Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 35-4-121 - Emergency control and eradication of invasive pests(1) If the commissioner determines that a public nuisance creates an unacceptable risk of spreading a pest, the commissioner may coordinate with industry to, support local governments to, and make grants to take emergency action to quarantine, control, or eradicate an invasive pest.(2) A board of county commissioners may declare a pest to be a public nuisance and require its control or eradication.Added by 2021 Ch. 160,§5, eff. 9/7/2021.L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1045), ch. 914, p. 914, § 5, effective September 7. 2021 Ch. 160, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).