A. Any person who violates any provision of the Bee Act or any regulation adopted by the board pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day a person remains in violation shall constitute a separate offense.
B. The department shall not be required to give bond or security in any legal proceeding brought under the Bee Act which the department may institute or defend in any court of the state.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-24-13, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 122, § 13.
Severability. — Laws 1975, ch. 122, § 15, provided for the severability of the act if any part or application thereof is held invalid.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals §§ 93, 94, 97.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Section 76-9-3 - Powers of board and department.
Section 76-9-4 - Contagious disease; duty to prevent.
Section 76-9-5 - Inspection; access; interference.
Section 76-9-6 - Inspection certificates.
Section 76-9-7 - Diseased colonies.
Section 76-9-8 - Abandoned colonies.
Section 76-9-9 - Location of apiaries.
Section 76-9-10 - Registration of commercial apiaries.
Section 76-9-11 - Importation of bees.