Section 35-43-212 - Violations - penalties(1) Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, any person violating this part 2 commits a petty offense and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-503.(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part 2, any person that violates this part 2 within three years after a previous violation of this part 2 by that same person commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.(3) A person who unlawfully butchers an animal belonging to another person commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 642, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 2009: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 09 -151), ch. 345, p. 345, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3282, p. 3282, § 642, effective 3/1/2022.(1) This section is similar to former § 12-11-109 as it existed prior to 2009.
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).