Section 77-15-10 – Filing of petition; verification by board of county commissioners; creation of program; creation of predator control board.
The petitions shall be filed on or before the first Monday in August in any year at a regularly scheduled meeting of the board of county commissioners. After examination of the petition, if the board finds the petition in order and properly signed by the owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and […]
Section 77-15-11 – Special levy.
A. Upon the establishment of a county predator control program, the board of county commissioners shall order a special levy of a tax in the form of a mill levy that will produce not more than the rate limitation set on the petition and not more than one dollar ($1.00) per head on all animals […]
Section 77-15-12 – Abolition or continuation of program.
The owners of fifty-one percent of the animals covered by a county predator control program can abolish the program in any year by a petition to the county commissioners on or before the first Monday of August of any year in the same manner as the program was created. If it is desired to continue […]
Section 77-15-13 – Powers of county predator control board.
The county predator control board shall expend the moneys collected under the County Predator Control Act [77-15-6 to 77-15-14 NMSA 1978] for a predator control program for the county. The board may do so by establishing a separate predator control program or by contracting with other federal or state agencies or with agencies of other […]
Section 77-15-14 – Program in addition to all other programs.
The county predator control program established under this County Predator Control Act [77-15-6 to 77-15-14 NMSA 1978] shall be in addition to other state and federal programs, and shall not be construed to be in lieu of those programs. History: 1953 Comp., § 47-16-14, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 9.
Section 77-16-1 – [Necessity for fence.]
Every gardener, farmer, planter or other person having lands or crops that would be injured by trespassing animals, shall make a sufficient fence about his land in cultivation, or other lands that may be so injured, the same to correspond with the requirements of the laws of this state prescribing and defining a legal fence. […]
Section 77-16-2 – Definition.
As used in Article 16 of Chapter 77 [NMSA 1978], “livestock” shall include domestic animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, goats and buffaloes. History: 1953 Comp., § 47-17-1.1, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 189, § 2. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the […]
Section 77-15-6 – Short title.
This act [77-15-6 to 77-15-14 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “County Predatory Control Act.” History: 1953 Comp., § 47-16-6, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 92, § 1.
Section 77-14-37 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 76, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-341; 1941 Comp., § 49-1636; 1953 Comp., § 47-15-36; repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104 repealed 77-14-37 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1921, ch. 76, § 1, relating to stallions running at large, […]
Section 77-14-38 – Repealed.
History: Laws 1921, ch. 76, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 4-342; Laws 1933, ch. 29, § 1; 1941 Comp., § 49-1637; 1953 Comp., § 47-15-37; repealed by Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104. ANNOTATIONS Repeals. — Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 104 repealed 77-14-38 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1921, ch. 76, § 2, […]