Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26-1-119

Current through 11/5/2024 election

Section 26-1-119 - County staff

The county director, with the approval of the county board, shall appoint such staff as may be necessary as determined by the state department rules to administer public assistance and welfare and child welfare activities within his or her county. Such staff shall be appointed and shall serve in accordance with a merit system for the selection, retention, and promotion of county department employees as described in section 26-1-120. The salaries of the members of such staff shall be fixed in accordance with the rules and salary schedules prescribed by the state department; except that, once a county transfers its county employees to a successor merit system as provided in section 26-1-120, the salaries shall be fixed by the county commissioners.

C.R.S. § 26-1-119

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1171, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-1-18. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1145, § 83, effective 7/1/1994. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1991, § 16, effective July 1.

For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.