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 necessary
to constitute a contingency fund to be known as the governor's civil
and 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 or
approved by the governor, inspections, courts-martial,
boards of inquiry, inspection, examination, and survey, and
pay 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 of
national 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 and
military contingency fund for the proper organization of the
national guard and the promotion of its discipline, instruction
and military efficiency;
(2) appoint boards of examination, inquiry, and survey; and
(3) provide for the collection of any fine, penalty, or forfeiture
due from any officer or member of the Indiana national guard
out of any payment to be made to the officer or member by the
state.
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 regiment
shall convene a council of administration at least two (2) times each
year.
(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 next
two (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 commanding
officer, 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 the
council, after reconsideration, adheres to its decisions, a copy shall
be 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 information
and 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 be
signed by the senior member of the council and recorded. The
recorder of each meeting, after entering the whole proceedings,
together with the final order, shall deposit the book with the
commanding officer.
(b) The approval or disapproval of the officer ordering the council
shall 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 the
council is appointed; and
(2) pass specific resolves for all expenditures of the funds of the
organization.
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 guard
may not receive any compensation for duty at drills, parades, or
encampments unless personally present for the duty, whether
excused or not. A substitute for the member may not receive
compensation.
(b) Officers and members shall sign payrolls before the last day
of services for duty performed. The signature of a soldier shall be
made in the presence of the member's commanding officer. If the
member signs by mark, the mark must be attested to by the officer.
(c) The payrolls described in subsection (b) shall be prepared and
submitted according to the orders and regulations of the state military
department.
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 the
disbursement or safekeeping of public money or of any of the funds
authorized to be established by this article who does not:
(1) render to the proper authorities a satisfactory account of the
money; 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 by
court-martial. The proceedings of the council of administration shall
be 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 the
Secretary of Defense of the United States the funds:
(1) designated as "Other Funds" in the custody of the Secretary
of Defense;
(2) that were collected by certain Indiana national guard
organizations for their own use and benefit; and
(3) that have not been disposed of because the Indiana national
guard organizations for whose benefit the funds were collected
have been broken up and have never been reconstituted.
(b) The governor, as trustee, may receive from any branch of the
United States government any military funds that may be recovered
from 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 the
governor.
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.