Title 31, Government - Municipal
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-101 Authority to provide for classified departments
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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 classification…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-102 Civil service commission - withdrawal
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The governing body of any city or town in the state maintaining a paid police department, a paid fire department, or a paid street department may establish a commission which shall be known as the city (town) of .... fire and police and street department civil service commission.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-103 Purpose
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It is the intent of this part 1 to enable the governing body of any city or town within this state to adopt by ordinance such civil service system for fire, police, or street departments as may be adaptable to the size and type of city or town involved and consist of a comprehens…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-104 Contract for conducting examination
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The governing body of any city or town may contract with the governing body of any municipality or county within this state or with any department of the state for the conducting of competitive examinations to ascertain the fitness of applicants for positions and employment in th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-105 Ordinance - violation
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(1) Any ordinance adopted by the governing body of any city or town under the provisions of this part 1 shall include the following provisions and penalty for violation thereof: No person holding an office or place in a fire, police, or street department placed by the governing b…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-108 Peace officer hiring - required use of waiver - definitions
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(1) A municipal police department or town marshal's office shall require each candidate that it interviews for a peace officer position who has been employed by another law enforcement agency or governmental agency to execute a written waiver that explicitly authorizes each law e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1101 Short title
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This part 11 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighter Pension Act. Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 1364, � 2, effective June 5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1102 Definitions
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As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the board of trustees of the volunteer firefighter pension fund that is created in a municipality or district under this part 11. (2) District means a fire protection district or county improvement di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1103 Board of trustees - fund
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(1) In any municipality or district that maintains a regularly organized volunteer fire department, there is created a board of trustees of the volunteer firefighter pension fund. The board: (a) Shall manage, use, and disburse moneys in the fund according to its rules and bylaws …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1104 Board - municipality
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(1) In a municipality, the board must consist of the following members: (a) The mayor for a term equal to the mayor's tenure as mayor; (b) The municipal treasurer or finance officer for a term equal to the treasurer's or finance officer's tenure with the municipality; (c) Two oth…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1105 Board - fire protection district
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(1) In a fire protection district, the board must consist of the following members: (a) The board of directors of the fire protection district for terms equal to their tenure on the fire protection district board; (b) The treasurer of the board of the fire protection district who…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1106 Board - county improvement district
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(1) In a county improvement district, the board must consist of the following members: (a) One county commissioner of the county in which the district is located for a term equal to the commissioner's tenure as county commissioner; (b) The county treasurer for a term equal to the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1107 Board - consolidation or merger
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(1) If a municipality or district merges or consolidates with one or more municipalities or districts, the former trustees of the various volunteer firefighter pension funds of the consolidated or merged municipalities or districts shall: (a) Elect seven persons from their member…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1108 Board powers and duties
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(1) A board created by this part 11 to control a fund: (a) Shall adopt necessary rules that are not inconsistent with this part 11 for the management and discharge of its duties, for its own government and procedure, and for the preservation and protection of the fund; (b) Shall …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1109 Attorney representation
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(1) The attorney for a municipality or district shall: (a) When required by the board, advise the board on all matters pertaining to the board's duties and management of the fund; (b) Represent and defend the board in any suit or action at law or in equity brought against the boa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1110 Property tax - other tax revenue
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(1) The governing body of a municipality with a population of less than one hundred thousand, the board of directors of each fire protection district, the board of county commissioners, or the board of a county improvement district may levy and set apart a tax for each year of no…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1111 Contribution to fund
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(1) In addition to any tax revenues contributed under section 31-30-1110, the fund also consists of any: (a) Moneys given to the board or fund by a person for the use and purpose for which the fund is created. The board may take any money, personal property, or real estate, or in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1112 State contributions - intent
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(1) (a) Repealed. (b) On and after July 1, 2004, the state treasurer shall transfer moneys to the department of local affairs for distribution as provided in this section to assist in funding volunteer firefighter pension plans. The department of local affairs shall distribute mo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1113 Fund investments
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(1) The board may invest all or any part of fund moneys in the name of the board's treasurer or in the name of a custodian or custodians appointed by the board under this section in interest-bearing obligations of the United States, in interest-bearing bonds of this state, in gen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1114 Fund investment in insurance
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and with the concurrence of sixty-five percent of the fire department members voting thereon and sixty-five percent of the retired fire department members voting thereon, the board may: (a) Insure the fire department member…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1115 Warrants
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(1) Officers of the municipality or district who are designated by law to draw warrants on the treasurer of the municipality or district shall draw warrants thereon upon orders by the board, payable to the board's treasurer for moneys belonging to the fund. (2) Except as provided…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1116 Treasurer - custodian - segregation of moneys
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(1) The board's treasurer and the custodian appointed by the board under section 31-30-1113 are the custodians of the fund and shall secure and safely keep books and accounts concerning the fund in the manner as the board may prescribe. The books and accounts are subject to inspe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1117 Exemption from levy
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(1) Except for an assignment for child support purposes as provided in sections 14-10-118 (1) and 14-14-107, as they existed prior to July 1, 1996, and except for income assignments for child support purposes pursuant to section 14-14-111.5, C.R.S., and a writ of garnishment that…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1118 Fund use - other purposes
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(1) If the governing body of a municipality or district finds by resolution that no person is eligible or can become eligible for payment of a fund benefit, it may authorize contributions of all fund moneys for any fire-related purpose and, if no fire-related purpose exists, for …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1119 Board report - municipality
