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Chapter 196 — Department Of Veterans Affairs
Section 196.01 — Created. - There is hereby created and established a Department of Veterans...
Section 196.02 — Commissioner Of Veterans Affairs. - Subdivision 1. Appointment; qualifications. The department shall be under the...
Section 196.021 — Deputy Commissioners; Duties. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. The commissioner shall appoint a deputy commissioner...
Section 196.03 — Officers And Employees. - All officers and employees of the department shall be appointed...
Section 196.04 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Promulgation. The commissioner shall adopt reasonable and proper...
Section 196.05 — Duties Of Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. General duties. The commissioner shall: (1) act as...
Section 196.052 — Gift Acceptance And Investment. - On the behalf of the state, the commissioner may accept...
Section 196.053 — Acceptance Of Federal Funds. - The commissioner is authorized to apply for and accept federal...
Section 196.054 — Use Of Facilities Or Services By Outside Agencies. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's authority. The commissioner of veterans affairs may...
Section 196.06 — Annual Report. - Subdivision 1. To governor. The commissioner shall make an annual...
Section 196.07 — Technical Staff. - The commissioner's technical staff shall have the same qualifications as...
Section 196.08 — Files And Records Confidential. - (a) The contents of, and all files, records, reports, papers,...
Section 196.081 — Veterans Stable Housing Initiative; Data. - (a) The commissioner may establish a veterans stable housing initiative....
Section 196.18 — Uncompensated And Voluntary Services; Expenses. - To assist in the discharge of the functions of the...
Section 196.19 — Environmental Hazards Information And Assistance Act; Citation. - Sections 196.19 to 196.26 may be cited as the "Environmental...
Section 196.21 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 196.19 to...
Section 196.22 — Powers And Duties Of Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Environmental hazards information and assistance program. The commissioner...
Section 196.23 — Environmental Hazards Information And Assistance Section. - Subdivision 1. Establishment of section. The commissioner shall establish an...
Section 196.24 — Duties Of Commissioner Of Health. - Subdivision 1. Information to health professionals. The commissioner of health...
Section 196.25 — Confidentiality. - The identity of a veteran about whom information has been...
Section 196.26 — Class Action Representation By Attorney General. - The commissioner may request the attorney general to represent a...
Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges
Section 197.03 — State Soldiers' Assistance Fund Created. - There is created a state soldiers' assistance fund to aid...
Section 197.04 — Composition Of Fund. - The state soldiers' assistance fund shall consist of all sums...
Section 197.05 — Fund, How Expended. - (a) The state soldiers' assistance fund shall be administered by...
Section 197.06 — Soldiers' Assistance Agent. - The commissioner of veterans affairs shall have charge of activities...
Section 197.065 — Access To Database. - Notwithstanding section 13.46, subdivision 2, the commissioner of veterans affairs...
Section 197.07 — Soldiers' Assistance Fund Deposited In State Treasury. - The soldiers' assistance fund shall be deposited in the state...
Section 197.133 — Disposal Of Property And Expiration Of Board Of Governors. - (a) If a majority of the board determines that the...
Section 197.225 — List Of Deceased Military Personnel. - (a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall collect and maintain...
Section 197.23 — Purchase Of Grave Markers. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. The commissioner of veterans affairs may provide,...
Section 197.231 — Honor Guards. - The commissioner of veterans affairs shall pay, within available funds...
Section 197.236 — State Veterans Cemeteries. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1999 c 86 art 2 s 6]...
Section 197.447 — Veteran, Defined. - The word "veteran" as used in Minnesota Statutes, except in...
Section 197.455 — Veterans Preference Applied. - Subdivision 1. Application. (a) This section shall govern preference of...
Section 197.4551 — Permissive Preference For Veterans In Private Employment. - Subdivision 1. Preference permitted. A private, nonpublic employer may grant...
Section 197.4552 — Expedited And Temporary Licensing For Former And Current Members Of The Military. - Subdivision 1. Expedited licensing processing. Notwithstanding any other law to...
Section 197.46 — Veterans Preference Act; Removal Forbidden; Right Of Mandamus. - (a) Any person whose rights may be in any way...
Section 197.48 — Application. - No provision of any subsequent act relating to any such...
Section 197.481 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Petition. A veteran, as defined by section 197.447,...
Section 197.55 — Quarters For Meetings Of Veterans Organizations. - The governor of this state, or any other legal custodian...
Section 197.56 — Use Of Quarters. - Such organization shall have the equal and free use of...
Section 197.57 — Quarters, How Maintained. - Such quarters shall be furnished and maintained at the expense...
Section 197.58 — Veterans Organizations. - The commissioner of administration shall set apart space in the...
Section 197.585 — Higher Education Veterans Assistance Program. - Subdivision 1. Assistance provided. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall...
Section 197.60 — County Veterans Service Officers; Appointment; Compensation. - Subdivision 1. Appointment; administrative support. The county board of any...
Section 197.601 — Qualifications Of County Veterans Service Officers. - No person shall be appointed a county veterans service officer...
Section 197.602 — Joint Action By Two Or More Counties. - The county boards of two or more contiguous counties may...
