2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 35 - AGRICULTURE (§§ 35-1-101 — 35-81-102) › LIVESTOCK (§§ 35-41-100.3 — 35-57.9-104) › Article 41.5 - ALTERNATIVE LIVESTOCK ACT (§§ 35-41.5-101 — 35-41.5-117) › Section 35-41.5-109 - Unlawful acts

(1)
Unless otherwise authorized by law, it is unlawful and a violation of this article for any person to:
(a)
Perform any of the acts for which licensure as an alternative livestock farm is required without possessing a valid license;
(b)
Hold oneself out as being so qualified to perform any of the acts for which licensure pursuant to this article is required without possessing a valid license;
(c)
Solicit, advertise, or offer to perform any of the acts for which licensure as an alternative livestock farm is required without possessing a valid license to perform such acts;
(d)
Refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of this article;
(e)
Refuse or fail to comply with any rules adopted by the board pursuant to this article or to any lawful order issued by the board;
(f)
Refuse to comply with a cease-and-desist order issued pursuant to section
35-41.5-112
;
(g)
Willfully make a material misstatement in the application for a license or in the application for renewal thereof or to the department during an official investigation;
(h)
Impersonate any federal, state, county, city and county, or municipal official or inspector;
(i)
Aid or abet another in any violation of this article or of any rule promulgated pursuant thereto;
(j)
Hunt alternative livestock without first obtaining a hunter education certificate pursuant to section
33-6-107(8)
, C.R.S.; or
(k)
Ship any alternative livestock other than those described in the certificate provided by the brand inspector inspecting such alternative livestock or to remove any alternative livestock and to substitute another without the knowledge of the brand inspector.
(2)
It is unlawful and a violation of this article for any alternative livestock farm to:
(a)
Import or possess for the purpose of selling, trading, giving, or otherwise transferring any alternative livestock without having said alternative livestock inspected in accordance with this article; except that this paragraph (a) shall not apply to alternative livestock sold, traded, given, or transferred by an operating zoological park as defined by the parks and wildlife commission or research institution using such animals for scientific research, if the park or institution otherwise complies with this article and all rules promulgated pursuant thereto;
(b)
Sell any alternative livestock in, by, to, or from any unlicensed alternative livestock farm;
(c)
Sell any alternative livestock in, by, to, or from any alternative livestock farm unless such alternative livestock has been inspected in accordance with this article;
(d)
Refuse to permit entry or inspection in accordance with section
35-41.5-110
;
(e)
Sell, offer for sale, barter, exchange, or otherwise transfer red deer or red deer hybrids within the state of Colorado;
(f)
Allow a license issued pursuant to this article to be used by an unlicensed person; or
(g)
Make any misrepresentation or false promise, through advertisements, employees, agents, or otherwise, in connection with the business operations licensed pursuant to this article or for which an application for a license is pending.
L. 94: Entire article added, p. 1702, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2012: (2)(a) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1238, § 100, effective June 4.