(1) In each county there shall be one county judge; except that: In the county of El Paso, there shall be eight county judges; in each of the counties of Arapahoe and Jefferson, there shall be seven county judges; in the county of Adams, there shall be six county judges; in the county of Boulder, there shall be five county judges; in each of the counties of Larimer and Weld, there shall be four county judges; in each of the counties of Pueblo, Douglas, and Mesa, there shall be three county judges; and, in the city and county of Denver, there shall be the number of county judges provided by the charter and ordinances thereof. In the city and county of Broomfield, there shall be one county judge. One of the county judges in Boulder county shall maintain a courtroom in the city of Longmont at least three days per week. The judge of the Eagle county court shall conduct court business in that portion of Eagle county lying in the Roaring Fork river drainage area in a manner sufficient to deal with the business before the court.
(2) (a) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Jefferson shall be eight.
(b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of Jefferson shall be nine.
(a) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of El Paso shall be nine.
(b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of El Paso shall be ten.
Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of countyjudges in the county of Larimer shall be five.
(a) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of county judges in the county of Adams shall be seven.
(b) Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2009, the number of county judges in the county of Adams shall be eight.
Subject to available appropriations, effective July 1, 2008, the number of countyjudges in the county of Arapahoe shall be eight.
Source: L. 64: p. 412, § 8. L. 65: p. 476, §§ 1, 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 37-14-2. L. 67: p. 485, § 1. L. 68: p. 38, § 1. L. 72: pp. 189, 592, §§ 1, 60. L. 73: p. 495, § 1. L. 75: Entire section amended, p. 565, § 2, effective October 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 785, § 1, effective July 1. L. 80: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 1, effective July 1. L. 84: Entire section amended, p. 454, § 4, effective September 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 749, § 1, effective April 1, 1990. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 275, § 2, effective February 12. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 452, § 1, effective May 16. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 668, § 1, effective May 18. L. 2001: Entire section amended, p. 56, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 22, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1529, § 16, effective May 31.