| | 5.__Retailer. "Retailer" means a person who engages in the | business of selling architectural coatings or general use | pesticides to consumers. |
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| | 6.__Shop application.__"Shop application" means the | application of a coating to a product or a component of a product | in a factory as part of a manufacturing, production or repairing | process. |
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| | 7.__Unit.__"Unit" means an individual container of pesticide | of any size distributed, or to be distributed, to retailers for | purchase by a consumer.__Units may include, but are not limited | to, such containers as bags, boxes, bottles and cans. |
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| §4872.__Fee on architectural coatings |
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| | 1.__Fee imposed.__A fee of 20__per gallon is imposed on the | retail sale of architectural coatings in this State.__ | Architectural coatings in containers of less than one-gallon | capacity are exempt from this fee. |
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| | 2.__Advertising of payment by retailer.__It is unlawful for | any retailer to advertise or hold out or state to the public or | to any consumer, directly or indirectly, that the fee imposed by | this section will be assumed or absorbed by the retailer or that | it will not be added or included in the selling price of the | coating or that, if added or included, the fee or any part | thereof will be refunded. |
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| | 3.__Distributor responsibility.__Upon request by a retailer of | architectural coatings doing business in this State, a | distributor shall provide a quarterly, semiannual or annual | report identifying the number of gallons of architectural | coatings sold to the retailer in containers of one gallon or | more. |
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| §4873.__Fee on general use pesticides |
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| | A fee of 20__is imposed on each unit of general use pesticide | distributed within this State for retail sale.__This fee is | imposed at the distributor level.__Pesticide products exempt from | licensure requirements pursuant to Title 22, section 1471-W, | subsection 5 are exempt from the fee imposed by this section. |
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| | 1.__Deposit of revenue.__The fees imposed by this chapter are | administered as provided under chapter 7 and Part 3 and must be | considered as imposed under Part 3.__The revenue derived from the | fees imposed by this chapter must be deposited in the Maine |
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