This act [77-8A-1 to 77-8A-11 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “New Mexico Sheep and Goat Act”. History: Laws 1997, ch. 99, § 1 and Laws 1997, ch. 147, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Duplicate laws. — Laws 1997, ch. 99, § 1 and Laws 1997, ch. 147, § 1 enacted identical new sections of law. […]
A. All funds received by the council shall be received and disbursed directly by the council. Such funds shall be audited in accordance with the provisions of the Audit Act [12-6-1 to 12-6-14 NMSA 1978]. The council is not required to submit vouchers, purchase orders or contracts to the department of finance and administration as […]
The council is exempt from the provisions of the Procurement Code and the Personnel Act. The council members and employees shall be subject to the Tort Claims Act [41-4-1 to 41-4-27 NMSA 1978] and shall be provided all insurance and self-insurance coverage provided by the risk management division of the general services department. History: Laws […]
As used in the New Mexico Sheep and Goat Act: A. “board” means the New Mexico livestock board; B. “council” means the New Mexico sheep and goat council; C. “department” means the New Mexico department of agriculture; D. “director” means the director of the New Mexico department of agriculture; E. “handler” means any producer, processor, […]
A. There is created the “New Mexico sheep and goat council”, consisting of seven members. Members shall be elected by producers from nominations made to the director by producers or producer organizations. B. The initial members of the council shall be elected as follows: (1) two members for one-year terms; (2) two members for two-year […]
A. Each member of the council shall have the following qualifications, which shall continue during his term of office: (1) be actively engaged in sheep or goat production; or (2) be in some branch of the sheep or haired goat business and during his entire term receive a substantial portion of his income from the […]
The council shall elect annually a chairman, vice chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary from among its members. The council shall meet at least once each six months and at such other times as it may be called by the chairman. The council may provide rules for reimbursement of members’ expenses while […]
A. The council shall: (1) conduct marketing programs, including promotion, education and research, promoting sheep and haired goat products; (2) submit to the director a detailed annual budget for the council on a fiscal-year basis and provide a copy of the budget upon request to any person who has paid an assessment or made a […]
In order to accomplish the purposes of the New Mexico Sheep and Goat Act, the council is empowered to: A. receive any funds that may be returned to the New Mexico sheep and haired goat industry as its share of assessments collected by a national sheep promotion research and information board or any similar entity; […]
There is levied and imposed upon all sheep and haired goats involved in a transfer of ownership in the state an assessment to be called the “council assessment”. The council assessment is to be fixed by the council at a rate not more than seventy-five cents ($.75) per head. The board shall collect this council […]
Any person who has paid a council assessment is entitled to a refund of the amount paid by making written application for the refund to the council. The application form shall be returned within thirty days after the inspection was made giving rise to the council assessment and shall contain enough detail to enable the […]
