Employment: Veterans Preference

Chapter 393

AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 37-19.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the preference given to qualified veterans in public employment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA: 

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 37-19.1-02 of the 1977 supplement to the North Dakota Century Code is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

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H. B. No. 356— (Severson)

PREFERMENT FOR OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT

An act to amend and re-enact Section 3186 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, relating to the preferment for official appointment, and providing for repeal of any acts in conflict herewith. 

Be It Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: 

Amend appeals. Added:

Added definitions: 

• Chief Deputy and Private Secretary

Added to exempted positions

Amended: Definitions

• added “ND Resident” to definition of a veteran and removed “ND resident” from body of law.

Amended: Removed from section 4 verbiage on established personnel system “… under which it maintains a register of persons eligible for employment and from which it certifies a prescribed number of names to that particular agency or governmental agency, must be…”

Relating to the definition of designated electronic communication and the procedural requirements for refusing veterans preference.

Intent of legislative bill: