The board may enter into contracts for research into and promotion of meat and meat products. The contracts shall carry provisions for financing, and the board may accept and expend voluntary contributions from any source to finance the contracts. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or include cattle coming out of feed lots. History: 1953 Comp., § 47-23-6.1, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 177, § 1; 1999, ch. 282, § 4. ANNOTATIONSThe 1999 amendment, effective July 1, 1999, deleted 'New Mexico livestock' preceding 'board' in the first sentence, and deleted the former third sentence, which read 'Every contract for research or promotion shall contain provisions for financing the cost of the work and must be approved by the state board of finance.'
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