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Committee backs amended penalties process for weights and measures, exempts firewood measurement

2873884 · April 3, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to recommend passage of an amendment establishing an administrative penalty process for violations of the Maine Weights and Measures law while explicitly exempting certain firewood sale and wood‑measurement provisions from that administrative penalty framework.

The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry voted to recommend passage, as amended, of LD 88, an act revising penalties under the Maine Weights and Measures law (Title 12). The amendment establishes an administrative penalty process for violations of Chapter 501 of Title 12 except where a specific civil penalty is already…

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