SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2701
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVECOPELAND.
5623H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Torepealsection43.080,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingto
highwaypatrolsalaries.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Section43.080,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
2thereof,tobeknownassection43.080,toreadasfollows:
43.080.1.Thesuperintendentisauthorizedandempoweredtoprescribepolicies
2providingforincreasesinthesalariesofmembersofthehighwaypatrol.Eachyear,priorto
3Januaryfirst,thesuperintendentshallsubmitasalaryschedulereporttothegovernor,speaker
4ofthehouseofrepresentatives,andthepresidentprotemofthesenate.Thesalaryschedule
5reportpreparedbythesuperintendentshallinclude,inadditiontoothermattersdeemed
6pertinenttothesuperintendent,acomparisonofthesalariesofpoliceofficersofthethree
7largestpolicedepartmentsinthestateandacomparisonofthesalariesandbenefitsof
8policeofficersemployedbythefollowinglawenforcementagencieslocatedin
9surroundingstates:
10 (1)TheIowaStatePatrol;
11 (2)TheNebraskaStatePatrol;
12 (3)TheIllinoisStatePolice;
13 (4)TheKentuckyStatePolice;
14 (5)TheTennesseeHighwayPatrol;
15 (6)TheArkansasStatePolice;
16 (7)TheOklahomaHighwayPatrol;and
17 (8)TheKansasHighwayPatrol.
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 2.Thegovernormaymakeadditionalrecommendationstothereportandforward
19themtothespeakerofthehouseofrepresentativesandthepresidentprotemofthesenate.
20Thespeakerofthehouseofrepresentativesandthepresidentprotemofthesenatemayassign
21thesalaryschedulereporttotheappropriatestandingcommitteestoreviewthesalary
22comparisonstoensurethatparityinthesalaryofmembersofthehighwaypatrolandofficers
23ofthethreelargestpolicedepartmentsismaintained.Thesuperintendentofthehighway
24patrolshalltestifybeforetheappropriatecommitteeonthesalaryschedulereportifcalled
25uponbysuchcommittee.The"service"ofamemberofthepatrol,whohasservedinthe
26ArmedForcesoftheUnitedStatesandwhohassubsequentlybeenreinstatedasamemberof
27thepatrolwithinninetydaysafterreceivingadischargeotherthandishonorablefromthe
28ArmedForcesoftheUnitedStates,shallbeconsideredservicewiththepatrolasamemberof
29thepatrolrenderedsincelastbecomingamemberpriortoentranceintotheArmedForcesof
30theUnitedStates;exceptthatnomembershallbeentitledtoanycredit,privilegeorbenefit
31providedbythischapterifsuchmembervoluntarilyextendsorparticipatesinanextensionof
32theperiodofservice,whetherbyreenlistment,waiverofdischarge,acceptanceof
33commissionoranyotheraction,withtheArmedForcesbeyondtheperiodofservicefor
34whichsuchmemberwasoriginallycommissioned,enlisted,inductedorcalled.
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