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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-204" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The general appropriations for the militia shall be exclusively applied to the necessary and contingent expenses of the office of the Adjutant General and to the equipment, maintenance, and general efficiency of the organized militia.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in this title, unless authorized by the Adjutant General, a person may not make a purchase, incur a debt or expense, or expend money for the militia.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Adjutant General shall adopt rules for the receipt and expenditure of all money that comes under the control of the Adjutant General.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Adjutant General may require bond from persons involved in the receipt and expenditure of money that the Adjutant General designates.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The commanding officer of an organization or detachment of the organized militia that is on State active duty may purchase necessities that are absolutely required for the immediate use and care of the officer’s command.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a commanding officer on State active duty makes a purchase under this subsection, the commanding officer shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>take a receipt of the purchase in triplicate; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>promptly submit a report of the purchase through regular channels to the Department’s Finance Officer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The report shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a list of the articles purchased;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the price of the articles; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the receipts.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Adjutant General shall audit and pay all bills and military accounts payable by the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Adjutant General shall follow as nearly as possible the financial operating procedures established by the United States Department of Defense.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Comptroller shall be the auditor of all accounts for property purchased by the Adjutant General.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Treasurer shall pay an audited military account from an appropriation made by the General Assembly, on the warrant of the Adjutant General, under the direction of the Governor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
