Colorado Code — 34
Browse 328 sections in division 34 of the Colorado code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 34-1-301. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-1-302. Definitions.
- § 34-1-303. Geological survey to make study.
- § 34-1-304. Master plan for extraction.
- § 34-1-305. Preservation of commercial mineral deposits for extraction.
- § 34-20-101. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-20-102. Definitions.
- § 34-20-103. Division of reclamation, mining, and safety - creation - powers and duties - transfer of functions and property.
- § 34-20-104. Minerals, energy, and geology policy advisory board - creation. (Repealed)
- § 34-21-101. Office of active and inactive mines - creation - duties.
- § 34-21-102. Commissioner of mines.
- § 34-21-103. Head of office of active and inactive mines - appointment - staff.
- § 34-21-104. Rules and regulations.
- § 34-21-105. Conflicts of interest.
- § 34-21-106. Officers not to reveal information - penalty.
- § 34-21-107. Salaries of commissioner and division employees.
- § 34-21-108. Report of director.
- § 34-21-109. Code of signals.
- § 34-21-110. Tourist mines.
- § 34-22-101. Scope of article.
- § 34-22-102. Board of examiners - created - duties - members.
- § 34-22-103. Salaries and expenses of board.
- § 34-22-104. Board of examiners - meetings - examinations.
- § 34-22-105. Certificate of competency.
- § 34-22-106. Reciprocity.
- § 34-22-107. Disciplinary action - procedures - grounds.
- § 34-22-108. Expiration of certificates.
- § 34-22-109. Examinations - content.
- § 34-22-110. Examinations - notice - grading - filing.
- § 34-22-111. Certification fee.
- § 34-22-112. Examinations - applicant qualifications.
- § 34-22-113. Repeal of article - subject to review.
- § 34-23-101. Training and retraining.
- § 34-23-102. Technical assistance.
- § 34-23-103. Mine rescue teams.
- § 34-23-104. Grant authorization.
- § 34-23-105. Conflict with "Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act" and "Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act".
- § 34-24-101. Annual report.
- § 34-24-102. Coal or other mine maps.
- § 34-24-103. Explosives and diesel permits - fees - active and inactive mines operation - fund.
- § 34-24-104. Employees - age.
- § 34-24-105. Opening or abandonment of mine - maps.
- § 34-24-106. Old workings.
- § 34-24-107. Danger signals - operator's duty.
- § 34-24-108. Scales - weights certified.
- § 34-24-109. Barrier pillar at property line.
- § 34-24-110. Abandoned mine to be covered - penalty.
- § 34-24-111. Penalty for removing covering or fencing.
- § 34-24-112. When visitors allowed underground.
- § 34-25-101. Jurisdiction of the courts.
- § 34-31-101. Tunnels - rights-of-way - condemnation.
- § 34-31-102. Accounting.
- § 34-31-103. Surveys.
- § 34-32-101. Short title.
- § 34-32-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-32-103. Definitions.
- § 34-32-104. Administration.
- § 34-32-105. Office of mined land reclamation - mined land reclamation board - created.
- § 34-32-106. Duties of board.
- § 34-32-107. Powers of board.
- § 34-32-108. Rules and regulations.
- § 34-32-109. Necessity of reclamation permit - application to existing permits.
- § 34-32-110. Limited impact operations - expedited process - reclamation-only permits - rules.
- § 34-32-111. Special permits - ten-day processing. (Repealed)
- § 34-32-112. Application for reclamation permit - changes in permits - fees - notice.
- § 34-32-112.5. Designated mining operation - rules.
- § 34-32-113. Prospecting notice - reclamation requirements - rules.
- § 34-32-114. Protests and petitions for hearing.
- § 34-32-115. Action by board - appeals.
- § 34-32-116. Duties of operators - reclamation plans.
- § 34-32-116.5. Environmental protection plan - designated mining operation - rules.
- § 34-32-117. Warranties of performance - warranties of financial responsibility - release of warranties - applicability.
- § 34-32-118. Forfeiture of financial warranties.
- § 34-32-119. Operators - succession.
- § 34-32-120. Permit refused defaulting operator.
- § 34-32-121. Entry upon lands for inspection.
