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.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1171, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-1-18. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1145, § 83, effective July 1, 1994. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1991, § 16, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 26 - Human Services Code
Article 1 - Department of Human Services
§ 26-1-102. Legislative Declaration
§ 26-1-104. Construction of Terms
§ 26-1-105.5. Transfer of Functions - Employees - Property - Records
§ 26-1-106. Final Agency Action - Administrative Law Judge - Authority of Executive Director
§ 26-1-107. State Board of Human Services - Rules
§ 26-1-108. Powers and Duties of the Executive Director - Rules
§ 26-1-109. Cooperation With Federal Government - Grants-in-Aid
§ 26-1-112. Locating Violators - Recoveries
§ 26-1-114.5. Records - Access by County Auditor
§ 26-1-115. County Departments - District Departments
§ 26-1-116. County Boards - District Boards
§ 26-1-117. County Director - District Director
§ 26-1-118. Duties of County Departments, County Directors, and District Attorneys
§ 26-1-121. Appropriations - Food Distribution Programs
§ 26-1-122. County Appropriations and Expenditures - Advancements - Procedures
§ 26-1-122.5. County Appropriation Increases - Limitations - Definitions
§ 26-1-123. County Social Services Fund
§ 26-1-124. County Social Services Budget
§ 26-1-126. County Contingency Fund - County Tax Base Relief Fund - Creation
§ 26-1-127.5. Prevention of Erroneous Payments to Prisoners - Incentives
§ 26-1-129. Comprehensive Information - Packet of Aged Services and Programs - Implementation
§ 26-1-130. Applications for Licenses - Authority to Suspend Licenses - Rules - Definitions
§ 26-1-133.5. Rental Properties - Fund Created
§ 26-1-135. Child Welfare Action Committee - Reporting - Cash Fund - Created
§ 26-1-136.5. Menstrual Hygiene Products for a Person in Custody - Definition
§ 26-1-136.7. Opioid Treatment for a Person in Custody - Definitions
§ 26-1-136.8. Custody of a Person With the Capacity for Pregnancy
§ 26-1-138. Memorandum of Understanding - Notification of Risk - Rules
§ 26-1-141. Departments - Report Required - Hepatitis and Hiv Tests - Definitions
§ 26-1-142. Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot Program - Rules - Report - Definitions - Repeal