A. The state defense force shall consist of persons between the ages of eighteen and sixty-four years voluntarily appointed or voluntarily enlisted therein and such additional members of the unorganized militia as therein may be appointed, enlisted, enrolled or inducted as provided by law. Volunteer members may be retained beyond age sixty-four with their consent by direction of the adjutant general.
B. The officers of the state defense force shall be appointed by the governor and serve at his pleasure. They shall be chosen from the public and private leadership bases within local communities so as to best enable the community to efficiently muster and lead its people and protect its assets and well being.
History: 1978 Comp., § 20-5-3, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 34.
Repeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, Chapter 318 repealed former 20-5-3 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1925, ch. 113, § 56, relating to right-of-way on streets or highways, and enacted a new section, effective April 10, 1987.
State representative serving in force. — A New Mexico state representative may not serve in the New Mexico State Defense Force, because the offices of legislator and state defense force member are incompatible; service in both capacities would create a conflict of interest. 1988 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 88-71.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 53 Am. Jur. 2d Military and Civil Defense §§ 3, 7, 29 et seq., 40, 64, 70.
6 C.J.S. Armed Services § 288 et seq.
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