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§ 35-4-102. Definitions

CO Rev Stat § 35-4-102 (2018) (N/A)
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(1) "Board of county commissioners" means the public officials duly elected to that public office or their designated agents.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or his designated agents.

(3) "County pest inspector" means any qualified employee of a board of county commissioners employed under this article.

(3.5) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

(4) "Insect pests" means any of the small invertebrate animals in the phylum arthropoda which are injurious to plants and animals.

(5) "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

(6) "Pests" means insect pests and animal pests, except rodents, jackrabbits, and predatory animals, and includes plant diseases and weeds. For purposes of section 35-4-107, the definition of pests shall not include weeds.

(7) "Plant diseases" means the pathological condition in plants caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, mycoplasmas, or parasitic seed plants.

(8) Repealed.

(9) "Weeds" means any noxious, destructive, or troublesome plant when found to be of sufficient economic importance to threaten the public welfare.

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