§ 35-57-102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 35-57-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 35: Agriculture
• Art.: Colorado Beef Council

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(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, and other
methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use, and sale of cattle
and beef products; and it is the intent and purpose of this article to authorize and
provide a method and procedure for a promotional program for the cattle industry
and the financing thereof pursuant to the powers of the general assembly as
authorized by law. It is further declared that the cattle industry of this state is
affected with a public interest in that, among other things:

(a) The production, processing, handling, purchasing, manufacturing, and
distributing of beef and beef products constitutes a paramount industry of this
state which not only provides substantial and required revenues for the state and
its political subdivisions and employment and a means of livelihood for many
thousands of its population but also furnishes essential foods that are vital to the
public health and welfare.

(b) Stabilization, maintenance, and expansion of the cattle industry of
Colorado and of the state, nationwide, and foreign markets for its products are
necessary to assure the consuming public an adequate supply of foods which are
indispensable in a proper human diet, to protect, for the state and its political
subdivisions, a necessary source of tax revenue, to provide and maintain an
adequate standard of living for a great segment of the population of this state, to
maintain proper wage scales for those engaged in the cattle industry, and to
maintain existing employment.

(c) The essentiality of beef and beef products in proper human nutrition and
to the maintenance of a high level of public health is such as to require that the
public be made thoroughly aware thereof and be protected against
misrepresentation and deception by the dissemination of accurate and scientific
information relative to the healthful qualities of beef and beef products, their
various classifications, the food values, and industrial and medicinal uses thereof;
the methods, care, and precautions necessary to their proper production,
processing, manufacture, and distribution; the necessary costs and expenses
thereof; and the necessity and desirability on the part of the public of using and
consuming beef and beef products of the highest standards of quality.

(2) The purposes of this article are:

(a) To enable the cattle industry, with the aid of the state, to protect their
right to market, to develop, maintain, and expand the state, nationwide, and foreign
markets for beef and beef products produced, processed, or manufactured in this
state, and the use and the consumption of such beef and beef products therein;

(b) In aid, but not in limitation, of the purpose in paragraph (a) of this
subsection (2), to authorize and enable the board to formulate and effectuate,
directly or in cooperation with other agencies and instrumentalities specified in this
article, sales stimulation and consumer or other educational programs designed to
increase the use and consumption of beef and beef products;

(c) To provide funds for the administration and enforcement of this article by
contributions or fees in the event the federal cattlemen's beef promotion and
research board, established in 7 U.S.C. sec. 2904 (1), ceases to exist. Such moneys
shall be collected in the manner prescribed in this article.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1848, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2000: (2)(c) amended, p. 516, � 1, effective May 12. L. 2003: (2)(c) amended, p. 1046, � 1, effective August 6.