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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-102 - Location of borehole restricted

No borehole penetrating a gas-bearing or oil-bearing formation shall be located within two hundred feet of a shaft or entrance to a coal mine not definitely abandoned or sealed. No such borehole shall be located within one hundred feet of any mine shaft house, mine boiler house, mine engine house, or mine fan. The location of any proposed borehole must insure that when drilled it will be at least fifteen feet from any mine haulage or airway.
L. 15: p. 375, § 32. C.L. § 3645. CSA: C. 118, § 45. CRS 53: § 100-3-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-103 - Casing of borehole penetrating coal

Any borehole penetrating any workable seam of coal shall be cased by the owner of such borehole with a suitable casing, conductor, or drive pipe, so as to shut off all surface water from entering said workable coal seam.
L. 15: p. 375, § 33. C.L. § 3646. CSA: C. 118, § 46. CRS 53: § 100-3-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-104 - Oil or gas entering coal seams

When boreholes for gas or oil are drilled in the coal measures and pass through workable seams, if gas or oil is encountered in such borehole, the coal seams or worked out coal seams shall be sufficiently protected by casing so that the gas or oil shall not come in contact with the coal seams or enter the excavations of worked out seams. When no oil or gas is located and the borehole has been abandoned, a solid cement plug shall be placed extending from fifty feet below each coal seam to fifty feet above the top of each coal seam and at the surface to a depth of twenty feet.
L. 15: p. 376, § 34. C.L. § 3647. CSA: C. 118, § 47. CRS 53: § 100-3-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-4. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1571, § 1, effective June 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-105 - Casing to exclude water

When a water-bearing formation is encountered in the drilling of any borehole for natural gas or oil, casing shall be set upon the next formation encountered which is of such a nature that it will sustain the casing and exclude all water from the lower borehole.
L. 15: p. 376, § 35. C.L. § 3648. CSA: C. 118, § 48. CRS 53: § 100-3-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-106 - Application of article

This article shall apply only to wells or boreholes which may be drilled through workable coal seams.
L. 15: p. 376, § 38. C.L. § 3651. CSA: C. 118, § 51. CRS 53: § 100-3-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-107 - Enforcement of law

It is the duty of the district attorneys in their districts, and the attorney general in cases where the district attorney refuses to act, to enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate actions in courts of competent jurisdiction.
L. 55: p. 646, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 61 - OIL WELLS AND BOREHOLES (§§ 34-61-101 — 34-61-108) › Section 34-61-108 - Violation - penalty - disposition of fines

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article 61 commits a class 2 misdemeanor. In all cases where fines are collected, one-half of the amount shall be paid to the treasury department and be placed to the credit of the general fund.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, §614, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 55: p. 646, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-3-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-3-8. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3276, p. 3276, § 614, effective 3/1/2022.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 62 - [Repealed] (§ 34-62-101) › Section 34-62-101 - to 34-62-110 - [Repealed]

L. 85: Entire article repealed, p. 1129, § 2, effective July 1.
This article was numbered as article 7 of chapter 100, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 63 - ROYALTIES UNDER FEDERAL LEASING (§§ 34-63-101 — 34-63-105) › Section 34-63-101 - State treasurer to receive and distribute mineral leasing payments

In accordance with the provisions of section 35 of the federal "Mineral Lands Leasing Act" of February 25, 1920, as amended, the state treasurer is directed to deposit and distribute any moneys now held or to be received by the state of Colorado from the United States as the state's share of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals of public lands within this state, for the benefit of the public schools and political subdivisions of this state and for other purposes in accordance with the provisions of sections
34-63-102
and
34-63-103
.
L. 53: Ex. Sess., p. 23, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-8-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-8-1. L. 77: Entire section R&RE, p. 1572, § 1, effective June 19.
For the "Mineral Lands Leasing Act" of February 25, 1920, see 30 U.S.C. § 181 et seq.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 63 - ROYALTIES UNDER FEDERAL LEASING (§§ 34-63-101 — 34-63-105) › Section 34-63-103 - Method of payment

Warrants in payment of the amounts due the several counties of the state shall be issued and paid pursuant to the provisions of law.
L. 53: Ex. Sess., p. 23, § 3. CRS 53: § 100-8-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-8-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 63 - ROYALTIES UNDER FEDERAL LEASING (§§ 34-63-101 — 34-63-105) › Section 34-63-105 - Geothermal resource leasing fund

