36-9-120, except these provisions of W.S. title 36, chapter 9

36-9-120, except these provisions of W.S. title 36, chapter 9 shall not apply when both the title to the land and to all buildings thereon is solely in the name of the department or any division of the department and the provisions of W.S. 9-2- 3204(b)(viii) also shall not apply when both the title to the land and to all buildings thereon is solely in the name of the department or any division of the department. The sections of title 36 identified in this paragraph and W.S. 9-2-3204(b)(viii) also shall not apply when any such sale, exchange or other transfer is to another governmental entity, state agency or local government, as defined in W.S. 1-39-103, even if the title to the land and to all buildings thereon are not solely in the name of the department or a division thereof;

(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 47, § 2.

(xiv) Except as federal law requires, he shall secure a complete and accurate military service record of past and present Wyoming national guard personnel and those veterans who declare Wyoming as their residence upon separation from the military. He may accept the assistance and cooperation of all other governmental agencies and individual citizens to secure such records. He shall carefully keep and preserve such records physically or electronically in accordance with the laws and practices applied to the preservation and safekeeping of official records. All such records are confidential in accordance with the usual procedures and customs prevailing in the military service;

(xv) He is the channel of military and military department related correspondence with the governor and shall have custody of all military records, correspondence and other military documents until he has legal authority to properly dispose of or preserve physically or electronically such documents;  (xvi) He shall control all armories that are owned, erected, purchased, leased or provided by the state. He may acquire, in the name of the state of Wyoming, by purchase, donation or dedication any property which may be used for military purposes. For the control and management of armories described in this paragraph, he may establish armory boards whose personnel shall serve without pay. Subject to his direction, armory boards shall control, manage and supervise all activities in armories and may rent armories to persons or organizations not connected with the organized militia;

(xvii) He shall ensure commanders of national guard units have access to the blank forms, rolls, bonds and other returns they are required to make. He shall explain the principles upon which returns shall be made, and may make such general regulation concerning the same as will best promote uniformity in their rendition;

(xviii) He shall keep physically or electronically the papers, volumes and records of the department in an office provided by the state;

(xix) He shall perform such other military duties as ordered by the governor;

(xx) He shall administer the Wyoming national guard educational assistance plan in accordance with W.S. 19-9-501 through 19-9-504;

(xxi) He may use federal procurement procedures when letting contracts concerning properties under the control of the adjutant general, subject to authorization as provided in W.S.