(1) There is hereby created in the department of local affairs, the office of the Colorado youth service corps. The youth service corps shall be a volunteer-based program in the charge of a director, who shall be a volunteer approved by the executive director of the department and who shall serve without compensation. The director shall appoint such assistants and clerical staff, to be chosen from volunteers and retirees, as may be deemed necessary to effectively administer this part 20. The provisions of Colorado law relating to civil service, hours of work, rate of compensation, sick leave, unemployment compensation, old age health and survivors' insurance, state retirement, and vacation leave shall not apply to corps members. Such assistants and clerical staff shall serve without compensation.
(2) The youth service corps shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions specified in this part 20 under the department as if the same were transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer as such transfer is defined in the "Administrative Organization Act of 1968", article 1 of this title.
Source: L. 91: Entire part added, p. 923, § 1, effective May 31.