SENATE
       Amended 3rd Reading
                     May 7, 2012      SENATE
                Amended 2nd Reading
                        May 3, 2012Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                REENGROSSED
                       This Version Includes All Amendments
                       Adopted in the House of Introduction
 LLS NO. 12-0775.01 Jery Payne x2157     SENATE BILL 12-169
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Tochtrop, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Sonnenberg, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Energy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the administration of county powers to maintain
            the landscape.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Section 1 of the bill removes the statutory cap of $5,000 on the
       amount that a county may seek reimbursement for in connection with pest
       control efforts on private property. Section 2 authorizes a county pest
       inspector to exercise the powers already granted to counties to control
       weeds and rodents.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
                       
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 35-4-117 as
       follows:
            35-4-117.  County pest inspectors - weed and rodent control.
       Subject to the direction of the county commissioners, a county
       pest inspector may exercise the powers and duties granted to,
       and perform the duties of, counties in accordance with articles
       5.5 and 7 of this title.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-5.5-105, amend
       (2) as follows:
            35-5.5-105.  Noxious weed management - powers of county
       commissioners. (2) (a)  The board of county commissioners shall provide
       for the administration of the noxious weed management plan authorized
       by this article through the use of agents, delegates, or employees and may
       hire additional staff or provide for the performance of all or part of the
       management plan through outside contract. Any agent, delegate,
       employee, staff, or contractor applying or recommending the use of
       chemical management methods shall be certified by the department of
       agriculture for such application or recommendation. Costs associated with
       the administration of the noxious weed management plan shall be paid
       from the noxious weed management fund of each county.
            (b)  Subject to the direction of the board of county
       commissioners, an agent of the county appointed or employed
       under this subsection (2) may exercise the powers and duties
       granted to, and perform the duties of, a county pest inspector in
       accordance with articles 4 and 5 of this title.
            SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date -
       applicability. (1)  This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following
       the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the
       general assembly (August 8, 2012, if adjournment sine die is on May 9,
       2012); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1
       (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section,
       or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part
       will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election
       to be held in November 2012 and, in such case, will take effect on the
       date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
            (2)  The provisions of this act apply to weed or pest mitigation
       orders issued on or after the applicable effective date of this act.