§ 35-4-101.5 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 35-4-101.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 35: Agriculture
• Art.: Pest Control

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The general assembly hereby finds and
declares that there is a need to prevent the introduction into Colorado and the
dissemination within this state of plant pests through the movement of plant
products and other plant material. This act provides for the regulation of the
movement of plant products, materials, and pests in Colorado and establishes
provisions under which such plant products and materials may legally enter or
leave the state. This act also provides for the establishment of interstate and
intrastate quarantines to restrict the movement of plant products, materials, and
pests. To this end, the commissioner of agriculture is hereby directed and
authorized to control and prevent, by such means as shall be prescribed and
provided by law, rule, or order of the commissioner, all contagious, infectious, and
plant pests destructive to the state's agricultural, forestry, or horticultural interests
or to the state's general environmental quality.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 925, � 1, effective July 1.