- § 34-32-121.5. Reporting certain conditions.
- § 34-32-122. Fees, civil penalties, and forfeitures - deposit - emergency response cash fund - created - definition.
- § 34-32-123. Operating without a permit - penalty.
- § 34-32-124. Failure to comply with conditions of order, permit, or regulation.
- § 34-32-124.5. Emergencies endangering public health or welfare or environment.
- § 34-32-125. Conflict with "Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act".
- § 34-32-126. Fees - mined land reclamation cash fund. (Repealed)
- § 34-32-127. Mined land reclamation fund - created - fees - fee adjustments - rules.
- § 34-32.5-101. Short title.
- § 34-32.5-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-32.5-103. Definitions.
- § 34-32.5-104. Administration.
- § 34-32.5-105. Office of mined land reclamation - mined land reclamation board.
- § 34-32.5-106. Duties of board.
- § 34-32.5-107. Powers of board.
- § 34-32.5-108. Rules.
- § 34-32.5-109. Reclamation permit required - existing permits.
- § 34-32.5-110. Existing limited impact operations - expedited process.
- § 34-32.5-111. Special permits - fifteen-calendar-day processing.
- § 34-32.5-112. Application for reclamation permit - changes in permits - fees - notice.
- § 34-32.5-113. Exploration notice - reclamation requirements.
- § 34-32.5-114. Protests - petition for hearing.
- § 34-32.5-115. Action by board - appeals.
- § 34-32.5-116. Duties of operators - reclamation plans.
- § 34-32.5-117. Warranties of performance - warranties of financial responsibility - release of warranties - definitions.
- § 34-32.5-118. Forfeiture of financial warranties.
- § 34-32.5-119. Operators - succession.
- § 34-32.5-120. Permit refused - operator in default.
- § 34-32.5-121. Entry upon lands for inspection - reporting certain conditions.
- § 34-32.5-122. Fees, civil penalties, and forfeitures - deposit.
- § 34-32.5-123. Operating without a permit - penalty.
- § 34-32.5-124. Failure to comply with conditions of order, permit, or regulation.
- § 34-32.5-125. Mined land reclamation fund - fees.
- § 34-33-101. Short title.
- § 34-33-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-33-103. Definitions.
- § 34-33-104. Administration.
- § 34-33-105. Jurisdiction of office and board.
- § 34-33-106. Additional duties of division.
- § 34-33-107. Powers of department.
- § 34-33-108. Rules and regulations - no more stringent.
- § 34-33-109. Permits.
- § 34-33-110. Application for permit.
- § 34-33-111. Reclamation plan requirements.
- § 34-33-112. Small operator assistance.
- § 34-33-113. Performance bonds.
- § 34-33-114. Permit approval or denial.
- § 34-33-115. Revision of permit.
- § 34-33-116. Technical revision of permit - regulations.
- § 34-33-117. Coal exploration permit - regulations.
- § 34-33-118. Public notice and public hearings on complete applications.
- § 34-33-119. Permit application decisions of the office - appeals.
- § 34-33-120. Environmental protection performance standards - regulations.
- § 34-33-121. Surface effects of underground coal mining.
- § 34-33-122. Inspections and monitoring.
- § 34-33-123. Enforcement - civil and criminal penalties.
- § 34-33-124. Review by board.
- § 34-33-125. Release of performance bonds or deposits.
- § 34-33-126. Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining.
- § 34-33-127. Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations.
- § 34-33-128. Judicial review.
- § 34-33-129. Surface coal mining operations not subject to this article.
- § 34-33-130. Data inventory.
- § 34-33-131. Informal opinion as to alluvial valley floors.
- § 34-33-132. Special coordination and review process - site-specific agreements.
- § 34-33-133. Abandoned mine reclamation plan.
- § 34-33-133.5. Colorado mine subsidence protection program - rules.
- § 34-33-134. Experimental practices.
- § 34-33-135. Civil actions.
- § 34-33-136. Water rights.
- § 34-33-137. Reservation clause.
- § 34-42-101. Mining district records - filed.
- § 34-42-102. Proof of customs and regulations admitted.
- § 34-42-103. Jury may view mining premises.
