Modification of County Elected Officer Salary Categories

Pitkin County was removed from Category I-A and reclassified into Category II-B, changing the salary scale for its elected officials.

Dolores County was reclassified from Category V-C to Category V-D, resulting in lower statutory salary limits for its officers.

Custer, Lake, and Prowers counties were reclassified into Category IV-A, while Kit Carson, Lake, and Washington counties were moved to Category IV-B.

Bent County was added to Category V-C, and Cheyenne County was added to Category V-D.

The statutory salary amounts for county officers in the affected counties were adjusted based on the new categories, increasing pay for Pitkin County and decreasing pay for Dolores County.

Added four new House sponsors: Clifford, Duran, Martinez, and Mauro.

Updated the document title from 'REVISED' to 'REREVISED' to reflect the inclusion of all Second House amendments.

Added a header indicating the bill is at the '3rd Reading Unamended' stage for the House, dated April 28, 2026.

The list of counties eligible for specific salary categories was substantially updated to include new counties in Categories I, II, and IV, while modifying the composition of Categories V-C and V-D.

The statutory definitions for County Categories I, II, IV, and V were rewritten to reflect the new list of included counties, changing the legal basis for how officer salaries are calculated.

The document header was updated to reflect that this is a 'Revised' version including amendments adopted on second reading, and the bill text was expanded to include sections for Categories I, II, and IV which were previously absent.

Added new Senate sponsors: Bright, Coleman, Cutter, Gonzales J., Kirkmeyer, Rodriguez, Snyder, and Wallace.

Changed the bill status title from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed' to indicate inclusion of all House amendments.

Inserted a placeholder notice stating that a specific bill summary for the reengrossed version will be published after the third reading.

Dolores County was moved from Category V-C to Category V-D, changing the salary scale it uses for elected officers.

Pitkin County was removed from the list of counties included in Category V-D.

The statutory definition of Category V-D counties was updated to list only Cheyenne and Dolores counties.