Minnesota Session Laws - 2012, Regular Session

CHAPTER 231--S.F.No. 2354

An act

relating to state government; veterans; providing noncompetitive appointment of certain disabled veterans;

proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [43A.111] NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN DISABLED VETERANS. new text end

new text begin (a) Whenever a vacancy occurs in a position in the classified service, the appointing authority may appoint a disabled veteran, on a noncompetitive basis, if all of the following occur: new text end

new text begin (1) the disabled veteran has served in the United States armed forces and is included on a United States armed forces permanent disability list with a disability rating of at least 30 percent or the disabled veteran has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as having a compensable service-connected disability of at least 30 percent; new text end

new text begin (2) the disabled veteran presents to the appointing authority written documentation from an appropriate department of the federal government certifying the existence and extent of disability. The certification must have been issued by the appropriate department of the federal government within the year preceding appointment; and new text end

new text begin (3) the appointing authority determines that the disabled veteran meets the minimum qualifications for the vacant position. new text end

new text begin (b) If an appointing authority elects to appoint a disabled veteran to a vacant position on a noncompetitive basis under paragraph (a), an appointing authority is not required to interview any other person. new text end

Presented to the governor April 20, 2012

Signed by the governor April 23, 2012, 11:27 a.m.