The department may cancel the registration of any brand of fertilizer or soil conditioner or refuse to register any brand of fertilizer or soil conditioner upon satisfactory evidence that the registrant has used fraudulent or deceptive practices in the evasions or attempted evasions of the provisions of the New Mexico Fertilizer Act or any rules promulgated under that act; provided that no registration shall be revoked or refused until the registrant is given an opportunity to appear for a hearing by the department.
History: 1953 Comp., § 45-13-25, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 184, § 15; 1975, ch. 181, § 15; 2013, ch. 112, § 14.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, authorized the board to cancel the registration for all brands of fertilizers; in two places, deleted "commercial" before the "fertilizer"; and deleted "regulations" and added "rules".
Law reviews. — For article, "Constitutional Limitations on the Exercise of Judicial Functions by Administrative Agencies," see 7 Nat. Resources J. 599 (1967).
For article, "An Administrative Procedure Act For New Mexico," see 8 Nat. Resources J. 114 (1968).
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3 Am. Jur. 2d Agriculture § 57.
3 C.J.S. Agriculture §§ 75 to 76.