1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to military affairs; extending reemployment rights protections to certain 
1.3 	nonpublic employees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 192.261, 
1.4 	subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 192.261, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.State emergencies; reemployment rights of nonpublic employees. A 
1.8 	person who engages in active service in the military forces in time of emergency declared 
1.9 	by the proper authority of the any state who is not an officer or employee of the this
1.10 	state or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation, or other public agency of 
1.11 	the this state is entitled to leave and reinstatement in the same manner and to the same 
1.12 	extent as granted to officers and employees of the this state or of any political subdivision, 
1.13 	municipal corporation, or other public agency of the this state by subdivisions 1 to 4. The 
1.14 	provisions of this subdivision shall not entitle a person given leave and reinstatement 
1.15 	rights by this subdivision to any pay during such service as provided by section 192.26. 
1.16 	The provisions of this subdivision do not apply to situations in which the person's 
1.17 	reemployment rights are protected by United States Code Annotated, appendix 50, section 
1.18 	the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, United States Code, 
1.19 	title 38, sections 4301 to 4335459(g) of the Selective Service Act of 1967.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2012, and applies to persons 
1.21 	serving in state active service on or after that date.