1. Fees. The Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the department may establish by rule fees for purposes authorized under this subchapter in amounts that are reasonable and necessary for their respective purposes, except that the fee for any one purpose may not exceed $300. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2?A.

[PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. KK, §17 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. B, §5 (REV).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14708

  • Consumer: means any person who purchases or contracts for the purchase of merchandise for any purpose except resale in the ordinary course of trade or business. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14701
  • Department: means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14701
  • Merchandise: includes any objects, wares, goods, promises, commodities, intangibles, services or other things of value but does not include food or technical or vocational schools located outside of the State that are registered pursuant to Title 20?A, section 9501. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14701
  • Person: includes natural persons, corporations, trusts, partnerships, incorporated or unincorporated associations and any other legal entities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14701
  • transient seller: means any person who engages in the business of selling merchandise to consumers by means of personal contact or telephone contact, whether or not the seller is present in the State at the time of the contact or the time of sale, and who does not have, for the purposes of carrying on such business, any permanent place of business within this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 14701
2. Dedicated revenues.

[PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. KK, §17 (RP).]

3. Security deposit. Every person that engages in the business of transient sellers of consumer merchandise, including the self-employed or those who employ one or more transient sellers of consumer merchandise, shall also make a security deposit of $10,000 or of a sum equal to the anticipated yearly gross revenues in this State, whichever is less, with the department for the protection of consumers as described in section 14712. The security deposit may be made by a bond as drawn by the department and as secured by a surety approved by the department. Only one security deposit is required of each person engaged in transient sales of consumer merchandise.

[PL 2001, c. 324, §12 (NEW).]

4. License issued. The department shall issue to a transient seller of consumer merchandise and to employees of that transient seller a license upon receipt of a completed application with the fees as set under subsection 1 and the security deposit required by subsection 3.

[PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. KK, §17 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2001, c. 324, §12 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 402, Pt. KK, §17 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. B, §5 (REV).
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