For the enforcement of the New Mexico Fertilizer Act, the board may prescribe and, after public hearing following due public notice, adopt the rules relating to the distribution of fertilizers and soil conditioners that it may find necessary to carry into effect the full intent and meaning of the New Mexico Fertilizer Act. Under this section, the board may promulgate rules for the storing, hauling and handling of anhydrous ammonia and other gaseous or liquid fertilizers, and they shall have the same effect as law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-13-23, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 184, § 13; 1967, ch. 69, § 1; 1975, ch. 181, § 13; 2013, ch. 112, § 12.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, authorized the board to adopt rules relating to the distribution of all fertilizers; in the title of the section, deleted "regulations" and added "rules"; in the first and the second sentences, deleted "regulations" and added "rules"; and in the first sentence, deleted "commercial" before "fertilizer".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture § 57.
3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 76.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 76-11-1 - Short title.
Section 76-11-2 - Administration of act.
Section 76-11-3 - Definitions.
Section 76-11-4 - Registration.
Section 76-11-6 - Inspection fees.
Section 76-11-7 - Inspection; sampling; analysis.
Section 76-11-8 - Plant food deficiency.
Section 76-11-9 - Commercial value.
Section 76-11-10 - Misbranding.
Section 76-11-10.1 - Adulteration.
Section 76-11-11 - Tonnage reports.
Section 76-11-12 - Publications.
Section 76-11-14 - Short weight.
Section 76-11-15 - Cancellation of registrations.
Section 76-11-16 - Stop sale orders.
Section 76-11-17 - Seizure; condemnation; sale.
Section 76-11-18 - Violations.