Statutes > Maryland Statutes > COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS > TITLE 3 - COURTS OF GENERAL JURISDICTION - JURISDICTION/SPECIAL CAUSES OF ACTION > Subtitle 12 - Reimbursement for Costs of Emergency Response, Containment, Cleanup, and Abatement - Paid Fire Companies and Rescue Squads > Section 3-1202 - Responsibility of motor carrier.

Section 3-1202 - Responsibility of motor carrier.

§ 3-1202. Responsibility of motor carrier.
  

A motor carrier is responsible for the expense of an emergency response, containment, cleanup, and abatement by a paid fire department if the motor carrier: 

(1) Transports a hazardous material in commerce on a highway in the State; and 

(2) Is at fault and causes a traffic accident in the State that results in: 

(i) A spill or discharge of hazardous materials; and 

(ii) An emergency response, containment, cleanup, and abatement by the paid fire department. 
 

[1988, chs. 762, 763.]