WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 761

4-103.1.

IN ADDITION TO THEIR DUTIES UNDER § 4-103(D) OF THIS
SUBTITLE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND COUNSEL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SHALL ASSIST A VOLUNTEER
FIRE COMPANY, VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD, OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE
COMPANY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AND IN THE FILING OF A COURT SUIT TO
OBTAIN REIMBURSEMENT UNDER § 3-1103 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE FOR THE EXPENSE OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
CONTAINMENT, CLEANUP, AND ABATEMENT OF A SPILL OR DISCHARGE
INVOLVING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Fire
Marshal shall report his Department of the Environment shall
report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly
by July 1, 1989 on the effectiveness of Section 1 of this Act.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions
of this Act apply only to a traffic accident involving hazardous
materials that occurs on or after July 1, 1988.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 761

(House Bill 442)

AN ACT concerning

Reimbursement for Costs of Emergency Response, Containment,
Cleanup, and Abatement - Transportation of Hazardous Materials -
Volunteer Fire Companies, Volunteer Rescue Squads, and Volunteer

Ambulance Companies

FOR the purpose of requiring a motor carrier who transports
certain hazardous materials on a highway in the State and
who is at fault in and causes certain traffic accidents
that result in a spill or discharge of hazardous materials
to reimburse certain expenses of an emergency response,
containment, cleanup, and abatement by volunteer fire
companies, volunteer rescue squads, or volunteer ambulance
companies and certain individuals; defining certain terms;
providing for the application of this Act to certain traffic
accidents that occur on or after the effective date of this

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