Oklahoma Code § 44-243

Title 44. Militia: Rules and regulations — Arms and equipment — Compensation
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and allowance.
A.  The Governor is hereby authorized to prescribe rules and
regulations governing the enlistment, organization, administration,
equipment, discipline and discharge of the personnel of such
military forces; to requisition from the Secretary of Defense such
arms and equipment as may be in the possession of and can be spared
by the Department of Defense and to extend thereto the facilities of
state armories, Armed Forces Reserve Centers, readiness centers,
logistics, aviation, and training facilities, warehouses and their
equipment and such other state premises and property as may be
available for the purpose of drill and instruction.
B.  Members of the Oklahoma National Guard shall be considered
part of state military forces as defined in Section 801 of this
title and shall be subject to the Oklahoma Uniform Code of Military
Justice.
C.  Any full-time state employee that serves in a military
capacity shall receive compensation equaling the compensation,
benefits, entitlements, or other compensation received by a full-
time active-duty service member at the same rank and time in grade.
D.  When prescribing the rules and regulations governing
enlistment, organization, administration, equipment, discipline and
discharge of the personnel of the Oklahoma National Guard, the
Governor shall issue such rules and regulations in the form of an
executive order or in a series of such orders.  An executive order
or a series of such orders prescribing the rules and regulations
governing enlistment, organization, administration, equipment,
discipline and discharge of the personnel of the Oklahoma National
Guard shall also be published by the Adjutant General as a military
publication.
Added by Laws 1941, p. 170, § 3, emerg. eff. June 4, 1941.  Amended
by Laws 1985, c. 96, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2019, c. 408, §
208, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Laws 2025, c. 344, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2025.

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