196.02 COMMISSIONER OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Subdivision 1.
Appointment; qualifications. The department shall be under the supervision
and control of a commissioner of veterans affairs who shall be appointed by the governor
under the provisions of section
15.06. No person shall be eligible to receive appointment as
commissioner unless that person has the following qualifications:
(1) residence in the state of Minnesota;
(2) citizenship in the United States;
(3) veteran of the armed forces of the United States as defined in section
197.447.
Subd. 2.[Repealed,
1991 c 326 s 27]
Subd. 3.[Repealed,
1988 c 699 s 33]
History: 1943 c 420 s 2; 1949 c 739 s 20; 1951 c 713 s 18; 1969 c 275 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art
8 s 4; 1977 c 29 s 1; 1977 c 305 s 26; 1986 c 444