An Act To Require Payment Quotes in Service Contracts for the Harvesting and Hauling of Wood
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §2363-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 804, §6, is amended to read:
2. Weight scale. Where When agreed upon by the parties, weight measurement may be used in all wood transactions, provided that under the following conditions:
A. The weight measurement shall may not be converted to volume;
B. Where When payment is made for services harvesting wood, all weight measurements shall must be expressed on a green wood basis. Except as otherwise provided by the state sealer, when the wood is not, or will not be, weighed within 15 days of felling, the person performing the services may, prior to hauling, require that the wood instead be measured by butt measure, or other authorized method of measurement; and
C. All sales Sales of wood chips may be based on oven-dried weight, except where when payment is made for harvesting wood . ;
D. When a service contract for harvesting wood requires payment on a per tonnage basis, the contracting party must notify the contractor of the price per ton per species to be paid under the contract prior to the contractor's providing the harvesting service; and
E. For service contracts for hauling wood, the contracting party must notify the contractor of the price per ton per species to be paid under the contract prior to the contractor's providing the hauling service.
summary
This bill proposes that contractors hired to harvest or haul wood be notified by the contracting party of the price per ton to be paid for the wood harvested or hauled under a service contract prior to the contractor's providing the services.