§ 24-50-302 — Rights

Colorado § 24-50-302

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: State Personnel System -

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(1) The rights, privileges, and status retained by such
officer or employee shall specifically include the right to reoccupy the place,
employment, or position held by him at the time of entering the armed forces upon
the expiration of the period of initial service, plus any period of additional service
imposed by law, and for one year thereafter; except that, if such officer or
employee served in any branch of the armed forces of the United States during any
period and if he was separated or served under honorable conditions, the period of
such service shall be considered as service in the personnel system of the state of
Colorado for the purposes of seniority and for the purposes of promotion from one
pay grade to another as well as movement from one step of the pay plan to a higher
step in the pay plan and if the place, employment, or class held by such officer or
employee at the time of entering the armed forces has been increased in pay grade
during the time of such service, such officer or employee shall be entitled to
reoccupy such place, employment, or position at such increased pay grade.

(2) Said rights, privileges, and status retained by such officer or employee
shall also specifically include the right to remain upon and hold his place upon any
list of persons certified as eligible for appointment to places, employment, or
positions in the state personnel system at the time of entering the armed forces
during such period of initial service, plus any period of additional service imposed
by law, and for one year thereafter, regardless of the expiration date of any such
list of certified persons; except that, if such officer or employee has not acquired a
certified state personnel system status but has been employed by this state for a
period of one year or less, such officer or employee shall have the right to reoccupy
the place, employment, or position held by him at the time of entering the armed
forces upon the expiration of the initial period of service, plus any period of
additional service imposed by law, and for one year thereafter, with the right to hold
said place, employment, or position for the full term of his probationary period from
the date of his reoccupying the same or until an examination is held therefor and a
person is duly certified thereto.

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 179, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-2-2. L. 73: p. 426, � 14.