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SF 971 Senate Long Description

Relating to the military; revising the Minnesota code of military justice; updating certain language; clarifying code applicability authority and apprehension authority; revising the commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment provision; clarifying and modifying certain general and special courts martial jurisdiction, punishment limits, convening authority, and trial procedure statute of limitations provisions; providing for error of law and lesser included offenses; specifying actions by convening authority; providing for withdrawal of appeal and appeal by state; providing for rehearings, review by senior force judge advocate and review by state appellate authority; providing for appellate government counsel, finality of proceedings, findings, and sentences, and illegal presence of controlled substance while in duty status; modifying the general article and the sections to be explained at time of enlistment; repealing certain provisions relating to disciplinary punishments and objection to form
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