This article shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Beef Council Authority Act”. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1848, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: The former § 35-57-101 was relocated to § 35-57-102 in 1993.
It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that owners of cattle shall be authorized and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with handlers, processors, dealers, and purchasers of cattle in promoting and stimulating, by research, education, advertising, and other methods, the increased and efficient production, distribution, use, and sale […]
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: “Authority” means the Colorado beef council authority created by section 35-57-104 (1). “Board” or “beef board” or “beef council” means the board of the Colorado beef council authority created by section 35-57-104 (1). Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1849, § 1, […]
There is hereby created the Colorado beef council authority, which shall be a body corporate and a political subdivision of the state. The authority shall not be an agency of state government, nor shall it be subject to administrative direction by any state agency except: As provided in this article; For purposes of the “Colorado […]
The powers of the authority shall be vested in the board of directors of the Colorado beef council authority, which shall be composed of: Two persons who raise, breed, or grow cattle or calves for beef production; Two persons who are actively engaged in the business of feeding cattle and operating a feedlot; Two persons […]
Each member of the board shall have the following qualifications which shall continue during the member’s term of office: Each shall be a citizen of the United States. Each shall be a bona fide resident of the state of Colorado. Each shall demonstrate through membership in a producers’ organization, or an organization representing this type […]
The members of the Colorado beef board who are in office on July 1, 1993, shall comprise the original board of the beef council authority, and their initial terms on the beef council authority shall end at the same time as the terms to which they were appointed on the Colorado beef board prior to […]
The governor shall immediately declare the office of any member of the board vacant whenever the governor finds that: The member no longer is actively engaged in the type of beef or dairy production or business the member was engaged in at the time of the member’s appointment; the member has become a resident of […]
The governor may remove any member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office or when the segment of the industry which the member represents fails or elects not to pay its equitable share relating to the promotion of beef. Such member shall be entitled to a public hearing after serving […]
Members, officers, and employees of the board may receive their actual and necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall adopt uniform and reasonable regulations governing the incurring and paying of such expenses. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1852, § 1, effective July […]
The board shall establish a meeting place anywhere within this state, but the selection of the location shall be guided by consideration for the convenience of the majority of those most likely to have business with the board or to be affected by its acts. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1852, […]
The board shall elect a chairperson from among its members and a secretary-treasurer who may or may not be from among its members. It shall adopt a general statement of policy for guidance. The board shall meet regularly once each six months and at such other times as called by the chairperson. The chairperson may […]
The board may: Conduct or contract for scientific research to discover and develop the commercial value of beef and beef products; Disseminate reliable information founded upon the research undertaken under this article, showing the uses or probable uses of beef and its products; Study state and federal legislation with respect to tariffs, duties, reciprocal trade […]
The board may accept grants, donations, contributions, or gifts from any source for expenditures for any purpose consistent with the powers conferred on the board. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1853, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 35-57-111 as it existed prior to […]
From the contributions it receives, the board may pay or contribute to organizations such as, but not limited to, the national livestock and meat board to carry out work and programs approved by the board on a national basis. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1853, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s […]
The board is authorized to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this article. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1853, § 1, effective July 1. Editor’s note: This section is similar to former § 35-57-113 as it existed prior to 1993, and the former § 35-57-116 was […]
In order for the board to carry out the provisions and intent of this article, the state board of stock inspection commissioners, by and through the brand commissioner, shall collect a beef board fee on cattle and calves that are sold for which a brand inspection fee is also collected as provided in section 35-41-104 […]
The operators of all stockyards, slaughterhouses, packing plants, and livestock auction markets shall deduct from the proceeds of sale owed by them to the respective owners of animals the beef board fee as authorized by section 35-57-117. When an operator sends or gives any written statement to an owner or such owner’s agent relating to […]
Any person who paid a beef board fee at the time of the brand inspection as required by section 35-57-117 shall be entitled to an eighty-five percent refund of such fee. A claim for a refund shall be made to the board of directors of the Colorado beef council authority, hereinafter referred to as the […]
Any person authorized by the board to receive or disburse funds as provided in this article shall post with the board surety bond in an amount the board determines sufficient, the cost or premium to be paid by the board. Source: L. 93: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1855, § 1, effective July 1. […]
