HB 1067 — Diseased Livestock Indemnity Fund

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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DoubleC underliningONCERNING denotesUSING SENATEMONEY amendment.IN THE DISEASED LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY FUND TO ADDRESS THREATS TO LIVESTOCK HEALTH .

H a r Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.

e e Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.

d F for and respond to certain emerging threats to livestock health.

The bill renames the fund the "livestock health preparedness, response, and diseased livestock indemnity fund" (fund).

Moneyin the fundconsistsof theunexpended and unencumbered balance appropriated by the general assembly for the services of commissionedorappointedpersonnelintheanimalhealthdivisionofthe Colorado department of agriculture.

Civil penalties collected for violationsofthe"LivestockHealthAct"arealsocreditedtothefund.The bill preserves these statutory funding streams and does not alter the amount of money in the fund.

SECTIONSECTION1. 1.

InInColoradoRevisedStatutes,35-50-114,amend(3); Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-114, amend (3);

IndemnificationIndemnificationoflivestockowners-livestockhealth of livestock owners - livestock health preparedness, response, and diseased livestock indemnity fund.

(2.5) THE COMMISSIONER ,UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STATE VETERINARIAN ,MAY, MAY AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO EXPEND MONEY IN THE LIVESTOCK HEALTH PREPAREDNESS , RESPONSE,RESPONSE , AND DISEASEDLIVESTOCKINDEMNITYFUNDTOPREPAREFORANDRESPONDTO________ :Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law;

(a)dashes IFECTIOUSORCONTAGIOUSDISEASESTHATPOSEATHREATTOthrough LIVESTOCKwords ;ANDor (b)numbers BIOLOGICALORindicate CHEMICALCONTAMINANTSOFANIMALSTHATdeletions POSEfrom Aexisting THREATlaw TOand LIVESTOCK.such material is not part of the act.

(3)DISEASED (a)LIVESTOCK ThereINDEMNITY isFUND createdTO inPREPARE theFOR state treasuryLIVESTOCK HEALTH PREPAREDNESS ,RESPONSE ,AND diseased livestock indemnity fund.Theunexpendedandunencumberedbalanceofmoneyappropriated by the general assembly for payments for the services of commissioned orappointedpersonnelpursuanttosection35-50-104shallbecreditedto theLIVESTOCKHEALTHPREPAREDNESS ,RESPONSE AND diseasedlivestockRESPOND -2-TO 1067: indemnity fund, upon approval of the commissioner, at the end of each fiscal year.

(a) INFECTIOUS OR CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THAT POSE A THREAT TO LIVESTOCK ;AND (b) B IOLOGICAL OR CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS OF ANIMALS THAT POSE A THREAT TO LIVESTOCK .

(3) (a)There is created in the state treasury LIVESTOCK HEALTH PREPAREDNESS ,RESPONSE ,AND diseased livestock indemnity fund.

The unexpended and unencumbered balance of money appropriated by the general assembly for payments for the services of commissioned or appointed personnel pursuant to section 35-50-104 shall be credited to the LIVESTOCK HEALTH PREPAREDNESS , RESPONSE , AND diseased livestock indemnity fund, upon approval of the commissioner, at the end of each fiscal year.

(b) (I) On June 30, 2025, the state treasurer shall transfer two hundredfiftythousanddollarsfromthediseasedlivestockindemnityfundhundred fifty thousand dollars from the diseased livestock indemnity fund to the general fund.

SECTIONSECTION2. 2.

InInColoradoRevisedStatutes,35-50-118,amend(5) Colorado Revised Statutes, 35-50-118, amend (5) as follows:

(5) All penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be transmittedCREDITED totothe theLIVESTOCKHEALTHPREPAREDNESS LIVESTOCK,RESPONSE HEALTH PREPAREDNESS , RESPONSEAND ,AND diseased livestock indemnity fund created in section 35-50-114 (3).

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approvedPAGE by2-HOUSE theBILL people26-1067 atapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-3-____________________________ 1067____________________________ Julie McCluskie James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE ____________________________ ____________________________ Vanessa Reilly Esther van Mourik CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

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