Colorado § 35-45-109 Range improvement fund - board of district advisers

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-45-109 — Range improvement fund - board of district advisers

Colorado·Title 35 Agriculture·Art. Public Domain Range

(1)All money paid to the counties shall be deposited with the county treasurer in a special fund to be known as the range improvement fund of district no. __. The county treasurer of a county in which a district is located is the ex officio district treasurer and custodian of money received and shall be liable upon the county treasurer's official bond for all money deposited in the range improvement fund. The county treasurer, as ex officio district treasurer, shall pay out such money in the range improvement fund upon the warrant of the chair or vice-chair of the district grazing advisory board or a board of district advisers established pursuant to subsection (2) of this section and after consultation with the district manager of the grazing district in which county the money

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(1) All
money paid to the counties shall be deposited with the county treasurer in a special
fund to be known as the range improvement fund of district no. __. The county
treasurer of a county in which a district is located is the ex officio district treasurer
and custodian of money received and shall be liable upon the county treasurer's
official bond for all money deposited in the range improvement fund. The county
treasurer, as ex officio district treasurer, shall pay out such money in the range
improvement fund upon the warrant of the chair or vice-chair of the district grazing
advisory board or a board of district advisers established pursuant to subsection (2)
of this section and after consultation with the district manager of the grazing
district in which county the money was deposited. The district grazing advisory
boards are established pursuant to Public Law 94-579 (43 U.S.C. sec. 1753) or its
successor, as may be established by the secretary of the interior pursuant to the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463 (86 Stat. 770; Title 5, App.).

(2) (a) In the event that the grazing advisory boards cease to exist, the
commissioner of agriculture shall establish and maintain a board of district advisers
for each grazing district upon the petition of a simple majority of the livestock
lessees and permittees within the jurisdiction of the district. The function of the
board of district advisers shall be to determine the use of the range improvement
fund in accordance with section 35-45-110.

(b) The number of advisers on each board and the number of years an adviser
may serve shall be determined by the commissioner. Each board shall consist of
livestock representatives who shall be lessees or permittees in the district under
the board's jurisdiction and shall be chosen by the lessees and permittees in the
district through an election prescribed by the commissioner. Each board of district
advisers shall meet at least once annually.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 35: p. 460, � 2. CSA: C. 160, � 166(2). L. 37: p. 616, � 2. L. 45: p. 602, � 2. CRS 53: � 8-8-9. C.R.S. 1963: 8-8-9. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 1613, � 1, effective July 1. L. 86: Entire section R&RE, p. 1076, � 1, effective March 20. L. 2025: (1) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 131, � 127, effective August 6.