S.B. 03-169 FY 2002-03 budget reduction bill - fees - recovery of indirect costs. Removes limits until July 1, 2006, on the collection or expenditure of revenues for indirect costs relating to:
● The state board of stock inspection commissioners;
● The issuance, renewal, and investigation of chemigation permits; and
● Mandatory fruit and vegetable inspections.
Decreases the general fund portion and increases the cash funds and cash funds exempt portions of the total appropriation to the department of agriculture.
APPROVED by Governor March 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE March 5, 2003
S.B. 03-180 FY 2002-03 budget reduction bill - fruit and vegetable inspections - measurement standards - authority of department of agriculture - expenditures - appropriations. Allows the department of agriculture to expend moneys from the mandatory fruit and vegetable inspection fund for calibration equipment, including but not limited to the purchase of a measurement standards truck, during the current fiscal year.
Appropriates $47,031.50 from the mandatory fruit and vegetable inspection fund and $47,031.50 from the brand inspection fund.
APPROVED by Governor March 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE March 5, 2003
S.B. 03-297 FY 2003-04 budget reduction bill - fees - cash funding of programs - fee-setting authority of department - repeal - appropriation. Removes statutory fee and penalty provisions in laws pertaining to licensing, regulation, and enforcement by the department of agriculture in the areas of fertilizers, anhydrous ammonia, measurement standards, eggs, commercial feed, slaughterhouses, and farm products. Replaces such statutory fees and penalties with provisions allowing the agricultural commission to establish fees and penalties administratively during fiscal years 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05. Centralizes the deposit and investment of revenue from these programs in a new cash fund, denoted the inspection and consumer services cash fund. Repeals both the fee-setting authority and the cash fund as of July 1, 2005, directing any fees collected thereafter into the general fund and restoring the amount of such fees to their previous (FY 2002-03) levels.
Allows the agricultural commissioner to adopt rules to implement the programs included in this legislation and to accept gifts, grants, and donations. Adjusts appropriations made in the 2003-04 long bill and appropriates $10,945 to the department of law for the provision of legal services to the department of agriculture for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor May 14, 2003
EFFECTIVE May 14, 2003
H.B. 03-1035 Pest control - districts - cooperative agreements - weeds. Authorizes a board of county commissioners to contract with another board to manage and control pests, including sharing costs and employees. Requires such contract to be in writing and contain the purposes, rights, responsibilities, and financial obligations of each county. Clarifies that such contracting authority does not supercede existing legal obligations. Repeals a prohibition on the creation of pest control districts for the purpose of weed management.
APPROVED by Governor April 7, 2003
EFFECTIVE April 7, 2003
H.B. 03-1140 Noxious weeds - classification - enforcement - duties of commissioner, local governments, and landowners - subject to sunset review. Amends legislative findings to include eradication, containment, and suppression of noxious weeds as being in the best interests of Colorado. Clarifies that use of moneys in the noxious weed management fund to assist local governing bodies with eradication, containment, or suppression of noxious weeds is in the best interests of Colorado. Clarifies the definitions of "integrated management" and "state noxious weed", and adds a definition of "management objective".
Prohibits the intentional introduction, cultivation, or sale of a designated noxious weed into Colorado. Creates specified exceptions for introduction of specified noxious weeds for research, entities granted a waiver by the commissioner of agriculture (the commissioner), noxious weed management that is part of an approved reclamation plan for mined land and hard rock mining, and noxious weed management as part of activities conducted on disturbed lands. Specifies that a person in compliance with an approved weed management plan is not in violation of the prohibition on intentional introduction of a designated noxious weed. Allows the commissioner to seek remediation costs from violators.
Directs the commissioner of agriculture (the commissioner) to classify noxious weeds as either "list A", "list B", or "list C". Describes the nature of each category and creates enforcement duties and responsibilities of the commissioner, local governing bodies, and landowners with regard to the management of list A and list B species designated for eradication. Requires a local governing body to clearly identify its management objectives. Adds to the civil penalties costs associated with inspection and eradication, including future eradication, administrative costs, court costs, and attorney fees.
Establishes the state noxious weed advisory committee. Sets out the composition of the committee, terms of membership, and types of representatives to serve on the committee. Sunsets the committee in 2013. States that the duties of the committee are to make recommendations to the commissioner concerning:
● Which weeds are state noxious weeds;
● Which state noxious weeds should be defined as list A, list B, or list C category of weed; and
● What management techniques should be used to eradicate, contain, or suppress each listed weed.
APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE June 5, 2003
H.B. 03-1205 Colorado beef council authority - beef board fee refund. Entitles a person who has paid a beef board fee to apply for an 85% refund with the board of directors of the Colorado beef council authority. Requires a written and signed request and a copy of the Colorado brand certificate to be mailed or faxed to the board, and additional information as requested by the board, in order to receive a refund. Allows the board to file an action to recover an illegally obtained refund of fees. Specifies that making a fraudulent or false claim for a refund of fees constitutes theft.
APPROVED by Governor April 17, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
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