2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Agriculture
Pest and Weed Control
Article 5 - Pest Control Districts
§ 35-5-122. Costs of control operations
(1) The costs of grasshopper or range caterpillar control operations shall be borne as follows:
(a) Landowners and lessees in grasshopper or range caterpillar control districts shall assume one-third of the cost in those instances where the commissioner enters into an arrangement with APHIS whereby APHIS agrees to pay one-third of such costs.
(b) Landowners and lessees in grasshopper or range caterpillar control districts shall assume two-thirds of the costs in those instances where the commissioner is unable to enter into a cost-sharing arrangement with APHIS.
(c) One-third of the costs shall be paid from the governor's agricultural emergency and disaster fund.
(d) The money deposited by the landowners and lessees to control grasshoppers or range caterpillars shall be available to the commissioner to administer the control of such infestations.
