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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.185 - World War II veterans' recognition award fund.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
42.185. World War II veterans' recognition award fund. —
1. The "World War II Veterans' Recognition Award Fund" is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall consist of all gifts, donations and bequests to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the adjutant general. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the World War II veterans' recognition award fund shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. Interest and moneys earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2. Moneys in the fund shall be used solely to promote the solicitation for designs for, aid in the manufacture of and aid in the distribution of the medallion, medal and the certificate.
3. When all allowed medallions, medals and certificates have been distributed, the fund shall automatically be terminated. Any balance remaining in the fund after all such distributions shall be transferred to the veterans' commission capital improvement trust fund created in section 313.835.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 961 § 42.195)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.190 - Jubilee of Liberty replica medal for D-Day veterans, general assembly to appropriate for.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
Effective - 12 Jul 2000, see footnote
42.190. Jubilee of Liberty replica medal for D-Day veterans, general assembly to appropriate for. —
The general assembly shall appropriate moneys to cover the cost of providing every eligible Missouri World War II veteran of the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe with a replica of the fiftieth anniversary Jubilee of Liberty medal issued by France in 1994.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 961 § 1)
Effective 7-12-00
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.200 - Program established, criteria — veteran defined.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 3 histories
42.200. Program established, criteria — veteran defined. —
1. There is hereby created within the state adjutant general's office the "Korean Conflict Medallion Program". Every veteran who honorably served on active duty in the United States military service at any time beginning June 27, 1950, and ending January 31, 1955, shall be entitled to receive a Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate of appreciation pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206, provided that:
(1) Such veteran is a legal resident of this state or was a legal resident of this state at the time he or she entered or was discharged from military service or at the time of his or her death or such veteran served in a unit of the Missouri National Guard regardless of whether such veteran is or ever was a legal resident of this state; and
(2) Such veteran was honorably separated or discharged from military service or is still in active service in an honorable status, or was in active service in an honorable status at the time of his or her death.
2. The Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and a certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether or not such veteran served within the United States or in a foreign country. The medallion, medal, and the certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether or not such veteran was under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment. For purposes of sections 42.200 to 42.206,
"veteran"
means any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 219, A.L. 2005 H.B. 163, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.204 - Veterans' commission to design form of medallions, medals and certificates.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 26 Jun 2003, see footnote
42.204. Veterans' commission to design form of medallions, medals and certificates. —
The veterans' commission shall design the form of the Korean Conflict medallion, medal, and the certificate and forward the approved designs to the adjutant general for distribution pursuant to sections 42.200 to 42.206. It is the intent of the general assembly to create statewide involvement in the design of these symbols in recognition of this historic endeavor. Therefore, in designing the forms, the veterans' commission may solicit potential designs from elementary and secondary schools, veterans' groups, civic organizations, or any other interested party, and may select the best design from among such solicited designs, or may select another design.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 219)
Effective 6-26-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.206 - Korean Conflict veterans' recognition award fund created, use of moneys — automatic termination of fund, when.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 26 Jun 2003, see footnote
42.206. Korean Conflict veterans' recognition award fund created, use of moneys — automatic termination of fund, when. —
1. The "Korean Conflict Veterans' Recognition Award Fund" is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall consist of all gifts, donations, and bequests to the fund. The fund shall be administered by the adjutant general. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the Korean Conflict veterans' recognition award fund shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. Interest and moneys earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2. Moneys in the fund shall be used solely to promote the solicitation for designs for, aid in the manufacture of, and aid in the distribution of the medallion, medal, and the certificate.
3. When all allowed Korean Conflict medallions, medals, and certificates have been distributed, the fund shall automatically be terminated. Any balance remaining in the fund after all such distributions shall be transferred to the veterans' commission capital improvement trust fund created in section 313.835.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 219)
Effective 6-26-03
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.220 - Vietnam War medallion program created — eligibility — veteran defined.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
42.220. Vietnam War medallion program created — eligibility — veteran defined. —
1. There is hereby created within the state adjutant general's office the "Vietnam War Medallion Program". Every veteran who honorably served on active duty in the United States military service at any time beginning February 28, 1961, and ending May 7, 1975, shall be entitled to receive a Vietnam War medallion, medal, and a certificate of appreciation under sections 42.220 to 42.226, provided that:
(1) Such veteran is a legal resident of this state or was a legal resident of this state at the time he or she entered or was discharged from military service or at the time of his or her death or such veteran served in a unit of the Missouri National Guard regardless of whether such veteran is or ever was a legal resident of this state; and
(2) Such veteran was honorably separated or discharged from military service or is still in active service in an honorable status, or was in active service in an honorable status at the time of his or her death.
