Title 35, Agriculture

Any person, partnership, or corporation who violates any provision or requirement of this article 55 or any rule or regulation adopted by the state board of stock inspection commissioners commits a class 2 misdemeanor. It is the duty of the district attorney of the district in wh…

(1) The state board of stock inspection commissioners is empowered to determine summarily whether an applicant for a license to establish and operate a public livestock market meets the requirements set forth in this article or whether there is probable cause to believe that an a…

This article 55 is repealed, effective September 1, 2034. Before the repeal, the licensing of public livestock markets is scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104. Source: L. 88: Entire section added, p. 933, � 31, effective April 28. L. 91: Entire section amende…

A person licensed in this state to keep an auction where horses, mules, or cattle are sold at auction shall maintain a book, called a stock register, in which the person shall describe minutely every animal the person offers for sale. Source: R.S. p. 70, � 1. G.L. � 34. G.S. � 87…

In a stock register shall be recorded the person's name who brings forward an animal for sale, regardless of whether the person is the owner of the animal, and, if the person is not the owner, the name of the owner, with the owner's residence; also, the color, brand or marks, siz…

The keeper of an auction may charge and receive for the registering of each animal so entered in the auction keeper's register, before the auction keeper offers the animal for sale, the sum of twenty-five cents. All stock registers shall be open for inspection by any person who w…

Any person who offers for sale at auction any animal named in section 35-56-101, without first complying with the requirements of this article 56 as to registration, commits a civil infraction and the fine must be paid into the county treasury for the use of the county. Source: R…

All auctioneers, commission merchants, and other persons who keep a place or stand for publicly vending horses, mules, and horned cattle, or any of them, in a book kept for that purpose, shall keep a true and faithful record of all the animals purchased or sold by them, or under …

The record provided for in section 35-56-105 shall be open to the inspection of all persons during the ordinary business hours of the day. Source: R.S. p. 70, � 6. G.L. � 39. G.S. � 92. R.S. 08: � 260. C.L. � 4736. CSA: C. 15, � 22. CRS 53: � 8-12-6. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-12-6.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article 56 commits a civil infraction. Source: R.S. p. 70, � 7. G.L. � 40. G.S. � 93. R.S. 08: � 261. C.L. � 4737. CSA: C. 15, � 23. CRS 53: � 8-12-7. C.R.S. 1963: � 8-12-7. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, …

All fines recovered under the provisions of this article shall be paid into the county treasury of the proper county, and appeals shall be allowed to the district court as in civil cases. Source: R.S. p. 71, � 8. G.L. � 41. G.S. � 94. R.S. 08: � 262. C.L. � 4738. CSA: C. 15, � 24…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Beef Council Authority Act. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1848, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: The former � 35-57-101 was relocated to � 35-57-102 in 1993.

(1) It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that owners of cattle shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, processors, dealers, and purchasers of cattle in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Authority means the Colorado beef council authority created by section 35-57-104 (1). (2) Board or beef board or beef council means the board of the Colorado beef council authority created by section 35-57-104 (1…

(1) There is hereby created the Colorado beef council authority, which shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state. The authority shall not be an agency of state government, nor shall it be subject to administrative direction by any state agency except: (a)…

(1) The powers of the authority shall be vested in the board of directors of the Colorado beef council authority, which shall be composed of: (a) Two persons who raise, breed, or grow cattle or calves for beef production; (b) Two persons who are actively engaged in the business o…

(1) Each member of the board shall have the following qualifications which shall continue during the member's term of office: (a) Each shall be a citizen of the United States. (b) Each shall be a bona fide resident of the state of Colorado. (c) Each shall demonstrate through memb…

(1) The members of the Colorado beef board who are in office on July 1, 1993, shall comprise the original board of the beef council authority, and their initial terms on the beef council authority shall end at the same time as the terms to which they were appointed on the Colorad…

The governor shall immediately declare the office of any member of the board vacant whenever the governor finds that: The member no longer is actively engaged in the type of beef or dairy production or business the member was engaged in at the time of the member's appointment; th…

(1) The governor may remove any member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office or when the segment of the industry which the member represents fails or elects not to pay its equitable share relating to the promotion of beef. Such member shall be en…

Members, officers, and employees of the board may receive their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall adopt uniform and reasonable regulations governing the incurring and paying of such expenses. Sourc…

The board shall establish a meeting place anywhere within this state, but the selection of the location shall be guided by consideration for the convenience of the majority of those most likely to have business with the board or to be affected by its acts. Source: L. 93: Entire a…

The board shall elect a chairperson from among its members and a secretary-treasurer who may or may not be from among its members. It shall adopt a general statement of policy for guidance. The board shall meet regularly once each six months and at such other times as called by t…

(1) The board may: (a) Conduct or contract for scientific research to discover and develop the commercial value of beef and beef products; (b) Disseminate reliable information founded upon the research undertaken under this article, showing the uses or probable uses of beef and i…

