7 §402-A. Agriculture promotion
Title 7: AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Part 2: MARKETING, GRADING AND LABELING
Chapter 101: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter 1: MARKETING AND ADVERTISING FARM PRODUCTS
§402-A. Agriculture promotion
1. Agriculture Promotion Committee.
[ 1995, c. 233, Pt. A, §2 (RP) .]
2. Fund. There is created a nonlapsing Agriculture Promotion Fund. The commissioner is authorized to accept moneys for this fund from any public or private source and to credit to this fund any moneys received from the sale of agricultural promotional materials.
[ 1981, c. 705, Pt. I, §1 (NEW) .]
3. Duties of the committee.
[ 1995, c. 233, Pt. A, §3 (RP) .]
4. Rule-making authority. The commissioner may adopt such rules as he considers necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter including, but not limited to, rules requiring registration of persons wishing to identify products as Maine products under a logo or trademark adopted by the department and requiring verification of the origin of those products.
[ 1981, c. 705, Pt. I, §1 (NEW) .]
SECTION HISTORY
1981, c. 705, §I1 (NEW). 1983, c. 812, §42 (AMD). 1989, c. 503, §B40 (AMD). 1995, c. 233, §§A2,3 (AMD).