ORS 396.175 United States Property and Fiscal Officer

The Adjutant General shall recommend to the Governor, who shall appoint, designate or detail, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, a qualified commissioned officer of the Oregon National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard of the United States, as the case may be, to be the United States Property and Fiscal Officer for Oregon. If the officer is not on active federal duty, the President may order the officer to active duty, with the consent of the officer, to serve as a Property and Fiscal Officer as provided in section 708 of title 32, United States Code. The United States Property and Fiscal Officer shall function under the direction of the Adjutant General, and cooperate fully with National Guard Regulations and Air National Guard Regulations and the regulations and policies of the Department of the Army and Air Force. The United States Property and Fiscal Officer may serve until 60 years of age if otherwise qualified.

As long as the position of the United States Property and Fiscal Officer is covered by a Position Schedule Bond authorized by the United States Code, and such position bonding is automatic upon acceptance of property accountability, no further bonding action on the part of the state or the individual appointed shall be required.