The Governor may order out from time to time, for actual service, as many of the militia as necessary to execute the laws, preserve order, suppress insurrection, repel invasion, and provide disaster relief assistance.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 30, §§ 6, 7; SL 1887, ch 100, § 3; CL 1887, § 1919; RPolC 1903, § 2461; SL 1903, ch 185, §§ 4, 62; SL 1913, ch 267, § 4; SL 1917, ch 297, § 6; RC 1919, § 10553; SDC 1939, § 41.0105; SL 1949, ch 152; SL 2007, ch 187, § 16.