2. The Vietnam War medallion, medal, and a certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether or not such veteran served within the United States or in a foreign country. The medallion, medal, and the certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether or not such veteran was under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment. For purposes of sections 42.220 to 42.226,
"veteran"
means any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 978, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.224 - Design of medallion by veterans commission.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006
42.224. Design of medallion by veterans commission. —
The veterans commission shall design the form of the Vietnam War medallion, medal, and the certificate and forward the approved designs to the adjutant general for distribution under sections 42.220 to 42.226. It is the intent of the general assembly to create statewide involvement in the design of these symbols in recognition of this historic endeavor. Therefore, in designing the forms, the veterans commission may solicit potential designs from elementary and secondary schools, veterans' groups, civic organizations, or any other interested party, and may select the best design from among such solicited designs, or may select another design.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 978)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.226 - Fund created, use of moneys — termination, when.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
• Effective - 28 Aug 2006
42.226. Fund created, use of moneys — termination, when. —
1. The "Vietnam War Veterans' Recognition Award Fund" is hereby created in the state treasury, and shall consist of all gifts, donations, and bequests to the fund and all funds transferred to the veterans' commission capital improvement trust fund from any remaining balances in the World War II veterans' recognition award fund and the Korean Conflict veterans' recognition award fund. The fund shall be administered by the adjutant general. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the Vietnam veterans' recognition award fund shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. Interest and moneys earned on the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2. Moneys in the fund shall be used solely to promote the solicitation for designs for, aid in the manufacture of, and aid in the distribution of the medallion, medal, and the certificate.
3. When all allowed Vietnam War medallions, medals, and certificates have been distributed, the fund shall automatically be terminated. Any balance remaining in the fund after all such distributions shall be transferred to the veterans' commission capital improvement trust fund created in section 313.835.
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(L. 2006 H.B. 978)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.310 - Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal and certificate, to whom awarded.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
42.310. Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal and certificate, to whom awarded. —
1. There is hereby created within the state adjutant general's office the "Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn Medallion Program". Every veteran who honorably served on active duty in the United States military service at any time beginning March 19, 2003, and ending December 15, 2011, shall be entitled to receive an Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal, and certificate of appreciation under this section, provided that:
(1) Such veteran is a legal resident of this state or was a legal resident of this state at the time he or she entered or was discharged from military service or at the time of his or her death or such veteran served in a unit of the Missouri National Guard regardless of whether such veteran is or ever was a legal resident of this state; and
(2) Such veteran was honorably separated or discharged from military service, is still in active service in an honorable status, or was in active service in an honorable status at the time of his or her death.
2. The Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn medallion, medal, and certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran served within the United States or in a foreign country. The medallion, medal, and certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran was under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment. For purposes of this section,
"veteran"
means any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 600)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.315 - Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm medallion, medal and certificate, to whom awarded.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
42.315. Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm medallion, medal and certificate, to whom awarded. —
1. There is hereby created within the state adjutant general's office the "Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm Medallion Program". Every veteran who honorably served on active duty in the United States military service at any time beginning August 7, 1990, and ending June 7, 1991, shall be entitled to receive an Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm medallion, medal, and certificate of appreciation under this section, provided that:
(1) Such veteran is a legal resident of this state or was a legal resident of this state at the time he or she entered or was discharged from military service or at the time of his or her death or such veteran served in a unit of the Missouri National Guard regardless of whether such veteran is or ever was a legal resident of this state; and
(2) Such veteran was honorably separated or discharged from military service, is still in active service in an honorable status, or was in active service in an honorable status at the time of his or her death.
2. The Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm medallion, medal, and certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran served within the United States or in a foreign country. The medallion, medal, and the certificate shall be awarded regardless of whether such veteran was under eighteen years of age at the time of enlistment. For purposes of this section,
"veteran"
means any person defined as a veteran by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor agency.
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(L. 2014 S.B. 600)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 42 - Veterans' Affairs › Section 42.380 - Rights of veterans.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 42
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
42.380. Rights of veterans. —
1. This section shall be known and may be
*
cited as "The Veterans' Bill of Rights".
