196.021 DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS; DUTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Appointment. The commissioner shall appoint a deputy commissioner
for veteran services as provided in subdivision 2, and the board of directors of the Minnesota
Veterans Homes may appoint a deputy commissioner for veteran health care as provided in
section
198.004. Both deputy commissioners serve in the unclassified service, the deputy for
veteran services at the pleasure of the commissioner and the deputy for veteran health care at the
pleasure of the board. Both deputies shall be residents of Minnesota, citizens of the United States,
and veterans as defined in section
197.447.
Subd. 2.
Deputy for veteran services; powers and duties. The deputy commissioner for
veteran services has those powers delegated by the commissioner that have not otherwise been
delegated to the deputy commissioner for veteran health care by the commissioner or assigned to
that deputy commissioner by law. A delegation must be in writing, signed by the commissioner,
and filed with the secretary of state.
History: 1988 c 699 s 1