| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §90-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §90-B.__Inquiries from public |
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| | | If the Secretary of State receives an inquiry from a member of | | the public concerning an issue under the jurisdiction of the | | Secretary of State, the Secretary of State must send the member | | of the public a reply directly responsive to the member of the | | public's inquiry and not just a copy of an agency rule or form | | letter. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §505, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "farm truck" | | means a truck equipped with axles other than dolly axles under | | section 1902, subsection 4, or a farm truck towing a trailer or | | semitrailer when that truck is used primarily for transportation | | of agricultural commodities, supplies or equipment for or from a | | farm owned, operated or occupied by the registrant. "Farm truck" | | includes a truck used for the transportation of landscaping | | commodities, supplies or equipment to or from a farm owned, | | operated or occupied by the registrant as long as the truck is | | not used on a substantially daily delivery schedule on | | established routes. "Farm truck" does not include a truck used | | for the retail delivery of milk or used on a substantially daily | | delivery schedule on established routes. |
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| | | This bill allows farmers to use trucks registered as farm | | trucks to haul landscaping commodities, supplies and equipment to | | and from their farms. This bill also requires the Secretary of | | State to reply responsively to inquiries from the public. |
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