HB 2020 Final

December 2015
PLC Bylaws
PROFESSIONAL LOGGING CONTRACTORS of MAINE ARTICLE I: NAME and
PURPOSE
Section 1: Name The name of this organization shall be the
PROFESSIONAL LOGGING CONTRACTORS of MAINE.
Section 2: Purpose The PROFESSIONAL LOGGING CONTRACTORS of
MAINE (PLC-ME) is an organization representing independent logging
contractors formed to:
Promote professional conduct among loggers in the state of Maine.
Provide a forum for the resolution of issues of concern to logging
contractors through communication, education, and legislation.
Promote compliance with forestry and harvesting practices which
maintain sustainable forestry levels.
ARTICLE II: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1: Members Members of the PLC-ME shall be logging contractors,
affiliated contractors, and forest contractors in Maine that are primarily
engaged in harvesting, processing, chipping, grinding, road building and
transportation of/for forest products. All contractor members must
maintain current workers’ compensation insurance.
Logging contractors, which are responsible for harvesting operations from
stump to roadside, are board eligible, have voting rights and can take
advantage of all of the PLC’s member benefits.
Affiliated contractors and forest contractors are not board eligible, do
have voting rights and can take advantage of PLC’s member only benefits.
Supporting Members Supporting Members of the PLC-ME shall be value
added processing mills, land management companies, vendors and
associated businesses that sell products and services to the industry.
Supporting Members are not board eligible, do not have voting rights and
cannot take advantage of the PLC’s member only benefits.
Section 2: Qualifications To qualify as a member, a contracting firm must
satisfy the PLC-ME that its goals and objectives are primarily directed at
the benefit and enhancement of independent logging businesses that are
primarily engaged in the harvesting, processing, chipping, grinding, road
building and transportation of/for forest products. As a condition of
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