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| | | An Act To Strengthen Maine's Timber Theft Laws |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2512 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2512.__Failure to pay for trees harvested |
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| | | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | | meanings. |
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| | | A.__"Forest products" means logs, pulpwood, veneer, bolt | | wood, wood chips, stud wood, poles, pilings, biomass fuel | | wood, fuel wood or other products commonly known as forest | | products, but does not include Christmas trees, maple syrup, | | nursery products used for ornamental purposes, wreaths, | | bough material, cones or other seed crops. |
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| | | B.__"Handling or processing facility" means sawmills; bolter | | mills; shingle mills; veneer mills; fence pole and piling | | making operations; pulp and paper mills; wafer board, | | particle board and plywood mills; whole tree chippers; | | commercial fuel wood processors; custom wood processing | | mills; and log yards established to accumulate logs awaiting | | shipment to these facilities. |
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| | | C.__"Harvest operation" means the harvest of forest products | | on land in a single municipality or township.__Land | | harvested need not be contiguous, and more than one | | harvester may work a harvest operation. |
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