(1)
The state treasurer shall deposit all revenues from sales, bonuses, royalties, leases, and rentals related to geothermal resources, as that term is defined in section
37-90.5-103
, C.R.S., received by the state pursuant to
30 U.S.C. sec. 1019
, as amended, and all moneys earned from the investment of such revenues, into the geothermal resource leasing fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury, for appropriation by the general assembly to the department of local affairs for grants to state agencies, school districts, and political subdivisions of the state affected by the development and production of geothermal resources or other entities authorized by federal law:
(a)
Primarily for use by such entities in planning for and providing facilities and services necessitated by such development and production; and
(b)
Secondarily to the entities listed in the introductory portion of this subsection (1) for other state purposes as specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
After the executive director of the department of local affairs has allocated sufficient revenues from the fund to adequately address the needs specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section, the executive director shall, in consultation with the governor's energy office created in section
24-38.5-101
, C.R.S., allocate revenues from the fund by competitive grants for the promotion of the development of geothermal energy resources.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (SB 10-174), ch. 189, p. 810, §3, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-101 - Legislative declaration

Underground storage of natural gas is found and declared to be in the public interest because it will promote the conservation of natural gas, make natural gas more readily available to the domestic, commercial, and industrial consumers of this state, and permit the building of natural gas reserves and orderly withdrawal thereof in periods of peak demand.
L. 53: p. 440, § 2. CRS 53: § 100-9-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 64, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Commission" means the energy and carbon management commission created in section
34-60-104.3 (1)
.
(1.3)
"Local government" means a home rule or statutory county, municipality, or city and county.
(1.5)
"Disproportionately impacted community" has the meaning set forth in section
24-4-109 (2)(b)(II)
.
(2)
"Natural gas" means gas which has been produced from the earth in its original state or such gas after the same has been processed or treated.
(3)
"Natural gas public utility" means any person, partnership, corporation, or association engaged in the business of transporting, distributing, or storing natural gas within this state for ultimate public consumption and either authorized to do business in this state as a public utility or authorized to do business in this state as a natural gas company as defined in the federal "Natural Gas Act", and subject to regulations by the federal power commission.
(3.5)
(a)
"Underground natural gas storage facility" means a facility that stores natural gas in an underground facility, including a depleted hydrocarbon reservoir, an aquifer reservoir, or a solution-mined salt cavern reservoir.
(b)
"Underground natural gas storage facility" includes any of the following equipment associated with the storage of natural gas in an underground facility:
(I)
Injection, withdrawal, monitoring, and observation wells;
(II)
Wellbores and downhole components;
(III)
Wellheads and associated wellhead piping;
(IV)
Wing-valve assemblies that isolate the wellhead from connected piping beyond the wing-valve assemblies; and
(V)
Any other equipment, facility, right-of-way, or building used in the storage of natural gas in an underground facility.
(c)
"Underground natural gas storage facility" does not include any pipeline facilities or equipment subject to regulation by the public utilities commission.
(3.7)
"Underground natural gas storage facility impacts" means, for an underground natural gas storage facility proposed to be sited in an area that would affect a disproportionately impacted community, the effect on public health and the environment, including air, water, soil, and the climate, caused by the incremental impacts that a proposed new underground natural gas storage facility would have when added to the impacts from development in the affected area.
(4)
"Underground reservoir" means any subsurface sand, stratum, or formation suitable for the injection and storage of natural gas therein and the withdrawal of natural gas therefrom.
(5)
"Underground storage" means the right to inject and store natural gas within and to withdraw natural gas from an underground reservoir.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 235,§ 12, eff. 7/1/2023.
L. 53: p. 439, § 1. CRS 53: § 100-9-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-1. L. 73: p. 1072, § 1.
For the "Natural Gas Act", see 15 U.S.C. §717 et seq.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-103 - Condemnation - public use

Any natural gas public utility which is engaged in the distribution, transportation, or storage of natural gas, which gas, in whole or in part, is intended for ultimate distribution to the public, has the right to enter upon, take, or use property or any interest therein which is necessary for the injection, storage, and withdrawal of natural gas in the manner provided for by this article, and by the eminent domain law of the state of Colorado, all of which property to be used is hereby recognized and declared to be devoted to public use.
L. 53: p. 440, § 3. CRS 53: § 100-9-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-3.
For eminent domain, see articles 1 to 7 of title 38.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-104 - Application to commission - order

