Rule 1-5	Basis for Emergency
On February 13, 2008, the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Homeland Security issued complementary sets of proposed regulations substantially changing federal and state requirements for the administration of the H-2A visa program.  In December 2008, the United States Department of Labor and the United States Department of Homeland Security announced that these final regulations will be implemented in January 2009.  In order to comply with federal H-2A and immigration requirements, rules for the Colorado Nonimmigrant Agricultural Seasonal Worker Pilot Program could not be adopted until federal rules were finalized.