Title 36, Title 36

1. Certification required. A processor or shipper of wild blueberries shall obtain certification from the assessor before processing or shipping wild blueberries. The assessor shall provide the applications for the certification, which must contain the name under which the proces…

Every processor or shipper responsible for reporting and paying the tax imposed by section 4303 shall, on or before November 1st of each year, report to the State Tax Assessor the quantity of unprocessed wild blueberries that are processed in the State, shipped to a destination o…

The State Tax Assessor, the assessor's duly authorized agents, the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the commissioner's deputies, agents or employees have authority to enter any place of business of any processor or shipper or any car, boat, truck or othe…

Money received from the tax levied by section 4303 must be appropriated for the following purposes: [PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §29 (AMD).] 1. Collection and enforcement. The commission shall pay a sum to the State Tax Assessor representing the cost incurred by the State in collecti…

The University of Maine System Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee, as authorized by Title 5, chapter 379, is appointed by the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine. The committee consists of 7 members who are active in and representative of the wild blueberry industry. The duty of th…

1. Commission established as a public instrumentality. The Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, as established by Title 5, section 12004‑H, subsection 13‑A and referred to in this section as the "commission," is established as a public body corporate and politic and an incorporate…

1. Possession or removal unlawful. It is unlawful for a person to harvest, pick, rake, possess or remove wild blueberries from the land of an owner without first securing written permission from the owner or the owner's authorized agent. This section does not apply to members of …

1. Transportation of wild blueberries; permit required. 1-A. Records of permits; confidentiality. 1-B. Restrictions on first haulers. A first hauler who is not certified as a shipper may not transport berries from the field to any entity other than a shipper or a processor holdin…

1. Record keeping required. A shipper or processor who transports or receives wild blueberries shall keep a permanent record of each lot or load of wild blueberries. The record must include the name of the driver of the vehicle used to deliver the wild blueberries, the date of de…

State police, county sheriffs and their deputies, municipal enforcement officers, state forest rangers and game wardens are authorized to make inspections, conduct investigations, make arrests and otherwise enforce this chapter.