41.1000. Civil air patrol, members who are state employees, leave to be granted--members generally, not subject to discharge from employment due to membership.
Civil air patrol, members who are state employees, leave to begranted--members generally, not subject to discharge fromemployment due to membership.
41.1000. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, anyemployee of the state of Missouri who is or may become a member of the civilair patrol and has qualified for a civil air patrol emergency servicespecialty rating or who is certified to fly counter narcotics missions exceptmembers of the Missouri national guard may be granted leave of absence fromtheir respective duties, without loss of time, pay, regular leave, impairmentof efficiency rating or of any other rights or benefits to which such personwould otherwise be entitled, for periods during which such person is engagedin the performance of civil air patrol emergency service duty or counternarcotics missions. Leave for such service shall be for not more than fifteenworking days in any state fiscal year, or without regard to length of timewhen responding to a state or nationally declared emergency or disaster in thestate of Missouri. The employee shall be released from work upon request fromthe Missouri wing commander or the wing commander's designated representative. The appointing authority shall compensate an employee granted leave pursuantto this section at the employee's regular rate of pay for regular work hoursduring which the employee is absent from the employee's regular place ofemployment for the state of Missouri. Any leave granted pursuant to thissection shall not affect the employee's leave status.
2. Before any payment of salary is made covering the period of the leavethe employee shall file with the appointing authority or supervising agencyevidence that such employee participated in emergency services duty or acounter narcotics mission from the wing commander, or the wing commander'sdesignated representative. In addition to the evidence required by thissubsection, such employee shall provide to the employee's immediate supervisora Drug Enforcement Agency/Civil Air Patrol (DEA/CAP) mission number.
3. No member of the civil air patrol shall be discharged from employmentbecause of being a member of the civil air patrol or holding a civil airpatrol emergency services specialty rating, nor otherwise discriminatedagainst or dissuaded from joining or continuing such person's service in thecivil air patrol by threat or injury to such person in respect to suchperson's employment.
4. The attorney general shall enforce the rights contained in thissection for members of the civil air patrol.
(L. 1996 H.B. 1131 § 1, A.L. 1997 S.B. 261)