Section 35-50-119 - Criminal penalties(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 50 or any lawful order or rule of the commissioner commits a class 2 misdemeanor.(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. A plea of nolo contendere accepted by the court shall be considered a conviction for the purposes of this section.Amended by 2021 Ch. 462, § 648, eff. 3/1/2022.L. 2005: Entire article R&RE, p. 460, § 1, effective December 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 3283, p. 3283, § 648, effective 3/1/2022.(1) 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 .
(2) Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For quarantine procedures affecting the movement of livestock, see § 35-53-111 .