HB 331 -- State Highway Patrol

Sponsor:  Lipke

This bill allows the Superintendent of the State Highway Patrol
to direct members and other employees of the patrol to carry out
any public safety duty or service authorized or appropriated by
the General Assembly.  The Governor nor the superintendent can
order any member of the patrol to perform any duty or service not
authorized under state statute.  The patrol is authorized to
conduct criminal background checks on gubernatorial appointees
who are subject to Senate confirmation.  Information received by
the patrol must be kept confidential and cannot be disclosed to
anyone other than the Governor and/or members of the Governor's
staff as necessary to determine the appointee's qualifications.

The bill also specifies that the patrol is divided into troops
rather than districts and removes the requirement that the
superintendent must reside in Jefferson City.

Some of the provisions of the bill contain an emergency clause.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am