38 §818. Miscellaneous - Maine Statutes

Title 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION

Chapter 5: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RIVERS AND STREAMS

Subchapter 1: MILLS AND DAMS

Article 3-A: DAM REGISTRATION AND ABANDONMENT HEADING: PL 1989, C. 545, §2 (RPR)

§818. Miscellaneous

1. Other laws. Except as specifically provided in this Article, nothing in this Article shall be construed as relieving any person from duties, responsibilities or liabilities imposed by any other statute, regulation, municipal ordinance or any rule of law.

[ 1983, c. 417, §6 (NEW) .]

2. Rights of others. Except as specifically provided in this Article, nothing in this Article shall be construed as denying any person any rights he may have under any other statute, regulation, municipal ordinance or any rule of law.

[ 1983, c. 417, §6 (NEW) .]

3. Other powers. No provision of this article may be construed as limiting the powers of the Maine Emergency Management Agency under Title 37-B, chapter 24.

[ 2001, c. 460, §4 (AMD) .]

4. Damages. No action may be brought against the State, the board, the commissioner or their agents or employees for the recovery of damages caused by any order of the board or commissioner or by the partial or total failure of any dam or through the operation of any dam upon the ground that the State, the board, the commissioner or their agents or employees are liable by virtue of any order or determination of the board or commissioner.

[ 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, §40 (AFF); 1989, c. 890, Pt. B, §192 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1983, c. 417, §6 (NEW). 1987, c. 370, §23 (AMD). 1987, c. 402, §A204 (AMD). 1987, c. 769, §A180 (AMD). 1989, c. 890, §§A40,B192 (AMD). 2001, c. 460, §4 (AMD).