1501 - Composition and general functions.

                                CHAPTER 15                            STATE ARMORY BOARD     Sec.     1501.  Composition and general functions.     1502.  Erection of armories.     1503.  Management of armories.     1504.  Purchase or lease of ground for armories.     1505.  Donation of land by political subdivisions.     1506.  Donation of property and services by political            subdivisions.     1507.  Sale of unusable armories and land; sale or lease of            timber and mineral rights.     1508.  Payment of armory rentals by Commonwealth.     1509.  Rental of armories.     1510.  Property in armories of units in Federal service.     1511.  State Treasury Armory Fund.     1512.  Maintenance, construction and repairs.        Enactment.  Chapter 15 was added August 1, 1975, P.L.233,     No.92, effective January 1, 1976.     § 1501.  Composition and general functions.        The State Armory Board shall consist of the Adjutant General,     who shall act as chairman, and eight members appointed by the     Adjutant General. Three of the members of the State Armory Board     appointed by the Adjutant General shall be members of the     Pennsylvania National Guard. The State Armory Board shall     exercise the powers, duties and provisions of this chapter. The     board shall appoint a secretary who need not be a member of the     board. It shall provide, equip, maintain, manage and regulate     armories for the use of the Pennsylvania military forces. It     may, with the approval of the Governor, accept gifts of land,     with or without buildings thereon, to be used for military     purposes. The title to all such land shall be taken in the name     of the Commonwealth. It may also employ funds appropriated to it     to purchase, for armory purposes, any suitable buildings or     sites.     (June 19, 2002, P.L.433, No.63, eff. 60 days)