§ 10 §2367 — Rules

The state sealer shall, in a manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, promulgate and adopt rules relating to:
1.
Weight scale.
Procedures for determining the weight of wood according to weight scale;
2.
Butt measure; other measurement systems.
Procedures and standards for the lineal and volumetric measurement of wood;
3.
Measurement equipment standards and tolerances.
Measurement equipment standards and tolerances;
4.
Complaints; investigations.
Procedures for the filing and investigating of complaints and for the sampling, check scaling and check measurement of disputed wood, including verification of butt scale tables;
5.
Designation; units of measure.
The designation of appropriate units of measure which can be efficiently and conveniently used in wood transactions;
6.
Dissemination; scaling and measurement tallies.
The dissemination of the scaling and measurement tallies or slips as appropriate to prevent unfair or deceptive representations of the quantity of wood measured;
7.
Measuring and scaling operators; licensing.
Licensing of measuring and scaling operators; and
8.
Other standards.
Other standards and rules necessary to the administration of this subchapter.

Legislative History

PL 1983, c. 804, §11 (NEW).