Title 35, Agriculture
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-101 Legislative declaration
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The purpose of this article is to provide the means whereby producers, shippers, carriers, buyers, and sellers of fruits, vegetables, and such other agricultural products as may be mutually agreed upon, on application, may secure prompt and efficient inspection and classification…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-102 Responsible officer
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The inspection in this state of fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products, and the classification of grades thereof, shall be under the direction and control of the commissioner of agriculture. Source: L. 31: p. 369, � 2. CSA: C. 69, � 61. CRS 53: � 7-6-2. C.R.S. 1963: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-103 Federal cooperation
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The commissioner of agriculture may enter into such agreements with the United States department of agriculture as the commissioner may determine to be necessary or advisable for the establishment of a joint state and federal inspection service in Colorado for fruits, vegetables,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-104 Employees of inspection service
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Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the commissioner shall employ and discharge such supervisors, deputies, inspectors, and employees as the needs of the inspection service require. Inspectors shall be experienced in the inspection of fruits, vegetabl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-105 Authority to enter business places
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In carrying out this article 23, the commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner's deputies, inspectors, and employees may enter on any business day, during the usual hours of business, any storehouse, warehouse, cold storage plant, packing house, or other building or place …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-106 Establishment of regulations and grades - public meetings
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The commissioner may establish and enforce such grades, grading rules, and regulations in addition to those established by this article 23, in no event less than the minimum requirements prescribed by this article 23, as the commissioner may deem necessary on fruits, vegetables, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-107 Appeal to change regulations and grades
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On receipt of a written appeal by representative growers or shippers representing at least fifty-one percent of the acreage of the commodity for which grades, grading rules, regulations, or standard packages have been established by the commissioner under the provisions of this s…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-108 Rules
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The commissioner of agriculture, with the concurrence of the state agricultural commission, may adopt rules relative to the proper marking of containers, the issue of certificates of inspection, and the tagging of the vehicle of transportation and other rules the commissioner dee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-109 Engaging in trade prohibited
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The commissioner of agriculture and the commissioner's deputies, inspectors, and employees are each prohibited, during their respective terms of employment or office, from engaging in this state or elsewhere, either directly or indirectly, in the business of buying or selling fru…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-110 Malfeasance of inspectors - penalty
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Any inspector employed under this article 23 who knowingly makes a wrong or improper inspection of any fruit, vegetable, or other agricultural product, or knowingly and improperly certifies that the grade, quality, or condition of a fruit, vegetable, or other agricultural product…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-111 Inspection made mandatory
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It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or other organization to ship potatoes in excess of one thousand pounds, except those destined for commercial processing, unless they have first been inspected by a duly authorized inspector who shall issue a certificate of inspec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-112 Appeal of inspection - rules
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An interested party who is dissatisfied with a classification of grades of any fruits, vegetables, or other agricultural products made as the result of inspection under this article 23, within such time after the inspection and in such manner as shall be prescribed by the commiss…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-113 Issuance of certificate of inspection
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A certificate evidencing that official inspection has been made and designating the classification of the grades of fruits, vegetables, or other agricultural products so inspected shall be issued by the inspector and delivered to the applicant. A certificate so issued shall be ac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-114 Inspection fees - agricultural products inspection cash fund
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(1) The state agricultural commission, after conferring with interested industry groups, is authorized to fix, assess, and collect fees for the inspection and issuance of certificates of inspection on fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. (2) (a) Such fees shall be…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-115 Information confidential - rules
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Information obtained as the result of an inspection made under this article 23 shall not be open to inspection by the public; except that the commissioner of agriculture shall prepare and certify to any financially interested party a copy of the original inspection certificate of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-23-116 Penalty
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Any person, firm, corporation, or other organization that violates any of the provisions of this article 23 or willfully interferes with the commissioner or the commissioner's deputies, inspectors, or employees in the performance or on account of the execution of the commissioner…