SHELTON (57) AND SKAGGS.

Read 1st time January 16, 1997 and 1000 copies ordered printed.

ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk

L0882.02I

AN ACT

To repeal sections 84.030 and 84.360, RSMo 1994, relating to certain police departments, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Sections 84.030 and 84.360, RSMo 1994, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 84.030 and 84.360, to read as follows:

84.030. Beginning on January 9, 1989, the governor of the state of Missouri, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the four commissioners provided for in section 84.020, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of one year; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of two years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of three years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years. Their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four years, and [said] such commissioners shall hold office for their term of appointment and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Beginning with the first appointment made after the effective date of this section and every four years thereafter, the commissioner so appointed shall be a retired member of the police force in good standing, who served as a member of such police force for at least ten years and who at no time held any rank higher than lieutenant. In case of a vacancy in [said] such board for any cause whatsoever, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term, in the same manner as in the case of original appointments. The governor shall issue commissions to the persons so appointed, designating the time for which they are appointed in case the appointment is to fill an unexpired term occasioned by death, resignation or any other cause, and whenever the term of office of any commissioner expires, the appointment of [his] the commissioner's successor shall be for four years. The commissioners now holding offices under existing laws in any city of this state to which sections 84.010 to 84.340 apply are to hold their offices until the expiration of their terms, and their successors are duly appointed and qualified.

84.360. The governor of the state of Missouri, by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint the four commissioners provided for in section 84.350, and one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of one year; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of two years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of three years; one commissioner shall be appointed for a term of four years. Their successors shall each be appointed for a term of four years, and [said] commissioners shall hold office for their term of appointment and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Beginning with the first appointment made after the effective date of this section and every four years thereafter, the commissioner so appointed shall be a retired member of the police force in good standing, who served as a member of such police force for at least ten years and who at no time held any rank higher than lieutenant. In case of a vacancy in [said] such board from any cause whatever, it shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term, in the same manner as in the case of original appointments. The governor shall issue commissions to the persons so appointed, designating the time for which they are appointed in case the appointment is to fill an unexpired term occasioned by death, resignation or any other cause whatever, and whenever the term of office of any commissioner expires, the appointment of [his] the commissioner's successor shall be for four years.
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