Colorado § 31-30-101 - Authority to provide for classified departments.
Full text of Colorado Colorado Revised Statutes § 31-30-101 — Authority to provide for classified departments., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-30-101. Authority to provide for classified departments.
The governing body of any city or town may provide by ordinance for a paid fire department, a paid police department, or a paid street department or all of same and may fix, define, and classify the various grades of employment in such departments, which grades and classifications shall be based upon the nature of the services to be rendered and the duties to be performed and shall also fix uniform wages and salaries to be paid to all employees in each particular class, which wages may be lowered or increased uniformly for each class from time to time.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1212, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-30-101 as it existed prior to 1975.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 31-30-101 ("Authority to provide for classified departments.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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