CO Code § 24-9-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 9 - Compensation of State Officers|§ 24-9-101. Salaries of Elected State Officials

  The following state officials shall receive annual salaries and allowances, payable monthly, as follows:   Governor:   Repealed.    (A) The salary payable to the governor for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to sixty-six percent of the total annual salary paid to the chief justice of the state supreme court on January 10, 2019.       Lieutenant governor:   Repealed.    (A) The salary payable to the lieutenant governor for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019.    Notwithstanding any provision of subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b) to the contrary, if the lieutenant governor is concurrently serving as the head of a principal department and the salary for the head of that principal department is greater than that to which the lieutenant governor is entitled under this paragraph (b), the lieutenant governor shall also be paid that portion of the salary for the head of the principal department that, when added to the amount of the salary paid under this paragraph (b), equals the amount paid to the head of that principal department.    Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b)(II) of this section, if the lieutenant governor is concurrently serving as the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare within the office of the governor and the salary for the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare is greater than the amount to which the lieutenant governor is entitled under this subsection (1)(b), the lieutenant governor shall also be paid that portion of the salary for the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare that, when added to the amount of the salary paid under this subsection (1)(b), equals the amount paid to the director of the office of saving people money on healthcare.       President of the senate, speaker of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, or minority leader of the house of representatives, while for any reason acting as governor, the sum of twenty dollars per day as expenses;    Attorney general:   Repealed.    (A) The salary payable to the attorney general for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to sixty percent of the total annual salary paid to the chief judge of the court of appeals on January 10, 2019.       Secretary of state:   Repealed.    (A) The salary payable to the secretary of state for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019.       State treasurer:   Repealed.    (A) The salary payable to the state treasurer for each year of the term commencing on the second Tuesday in January 2019 is an amount equal to fifty-eight percent of the total annual salary paid to the judges of the county court in Class B counties, as defined in section 13-6-201, C.R.S., on January 10, 2019.          Any official who assumes his or her position by reason of filling a vacancy shall be paid the same salary as that to which the vacating official was entitled.    Repealed.    Nothing in this section authorizes the salary of any elected state official to be modified while he or she is serving his or her official term.    The director of research of the legislative council appointed pursuant to section 2-3-304 (1), C.R.S., shall post the amount of the current annual salary payable to each elected official pursuant to this section on the website of the general assembly. In addition, the department of each elected official shall publish the amount of the current annual salary payable to the elected official on the website of department.     Source: L. 58: p. 236, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 53: § 56-1-4 . L. 62: pp. 155, 161, §§ 2, 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 56-1-1 . L. 65: p. 162, § 13. L. 67: pp. 594, 595, §§ 1, 4. L. 70: p. 189, § 1. L. 74: (1)(e), (1)(f), and (1)(g) amended and (2) R&RE, p. 272, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 76: (1)(c) amended, p. 305, § 42, effective May 20. L. 78: (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2) amended, p. 392, § 2, effective January 1. L. 80: (1)(a), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2) amended, p. 577, § 5, effective July 1. L. 85: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2) amended, p. 801, § 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2) amended, p. 1176, § 2, effective May 28. L. 98: (3) added, p. 824, § 35, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended, (HB 11-1155), ch. 90, p. 265, § 3, effective April 6. L. 2015: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), (1)(f), and (2) amended and (4) and (5) added, (SB 15-288), ch. 270, p. 1056, § 1, effective January 1, 2016. L. 2016: (1)(b)(I) amended, (HB 16-1462), ch. 192, p. 681, § 2, effective May 26. L. 2019: (1)(b)(IV) added, (HB 19-1127), ch. 310, p. 2808, § 2, effective May 28.   Editor's note: (1) Subsection (3)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective January 12, 1999. (SeeL. 98, p. 824.)   (2) Subsections (1)(a)(I)(B), (1)(b)(I)(B), (1)(d)(I)(B), (1)(e)(I)(B), and (1)(f)(I)(B) provided for the repeal of subsections (1)(a)(I), (1)(b)(I), (1)(d)(I), (1)(e)(I), and (1)(f)(I), respectively, effective January 10, 2019. (SeeL. 2015, p. 1056.)   Cross references: For limitations on increase of salaries for elected officials, see § 11 of article XII, Colo. Const.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For note, "Colorado's Ombudsman Office", see 45 Den. L.J. 93 (1968).   Annotator's note. Cases decided under former law, prior to 1958, have been included in the annotations to this section.   State treasurer is entitled to the salary fixed at the time of election, not any increase approved by the general assembly after the election but before taking office. Carlile v. Henderson, 17Colo. 532, 31 P. 117 (1892).   <b> There can be no appropriation for mileage. </b> Mileage or traveling expenses paid to the lieutenant governor would clearly come within the term "compensation", because, unless the state paid it, he would have to pay it himself. Therefore, if an appropriation is intended to cover mileage, it would be an increase in his compensation and unconstitutional. Leckenby v. Post Printing &amp; Publ'g Co., 65Colo. 443, 176 P. 490 (1918) (decided prior to 1975 enactment of <cite class="occo"><a href="gov.co.crs.title.24.html#t24-administration-ar09-s24-9-104" target="_self">§ 24-9-104</a></cite>).