1. A. The Adjutant General shall be in control of the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma, subordinate only to the Governor. Within the limitations and under the provisions of law, he or she shall supervise and direct the National Guard within the service of the state and when under state control in all of its organization, training and other activities; shall receive and give effect to the orders of the Governor; and shall perform such other military and defense duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as the Governor may prescribe.
2. B. The Adjutant General, when absent from the state, may delegate any authority vested under this title and any such duties as an agency appointing authority to an Assistant Adjutant General, other state officer or employee within the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma. The Adjutant General is authorized to promulgate rules to provide for the delegation of any such authority.
3. C. Pursuant to the rules established by the Adjutant General, the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma is authorized to expend appropriated and nonappropriated funds to enhance recruiting and retention efforts for the Oklahoma National Guard.

Laws 1951, HB 502, p. 115, art. 2, § 6, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951; Amended by Laws 1959, SB 97, p. 195, § 3, emerg. eff. July 16, 1959; Amended by Laws 2011, SB 633, c. 124, § 2, eff. November 1, 2011 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2016, SB 922, c. 119, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2016 (repealed by Laws 2017, SB 833, c. 42, § 13) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2016, HB 2348, c. 268, § 2, eff. November 1, 2016 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2020, SB 1361, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020 (superseded document available).