CHAPTER 11. MILITARY FUNDS
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Chapter 11. Military Funds
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Appropriation
Sec. 1. The general assembly may appropriate the sums necessaryto constitute a contingency fund to be known as the governor's civiland military contingency fund.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Governor's civil and military contingency fund; expenses;warrants for payment
Sec. 2. The governor's civil and military contingency fund:
(1) remains in the state treasury; and
(2) shall be drawn on the warrant of the governor:
(A) for the expenses as may accrue under this chapter; and
(B) to pay the expenses of all encampments ordered orapproved by the governor, inspections, courts-martial,boards of inquiry, inspection, examination, and survey, andpay of officers and soldiers on state active duty.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Governor's civil and military contingency fund; organization ofnational guard; boards of examination, inquiry, and survey;collection of fines
Sec. 3. The governor may, by general order:
(1) provide for the disbursement of the governor's civil andmilitary contingency fund for the proper organization of thenational guard and the promotion of its discipline, instructionand military efficiency;
(2) appoint boards of examination, inquiry, and survey; and
(3) provide for the collection of any fine, penalty, or forfeituredue from any officer or member of the Indiana national guardout of any payment to be made to the officer or member by thestate.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Council of administration
Sec. 4. (a) The commanding officer of a company and regimentshall convene a council of administration at least two (2) times eachyear.
(b) A council of administration must consist of:
(1) three (3) officers next in rank to the commanding officer;
(2) if there are only two (2) officers next in rank, then the nexttwo (2);
(3) if there is only one (1) officer next in rank, then the next one(1); or (4) if there is not any other officer other than the commandingofficer, then the commanding officer shall act alone.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Council of administration; record of proceedings; publication
Sec. 5. (a) The junior member of the council shall:
(1) record the proceedings of the council in a book; and
(2) submit the book to the commanding officer.
(b) If the commanding officer disapproves the proceedings and thecouncil, after reconsideration, adheres to its decisions, a copy shallbe sent by the commanding officer to the next higher commander.The decision of the next higher commander:
(1) is final; and
(2) shall be entered in the council book.
The decision and council book shall be published for the informationand government of all concerned.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Council of administration; signatures on records
Sec. 6. (a) The proceedings of councils of administration shall besigned by the senior member of the council and recorded. Therecorder of each meeting, after entering the whole proceedings,together with the final order, shall deposit the book with thecommanding officer.
(b) The approval or disapproval of the officer ordering the councilshall be signed by the officer.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Council of administration; audit and settlement of accounts
Sec. 7. The council of administration shall:
(1) audit and settle the account of the organization for which thecouncil is appointed; and
(2) pass specific resolves for all expenditures of the funds of theorganization.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Compensation; personally present for duty; payrolls; signatures
Sec. 8. (a) An officer or a member of the Indiana national guardmay not receive any compensation for duty at drills, parades, orencampments unless personally present for the duty, whetherexcused or not. A substitute for the member may not receivecompensation.
(b) Officers and members shall sign payrolls before the last dayof services for duty performed. The signature of a soldier shall bemade in the presence of the member's commanding officer. If themember signs by mark, the mark must be attested to by the officer. (c) The payrolls described in subsection (b) shall be prepared andsubmitted according to the orders and regulations of the state militarydepartment.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Failure to render satisfactory accounts
Sec. 9. An officer of the Indiana national guard charged with thedisbursement or safekeeping of public money or of any of the fundsauthorized to be established by this article who does not:
(1) render to the proper authorities a satisfactory account of themoney; or
(2) pay over to a successor the money:
(A) in the officer's hands; or
(B) the officer failed satisfactorily to account for;
shall be proceeded against as is provided in cases of fines bycourt-martial. The proceedings of the council of administration shallbe taken as evidence in the case.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.
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Trustee; other funds; separate funds
Sec. 10. (a) The governor, as trustee, may receive from theSecretary of Defense of the United States the funds:
(1) designated as "Other Funds" in the custody of the Secretaryof Defense;
(2) that were collected by certain Indiana national guardorganizations for their own use and benefit; and
(3) that have not been disposed of because the Indiana nationalguard organizations for whose benefit the funds were collectedhave been broken up and have never been reconstituted.
(b) The governor, as trustee, may receive from any branch of theUnited States government any military funds that may be recoveredfrom the United States government. The funds received shall be:
(1) paid into the state treasury; and
(2) kept as a separate and distinct fund; and
(3) distributed for the benefit of the Indiana national guard.
The funds are appropriated in the manner determined by thegovernor.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.