CHAPTER 46

H.P. 487 - L.D. 657

An Act To Repeal the Forest Products Antitrust Exemption

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1101, as amended by PL 1977, c. 175, §1, is further amended to read:

§1101. Contracts in restraint of trade

Every contract, combination in the form of trusts or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in this State is declared to be illegal; provided that no association or corporation organized for the sole purpose of marketing, producing or trucking pulpwood or saw logs, the members of or stockholders in which are actually engaged in the production of such products or selling, cutting or trucking the same shall be deemed to be a conspiracy or a combination or in restraint of trade or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices arbitrarily; nor shall the marketing contracts and agreements between such association or corporation and its members or stockholders be considered illegal as such or in unlawful restraint of trade or as part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose. Whoever shall make makes any such contract or engage engages in any such combination or conspiracy shall be is guilty of a Class C crime.

Sec. 2. 13 MRSA §171, as amended by PL 1973, c. 489, §2, is further amended to read: