Colorado § 35-27.3-103 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-27.3-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 35-27.3-103

Title 35Agriculture

Art.Colorado Seed Potato Act

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-27.3-103 (2026).

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Advisory committee means the seed potato advisory committee created in section 35-27.3-107.

(2)Certified means certified by a certifying authority as meeting all applicable laws and rules for certification of seed potatoes.

(3)Certifying authority means the potato certification service of Colorado state university or the authorized seed potato certifying agency of another state, territory, or country.

(4)Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture.

(5)Community disease means a disease or pest that can move from field to field during the potato growing season and is not confined to any single potato grower's operation. The term includes late blight and potato virus Y.

(6)Cultivar means unique variet

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As used in this article, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Advisory committee means the seed potato advisory committee created
in section 35-27.3-107.

(2) Certified means certified by a certifying authority as meeting all
applicable laws and rules for certification of seed potatoes.

(3) Certifying authority means the potato certification service of Colorado
state university or the authorized seed potato certifying agency of another state,
territory, or country.

(4) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture.

(5) Community disease means a disease or pest that can move from field to
field during the potato growing season and is not confined to any single potato
grower's operation. The term includes late blight and potato virus Y.

(6) Cultivar means unique variety.

(7) Department means the department of agriculture.

(8) Distribute means to offer for sale, sell, barter, deliver, supply, furnish,
or otherwise provide seed potatoes.

(9) Generation means one full seasonal growth cycle, including planting,
growing, harvesting, and storing.

(10) Hundredweight means a unit of weight equal to one hundred pounds.

(11) Official control, with respect to a crop of potatoes, means that the seed
potatoes used to produce the crop have been derived from certified seed, qualified
seed, or tested, documented sources and found to be within the legal limits for all
diseases and pests of concern.

(12) Parent means one prior generation removed.

(13) Person means any individual, partnership, association, corporation,
agency, or organized group of persons.

(14) Progeny means the offspring or daughter tubers of a potato plant.

(15) Qualified, with respect to seed potatoes, means that the seed potatoes
are derived from certified seed potatoes, have been inspected by a certifying
authority and meet all applicable laws and rules for seed potato certification
including official disease control standards, and are thus eligible for planting as
seed.

(16) Quarantine means a quarantine imposed by the commissioner pursuant
to section 35-4-110.

(17) Seed potatoes means vegetatively propagated tubers used or
intended to be used for potato production.

(18) State national harmonization program means the state national
harmonization program for seed potatoes developed by the plant protection and
quarantine program of the animal and plant health inspection service in the United
States department of agriculture.