An Act Regarding Payment to Municipal and Quasi-municipal Entities for Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3109  is enacted to read:

§ 3109.  Liability for emergency response to hazardous materials incidents

The owner or lessee of property to which municipal or quasi-municipal emergency services are dispatched in response to a hazardous materials incident is liable to the municipality or quasi-municipal entity that provides those emergency services for the cost of those emergency services.

SUMMARY

This bill provides that the owner or lessee of property to which municipal or quasi-municipal emergency services are dispatched in response to a hazardous materials incident is liable to the municipality or quasi-municipal entity that provides those emergency services for the cost of those emergency services.