C.R.S. § 24-31-1101

(1) There is hereby created in the department of law the financial empowerment office, the head of which is the director of the office. The financial empowerment office and the director of the office shall exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of law as if transferred to the department by a type 2 transfer, as such transfer is defined in the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968”, article 1 of this title 24. (2) The director of the financial empowerment office shall be appointed by the attorney general. The director may hire staff as necessary to perform the duties and functions of the office. The office shall also consist of a manager who shall be appointed by the director.