306.227. Minimum age for water patrolmen and radio personnel--disqualifying criteria for patrolmen and the commissioner.
Minimum age for water patrolmen and radio personnel--disqualifyingcriteria for patrolmen and the commissioner.
306.227. Patrolmen and radio personnel of the water patrol shall notbe less than twenty-one years of age. No person shall be appointed ascommissioner or as a member of the patrol or as a member of the radiopersonnel who:
(1) Has been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moralturpitude, or against whom any indictment or information may then bepending charging the person with having committed a crime;
(2) Is not of good character;
(3) Is not a citizen of the United States;
(4) At the time of appointment is not a citizen of the state ofMissouri;
(5) Has not completed a high school program of education underchapter 167, RSMo, or has not obtained a General Educational Development(GED) certificate, and who has not obtained advanced education andexperience as approved by the commissioner; or
(6) Does not possess ordinary physical strength, and who is not ableto pass the physical and mental examination that the commissionerprescribes.
(L. 2007 H.B. 461, A.L. 2009 S.B. 47)