§ 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.

Legislative History

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.