Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-42-104
Effective July 1, 1991, such officers and employees who were engaged prior to said date in the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the division of highway safety in the state department of highways and who, in the opinion of the executive director of the department of transportation, are necessary to perform the powers, duties, and functions of the office of transportation safety shall become officers and employees of the office of transportation safety and shall retain all their rights to state personnel system and retirement benefits under the laws of the state, and their service shall be deemed to have been continuous. The office of transportation safety shall succeed to all property and records which were used for or pertain to the performance of the powers, duties, and functions of the coordinator of highway safety. All appropriations made to the division of highway safety in the state department of highways for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991, or remaining to the credit thereof and not revertible by law to the general fund on July 1, 1991, shall be transferred to the office of transportation safety. The transportation commission shall budget and allocate all moneys to be expended by or allocated to the office of transportation safety in accordance with section 43-1-113, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 24-42-104