TITLE 21 AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING

CHAPTER 17 PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL

PART 47 PECOS VALLEY COTTON BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL DISTRICT ASSESSMENT

21.17.47.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Pecos Valley Cotton Boll Weevil Control District

[21.17.47.1 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.2 SCOPE: This rule establishes the control committee assessment to be paid by cotton producers in the Pecos valley cotton boll weevil control district.

[21.17.47.2 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Granted to the Pecos valley cotton boll weevil control committee under the Cotton Boll Weevil Control Act, Chapter 76, Article 6A, Sections 1 through 16, NMSA 1978 Compilation.

[21.17.47.3 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.4 DURATION: Until the Pecos valley cotton boll weevil control district ceases to exist.

[21.17.47.4 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2000, unless a later date is cited in the history note at the end of a section.

[21.17.47.5 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.6 OBJECTIVE: The objective of Part 47, Chapter 17 is to establish the control district’s assessment upon cotton producers for the support of the cotton boll weevil control district.

[21.17.47.6 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.7 DEFINITIONS:

A. “Committee” means Pecos valley cotton boll weevil control committee.

B. “Control district” means Pecos valley cotton boll weevil control district.

C. “Producer” means any person producing five or more acres of cotton plants.

[21.17.47.7 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000]

21.17.47.8 ASSESSMENT:

A. The committee assessment rate is set forth at 2 dollars ($2) per bale of cotton for all cotton producers in the control district. The assessment will be collected at the cotton gins.

B. Payment of the assessment levied by a local control committee against a cotton producer will be due and payable when the cotton producer receives an assessment statement from the control committee.

C. Failure to comply with payment of assessment to the committee may result in the recording of a lien on the cotton crop and/or property in the county clerk’s office where the property is located. The lien will remain in effect until foreclosure or balance subject to the lien is paid in full. Interest may be assessed at a rate of 8½ percent per annum on the balance unpaid after 30 days.

[21.17.47.8 NMAC - N, 06/15/2000; A, 08/31/2006; A, 09/28/2007; A, 10/30/2008]

HISTORY OF 21.17.47 NMAC: [RESERVED]