Colorado § 43-1-109 - Chief engineer.
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§ 43-1-109. Chief engineer.
(1) There is hereby created the office of chief engineer. The chief engineer shall be a licensed professional engineer with a minimum of ten years' responsible engineering experience, including management and organization in the field of highway engineering.
(2) The chief engineer shall be appointed by the executive director pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and shall be employed by the executive director of the department of transportation pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the state.
Source: L. 91: Entire part R&RE, p. 1030, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1) amended, p. 1318, § 79, effective May 28.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 43-1-104 as it existed prior to 1991.
Cross references: For provisions concerning the registration of professional engineers, see part 2 of article 120 of title 12.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. Since § 43-1-109 is similar to § 43-1-104 as it existed prior to the 1991 repeal and reenactment of this part 1, a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.
The general assembly intended that the chief engineer be responsible to the state highway commission (now the state transportation commission) in well-defined areas, because they set for that position highly professional engineering qualifications. State Hwy. Comm'n v. Haase, 189 Colo. 69, 537 P.2d 300 (1975).
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