Colorado § 24-50-401 Office hours of state offices

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-50-401 — Office hours of state offices

Colorado § 24-50-401

Title 24Government

Art.State Personnel System -

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-50-401 (2026).

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(1)All offices in the executive and judicial departments of the state government shall be and remain open for business daily, except on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the hour of 8:30 a.m. until the hour of 5:00 p.m.; except that nothing in this section shall affect the validity of any act performed by either of said departments before or after the hours specified in this section.

(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, when a city or city and county and the suburban area within a ten-mile radius of the boundaries thereof have a population in excess of fifty thousand inhabitants, the offices of any executive department of the state government located therein may vary its business hours from those indicated in subsection (1) of this sec

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(1) All offices in the executive and
judicial departments of the state government shall be and remain open for business
daily, except on Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the hour of 8:30 a.m.
until the hour of 5:00 p.m.; except that nothing in this section shall affect the
validity of any act performed by either of said departments before or after the
hours specified in this section.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, when a
city or city and county and the suburban area within a ten-mile radius of the
boundaries thereof have a population in excess of fifty thousand inhabitants, the
offices of any executive department of the state government located therein may
vary its business hours from those indicated in subsection (1) of this section
whenever the executive director of the principal department, with the approval of
the governor, determines that such adjustment of hours will help alleviate peak
traffic conditions and provide a more even flow of traffic for the purpose of creating
safer highway conditions.

(3) Written notice of the variance permitted under subsection (2) of this
section shall be given to the local news media of such cities or cities and counties
not less than two weeks preceding the effective date of such variance.

(4) Employees in the state personnel system who are required to work on
general election day during the hours the polls are open pursuant to section 1-7-101,
C.R.S., shall be granted two hours' administrative leave in which to vote pursuant to
the provisions of section 1-7-102, C.R.S. The state personnel director shall
promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of this title for the implementation of
this subsection (4).

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 180, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 26-3-1. L. 84: (4) added, p. 671, � 6, effective January 1, 1986. L. 89: (4) amended, p. 490, � 21, effective July 1. L. 2004: (4) amended, p. 1696, � 34, effective July 1, 2005.