) Withdrawal from thi…

I. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. II. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose…

The inactive national guard shall consist of the persons commissioned, appointed or enlisted therein at the time of the enactment of this chapter, such officers and enlisted persons as may be hereafter transferred thereto from the army national guard and the air national guard, a…

For all purposes under this chapter, members of the national guard who entered the active military service of the United States in time of war or under a call, order or draft by the president or who hereafter enter such service under like conditions or who enter and serve on acti…

I. Other laws. (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) All member states' laws conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. II. Binding effect of the compact. (a)…

The New Hampshire Air National Guard, New Hampshire Army National Guard, and 157 Air Refueling Wing Offices of the Staff Judge Advocate shall be granted access to all confidential criminal history records, criminal investigation documentation, and public court records of New Hamp…

I. Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and each school year thereafter, each public school shall provide appropriate support services, as specified in paragraph II, to military-connected students whose parent or guardian is a member of the armed forces being called to and wh…

It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: I. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not…

The governor shall be the commander-in-chief of the militia and is hereby authorized to issue regulations for the organization and government thereof. Such regulations shall have the same force and effect as the provisions of this chapter, but they shall conform to the laws and r…

I. Any person who shall be called by the governor to active duty for a period of 30 days or more as a member of the state guard or national guard or as a member of the militia, shall be afforded the same civil protections, rights, privileges, benefits and relief, accorded under t…

I. No person shall be appointed or promoted as a commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard unless such person shall have passed such examination as to his physical, moral and professional qualifications as may be prescribed by this chapter and the regulations …

I. The efficiency, moral character and general fitness for retention in the national guard of any commissioned officer or warrant officer may be investigated and determined by an efficiency examining board. Such board shall, whenever practicable, be composed of officers senior in…

Efficiency and medical examining boards appointed by the governor are hereby vested with the powers of courts of inquiry and courts-martial. Such boards shall follow the practice and procedure prescribed by applicable laws of the United States and the state and the regulations is…

The commission of any officer or warrant officer absent without leave for 3 months may be vacated by the governor upon the recommendation of the adjutant general. An officer who shall have been absent without leave for a period of 6 months or more shall be dismissed by the govern…

An officer or warrant officer of the national guard may tender a resignation of office at any time. If the resignation is accepted, the officer shall receive an honorable discharge; but, if the officer tendering the resignation shall be under arrest or if charges have been prefer…

The qualifications for enlistment and re-enlistment, the periods of enlistment, re-enlistment and voluntary extension of enlistment, the period of service, the form of contract to be executed, the oath to be taken, and the manner and form of transfer and discharge of enlisted per…

All non-commissioned officers of the national guard shall be appointed in the discretion of the appointing officer upon the nomination of the officer under whose immediate command they are to serve. Appointing officers shall be designated in regulations issued pursuant to this ch…

I. An enlisted person may be discharged from the national guard prior to the expiration of his term of enlistment under such conditions as may be prescribed by applicable laws of the United States and of this state and by regulations issued thereunder. II. An enlisted person disc…

I. All armories, arsenals, camps, ranges, bases, airports, and other facilities owned, leased, licensed, or maintained by the state or by the United States for the use of the New Hampshire national guard and all activities conducted therein shall be under the general charge, cont…

Use of force by personnel, to include state employees and contractor personnel while conducting security functions at National Guard facilities; and any employee and member of the New Hampshire National Guard, in a duty status, shall be in accordance with adjutant general issued …

I. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the department of military affairs and veterans services property fund, which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. The fund shall consist of such moneys as may be approp…

All New Hampshire national guard facilities shall be primarily for the military duty, instruction, and training of the national and state guard and for the storage and maintenance of military property. Other use of national guard facilities may be authorized by the adjutant gener…

As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: I. "Accredited school" means a school that has completed the accreditation process from a regional accrediting association, such as the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, that val…

I. Whenever it shall be deemed necessary, the governor may direct the members of the unorganized militia to present themselves for and submit to registration at such time and place and in such manner as the governor may prescribe in regulations issued pursuant to this chapter. II…

I. For the purpose of supporting morale and maintaining training abilities, 2 funds are created. Both funds shall be nonlapsing interest bearing funds. II. One fund shall be known as the chargeable transient quarters (QTC) and billeting fund. Revenue for this fund shall be non-ap…

There is established a fund to be known as the New Hampshire armories or other national guard facilities fund, which shall exclude the New Hampshire national guard training center funds. The money in this fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the depar…

The adjutant general shall issue such military property as may be prescribed by regulations. Obsolete ordinance property belonging to the state may be issued by the adjutant general with the approval of the governor to municipalities and to educational, patriotic and charitable o…

I. When not in use, all public property received by commanding officers and officers in charge shall be kept and stored in the armories or other military facilities provided for that purpose. II. Commanding officers and officers in charge shall render such reports with respect to…

I. Public property of the state and of the United States shall be issued, safeguarded, maintained, accounted for, inventoried, inspected, surveyed and disposed of as provided in applicable laws of the United States, regulations issued thereunder and regulations issued pursuant to…

The adjutant general is authorized to effect such insurance upon property of the United States, in the hands of the state for the use of the national guard, as may be deemed advisable. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is authorized to draw a warrant upon …

I. For each calendar day's service when ordered into the active service of the state, each commissioned officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer and enlisted person of the national guard shall be paid at the same rate of pay and allowances as that designated in the pay …

There is established a death benefit in the amount of $100,000 for each activated New Hampshire army national guard or New Hampshire air national guard member who dies while on state active duty or as the result of injuries incurred on state active duty. This death benefit shall …

I. Every commissioned officer and warrant officer of the national guard shall provide himself with a complete uniform. II. Every officer and warrant officer so uniformed and in the service on June 1 each year shall then be paid by the adjutant general $25 from the appropriation m…

The system of discipline of the national guard shall conform generally to that of the armed forces of the United States, and all personnel on duty or in active state service shall be subject to the punitive and disciplinary provisions of this chapter. Trial and punishment by civi…

I. Notice of the draft shall be by proclamation or otherwise, as the governor shall deem proper; and the selection of draft classes for ablebodied persons 18 years of age or older shall be by lot, all in conformity with such regulations as the governor shall promulgate. II. The d…

I. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph II, this compact shall apply to the children of: (a) Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this compact, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. chapters 120…

Under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the commanding officer of any detachment, company, or higher command may, for minor offenses, impose disciplinary punishment upon officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the command without intervention o…

The delinquencies defined in the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the United States are hereby declared to be military offenses for which an offender will be punished according to law as a court-martial may direct within the limitations imposed upon courts-martial of the natio…

Any member of the national guard may prefer charges against any other person subject to the provisions of this chapter.

"Apprehension" is the taking into custody of a person. Any person authorized under the regulations governing the national guard to apprehend persons subject to this chapter may do so upon reasonable belief that an offense has been committed and that the person apprehended committ…

I. "Arrest" is the restraint of a person by an order, not imposed as punishment for an offense, directing the person to remain within certain specified limits. "Confinement" is the physical restraint of a person. II. An enlisted person may be ordered into arrest or confinement by…

Any person subject to RSA 110-B charged with an offense hereunder shall be ordered into arrest or confinement as circumstances may require; but, when charged only with an offense normally tried by summary court-martial, such person shall not ordinarily be placed in confinement. W…

I. No provost marshal or commander of a guard shall refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his charge by an officer of the national guard when the committing officer furnishes a statement signed by the officer of the offense charged against the prisoner. II. Every pr…