{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-50","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 38-2-50","heading":"Creation or disbandment; organization and administration; commander.","body":"The State Defense Force may be created, established, maintained, or disbanded by the Governor at any time when such action is authorized under federal law. It shall be organized, armed, equipped, disciplined, governed, administered, and trained as prescribed by this chapter and the regulations issued thereunder, in conformance with the laws of the United States. Whenever such a state force shall be organized, it shall be commanded by a brigadier general.","path":["TITLE 38 Military, Emergency Management, and Veterans Affairs","CHAPTER 2 Military Affairs","Article 1 State Militia Generally","PART 3 State Defense Force"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.38.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"35e1f16a2833cb19f0aa3247f320a18cdcb6ad004de44459544fe3cfb0ce9038","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-32","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-38-2-51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}