2. Veterans in this state have a right to:
(1) Receive assistance from a local veterans service officer in completing applications for state and federal benefits;
(2) Receive counseling from veterans service officers and receive information about compensation, pensions, education benefits, life insurance medical benefits, state benefits, and burial benefits;
(3) Preference in public employment as described in section 36.220;
(4) Be treated with dignity and respect and to receive accurate, courteous, and timely service; and
(5) Receive fair and equal treatment without regard to sex, race, religion, handicap, ethnicity, or national origin.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 573)
*Word "be" does not appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.010 - Definitions.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 09 May 2007, 2 histories, see footnote
43.010. Definitions. —
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
(1)
"Members of the patrol"
, the superintendent, lieutenant colonel, majors, captains, director of radio, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and troopers of the Missouri state highway patrol;
(2)
"MULES"
, Missouri uniform law enforcement system, a statewide-computerized communications system provided by the patrol designed to provide services, information, and capabilities to the law enforcement and criminal justice community in the state of Missouri;
(3)
"Patrol"
, the Missouri state highway patrol;
(4)
"Peace officers"
, sheriffs, police officers and other peace officers of this state;
(5)
"Radio personnel"
, those employees of the patrol engaged in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the patrol radio system.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8347, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2007 H.B. 405)
Effective 5-09-07
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.020 - State highway patrol created.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
43.020. State highway patrol created. —
There is hereby created a force consisting of a superintendent and other officers, sergeants, corporals, patrolmen, and radio personnel, as herein provided, to be known as "Missouri State Highway Patrol", which shall be vested with the powers and duties specified in this chapter and all powers necessary to enable the members of the patrol to fully and effectively carry out the purposes of this chapter but the powers and duties hereby conferred on the members of such patrol shall be supplementary to and in no way a limitation on the powers and duties of sheriffs, police officers, or other peace officers of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8346, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.025 - Primary purpose of highway patrol.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
43.025. Primary purpose of highway patrol. —
1. The primary purpose of the highway patrol is to enforce the traffic laws and promote safety upon the highways. As near as practicable all personnel of the patrol shall be used for carrying out these purposes.
2. As near as practicable, all personnel of the patrol shall be utilized in carrying out the provisions of sections 43.350 to 43.380.
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(L. 1957 p. 619 § 43.130, A.L. 1969 H.B. 670, A.L. 1983 S.B. 294)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.030 - Superintendent — qualifications, appointment, powers.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
43.030. Superintendent — qualifications, appointment, powers. —
1. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall be appointed from the uniformed membership of the patrol by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The superintendent shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The superintendent shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident taxpaying citizen of this state for a period of three years previous to being appointed as superintendent and shall be at least thirty years of age. The superintendent shall maintain an office in Jefferson City.
2. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall:
(1) Have command of the patrol and perform all duties imposed on the superintendent and exercise all of the powers and authority conferred upon the superintendent by the provisions of this chapter and the requirements of chapter 650;
(2) Within available appropriations, establish an equitable pay plan for the members of the highway patrol and radio personnel taking into consideration ranks and length of service.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8348, A.L. 1945 p. 978, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1681 & 1342 merged with S.B. 883, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41 merged with H.B. 405)
Effective 5-09-07 (H.B. 405); 8-28-07 (H.B. 41)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Actions of superintendent subject to approval by department of public safety, 650.005
Appointment of superintendent, 650.005
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.032 - Federal immigration law enforcement, patrol members to be designated for training.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2008
43.032. Federal immigration law enforcement, patrol members to be designated for training. —
Subject to appropriation, the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall designate that some or all members of the highway patrol be trained in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the state of Missouri and the United States Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws during the course of their normal duties in the state of Missouri, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. Section 1357(g). The superintendent shall have the authority to negotiate the terms of such memorandum. The memorandum shall be signed by the superintendent of the highway patrol, the governor, and the director of the department of public safety.
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(L. 2008 H.B. 1549, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.040 - Lieutenant colonel and majors — appointment, qualifications.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2010
43.040. Lieutenant colonel and majors — appointment, qualifications. —
The superintendent shall appoint from the membership of the patrol one lieutenant colonel and six majors, who shall have the same qualifications as the superintendent, and who may be relieved of the rank of lieutenant colonel or major, as the case may be, and the duties of the position by the superintendent at his pleasure.
