50-54
MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE
SECTION 50-54
50. There shall be in the State Government the Military Department. 51. The Military Department includes the office of the Adjutant General, the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, the California Cadet Corps, and the Naval Militia. 52. The Adjutant General succeeds to, and is vested with, the duties, power, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the Division of Military Affairs and of the officers and employees of that division. The Adjutant General shall, in addition to all other duties, be the head of the Military Department and shall be responsible for its affairs, functions, duties, funds, and property. 52.5. The Adjutant General may enter into agreements to provide for joint and several liability and indemnity to private agencies and persons for injuries to third parties arising out of a negligent act or omission by a member of the California National Guard while involved in on-the-job training. 53. The creation of the Military Department shall in no manner affect the status, position, pay, classification, rights, duties, obligations, responsibilities, or tenure, as the same exist on the effective date of this act, of any person, employee, appointee, officer, enlisted person, warrant officer or commissioned officer employed, enlisted or appointed by or on duty with or in the service of the Office of the Adjutant General or the Adjutant General or the National Guard or the State Military Reserve or the California Cadet Corps or the Naval Militia. 54. All unexpended balances appropriated for the use of the office of the Adjutant General, the Adjutant General, the National Guard, the State Military Reserve or the Naval Militia and not required by the office of the Adjutant General, the Adjutant General, the National Guard, the State Military Reserve or the Naval Militia may be expended by the Adjutant General for the use and benefit of the Military Department. Except as herein provided, all money and funds available to or appropriated for the use and benefit of the office of the Adjutant General, the Adjutant General, the National Guard, the State Military Reserve, the California Cadet Corps or the Naval Militia, upon the effective date of this act, shall not be affected by the creation of the Military Department.