(1) Any two or more contiguous judicial districts may, by the election of the district judges or a majority of the judges of each district, combine in the formation of an interdistrict probation department; except that such formation shall be approved by the chief justice of the supreme court.
This department, if created, shall have an administrative head who shall be appointedby the judges or the majority of the judges of the districts which comprise the interdistrict probation department, subject to section 13-3-105, C.R.S., and such administrative head shall be the chief probation officer of the department. The department shall consist of such other probation officers as may be appointed, together with such administrative and clerical employees as may be required, as provided pursuant to section 13-3-105, C.R.S.
The chief probation officer shall be charged with the duty of administering the affairsof the department and supervising the probation officers and personnel of the department and conducting the department in accordance with the laws pertaining to probation and the rules of the district courts of the said districts.
Any district which participates in an interdistrict probation department may withdrawfrom such department by the election of the judges or a majority of the judges of the district and the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court, by giving written notice to the presiding judges of all other judicial districts affected. However, the withdrawal shall not be effective until January 1 of the year following the written notification.
Source: L. 72: R&RE, p. 247, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 39-11-211.