1. (a) If an officer, a soldier, or an airman or a former officer, soldier, or airman responsible for any national guard, state or federal equipment, property, or military stores has:

   1. (1) failed to return the property or any part of the property on demand of proper authority;
   2. (2) damaged the property beyond the injury resulting from the necessary use of the arms or other issues; or

   3. (3) caused a deficiency in the number or quantity of the state and federal arms, property, or military stores;

      the amount of the unnecessary damages or losses shall be determined by a board of survey appointed in accordance with appropriate national guard regulations.

2. (b) The amounts due under subsection (a) shall be collected by law in the name of the state of Indiana and paid into the state military fund.

3. (c) The attorney general shall bring the suit in the name of the state of Indiana and cause the amounts collected to be paid into the state military fund.

   [Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-2-6-2.]

As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.7.