Before the right of condemnation may be exercised for the acquisition of property or any interest therein for underground storage of natural gas, said natural gas public utility shall make application to the commission for an order approving the proposed storage project. No such order shall be issued by the commission unless it shall be based upon substantial evidence and shall contain findings that the underground storage of natural gas in the land sought to be condemned is in the public interest and welfare, and that the storage reservoir is suitable and practicable, and that the formation or formations sought to be condemned are nonproductive of oil or gas in commercial quantities under either primary or secondary recovery methods.
L. 53: p. 440, § 4. CRS 53: § 100-9-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-105 - Hearing - notice - review

(1)
Upon the filing of the application as specified in section
34-64-104
, the commission shall set a date for hearing and give notice thereof as for proceedings in rem, in accordance with the Colorado rules of civil procedure, and shall conduct said hearing in the manner provided for in sections
34-60-108
to
34-60-110
and
34-60-114
.
(2)
Review of or relief from such order shall be as provided for in sections
34-60-111
to
34-60-113
and
34-60-115
.
L. 53: p. 440, § 5. CRS 53: § 100-9-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-106 - Petition to district court - procedure

Any natural gas public utility, having first obtained an order from the commission which has become final, desiring to exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring property for the underground storage of natural gas, shall do so in the manner provided in this article. Such natural gas public utility shall present to the district court of the county wherein the land or some portion thereof is situated a petition setting forth the purpose for which the property is sought to be acquired, a description of the property sought to be appropriated, and the names of the owners of the property as shown by the records of such county. The petitioner shall file the order of the commission as a part of its petition, and no decree or rule by the court granting said petition shall be entered without such order having been filed therewith. The court shall examine said petition and determine whether the petitioner has the power of eminent domain and whether said property is necessary for its lawful purposes, and if found in the affirmative such findings shall be entered in the record. All proceedings under this section shall follow the procedure then in force and effect pertaining to eminent domain.
L. 53: p. 440, § 6. CRS 53: § 100-9-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › CONSERVATION AND REGULATION (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-64-108) › Article 64 - UNDERGROUND STORAGE (§§ 34-64-101 — 34-64-108) › Section 34-64-107 - Property rights

All natural gas in said underground reservoir, and the rights reasonably necessary for the injection and storage in and withdrawal from said underground reservoir of said natural gas, as defined and limited by the decree of the district court, shall be the property of said natural gas public utility. In no event shall such gas be subject to the right of the owner of the surface of said lands or of any mineral interest therein or of any person other than the public utility, its successors, or its assigns, to produce, take, reduce to possession, or otherwise interfere with or exercise any control over the gas. The right of condemnation granted by this article shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said land or of other rights and interests therein to drill or bore through the underground stratum or formation so appropriated in such manner as to comply with orders, rules, and regulations of the commission issued for the purpose of protecting underground storage, strata, or formations against pollution or against the escape of natural gas therefrom, and shall be without prejudice to the rights of the owner of said lands or other rights or interests therein as to all other uses thereof. The additional cost of complying with such regulations or orders in order to protect the storage shall be paid by the public utility.
L. 53: p. 441, § 7. CRS 53: § 100-9-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-9-7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 34 - MINERAL RESOURCES (§§ 34-1-100.5 — 34-70-101) › OIL AND NATURAL GAS (§§ 34-60-101 — 34-70-101) › GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES (§ 34-70-101) › Article 70 - [Repealed] (§ 34-70-101) › Section 34-70-101 - to 34-70-110 - [Repealed]

