| A fee for administrative costs, which shall must be at a rate set | by rule by the commissioner upon consultation with the Potato | Marketing Improvement Committee, but which that rate shall may | not exceed 1% of the loan, shall must be charged on all loans | made for projects, the total cost of which exceeds $50,000. This | fee shall must be deposited in the fund. |
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| | Sec. 15. 7 MRSA §1033, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 503, Pt. B, | §44, is further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Board. The Maine Potato Quality Control Board established | by Title 5, section 12004-H, subsection 6, shall consist consists | of the following members: |
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| A. Two representatives elected by the executive council of | the dealers dealers' assembly established pursuant to Title | 36, chapter 710; |
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| B. Seven representatives of growers of tablestock potatoes, | one elected by the assembly of tablestock growers in each of | the districts established pursuant to Title 36, section | 4602, subsection 3; |
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| D. A representative of the department, appointed by the | commissioner; and |
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| E. A person appointed by the Governor to represent | consumers. |
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| Members shall must be elected or appointed, as the case may be, | within 30 days of the effective date of this section as amended | September 29, 1987 and shall serve for staggered 2-year terms. In | the initial membership, the board shall determine that 5 of its | members shall serve for one-year terms. The board shall elect a | chair and shall meet at the call of the chair and at the call of | the Maine Potato Board. The members shall be are compensated as | provided in Title 5, chapter 379. |
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| | Sec. 16. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§30, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997, | c. 690, §8 and c. 704, §1, is repealed and the following enacted | in its place: |
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| | 30.__Wolf hybrid.__"Wolf hybrid" means a mammal that is the | offspring of the reproduction between a species of wild canid or | wild canid hybrid and a domestic dog or wild canid hybrid.__"Wolf | hybrid" includes a mammal that is represented by its owner to be | a wolf hybrid, coyote hybrid, coydog or any other kind of wild | canid hybrid. |
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