2021 Colorado Code
Title 35 - Agriculture
Article 60 - Commercial Feeding Stuffs
§ 35-60-104. Registration Fees

1. A person registering with the department pursuant to section 35-60-103 (1) shall submit a form provided by the department that includes the following information:
   1. The name and business address of the registrant;
   2. The address of each business location in this state where the registrant engages in activities for which registration is required under section 35-60-103;
   3. The registration fee required under subsection (2) of this section;
   4. A statement that the distribution fees and feed tonnage report required under section 35-60-105 have been paid and are current;
   5. Other information required by the department.

2. 1. 1. A person required to be registered pursuant to section 35-60-103 (1) shall pay an annual registration fee as established by the state agricultural commission. For each fiscal year, commencing on July 1, fifty percent of the direct and indirect costs of administering and enforcing this article 60 must be funded from the general fund. The state agricultural commission shall establish a fee schedule to cover any direct and indirect costs not funded from the general fund. (a) (I)A person required to be registered pursuant to section 35-60-103 (1) shall pay an annual registration fee as established by the state agricultural commission. For each fiscal year, commencing on July 1, fifty percent of the direct and indirect costs of administering and enforcing this article 60 must be funded from the general fund. The state agricultural commission shall establish a fee schedule to cover any direct and indirect costs not funded from the general fund.
      2. Repealed.

   2. Any person who fails to register within fifteen business days after notification of the requirement to register, or any registrant who fails to comply with the registration renewal requirements, shall pay a late fee, as established by the agricultural commission, in addition to the registration fee.
   3. Registration fees collected under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) are nonrefundable and shall not be prorated for any part of a year.
   4. All fees collected by the department under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection (2) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the inspection and consumer services cash fund created in section 35-1-106.5.
   5. Registration pursuant to section 35-60-103 (1) is not transferrable between persons or business locations.

3. The commissioner may at any time request, and the registrant shall provide, copies of labels and labeling to determine compliance with the provisions of this article.
4. The commissioner, after an administrative hearing pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., may deny registration, place a registrant on probation, or restrict, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the registration of a person who has violated any provision of this article or any rule of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to this article or falsified any information requested by the commissioner. The commissioner may place conditions that limit production or distribution of a particular feed on the registration of any person found to have violated any provision of this article. Such restriction, revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a registration, or the placement of conditions on a registration, may be in addition to or in lieu of penalties or fines imposed by section 35-60-113.

History. Source: L. 99: Entire article R&RE, p. 568, § 1, effective January 1, 2000. L. 2003: (2)(a), (2)(b), and (2)(d) amended, p. 1734, § 18, effective May 14. L. 2005: (2)(a), (2)(b), and (2)(d) amended, p. 1274, § 17, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(d), (2)(b), and (4) amended, p. 992, § 4, effective May 22; (2)(a), (2)(b), and (2)(d) amended, p. 1910, § 16, effective July 1. L. 2010: (2)(a) amended,(HB 10-1377), ch. 212, p. 923, § 5, effective May 6. L. 2020: (2)(a)(I) amended,(SB 20-136), ch. 70, p. 297, § 47, effective September 14.

1. This section is similar to former § 35-60-103 as it existed prior to 1999.
2. Amendments to subsection (2)(b) by Senate Bill 07-207 and House Bill 07-1198 were harmonized.
3. Subsection (2)(a)(II)(B) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(a)(II), effective July 1, 2012. (SeeL. 2010, p. 923.)

For the legislative declaration in SB 20-136, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.