New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 21 - AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING
Chapter 17 - PEST, DISEASE, AND WEED CONTROL
Part 45 - CENTRAL LEA COUNTY COTTON BOLL WEEVIL CONTROL DISTRICT ASSESSMENT
Section 21.17.45.8 - ASSESSMENT

A. The committee assessment rate is set forth at 3 dollars ($3) per land acre of irrigated cotton and 3 dollars ($3) per land acre for dryland cotton to be collected each annum from cotton producers in the control district. The control committee may annually set an incentive for early payment of the assessment.

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 or their authorized agent.

C. The number of acres used in calculating the assessment amount due will be the number of land acres the cotton producer has certified with the farm service agency, or if the cotton acreage is not certified by the farm service agency the number of land acres used in calculating the assessment amount due shall be determined by other methods set by the control committee or their authorized agent. Any cotton acreage is subject to verification by the control committee.

D. Failure to comply with payment of assessment to the committee or their authorized agent 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 81/2 percent per annum on the balance unpaid after 30 days.