Colorado Revised Statutes Title 31. Government Municipal § 31-30-210. Qualifications--notice of examination

Applicants for appointment must be citizens of the United States and reside in the city and county of such municipality for one year next preceding the date of their application. All examinations must be impartial and only relate to the fitness of such persons examined for the service they wish to enter. Questions must not relate to political or religious affiliation, and an appointment must not be affected in any manner by political or religious affiliation. Notice of time, place, and scope of such examination must be given in the notice published in said paper. A person whose standing is less than sixty-five percent of complete proficiency may not be certified to appointment. Preference must be given to persons honorably discharged from the naval or military service of the United States and to discharged LGBT veterans, as defined in section 28-5-100.3, and whose qualifications are otherwise equal.