CO Code § 24-2-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 24 - Government - State|Article 2 - Organization of Administrative Departments|§ 24-2-103. Compensation of Heads of Departments and Other Officers and Employees

    Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), officers and employees of the state who are exempt from the state personnel system shall receive compensation as fixed by law. Any officer or employee who receives compensation as fixed by law shall not receive compensation or fees from more than one department or institution of higher education or in more than one capacity; except that the lieutenant governor may be compensated for any additional duties and functions relating to a department or institution of higher education as may be authorized by law. (1) (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), officers and employees of the state who are exempt from the state personnel system shall receive compensation as fixed by law. Any officer or employee who receives compensation as fixed by law shall not receive compensation or fees from more than one department or institution of higher education or in more than one capacity; except that the lieutenant governor may be compensated for any additional duties and functions relating to a department or institution of higher education as may be authorized by law.    If the compensation of an officer or employee who is exempt from the state personnel system is not fixed by law, the officer's or employee's compensation shall be determined as follows:   The governor shall determine the compensation for the head of each principal department, and the head of each principal department shall determine the compensation for officers and employees of the department.    The governing board of each institution of higher education, including the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S., shall determine the compensation for the head of the institution, and the head of each institution shall determine the compensation for officers and employees of the institution.       Officers and employees in the state personnel system shall receive compensation pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and the compensation system established by the state personnel director pursuant to article 50 of this title. Officers and employees in the state personnel system shall not receive compensation or fees from more than one department or institution of higher education except as permitted by rules adopted by the state personnel director in accordance with article 4 of this title that are consistent with the overtime provisions of section 24-50-104.5.    Nothing in this subsection (1) shall prevent departments and institutions of higher education, including the Auraria higher education center established in article 70 of title 23, C.R.S., from sharing personnel if the terms and conditions of the personnel sharing agreement are in writing and include a provision concerning the distribution of compensation.       Upon declaration of a fiscal emergency made pursuant to section 24-50-109.5 (1) and the subsequent imposition of mandatory furloughs or other measures to reduce personnel expenditures, such measures shall apply not only to state personnel system employees but shall be likewise imposed upon all other officers and employees of the executive branch, if exempt from the state personnel system, except as otherwise provided by law or prohibited by contract.     Source: L. 41: p. 39, § 6. CSA: C. 3, § 7. CRS 53: § 3-1-6. L. 61: p. 128, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 3-1-5. L. 68: p. 138, § 172. L. 73: p. 166, § 1. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 848, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2004: (1) R&RE, p. 1536, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2011: (1)(a) amended, (HB 11-1155), ch. 90, p. 265, § 2, effective April 6. L. 2012: (1)(b)(II) and (1)(d) amended, (HB 12-1081), ch. 210, p. 903, § 4, effective August 8.   ANNOTATION   Section 13 of art. XII, Colo. Const., operates as a limitation upon the power of the general assembly, governor, and department heads to fix the salaries of persons under the state personnel system; such power is limited to fixing salaries according to classes and grades and does not include discriminating between individuals in the same classification as determined by the state personnel board. Vivian v. Bloom, 115Colo. 579, 177 P.2d 541 (1947).   Constitutional or statutory provision fixing salary operates as continuous appropriation. When the constitution or a statutory provision fixes the salary to be received by a public officer, it operates as a continuous appropriation therefor, and no further legislative sanction is necessary to authorize the proper officers to pay the same. People ex rel. Hegwer v. Goodykoontz, 22Colo. 507, 45 P. 414 (1896).   Appropriation for institution deemed appropriation for employees' salaries. An appropriation for the "support and maintenance" of a state institution is an appropriation for the payment of salaries of the employees thereof. Davis v. Morley, 79Colo. 168, 244 P. 599 (1926).