C.R.S. Section 28-5-802
Qualifications

  • term of office

(1)

The county veterans service officer or assistant at the time of appointment must be a resident of the state, have served in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Space Force, or Coast Guard, or any auxiliary branch thereof and have been honorably discharged therefrom or be a discharged LGBT veteran, or be an officer released from active duty with the armed forces and placed on inactive duty therein. Before such appointments are made, the board of county commissioners making the appointments must seek the advice and counsel of the chief officer of each post of the regularly established and existing veterans organizations of the county wherein the officer or assistant is to serve as to the qualifications and experience of the applicant for the position. The appointee must be well-qualified based on the appointee’s education and experience to perform the duties of county veterans service officer. The division shall recommend education and experience qualifications for the position of county veterans service officer.

(2)

Such appointments shall be for the term of two years. At the expiration of such term or in case of a vacancy, the board of county commissioners making the appointments may either reappoint the present incumbents to the positions of county veterans service officer or assistant, or may consider new applicants and make appointments of other applicants as such county veterans service officer or assistant in the manner specified in this article.

Source: Section 28-5-802 — Qualifications - term of office, 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

§ 28-5-802’s source at colorado​.gov