Chapter 5911 | Armories

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Section 5911.01 \| Armory definitions. Effective: October 24, 1961 Latest Legislation: House Bill 596 - 104th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF As used in Chapters 5911., 5913., 5919., 5920., 5923., and 5924. of the Revised Code: (A) "Unit" means a company, battery, troop, air squadron, band, or detachment. (B) "Organization" means a command composed of two or more units.
Section 5911.011 \| Powers of adjutant general as director of state armories. Effective: September 18, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) As director of state armories, the adjutant general may acquire, design, construct, expand, rehabilitate, and convert grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities for the purposes of developing, training, and operating units of the Ohio national guard and for the safekeeping of arms, clothing, equipment, and other state or federal military property issued to the Ohio national guard, or state property issued to the Ohio military reserve or the Ohio naval militia. (B) In acquiring grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities for the purposes described in division (A) of this section, the adjutant general may lease property for any term up to ninety-nine years, subject to the availability of state funds or federal funds obtained under an agreement by which the United States contributes to the cost of leasing the grounds, armory, airfield, or other facility, or the adjutant general may build suitable buildings, airfields, and facilities for those purposes. (C) The adjutant general may provide for the leasing, management, care, and maintenance of those grounds, armories, airfields, and other facilities and may prescribe any rules for the management and guidance of the organizations and units occupying them that are necessary. When promulgating those rules, the adjutant general need not comply with Chapter 111. or 119. of the Revised Code.
Section 5911.02 \| Assignment of military facilities. Effective: September 23, 1985 Latest Legislation: House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The adjutant general shall assign to each organization and unit of the Ohio national guard, and the Ohio military reserve the armories, grounds, buildings, airfields, and other facilities provided for in sections 5911.01 to 5911.18 of the Revised Code.
Section 5911.03 \| Gifts become state property. Effective: September 18, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) The adjutant general may receive gifts of land, money, or other property for the purpose of aiding in the acquisition of grounds and airfields, or the purchase, building, furnishing, or maintaining of an armory, airfield, or other facility for military purposes. (B) All lands acquired under this section shall be deeded to the state, and all property received under this section from any source shall become the property of this state, except as may be provided in an agreement by which the United States contributes to the cost of acquiring, designing, or constructing the grounds, armory, airfield, or other facility used for developing, training, and operating units of the national guard.
Section 5911.04 \| Construction of armories and facilities. Effective: September 18, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The adjutant general shall be governed in the construction of armories, other facilities, and airfields for military purposes by sections 153.01 to 153.20 and 153.50 to 153.60 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 19, 2022 at 10:41 AM
Section 5911.05 \| Appropriation of property. Effective: December 4, 1973 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The adjutant general has the same power as the director of administrative services to condemn and appropriate land and such land is hereby declared to be a public necessity. Such power shall be exercised in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Section 5911.07 \| Use and occupancy of armories. Effective: September 28, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 490 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The armories erected by the state are for the use of the organized militia; but in each armory there may be provided and maintained, except as provided in this section, a suitable room including heating, lighting, and janitor services, for the free use of patriotic and national organizations chartered under part B of subtitle II of Title 36 of the United States Code, unless such rooms are already provided by the erection of a county memorial building or otherwise by the state, or by the county, township, or municipal corporation. This section does not require a separate room to be maintained for each organization. The room provided in this section may be used for military training when not in actual use by one of the aforenamed organizations. This section applies only during the time that such armory is being used by a unit of the organized militia.
Section 5911.08 \| Sale of beer or intoxicating liquor prohibited. Effective: September 18, 1997 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF (A) Except as allowed under a permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor in an armory, airfield, or other facility used for training and for the safekeeping of arms, clothing, equipment, and other military property belonging to the Ohio organized militia provided for by section 5911.011 of the Revised Code is prohibited. (B) Any person guilty of violating division (A) of this section shall be punished as provided in Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code.
Section 5911.09 \| Control officer - appointment. Effective: December 19, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF For each armory erected or provided, the adjutant general shall appoint a control officer who shall be an officer of one of the organizations or units quartered therein. The control officer may rent the armory for temporary purposes, subject to regulations prescribed by the adjutant general, and the money derived from such rental shall be paid into the treasury of the armory control officer.
Section 5911.10 \| Armory improvements fund - lease or sale of vacant armory. Effective: September 17, 2010 Latest Legislation: House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF If any armory erected or purchased by the state becomes vacant because of the deactivation of the organizations quartered in that armory, the governor and the adjutant general may lease that armory; or, when authorized by an act of the general assembly, may sell that armory or lease it for a period of years. The proceeds from the sale or lease of such an armory, or from the sale or lease of other facilities and land owned by the adjutant general, shall be credited to the armory improvements fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The moneys in the fund shall be used to support Ohio army national guard facility and maintenance expenses as the adjutant general directs. Any fund expenditure related to the construction, acquisition, lease, or financing of a capital asset is subject to approval by the controlling board. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
Section 5911.11 \| Community match armories fund. Effective: October 16, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF There is hereby created in the state treasury the community match armories fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received as revenue from contributions from local entities for construction and maintenance of Ohio army national guard readiness and community centers and facilities. The moneys in the fund shall be used to support the acquisition and maintenance costs of centers and facilities representing the local entity's share of costs, including the local entity's share of utility costs. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Section 5911.12 \| Annual report. Effective: December 19, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The armory control officer shall make an annual report of the proceedings incident to the location and management of grounds, airfields, armories, and other buildings for military purposes and a detailed account of all receipts and disbursements. The report shall be filed in the office of the adjutant general.
Section 5911.18 \| Attorney general to serve as legal advisor to adjutant general. Effective: September 29, 1994 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Whenever it is necessary to condemn and appropriate lands, examine contracts, sue on bonds, or have other work done that requires legal counsel, the attorney general shall represent and be the legal advisor to the adjutant general.