Funds collected by the local cotton boll weevil control committee are not state funds and are not required to be deposited in the state treasury. A local cotton boll weevil control committee shall deposit all money collected in a state chartered bank or other insured depository. Funds collected by one local cotton boll weevil control committee shall be held separate from funds collected by another local cotton boll weevil control committee. Funds remaining at the termination of a cotton boll weevil control district shall be distributed to cotton producers in proportion to the percentage they contributed during the life of the cotton boll weevil control district.
History: Laws 1996, ch. 77, ยง 16.
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.