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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §435 is enacted to read:

 
§435.__Listing of statutes

 
This section provides a list of statutes that designate
records and information as confidential.__The inclusion of
records in or exclusion of records from this section does not
affect the public or confidential status of the records.__
Inclusion in or exclusion from a specific subsection of this
section of records does not affect the purposes for which the
information was collected or for which it may be used or
maintained.

 
1.__Agriculture.__The following statutes designate as
confidential certain records containing information collected,
used or maintained for agriculture purposes:

 
A.__Title 7, section 20, subsection 1, relating to
information reported to the Department of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Resources;

 
B.__Title 7, section 306-A, subsection 3, relating to
agricultural development grant program, market research or
development activities;

 
C.__Title 7, section 951-A, relating to minimum standards
for planting potatoes;

 
D.__Title 7, section 1052, subsection 2, relating to growers
of genetically engineered plants and seeds;

 
E.__Title 7, section 2103-A, subsection 4, relating to
patented and nonreleased potato varieties;

 
F.__Title 7, section 4204, subsection 10, relating to
nutrient management plans;

 
G.__Title 7, section 4205, subsection 2, relating to
livestock operation permits and nutrient management plans;

 
H.__Title 13, section 1957, subsection 8, relating to the
members of associations of agricultural producers and
purchasing information;

 
I.__Title 36, section 4315, subsection 1-A, relating to the
transportation of wild blueberries; and


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