{"data":{"id":"us-ca/mvc-80","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"MVC § 80","heading":"","body":"The director may employ subject to law such expert, technical, legal, clerical, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out his powers and duties and except as expressly otherwise provided in Section 71 of this chapter, the director shall be the sole appointing authority for the department for all positions. Whenever possible preference shall be given to veterans for employment in the department.","path":["Military and Veterans Code - MVC","DIVISION 1. ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS [50. - 91.]","CHAPTER 2. Department of Veterans Affairs [60. - 91.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"99c0c414ac9130f0d39efc5113d8c105d14aef653d3dc0278bd418fc159e7fca","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/mvc-79.4","next":"us-ca/mvc-83"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}