L. 83: Entire article repealed, p. 1424, § 5, effective June 10.
This article was added in 1974.
For provisions relating to geothermal resources, as adopted in 1983, see article 90.5 of title 37.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State Department of Agriculture Act of 1949".
L. 49: p. 185, § 1. CSA: C. 5, § 13(3). CRS 53: § 6-1-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-102 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Agriculture" means the science and art of production of plants and animals useful to man, including, to a variable extent, the preparation of these products for man's use and their disposal by marketing or otherwise, and includes horticulture, floriculture, viticulture, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, and any and all forms of farm products and farm production.
(1.5)
Repealed.
(2)
"Commission" means the state agricultural commission.
(3)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
(4)
"Department" means the department of agriculture.
(5)
"Division" means a primary subdivision of the department whose administrative head is directly responsible to the head of the department.
(6)
"Livestock" means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, mules, poultry, horses, alternative livestock, as defined in section
35-41.5-102(1)
, and such domesticated animals as fox, mink, marten, chinchilla, beaver, and rabbits, and all other animals raised or kept for profit.
(7)
"Section" means a subdivision of a division whose administrative head is directly responsible to the head of the division.
L. 49: p. 185, § 2. CSA: C. 5, § 13(4). CRS 53: § 6-1-2. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-2. L. 94: (1.5) added and (6) amended, p. 1697, § 3, effective July 1. L. 99: (1.5) amended, p. 533, § 2, effective May 3.
Subsection (1.5)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (1.5), effective July 1, 2009. (See L. 99, p. 533.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-103 - Department of agriculture

There is hereby created a department of agriculture, referred to in this article as the "department". When any law of this state refers to the state department of agriculture, said law shall be construed as referring to the department of agriculture.
L. 49: p. 186, § 3. CSA: C. 5, § 13(5). CRS 53: § 6-1-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-3. L. 68: p. 127, § 135.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-104.5 - Agricultural workforce development program - legislative declaration - creation - rules - repeal

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a)
Finding qualified and trained agricultural employees is a significant challenge for agricultural businesses. It is especially difficult to provide training and experience to young and beginning farmers and ranchers.
(b)
The barriers to entry for young and beginning farmers and ranchers are significant. Among these barriers are access to training programs that provide real-world work experience.
(c)
Internships are a recognized way to build a talent pipeline and career pathway to align education, training, and work-based learning; and
(d)
By offering incentives to agricultural businesses to create internships, there will be more opportunities for students to obtain work experience in agriculture.
(2)
The commissioner shall promulgate rules creating the agricultural workforce development program to provide incentives to agricultural businesses to hire interns through partial reimbursement of internship costs. The rules must specify, at a minimum:
(a)
The criteria for selecting an agricultural business for participation in the program, including the ability of the business to effectively supervise an intern and the opportunity for an intern to get meaningful work experience;
(b)
The criteria for an internship to qualify under the program, including the following:
(I)
The internship must provide an intern at least one hundred thirty hours of work experience; and
(II)
The internship cannot exceed one year in duration per intern;
(c)
The criteria for an agricultural business to use in selecting qualified interns, including the required educational experience for an intern and the ability of the intern to perform meaningful work for the business;
(d)
The process and timetable for selecting qualified businesses and qualified interns;
(e)
The accounting requirements for tracking internship costs; and
(f)
The process for a business to seek reimbursement.
(3)
Subject to appropriation, the department may reimburse a qualified business an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the actual cost to the business to employ the intern. Actual cost includes the wages paid to the intern, a reasonable allocation of fixed overhead expenses, and all incidental costs directly related to the internship. Based on the annual appropriation for the program, the commissioner shall determine how many internships may be approved, the amount of reimbursement per internship, and whether a business may be reimbursed for more than one intern in the same fiscal year. However, no business may be reimbursed for more than three internships in the same fiscal year.
(4)
This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2029.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 108,§ 2, eff. 4/25/2023.
Added by 2018 Ch. 231, § 1, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (SB 18-042), ch. 231, p. 1446, § 1, effective August 8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-104.7 - Colorado agricultural workforce services program - online resource portal - definitions

