ࡱ> 463_ bjbj @$bb BV V 8,<<RRR---?AAAAAA$TJe-----eRRz-FRR?-?Rp~ ¤1sR+0,-------eeS----------------V v: 01 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 015 MAINE MILK COMMISSION Chapter 13: RETAIL COST STUDIES SUMMARY: This chapter prescribes procedures for the gathering of information necessary to establish minimum retail margins. I. Definitions Unless the context otherwise indicates, the definitions contained in 7 M.R.S.A. 2951 shall apply to this chapter. II. Applicability The provisions of this chapter shall apply to retail cost studies conducted by the Commission or by a consultant acting on its behalf for the purpose of enabling the Commission to determine the minimum retail margin for sales of milk. III. Obligations of Stores Stores selected for inclusion in a retail cost study shall: A. Complete all questionnaires requesting information as to the purchases, sales, costs, finances and operations of the store; B. Make available to the Commission, its employees and consultants any personnel activity logs and any time-and-motion studies conducted by or for the store relating to regulated milk; C. Cooperate in the compilation of any personnel activity logs, or the performance of any time-and-motion studies that the Commission, its employees or consultants choose to conduct at the store (at the Commission's expense); D. Conduct or compile any analysis or tabulation requested by the questionnaire or by the Commission, its employees and consultants relating to the number of controlled milk items sold compared to the number of all other items sold during a designated period; E. Permit the Commission, its employees and consultants to conduct such physical measurements of dairy cases, cold storage areas and other store facilities as may be necessary for purposes of the study; F. Make specific store employees (e.g., store manager, dairy department manager, accountant, controller) available to the Commission, its employees and consultants for the purpose of discussing store operations and reviewing the information requested on the questionnaire; G. Cooperate with the Commission, its employees and consultants in discussing the sources, methods and judgmental basis for compiling the information reported on the questionnaire; H. Permit the Commission, its employees and consultants to verify the accuracy of the information reported on the questionnaire, and provide such person(s) all necessary assistance in locating, compiling, interpreting and working with the books, records, accounts and other information necessary to verify the accuracy of the information reported on the questionnaire; I. Provide such additional or follow-up information as may be requested by the Commission, its employees and consultants; IV. Confidentiality of Information Any information provided to the Commission, its employees, its counsel or its consultants will be confidential to the extent that (1) the procedure in 7 M.R.S.A. 20 has been followed and so allows; or (2) any other provision of law requires. VI. Other Means of Investigation This chapter shall not be construed as limiting the Commission's authority to obtain information from stores by subpoena, or pursuant to Commission Rule 6, or pursuant to any other lawful method. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 7 M.R.S.A. 2953 EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 1986 - filing 86-387 EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION): May 4, 1996 - filing 96-161 AMENDED: October 18, 2002 - filing 2002-369 CORRECTIONS: February, 2014 agency names, formatting     01-015 Chapter 13 page page \* arabic2 8vx   } ~ LMUVʻʭʟxtxtxtxtfhnyCJOJQJ^JaJhhoUjhhoUU hKhKCJOJQJ^JaJhKCJOJQJ^JaJhnyCJOJQJ^JaJhKCJOJQJ^JaJhK5CJOJQJ^JaJ hKhnyCJOJQJ^JaJ#hKhK5CJOJQJ^JaJ#hKhny5CJOJQJ^JaJ$9:UVvwx  { | } |  `0p@ 0^`0 `0p@ &dP `0p@ @^`@ `0p@ | } ~ X Y    `0p@ `]^``gdK `0p@ `^`` `0p@ 0^`0 `0p@ $$ `0p@ $$ `0p@ 0^`0 `0p@ 0^`0 `0p@  `0p@ `^`` ()2VWd `0p@  `0p@ &dP `0p@ $a$gdK$a$$a$$ $&dPa$$ $a$  hKhKCJOJQJ^JaJhhoUhnyjhnyU%hzKCJOJQJ^JaJmHnHuhnyCJOJQJ^JaJ#jhnyCJOJQJU^JaJ > 0000P/ =!"#$% Dpf  666666666vvvvvvvvv666666>6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666hH6666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666662 0@P`p2( 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p 0@P`p8XV~OJQJ_HmH nH sH tH H`H Normal CJOJQJ^J_HmH sH tH DA D Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k (No List 66 TOC 8 $^`0.. 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