Section 197.603 — Duties. - Subdivision 1. Veterans benefits and assistance. It shall be the...
Section 197.604 — Unlawful To Pay Fee. - Subdivision 1. Payment of fee. It shall be unlawful for...
Section 197.605 — Department As A Resource To Counties. - Subdivision 1. Resources available. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall...
Section 197.606 — Classed As County Employees. - County veterans service officers and assistant county veterans service officers...
Section 197.608 — Veterans Service Office Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Grant program. A veterans service office grant program...
Section 197.609 — Education Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An education program for county...
Section 197.6091 — Veterans Benefits Services; Disclosure Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...
Section 197.61 — Veterans Service Organizations Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Grant program. A veterans service organization grant program...
Section 197.63 — Vital Records, Certified Copies. - Subdivision 1. Issuance without charge. A certified copy of a...
Section 197.65 — Renewal Of Professional License, Motor Vehicle Registration And Driver's License. - (a) The renewal of a license or certificate of registration...
Section 197.75 — Educational Assistance; Surviving Children And Spouses; Veterans. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...
Section 197.752 — Educational Assistance To Pow/mia Dependents. - Any dependent of a prisoner of war or a person...
Section 197.775 — Higher Education Fairness. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...
Section 197.78 — State Educational Programs Unavailable Through Federal Programs. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner's duties. The commissioner of veterans affairs shall...
Section 197.781 — Veterans Training Program. - The commissioner of veterans affairs shall administer the veterans training...
Section 197.79 — Veterans Bonus Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following...
Section 197.791 — Minnesota Gi Bill Program. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...
Section 197.987 — Honor And Remember Flag. - Subdivision 1. Legislative findings. The legislature of the state of...
Section 197.988 — Purple Heart County; Purple Heart City. - A county or statutory or home rule charter city may...
Section 197.991 — Korean War Armistice Day. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. When communist North Korean troops invaded South...
Section 197.995 — Vietnam Veterans Day. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. 1,072 of the people whose names are...
Section 197.996 — American Legion Day. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The American Legion was chartered by Congress...
Section 197.9961 — Veterans Of Foreign Wars. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The Veterans of Foreign Wars was founded...
Chapter 198 — Veterans Homes
Section 198.001 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the...
Section 198.003 — Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Policy; rules. The commissioner shall determine policy and,...
Section 198.005 — Administrators. - The commissioner shall appoint an administrator for each of the...
Section 198.006 — Supplemental Programs. - (a) The commissioner must work with federal, state, local, and...
Section 198.007 — Quality Assurance. - Each home shall have a utilization review committee comprised of...
Section 198.01 — Veterans Home; Eligibility Of Veterans. - The Minnesota veterans homes shall provide nursing care and related...
Section 198.022 — Eligibility Of Spouses And Surviving Spouses. - (a) The commissioner is authorized to admit eligible spouses of...
Section 198.03 — Maintenance Charges. - Subdivision 1. Discretionary admission. Any person otherwise eligible for admission...
Section 198.045 — Removal. - If a resident who is ordered discharged from a home...
Section 198.05 — New Buildings. - The Department of Administration shall have and exercise full authority...
Section 198.065 — Chiropractic Care Availability. - In addition to the other services now provided to residents...
Section 198.066 — Geriatric Research And Teaching. - The commissioner shall develop a geriatric research and teaching mission...
Section 198.075 — Minnesota Veterans Home Employees; Excluded From Commissary Privileges. - Except as provided in this section, no commissary privileges including...
Section 198.16 — Planned Giving. - The commissioner is authorized to accept on behalf of the...
Section 198.23 — Personal Property Of Residents; Wills. - Upon the decease of any resident of the homes, the...
Section 198.231 — Personal Property Of Discharged Residents. - Personal property of discharged residents of the veterans homes that...
Section 198.261 — Canteen, Coffee Shop, Wood Shop, And Other Work Therapy Programs. - Any profits derived from the operation of canteens, coffee shops,...
Section 198.265 — Deposit Accounts. - The commissioner may accept money from residents for safekeeping purposes...
Section 198.266 — Imprest Cash Funds. - The commissioner may establish an imprest cash fund in accordance...
Section 198.31 — Veterans Home; Hastings. - Control of the state hospital facilities at Hastings is transferred...
Section 198.32 — Veterans Home; Complaints; Resident's Rights. - Subdivision 1. Resident's rights. A resident of a Minnesota veterans...
Section 198.33 — Privacy Of Residents; Search And Seizure Limited To Criminal Warrant. - Subdivision 1. Searches prohibited. Residents of the Minnesota veterans homes...
Section 198.34 — Deposit Of Receipts. - Federal money received by the commissioner for the care of...
Section 198.35 — Veterans Home; Silver Bay. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner may establish a veterans home...
Section 198.36 — Veterans Home; Fergus Falls. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner shall establish a veterans home...
Section 198.37 — Transitional Housing. - The commissioner may establish programs to assist homeless or disabled...
Section 198.45 — Report On Veterans Homes. - No later than January 15, 2022, and biennially on January...