0001| HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0002| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0003| INTRODUCED BY | 0004| JOE M. STELL | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| AN ACT | 0011| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. | 0012| | 0013| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0014| State of New Mexico | 0015| House of Representatives | 0016| | 0017| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0018| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0019| | 0020| | 0021| March 11,1997 | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| Mr. Speaker: | 0025| | 0001| Your AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE, | 0002| to whom has been referred | 0003| | 0004| HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0005| | 0006| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0007| recommendation that it DO NOT PASS, but that | 0008| | 0009| HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE | 0010| SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0011| | 0012| DO PASS. | 0013| | 0014| Respectfully submitted, | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| | 0020| G. X. McSherry, Chairman | 0021| | 0022| | 0023| Adopted Not Adopted | 0024| | 0025| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0001| | 0002| Date | 0003| | 0004| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against | 0005| Yes: 5 | 0006| Excused: Dana, Porter, Stell, Wright | 0007| Absent: None | 0008| | 0009| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1342 HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0010| HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0011| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| AN ACT | 0020| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; | 0021| PROVIDING FOR AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY PEST CONTROL MEASURES; | 0022| AUTHORIZING AN INVOLUNTARY ERADICATION FEE ASSESSMENT; CREATING | 0023| A FUND; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. | 0024| | 0025| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0001| Section 1. A new section of the Pest Control Act is | 0002| enacted to read: | 0003| "[NEW MATERIAL] EMERGENCY MEASURES--FEE ASSESSMENT.-- | 0004| A. When the board finds that a continuing threat of | 0005| spread of a pest exists and, after appropriate notice, a | 0006| property owner does not take immediate voluntary measures to | 0007| prevent or retard the spread of the pest as allowed by Section | 0008| 76-6-4 NMSA 1978, the board may take reasonable emergency | 0009| action as necessary in accordance with the provisions of the | 0010| Pest Control Act. | 0011| B. The board may assess an involuntary eradication | 0012| fee, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), against the | 0013| owner of the property that was subject to the board's emergency | 0014| action." | 0015| Section 2. A new section of the Pest Control Act is | 0016| enacted to read: | 0017| "[NEW MATERIAL] FUND CREATED--ADMINISTRATION.--The | 0018| "pest eradication fund" is created in the state treasury to | 0019| consist of fees assessed pursuant to Section 1 of this act. | 0020| The fund shall be administered by the board, and money in the | 0021| fund is appropriated to the board to defray the costs of taking | 0022| emergency action to suppress, control, eradicate, prevent or | 0023| retard the spread of a pest, as authorized in Section 1 of this | 0024| act." | 0025|  HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0001| HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR | 0002| HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0003| 43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997 | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| | 0010| | 0011| AN ACT | 0012| RELATING TO THE PUBLIC PEACE, HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE; | 0013| PROVIDING FOR COST RECOVERY FOR AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY PEST | 0014| CONTROL ACTIONS; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE NMSA 1978. | 0015| | 0016| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0017| Section 1. Section 76-6-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1969, | 0018| Chapter 41, Section 6) is amended to read: | 0019| "76-6-6. ABATEMENT AND EMERGENCY MEASURES AUTHORIZED.-- | 0020| A. Whenever the board finds any article that is | 0021| infested or reasonably believed to be infested or a host or | 0022| pest exists on any [premise] premises or is in transit in | 0023| this state, [he] it may, upon giving notice to the owner or | 0024| his agent in possession thereof, seize, quarantine, treat or | 0025| otherwise dispose of [such] the pest, host or article in | 0001| such manner as the board deems necessary to suppress, control, | 0002| eradicate or [to] prevent or retard the spread of a pest, or | 0003| the board may order [such] the owner or agent to so treat | 0004| or otherwise dispose of the pest, host or article. | 0005| B. When the board finds that a continuing threat | 0006| of the spread of a pest exists, and after appropriate notice, | 0007| an owner or his agent does not take immediate measures to | 0008| prevent or retard the spread of the pest, the board may take | 0009| reasonable emergency action as necessary in accordance with the | 0010| provisions of the Pest Control Act and regulations of the | 0011| board. The board may assess an emergency action fee to recover | 0012| the cost of the emergency action, not to exceed one thousand | 0013| dollars ($1,000), against the owner of the property that was | 0014| subject to the boards's emergency action." | 0015|  State of New Mexico | 0016| House of Representatives | 0017| | 0018| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0019| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0020| | 0021| | 0022| March 16, 1997 | 0023| | 0024| | 0025| Mr. Speaker: | 0001| | 0002| Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom | 0003| has been referred | 0004| | 0005| HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE | 0006| SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0007| | 0008| has had it under consideration and reports same with | 0009| recommendation that it DO PASS. | 0010| | 0011| Respectfully submitted, | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| | 0015| | 0016| Max Coll, Chairman | 0017| | 0018| | 0019| Adopted Not Adopted | 0020| | 0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0022| | 0023| Date | 0024| | 0025| The roll call vote was 14 For 0 Against | 0001| Yes: 14 | 0002| Excused: Marquardt, Saavedra, Watchman | 0003| Absent: None | 0004| | 0005| | 0006| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H1342 | 0007| | 0008| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE | 0009| FIRST SESSION, 1997 | 0010| | 0011| | 0012| March 19, 1997 | 0013| | 0014| Mr. President: | 0015| | 0016| Your CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred | 0017| | 0018| HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE | 0019| SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES | 0020| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 1342 | 0021| | 0022| has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation | 0023| that it DO PASS. | 0024| | 0025| Respectfully submitted, | 0001| | 0002| | 0003| | 0004| __________________________________ | 0005| Michael S. Sanchez, Chairman | 0006| | 0007| | 0008| | 0009| Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________ | 0010| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk) | 0011| | 0012| | 0013| | 0014| Date ________________________ | 0015| | 0016| | 0017| The roll call vote was 6 For 0 Against | 0018| Yes: 6 | 0019| No: None | 0020| Excused: Davis, Kysar, Macias, Tsosie | 0021| Absent: None | 0022| | 0023| | 0024| H1342C01 |