Section 20-1-205 - Assistant district attorneys(1)(a) In every judicial district, the district attorney is authorized to appoint an assistant district attorney who shall be an attorney-at-law admitted to practice within this state and who shall actually have practiced law not less than two years.(c) The district attorney in every judicial district having a population not exceeding fifty thousand may appoint one part-time assistant district attorney. Such part-time assistant may engage in the private practice of law.(3) The salaries authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall be paid monthly and shall be paid by the counties comprising such judicial district out of the ordinary revenues of such counties. Every county shall pay in proportion as the population of such county bears to the whole population of such judicial district, according to the latest federal census.Amended by 2018 Ch. 88,§ 8, eff. 8/8/2018.L. 33: p. 433, § 1. CSA: C. 55, § 10. L. 41: p. 384, § 1. L. 51: p. 349, § 1. CRS 53: § 45-3-5. L. 55: p. 290, § 4. L. 59: p. 379, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 45-3-8. L. 67: pp. 598, 599, §§ 4, 6. L. 71: p. 517, § 4. L. 73: p. 551, § 3. L. 75: (1)(a) and (1)(c) amended and (1)(b) repealed, p. 657, §§ 4, 5, effective July 1. L. 2018: (2) repealed, (HB 18-1138), ch. 88, p. 694, § 8, effective August 8.(1) The amendments made to this section in 1975 were in an act with a July 1, 1975, effective date, but the Governor did not sign the act until July 14, 1975.
(2) The reference in subsection (3) to "salaries authorized by subsection (1) of this section" is to subsection (1) as it existed prior to the 1975 amendment to this section. For present provisions as to compensation of assistant district attorneys, see § 20-1-203.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1138, see section 1 of chapter 88, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.