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D. With the exception of the commissioner and the fair | coordinator, appointments Appointments must be for terms of 2 | | years. The appointing authority fills a vacancy for a full 2- | | year term. The appointing authority may remove a commission | | member for cause, which includes poor attendance. The chair | | shall make recommendations to the appointing authority | | concerning a removal. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §75-A, sub-§6, ¶G is enacted to read: |
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| | | G.__The agricultural fair coordinator from the department | | shall serve as secretary to the Pull Events Commission. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §2102, as amended by PL 1977, c. 694, §131, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §2102.__Certification and inspection fee |
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| | | A grower of potato, vegetable, forage crop or grain seeds may | | make application to the commissioner for inspection and | | certification of a crop growing or to be grown in this State.__ | | The grower shall provide the commissioner with the location and a | | description of the land on which the crop is grown and any | | additional information required by the commissioner.__The grower | | shall enter into an agreement to pay inspection and certification | | fees determined by the commissioner to cover the cost of | | inspection and certification.__Upon entering into an agreement | | with a grower, the commissioner or an agent of the commissioner | | shall list that grower's crops to be inspected and shall inspect | | and certify the crops in accordance with rules adopted pursuant | | to this chapter.__All certification and inspection fees received | | in accordance with this section must be deposited in the | | Certified Seed Fund established in section 2107. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 7 MRSA §2106, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 4, Pt. E, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §2106. Working capital advance |
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| | | The State Controller is authorized to advance $300,000 from | the General Fund unappropriated surplus to the Division of Plant | Industry program in the department Certified Seed Fund | | established in section 2107 during any state fiscal year, if | | requested in writing by the Director of the Division of Plant | | Industry, to be used to provide cash necessary to meet current | | expenditures of the seed certification program. These funds must | | be returned to the General Fund unappropriated surplus before the | | close of the state fiscal year in which the advance was made. | | The State Controller shall report to the joint standing committee |
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