This act [76-6B-1 to 76-6B-12 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Pink Bollworm Control Act”. History: Laws 2001, ch. 13, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 13 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2001, 90 days after adjournment of […]
A cotton producer shall pay a special assessment levied by a local pink bollworm control committee, payable upon the cotton producer’s receipt of an assessment statement. The committee’s statement shall indicate: A. the total number of acres treated within the pink bollworm control district; B. the total treated acres under the control of the land […]
A. Any five or more persons producing cotton within a pink bollworm control district may file a petition with the department asking for a referendum to be held to abolish the pink bollworm control district. The petition shall set forth: (1) the name and description of the pink bollworm control district to be abolished; (2) […]
Money collected by a local pink bollworm control committee is not state funds and is not required to be deposited in the state treasury. A local committee shall deposit all money collected in a state chartered bank or other insured depository. Funds collected by local committees shall be held separate from each other. Money remaining […]
As used in the Pink Bollworm Control Act: A. “board” means the board of regents of New Mexico state university; B. “cotton producer” means any person growing five or more acres of cotton plants. For the purposes of the Pink Bollworm Control Act, only one person from any farm, sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership or any […]
The department shall administer the Pink Bollworm Control Act. History: Laws 2001, ch. 13, § 3. ANNOTATIONS Effective dates. — Laws 2001, ch. 13 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 15, 2001, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Pink bollworm control committees are exempt from the provisions of the Procurement Code [13-1-28 to 13-1-199 NMSA 1978] and the Personnel Act [Chapter 10, Article 9 NMSA 1978]. The committee members and committee employees are public employees for the purposes of the Tort Claims Act [41-4-1 to 41-4-27 NMSA 1978] and shall be provided all […]
Any five or more persons producing cotton for which it is proposed to establish a pink bollworm control district may file a petition with the department asking that a pink bollworm control district be established. The petition shall set forth: A. a concise statement of the reasons for the establishment of a pink bollworm control […]
A. The director shall: (1) determine any critically infested or threatened agricultural areas within New Mexico, hold public hearings within the proposed pink bollworm control district determined to be critically infested or at risk and provide technical support and advice in the formulation of plans for the control or eradication of such infestation; (2) estimate […]
A. If the director decides there is justification for creating or abolishing a pink bollworm control district, the department shall hold a referendum. A pink bollworm control district shall be created or abolished if: (1) two-thirds or more of the eligible cotton producers voting vote in favor of the referendum; or (2) those voting in […]
A. Cotton producers within a pink bollworm control district shall establish and elect a local pink bollworm control committee composed of not less than three or more than seven members. The committee members shall not receive per diem or compensation for their services. B. A pink bollworm control committee may: (1) adopt regulations to set […]
A. Each organic cotton producer within an established pink bollworm control district shall notify the pink bollworm control committee in writing at least thirty days prior to planting of the number of acres on which organic cotton will be planted. B. Organic cotton producers shall pay the assessment established for the pink bollworm control district […]
