1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the military; changing eligibility for
1.3 	certain duties; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.4 	sections 193.29, subdivision 3; 193.30; 193.31.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 193.29,
1.7 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Joint boards.  In all cases in which more than
1.9 	one company or other unit of the military forces shall occupy
1.10 	the same armory, the armory board shall consist of
1.11 	officers military personnel assigned to the units or
1.12 	organizations quartered therein.  The adjutant general shall
1.13 	designate by order from time to time the representatives of each
1.14 	unit quartered therein to comprise the armory board for each
1.15 	armory.  In the discretion of the adjutant general, the
1.16 	membership of the board may be comprised of officers, warrant
1.17 	officers, and enlisted personnel and may be changed from time to
1.18 	time so as to give the several organizations quartered therein
1.19 	proper representation on the board.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 193.30, is
1.21 	amended to read:
1.22 	193.30  COMMANDING OFFICERS MANAGEMENT OF ARMORY BOARD.
1.23 	The senior officer member on each armory board shall be the
1.24 	chair, and the junior officer member thereof shall be the
1.25 	recorder.  A record of the proceedings of the board shall be
2.1 	kept, and all motions offered, whether seconded or not, shall be
2.2 	put to a vote and the result recorded.  In the case of a tie
2.3 	vote the adjutant general, upon the request of any member, shall
2.4 	decide.  The governor may make and alter rules for the
2.5 	government of armory boards, officers, and other persons having
2.6 	charge of armories, arsenals, or other military property of the
2.7 	state.

2.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 193.31, is
2.9 	amended to read:
2.10 	193.31  SENIOR OFFICER TO CONTROL OF DRILL HALL.
2.11 	The senior officer member of any company or other
2.12 	organization assembling at an armory for drill or instruction
2.13 	shall have control of the drill hall or other portion of the
2.14 	premises used therefor during such occupancy, subject to the
2.15 	rules prescribed for its use and the orders of that officer's 
2.16 	member's superior.  Any person who intrudes contrary to orders,
2.17 	or who interrupts, molests, or insults any troops so assembled,
2.18 	or who refuses to leave the premises when properly requested so
2.19 	to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Nothing in this
2.20 	section shall prevent reasonable inspection of the premises by
2.21 	the proper municipal officer, or by the lessor thereof in
2.22 	accordance with the terms of the lease.