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(L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1965 p. 149, A.L. 1978 S.B. 772, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.050 - Officers and other personnel, numbers authorized — exceptions — enforcement of gaming activities, when — discrimination prohibited.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 3 histories
43.050. Officers and other personnel, numbers authorized — exceptions — enforcement of gaming activities, when — discrimination prohibited. —
1. The superintendent may appoint not more than thirty-four captains and one director of radio, each of whom shall have the same qualifications as the superintendent, nor more than sixty-eight lieutenants, and such additional force of sergeants, corporals and patrolmen, so that the total number of members of the patrol shall not exceed one thousand sixty-four officers and patrolmen and such numbers of radio personnel as the superintendent deems necessary.
2. In case of a national emergency the superintendent may name additional patrolmen and radio personnel in a number sufficient to replace, temporarily, patrolmen and radio personnel called into military services.
3. The superintendent may enter into an agreement with the Missouri gaming commission to enforce any law, rule, or regulation, conduct background investigations under the laws of this state, and enforce the regulations of licensed gaming activities governed by chapter 313. A notice of either party to terminate or modify the provisions of such agreement shall be in writing and executed not less than one year from the effective date of the termination or modification, unless mutually agreed upon by the superintendent and the Missouri gaming commission. Members of the patrol hired in conjunction with any agreement with the Missouri gaming commission shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section. If such agreement is subsequently terminated or modified to reduce the number of personnel used in such agreement, those members affected by such termination or modification shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section for a period of five years.
4. Member positions of the patrol originally acquired in conjunction with the community-oriented policing services federal grant or members assigned to fulfill the duties established in sections 43.350 to 43.380 shall not be subject to the personnel cap referenced in subsection 1 of this section.
5. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national origin or sex.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8349, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1945 p. 978, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1951 p. 651, A.L. 1953 p. 565, A.L. 1955 p. 615, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1961 p. 482, A.L. 1965 p. 149, A.L. 1967 pp. 120, 121, A.L. 1973 H.B. 539, A.L. 1975 H.B. 695, A.L. 1978 S.B. 772, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 S.B. 550, A.L. 1993 H.B. 220, A.L. 1996 S.B. 578, A.L. 1999 S.B. 309, A.L. 2005 H.B. 618, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.080 - Service salary increases — annual salary schedule submitted to governor and general assembly, contents — service defined.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Sep 2003, see footnote
43.080. Service salary increases — annual salary schedule submitted to governor and general assembly, contents — service defined. —
The superintendent is authorized and empowered to prescribe policies providing for increases in the salaries of members of the highway patrol. Each year, prior to January first, the superintendent shall submit a salary schedule report to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the president pro tem of the senate. The salary schedule report prepared by the superintendent shall include, in addition to other matters deemed pertinent to the superintendent, a comparison of the salaries of police officers of the three largest police departments in the state. The governor may make additional recommendations to the report and forward them to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate may assign the salary schedule report to the appropriate standing committees to review the salary comparisons to ensure that parity in the salary of members of the highway patrol and officers of the three largest police departments is maintained. The superintendent of the highway patrol shall testify before the appropriate committee on the salary schedule report if called upon by such committee. The "service" of a member of the patrol, who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States and who has subsequently been reinstated as a member of the patrol within ninety days after receiving a discharge other than dishonorable from the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be considered service with the patrol as a member of the patrol rendered since last becoming a member prior to entrance into the Armed Forces of the United States; except that no member shall be entitled to any credit, privilege or benefit provided by this chapter if such member voluntarily extends or participates in an extension of the period of service, whether by reenlistment, waiver of discharge, acceptance of commission or any other action, with the Armed Forces beyond the period of service for which such member was originally commissioned, enlisted, inducted or called.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8351, A.L. 1945 p. 976, A. 1949 H.B. 2003, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1437 & 1148, A.L. 2003 S.B. 212 & 220 merged with S.B. 468)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.090 - Clerical force — offices and equipment — radio station.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
43.090. Clerical force — offices and equipment — radio station. —
The superintendent shall employ such clerical force, radio operators, and other subordinates, and shall provide such office equipment, stationery, postage supplies, communication and telephone facilities as he or she shall deem necessary for general headquarters located at Jefferson City, Missouri, and shall also provide offices, equipment, stationery, postage, clerical force, communication, telephone, and other subordinates for the headquarters of each troop or division of the patrol. The state highway patrol communications division shall be under the control of and at the service of the superintendent for such regular and emergency communications and service as the superintendent may require.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8365, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41 merged with H.B. 405)
Effective 5-09-07 (H.B. 405); 8-28-07 (H.B. 41)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.100 - Salaries and expenses for highway work, how paid.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 1980
43.100. Salaries and expenses for highway work, how paid. —
All expenses of members of the patrol and all expenditures for vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and all other expenditures for the operation and maintenance of the patrol in the enforcement of any state motor vehicle law or in the regulation of traffic on highways maintained and constructed by the state highways and transportation commission under the duties described in section 43.160 shall be paid monthly, except salaries of members of the patrol and salaries of subordinates and clerical force which shall be paid in semimonthly or monthly installments as designated by the commissioner of administration, and shall be paid by the state treasurer out of the proceeds of state motor vehicle fees and license taxes and state taxes on the sale or use of motor vehicle fuels as provided in Section 30(b) of Article IV of the constitution of this state upon warrants drawn by the state auditor based upon bills of particular and vouchers certified by the officer or employee designated by the commission.
