C.R.S. § 35-4-121: Emergency control and eradication of invasive pests.

(1) If the commissioner determines that a public nuisance creates an unacceptable risk of spreading a pest, the commissioner may coordinate with industry to, support local governments to, and make grants to take emergency action to quarantine, control, or eradicate an invasive pest.

(2) A board of county commissioners may declare a pest to be a public nuisance and require its control or eradication.