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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="13-704" title_number="13" title_name="Militia" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Active Duty or Training">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The rights granted to members of the National Guard by this section and § 13–704.1 of this subtitle shall be in addition to the rights granted to them by federal law, including the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The following provisions of federal law shall be adopted as State law and applied to members of the National Guard as described therein.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act applies only when members of the National Guard are ordered to military duty under this title or Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code for a period of 14 consecutive days or longer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act applies to the following individuals when ordered to military duty for any period of time:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>members of the National Guard when ordered to military duty under this title or Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code, whether or not the member is a resident of or employed in this State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>residents of this State who are members of the National Guard in another state or the District of Columbia, when ordered to military duty by the chief executive officer of that jurisdiction or under Title 10 or Title 32 of the United States Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A member of the National Guard whose employment and reemployment rights under this section have been violated may bring a civil action for economic damages, including lost wages and benefits.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the court determines that a member of the National Guard is entitled to judgment in an action filed under this subsection, the court may award the member:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any damages to which the member may be entitled under subsection (a) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reasonable counsel fees and other costs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other appropriate relief.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