(1)
The Colorado agricultural workforce services program is created in the department. The program includes the online resource portal described in subsection (3) of this section.
(2)
The department shall administer the program in accordance with this section.
(3)
(a)
As part of the program, the department may establish on its official website a publicly available page that includes a portal to resources for use by agricultural employees and agricultural employers. The department shall ensure that the resources of the portal are available in both English and Spanish.
(b)
For the purposes of the online portal described in this subsection (3), the department may curate video modules and other resources to help agricultural employers comply with labor laws, including the sections specified in subsection (3)(d)(II) of this section, and help agricultural employees understand the rights they are afforded, including links to relevant state agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
(c)
The department may include in the online portal information and resources concerning:
(I)
Agricultural employee safety and working conditions;
(II)
Agricultural employee labor rights;
(III)
Mental health;
(IV)
Agricultural employers' labor requirements; and
(V)
Other resources for agricultural employees or agricultural employers.
(d)
The department shall include in the online portal information regarding:
(I)
A wage and hour calculator; and
(II)
The requirements of sections
8-6-101.5
,
8-6-120
,
8-13.5-202
,
8-13.5-203
, and
8-14.4-109
.
(e)
In establishing and maintaining the online portal described in this subsection (3), the department may consult with the Colorado cooperative extension service described in part 7 of article
31
of title
23
.
(4)
(a)
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate one hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the department to implement the online resource portal described in subsection (3) of this section. Any unused money does not revert to the general fund but is continuously appropriated to the department.
(b)
The department is authorized to seek, solicit, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this section.
(5)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Agricultural employee" has the meaning set forth in section
8-2-206(1)(b)
.
(b)
"Agricultural employer" has the meaning set forth in section
8-3-104(1)
.
(c)
"Program" means the Colorado agricultural workforce services program created in subsection (1) of this section.
Added by 2022 Ch. 368,§2, eff. 8/10/2022.
2022 Ch. 368, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-106.4 - Emergency invasive-pest response fund

(1)
The emergency invasive-pest response fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of:
(a)
Money transferred to the fund in accordance with section
35-1-106.3(4)
;
(b)
Money from remuneration authorized in section
35-4-118
;
(c)
Gifts, grants, and donations received under subsection (4) of this section; and
(d)
Any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.
(2)
The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
(3)
Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the commissioner may expend money from the fund to:
(a)
Implement sections
35-4-118
and
35-4-119
; and
(b)
Implement emergency measures to control or eradicate invasive pests.
(4)
The commissioner may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section.
(5)
The department shall report annually the amount and source of money received under this section in the prior fiscal year at the hearing required by the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act", part 2 of article
7
of title
2
.
Added by 2021 Ch. 160,§2, eff. 9/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1045), ch. 910, p. 910, § 2, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 160, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-106.5 - Inspection and consumer services cash fund - creation

(1)
All fees, fines, and penalties collected under articles
12
,
13
,
14
,
21
,
33
,
36
, and
60
of this title 35 and part 2 of article
43
of this title 35, other than civil penalties collected under section
35-21-107.5
, shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the inspection and consumer services cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered money in the fund remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund or used for any purpose other than to offset the costs of implementing, administering, and enforcing the provisions of articles
12
,
13
,
14
,
21
,
33
,
36
, and
60
of this title 35 and part 2 of article
43
of this title 35. Money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation to the department for such purposes.
(2)
In accordance with section
24-75-402 (3)(c)
, C.R.S., the alternative maximum reserve for the inspection and consumer services cash fund is fifty percent of the amount expended from the fund during the fiscal year.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2007, p. 1902, § 2, effective July 1, 2007.)
Amended by 2020 Ch. 160, § 9, eff. 6/29/2020.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 159, § 8, eff. 6/29/2020.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 274, § 73, eff. 5/29/2018.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 262, § 9, eff. 8/9/2017.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 322, § 9, eff. 6/5/2015 and applicable to fiscal years beginning on or after 7/1/2014.
L. 2003: Entire section added, p. 1724, § 3, effective May 14. L. 2005: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1267, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1) and (3) amended, p. 1902, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2015: (2) amended, (HB 15-1261), ch. 1315, p. 1315, § 9, effective June 5. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-225), ch. 1247, p. 1247, § 9, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1375), ch. 1718, p. 1718, § 73, effective May 29. L. 2020: (1) amended, (HB 20-1211), ch. 159, p. 714, § 8, effective June 29; (1) amended, (HB 20-1213), ch. 754, p. 754, § 9, effective June 29.
Amendments to subsection (1) by HB 20-1211 and HB 20-1213 were harmonized.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-106.7 - Conservation district grant fund

