Within thirty days after the petition has been filed with the director and upon payment of the cost estimate, the director shall cause notices to be given of the hearing in the affected cotton boll weevil control district. The notice of hearing shall be published at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected cotton boll weevil control district. After public hearing, if the director decides there is justification for abolishing a cotton boll weevil control district, the department shall hold a referendum. When cotton producers who represent sixty-six percent of the cotton acreage within a cotton boll weevil control district vote in favor of the abolishment of the cotton boll weevil control district, such a cotton boll weevil control district shall be abolished. The local cotton boll weevil control committee shall promptly move to cease expenditures of cotton boll weevil control district funds and make an accounting of funds spent and return remaining funds in accordance with Section 16 [76-6A-16 NMSA 1978] of the Cotton Boll Weevil Control Act.
History: Laws 1996, ch. 77, ยง 15.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 6A - Cotton Boll Weevil Control
Section 76-6A-1 - Short title.
Section 76-6A-2 - New Mexico department of agriculture.
Section 76-6A-3 - Definitions.
Section 76-6A-4 - Duties and powers.
Section 76-6A-5 - Cotton boll weevil control committee; duties and powers.
Section 76-6A-5.1 - Exemption from Procurement Code and Personnel Act.
Section 76-6A-6 - Establishment of cotton boll weevil control district.
Section 76-6A-7 - Petition filing fee.
Section 76-6A-9 - Determination by director.
Section 76-6A-11 - Cotton boll weevil control committees; additional duties and powers.
Section 76-6A-11.1 - Organic cotton regulations.
Section 76-6A-12 - Agricultural land assessment; enforced collection.
Section 76-6A-13 - Petition for abolishment of a cotton boll weevil control district.