A. Noxious weed control districts may be organized under the provisions of the Noxious Weed Control Act [76-7-1 to 76-7-22 NMSA 1978] to include the area of any county or counties, or any portion thereof; except that no district shall contain less than one thousand, two hundred and eighty acres nor consist of territory in more than three counties. A district may include any political subdivision of the state or a defined district, or any parts thereof, but no land shall be included in more than one noxious weed control district.
B. The land composing any noxious weed control district need not be in one contiguous body but may consist of separate bodies of land separated by land not embraced in the district. No district provided for in the Noxious Weed Control Act shall embrace territory situated in more than one county except by a majority vote of the resident taxpaying voters residing within the territory in each county sought to be included in the district.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-10-4, enacted by Laws 1959, ch. 243, § 3.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Article 7 - Noxious Weed Control
Section 76-7-3 - Noxious weed control districts; territorial limitations.
Section 76-7-4 - Petition for organization of noxious weed control district.
Section 76-7-5 - Notice of public hearing.
Section 76-7-6 - Public hearing upon petition; consideration by county commissioners.
Section 76-7-7 - Order and notice of district election.
Section 76-7-8 - Qualified voters in district elections.
Section 76-7-9 - County commissioners to furnish ballots; voting by mail permitted.
Section 76-7-10 - Form of ballots.
Section 76-7-11 - Conduct of election; declaration of results.
Section 76-7-12 - District governing body.
Section 76-7-13 - Powers of district governing body.
Section 76-7-14 - Rules and regulations of district; penalty.
Section 76-7-16 - Levy of uniform assessments; assessor; collector; annual financial report.
Section 76-7-17 - Enforcement of assessments.
Section 76-7-18 - District expenses; employees.
Section 76-7-19 - Addition or exclusion of lands of district.
Section 76-7-20 - Petition to dissolve district; notice of election; conduct of election.
Section 76-7-21 - Results of election to dissolve noxious weed control district.
Section 76-7-22 - Termination of the affairs of the district.
Section 76-7-23 - Short title.
Section 76-7-24 - Definitions.
Section 76-7-25 - Administration and enforcement.
Section 76-7-26 - Inspections.
Section 76-7-27 - Declaration of certain weed seeds as noxious.
Section 76-7-28 - Unlawful actions.