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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 26-0729.01 Stephanie Schrab x4330 SENATE BILL 26-092
Senate Committees House Committees
Local Government & Housing
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE MODIFICATION OF THE SALARY CATEGORIZATION OF101
LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICERS IN SPECIFIED COUNTIES.102
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov.)
Current law categorizes each county for purposes of establishing
the salaries of elected officers in the county. The statutory salary amounts
are adjusted every 2 years for inflation and take effect for terms
commencing after any change is made.
The bill changes the category of Dolores County from category
V-C to category V-D and changes the category of Pitkin County from
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 11, 2026
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
March 10, 2026
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Simpson, Bright, Coleman, Cutter, Gonzales J., Kirkmeyer, Rodriguez, Snyder, Wallace
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Suckla and Velasco,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
category II-B to category I-A. The category changes will decrease
Dolores County official salaries as follows:
! County commissioner salary decreases from $67,360 to
$61,236;
! County sheriff salary decreases from $75,511 to $68,646;
! County treasurer, assessor, and clerk salary decreases from
$67,360 to $61,236; and
! Part-time county coroner salary decreases from $15,225 to
$13,841.
Pitkin County is a home rule county that may set the compensation
for its officers and employees. The category changes may increase Pitkin
County official salaries as follows:
! County commissioner salary increases from $121,634 to
$158,669;
! County sheriff salary increases from $147,135 to $201,926;
! County treasurer, assessor, and clerk salary increases from
$121,634 to $158,669; and
! Full-time county coroner salary increases from $121,634 to
$158,669.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 30-2-102, amend2
(1.5)(a)(V)(C) and (1.5)(a)(V)(D) as follows:3
30-2-102. Categorization of counties for fixing salaries of4
county officers - salary amounts - legislative declaration. 5
(1.5) (a) For the purpose of establishing the salaries of county6
officers whose terms of office begin on or after January 1, 2016:7
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(V) (C) Category V-C counties consist of the counties COUNTY of9
Bent; and Dolores;10
(D) Category V-D counties consist of the county COUNTIES of11
Cheyenne AND DOLORES.12
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act13
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the14
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ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August1
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a2
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the3
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act4
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect5
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in6
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the7
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.8
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