The board may accept grants, donations, contributions, or gifts from any source for expenditures for any purpose consistent with the powers conferred on the board. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1853, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section …

From the contributions it receives, the board may pay or contribute to organizations such as, but not limited to, the national livestock and meat board to carry out work and programs approved by the board on a national basis. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations…

The board is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this article. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1853, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 35-57-113 as it existed pri…

(1) The operators of all stockyards, slaughterhouses, packing plants, and livestock auction markets shall deduct from the proceeds of sale owed by them to the respective owners of animals the beef board fee as authorized by section 35-57-117. (2) When an operator sends or gives a…

(1) Any person who paid a beef board fee at the time of the brand inspection as required by section 35-57-117 shall be entitled to an eighty-five percent refund of such fee. A claim for a refund shall be made to the board of directors of the Colorado beef council authority, herei…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Feed Law. Source: L. 99: Entire article R&RE, p. 565, � 1, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 991, � 1, effective May 22. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 35-60-101 as it ex…

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Brand name means any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination thereof that identifies the commercial feed of a distributor or labeler and distinguishes it from that of other distributors or labelers. (2) Co…

(1) A person shall not manufacture commercial feed within the state, or allow the person's name to appear on the label of a commercial feed as guarantor, without first registering with the department. Such registration expires on the date specified by the commissioner by rule and…

(1) A person registering with the department pursuant to section 35-60-103 (1) shall submit a form provided by the department that includes the following information: (a) The name and business address of the registrant; (b) The address of each business location in this state wher…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the person whose name appears on the label as the manufacturer, guarantor, or distributor shall pay distribution fees, in an amount established by the state agricultural commission, subject to the following conditions: (a)…

(1) Commercial feed label contents. Except as otherwise specified in rule by the commissioner, a commercial feed must be labeled with the information required in this subsection (1). The information must appear on the label in the following order: (a) The product name of the comm…

(1) (a) No person may manufacture or distribute in this state any feed that is adulterated or misbranded. (b) No person may use any feed that is adulterated for any cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or any other animals if such animals are raised to produce human food. (2) A …

(1) The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: (a) The manufacture or distribution of any feed that is adulterated or misbranded; (a.5) The use of feed that is adulterated for any cattle, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or any other animals if such animals are raise…

(1) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate, amend, and repeal, in accordance with the State Administrative Procedure Act, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., such rules as are specifically required by this article and such other reasonable rules, including any record-keeping req…

(1) For the purpose of enforcing this article and the rules promulgated pursuant thereto, including the determination of whether or not an operation may be subject to this article, the commissioner, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, or agent in charg…

(1) Stop distribution, manufacture, or use as feed. When the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe any feed is in violation of this article or any rules promulgated pursuant to this article, the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed stop distribution, man…

(1) A person who violates this article 60 or who impedes, hinders, or otherwise prevents, or attempts to prevent, the commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agent in the performance of the commissioner's or agent's duty in connection with this article 60 is guilty of …

(1) (a) Any person who violates any provision of this article or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto may be subject to a civil penalty as determined by the commissioner. Such civil penalty is in addition to and not a substitution for other penalties or remedies set forth in thi…

The commissioner may cooperate and enter into agreements with governmental agencies of this state, other states, agencies of the federal government, and private associations in order to carry out the purpose and provisions of this article. Source: L. 99: Entire article R&RE, p. 5…

The commissioner shall publish at least annually, in such form as the commissioner may deem proper and in accordance with section 24-1-136, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds, together with such data on their production and use as the commissioner may consider a…

Source: L. 2017: Entire section added, (SB 17-109), ch. 60, p. 191, � 1, effective August 9. Editor's note: Subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2018. (See L. 2017, p. 191.)

As used in this article 61, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Acceptable hemp THC level means when the application of the measurement of uncertainty to the reported delta-9 THC content concentration level on a dry weight basis produces a distribution or range that includ…

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a person who holds a registration issued pursuant to section 35-61-104 may engage in industrial hemp cultivation for commercial purposes. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person registered pursuant t…

Source: L. 2014: Entire section added, (SB 14-184), ch. 315, p. 1368, � 5, effective May 31. L. 2015: (1.5) added, (SB 15-196), ch. 280, p. 1148, � 3, effective August 5; (2) amended, (SB 15-264), ch. 259, p. 966, � 86, effective August 5. L. 2019: (1)(a) and (2) amended and (1)(…

(1) The commissioner shall establish a registration and certification program for authorized samplers. (2) (a) The commissioner shall develop hemp sampling and testing procedures to sample and test one hundred percent of the hemp lots planted each year. Each registered land area,…

(1) The commissioner may deny, revoke, or suspend a registration if the applicant or registrant: (a) Violates any provision of this article or rules adopted pursuant to this article; (b) Engages in fraud or deception in the procurement of or attempt to procure a registration unde…