Second Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 16-0697.01 Yelana Love x2295    HOUSE BILL 16-1124
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Navarro, 
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Agriculture, Livestock, & Natural Resources
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the elimination of brand inspections for
            registered equine livestock.
       
       
                           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.)
       
            Current law requires brand inspections on all livestock whenever
       sold or moved interstate or intrastate. The bill exempts registered equine
       livestock from the inspection requirements.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-41-104, amend
       (1.5) as follows:
            35-41-104.  Board's authority to impose fees and charges -
       rules - definition. (1.5)  Equine livestock. (a)  The board is hereby
       authorized to levy and collect, through authorized brand inspectors, a
       per-head inspection fee in an amount determined by the board by rule on
       all unregistered equine livestock inspected. The inspection fee
       established pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall apply when any
       unregistered equine livestock are being consigned to a
       Colorado-licensed public livestock market.
            (b)  In addition, the board is authorized to levy and collect, through
       authorized brand inspectors, a minimum fee in an amount determined by
       the board by rule from each person, company, or corporation requesting
       the brand inspection or from whom a brand inspection is required by law.
       The minimum fee shall be due and payable to the inspector when the
       inspector arrives at the designated inspection point, whether or not an
       inspection of the livestock actually takes place.
            (c)  Brand inspectors shall not inspect registered equine
       livestock.
            (d)  For purposes of this subsection (1.5), "registered
       equine" means a horse that is registered with a:
            (I)  Breed association; or
            (II)  Performance organization that has a competition
       license for each horse.
            SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. 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
       10, 2016, if adjournment sine die is on May 11, 2016); 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 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.