§ 76-10-5 NMSA 1978

The regents of the agricultural college of New Mexico [New Mexico state university] shall upon petition of farmers or growers or those who intend to plant or grow crops for the purpose of producing pure strains of seeds and after public hearing of said petition designate, outline and delimit zones within which only one strain, variety or species of such crop may be grown, and to [sic] give public notice thereof. The said regents are also hereby authorized and empowered to designate and delimit neutral zones on either side of said plant production zones within which neutral zones no plant or plants, plots or fields of the same or nearly related strains, varieties or species of the said crop shall be permitted to be grown to the stage in which buds are produced.