The director shall determine any critically infested or threatened agricultural areas within New Mexico, hold public hearings within the proposed cotton boll weevil control district determined to be critically infested or at risk and provide technical support and advice in the formulation of plans for the monitoring, control or eradication of such infestation.
History: Laws 1996, ch. 77, § 4; 2005, ch. 14, § 2; 2005, ch. 18, § 2.
The 2005 amendment, effective June 17, 2005, added to the duties of the director the duty to provide technical support and advice in the formulation of plans for monitoring cotton boll weevil infestation.
Laws 2005, ch. 14, § 2 and Laws 2005, ch. 18, § 2 enacted identical amendments to this section. The section was set out as amended by Laws 2005, ch. 18, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
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.