- § 34-42-104. Expenses.
- § 34-43-101. Length of lode claim.
- § 34-43-102. Width of lode claim.
- § 34-43-103. Lode claim certificate - contents.
- § 34-43-104. Location certificate void - when.
- § 34-43-105. Certificate shall contain but one location.
- § 34-43-106. Manner of locating claims.
- § 34-43-107. Marking boundaries.
- § 34-43-108. To hold lode - crosscut - tunnel - adit.
- § 34-43-109. Sixty days to sink discovery shaft.
- § 34-43-110. What location includes - extralateral rights.
- § 34-43-111. Top not to be followed beyond lines.
- § 34-43-112. Placer claim certificate - recording - manner of locating.
- § 34-43-113. Tunnel claim - recording.
- § 34-43-114. Affidavit of annual labor, improvements, or payment of federal claim rental fee - effect of filing.
- § 34-43-115. Relocation by owner - conditions.
- § 34-43-116. Relocation of abandoned claims.
- § 34-44-101. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-44-102. Definitions.
- § 34-44-103. Mine owners - tenants in common - rights.
- § 34-44-104. Accounting - items considered.
- § 34-44-105. Contribution from tenants - liens.
- § 34-44-106. Statement - disposition of profits.
- § 34-44-107. Actions of accounting - setoffs.
- § 34-44-108. Notice to tenants - contents - effect.
- § 34-44-109. Setoff rules applicable - when.
- § 34-44-110. Leases - rights and duties of lessee.
- § 34-45-101. Damages for taking ore.
- § 34-45-102. Conspiracy - threats - evidence - penalty. (Repealed)
- § 34-45-103. Killing in entry by force.
- § 34-45-104. Removal of trees a misdemeanor. (Repealed)
- § 34-45-105. Removal of cabins. (Repealed)
- § 34-45-106. Who is deemed owner. (Repealed)
- § 34-45-107. Penalty for wrongful removal. (Repealed)
- § 34-46-101. Definitions.
- § 34-46-102. Written evidence of ownership required.
- § 34-46-103. Prohibiting destruction, appropriation, or deprivation of use.
- § 34-46-104. When transportation prohibited except by railroad.
- § 34-46-105. Penalty.
- § 34-46-106. Possession prima facie unlawful - when.
- § 34-48-101. Right-of-way for water.
- § 34-48-102. Mine under buildings.
- § 34-48-103. Flooding - tailings - liability.
- § 34-48-104. Right-of-way for hauling quartz.
- § 34-48-105. Rights-of-way - condemnation.
- § 34-48-106. Security for mining under surface.
- § 34-48-107. Tunnels - drifts - right-of-way - condemnation.
- § 34-48-108. Accounting.
- § 34-48-109. Surveys.
- § 34-48-110. Rights-of-way for conveyance and storage of water.
- § 34-48-111. Right of eminent domain.
- § 34-49-101. Survey - notice - affidavit.
- § 34-49-102. Platting fractional claims.
- § 34-49-103. Plat - monuments.
- § 34-49-104. Plat certified and recorded.
- § 34-49-105. Not dedication of ways - fees.
- § 34-49-106. County to provide books.
- § 34-49-107. Designation by name and number.
- § 34-50-101. Common influx of water.
- § 34-50-102. Costs prorated.
- § 34-50-103. Incorporating to drain mines.
- § 34-50-104. Liability for noncooperation.
- § 34-50-105. Action to recover - inspection.
- § 34-50-106. Right to use of water hoisted.
- § 34-50-107. Liability for flow of water hoisted.
- § 34-50-108. Applicable to opened mines only.
- § 34-50-109. Evidence to be considered by court.
- § 34-51-101. Petition for drainage district - definition.
- § 34-51-102. Contents of petition.
- § 34-51-103. Publication of notice - contents.
- § 34-51-104. Mail copy of notice.
- § 34-51-105. Proceedings after petition is filed.
- § 34-51-106. Change of boundaries.
- § 34-51-107. Decree and plat.
- § 34-51-108. Bond for costs.
- § 34-51-109. Corporation name.
- § 34-51-110. Contracts - corporate power.
