Colorado Code
Article 5.5 - Colorado Noxious Weed Act
§ 35-5.5-103. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(4.5) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

(10.5) "Local advisory board" means those individuals appointed by the local governing body to advise on matters of noxious weed management.

(11.4) "Local noxious weed" means any plant of local importance that has been declared a noxious weed by the local governing body.
(11.6) "Management" means any activity that prevents a plant from establishing, reproducing, or dispersing itself.
(11.7) "Management objective" means the specific, desired result of integrated management efforts and includes:

(16.2) "Noxious weed management" means the planning and implementation of an integrated program to manage noxious weed species.

(18.5) "State noxious weed" means any noxious weed identified by the commissioner by rule after notifying and consulting with the state noxious weed advisory committee created in section 35-5.5-108.7.
(18.6) "State weed coordinator" means the state weed coordinator under contract with or appointed by the commissioner pursuant to section 35-5.5-117.

Source: L. 90: Entire article added, p. 1550, § 1, effective July 1. L. 96: Entire section amended, p. 764, § 5, effective May 23. L. 2003: (4), IP(9), (10), and (18.5) amended and (11.7) added, p. 2416, § 2, effective August 6.