(1) Pursuant to section 14 of article XII of the state constitution, there is hereby created the department of personnel, the head of which shall be the state personnel director, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The state personnel director shall be qualified by education and experience in the field of public or private personnel administration or industrial relations and shall be of known sympathy with the merit principle.(2) Subject to the provisions of the state constitution, the state personnel director shall have those powers, duties, and functions prescribed for heads of principal departments in the 'Administrative Organization Act of 1968'. Any assistants and employees of the department shall be appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.(3) The state personnel director shall prepare and transmit annually, in the form and manner prescribed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or

ed by the heads of the principal departments pursuant to the provisions of section 24-1-136, a report accounting to the governor for the efficient discharge of all responsibilities assigned by law or directive to the department of personnel.(4) Publications by the state personnel director circulated in quantity outside the executive branch shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 24-1-136.(5) Repealed.L. 72: R&RE, p. 159, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 26-1-2. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 1196, § 2, effective July 1. L. 83: (3) and (4) amended, p. 837, § 51, effective July 1. L. 88: (5) added, p. 955, § 6, effective May 24. L. 2000: (3) amended, p. 1552, § 26, effective August 2; (5) repealed, p. 1863, § 81, effective August 2. For the 'Administrative Organization Act of 1968', see article 1 of this title.