Section 306.163

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 306

Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  306.163.  Commissioner of water patrol, appointment, oath, duties — granted powers of a peace officer, when — lieutenant colonel to assume the duties of the commissioner, when. — 1. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a commissioner of the Missouri state water patrol to serve at the pleasure of the governor. The commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath of office to perform the commissioner's duties faithfully and impartially. The commissioner appointed by the governor shall have at least ten years of experience in law enforcement similar to the duties exercised by uniformed officers of the state water patrol or at least five years of experience as a uniformed officer of the state water patrol.

  2. The commissioner shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline and make administrative rules and regulations and fix the hours of duty for the members of the patrol. The commissioner shall have charge of the office of the patrol, shall be custodian of the records of the patrol, and shall direct the day-to-day activities of the officers, patrolmen and office personnel.

  3. The commissioner shall be given a certificate of appointment, a copy of which shall be filed with the secretary of state, granting him or her all the powers of a peace officer to enforce all the laws of this state within the jurisdiction of the water patrol as listed in section 306.165, provided that he has completed a law enforcement training course which meets the standards established in chapter 590, RSMo.

  4. In the absence, or upon the disability, of the commissioner, or at the time the commissioner designates, the lieutenant colonel shall assume the duties of the commissioner. In case of the disability of the commissioner and the lieutenant colonel, the governor may designate a major as acting commissioner and when so designated, the acting commissioner shall have all the powers and duties of the commissioner.

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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 306.162, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2007 H.B. 461, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)