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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE |
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LD 188 |
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LR 642(07) |
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An Act Regarding
the Transportation of Products in the Forest Products Industry |
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Fiscal Note for
Bill as Engrossed with:
C "A" (S-70)
S "A" (S-95) to C "A" (S-70) |
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Committee: Taxation |
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Fiscal Note |
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Current biennium cost increase - Other Special Reveune
Funds
Current biennium revenue increase - Other Special Revenue Funds |
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Correctional and
Judicial Impact Statements |
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The additional
workload associated with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court
system does not require additional funding at this time. |
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Fiscal Detail
and Notes |
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This bill
prohibits a landowner who owns 50,000 or more acres of forest land from
transporting forest products harvested on the landowner's land from one
location in the State to another location in the State in violation of
federal law or regulation or international trade agreement. It directs the
Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and
Forestry (ACF) to enforce within the existing resources of the bureau certain
violations discovered as part of the normal inspection process pursuant to
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 10, section 2364-B, subsection 6. Fines for
violations are $1,000 for a first violation, $2,500 for a second violation
and $10,000 for a third and any subsequent violations. Any fine revenue
collected from these civil violations can be retained by the bureau and used
to assist with enforcement of the bill. No estimate of increased revenue from
violations is made at this time. |
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