Payment of the special assessment levied by a local control committee against a land user shall be due and payable upon the land user's receipt of an assessment statement from the committee. The committee's statements shall indicate:
A. the total number of acres treated within the control district during the extermination program;
B. the total acres treated which are under the control of the land user assessed;
C. the total amount of state funds expended in the control district for the extermination program; and
D. the amount assessed against the land user. Assessments by local control committees shall be subject to the same delinquency period, discounts, penalties and interest as are applied to the collection of ad valorem taxes.
The control committees shall refer a delinquent assessment to a district attorney in the county of the land user's residence. It shall be the duty of the district attorney to sue and obtain judgment, and thereafter to enforce and satisfy the judgment so obtained.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-20, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 212, § 8.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture § 9.
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.