Section 76-5-3 – Purpose of act.
It has been determined that areas of New Mexico are endangered by grasshopper and other range pest infestation which would result in the loss of valuable pasturage. The division of plant pest control of the United States department of agriculture has funds available with which to match state moneys appropriated for grasshopper and other range […]
Section 76-5-4 – Definition; transfer.
As used in the Grasshopper and Other Range Pest Control Act, “state grasshopper and other range pest control board,” “control board” or “board” means the New Mexico department of agriculture. All property, appropriations, money, powers and duties of the state grasshopper and other range pest control board are hereby transferred to the New Mexico department […]
Section 76-5-5 – Duties and powers of the board.
It shall be the primary function of the board [New Mexico department of agriculture] to determine the critically infested grasshopper and other range pest areas within New Mexico and to formulate and carry out plans for the control of infestation. In the performance of its primary function, the board [department] shall: A. cooperate with all […]
Section 76-5-6 – Land users’ consent; control districts; local control committees.
Before expending or obligating moneys from the grasshopper and other range pest control fund, except for the payment of preliminary organizational costs the board [New Mexico department of agriculture] shall consult with the land users within the infested areas proposed to be treated. When fifty-one percent of the land users who represent eighty percent of […]
Section 76-5-7 – Alternative method when disaster area declared.
If the governor declares an area in New Mexico to be a disaster area because an area critically infested by range caterpillars or other range pests is endangering remaining areas of the state, the provisions of Sections 76-5-6 and 76-5-8 NMSA 1978 shall not apply. History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-18.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. […]
Section 76-5-1 – [County commissioners to prohibit importation of “codlin moth” or other worms or insects destructive to fruit.]
Boards of county commissioners in the various counties of this state are authorized and empowered and it is hereby made their duty whenever a petition is presented to them signed by twenty-five fruit growers, owners of orchards and residents of the county, stating in substance that there is danger in the introduction in said county […]
Section 76-5-2 – Short title.
This act may be cited as the “Grasshopper and Other Range Pest Control Act.” History: 1953 Comp., § 45-8-13, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 212, § 1; 1967, ch. 63, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Compiler’s notes. — The words “this act” refer to Laws 1957, ch. 212, compiled herein as 76-5-2, 76-5-3, 76-5-5, 76-5-8 to 76-5-10 […]