Colorado § 35-5-120 Grasshopper and range caterpillar control

Colorado Statutes

§ 35-5-120 — Grasshopper and range caterpillar control

Colorado·Title 35 Agriculture·Art. Pest Control Districts

(1)The board of county commissioners of each county in which the governor has declared an emergency resulting from a major grasshopper or range caterpillar infestation is hereby authorized and directed to establish a system of priorities for any operation involving the control of grasshoppers or range caterpillars in infested areas. Such board of county commissioners shall certify to the commissioner any area within a county which has established a grasshopper or range caterpillar control district in areas infested with grasshoppers or range caterpillars and in which sixty-six and two-thirds percent of the landowners and lessees have agreed to pay a proportionate share of the cost per acre for grasshopper or range caterpillar control, as determined by the commissioner, as a cont

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(1) The board of
county commissioners of each county in which the governor has declared an
emergency resulting from a major grasshopper or range caterpillar infestation is
hereby authorized and directed to establish a system of priorities for any operation
involving the control of grasshoppers or range caterpillars in infested areas. Such
board of county commissioners shall certify to the commissioner any area within a
county which has established a grasshopper or range caterpillar control district in
areas infested with grasshoppers or range caterpillars and in which sixty-six and
two-thirds percent of the landowners and lessees have agreed to pay a
proportionate share of the cost per acre for grasshopper or range caterpillar
control, as determined by the commissioner, as a contribution to pay the cost of
controlling the grasshoppers or range caterpillars which are infesting said area.

(2) Upon receipt by the commissioner of a certification of such an area, and
upon deposit with the commissioner of the landowner's and lessee's projected
share of the cost of control for grasshoppers or range caterpillars, the
commissioner shall immediately direct operations to commence to control the
grasshoppers or range caterpillars in such area.

(3) In attempting to control grasshoppers or range caterpillars in established
control districts, the commissioner shall not be required to conduct control
operations on other than range acreage.

(4) If the commissioner, with approval of the district advisory committee,
determines at any time that control operations would not significantly reduce the
grasshopper or range caterpillar populations in the established control districts, the
commissioner may order that the operations be suspended or terminated.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 75: Entire section added, p. 1344, � 1, effective May 30. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1579, � 6, effective June 4. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 1316, � 8, effective May 10. L. 2025: (4) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 97, � 22, August 6.