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The board shall make a report to the governing body of the municipality on the condition of the fund. The board shall submit the report to the governing body before the last meeting in February and the last meeting in August of each year. Source: L. 95: Entire part added, p. 1373…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1120 Maximum benefit amount. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 95: Entire part added p. 1374, � 2, effective June 5. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 64, � 1, effective March 23; entire section repealed, p. 807, � 1, effective May 26.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1121 Disability pension - rules - hearing
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(1) If a volunteer firefighter is injured while in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter, the board shall pay to the volunteer firefighter: (a) A short-term disability monthly annuity for not more than one year in an amount it determines is proper and equitable, considering…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1122 Retirement pension
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(1) The board of a municipality, with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body, or the board of a fire protection district or county improvement district may pay a retirement pension to a volunteer firefighter who has twenty years of active service and who is over t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1123 Retirement pension - sources of payment
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The retirement pension of a volunteer firefighter who has earned twenty years of active service as a volunteer firefighter for any one municipality or district shall be paid from the fund of that municipality or district, and no other fund shall pay a pension to that volunteer fi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1124 Compliance - insufficient moneys
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(1) The board may require information, including proof of years of service, and establish procedures as it deems necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements and limitations of sections 31-30-1122 and 31-30-1123. (2) If at any time money or other property in the fund is i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1125 Supplemental retirement pension
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(1) In addition to the monthly retirement pension provided by section 31-30-1122, the board of a municipality, with the prior consent of the municipality's governing body, or the board of a fire protection district or county improvement district may pay a supplemental monthly ret…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1126 Survivor benefit
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, upon the death of a retired fire department member or a volunteer firefighter who, regardless of age, has served the requisite number of years for retirement under section 31-30-1122 and who leaves a surviving sp…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1127 Survivor benefit - death from injuries in the line of duty
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, if a fire department member dies from injuries received while in the line of duty as a volunteer firefighter and leaves a surviving spouse, the board shall pay the surviving spouse a monthly annuity either in an …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1128 Optional survivor benefits
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 31-30-1126 and 31-30-1127 relating to payment of annuities in the event of the death of a volunteer firefighter in active service, the board in any municipality, with the prior consent of the governing body of such municipality, fire…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1129 Funeral benefit
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When an active volunteer firefighter or retired fire department member dies, the board shall pay a funeral benefit to assist in the proper burial of the deceased firefighter in an amount determined by the board of not more than twice the amount determined by the board under secti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1130 Fire department dissolution
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(1) If a fire department dissolves and the services of volunteer firefighters or the fire department are discontinued: (a) The benefits paid under this part 11 to volunteer firefighters or their surviving spouses, dependent parents, children, and other beneficiaries at the time o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1131 Volunteer firefighter - employment termination restricted
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(1) An employer shall not terminate an employee who is a volunteer firefighter and who fails to report to work because the employee has responded to an emergency summons if the employee provides the employer with a written statement from the chief of the fire department that the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1132 Retired firefighter - return to active service - benefits
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If the governing body of any municipality, fire protection district, or county improvement district, by resolution, determines that a fire department is in need of additional volunteer firefighters, a retired fire department member shall be eligible to serve as an active voluntee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1201 Short title
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This part 12 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Service Award Act. Source: L. 2007: Entire part added, p. 193, � 1, effective March 26.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1202 Definitions
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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bona fide volunteer means a person who renders qualified services for an emergency service provider if the only compensation received by the person for performing the qualified services is in the form of: (a) Rei…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1203 Volunteer service award plan
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(1) The governing body of any emergency service provider may adopt and amend or provide for the administration and amendment of a volunteer service award plan for bona fide volunteers. (2) If the governing body of the emergency service provider chooses to adopt and amend or provi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1301 Short title
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This part 13 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Health Insurance Act. Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 579, � 3, effective August 5.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1302 Definitions
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As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bona fide volunteer: (a) Has the meaning set forth in section 31-30-1202; and (b) Means any volunteer member of a rescue unit as defined in section 25-3.5-103, C.R.S. (2) Carrier means an entity that provides hea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-1303 Group health insurance plan
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(1) The governing body of an emergency service provider may enter into insurance contracts with carriers to provide group health insurance plans for its bona fide volunteers. The cost of the plans, sources of funding, amount of contributions required from bona fide volunteers, co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-201 Authorization - petition - election
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(1) All cities or towns organized under the general laws of this state which have paid fire departments are authorized to adopt civil service regulations pertaining to such departments in the following manner: (a) The governing body may, and upon the petition of registered electo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-203 Merit
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Appointments and employment in and promotion to said fire department and said classified civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive tests of competency except as provided in section 31-30-206. Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-204 Removal - public hearings
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The classified civil service of the said city or town shall comprise all members of the fire department. Persons in the classified civil service shall hold their respective positions and be graded according to their competency, which shall be the same for all persons having like …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-205 Commission to make rules
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The making or enforcement of rules to carry out the purpose of the classified civil service of such city or town, the alteration and discharge of such rules, the conducting of all competitive tests and determination of all removals or discharge cases, and the standardization in s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-206 Positions retained
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All persons holding regular positions in the classified civil service, as defined by this part 2, at the time of the adoption of the civil service provision, as provided in this part 2, shall retain their respective positions without examination or further appointment. In all oth…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 31-30-207 Commission to make inquiries - record - report
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(1) It is the duty of the commission to investigate alleged breaches of this part 2 and its rules, and in the course of such investigations they, or any of them, may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the testimony of witnesses and production of books, papers, and r…