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Current as of May 06, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this section, in addition to the commercial feed registration fee required pursuant to Section 76-19A-10 NMSA 1978, the department shall collect an annual fee on each pet food registered with the department as follows:
(1) beginning January 1, 2021, fifty dollars ($50.00);
(2) beginning January 1, 2022, seventy-five dollars ($75.00); and
(3) on and after January 1, 2023, one hundred dollars ($100).
B. The provisions of Subsection A of this section do not apply in cases of:
(1) prescription diet pet food prescribed by a veterinarian; or
(2) pet food manufactured by a person who demonstrates to the board, in a manner prescribed by the board, that the person's tax-year annual gross revenue from the distribution of pet food is no more than three million dollars ($3,000,000).
C. The fee collected pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be distributed as follows:
(1) ninety-six percent of the fee shall be deposited with the state treasurer and credited to the statewide spay and neuter subaccount of the animal care and facility fund; and
(2) four percent of the fee shall be distributed to the department to administer the New Mexico Commercial Feed Act.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 76. Agriculture § 76-19A-10.1. Spay and neuter program fee - last updated May 06, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-76-agriculture/nm-st-sect-76-19a-10-1/
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