2022 Colorado Code
Title 35 - Agriculture
Article 11 - Colorado Chemigation Act
§ 35-11-115. Penalties

Universal Citation: CO Code § 35-11-115 (2022)
  1. On and after January 1, 1990, any person utilizing chemigation without a permit commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401 (1)(a)(IV), C.R.S., and by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars.
  2. Any person who violates any provision of subsection (1) of this section shall also be subject to a civil penalty assessed by the court of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars for each such violation. All civil penalties collected under this subsection (2) 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.

Source: L. 87: Entire article RC&RE, p. 1283, § 1, effective July 1. L. 88: (1) amended, p. 1221, § 4, effective July 1. L. 89: (1) amended, p. 848, § 126, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 1547, § 307, effective October 1. L. 2009: (2) amended, (HB 09-1249), ch. 87, p. 317, § 9, effective July 1.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 2002 act amending subsection (1), see section 1 of chapter 318, Session Laws of Colorado 2002.

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