The special tax provided by Section 77-2-16 NMSA 1978 shall be assessed and collected in every county and paid over to the state treasurer as provided by law for the assessment, collection and payment of other state taxes, and all money so collected and paid over on account of such special tax levies shall be transferred each month to the board for deposit in the interim receipts and disbursements fund and shall be used for fees, salaries, wages, costs and expenses as provided for by laws relating to the powers, duties and expenditures of the board.
History: Laws 1915, ch. 85, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 4-816; Laws 1933, ch. 53, § 6; 1941 Comp., § 49-213; 1953 Comp., § 47-2-13; Laws 1993, ch. 248, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For payments for destruction of diseased cattle, see 77-3-8 NMSA 1978.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, rewrote this section to the extent that a detailed comparison is impracticable.
Funds of the cattle sanitary board (now New Mexico livestock board) are state moneys and the state treasurer is required to accept the same for safekeeping, or to accept bonds to secure such funds. 1925 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 25-3809.