A. The adjutant general shall promulgate regulations governing the training of the state defense force, including its standing cadre.
B. To the extent permitted by law, officers and members of the national guard may be detailed to train and instruct the standing cadre of the state defense force. Members of its standing cadre may attend service schools and other courses of training or instruction conducted by state or federal agencies in cadre duty status. Such training shall be paid for only to the extent allowed in Subsection B of Section 20-5-9 NMSA 1978.
History: 1978 Comp., § 20-5-10, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 41; 1989, ch. 337, § 2.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, deleted "and may coordinate and train with the civil emergency preparedness division of the department of military affairs" following "federal agencies" in the second sentence of Subsection B.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - State Defense Force
Section 20-5-1 - New Mexico state defense force established; not in federal service; definitions.
Section 20-5-3 - Composition; enlistment; appointment.
Section 20-5-4 - Administration of oaths.
Section 20-5-5 - Standing cadre; composition of units.
Section 20-5-6 - Uniform; rank precedence and command.
Section 20-5-8 - Discharge; dismissal.
Section 20-5-9 - Arms and equipment; facilities.
Section 20-5-11 - Members not liable for acts in performance of duty.
Section 20-5-13 - Discrimination prohibited; penalty.
Section 20-5-14 - Military leave.
Section 20-5-15 - Exemptions; process; uniforms and equipment.
Section 20-5-16 - State defense force; workers' compensation; cadre duty.