Colorado Code
Article 1 - Wildlife - General Provisions
§ 33-1-102. Definitions

As used in this title 33, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.3) "Backcountry search and rescue" means the utilization, training, and support of responders, with their specialized equipment, coordinated by a sheriff to provide the services described in this subsection (1.3) during emergencies or disasters in forests, deserts, mountains, canyons, caves, waters, parks, plains, and, at times, in more populated areas. Responders include members of volunteer teams that work alongside fire, law enforcement, emergency medical personnel, the Colorado National Guard, and other government employees in disasters or emergencies. "Backcountry search and rescue" is a subset of search and rescue as defined in section 24-33.5-703 (8) and includes:

(1.5) "Bag limit" means the maximum amount, expressed in numbers, of wildlife that may be lawfully taken, caught, killed, or possessed by a person during one day or other specified period of time.

(2.5) Repealed.

(4.3) "Colorado wildlife officer" means an employee of the division of parks and wildlife, or any other person who is commissioned by the director to enforce the wildlife statutes and rules of the commission and all laws of the state of Colorado, who is recognized as a peace officer in section 16-2.5-116, C.R.S.
(4.5) "Commercial wildlife park" means a privately owned wildlife park, containing lawfully acquired captive wildlife, on which wildlife are exhibited for educational, commercial, or promotional purposes.

(6.4) "Computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming and discharge of a weapon, including, but not limited to, firearms or archery equipment, at wildlife while the person engaged in the action is not physically present with, or in the immediate vicinity of, the wildlife.
(6.5) "Computer-assisted remote hunting facilities" means real property and improvements on the property associated with computer-assisted remote hunting. "Computer-assisted remote hunting facilities" also includes, but is not limited to, hunting blinds, weapons, offices, and rooms, equipped to facilitate computer-assisted remote hunting.

(13.5) "Exotic aquatic species" means those species, subspecies, and hybrids of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic reptiles, and aquatic amphibians not originating naturally, either presently or historically, in Colorado and not currently found in the drainage in question, except those which have been classified as native wildlife by the commission.

(25.5) "Hunt" means to pursue, attract, stalk, lie in wait for, or attempt to shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect, or take wildlife. "Hunt" does not include stalking, attracting, searching, or lying in wait for wildlife by an unarmed person solely for the purpose of watching or taking photographs of wildlife.

(27.5) "Low-income senior" refers to an individual sixty-four years of age or older who shows proof of such fact to the division or license agent and who shows proof to the division or license agent in the form of a federal or state income tax return from the immediately preceding calendar year that the federal taxable income of any such individual is at or below one hundred percent of the official poverty line for an individual or a family, as appropriate to the applicant, defined by the federal office of management and budget based on federal bureau of the census data. If said tax return is not available, a return for the year immediately preceding such year shall suffice. The division shall, for purposes of this subsection (27.5), inform license agents of the most current official poverty line in effect. If a person's income is at a level where such person is not required to file an income tax return, such individual shall sign a statement under penalty of perjury in the second degree to such effect, which statement shall be prescribed by the division and kept as required by the division with the record of sale of any license pursuant to section 33-4-102 (1.4)(v). No such affidavit shall be required to be notarized.

(28.5) "Native wildlife" means those species and subspecies of wildlife which have originated naturally, either presently or historically, in Colorado; those which have been introduced into the wild in Colorado by the division; and those which have been classified as native wildlife by the commission.

(29.5) "Nonnative wildlife" or "exotic wildlife" means those species, subspecies, and hybrids of wildlife not originating naturally, either presently or historically, in Colorado, except those which have been introduced into the wild in Colorado by the division or classified as native wildlife by the commission.

(II.3) The residence address given for purposes of purchasing or obtaining licenses issued under this title shall be the same as the address given for Colorado state income tax purposes.
(II.6) A person shall not be considered to have gained resident status while retaining a domicile outside this state.

Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 849, § 1, effective January 1, 1985. L. 90: (26) and (51) amended and (28.5) and (29.5) added, p. 1527, § 1, effective July 1. L. 91: (13.5) added, p. 196, § 2, effective June 7. L. 93: (27.5) added, p. 430, § 1, effective April 19. L. 94: (4), (23), (25), (27), (38), (39), (43), and (45) amended and (4.5) and (25.5) added, p. 1574, § 1, effective May 31. L. 96: (40) amended, p. 1844, § 14, effective July 1. L. 98: (38)(d.5) amended, p. 1415, § 84, effective February 1, 1999. L. 2003: (1), (2), (28), and (38)(e) amended and (1.5) added, p. 1030, § 6, effective July 1; (4.3) added and (9) and (32) amended, p. 1629, § 64, effective August 6; (4.3) amended, p. 1955, § 52, effective August 6. L. 2004: (52) added, p. 1323, § 1, effective August 4. L. 2007: (38)(c) and (38)(e) amended, p. 585, § 1, effective April 19. L. 2008: (6.4) and (6.5) added, p. 282, § 1, effective August 5. L. 2011: (2.5) added and (5), (8), and (10) amended, (SB 11-208), ch. 293, p. 1383, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2012: (2.5) repealed and (4.3), (5), (6), and (10) amended, (HB 12-1317), ch. 248, p. 1207, § 15, effective June 4. L. 2018: IP and (27) amended, (SB 18-143), ch. 207, p. 1327, § 3, effective August 8. L. 2020: (43) amended, (HB 20-1087), ch. 49, p. 167, § 2, effective March 20. L. 2021: (1.3) added, (SB 21-245), ch. 358, p. 2334, § 2, effective June 27; (42) amended, (SB 21-249), ch. 273, p. 1590, § 7, effective September 7.

Cross references: (1) For the short title ("Hunting, Fishing, and Parks for Future Generations Act") and the legislative declaration in SB 18-143, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 207, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
(2) For the legislative declaration in SB 21-245, see section 1 of chapter 358, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.