Colorado § 37-44-142 - Officers' compensation.
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§ 37-44-142. Officers' compensation.
The directors shall receive a salary at the rate of four dollars per day while attending meetings and for each day necessarily spent in attending to the business of the district and their actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business. The salary of the secretary shall not exceed fifteen hundred dollars per annum. No director or any officer named in this article shall in any manner be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract awarded or to be awarded by the board or in the profits to be derived therefrom, nor shall he or she receive any bonds, gratuity, or bribe; and for the violation of this provision such officer commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. He or she shall also forfeit his or her office upon conviction.
Source: L. 23: p. 516, § 40. CSA: C. 138, § 56. CRS 53: § 149-5-40. C.R.S. 1963: § 150-4-40. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 885, § 69, effective July 1, 1979. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 851, § 138, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1554, § 338, effective October 1.
Editor's note: The effective date for amendments made to this section by chapter 216, L. 77, was changed from July 1, 1978, to April 1, 1979, by chapter 1, First Extraordinary Session, L. 78, and was subsequently changed to July 1, 1979, by chapter 157, § 23, L. 79. See People v. McKenna, 199 Colo. 452, 611 P.2d 574 (1980).
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.
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Section 37-44-142 ("Officers' compensation.") 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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