§ 35-57.5-116 — License fee - expenditure of money

Colorado § 35-57.5-116

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 35: Agriculture
• Art.: Colorado Sheep and Wool Authority

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(1) The board shall
determine the amount of assessment per head of sheep upon which the annual
license fee provided for in section 35-57.5-113 (2) shall be computed. The amount of
such assessment shall not exceed fifty cents per head of sheep and shall be set by
the board by November 1 of the year prior to the calendar year the license fee is to
be charged. In any calendar year, the fee shall not increase by more than five cents
over the amount assessed at the end of the immediately preceding calendar year.

(2) All producers and commercial feeders of sheep in the state shall pay the
license fee for each sheep marketed; except that no fee shall be collected on any
sheep fed in the state for a period of less than thirty days. The fee shall be
collected from such producers and feeders by handlers, who shall remit the
proceeds to the authority. The fee shall be payable upon each transfer of the sheep
or of any right, title, or interest therein.

(2.5) (a) The operators of feedlots, slaughterhouses, packing plants, and
livestock auction markets shall deduct from the proceeds of sale owed by them to
the owners of sheep handled at such facilities, and shall promptly remit to the
authority, the fees payable under this section. Each payment pursuant to this
subsection (2.5) shall be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of the
sheep owners on whose behalf the payment is made and the number of sheep
marketed by each such owner.

(b) When the operator of a feedlot, slaughterhouse, packing plant, or
livestock auction market sends or gives any written statement to an owner of sheep
or to such owner's agent relating to the proceeds owing to the owner, the operator
shall include a statement of the amount deducted from such proceeds pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this subsection (2.5).

(3) A producer or feeder who, by virtue of the producer's or feeder's
activities or circumstances, becomes a handler as defined in section 35-57.5-103
(4) or who sells, ships, or otherwise disposes of sheep to a person not subject to this
article 57.5 shall forthwith remit to the authority an amount equal to the amount of
fees that would otherwise have been payable under subsection (2) of this section.

(4) When collected, such license fees shall be paid to the authority and
administered by the board for the purposes set forth in this article.

(5) The license fee to defray the costs of this program pursuant to the
provisions of this article shall remain in full force and effect from year to year
without change unless there is filed with the board a petition signed by at least
fifty-one percent of the growers of sheep in the state upon whom the most recent
license fee was imposed requesting the repeal of said license fee in total
discontinuance of the program or a petition requesting an increase or decrease of
said license fee, in which latter case, the board shall fix a new assessment and
provide for continuation of the program.

Legislative History

Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1843, � 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (1), (2), and (3) amended and (2.5) added, p. 179, � 4, effective March 31. L. 2025: (3) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 141, � 162, effective August 6.