{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-51-1602--2","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-51-1602","heading":"Affiliation with the deferred compensation plan. [Editor's note: This version of this section is effective January 1, 2027.]","body":"(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2026.)\n\n(2) Each employer shall affiliate with the deferred compensation plan. Upon affiliation, employees of the employer are eligible to begin deferring salary to the deferred compensation plan.\n\n(2.5) The deferred compensation plan established pursuant to section 24-51-1601 must:\n\n(a) Be in addition to any other retirement or tax-deferred compensation system established by the state or its political subdivisions; and\n\n(b) Include options for an employee to make pre-tax voluntary contributions and Roth voluntary contributions to the deferred compensation plan.\n\n(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, all employers that are affiliated with the deferred compensation plan prior to July 1, 2009, including entities that are not affiliated employers of the association, remain affiliated with the deferred compensation plan.\n\n(4) Any employee who is employed by an entity that is affiliated with the deferred compensation plan is entitled to participate in the plan regardless of whether that employee is a member or retiree of the association.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 51 - Public Employees' Retirement Association","Part 16 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"22af0436c7f20478cdfea1938d743ac6570d36fa8667f34c11c6fc8d5b627046","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-51-1602","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-51-1603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}