Code of Maine Rules
12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
170 - BUREAU OF LABOR STANDARDS
Chapter 17 - RULES REGARDING PROOF OF OWNERSHIP BY EMPLOYERS EMPLOYING FOREIGN LABORERS TO OPERATE LOGGING EQUIPMENT
Section 170-17-I - DEFINITIONS

A. Authorizing statute means 26 MRSA §872.

B. Covered equipment means logging equipment used by a foreign laborer in the course of their employment for which there is no prevailing rate established by the U. S. Department of Labor.

C. Covered employer means an employer that hires a foreign laborer in a logging occupation.

D. Department means the Maine Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Standards.

E. Director means the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards, Maine Department of Labor or the director's designee.

F. Foreign laborer means a worker granted permission to enter the United States and work temporarily in a logging occupation under the provisions of 8 U. S. Code, Section 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b). [Note: otherwise known as H2-B]

G. Logging equipment means equipment used directly in the cutting and transporting of logs to the roadside and the production of wood chips in the field. Equipment used solely for construction of logging roads, for transporting logs or other wood products off-site or on roadways or in ancillary activities such as recordkeeping, equipment repair, etc. is not logging equipment as used in these rules.

H. Proof of ownership means a receipt or other documentation of the purchase or lease of covered equipment and documentation of the payment of any tax assessed on the covered equipment under 36 MRSA, chapter 105 for the year in which any foreign laborer is employed to operate the covered equipment. (see Section IV)