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February 22, 2024 HB 24-1178
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Revised Fiscal Note
(replaces fiscal note dated February 9, 2024)
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 24-0217
Rep. Kipp; Froelich
Sen. Cutter; Jaquez Lewis
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
February 22, 2024
House Appropriations
Alexa Kelly | 303-866-3469
alexa.kelly@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY TO REGULATE PESTICIDES
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill gives local governments authority to regulate the sale and use of pesticides. It
increases state workload and may increase local government expenditures on an
ongoing basis.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
This revised fiscal note reflects the introduced bill, as amended by the House Energy
and Environment Committee.
Summary of Legislation
The bill allows a county or a municipality to create and enforce an ordinance, resolution,
regulation, or other law regulating the sale or use of pesticides. A local government may not
enforce any regulation that limits pesticide use:
for the production of agricultural products;
for dry-up, revegetation, or noxious weed management of land in a water conservation
program or land where irrigation water is being limited;
by a public utility to protect infrastructure;
for the operation of a water supply collection or distribution facility;
for the cultivation of marijuana; or
for property managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
The bill also disallows a county or municipality from enforcing any ordinance regulating the sale
or use of pesticides that is:
not guided by peer-reviewed science;
used by a commercial applicator working to assist in compliance with federal law;
inconsistent with the Colorado Noxious Weed Act; or
related to the labeling or registration requirements for pesticides. Page 2
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State Expenditures
Beginning in FY 2024-25, the bill minimally increases workload on an ongoing basis in the
Department of Agriculture to provide technical support and collect any ordinances created by a
local government. This workload is expected to be absorbable and no change in appropriations
is required.
Local Government
The bill minimally increases workload and expenditures for local governments that choose to
create, implement, and enforce a regulation for the use and application of pesticides.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect upon signature of the Governor, or upon becoming law without his
signature.
State and Local Government Contacts
Agriculture Counties Local Affairs
Municipalities Natural Resources Regulatory Agencies
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit the General Assembly website.