Colorado § 35-10-125 - Advisory committee.

§ 35-10-125. Advisory committee.

(1) The state agricultural commission created in section 35-1-105 shall appoint an advisory committee of fifteen members to advise the commissioner on agricultural, human health, environmental, wildlife, worker safety, and other matters regarding the use of pesticides in Colorado and to assist the commissioner in promulgating rules to carry out this article.

(2) The advisory committee is a state public body, as defined in section 24-6-402 (1)(d), and consists of the following members:

(a) A formulator, or a formulator's Colorado representative, actively engaged in the sale of pesticides in Colorado;

(b) A commercial applicator, licensed under this article, who is actively engaged in the commercial application of pesticides for the control of agricultural crop pests;

(c) A commercial applicator, licensed under this article, who is actively engaged in the commercial application of pesticides for the control of turf or ornamental pests;

(d) A commercial applicator, licensed under this article, who is actively engaged in the application of pesticides for the control of structural pests;

(e) A qualified supervisor, employed by a limited commercial applicator registered under this article, who is actively engaged in the application of pesticides;

(f) Two representatives from public applicators registered under this article, each of whom shall be an elected official or a designee thereof;

(g) A representative from Colorado state university agricultural experiment station or extension service;

(h) Two representatives from the Colorado department of public health and environment, both of whom have expertise in either:

(I) Human health with respect to toxicology, pest-related disease vectors, and epidemiology;

(II) Hazardous materials and food safety;

(III) Air pollution and hazardous pesticide air pollutants; or

(IV) Water pollution and agricultural activities;

(i) Two representatives from the general public, one of whom is actively engaged in urban agricultural production;

(j) A member of a state or national apiary or beekeeper association who is currently active in apiary management and who is either an elected official of or a designee of the association;

(k) A representative from the agricultural sector who is a worker, as that term is defined in 40 CFR 170.3; and

(l) A representative from the agricultural sector who is actively engaged in organic agricultural production.

(3) All members of the advisory committee, with the exception of the formulator, shall be residents of this state.

(4) Each member of the committee serves a term of three years and may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms on the committee; except that a committee member appointed pursuant to subsection (2)(g) or (2)(h) of this section may serve unlimited terms for the duration of the committee member's employment by the agency that the committee member represents.

(5) Members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary traveling and subsistence expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of such committee.

(6) Repealed.

Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1589, § 1, effective May 31. L. 96: (6) repealed, p. 31, § 2, effective March 18. L. 2006: (2)(e) and (4) amended, p. 1266, § 16, effective July 1; (2)(h) amended, p. 296, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2015: (1), IP(2), (2)(h), and (2)(i) amended and (2)(j), (2)(k), and (2)(l) added, (SB 15-119), ch. 201, p. 695, § 8, effective May 19. L. 2023: (4) amended, (SB 23-192), ch. 350, p. 2101, § 9, effective August 7. L. 2025: IP(2) and (2)(a) amended, (HB 25-1084), ch. 24, p. 106, § 50, effective August 6.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 35-10-121 as it existed prior to 1990.