1. A. A small dealer's license is required of any person that buys, sells or traffics in more than five cases and less than two hundred cases of eggs in any one week.
2. B. A medium dealer's license is required of any person that buys, sells or traffics in more than two hundred cases and fewer than four hundred cases of eggs in any one week.
3. C. A large dealer's license is required of any person that buys, sells or traffics in more than four hundred cases of eggs in any one week.

4. D. The annual license fee for each type of dealer is:

   (1) small dealer $10.00 (2) medium dealer $25.00 (3) large dealer $50.00;

5. (1)
6. small dealer
7. $10.00
8. (2)
9. medium dealer
10. $25.00
11. (3)
12. large dealer
13. $50.00;

14. provided that the board may index the amount of a fee for inflation until July 1, 2031 using the consumer price index for all urban consumers: all items published by the United States department of labor.

    1. E. For the purpose of this section, a "case" consists of thirty dozen eggs.
    2. F. All licenses shall be conspicuously posted in the place of business to which they apply. The license is subject to revocation by the inspectors for cause. All licenses are renewable annually on July 1 and shall expire on June 30 of the succeeding year.

History: 1953 Comp., § 54-2-21, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 138, § 12; 1973, ch. 116, § 10; 2026, ch. 13, § 2.

ANNOTATIONS

The 2026 amendment, effective July 1, 2026, authorized the board of regents of New Mexico state university to impose increases to the license fees up to the rate of inflation measured in the consumer price index for all urban consumers through the end of fiscal year 2031, and made certain technical amendments; in Subsection A, after "person" deleted "firm or corporation who" and added "that"; in Subsection B, after "A" deleted "medium-sized" and added "medium", after "person" deleted "firm or corporation who" and added "that", after "traffics in" deleted "over" and added "more than", and after "cases and" deleted "less" and added "fewer"; in Subsection C, after "person" deleted "firm or corporation who" and added "that", after "sells or traffics in" deleted "over" and added "more than" and after "four hundred cases" added "of eggs"; in Subsection D, in the introductory clause, deleted "fees" and added "license fee", in Paragraph D(1) added "dealer" after "small", in Paragraph D(2), added "dealer" after "medium", in Paragraph D(3), added "dealer" after "large", and after the semicolon, added the remainder of the paragraph; and in Subsection F, after "inspectors for cause", deleted "All licenses issued prior to the effective date of the Egg Grading Act shall expire when the act becomes effective and thereafter".