Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 80-H.F.No. 479 
           An act relating to public officers or employees; 
          clarifying the filling of temporary vacancies in 
          public offices due to military service; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 192.263. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 192.263, is 
amended to read: 
    192.263 [VACANCIES TO BE FILLED TEMPORARILY.] 
    In any case where a public officer or employee is absent 
with leave under the provisions of sections 192.26 to 192.264 
and where it is necessary in the public interest to provide for 
the performance of the duties of the position during such the 
absence, the authority having power to fill a vacancy in the 
position may appoint a substitute, to be known as acting 
incumbent, who shall qualify as required for the regular 
incumbent, shall receive the same compensation as fixed by law, 
otherwise such compensation or as may be fixed by proper 
authority, and shall have all the powers and perform all the 
duties of the position until the return of the regular 
incumbent; provided, that this shall or, if the position is for 
a fixed term, the period of the unexpired term, whichever occurs 
earlier.  This section does not preclude the making of any other 
provision for the discharge of the duties of the position which 
may be otherwise authorized by law. 
    Presented to the governor May 9, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 13, 1991, 11:55 a.m.