A. That fraudulent charges or returns have been made by the applicant or licensee for the handling, sale or storage of potatoes or rotation crops, or for the rendering of any service in connection with the handling, sale or storage of potatoes or rotation crops;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

B. That the applicant or licensee has failed or refused to render a true account of sales, or to make a settlement thereon, within the time and in the manner required by this Article, or has failed or refused to pay for potatoes or rotation crops purchased by the applicant or licensee within 30 calendar days after acceptance of the potatoes or rotation crops;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

C. That the applicant or licensee has knowingly made any false material statement as to the condition, quality or quantity of potatoes or rotation crops received, handled, sold, purchased or stored by the applicant or licensee;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

D. That the applicant or licensee directly or indirectly has purchased for that applicant's or licensee's own account, potatoes or rotation crops received by the applicant or licensee upon consignment without prior authorization from consignor together with price fixed by consignor or without promptly notifying the consignor of such purchase. This does not prevent any dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer, in order to close the day's business, from taking into account in the record of sales miscellaneous lots or parcels of potatoes or rotation crops remaining unsold, if such dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer on the business day next following properly enters any such transaction in that applicant's or licensee's accounts;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

E. That the applicant or licensee has made any substantial misrepresentation as to the conditions of the market for potatoes or rotation crops;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

F. That the applicant or licensee has made fictitious sales or has defrauded or attempted to defraud a producer;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

G. That a dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer to whom any consignment is made has reconsigned such consignment to another dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer and has received, collected or charged by such means more than one commission for making the sale therefor for the consignor without written consent of such consignor;   [PL 1975, c. 555, §5 (AMD).]

H. That the licensee knowingly made any false material statements in the procurement of such license;   [PL 1971, c. 366 (NEW).]

I. That the applicant or licensee has not accounted promptly and properly to the producer with regard to any claim settled or collected by the applicant or licensee for such producer;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

J. That the applicant or licensee has failed or refused, upon demand, to permit the commissioner or the commissioner's agents to make the investigations, examinations or audits as provided in this Article or that the applicant or licensee has removed or sequestered any books, records or papers necessary to any such investigations, examinations or audits, or has otherwise obstructed the same;   [PL 1997, c. 606, §10 (AMD).]

K. That the licensee has failed or refused to keep and maintain the records as required by this Article;   [PL 1971, c. 366 (NEW).]

L. That the applicant or licensee has committed any act or conduct with regard to the handling, sale or storage of potatoes or rotation crops whether of the same or different character than specified in this subsection, which constitutes or demonstrates bad faith, incompetency or untrustworthiness, or dishonest, fraudulent or improper dealings;   [PL 2005, c. 333, §2 (AMD).]

M. That the applicant or licensee has failed to deliver to the seller the confirmation required by section 1022 within the time specified; or   [PL 2005, c. 333, §2 (AMD).]

N. That the applicant or licensee has failed to maintain a bond to ensure financial responsibility to producers or other licensees as required under section 1015.   [PL 2005, c. 333, §2 (NEW).]

A. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry or the commissioner's agent, upon notification by producers of insufficient or no payment, shall immediately investigate the complaint and shall, in a manner consistent with the provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as to adjudicatory proceedings, hold a hearing, unless such hearing is waived by the processor, dealer, broker, agent or retailer against whom the charge has been made. The processor, dealer, broker, agent or retailer accused of nonpayment shall provide the commissioner with a copy of the contract, if any, and all other materials and information to enable the commissioner to carry out the provisions of this section. Upon finding after investigation that the processor, dealer, broker, agent or retailer has violated the contract, express or implied, the commissioner may recover the proceeds of the bond required by section 1015 and apply those proceeds against the amounts owed producers. In the event the bond proceeds are inadequate to cover the debts owed producers, the commissioner shall require the processor, dealer, broker, agent or retailer to post an additional bond sufficient to cover the remaining debt owed to the producer or producers.