Predator control programs shall be established in any county by the board of county commissioners upon receipt of a valid petition for that purpose. The predator control program shall be for the protection of sheep and goats, or cattle, or both groups of animals, against predators, for one-, two-, three-, four- or five-year periods.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-16-7, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 2.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock
Article 15 - Predatory Wild Animals and Rodent Pests
Section 77-15-1 - [Cooperation with United States; appropriation.]
Section 77-15-2 - [Agreement for cooperative work.]
Section 77-15-3 - Apportionment of appropriation; sale of furs and specimens; bounty.
Section 77-15-4 - [Payment of cost of rodent pest repression.]
Section 77-15-6 - Short title.
Section 77-15-7 - Purpose of predator control program; method of establishment.
Section 77-15-8 - Petitions; signatures required.
Section 77-15-9 - Form of petitions.
Section 77-15-11 - Special levy.
Section 77-15-12 - Abolition or continuation of program.
Section 77-15-13 - Powers of county predator control board.
Section 77-15-14 - Program in addition to all other programs.