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1, chapter 13, subchapter 1 to the contrary, records pertaining to
transportation permits required to be kept by the Wild Blueberry
Commission of Maine under this section are confidential to the
extent necessary to preserve the identity of parties to individual
business transactions.__The confidential status does not apply when
records kept by the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine are needed
as evidence in a proceeding to enforce a provision of section 4314
or this section or in a prosecution for a violation of any other
criminal law.

 
Sec. V-8. 36 MRSA §4315, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 511, §23,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
3.__Violation.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A person who transports wild blueberries in violation of
this section commits a Class E crime.__Violation of this
paragraph is a strict liability crime as defined in Title
17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

 
B.__A person who violates any other provision of this
section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not
more than $500 may be adjudged.

 
Sec. V-9. 36 MRSA §4362-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 458, §3,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
4.__Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A distributor who imports into this State any cigarettes
without holding a distributor's license issued by the
assessor pursuant to this section commits a civil violation
for which a fine of not less than $250 and not more than
$500 must be adjudged.

 
B.__A distributor who violates paragraph A after having been
previously adjudicated as violating paragraph A commits a
civil violation for which a fine of not less than $500 and
not more than $1,000 must be adjudged for each subsequent
violation.

 
C.__A distributor who sells at wholesale, offers for sale at
wholesale or possesses with intent to sell at wholesale any
cigarettes without holding a distributor's license issued by
the assessor pursuant to this section commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $250 and not
more than $500 must be adjudged.


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