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(L. 1943 p. 652 § 8365a, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.110 - Travel expenses of patrol, how paid — fees.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 09 May 2007, see footnote
43.110. Travel expenses of patrol, how paid — fees. —
The necessary expenses of the members of the patrol in the performance of their duties shall be paid by the state when such members are away from their places of residence or from the troop or division to which they are assigned, subject to the approval of the superintendent. No fee shall be allowed to any person or officer for the arrest and transportation of persons arrested and transported by members of the patrol, and no witness fees shall be granted or allowed members of the patrol in criminal cases. Witness fees for members of the patrol in civil cases, and for testifying in federal court, shall be the same as provided by law, and shall be claimed and collected by members of the patrol, and promptly transmitted to the fund from which the member or employee is funded.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8357, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 322, A.L. 2007 H.B. 405)
Effective 5-09-07
CROSS REFERENCE:
Officers not to receive witness fees, 550.160
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.130 - Uniforms — allowance to members — vehicles and equipment.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 1978
43.130. Uniforms — allowance to members — vehicles and equipment. —
1. The superintendent shall prescribe a distinctive style of uniform and badge for members of the patrol to be made of the material and of the color he specifies, and it shall be unlawful for any person to wear the prescribed uniform or badge, or any distinctive part thereof, except on order of the superintendent. The uniform shall be purchased at the times the superintendent requires, and the superintendent shall fix a uniform allowance for such purpose for each member of the patrol.
2. The members of the patrol shall, at the expense of the state, be furnished with the vehicles, equipment, arms, ammunition, supplies and insignia of office as the superintendent deems necessary, all of which shall remain the property of the state and be strictly accounted for by each member of the patrol. All such vehicles and equipment shall be distinctively marked, and all vehicles used by members of the patrol shall be distinctively lighted at night.
3. Members of the patrol shall wear their uniform and insignia of office at all times when on duty, unless otherwise designated by the superintendent.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8355, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1957 p. 619, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1048)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.140 - Members' oaths.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 09 May 2007, see footnote
43.140. Members' oaths. —
The members of the patrol, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, shall each take and subscribe an oath to support the constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Missouri and to faithfully demean themselves in office in the form prescribed by Section 11, Article VII, of the constitution of this state and they shall each faithfully perform the duties of their respective offices and safely keep and account for all moneys and property received by them.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8356, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 2007 H.B. 405)
Effective 5-09-07
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.160 - Duties of the patrol on highways.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
43.160. Duties of the patrol on highways. —
It shall be the duty of the patrol to police the highways constructed and maintained by the commission; to regulate the movement of traffic thereon; to enforce thereon the laws of this state relating to the operation and use of vehicles on the highways; to enforce and prevent thereon the violation of the laws relating to the size, weight and speed of commercial motor vehicles and all laws designed to protect and safeguard the highways constructed and maintained by the commission. It shall be the duty of the patrol whenever possible to determine persons causing or responsible for the breaking, damaging or destruction of any improved hard surfaced roadway, structure, sign markers, guard rail, or any other appurtenance constructed or maintained by the commission and to arrest persons criminally responsible therefor and to bring them before the proper officials for prosecution. It shall be the duty of the patrol to cooperate with such state official as may be designated by law in the collection of all state revenue derived from highway users as an incident to their use or right to use the highways of the state, including all license fees and taxes upon motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicle fuels, and upon, with respect to, or on the privilege of the manufacture, receipt, storage, distribution, sale or use thereof (except the sales tax on motor vehicles and trailers, and all property taxes).
