Chapter 77, Articles 2 through 18 NMSA 1978 may be cited as "The Livestock Code". The Livestock Code shall be liberally construed to carry out its purposes, which are to promote greater economy, service and efficiency in the administration of the laws relating to the livestock industry of New Mexico, to control disease, to prevent the theft or illegal movement of livestock and to oversee the New Mexico meat inspection program.
History: 1953 Comp., § 47-23-1, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 213, § 1; 1993, ch. 248, § 1; 1999, ch. 282, § 1.
Repeals. — Laws 2005, ch. 208, § 27 repealed 77-2-28 NMSA 1978, which would have repealed the Livestock Code, effective July 1, 2006.
The 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, inserted "Articles 2 through 18" near the beginning of the section.
The 1993 amendment, effective June 18, 1993, substituted "Chapter 77 NMSA 1978" for "This act"; substituted "The Livestock Code" for "The Livestock Board Act" in two places; and added the language beginning "to control disease" at the end of this section.
Because Livestock and Property Tax Codes have different broad purposes does not mean that they do not concern the same subject matter. Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Rio Arriba County Assessor, 2004-NMCA-055, 135 N.M. 630, 92 P.3d 642, rev'd on other grounds, Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Rodarte, 2004-NMSC-035, 136 N.M. 630, 103 P.3d 554.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 4 Am. Jur. 2d Animals § 49 et seq.
3 C.J.S. Agriculture §§ 16, 50, 69, 73.
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