Colorado State Civil Service Employees Ass'n v. Love

This is an original proceeding, under R.C.P. Colo. 106 and 116, involving a matter of first impression before this court. The petitioners challenge the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Administrative Reorganization Act of 1968 on the ground that they contravene the civil service amendment, Colo. Const, art. XII, § 13.

Determination of this issue requires construction in pari materia of these constitutional and statutory provisions:

Colo. Const, art. XII, § 13 is the civil service amendment, which in pertinent part provides:

“The classified civil service of the state shall comprise…