The commissioner is empowered to designate the methods to be used for the control or eradication of the various noxious weeds, insect pests, and plant diseases and to publish such methods and make and publish such reasonable rules and regulations as are proper and necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements with any landowner, lessee, district, city, or town, or with federal, state, or county agencies for cooperation and for cost sharing in the control and eradication of noxious weeds, insect pests, or plant diseases located upon land that they control or administer within the district in keeping with the provisions of this article. The commissioner, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to advance funds, which may be appropriated for this purpose subject to reimbursement, to carry into effect the provisions of this article.
Source: L. 59: p. 177, § 3. CRS 53: § 6-16-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-5-3. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 1311, § 2, effective May 10.
Cross references: For rule-making procedures, see article 4 of title 24; for intergovernmental relationships, see part 2 of article 1 of title 29.
Structure Colorado Code
Article 5 - Pest Control Districts
§ 35-5-102. Duty to Control Weeds
§ 35-5-103. Methods of Control - Rules and Regulations
§ 35-5-104. Pest Control District - Procedure to Establish
§ 35-5-105. Advisory Committee
§ 35-5-106. Pest Inspector, Deputies, and Employees
§ 35-5-107. Duties of Pest Inspector
§ 35-5-108. Control or Eradication Methods and Procedures - Notice - Assessments - Protests
§ 35-5-109. Owner or Lessee Refuses Action
§ 35-5-110. Public Nuisance - Abatement
§ 35-5-111. Reports of Acreage Infested - County Tax Levy - Fund - Allocation
§ 35-5-112. Pest Control District on Public Lands - Notice - Charges
§ 35-5-113. Deputy or Agent May Exercise Power
§ 35-5-114. Liberal Construction
§ 35-5-115. Dissolution of District
§ 35-5-116. Major Grasshopper and Range Caterpillar Infestations
§ 35-5-117. Emergency Measures
§ 35-5-120. Grasshopper and Range Caterpillar Control
§ 35-5-122. Costs of Control Operations