Colorado § 28-5-707 - Assistance to county veterans service officers.
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§ 28-5-707. Assistance to county veterans service officers.
(1) (a) The division shall provide satisfactory monitoring, direction, and assistance to all county veterans service officers and shall provide services to the county veterans service officers as the division determines necessary. Out of any money appropriated by the general assembly to the division for support to county veterans service officers, the division shall issue vouchers for the payment to the general fund of a county eligible to receive payment, to be disbursed upon the authority of the county commissioners only for performance of the purposes of this part 7 and part 8 of this article 5.The division shall annually establish the hourly rate of state-funded payments for county veterans service officers who are qualified to serve pursuant to section 28-5-802, based on the available appropriation by the general assembly.
(a.5) Repealed.
(b) If adjacent counties jointly establish a veterans service office for the counties pursuant to section 28-5-801 (2), the division may issue a voucher to the general fund of the county that employs the veterans service officers in an amount equal to the total of the payments that would have been provided to each of the counties pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section.
(2) The division shall make the payments described in subsection (1) of this section to the county commissioners upon application by the county commissioners. The county commissioners must submit the application for payment at the time and in the form and manner prescribed by the division.
Source: L. 2002: Entire part added with relocations, p. 349, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2015: (1)(a) amended, HB 15-1315, ch. 219, p. 806, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2024: Entire section amended, (SB 24-004), ch. 29, p. 89, § 2, effective August 7.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 26-10-108 as it existed prior to 2002.
(2) Subsection (1)(a.5)(III) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(a.5), effective July 1, 2026. (See L. 2024, p. 89.)
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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