1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state and local government; allowing Indian tribal officials to take a 
1.3 	leave of absence when elected to public office; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.4 	section 3.088, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.088, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Leave of absence without pay. Subject to this section, any appointed 
1.8 	officer or employee of a political subdivision, municipal corporation, or school district of 
1.9 	the state or an institution of learning maintained by the state who serves as a legislator or 
1.10 	is elected to a full-time city or county office or to an Indian tribal council in Minnesota is 
1.11 	entitled to a leave of absence from the public office or to employment without pay when 
1.12 	on the business of the office, with right of reinstatement as provided in this section.