{"data":{"id":"us-nm/77-15-9","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"77-15-9","heading":"Form of petitions.","body":"The petitions shall be in substantially the following form:\nPETITION FOR COUNTY PREDATOR CONTROL PROGRAM\nTo the Board of County Commissioners of _________________ (name of county) New Mexico:\nThe undersigned, owners of at least fifty-one percent of the sheep and goats, and fifty-one percent of the cattle (or either, as the case may be) on the tax rolls of _______________________ (name of county) county, New Mexico, hereby petition the board of county commissioners to establish a county predator control program as authorized by _______________________ (cite applicable law) to last for a period of ________ years from the date of the establishment of the program. This program shall be financed by a mill levy on the appropriate kind of livestock in this county at a rate not to exceed ______________ ($ ) per head.\nWe further petition the board of county commissioners to appoint the following five livestock owners, residents of this county, to serve as the county predator control board:\n1. ________________________________\t3. ________________________________\n2. ________________________________\t4. ________________________________\n5. ________________________________\nDate Signed\tSignature\tAddress\tName under which assessed\tLimitation (if any)\n______________________________________________________________________________\n______________________________________________________________________________\nThe petitions may consist of as many sheets of paper as needed, as long as each sheet is headed as provided in this section.","path":["Chapter 77 - Animals and Livestock","ARTICLE 15 Predatory Wild Animals and Rodent Pests"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18580/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:20Z","sha256":"06b4d4c9ca19be11282a54c2a233d6fcb3ef679e90fac8dac50bbd5202a99f9c","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/77-15-8","next":"us-nm/77-15-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}