TITLE 21 AGRICULTURE
AND RANCHING
CHAPTER 32 BRANDS, OWNERSHIP, AND TRANSPORTATION OF
ANIMALS
PART 6 HORSE SHELTER RESCUE FUND
21.32.6.1 ISSUING AGENCY: New Mexico Livestock Board
[21.32.6.1 NMAC
- N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.2 SCOPE: This rule establishes procedures for the
distribution by the New Mexico Livestock Board of monies from the horse shelter
rescue fund.
[21.32.6.2 NMAC
- N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Sections 77-2-1, 77-2-7, 77-2-30 and 77-2-32,
NMSA 1978. [21.32.6.3
NMAC - N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.4 DURATION: Permanent.
[21.32.6.4 NMAC
- N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: 01-31-14 unless a later date is cited at the
end of a section.
[21.32.6.5 NMAC
- N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish rules to administer the horse shelter
rescue fund and to provide methods and procedures for the distribution by the
board of monies in that fund to horse rescue and retirement facilities that are
registered by the board pursuant to Section 77-2-30, NMSA 1978, as implemented by
21.30.5 NMAC.
[21.32.6.6 NMAC - N, 01/31/14]
21.32.6.7 DEFINITIONS: “Registered
horse rescue or retirement facility” means such facility that has a current
registration issued by the New Mexico livestock board to operate as a horse
rescue or retirement facility.
[21.32.6.7 NMAC - N, 01/31/14; A, 07/15/14]
21.32.6.8 DISBURSEMENTS FROM FUND:
A. Subject to the availability
of money in the horse shelter rescue fund, monies in the fund may be
distributed to reimburse registered horse rescue or retirement facilities to
defray the feeding and care expenses incurred by those facilities whenever they
provide care and feed to animals that have been placed there in accordance with
Chapter 77, Articles 2 through 18, NMSA 1978, after owner surrender, the estray
process or court-ordered disposition.
B. Subject to the availability
of money in the horse shelter rescue fund, monies in the fund may be
distributed to registered horse rescue or retirement facilities, which make
application to the board for a grant from the fund, in such amounts as the
board determines, in its discretion, are reasonable and appropriate.
(1) The board shall establish a committee to review such grant
applications.
(2) A final decision on all grant applications shall be voted on
by the board.
C. In no event is
the board obligated to distribute monies for the purposes described in Subsections
A and B above or beyond such amount that the board determines, in its
discretion, is available for expenditure from the horse shelter rescue fund.
[21.32.6.8
NMAC - N, 01/31/14; A, 07/15/14]
HISTORY
OF
21.32.6 NMAC: [RESERVED]