LD 1318
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LR 1321
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D.__Making or circulating unsubstantiated reports about the
finances, management or activities of other associations or
forest landowners;

 
E.__Conspiring, combining, agreeing or arranging with any
other person to do, or aiding or abetting the doing of,
any practice that violates this Act;

 
F.__Hindering or preventing to hinder or prevent, by
picketing, threats, intimidations, force or coercion of
any kind, the pursuit of any lawful work or employment;
obstructing or interfering with entrance to or egress from
any place of employment; or obstructing or interfering
with free and uninterrupted use of public roads, streets,
highways, railways, airports or other ways of travel or
conveyance; and

 
G.__Exercising coercive pressure by picketing, patrolling
or using other actions against business establishments
other than the premises owned or controlled by the forest
landowner in order to cause the business establishments to
cease doing business with that forest landowner.

 
3.__Notice; hearing.__Whenever it is charged that an
association or a forest landowner has committed an unfair
practice under this section, the board shall provide that
person with notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance
with Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 4.__The board shall
request that the Attorney General or any attorney in the
Department of the Attorney General designated by the Attorney
General be present at such a hearing and shall advise the
board on procedure and on the admissibility of any evidence.

 
4.__Findings.__If, upon a preponderance of the evidence, the
board determines that the person complained of has committed
an unfair practice in violation of this chapter, it shall
state its findings of fact, shall issue an order requiring the
person to cease and desist from such conduct and shall order
further affirmative action, excluding an award of damages, to
effectuate the policies of this chapter.__Failure to comply
with such an order is a violation of this chapter.__If the
board determines that the person complained of has not
committed an unfair practice, it shall state its findings of
fact and shall issue an order dismissing the charges.

 
5.__Frivolous charges.__If the board determines that a
charge of unfair practice is frivolous, it shall state its
findings of fact and may issue a reprimand to the person
making the charge. When the board determines that a person who
made a


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