(1) (a) Members of the board of county commissioners shall be elected in each county, excluding a city and county, for a term of four years.
(b) No person shall be a county commissioner unless that person is a registered elector and has resided in the district for at least one year prior to the election.
(2) Each county having a population of less than seventy thousand shall have three county commissioners, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. One commissioner shall be elected at the general election in 1982 and every four years thereafter, and two commissioners shall be elected at the general election in 1984 and every four years thereafter.
(3) (a) In each county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the board of county commissioners may consist either of three members, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, or of five members, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(b) If the board consists of three commissioners, they shall be elected as provided in subsection (2) of this section and as provided in section 30-10-306.7 (5), C.R.S.
(c) In any county having a population of seventy thousand or more, the membership of the board of county commissioners may be increased from three to five members pursuant to section 30-10-306.5, C.R.S., or decreased from five to three members pursuant to section 30-10-306.7 (2)(a)(II), C.R.S.
Source: L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 323, § 1, effective January 1, 1981. L. 88: (3)(b) and (3)(c) amended, p. 1113, § 3, effective April 9; (1) amended, p. 297, § 1, effective January 1, 1989. L. 92: Entire part amended, p. 674, § 4, effective January 1, 1993.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 1-16-106 as it existed prior to 1980.
Cross references: For election and terms of county officers, see §§ 6 and 8 of art. XIV, Colo. Const.; for statutes relating to county officers generally, see article 10 of title 30.