Immediately on receipt of any livestock at the livestock auction market, the operator shall give written notice to the board in such form as the board may prescribe, stating the kind and number and description of the livestock received. At the same time, the operator shall collect and remit to the board or agent for the board the inspection fees prescribed by law for each head of livestock received. All money paid to the board shall be deposited to the proper board fund.
History: Laws 1937, ch. 59, § 4; 1941 Comp., § 49-1004; Laws 1951, ch. 167, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 47-10-4; Laws 1969, ch. 175, § 3; 1973, ch. 234, § 4; 1981, ch. 357, § 12; 1993, ch. 248, § 76; 1999, ch. 282, § 74.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted "payment in lieu of" preceding "fees" in the section heading; substituted "livestock auction market" for "sales ring" in the first sentence; and in the second sentence, deleted "and in lieu of all fees required by law", substituted "the inspection fees" for "a sum not to exceed the amount", and made a stylistic change.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, deleted "New Mexico livestock" preceding "board" near the beginning of the section; deleted "the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the person from whom received, the manner of the delivery to the sales ring and, if such delivery be by motor vehicle, the make, type and license number of the vehicle and the name and address of the driver" following "received" in the first sentence; and made minor stylistic changes.
The 1981 amendment, in the first sentence, deleted "thereof" following "notice," "owner," "the delivery" and "driver," deleted "therein" following "stating," deleted "herein" following "fees" and deleted "or" following "cattle," inserted "New Mexico livestock" and "by law" following "required" and substituted "the" for "such" preceding "vehicle," substituted "the amount prescribed by law" for "twenty cents for the period ending January 1, 1975 and not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25)," substituted "mules, asses" for "thereafter and a sum not to exceed eight cents ($.08) per head for" and substituted "or" for "and" following "sheep."