Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 38.010 (2026)

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As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "Kentucky National Guard" includes the Army National Guard and Air National Guard; (2) "Active Army National Guard and active Air National Guard" includes those organizations, officers, and enlisted personnel, both male and female, of the federally recognized Kentucky National Guard authorized to receive federal pay, arms, and equipment; (3) "Inactive Army National Guard and inactive Air National Guard" includes those organizations, officers, and enlisted personnel, both male and female, of the Kentucky National Guard not entitled to receive federal pay, arms, and equipment; (4) "State active duty" is: (a) The ordering by the Governor of personnel or units of the Kentucky National Guard to perform any duty authorized by KRS 38.030(1)(a); (b) Officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel employed under orders of the Governor in making tours of inspection, mustering in or mustering out troops, making surveys of military property, sitting on courts-martial, summary courts, efficiency boards, courts of inquiry or boards of officers, or performance of any other duty directed by the Governor or adjutant general; (c) The participation of any unit or units of the Kentucky National Guard in gunnery competition or other training or military exercise anywhere within or without the United States. (5) Words importing the masculine gender only shall extend to and be applied to females as well as males. Effective: April 9, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 307, sec. 3, effective April 9, 1992. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 161, sec. 1. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 1. -- Amended 1958 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 1. -- Amended 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2711a-234.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1976–1988 · leading case: Kentucky Nat'l Guard v. Bayles, 535 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 1976).
Kentucky Nat'l Guard v. Bayles, 535 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 2× “” KRS 38.010(4) defines “active state service” as “(a) The ordering by the governor of any unit or units of the Kentucky national guard to enforce the laws of the commonwealth; resist an actual or threatened invasion or insurrection; quell a riot or other domestic disturbance;…”
Greenwood v. Commonwealth, 468 A.2d 866 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1983). “” However, Ky. Rev. Stat. §38.010(4) limited the definition of “active state service’’ as follows: “The participation of any unit or units of the Kentucky National Guard in gunnery competition or other training *489 or military exercise anywhere within or without the United…”
Lucas v. Military Dept., 498 So. 2d 161 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “It may be that KRS 38.010(4), defining `active state service', could have been more artfully drawn to accomplish its purpose but it is adequate to do the job.”
Commonwealth, Dep't of Educ., Div. of Surplus v. Smith, 759 S.W.2d 56 (Ky. 1988). “Every person who is a member of the Kentucky national guard, while said person is on active state service as defined in KRS 38.010(4) shall be deemed for the purposes of this chapter to be in the employment of this state.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 38.010(4) — 4 cases
Kentucky Nat'l Guard v. Bayles, 535 S.W.2d 234 (Ky. 1976). “” KRS 38.010(4) defines “active state service” as “(a) The ordering by the governor of any unit or units of the Kentucky national guard to enforce the laws of the commonwealth; resist an actual or threatened invasion or insurrection; quell a riot or other domestic disturbance;…”
Greenwood v. Commonwealth, 468 A.2d 866 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1983). “” However, Ky. Rev. Stat. §38.010(4) limited the definition of “active state service’’ as follows: “The participation of any unit or units of the Kentucky National Guard in gunnery competition or other training *489 or military exercise anywhere within or without the United…”
Lucas v. Military Dept., 498 So. 2d 161 (La. Ct. App. 1986). “It may be that KRS 38.010(4), defining `active state service', could have been more artfully drawn to accomplish its purpose but it is adequate to do the job.”
Commonwealth, Dep't of Educ., Div. of Surplus v. Smith, 759 S.W.2d 56 (Ky. 1988). “Every person who is a member of the Kentucky national guard, while said person is on active state service as defined in KRS 38.010(4) shall be deemed for the purposes of this chapter to be in the employment of this state.”
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