44-1-303. Duties. The chief, with the approval of the attorney general and within the limits of any appropriation made available for such purposes, shall:
     (1) designate the authority and responsibility in each rank, grade, and position;
     (2) formulate standards, policies, and qualifications in the selection of recruit patrol officers;
     (3) prescribe the official uniform of the Montana highway patrol;
     (4) station employees in such localities as he shall deem advisable for the enforcement of the traffic laws of this state;
     (5) charge against each employee the value of property of the state lost or destroyed through the carelessness or neglect of such employee;
     (6) discharge, demote, or temporarily suspend after hearing, as provided in parts 7 and 8 of this chapter, any patrol officer of the department;
     (7) have purchased or otherwise acquired by the purchasing department of the state motor equipment and all other equipment and commodities deemed by him essential to the efficient operation of the Montana highway patrol.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 199, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 102, L. 1957; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 173, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 439, L. 1975; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 343, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 31-104(part); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 146, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 217, L. 1989.