(1)
There is hereby created in the state treasury the conservation district grant fund. The fund consists of money appropriated to the fund pursuant to section
39-29-109.3(1)(g)(III)
. Money in the fund is specifically and continuously appropriated to the department. The department shall grant money in the fund to conservation districts for the purpose of implementing and maintaining soil and water conservation efforts. All money credited to the fund and all interest earned on the investment of money in the fund is part of the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the general fund or to any other fund.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, by September 1, 2022, and each September 1 thereafter, the department shall distribute two thousand dollars from the conservation district grant fund created in subsection (1) of this section to each conservation district formed pursuant to article
70
of this title 35.
(3)
Three days after August 10, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter, the state treasurer shall transfer the sum of one hundred forty-eight thousand dollars from the general fund to the conservation district grant fund created in subsection (1) of this section.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 482,§1, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 255,§13, eff. 6/18/2021.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 201,§7, eff. 5/4/2018.
L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1649, § 2, effective June 5. L. 2007: (1) amended, p. 2047, § 90, effective June 1. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1872, § 11, effective June 2. L. 2011: (2) amended, (HB 11-1156), ch. 471, p. 471, § 1, effective May 4. L. 2018: (1.5) added, (HB 18-1338), ch. 1309, p. 1309, § 7, effective May 4. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-281), ch. 1502, p. 1502, § 13, effective June 18.
Subsection (1.5)(b) provided for the repeal of subsection (1.5), effective August 1, 2018. (See L. 2018, p. 1309.)
2022 Ch. 482, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in SB 21-281, see section 1 of chapter 255, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-106.8 - Biological pest control cash fund - transfer of moneys to plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund

(1)
All revenues collected in pursuit of the department's efforts to conduct its program of biological pest control shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund created in section
35-1-106.3
. Within sixty days after July 1, 2009, the unexpended and unencumbered balance of the biological pest control cash fund, as that fund existed prior to July 1, 2009, shall be transferred to the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund.
(2)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2009, (HB 09-1249), ch. 315, p. 315, § 2, effective July 1, 2009.)
L. 2007: Entire section added, p. 919, § 1, effective May 17. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09 -1249), ch. 87, p. 315, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-106.9 - Agriculture management fund - creation

There is hereby created in the state treasury the agriculture management fund. The fund shall consist of money transferred pursuant to section
38-13-801.5 (3)
, any money realized from the sale of the inspection and consumer services division facility and other real property associated with that facility that are all located in the Highlands neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, and any money realized from the sale of the warehouse and storage facility located at 5000 Packing House Road, Denver, Colorado. The department shall use such money to fund agricultural efforts approved by the commissioner, including, but not limited to, funding additional department employees necessary to implement and manage approved programs. Money may be used for direct assistance or grant assistance for conservation districts created pursuant to article
70
of this title 35. Money in the fund may be used for expenses related to the department's office consolidation as authorized by House Bill 13-1234, enacted in 2013, and as authorized by House Bill 16-1460, enacted in 2016. Money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation to the department. Any money not expended or encumbered from any appropriation at the end of any fiscal year shall remain available for expenditure in the next fiscal year without further appropriation. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the general fund or any other fund.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 110, § 14, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2016 Ch. 320, § 3, eff. 6/10/2016.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 170, § 3, eff. 5/10/2013.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 865, § 3, effective 1/22/2009. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (HB 13-1234), ch. 616, p. 616, § 3, effective May 10. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1460), ch. 1299, p. 1299, § 3, effective June 10. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (SB 19-088), ch. 468, p. 468, § 14, effective 7/1/2020.
For the legislative declaration in the 2013 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 170, Session Laws of Colorado 2013. For the legislative declaration in HB 16-1460, see section 1 of chapter 320, Session Laws of Colorado 2016.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-107.5 - [Repealed]

Added by 2021 Ch. 373, § 1, eff. 6/29/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1262), ch. 2467, p. 2467, § 1, effective June 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-107.7 - [Repealed]

Added by 2021 Ch. 373, § 1, eff. 6/29/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1262), ch. 2467, p. 2467, § 1, effective June 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-108 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Divisions created

There is created in the department an administrative services division, a division of plant industry, a division of animal health, a division of markets, and a division of inspection and consumer services. These divisions are
type 2
entities, as defined in section
24-1-105
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 146, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 49: p. 192, § 8. CSA: C. 5, § 13(10). CRS 53: § 6-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-8. L. 67: p. 528, § 1.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-108 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Divisions created

There is created in the department an administrative services division, a division of plant industry, a division of animal health, a division of animal welfare, a division of markets, and a division of inspection and consumer services. These divisions are
type 2
entities, as defined in section
24-1-105
.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 288,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469, § 146, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 49: p. 192, § 8. CSA: C. 5, § 13(10). CRS 53: § 6-1-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-8. L. 67: p. 528, § 1.
2024 Ch. 288, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-109 - Employees interchangeable

