Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position.

HB 2261 amends Kansas law to place Kansas Highway Patrol majors, superintendents, and assistant superintendents within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act. It requires that officers who hold these positions be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank they held when appointed to that position upon leaving it. If the desired rank is filled at the time of return, the bill mandates creating a temporary position in that rank until a vacancy occurs. This bill repeals the existing section of law governing these positions and replaces it with the new provisions.