- [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective until March 1, 2022.] Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 25-5-503 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; but, for offenses committed with intent to defraud or mislead, or for second and subsequent offenses, the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not more than three thousand dollars, or both such imprisonment and fine. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(1) [ Editor’s note: This version of subsection (1) is effective March 1, 2022. ] Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 25-5-503 commits a class 2 misdemeanor. Each violation shall be considered a separate offense.
- No person shall be subject to the penalties of this section for having violated section 25-5-503 (1)(c) if the receipt, delivery, or proffered delivery of the hazardous substance was made in good faith, unless he refuses to furnish on request of an officer or employee duly designated by the executive director, the name and address of the person from whom he purchased or received such hazardous substance and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the hazardous substance to him; or for having violated section 25-5-503 (1)(a) if he establishes a guarantee or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance to the effect that the hazardous substance is not a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of those terms in this part 5.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 702, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-21-4. L. 2021: (1) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3236, § 460, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor’s note: Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.