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(RSMo 1939 § 8358, A.L. 1945 p. 977)
(1966) Missouri state troopers were well within their rights in making check on automobile which corresponded with stolen vehicle report and the halting and check of driver did not constitute an arrest so as to bring into play all requirements of probable cause. Rodgers v. United States, 362 F.2d 358.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.170 - Must stop on signal of member of patrol — penalty.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
43.170. Must stop on signal of member of patrol — penalty. —
It shall be the duty of the operator or driver of any vehicle or the rider of any animal traveling on the highways of this state to stop on signal of any member of the patrol and to obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such member of the patrol given in directing the movement of traffic on the highways. Any person who willfully fails or refuses to obey such signals or directions or who willfully resists or opposes a member of the patrol in the proper discharge of his duties shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished as provided by law for such offenses.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8361)
(1993) Statute does not apply to law enforcement officers, other than members of the highway patrol. The failure to stop on a signal from other law enforcement officers is not, in and of itself, a crime. State v. Dossett, 851 S.W.2d 750 (Mo. App. W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.180 - Powers of patrol members — investigation of crime, how paid for.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 13 May 1988, see footnote
43.180. Powers of patrol members — investigation of crime, how paid for. —
The members of the state highway patrol, with the exception of the director of radio and radio personnel, shall have full power and authority as now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers when working with and at the special request of the sheriff of any county, or the chief of police of any city, or under the direction of the superintendent of the state highway patrol, or in the arrest of anyone violating any law in their presence or in the apprehension and arrest of any fugitive from justice on any felony violation. The members of the state highway patrol shall have full power and authority to make investigations connected with any crime of any nature. The expense for the patrol's operation under this section shall be paid monthly by the state treasurer chargeable to the general revenue fund.
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(L. 1943 p. 652 § 8358a, A.L. 1949 p. 293, A.L. 1988 S.B. 423)
Effective 5-13-88
(1967) The Missouri state highway patrol has the power of investigation, arrest, search and seizure on Missouri highways. Gullett v. United States (A.), 387 F.2d 307.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.190 - Authority to arrest, pursue violators.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
43.190. Authority to arrest, pursue violators. —
The members of the patrol, with the exception of the director of radio and radio personnel, are hereby declared to be officers of the state of Missouri and shall be so deemed and taken in all courts having jurisdiction of offenses against the laws of this state. The members of the patrol shall have the powers now or hereafter vested by law in peace officers except the serving or execution of civil process. The members of the patrol shall have authority to arrest without writ, rule, order or process any person detected by him in the act of violating any law of this state. When a member of the patrol is in pursuit of a violator or suspected violator and is unable to arrest such violator or suspected violator within the limits of the district or territory over which the jurisdiction of such member of the patrol extends, he shall be and is hereby authorized to continue in pursuit of such violator or suspected violator into whatever part of this state may be reasonably necessary to effect the apprehension and arrest of the same and to arrest such violator or suspected violator wherever he may be overtaken.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8359, A.L. 1949 p. 293)
(1953) Highway patrolman, being an officer of the state, has the right to arrest without warrant a person whom he has probable cause to believe guilty of felony. State v. Campbell (Mo.), 262 S.W.2d 5.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.195 - Authority to arrest upon reasonable grounds for motor vehicle violations.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 1965
43.195. Authority to arrest upon reasonable grounds for motor vehicle violations. —
Any member of the Missouri state highway patrol may arrest on view, and without a warrant, any person he sees violating or who he has reasonable grounds to believe has violated any law of this state relating to the operation of motor vehicles.
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(L. 1965 p. 150 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.200 - Search and seizure powers of highway patrol — authority to serve warrants, participation of sheriff — instruction of officers.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
43.200. Search and seizure powers of highway patrol — authority to serve warrants, participation of sheriff — instruction of officers. —
1. The members of the patrol shall have the right and power of search and seizure to take from any person under arrest or about to be arrested deadly or dangerous weapons in the possession of such person, and to search and seize on a public highway of this state, or off the public highways of this state as an incident to an arrest made following a hot pursuit from a public highway.
