Section 3-1102 - Responsibility of motor carrier. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-1102. Responsibility of motor carrier.
 

A motor carrier is responsible for the expense of an emergency response, containment, cleanup, and abatement of a spill of hazardous materials in a traffic accident by a volunteer fire department, volunteer rescue squad, volunteer ambulance company, or the individual members of the department, squad, or company 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 involving hazardous materials; and 

(ii) An emergency response, containment, cleanup, and abatement by the volunteer fire department, volunteer rescue squad, or volunteer ambulance company. 
 

[1988, chs. 760, 761.]