- § 34-51-111. Election of supervisors.
- § 34-51-112. Organization - records - office.
- § 34-51-113. Selection of system.
- § 34-51-114. Notice of selection of system.
- § 34-51-115. Letting contracts.
- § 34-51-116. Inspection.
- § 34-51-117. Board may levy tax.
- § 34-51-118. Collection of taxes.
- § 34-51-119. Bonds - sales - interest and lien.
- § 34-51-120. Warrants.
- § 34-51-121. Salaries and per diem.
- § 34-51-122. Collection of tolls.
- § 34-51-123. Eminent domain.
- § 34-51-124. Prior drainage statutes.
- § 34-53-101. Purchasing ore unlawfully - penalty.
- § 34-53-102. False weights - scales - penalty.
- § 34-53-103. Altering value - certificate - penalty.
- § 34-53-104. Failure to account - penalty.
- § 34-53-105. Person in possession of ore deemed owner.
- § 34-53-106. Purchasing ore in good faith.
- § 34-53-107. Notice of adverse claim - action.
- § 34-53-108. Injunction - effect of denial.
- § 34-53-109. Dissolution of injunction.
- § 34-53-110. Effect of failure to institute action.
- § 34-53-111. When purchaser held responsible.
- § 34-53-112. Applicability - bad faith.
- § 34-54-101. Definitions.
- § 34-54-102. Sale of ores and minerals.
- § 34-54-103. Signed memorandum.
- § 34-54-104. Preservation of memorandum.
- § 34-54-105. Fictitious statement.
- § 34-54-106. Penalty.
- § 34-54-107. Application of article. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-101. Short title.
- § 34-60-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 34-60-103. Definitions - rules.
- § 34-60-104. Oil and gas conservation commission - report - publication - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-104.3. Energy and carbon management commission - report - publication.
- § 34-60-104.5. Director of commission - duties.
- § 34-60-105. Powers of commission.
- § 34-60-106. Additional powers of commission - fees - rules - definitions.
- § 34-60-107. Waste of oil or gas prohibited.
- § 34-60-108. Rules - hearings - process.
- § 34-60-109. Commission may bring suit.
- § 34-60-110. Witnesses - suits for violations.
- § 34-60-111. Judicial review.
- § 34-60-112. Plaintiff post bond.
- § 34-60-113. Trial to be advanced.
- § 34-60-114. Action for damages.
- § 34-60-115. Limitation on actions.
- § 34-60-116. Drilling units - pooling interests - definition.
- § 34-60-117. Prevention of waste - protection of correlative rights.
- § 34-60-118. Agreements for development and unit operations.
- § 34-60-118.5. Payment of proceeds - definitions.
- § 34-60-119. Production - limitation.
- § 34-60-120. Application of article.
- § 34-60-121. Violations - investigations - penalties - rules - definition - legislative declaration.
- § 34-60-122. Expenses - energy and carbon management cash fund created.
- § 34-60-123. Interstate compact to conserve oil and gas.
- § 34-60-124. Energy and carbon management cash fund - definitions.
- § 34-60-125. Mitigation of adverse environmental impacts. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-126. Credit allowed for prior payment for mitigation of environmental impacts. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-127. Reasonable accommodation.
- § 34-60-128. Habitat stewardship - rules.
- § 34-60-129. Coalbed methane seepage - fund created - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-130. Reporting of spills - rules.
- § 34-60-131. No land use preemption.
- § 34-60-132. Disclosure of chemicals used in downhole oil and gas operations - chemical disclosure lists - community notification - reports - definitions - rules.
- § 34-60-133. Orphaned wells mitigation enterprise - creation - powers and duties - enterprise board created - mitigation fees - cash fund created - rules - definitions - legislative declaration.
- § 34-60-134. Reporting of water used in oil and gas operations - cumulative reporting - definitions - rules.
- § 34-60-135. Colorado produced water consortium - created - membership - recommendations - definitions - review of functions - repeal.
- § 34-60-136. Biochar in oil and gas well plugging working advisory group - created - members - study by Colorado state university - recommendations for the development of a pilot program - report - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 34-60-137. Hydrogen study - report - repeal. (Repealed)