Colorado § 24-42-101 - Office created - director.
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§ 24-42-101. Office created - director.
(1) There is hereby created within the office of the executive director of the department of transportation an office of transportation safety, the head of which shall be the director of the office of transportation safety. The director shall be appointed by the executive director of the department of transportation in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. The director of the office of transportation safety shall appoint the necessary staff of his office in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.
(2) The office of transportation safety and the director thereof shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions, specified by this article, under the department of transportation and the executive director thereof, as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.
Source: L. 68: p. 139, § 177. C.R.S. 1963: § 132-1-8. L. 74: Entire article added, p. 196, §§ 2, 3, effective April 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1062, § 23, effective July 1.
ANNOTATION
Section is unconstitutional insofar as it purports to exclude from civil service as a member of the staff of the office of the governor the coordinator of highway safety (now director of division of highway safety). Colorado State Civil Serv. Employees Ass'n v. Love, 167 Colo. 436, 448 P.2d 624 (1968) (decided under former law).
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