36.031. Applicability of merit system--director of personnel to notify affected agencies.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

36.031. Applicability of merit system--director of personnel to notify affected agencies.

Applicability of merit system--director of personnel to notifyaffected agencies.

36.031. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, exceptfor the elective offices, institutions of higher learning, the departmentof transportation, the department of conservation, those positions in theMissouri state highway patrol the compensation of which is established bysubdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 43.030, RSMo, and section43.080, RSMo, those positions in the Missouri state water patrol thecompensation of which is established by section 306.229, RSMo, thosepositions in the division of finance and the division of credit unionscompensated through a dedicated fund obtained from assessments and licensefees under sections 361.170 and 370.107, RSMo, and those positions forwhich the constitution specifically provides the method of selection,classification, or compensation, and the positions specified in subsection1 of section 36.030, but including attorneys, those departments, agenciesand positions of the executive branch of state government which have notbeen subject to these provisions of the state personnel law shall besubject to the provisions of sections 36.100, 36.110, 36.120 and 36.130,and the regulations adopted pursuant to sections 36.100, 36.110, 36.120 and36.130 which relate to the preparation, adoption and maintenance of aposition classification plan, the establishment and allocation of positionswithin the classification plan and the use of appropriate class titles inofficial records, vouchers, payrolls and communications. Any provision oflaw which confers upon any official or agency subject to the provisions ofthis section the authority to appoint, classify or establish compensationfor employees shall mean the exercise of such authority subject to theprovisions of this section. This section shall not extend coverage of anysection of this chapter, except those specifically named in this section,to any agency or employee. In accordance with sections 36.100, 36.110,36.120 and 36.130, and after consultation with appointing authorities, thedirector of the division of personnel shall conduct such job studies andjob reviews and establish such additional new and revised job classes asthe director finds necessary for appropriate classification of thepositions involved. Such classifications and the allocation of positionsto classes shall be maintained on a current basis by the division ofpersonnel. The director of the division of personnel shall, at the sametime, notify all affected agencies of the appropriate assignment of eachjob classification to one of the salary ranges within the pay plan thenapplicable to merit system agencies. The affected agencies and employeesin the classifications set pursuant to this section shall be subject to thepay plan and rates of compensation established and administered inaccordance with the provisions of this section, and the regulations adoptedpursuant to this section, on the same basis as for merit agency employees.In addition, any elected official, institution of higher learning, thedepartment of transportation, the department of conservation, the generalassembly, or any judge who is the chief administrative officer of thejudicial branch of state government may request the division of personnelto study salaries within the requestor's office, department or branch ofstate government for classification purposes.