2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 39-A: WORKERS' COMPENSATION (Enacted by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A, @8)
Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ENACTED BY PL 1991, C. 885, PT. A, §8
39-A §112. Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefighters
Part 1: MAINE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT OF 1992 ENACTED BY PL 1991, C. 885, PT. A, §8
§112. Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefighters
Notwithstanding Title 12, section 8901, subsection 2 and Title 12, sections 8902, 8905, 9201, 9202, 9204 and 9205, workers' compensation coverage is provided to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities as follows. [1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).]
1. Municipal responsibility. The municipality is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the municipality is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities.
[ 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW) .]
2. State responsibility. The State is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the State is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities.
[ 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW) .]
For purposes of this section, "actual control" means on-site supervisory responsibility for the entire command structure directing forest fire-fighting activities at the fire scene. A municipality is assumed to be in actual control until the State accepts or takes actual control. [1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).
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