Colorado Code
Article 26 - Colorado Nursery Act
§ 35-26-102. Definitions

As used in this article 26, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1.7) "Body politic" means any agency of this state or of the federal government, or any unit of local government, including any county, city, town, school district, local improvement or service district, or special district, or any other governmental unit having authority under the law to tax or impose assessments, including special assessments.

(2.5) "Broker" means:









(9.2) "Distribute" means, for any commercial purpose, to:


(9.3) "Effective control" means, when referring to any pest that is not quarantined pursuant to the "Pest Control Act", article 4 of this title 35, or that is not quarantined pursuant to any comparable federal quarantine law, eliminating or reducing a plant pest, disease, or weed to the point of an acceptable economic or environmental risk.
(9.5) "Grown within Colorado" means propagated from seed or cuttings or by budding or grafting in Colorado, or grown as a native stand of trees or shrubs or other stock growing on property owned or leased in Colorado by the nursery who intends to collect and sell such stock.


(11.5) "National nursery stock cleanliness standard" means a standard for nursery stock that requires that:


(11.6) "Noxious weed" means a species of plant that:



















(17.5) "Pest of concern" means a nonquaratine pest that is not known to occur in the state or that has a limited distribution within the state but that has the potential to negatively impact nursery stock health or pose an unacceptable economic or environmental risk were it to be introduced to or proliferate in the state.


(19.5) "Sell" means, for any commercial purpose and with respect to nursery stock, to offer, display, possess, exchange, barter, broker, distribute, or trade.




Source: L. 71: R&RE, p. 143, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-15-2. L. 83: (1), (11), (19), and (21) amended and (1.5), (1.7), and (22) added, p. 1361, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 91: (1), (1.5), (5), (7), (8), (10), (12), (15), and (20) amended, p. 151, § 5, effective July 1. L. 96: (9.5) added, p. 373, § 1, effective April 17. L. 2018: IP and (14) amended and (2.5), (9.2), (9.3), (11.5), (11.6), (17.5), and (19.5) added, (HB 18-1246), ch. 105, p. 790, § 2, effective August 8.