2. When ordered to any county or municipality in this state by the governor because of civil disorder, members of the patrol during that time may exercise all powers of search and seizure in the same manner and to the same extent as any sheriff in this state.
3. The members of the highway patrol may request that the prosecuting or circuit attorney apply for, and members of the highway patrol may serve, search warrants anywhere within the state of Missouri, provided the sheriff of the county in which the warrant is to be served, or his designee, shall be notified upon application by the applicant of the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to driving while intoxicated. The sheriff or his or her designee shall participate in serving the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to driving while intoxicated and the investigation of motor vehicle traffic accidents. Any designee of the sheriff shall be a deputy sheriff or other person certified as a peace officer under chapter 590. The sheriff shall always have a designee available.
4. The superintendent of the highway patrol shall see that every member of the highway patrol is thoroughly instructed in the powers of police officers to arrest for misdemeanors and felonies and to search and seize in order that no person or citizen traveling in this state shall be hindered, stopped, or arrested or his person or property searched or seized without constitutional grounds existing therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8362, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 174, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 18, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 H.B. 852, A.L. 1995 H.B. 461, A.L. 2009 H.B. 685)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Animal protection, highway patrol's powers and duties, 578.030
(1984) The fact that members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol had no authority to conduct a search and seizure beyond the jurisdiction of state highways was irrelevant in a federal trial charging possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, since the actions of state officers are to be judged as if they were federal officers. United States v. Eng (8th Cir.) 753 F.2d 683.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.210 - Person arrested to be dealt with according to law.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
43.210. Person arrested to be dealt with according to law. —
Any person arrested by a member of the patrol shall forthwith be taken by such member before the court or associate circuit judge having jurisdiction of the crime whereof such person so arrested is charged there to be dealt with according to law.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8360)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.220 - No authority to exceed duties authorized in this chapter.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
43.220. No authority to exceed duties authorized in this chapter. —
Neither the governor nor the superintendent shall have any power, right or authority to command, order or direct any member of the patrol to perform any duty or service not authorized under state statute.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8363, A.L. 2007 H.B. 41)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.250 - Law enforcement officers to file accident reports with patrol, when.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
43.250. Law enforcement officers to file accident reports with patrol, when. —
Every law enforcement officer who investigates a vehicle accident resulting in injury to or death of a person, or total property damage to an apparent extent of five hundred dollars or more to one person, or who otherwise prepares a written or computer-generated report as a result of an investigation either at the time of and at the scene of the accident or thereafter by interviewing the participants or witnesses, shall forward a report of such accident to the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol within ten days after his or her investigation of the accident, except that upon the approval of the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol the report may be forwarded at a time and/or in a form other than as required in this section.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 536 § 1, A.L. 1979 H.B. 167, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1660)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.251 - Report forms — how provided, contents — approval by superintendent.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2014, 2 histories
43.251. Report forms — how provided, contents — approval by superintendent. —
1. The state highways and transportation commission shall prepare and upon request supply to police departments, sheriffs, and other appropriate agencies or individuals forms for written accident reports as required by section 43.250 and this section. Reports shall call for sufficiently detailed information to disclose, with reference to a vehicle accident, the cause, conditions then existing and the persons and vehicles involved.
2. Every written or computer-generated accident report required to be made shall be submitted on the appropriate form or in the appropriate computer format approved by the superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol and shall contain all the information required therein unless not available.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 536 § 2, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1660, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title V - Military Affairs and Police › Chapter 43 - Highway Patrol, State › Section 43.252 - Highway patrol traffic records fund created, moneys to be deposited into fund.

Title V MILITARY AFFAIRS AND POLICE
Chapter 43
Effective - 28 Aug 2003
43.252. Highway patrol traffic records fund created, moneys to be deposited into fund. —
All moneys received by the superintendent of the Missouri highway patrol for the copying of reports, photographs, and other related materials of highway patrol-investigated motor vehicle accidents and for requests for specialized statistical computer analysis of motor vehicle accident investigation data shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the "Highway Patrol Traffic Records Fund" which is hereby created. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, if the moneys collected and deposited into the fund are not totally expended annually by the highway patrol at the end of the biennium, such unexpended moneys in such fund shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the state general revenue fund.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 675)