A person who willfully violates any provisions of Sections 77-4-1 through 77-4-8 NMSA 1978 or rules promulgated in conformity with those sections or who in any manner hinders, obstructs or resists the execution of a rule or hinders, obstructs or resists an officer or employee of the board in the discharge of his duty or in the exercise of his lawful powers or who willfully or negligently breaks any quarantine or willfully or negligently suffers any quarantined livestock to escape from any quarantine is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1905, ch. 31, § 8; Code 1915, § 105; Laws 1927, ch. 25, § 1; C.S. 1929, § 4-1008; 1941 Comp., § 49-408; 1953 Comp., § 47-4-8; Laws 1999, ch. 282, § 32.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "Sections 77-4-1 through 77-4-8 NMSA 1978" for "Sections 98 to 105"; deleted "or the state veterinarian or any inspector" preceding "in the discharge of his duty"; substituted "sentenced in accordance with the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978" for "fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months or both" at the end of the section; and made numerous stylistic changes throughout the section.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 3A C.J.S. Animals §§ 96, 97.