74-2114. Compensation of personnel; expenses; probationary period; assignment; moving expenses, when. (a) The personnel of the Kansas highway patrol shall be paid compensation for their services as determined by the superintendent in accordance with provisions of applicable laws, rules and regulations. Military service of any member of the Kansas highway patrol who leaves or has left the patrol for the purpose of serving in any branch of the armed forces of the United States, during any war or national emergency and who returns to the patrol within 60 days after release therefrom, shall be considered as service with the patrol for the purpose of calculating any longevity pay increase. The governor shall determine when a national emergency exists or has existed.
(b) The salary of each member of the Kansas highway patrol shall be fixed by the superintendent in accordance with the Kansas civil service act. All members of the patrol shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses and all salaries shall be paid monthly. The Kansas highway patrol superintendent shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The personnel of the Kansas highway patrol other than the superintendent shall serve upon first appointment for a probationary period of one year. The superintendent is authorized to assign any major, captain, lieutenant, sergeant or trooper for duty other than the place to which presently assigned. In such cases, the superintendent shall pay necessary moving expense from moneys appropriated for the Kansas highway patrol from the state general fund and available therefor in accordance with K.S.A. 75-3225.
History: L. 1937, ch. 330, § 5; L. 1941, ch. 343, § 1; L. 1943, ch. 266, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 305, § 2; L. 1947, ch. 398, § 4; L. 1949, ch. 407, § 2; L. 1951, ch. 437, § 1; L. 1953, ch. 368, § 2; L. 1955, ch. 347, § 2; L. 1957, ch. 427, § 2; L. 1959, ch. 314, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 382, § 2; L. 1963, ch. 402, § 6; L. 1963, ch. 400, § 2; L. 1972, ch. 290, § 2; L. 1983, ch. 320, § 18; L. 1994, ch. 274, § 5; L. 1997, ch. 115, § 3; July 1.
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