{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-2-3-102","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 2-3-102","heading":"State auditor - qualifications and appointment - term of office.","body":"The state auditor must be a certified public accountant licensed to practice in this state. The state auditor shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation by a majority vote of the members elected to and serving in each house of the general assembly to serve for a term of five years and until a successor is appointed and qualified with the first such term beginning on July 1, 1966. If a vacancy occurs in the position of state auditor, the committee may designate a temporary state auditor who shall exercise and perform all of the powers and duties that are by law to be exercised and performed by the state auditor until a replacement is appointed by the general assembly.","path":["Title 2 - LEGISLATIVE","Article 3 - Legislative Services","Part 1 - LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE - STATE AUDITOR"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-02.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"9040a83f0d2141ab05031c2bec7205bbf30ff60fde69468b50fc69f9a3c4c82d","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-2-3-101","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-2-3-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}