2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 25: INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 316: ARSON REPORTING IMMUNITY ACT
25 §2411. Definitions

Part 6: FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE PROTECTION

§2411. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

1. Action. "Action" includes nonaction or the failure to take action.

[ 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW) .]

2. Authorized agencies. "Authorized agencies" means:

A. Attorney General; [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

B. District attorney responsible for prosecution in the municipality where the fire occurred; [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

C. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other federal agency, only for the purposes of section 2412; [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

D. State Fire Marshal; [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

E. Superintendent of Insurance; [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

F. United States Attorney's office when authorized or charged with investigation or prosecution of the fire in question, only for the purposes of section 2412. [1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]

[ 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW) .]

3. Immune. "Immune" means that in the absence of fraud or malice, no insurance company or person who furnished information on its behalf to an authorized agency is liable for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for furnishing information pursuant to this chapter.

[ 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).