As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Garbage” means all refuse, animal or vegetable, and includes all waste material, by-products of a kitchen, restaurant, hospital, hotel, or slaughterhouse, and every refuse accumulation of animal, fruit, or vegetable matter, liquid or otherwise, but excludes such vegetable products as leaves and tops of vegetable […]
[ Editor’s note: This version of this section is effective until March 1, 2022. ] Any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Any person who violates any provision of this article or of any rule adopted pursuant to this article is subject to a civil penalty as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or the commissioner. The penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars per violation; except that such penalty may be doubled if it is […]
The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this article. Whenever the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe a violation of any provision of this article or any rule made pursuant to this article has occurred and immediate enforcement is deemed necessary, the commissioner may issue an order requiring any person to cease and desist from […]
It is unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, including eleemosynary institutions, to feed garbage to animals unless such garbage has been heated throughout to boiling or equivalent temperature for thirty minutes or heated according to a method specifically promulgated by the state agricultural commission; but this requirement shall not apply to an individual […]
Prior to the feeding of garbage to any swine located in the state of Colorado, the owner or feeder, as the case may be, shall first obtain a permit from the state agricultural commission. The applicant for a garbage feeding permit shall certify in the application that he has facilities for cooking garbage in one […]
Upon receipt of evidence that any person having a permit under this article has violated or failed to comply with any of the provisions of this article or any of the rules or regulations promulgated under this article, the state agricultural commission may order a hearing for the purpose of reviewing the evidence and determining […]
Premises shall be free of collections of unused garbage and waste materials. Rat and fly control measures shall be practiced as a further means of prevention of the spread of diseases. Source: L. 65: p. 230, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-6-16.
Any authorized representative of the department of agriculture shall have the power to enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of inspection and investigation of the conditions relating to the treating of garbage to be fed to swine as required by this article. Source: L. 65: p. 230, § […]
The department of agriculture is charged with administration and enforcement of this article in conjunction with such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the state agricultural commission to carry out its provisions. Source: L. 65: p. 230, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 8-6-18.
