Reale v. Board of Real Estate Appraisers

delivered the Opinion of the.Court.

The question in this case is whether the. General Assembly can add qualifications for holding constitutionally created offices in addition to those set forth in the constitution itself. The trial court concluded that it could and thus, entered a permanent injunction prohibiting Pat Reale, the elected assessor of Adams County, from continuing to hold the office of Adams County Assessor. We reverse and remand with directions to dismiss the complaint.

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In 1990, the General Assembly passed the Real Estate Appraiser’s Act, §§ 12-61-701 to -717, 5B C.R.S. (1991)…