Statute 48-501: Authority and name.
Whenever any part of the national guard of this state is in active
federal service, the governor is hereby authorized to organize and maintain
within this state during such period, under such regulations as the
secretary of defense of the United States may prescribe for discipline in
training, such military forces as the governor may deem necessary to defend
this state. Such forces shall be composed of officers commissioned or
assigned, and such able-bodied citizens of the state as shall volunteer for
service therein, supplemented, if necessary, by members of the unorganized
militia enrolled by draft or otherwise as provided by law. Such forces
shall be additional to and distinct from the national guard and shall be
known as the Kansas state guard. Such forces shall be uniformed.
History: L. 1941, ch. 275, § 1; L. 1975, ch. 52, §
18; July 1.