THE STATE OF GEORGIA

EXECUTIVE ORDER

BY THE GOVERNOR:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

WHEREAS:

ORDERED:

The Adjutant General is the executive head of the Georgia Department
of Defense (O.C.G.A. § 38-2-130); and

It is a duty of the Adjutant General to direct the planning and
employment of the forces of the organized militia in carrying out their
state military mission (O.C.G.A. § 38—2—151); and

The State Defense Force is a part of Georgia's organized militia
(O.C.G.A. § 38-2-3 and 38-2-23); and

The members of Georgia's organized militia, with their consent, may be
ordered by the Governor to state active duty for any lawful purpose or
purposes (O.C.G.A. § 38-2-25); and

The Governor wishes to delegate to the Adjutant General —and to those
subordinates of the Adjutant General as the Adjutant General may
designate- the authority to order members of the State Defense Force
to state active duty for any lawful purpose or purposes including but
not limited to those purposes as outlined in O.C.G.A. § 38-2-25(a), Cb)
and ((1).

Now, THEREFORE, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IT IS HEREBY

That the Adjutant General -and those subordinates of the Adjutant
General as the Adjutant General may designate- is delegated the
authority of the Governor as Commander in Chief of the militia of
Georgia (O.C.G.A. § 38-2-110) to order members of the State Defense
Force to state active duty (O.C.G.A. § 38-2-25).

This ,1 day of July, 2012.

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GOVERNOR