33-3-3. Composition of military units--Authorization for units by President of United States.The military units of the National Guard shall be composed and organized, except as otherwise specifically provided, the same as the armed forces of the United States subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as may be authorized by the secretary of defense. No unit or organization of the South Dakota National Guard and no unit of any branch or arm of the service may be maintained in the state, except as authorized by the President of the United States and recognized by the secretary of defense. Source: SL 1913, ch 267, §13; SL 1917, ch 297, §15; RC 1919, §10567; SDC 1939, §41.0120; SL 2007, ch 187, §20.
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