Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1016 – Verified complaints; investigation
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1016
- Agent: means any person who sells or distributes potatoes or rotation crops in commerce for or on behalf of producers or others and whose operations may include the planting, cultivating, harvesting, grading, packing and furnishing containers, supplies or other services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
- Broker: means any person engaged in the business of negotiating sales of potatoes in commerce for or on behalf of the seller or the purchaser, respectively. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Dealer: means any person engaged in the business of buying or selling potatoes or rotation crops in wholesale or jobbing quantities in commerce and includes:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012Processor: means any person other than a consumer who purchases or contracts to purchase potatoes or rotation crops primarily for manufacture into articles of food or starch by operations that change the physical form the potatoes or rotation crops possessed when harvested. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Retailer: means a person engaged in the business of buying potatoes or rotation crops in wholesale or jobbing quantities and reselling the potatoes or rotation crops bought primarily to consumers through at least 5 retail outlets located within or without the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012 Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries. Verified complaint: means a writing signed by a person, who, under oath, swears that the person has reason to believe that a person required to be licensed under this Article has violated one or more of the provisions of this Article or of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, setting forth a short and plain statement of the allegations that are the basis for such belief. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 1012
The commissioner or his duly authorized agent shall have full authority to investigate upon the verified complaint of any interested person, or on his own motion, the conduct and activities of any person applying for or holding a license as dealer, processor, broker, agent or retailer and for such purpose may examine the books and papers of any such person and may take testimony and affidavits thereon under oath. Any interested person who has filed a verified complaint may be a party of record to all proceedings had with regard thereto. [PL 1975, c. 555, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 366 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 555, §3 (AMD).