Ohio Code § 5920.01

§ 5920.01.

(A) The governor shall organize and maintain within this state on a cadre or reserve

basis military forces capable of being expanded and trained to defend this state whenever

the Ohio national guard, or a part thereof, is employed so as to leave this state

without adequate defense.  In case of an emergency proclaimed by the president, or the Congress of the United

States, or the governor, or caused by enemy action or imminent danger thereof, the

governor, as commander in chief, shall expand such forces as the exigency of the occasion

requires.  Such forces shall be organized and maintained under regulations which shall not

be inconsistent with such regulations as the secretary of defense prescribes for discipline

and training and shall be composed of officers commissioned and assigned, and such

able-bodied citizens of the state as are accepted therein.  Such forces shall be equipped with suitable uniforms not in violation of federal

laws or contrary to the regulations of the secretary of defense.  Such forces shall be known as the Ohio military reserve.  During the period of organization on a cadre or reserve basis the commander in chief

may fix lesser rates of pay for armory drill purposes or for service in encampments

and maneuvers.  In the event that the regulations of the department of defense are modified so as

to recognize the Ohio military reserve as a part of the Ohio national guard not subject

to induction into federal service, the laws pertaining to the Ohio national guard

shall apply to the Ohio military reserve and it shall be known as a component of the

Ohio national guard. (B) The commander of the Ohio military reserve shall report all expenditures and the

use of all funds by the Ohio military reserve to the general assembly.  The commander annually shall deliver the report, in writing, within three months

of the end of the state fiscal year.