Within sixty days after a petition has been filed with the director and upon payment of the cost estimate, the director shall cause notices to be given of the proposed hearings in areas of the state where the cotton boll weevil is of economic importance. The notices of hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed cotton boll weevil control district, and shall be sent directly to the organic commodity commission [New Mexico department of agriculture], at least fourteen days prior to the date of the hearing.
History: Laws 1996, ch. 77, § 8; 1997, ch. 57, § 4.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Laws 2011, ch. 29, § 6 provided that all references to the "organic commodity commission" be deemed references to the "New Mexico department of agriculture".
The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, deleted "at least fourteen days prior to the date of hearing" following "shall be published" in the second sentence and added "and shall be sent directly to the organic commodity commission, at least fourteen days prior to the date of the hearings" to the end of the second sentence.
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.