103 chapters · 755 sections in this title.
7 M.R.S. § 1 Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
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The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, is established and is maintained for the improvement of agriculture and the advancement of the interests of husbandry. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is referred to in this Title as the "departmen…
7 M.R.S. § 1-A Legislative intent
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The Legislature finds agriculture to be a major industry in the State, contributing substantially to the state's overall economy, essential to the maintenance and strengthening of rural life and values and necessary to the preservation of the health, safety and welfare of all of …
7 M.R.S. § 1-B Preservation of rural life and values; joint responsibility
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The Legislature finds there has been a dramatic increase of interest in rural living and small and part-time farming; that a high proportion of the population in rural areas is poor, elderly and underemployed; agriculture is significant to the State's economy and that a prosperin…
7 M.R.S. § 11 Annual account of expenditures
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The commissioner shall render on the first day of July of each year a detailed and itemized account of all expenses of the commissioner's office, of all institutes held and of all money paid out for employees under the provisions hereof, all sums of money paid for prizes on exhib…