Section 25-11-1 – Short title.
Chapter 25, Article 11 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “New Mexico Chile Advertising Act”. History: Laws 2011, ch. 57, § 1; 2013, ch. 85, § 1; 2013, ch. 211, § 1. ANNOTATIONS The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, added the NMSA chapter and article for the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act; and […]
Section 25-11-2 – Definitions.
As used in the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act: A. “board” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university; and B. “chile pepper” means the fruit from Capsicum annuum. History: Laws 2011, ch. 57, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2011, ch. 57 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. […]
Section 25-11-3 – Unlawful advertising, labeling or selling of non-New Mexico chile.
A. It is unlawful for a person to: (1) knowingly advertise, describe, label or offer for sale chile peppers as New Mexico chile, or to advertise, describe, label or offer for sale a product as containing New Mexico chile, unless the chile peppers or chile peppers in the product were grown in New Mexico; or […]
Section 25-11-4 – Administration; audit; inspection.
A. The board may: (1) enforce and administer the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act through the New Mexico department of agriculture; and (2) promulgate rules, in consultation with the New Mexico chile industry, necessary for the administration of the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act. B. Sales of twenty thousand pounds or less of chile peppers […]
Section 25-11-5 – Injunction.
In addition to any other remedy under law, the board may apply to the district court for an injunction, and the district court may issue a temporary or permanent injunction, or both, restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of the New Mexico Chile Advertising Act or any rule […]