(1) All cities or towns organized under the general laws of this state which have paid fire departments are authorized to adopt civil service regulations pertaining to such departments in the following manner:
The governing body may, and upon the petition of registered electors in number notless than fifteen percent of the last preceding vote for mayor shall, submit the question of accepting civil service provisions relative to such fire department to a vote of the registered electors at the next regular election. If a petition is submitted, the signatures to such petition shall be acknowledged before a notary public and need not be all on one paper. The ordinance or resolution calling for submission of the question shall provide for classification of all members of the fire department.
The election notice shall state that the question is submitted for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the city or town will adopt civil service regulations relative to said fire department. The election shall be conducted as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965". The ballots or voting machine tabs shall contain the words "For the Merit System" and "Against the Merit System".
If, upon the official determination of the result of such election, it appears that amajority of all the votes cast are for the adoption of the merit system under civil service regulations, this part 2 and all rules made under this part 2 shall immediately be in full force and effect in said city or town.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1214, § 1, effective July 1. L. 87: (1)(a) amended, p. 333, § 99, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-30-201 as it existed prior to 1975.
Cross references: For the "Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965", see article 10 of
this title.