2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH
Chapter 36 State Personnel Law (Merit System)
Section 36.020 Definitions.

Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 36.020 (2017)

Effective 28 Aug 1996

Title IV EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 36

36.020. Definitions. — Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Agency", "state agency" or "agency of the state", each department, board, commission or office of the state except for offices of the elected officials, the general assembly, the judiciary and academic institutions;

(2) "Appointing authority", an officer or agency subject to this chapter having power to make appointments;

(3) "Board", the personnel advisory board as established by section 36.050;

(4) "Broad classification band", a grouping of positions with similar levels of responsibility or expertise;

(5) "Class" or "class of positions", a group of positions subject to this chapter sufficiently alike in duties, authority and responsibilities to justify the same qualifications and the same schedule of pay to all positions in the group;

(6) "Director", the director of the division of personnel of the office of administration;

(7) "Disabled veteran", a veteran who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces at any time who receives compensation as a result of a service-connected disability claim allowed by the federal agency responsible for the administration of veteran's affairs, or who receives disability retirement or disability pension benefits from a federal agency as a result of such a disability or a National Guard veteran who was permanently disabled as a result of active service to the state at the call of the governor;

(8) "Division of service" or "division", a state department or any division or branch of the state, or any agency of the state government, all the positions and employees in which are under the same appointing authority;

(9) "Eligible", a person whose name is on a register or who has been determined to meet the qualifications for a class or position;

(10) "Open competitive examination", a test for positions in a particular class, admission to which is not limited to persons employed in positions subject to this chapter;

(11) "Promotional examination", a test for positions in a particular class, admission to which is limited to employees with regular status in positions subject to this chapter;

(12) "Public hearing", a hearing held after public notice at which any person has a reasonable opportunity to be heard;

(13) "Register of eligibles", a list of persons who have been found qualified by an open competitive examination for appointment to a position;

(14) "Regular employee", an employee who has successfully completed a probationary period as provided in section 36.250;

(15) "Reinstatement register", a list of persons who have been regular employees and who have been laid off in good standing due to lack of work or funds, or other similar cause, or who have been demoted in lieu of layoff;

(16) "State equal employment opportunity officer", the individual designated by the governor or the commissioner of administration as having responsibility for monitoring the compliance of the state as an employer with applicable equal employment opportunity law and regulation and for leadership in efforts to establish a state workforce which reflects the diversity of Missouri citizens at all levels of employment;

(17) "Surviving spouse", the unmarried surviving spouse of a disabled veteran or any person who was killed while on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States or an unmarried surviving spouse of a National Guard veteran who was killed as a result of active service to the state at the call of the governor;

(18) "Veteran", any person who is a citizen of this state who has been separated under honorable conditions from the Armed Forces of the United States who served on active duty during peacetime or wartime for at least six consecutive months, unless released early as a result of a service-connected disability or a reduction in force at the convenience of the government, or any member of a reserve or National Guard component who has satisfactorily completed at least six years of service or who was called or ordered to active duty by the President and participated in any campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge or service medal has been authorized.

(L. 1945 p. 1157 § 3, A. 1949 S.B. 1018, A.L. 1959 H.B. 111, A.L. 1973 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 8, A.L. 1979 H.B. 673, A.L. 1995 H.B. 114, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1146)

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