Source: http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/statute/074_000_0000_chapter/074_021_0000_article/074_021_0013_section/074_021_0013_k/
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 13:44:40+00:00

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74-2113. Kansas highway patrol created; appointment and salary of superintendent, assistant superintendent or major; qualifications of officers and troopers; holding elected or appointed office, when allowed. (a) There is hereby created a Kansas highway patrol. The patrol shall consist of: (1) A superintendent, who shall have the rank of colonel and who shall have special training and qualifications for the position; (2) an assistant superintendent, who shall have the rank of lieutenant colonel; and (3) officers and troopers who are appointed in accordance with appropriation acts and as provided in this section. The superintendent and assistant superintendent shall be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. The assistant superintendent shall be appointed by the superintendent from among the members of the patrol, and shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent. If a person appointed as superintendent, assistant superintendent or major is a member of the patrol when appointed, the person in each case, upon termination of the term as superintendent, assistant superintendent or major, respectively, shall be returned to a rank not lower than the rank the person held when appointed as superintendent, assistant superintendent or major. If the rank is filled at that time, a temporary additional position shall be created in the rank until a vacancy occurs in such rank. All other officers, troopers and employees shall be within the classified service under the Kansas civil service act.
(C) On any appointed board, commission or task force which the superintendent of the highway patrol deems necessary as part of the member's or officer's duties.
(4) Accept any reward or gift pertaining to the performance of the member's or officer's duties except with the written permission of the superintendent.
History: L. 1937, ch. 330, § 1; L. 1939, ch. 286, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 266, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 305, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 398, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 407, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 368, § 1; L. 1955, ch. 347, § 1; L. 1957, ch. 427, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 314, § 3; L. 1961, ch. 382, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 402, § 5; L. 1963, ch. 400, § 1; L. 1965, ch. 458, § 9; L. 1965, ch. 437, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 443, § 9; L. 1968, ch. 320, § 1; L. 1969, ch. 365, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 310, § 1; L. 1972, ch. 290, § 1; L. 1973, ch. 312, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 361, § 64; L. 1975, ch. 401, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 32; L. 1984, ch. 283, § 1; L. 1991, ch. 234, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 172, § 3; L. 2008, ch. 121, § 11; L. 2009, ch. 134, § 1; L. 2018, ch. 18, § 1; July 1.

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