There shall be a fee for the inspection of livestock to be fixed by the board not to exceed the amount prescribed by law for each inspection request, and the fee shall be a lien upon the livestock of the owner until paid. Each inspector shall keep a complete record of all livestock inspected by him, listing all brands and marks and the names of the shippers, and a copy of the record shall be preserved by the board.
History: Laws 1899, ch. 53, § 2; Code 1915, § 152; C.S. 1929, § 4-1438; Laws 1933, ch. 53, § 14; 1941 Comp., § 49-935; Laws 1951, ch. 31, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 47-9-35; Laws 1959, ch. 249, § 3; 1973, ch. 234, § 1; 1981, ch. 357, § 9; 1999, ch. 282, § 60.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, substituted "livestock of the owner" for "animals inspected" in the first sentence, and made stylistic changes throughout the section.
The 1981 amendment substituted "the amount prescribed by law" for "twenty cents ($.20) for the period ending January 1, 1975 and not to exceed twenty-five cents ($.25) per head, thereafter with a minimum charge not to exceed one dollar ($1.00)" and "the" for "such" following "and" in the first sentence.
Cattle sanitary board (New Mexico livestock board) may charge regular inspection fee on both intrastate and interstate shipments. 1947 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 47-4979.