Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 382 - MEASUREMENT OF WOOD AND DECLARATION OF QUANTITY
Section 001-382-2 - PROHIBITION AGAINST CONVERSION BETWEEN SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT AND THE DECLARATION OF QUANTITY FOR PAYMENT OR PRICE
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-382-2
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
A. Declaration of quantity for payment or price. The quantity of wood and the related payment or price shall in all cases be represented in the standard unit for the measurement system used. The standard unit for each measurement system is provided in the appendix, page A-1.
B. Prohibition against conversions between measurement systems. Conversion between measurement systems is prohibited except under the following circumstances:
1. There is an absolute conversion factor
between the two measurement systems and the conversion factor is stated. For
example, conversion from cubic volume to metric volume is permitted;
or,
2. The quantity is described in
a term that corresponds directly to the total quantity measured, and the
relationship between the descriptive term and the standard unit of measurement
is provided. For example, the price of chips may additionally be expressed per
truckload, where one truckload is specified as a particular number of
chipcords; or,
3. The conversion is
for inventory purposes only unrelated to payment for the wood.
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