MN HF745

Veterans separated from military service under honorable conditions cannot be removed from state, county, city, town, school district, or political subdivision positions except for incompetency or misconduct after a hearing with due notice and written charges.

Veterans must be notified in writing of intent to discharge and have 60 days to request a hearing; failure to request within 60 days waives the right to a hearing and all legal remedies for reinstatement.

Hearings must be held before a civil service board, merit system authority, or a three-person panel (one appointed by the veteran, one by the governmental subdivision, and a third appointed by those two or by a district court judge if they cannot agree within 10 days).

Either party may appeal the board's decision to district court within 15 days of receiving notice of the decision.

Governmental subdivisions must bear all administrative costs for hearings and pay the veteran's reasonable attorney fees if the veteran prevails; willful violations of these provisions constitute a misdemeanor.