Colorado Department of Agriculture
Plant Industry Division
Administration and Enforcement of the Weed Free Forage Crop Certification Act
8 CCR 1203-10
6.00	FEES
The maximum the producer will be charged for inspections is as follows:
a.	Inspection time, including travel, at a rate not to exceed $25.00 per hour;
b.	Mileage for the inspector's travel to be charged at the same rate at which officers of the state and employees are reimbursed for use of personal vehicles;
c.	Per diem expenses, if travel and the inspection cannot be reasonably accomplished within one day, not to exceed $86.00 per day;
d.	A per inspection fee not to exceed $100.00 plus an acreage fee not to exceed $4.00 per acre.
e.	The actual cost of the twine or marked wire, including shipping and handling.
10.00	STATEMENTS OF BASIS, SPECIFIC STATUTORY AUTHORITY & PURPOSE
10.06	Adopted April 16, 2009 – Effective May 30, 2009
Statutory Authority
This amendment to the rules is adopted by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to his authority under the Colorado Weed Free Forage Crop Certification Act, § 35-27.5-103, C.R.S (2008)
Purpose
The purpose of this amendment to the rule is to change the mileage rate charged to producers from a fixed $.36 per mile to the prevailing rate reimbursed to state officers and employees per mile for miles actual and necessary for state business. This will allow the Department to adjust the rate charged to producers to track the official state rate without further rule making.
The factual and policy issues encountered in the proposal of this amendment to the rule are as follows:
The rate at which state officers and employees are reimbursed at is set forth in section 24-9-104, (2)(d), C.R.S. (2008): On and after January 1, 2008, state officers and employees shall be allowed a mileage allowance for each mile actually and necessarily traveled while on official state business calculated at ninety percent of the prevailing internal revenue service mileage reimbursement rate to the nearest cent, and, when authorized to be utilized and necessary for official state business, ninety-five percent of the prevailing internal revenue service mileage reimbursement rate to the nearest cent for four-wheel-drive vehicles.