{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-30-203","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 31-30-203","heading":"Merit.","body":"Appointments and employment in and promotion to said fire department and said classified civil service shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained by competitive tests of competency except as provided in section 31-30-206.","path":["Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL","Article 30 - Fire - Police","Part 2 - FIREFIGHTERS' CIVIL SERVICE"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-31.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"2c5b1c0c8ba0b1b07198c0e2e3788bc5eee838e12b267e4e2eb9bcbe57e78a5d","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-30-202","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-30-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}