If a fertilizer or soil conditioner in the possession of the consumer is found by the department to be short in weight or other measure prescribed by the board, the registrant of the fertilizer or soil conditioner shall, within thirty days after official notice from the department, pay to the consumer a penalty equal to four times the value of the actual shortage.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-13-24, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 184, § 14; 1975, ch. 181, § 14; 2013, ch. 112, § 13.
The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, imposed the short weight penalty for all fertilizers; and in two places, deleted "commercial" before "fertilizer".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 C.J.S. Agriculture § 80.
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.