(1) Except as set forth in subsection (2) of this section, any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, and any officer or agent thereof, who violates any of the provisions of this article or any lawful order or rule of the commissioner commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(2) A person who moves or causes to be moved any single head or any herd of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, swine, poultry, or other livestock from a hold or quarantined area in violation of a hold or quarantine order or who knowingly or unlawfully introduces a reportable disease into the state commits a class 1 misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished pursuant to title 18, C.R.S. In the case of a second or subsequent conviction under this section, a sentence of imprisonment within the minimum and maximum terms shall be mandatory and shall not be subject to suspension. A plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of this section.
Source: L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 460, § 1, effective December 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former §§ 35-50-110 and 35-50-145 as they existed prior to 2005, and the former § 35-50-119 was relocated to § 35-50-110.
Cross references: For quarantine procedures affecting the movement of livestock, see § 35-53-111.