2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Agricultural
Pest and Weed Control
Article 5 - Pest Control Districts
§ 35-5-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "APHIS" means the United States department of agriculture animal and plant health inspection, plant protection, and quarantine programs.

(1.5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.

(2) "County" includes a city and county.

(3) "District" means an area as provided for in section 35-5-104.

(4) "District advisory committee" means the committee appointed as provided in section 35-5-105.

(5) "Insect pest", as determined by the commissioner, means any of the small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class insecta, and which, upon investigation by the commissioner, are found to be in epidemic proportions.

(6) "Inspector" means a county pest inspector.

(7) "Landowner" means a person who owns five or more acres of land within the boundaries of the proposed district.

(7.1) "Lessee" means a person leasing five or more acres of state-owned land controlled by the state board of land commissioners within the boundaries of the proposed district.

(8) "Noxious weeds", as determined by the commissioner, means those weeds which are especially troublesome and detrimental and which may cause damage or loss to a considerable portion of the land or livestock of a community.

(9) "Person" includes person, firm, corporation, or association.

(10) "Pest", as determined by the commissioner, means a noxious, destructive, or troublesome plant, insect, or plant disease, when found to be in epidemic proportions and of sufficient economic importance to threaten the public welfare.

(11) "Plant diseases", as determined by the commissioner, means injurious action caused by the continuous or intermittent damage of all plants by any causal agent and expressed through symptoms.

(12) "Resident landowner" means a person who owns five or more acres of land within the boundaries of the proposed district and has his legal residence within the county where the proposed district is located or within an adjacent county.

(12.1) "Resident lessee" means a person leasing five or more acres of state-owned land controlled by the state board of land commissioners within the boundaries of the proposed district and having his legal residence within the county where the proposed district is located or within an adjacent county.