It is the duty of the commissioner of agriculture in the administration of his department to so organize the same that all employees of the department, so far as possible, shall be interchangeable in work assignment to the end that they may be shifted within the department so as to meet seasonal and emergency demands upon any division or section of the department and the number of such help kept to a minimum possible for efficient operation.
L. 49: p. 196, § 12. CSA: C. 5, § 13(14). CRS 53: § 6-1-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-9.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-110 - Legal adviser - legal actions

The attorney general shall be the legal adviser for the department of agriculture and shall defend it in all actions and proceedings brought against it. The district attorney of the judicial district in which a cause of action may arise shall bring any action, civil or criminal, requested by the commissioner to abate a condition which exists in violation of, or to restrain or enjoin any action which is in violation of, or to prosecute for the violation of or for the enforcement of, the agricultural laws or the standards, orders, rules, and regulations of the department established by or issued under the provisions of this article. If the district attorney fails to act, the commissioner may bring any such action and shall be represented by the attorney general or, with the approval of the commission, by special counsel.
L. 49: p. 196, § 14. CSA: C. 5, § 13(16). CRS 53: § 6-1-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-1-11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-111 - Records of receipts and expenditures - appropriations

(1)
The department shall maintain records, in the manner prescribed by the controller, on all receipts and expenditures made with respect to each service for which moneys are credited to the general fund under the provisions of articles
1
to
13
,
26
, and
27
of this title and article
24
of title
30
, C.R.S.
(2)
The general assembly shall appropriate moneys from the general fund for the administration of the services rendered by the department for which moneys are credited to the general fund under the provisions of articles
1
to
13
,
26
, and
27
of this title and article
24
of title
30
, C.R.S.
L. 65: pp. 196, 201, §§ 7, 18, 21. C.R.S. 1963: §§ 6-16-1, 7-17-1, 8-19-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-112 - [Repealed]

L. 79: Entire section added, p. 1611, § 7, effective June 7. L. 81: (4) amended, p. 1704, § 1, effective June 5. L. 85: (4) amended, p. 1139, § 1, effective May 31. L. 88: (1), (2), and (4) amended, p. 932, § 22, effective April 28. L. 90: Entire section repealed, p. 1597, § 13, effective April 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-113 - Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules

(1)
Every application by an individual for a license issued by the department or any authorized agent of the department shall require the applicant's name, address, and social security number.
(2)
The department or any authorized agent of the department shall deny, suspend, or revoke any license pursuant to the provisions of section
26-13-126
, C.R.S., and any rules promulgated in furtherance thereof, if the department or agent thereof receives a notice to deny, suspend, or revoke from the state child support enforcement agency because the licensee or applicant is out of compliance with a court or administrative order for current child support, child support debt, retroactive child support, child support arrearages, or child support when combined with maintenance or because the licensee or applicant has failed to comply with a properly issued subpoena or warrant relating to a paternity or child support proceeding. Any such denial, suspension, or revocation shall be in accordance with the procedures specified by rule of the department, rules promulgated by the state board of human services, and any memorandum of understanding entered into between the department or an authorized agent thereof and the state child support enforcement agency for the implementation of this section and section
26-13-126
, C.R.S.
(3)
(a)
The department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the state child support enforcement agency, which memorandum shall identify the relative responsibilities of the department and the state child support enforcement agency in the department of human services with respect to the implementation of this section and section
26-13-126
, C.R.S.
(b)
The appropriate rule-making body of the department is authorized to promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
(4)
For purposes of this section, "license" means any recognition, authority, or permission that the department or any authorized agent of the department is authorized by law to issue for an individual to practice a profession or occupation or for an individual to participate in any recreational activity. "License" may include, but is not necessarily limited to, any license, certificate, certification, letter of authorization, or registration issued for an individual to practice a profession or occupation or for an individual to participate in any recreational activity.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1309, § 45, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1997 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 236, Session Laws of Colorado 1997.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › ADMINISTRATION (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-3.5-103) › Article 1 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-1-121) › Section 35-1-115 - [Repealed]

Repealed by subsection (5), eff. 9/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 235, § 1, eff. 6/15/2021.