Subdivision 1. Establishment and administration. An education program for county veterans service officers is established to be administered by the commissioner of veterans affairs, with assistance and advice from the Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers.
Subd. 2. Eligibility. To be eligible for the program in this section, a person must currently be employed as a county veterans service officer or assistant county veterans service officer, as authorized by sections 197.60 to 197.606, and be certified to serve in that position by the commissioner of veterans affairs or be serving a probationary period as authorized by section 197.60, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3. Program content. The program in this section must include but is not limited to informing county veterans service officers of the federal, state, and private benefits and services available to veterans, training them in procedures for applying for these benefits, updating them on the changes in these benefits and the eligibility criteria and application procedures, informing them of judicial and regulatory decisions involving veterans programs, training them in the legal procedures for appealing decisions disallowing benefits to veterans, and providing education, information, and training for any other aspects of the county veterans service officer position.
1993 c 192 s 80; 2010 c 333 art 2 s 19,20; 2011 c 76 art 1 s 78
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 197 — Veterans; Rewards, Privileges
Section 197.03 — State Soldiers' Assistance Fund Created.
Section 197.04 — Composition Of Fund.
Section 197.05 — Fund, How Expended.
Section 197.06 — Soldiers' Assistance Agent.
Section 197.065 — Access To Database.
Section 197.07 — Soldiers' Assistance Fund Deposited In State Treasury.
Section 197.133 — Disposal Of Property And Expiration Of Board Of Governors.
Section 197.225 — List Of Deceased Military Personnel.
Section 197.23 — Purchase Of Grave Markers.
Section 197.231 — Honor Guards.
Section 197.236 — State Veterans Cemeteries.
Section 197.447 — Veteran, Defined.
Section 197.455 — Veterans Preference Applied.
Section 197.4551 — Permissive Preference For Veterans In Private Employment.
Section 197.4552 — Expedited And Temporary Licensing For Former And Current Members Of The Military.
Section 197.46 — Veterans Preference Act; Removal Forbidden; Right Of Mandamus.
Section 197.481 — Enforcement.
Section 197.55 — Quarters For Meetings Of Veterans Organizations.
Section 197.56 — Use Of Quarters.
Section 197.57 — Quarters, How Maintained.
Section 197.58 — Veterans Organizations.
Section 197.585 — Higher Education Veterans Assistance Program.
Section 197.60 — County Veterans Service Officers; Appointment; Compensation.
Section 197.601 — Qualifications Of County Veterans Service Officers.
Section 197.602 — Joint Action By Two Or More Counties.
Section 197.604 — Unlawful To Pay Fee.
Section 197.605 — Department As A Resource To Counties.
Section 197.606 — Classed As County Employees.
Section 197.608 — Veterans Service Office Grant Program.
Section 197.609 — Education Program.
Section 197.6091 — Veterans Benefits Services; Disclosure Requirements.
Section 197.61 — Veterans Service Organizations Grant Program.
Section 197.63 — Vital Records, Certified Copies.
Section 197.65 — Renewal Of Professional License, Motor Vehicle Registration And Driver's License.
Section 197.75 — Educational Assistance; Surviving Children And Spouses; Veterans.
Section 197.752 — Educational Assistance To Pow/mia Dependents.
Section 197.775 — Higher Education Fairness.
Section 197.78 — State Educational Programs Unavailable Through Federal Programs.
Section 197.781 — Veterans Training Program.
Section 197.79 — Veterans Bonus Program.
Section 197.791 — Minnesota Gi Bill Program.
Section 197.987 — Honor And Remember Flag.
Section 197.988 — Purple Heart County; Purple Heart City.
Section 197.991 — Korean War Armistice Day.
Section 197.995 — Vietnam Veterans Day.