Title 35, Agriculture

(1) The board shall be responsible for the enforcement of this article. (2) Any assessment levied in such specified amount as may be determined by the board pursuant to the provisions of section 35-57.5-116 shall constitute a personal debt of every person so assessed and shall be…

(1) Unless otherwise specified in this article, there shall be no refunds of assessments. (2) Any sheep producer or lamb feeder who has paid an assessment as required by section 35-57.5-116 shall be entitled to a prompt refund of seventy-five percent of such assessment from the b…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Horse Development Authority Act". Source: L. 95: Entire article added, p. 998, § 1, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1258, § 2, effective June 1.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Authority" means the Colorado horse development authority created by section 35-57.8-103 (2). (2) "Board" means the board of directors of the Colorado horse development authority created by section 35-57.8-104 (…

(1) The general assembly hereby declares that it is in the public interest and welfare that owners of horses be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation in stimulating, by research, education, advertising, and other methods, the promotion of the horse industry …

(1) (a) The powers of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors, which shall be composed of: (I) Five representatives of five different horse organizations in this state; (II) One representative of a state horse show association; (III) One representative of a state ve…

(1) Each board member shall meet the following qualifications at the time of appointment and throughout the member's term of office: (a) Citizenship of the United States; (b) Residency in this state; (c) Demonstration of an active interest in the development of the horse industry…

Members shall serve without compensation except for their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. Employees of the board may receive their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of th…

(1) The board shall: (a) Adopt policies concerning horse promotion in this state; (b) Adopt an education program concerning the health, care, and welfare of horses; (c) Develop, adopt, and implement a process to fund the activities and responsibilities of the board. (2) The board…

(1) The board may accept grants, donations, contributions, or gifts from any source for expenditures for any purpose consistent with the powers of the board. (2) The horse development fund is abolished, and any moneys in the fund as of June 30, 1998, shall revert to the general f…

(1) (a) To carry out the provisions and intent of this article, the state board of stock inspection commissioners, by and through the brand commissioner or a designated agent thereof, shall collect an assessment on horses for which a brand inspection fee is also collected as prov…

(1) The operators of all stockyards and livestock auction markets shall deduct the assessment from the proceeds of sale owed by them to the respective owners of horses as authorized by section 35-57.8-109. (2) When an operator sends or gives any written statement to an owner or t…

(1) Any person who has paid an assessment at the time of brand inspection as required by section 35-57.8-109 shall, upon request, be entitled to a refund of such assessment from the board within a reasonable time; except that a person who has purchased a Colorado horse developmen…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Livestock Information Security Act". Source: L. 2008: Entire article added, p. 678, § 2, effective August 5.

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "All-hazards security system" means a comprehensive data management system administered by the department in order to prevent, detect, respond to, mitigate, and manage the recovery of any livestock health and saf…

(1) The commissioner may deny access to personal information about persons involved with the livestock industry if the commissioner reasonably believes dissemination of such information will cause harm to such persons. (2) On the grounds that disclosure would be contrary to the p…

(1) A database created by the department that contains specific operational details that constitute confidential commercial data pursuant to section 24-72-204 shall not be merged or shared with any state, federal, or foreign government, industry partner, or other database that wo…