Colo. Rev. Stat. § 35-5-101 – Definitions.

As used in this article 5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) APHIS means the United States department of agriculture animal and plant health inspection, plant protection, and quarantine programs.
(1.5) Commissioner means the commissioner of agriculture.
(2) County includes a city and county.
(3) District means an area as provided for in section 35-5-104.
(4) District advisory committee means the committee appointed as provided in section 35-5-105.
(5) Insect pest, as determined by the commissioner, means any of the small invertebrate animals generally having the body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class insecta, and which, upon investigation by the commissioner, are found to be in epidemic proportions.
(6) Inspector means a county pest inspector.
(7) Landowner means a person who owns five or more acres of land within the boundaries of the proposed district.
(7.1) Lessee means a person leasing five or more acres of state-owned land controlled by the state board of land commissioners within the boundaries of the proposed district.
(8) Noxious weeds, as determined by the commissioner, means those weeds which are especially troublesome and detrimental and which may cause damage or loss to a considerable portion of the land or livestock of a community.
(9) Person includes person, firm, corporation, or association.
(10) Pest, as determined by the commissioner, means a noxious, destructive, or troublesome plant, insect, or plant disease, when found to be in epidemic proportions and of sufficient economic importance to threaten the public welfare.
(11) Plant diseases, as determined by the commissioner, means injurious action caused by the continuous or intermittent damage of all plants by any causal agent and expressed through symptoms.
(12) Resident landowner means a person who owns five or more acres of land within the boundaries of the proposed district and whose legal residence is within the county where the proposed district is located or within an adjacent county.
(13) Resident lessee means a person leasing five or more acres of state-owned land controlled by the state board of land commissioners within the boundaries of the proposed district and whose legal residence is within the county where the proposed district is located or within an adjacent county.

Source: L. 59: p. 176, § 1. CRS 53: § 6-16-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 6-5-1. L. 77: (1) and (1.5) R&RE and (7.1) and (12.1) added, p. 1577, §§ 1, 2, effective June 4. L. 2025: IP, (12), and (12.1) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 94, § 14, effective August 6.

Editor's note: Subsection (13) was numbered as subsection (12.1) in SB 77-293 but was renumbered on revision in 2025 for ease of location.