Code of Colorado Regulations
1200 - Department of Agriculture
1207 - Agriculture Commissioner's Office
8 CCR 1207-2 - RULES PERTAINING TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS CONDUCTED WITHIN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TO PETITIONS FOR DECLARATORY ORDERS
- Part 1 - Scope of rules
- Part 2 - Definition and construction of terms
- Part 3 - Entry of appearance and withdrawal of counsel
- Part 4 - Files and hearings open to the public
- Part 5 - Expanded media coverage
- Part 6 - Rules of Civil Procedure
- Part 7 - Rules of Evidence
- Part 8 - Ex parte communications
- Part 9 - Computation and modification of time
- Part 10 - Filing of pleadings and other papers
- Part 11 - Filing of pleadings and other papers by facsimile copy
- Part 12 - Service of pleadings and other papers
- Part 13 - Determination of motions
- Part 14 - Consolidation
- Part 15 - Discovery
- Part 16 - Prehearing procedure and prehearing conference
- Part 17 - Motions for continuance
- Part 18 - Subpoenas
- Part 19 - Settlement or mediation conferences
- Part 20 - Settlements
- Part 21 - Testimony by telephone or other electronic means
- Appendix A - OUTLINE FOR PREHEARING STATEMENT
- Part 1 - Definition and construction of terms
- Part 2 - Who may petition
- Part 3 - The petition
- Part 4 - Action on the petition
STATEMENT OF BASIS AND PURPOSE
The rules pertaining to administrative hearings conducted within the Colorado Department of Agriculture are adopted pursuant to the powers granted to the Department, the State Agricultural Commission, and the Commissioner of Agriculture to conduct hearings including Sections 35-1-104(1)(c) and 35-1-106(1)(h), C.R.S. (1998) and the powers granted to the Colorado State Board of Stock Inspection Commissioners to conduct hearings including Sections 12-11-101 and 35-41.5-112 and 113, and the powers granted in individual Articles pertaining to rulemaking, including Sections 35-4-116, 35-9-118(2), 35-10-118(2), 35-11-104, 35-11.5-104, 35-14-107(1)(o), 35-24.5-106, 35-25-105, 35-26-111, 35-27-114(1)(b), 35-27.5-103, 35-28-116(1), 35-33-104, 35-40-101(2), 35-41.5-105, 35-50-101, 35-52-118, 35-53.5-103, 35-55-113(6), 35-59-110(2), 35-60-109, 35-80-109, 12-16-117, and 12-16-210, C.R.S. (1998) as well as the provisions of Section 24-4-105, C.R.S. (1998).
The rules pertaining to petitions for declaratory orders are adopted pursuant to Section 24-4-105(11), C.R.S. (1998).
The purposes of these rules are: to define by rule the procedures which will be applicable to administrative hearings conducted within the Colorado Department of Agriculture in order to ensure that such hearings are conducted fairly and in an orderly fashion; and to define the procedure which will be applicable to petitions for declaratory orders.
