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 ed 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.History: Laws 2020, ch. 69, § 5.ANNOTATIONSDelayed repeals. — Laws 2020, ch. 69, § 6 repeals Laws 2020, ch. 69, § 5 effective July 1, 2026.Effective dates. — Laws 2020, ch. 69, § 7 made Laws 2020, ch. 69, § 5 effective July 1, 2020.
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