2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 33 - PARKS AND WILDLIFE (§§ 33-1-101 — 33-61-107) › WILDLIFE (§§ 33-1-101 — 33-8-101) › Article 3 - DAMAGE BY WILDLIFE (§§ 33-3-101 — 33-3-204) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 33-3-101 — 33-3-111) › Section 33-3-103.5 - Game damage prevention materials - definitions

(1)
This section shall be applicable in determining the liability of the state under paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of this section and section
33-3-103(1)(d) and (1)(e)
.
(2)
(a)
(I)
Every landowner shall be eligible to receive sufficient and appropriate temporary game damage prevention materials pursuant to this section.
(II)
Permanent game damage prevention materials shall be available only to a landowner who does not unreasonably restrict hunting of species likely to cause damage on land under the landowner's control or restrict the hunting of species likely to cause damage on any other lands by restricting access across lands under the landowner's control, and:
(A)
Who charges not more than five hundred dollars per person, per season, for big game hunting access on or across the landowner's property; or
(B)
Who charges a fee in excess of five hundred dollars per person, per season, for big game hunting access on or across the landowner's property, if the landowner has requested and been denied game damage prevention materials from the habitat partnership program created in section
33-1-110(8)
and the division determines that excessive game damage is occurring, and may continue to occur in the future.
(III)
The division shall not deny a landowner game damage claims or game damage prevention materials on the grounds that the landowner received a voucher pursuant to the wildlife conservation landowner hunting preference program for wildlife habitat improvement under section
33-4-103
.
(IV)
As used in this section:
(A)
"Temporary game damage prevention materials" means materials of an adequate substance that are utilized to protect private property for a period of time agreed upon by the landowner and the division. Such materials may include, but are not limited to, transferable panels or pyrotechnics.
(B)
"Permanent game damage prevention materials" means materials of an adequate substance that are erected in such a way to protect private property for the expected normal life of the materials. The normal life of the materials shall be as specified in a written agreement between the landowner and the division.
(b)
The division has the responsibility to supply useable, sufficient, and appropriate game damage prevention materials to a requesting landowner, and the landowner shall keep such materials in good repair throughout their normal life, if such materials have not been destroyed or damaged by wildlife.
(3)
(a)
The division shall respond to a landowner making an inquiry related to game damage within two business days after receiving the inquiry.
(b)
(I)
Within five business days after receiving a request for game damage prevention materials, the division shall consult with the landowner to discuss the sufficient and appropriate materials to prevent or mitigate the game damage. Temporary game damage prevention materials shall be delivered to the landowner within fifteen business days after the consultation, unless otherwise agreed to by the division and the landowner.
(II)
For a landowner eligible to receive permanent game damage prevention materials pursuant to subparagraph (II) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, such materials shall be provided within forty-five days after the date that the landowner makes the initial request for the materials.
(c)
The division shall deliver game damage prevention materials to the specific site as directed by the landowner, if such delivery may be made by truck.
(d)
When agreed upon by the landowner, the division may construct permanent stackyards or orchard fencing in those areas of high wildlife damage potential within the limitations of appropriation by the general assembly for that purpose.
(e)
(I)
If the division does not provide game damage prevention materials within the amount of time established by paragraph (b) of this subsection (3), the division shall have the sole responsibility to supply and erect the damage prevention materials, and the state shall be liable for game damages incurred on and after the date by which the division should have provided the game damage prevention materials.
(II)
When erecting game damage prevention materials pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (e), the division may use division employees, individuals under contract to the division, or voluntary workers. If the division uses voluntary workers to assist in erecting game damage prevention materials, the division shall keep in force workers' compensation insurance as necessary to protect the landowner from liability resulting from injuries or death of said voluntary workers while engaged in the erection of such game damage prevention materials. If the division uses contract workers to assist in erecting game damage prevention materials as provided in this section, the division shall require the contractor to provide evidence of workers' compensation insurance as necessary to protect the landowner from liability resulting from injuries or death of said contract workers while engaged in the erection of such game damage prevention materials.
(4)
If the game damage prevention materials that the division provides to a landowner fail to prevent game damage due to insufficiency or inappropriateness of such materials, or if the division's insufficient or inappropriate erection of such materials fail to prevent game damage, the state shall be liable for damages caused by such materials or erection.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 244,§2, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09-024), ch. 323, p. 1724, §2, effective June 1. L. 2013: (2)(a)(III) amended, (SB 13-188), ch. 244, p. 1182, § 2, effective August 7.