Oregon Law
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399.010[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.015Army National Guard 399.020[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.025Air National Guard 399.030[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.035Oregon Civil Defense Force; volunteer civil defense forces 399.040[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.045Organization and training; equality of treatment and opportunity 399.050[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.055Assemblies, periodic training and other duty 399.060[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.065Ordering organized militia into active service of the state; Governor; martial law 399.070[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.075Ordering organized militia into active service of the state; Adjutant General; pay and allowances 399.080[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.085Credit for active federal service 399.090[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.095[1961 c.454 §70; 1983 c.107 §1; 1983 c.740 §125; 1989 c.360 §12; 2005 c.512 §41; repealed by 2013 c.722 §6] 399.100[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.105Militia unit facilities 399.110[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.115Trespassers and disturbers to be placed in arrest; sales and gambling prohibited 399.120[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.125Repossession of military property by state 399.130[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.135Right of way on public streets and highways 399.140[Repealed by 1961 c.454 §213] 399.145Free passage through tollgates and tunnels and over toll bridges and ferries 399.150Oaths and affirmations 399.155Unlawful wearing of uniform or insignia 399.205Complaints of wrongs 399.210Eligibility to state office of federally paid members of organized militia 399.215Exemption from jury duty 399.220[1961 c.454 §50; repealed by 1973 c.794 §34] 399.225Relief from civil or criminal liability; security for costs; exemption from civil process 399.230[1989 c.317 §1; 2003 c.72 §2; 2003 c.311 §2; 2003 c.387 §11; 2005 c.78 §1; 2009 c.12 §1; renumbered 659A.086 in 2009] 399.235[1989 c.317 §2; 2001 c.621 §79; 2003 c.387 §12; renumbered 659A.088 in 2009] 399.238Applications for relief of obligations or liabilities or stay of civil or administrative proceedings by state service members 399.240Limitation on rate of interest incurred by state service members during period of active service 399.242Suspension or termination of certain services by service members; reinstatement; effect 399.245Definitions for ORS 399.245 to 399.265 399.255Scholarship program; award; duration; ineligible courses of study 399.265Award prior to completion of service requirement; repayment required after insufficient service 399.270[1997 c.67 §2; repealed by 2001 c.139 §3] 399.275Tuition waiver program; amount of waiver; qualifications; priority 399.280Eligibility; required period of military service; repayment required after withdrawal from courses or insufficient service 399.285[1995 c.158 §3; 1997 c.67 §5; repealed by 2001 c.139 §3] 399.290[1995 c.158 §4; 1997 c.67 §6; repealed by 2001 c.139 §3] 399.295State-sponsored life insurance program 399.300Bonus for reenlistment or extension; written agreement; conditions; repayment 399.405Appointment of commissioned officers 399.410Applicability of chapter to warrant officers 399.415Qualifications of officers; oath 399.420Assignment and transfer of officers; residence of officers 399.425Resignations 399.430Absence without leave considered resignation 399.435Efficiency and medical examining boards; appointment 399.440Efficiency and medical examining boards; procedure and functions 399.445Officer bonds 399.450Responsibility for public property 399.455[1961 c.454 §62; repealed by 1963 c.169 §11] 399.456Uniform allowance 399.460Oregon National Guard Association 399.505Enlistment, period of service, transfer, discharge and extensions of enlistments 399.510Contract and oath of enlistment 399.515Explanation of military laws and Oregon Code of Military Justice to members of organized militia 399.520Noncommissioned officers 399.525Discharges 399.530Dropping from rolls 399.990Penalties

Chapter 399 — Organized Militia

ORS 399.450 Responsibility for public property

An officer receiving public property for military purposes shall be accountable for the article so received by the officer until the article is returned, or is disposed of pursuant to law or by order of the Governor. Until the accounts of the officer are examined and found correct, the accountability of such officer or the estate of the officer shall not be affected in any way by resignation, discharge, change in official position or death. The Governor shall have the power to relieve officers of accountability upon good cause shown.

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