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An Act Regarding Payment to Municipal and Quasi-municipal Entities for Emergency Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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.