New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 17 - PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL
Part 43 - SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO PINK BOLLWORM CONTROL COMMITTEE ASSESMENT
Section 21.17.43.8 - ASSESSMENT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The committee assessment rate is set forth at 10 dollars ($10) per bale of conventional cotton produced by producers in the control district. The assessment will be collected at the gin. No assessment is due for Bt cotton produced within the control district.
B. Bt cotton will be verified by the control district. Any discrepancies will be decided by the control committee.
C. 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 or their authorized agent.
D. 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 8 1/2 percent per annum on the balance unpaid after 30 days.
