Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation

36 M.R.S. § 4302

Definitions

The terms used in this chapter shall be construed as follows:

# 1.

Blueberries.
1-A.
Grower.
"Grower" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the growing of wild blueberries and that is not a "processor" as defined in subsection 2 .
1-B.
Crew leader.
"Crew leader" means a person designated by an owner to supervise an organized crew.
1-C.
Organized crew.
"Organized crew" means a group of people working together under the supervision of a crew leader to harvest, pick, rake, possess or remove wild blueberries from the land of an owner.
1-D.
Owner.
"Owner" includes a landowner or leaseholder of land on which wild blueberries are grown and harvested for profit, or the landowner's or leaseholder's authorized agent, and includes a receiver of wild blueberries grown in Canada and purchased from Canadian sellers.
1-E.
Permanent record.
"Permanent record" means a written record which is kept and maintained for not less than 6 years.
1-F.
First hauler.
"First hauler" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the transportation of wild blueberries from the field where the berries were harvested.

# 2.

Processor.
"Processor" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation first engaged in the fresh packing, canning, freezing, pressing, grinding, juicing or dehydrating of wild blueberries whether as owner, agent or otherwise.

# 3.

Seller.
"Seller" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation offering unprocessed wild blueberries for sale, either to themselves or to others.

# 4.

Shipper.
"Shipper" means a person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in the shipping, transporting, storing, selling or otherwise handling of wild blueberries either in processed form or as fresh fruit, whether as owner, agent or otherwise.

# 5.

Transportation permit.
5-A.
Unprocessed wild blueberries.
"Unprocessed wild blueberries" means wild blueberries that have not been fresh packed, canned, frozen, pressed, ground, juiced or dehydrated.

# 6.

Wild blueberries.
"Wild blueberries" means all lowbush blueberries grown, purchased, sold or handled for commercial purposes in this State.

Last amended: PL 1983, c. 836, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 29, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 214, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 511, §§4-10 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 694, §4 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 331, Pt. C, §§20-22 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 18, §1 (AMD).

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