Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1010-11-16.0 - PENALTIES16.1 Pertinent sections of Colorado Revised Statutes 1963 read as follows: "66.1-14 UNLAWFUL ACTS -- PENALTIES.
(1)(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, association, or corporation, and the officers thereof:(b) To willfully violate, disobey or disregard the provisions of the public health laws or the terms of any lawful notice, order, standard, rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto; or (g) To willfully fail to remove from private property under his control at his own expense, within forty-eight hours after being ordered so to do by the health authorities, any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness within the jurisdiction and control of the department, whether such person, association, or corporation shall be the owner, tenant or occupant of such private property; provided that when any such condition is due to an act of God, it shall be removed at public expense... (4) Any person, association, or corporation, or the officers thereof, who shall violate any provision of this section, upon conviction, shall be fined not to exceed one thousand dollars or be imprisoned, for not to exceed one year, or be both fined and imprisoned, and in addition to such fine and imprisonment shall be liable for any expense incurred by health authorities in removing any nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness. Conviction under the penalty provisions of this article or any other public health law shall not relieve any persons from any civil action in damages that may exist for any injury resulting from any violation of the public health laws."