The state headquarters shall contain a staff and detachment and shall be divided into a department of the Army and a department of the Air Force. Each department shall be commanded by an officer of the Colorado National Guard. Said officer may be appointed by the governor to the rank of brigadier general or to such higher rank in which he or she may be federally recognized. The number and grades of all other officers and enlisted men and women in the state staff and detachment shall be as prescribed by federal or state law, but, in case of war, invasion, insurrection, riot, or imminent danger of any such emergency, the governor may temporarily increase such forces to meet such emergency, and retired officers who are physically qualified may be assigned to such duty.
Source: L. 55: p. 615, § 11. CRS 53: § 94-9-11. L. 58: p. 256, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 94-1-11. L. 71: p. 1045, § 3. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 595, § 30, effective May 24.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 28 - Military and Veterans
§ 28-3-301. State Staff - Number and Grades
§ 28-3-302. Appointment of Officers
§ 28-3-303. Qualifications of Officers
§ 28-3-304. Commissions - Examinations - Assignments
§ 28-3-305. Officers' Duties - Administer Oaths
§ 28-3-306. Federal Duty as Continuous Service
§ 28-3-307. Supplies - Indemnity Bonds - Depots
§ 28-3-308. Resignation of Officers
§ 28-3-309. Officer's Fitness - Vacation of Commissions
§ 28-3-310. Disbandment - Surplus Officers - Disposition
§ 28-3-311. Officers - Inactive Status - Procedure
§ 28-3-312. Retirement of Officers
§ 28-3-313. Termination of Commission - Recall
§ 28-3-314. Roll of Retired Officers
§ 28-3-315. Retired Officers - Warrant Officers - Limited Assignments