To repeal section 43.050, RSMo 1994, relating to the state highway patrol, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI,

AS FOLLOWS:

Section A. Section 43.050, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 43.050, to read as follows:

43.050. 1. The superintendent may appoint not more than twenty-two captains and one director of radio, each of whom shall have the same qualifications as the superintendent, nor more than forty-six lieutenants, and such additional force of sergeants, corporals and patrolmen, so that the total number of members of the patrol shall not exceed [nine hundred forty officers and patrolmen] that for which funds are appropriated, and such numbers of radio personnel as he 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. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national origin or sex.