38A:2-2. Governor's staff
38A:2-2. The staff of the Governor shall consist of:
(a) Executive: The Adjutant General the State Department of Military and Veterans'
Affairs.
(b) Personnel: Such aides as may be appointed or detailed by the Governor from
among the officers of the organized militia, in a grade not higher than the one held in the
organized militia or in federal service, whose term of office, unless sooner terminated,
shall expire with that of the Governor who shall have appointed or detailed them.
Amended 1984,c.181,s.3; 1988,c.138,s.2.
38A:2-3. Proclamation of martial law
Whenever the militia, or any part thereof, is employed in aid of civil authority, the
Governor, if in his judgment the maintenance of law and order will thereby be promoted,
may by proclamation, declare any county or municipality, or part thereof, in which the
troops are serving to be subject to martial law.
L.1963, c. 109.
38A:2-4. Militia ordered to active duty in certain cases
The Governor may, in case of insurrection, invasion, tumult, riot, breach of the peace,
natural disaster, or imminent danger to public safety, order to active duty all or any part
of the militia that he may deem necessary. He may maintain such forces on such active
duty until the exigencies shall have passed.
L.1963, c. 109.