C.R.S. Section 28-5-801
Establishment of veterans service offices


(1)

The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall establish a county veterans service office and shall appoint a county veterans service officer for such county, and such board of county commissioners may also appoint any assistant and such clerical help as may be deemed necessary, each at such compensation as shall be fixed by such board, together with the necessary and actual traveling and other expenses incurred in their work as shall be approved by such board of county commissioners and such other expenses as such board may deem necessary for the proper operation of such office, payable monthly out of the county general fund in the manner provided by law. The board of county commissioners, in its discretion, may appoint any county officer, official, or employee as such county veterans service officer or as such assistant, if qualified to serve as such under the provisions of section 28-5-802, or as clerical help to such county veterans officer, at such additional compensation for such additional duties as shall be fixed by the board of county commissioners.

(2)

The boards of county commissioners of adjacent counties may act jointly in establishing a veterans service office for such counties and in appointing a veterans service officer and an assistant and such necessary clerical help as may be deemed necessary to operate such office for such counties, at such compensation as may be fixed by the joint action of the boards of county commissioners joining in the appointment of such officer and assistant and clerical help, together with the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of their work, as shall be approved by such boards of county commissioners. The salaries and expenses and all other jointly approved expenses necessary for the proper operation of such office shall be paid monthly by the boards of county commissioners out of their respective county general funds in the manner provided by law, each county bearing its share thereof in the proportion that the population of each county bears to the total population of the counties combining to establish such office.

Source: Section 28-5-801 — Establishment of veterans service offices, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-28.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

28‑5‑100.3
Definitions
28‑5‑101
Military discharges recorded free
28‑5‑102
Identity documents - veteran identifier
28‑5‑103
Discharged LGBT veteran
28‑5‑104
State veterans benefits - effect of individual unemployability status
28‑5‑201
Short title
28‑5‑202
Definitions
28‑5‑203
Administrator as party in interest
28‑5‑204
Guardian appointed when necessary
28‑5‑205
Limitation on number of wards
28‑5‑206
Appointment of guardian - petition
28‑5‑207
Evidence of necessity for guardian of infant
28‑5‑208
Evidence of necessity for guardian for incompetent
28‑5‑209
Notice of filing petition
28‑5‑210
Bond of guardian
28‑5‑211
Accounts of securities - notices and hearings
28‑5‑212
Penalty for failure to account
28‑5‑213
Compensation of guardians
28‑5‑214
Investments
28‑5‑215
Maintenance and support
28‑5‑216
Purchase of home for ward
28‑5‑217
Copies of public records to be furnished
28‑5‑218
Discharge of guardian - release of sureties
28‑5‑219
Record not construed as legal adjudication
28‑5‑220
Certification or commitment to veterans administration
28‑5‑221
Liberal construction
28‑5‑222
Repeal and modification of prior laws
28‑5‑223
Application
28‑5‑301
Legal investments
28‑5‑401
Loans to minor veterans
28‑5‑501
Short title
28‑5‑502
Interment of deceased veterans
28‑5‑503
Headstone to mark graves
28‑5‑504
County of residence
28‑5‑505
Cemetery subdivision - state may acquire and maintain
28‑5‑506
Care and custody of cemetery subdivision
28‑5‑507
Veterans service organization stipend - funeral services - process - definitions
28‑5‑701
Division of veterans affairs - transfer of functions - terminology
28‑5‑702
Board of veterans affairs
28‑5‑703
Rules - duties
28‑5‑703.5
Notice to revisor of statutes - repeal
28‑5‑704
Departments to cooperate
28‑5‑705
Duties
28‑5‑706
Contributions to division - veterans private contributions fund - created
28‑5‑707
Assistance to county veterans service officers
28‑5‑708
Western slope veterans’ cemetery - fund - rules
28‑5‑709
Colorado state veterans trust fund - created - report
28‑5‑711
Veterans resource information clearinghouse
28‑5‑712
Veterans assistance grant program - created - rules - fund - repeal
28‑5‑713
Western region one source - veterans one-stop center - advisory board - fund - definition - repeal
28‑5‑714
Veterans mental health services program - report - rules - definitions
28‑5‑801
Establishment of veterans service offices
28‑5‑802
Qualifications - term of office
28‑5‑803
Duties
28‑5‑804
Cooperation with division of veterans affairs
28‑5‑805
Office space and supplies
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 28-5-801’s source at colorado​.gov