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officer, director, partner or member of a corporation, partnership, | | association or exchange, all such names and positions. If the | | applicant is a foreign corporation, it shall certify that it is | | authorized to transact business in the State under former Title 13- | | A, chapter 12 or Title 13-C, chapter 15, and further state the | | principal business address of the applicant in the State or | | elsewhere, the address of all places of business in the State, and | | the name or names of the person or persons authorized to receive | | and accept service of lawful process upon the applicant within the | | State. All questions required to be answered in the application for | | licenses must be sworn to, and intentionally untruthful answers | | constitute the crime of perjury. |
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| | | Upon receipt of such applications | commissioner immediately shall cause notice of the applications | | application to be provided in a manner consistent with the | | provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as to | | adjudicatory proceedings and shall, in any case, cause a copy of | | the notice to be served upon the Maine Potato Board. Any | | interested person has 30 days in which to file comments as to the | | applicant's qualifications, to request a hearing or to file a | | verified complaint with the commissioner as provided by this | | Article. |
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| | | This applicant shall satisfy the commissioner of his | | applicant's character, financial responsibility and good faith in | | seeking to engage in the business. The commissioner shall, after | | notice and opportunity for a hearing has been provided in a | | manner consistent with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act as | to adjudicatory proceedings, issue a license to such | if he | | qualifications, such license entitling the applicant to act in | | the capacity described in the license for a period of one year | from the date of issuance thereofNoshall | | granted to any applicant if such person or officer, director, | | partner, or member thereof, has been convicted in any state or | | federal court of any felony within 5 years of the date of the | | application. |
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| | | In order to insure the licensee's financial responsibility and | | to protect potato and rotation crop producers, the commissioner | | shall require the licensee to file a bond as a prerequisite to | | the issuance of a license.__The bond must be in a form and amount | | satisfactory to the commissioner, but not less than $50,000 nor | | more than $300,000 in the case of dealers and brokers engaged in | | buying or selling either potatoes or rotation crops, but not | | both, not less than $50,000 nor more than $400,000 in the case of | | dealers and brokers engaged in buying and selling both potatoes | | and rotation crops, or not less than $100,000 nor more than | | $500,000 in the case of processors, payable to the |
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