Local control committees shall:
A. cooperate with all federal and state agencies to facilitate the execution of the grasshopper and other range pest extermination program within control districts;
B. levy and collect a special assessment, based on acreage sprayed or baited, against the land users within a control district whose lands have benefited from the extermination program; the special assessment against each land user shall be the sum equal to the land user's ratable share, as defined by proportional acreage treated, of one-half the state moneys expended for the extermination program within the control district;
C. pay over to the state grasshopper and other range pest control board [New Mexico department of agriculture] moneys assessed and collected from land users within a control district; and
D. render a complete report to the state grasshopper and other range pest control board [department] after the completion of the extermination program in the control district.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-19, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 212, § 7; 1967, ch. 63, § 6.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and it is not part of the law. Section 76-5-4 NMSA 1978 provided that references to the "grasshopper and other range pest control board" means the New Mexico department of agriculture.
Law reviews. — For note, "Forest Fire Protection on Public and Private Lands in New Mexico," see 4 Nat. Resources J. 374 (1964).
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 5 - Insect Pests and Plant Diseases
Section 76-5-3 - Purpose of act.
Section 76-5-4 - Definition; transfer.
Section 76-5-5 - Duties and powers of the board.
Section 76-5-6 - Land users' consent; control districts; local control committees.
Section 76-5-7 - Alternative method when disaster area declared.
Section 76-5-8 - Duties and powers of local control committees.
Section 76-5-9 - Special land user's assessment; enforced collection.
Section 76-5-10 - Disposition of assessments proceeds.
Section 76-5-11 - Short title.
Section 76-5-12 - Definitions.
Section 76-5-13 - Authority to inspect.
Section 76-5-14 - Inspection before sale.
Section 76-5-15 - Inspection of nurseries.
Section 76-5-16 - Dealers' or agents' licenses.
Section 76-5-20 - Viability standards.
Section 76-5-21 - Collected plants.
Section 76-5-23 - Transporting within the state.
Section 76-5-25 - Powers of board and department.