Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1014 – Licensing; agents
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1014
- Agent: means any person who sells or distributes potatoes or rotation crops in commerce for or on behalf of producers or others and whose operations may include the planting, cultivating, harvesting, grading, packing and furnishing containers, supplies or other services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
- Broker: means any person engaged in the business of negotiating sales of potatoes in commerce for or on behalf of the seller or the purchaser, respectively. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
- Dealer: means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling potatoes or rotation crops in wholesale or jobbing quantities in commerce and includes:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72 Processor: means any person other than a consumer who purchases or contracts to purchase potatoes or rotation crops primarily for manufacture into articles of food or starch by operations that change the physical form the potatoes or rotation crops possessed when harvested. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Retailer: means a person engaged in the business of buying potatoes or rotation crops in wholesale or jobbing quantities and reselling the potatoes or rotation crops bought primarily to consumers through at least 5 retail outlets located within or without the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Sale: includes every contract of purchase or sale, contract to purchase or sell, purchase, sale and disposition of potatoes or rotation crops for value. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
No person shall act as a dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer unless duly licensed as provided in this Article. Every person, before acting as a dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer, shall file an application with the commissioner for a license to transact the business of a dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer and such application shall be accompanied by the license fee provided in this Article. [PL 1975, c. 555, §2 (AMD).]
A person may not buy, solicit or negotiate the sale of any potatoes or rotation crops in this State as a representative of any dealer, processor, broker or retailer, unless such a representative has been so authorized by a duly licensed dealer, processor, broker or retailer in writing, and a copy of such authorization is filed with the commissioner, except where such representative conducts business in the office of the dealer, processor, broker or retailer. The commissioner must be notified in writing by the dealer, processor, broker or retailer immediately upon the termination of such authorization. [PL 1997, c. 606, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 366 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 600, §5 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 555, §2 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 606, §8 (AMD).