Maine § 14 §8102 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 14 §8102 — Definitions

Maine § 14 §8102

Title 14COURT PROCEDURE -- CIVIL

Part 7PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS

Ch. 741TORT CLAIMS

This text of Maine § 14 §8102 (Definitions) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 14, § 14 §8102 (2026).

Text

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings.

1.Employee. "Employee" means a person acting on behalf of a governmental entity in any official capacity, whether temporarily or permanently, and whether with or without compensation from local, state or federal funds, including: 1-A. Emergency medical service. "Emergency medical service" means: 1-B. Mutual aid emergency response employer. "Mutual aid emergency response employer" means the Bath Iron Works Corporation or its successor solely with respect to mutual aid emergency response personnel acting pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with a state or municipal entity or in response to a request for aid from a state or municipal entity. 1-C. Mutual aid emergency respons

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following words shall have the following meanings.
1.
Employee.
"Employee" means a person acting on behalf of a governmental entity in any official capacity, whether temporarily or permanently, and whether with or without compensation from local, state or federal funds, including:
1-A.
Emergency medical service.
"Emergency medical service" means:
1-B.
Mutual aid emergency response employer.
"Mutual aid emergency response employer" means the Bath Iron Works Corporation or its successor solely with respect to mutual aid emergency response personnel acting pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with a state or municipal entity or in response to a request for aid from a state or municipal entity.
1-C.
Mutual aid emergency response personnel.
"Mutual aid emergency response personnel" means the professionally trained firefighting, emergency medical service or rescue personnel employed by the Bath Iron Works Corporation or its successor when acting pursuant to a mutual aid agreement with a state or municipal entity or in response to a request for aid from a state or municipal entity.
2.
Governmental entity.
"Governmental entity" means and includes the State and political subdivisions as defined in subsection 3.
2-A.
Permitted by this chapter or permitted under this chapter.
"Permitted by this chapter" or "permitted under this chapter," as applied to claims or actions against a governmental entity or its employees, shall be construed to include all claims or actions expressly authorized by this Act against a governmental entity and all common law claims or actions against employees for which immunity is not expressly provided by this Act.
3.
Political subdivision.
"Political subdivision" means any city, town, plantation, county, administrative entity or instrumentality created pursuant to Title 30‑A, chapters 115 and 119, incorporated fire-fighting unit that is organized under Title 13‑B and is officially recognized by any authority created by statute, quasi-municipal corporation and special purpose district, including, but not limited to, any water district, sanitary district, hospital district, school district of any type, an airport authority established pursuant to Title 6, chapter 10, any volunteer fire association as defined in Title 30‑A, section 3151, a transit district as defined in Title 30‑A, section 3501, subsection 1, a regional transportation corporation as defined in Title 30‑A, section 3501, subsection 2, a transit district or regional transportation corporation formed under the laws of another state that would qualify as a transit district or regional transportation corporation under Title 30‑A, chapter 163 if formed under the laws of this State, any emergency medical service and a mutual aid emergency response employer.
4.
State.
"State" means the State of Maine or any office, department, agency, authority, commission, board, institution, hospital or other instrumentality of the State, including the Maine Turnpike Authority, the Maine Port Authority, the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, the Maine Community College System, the Maine Veterans' Homes, the Maine Public Employees Retirement System, the Maine Military Authority and all such other state entities.

Legislative History

PL 1977, c. 2, §§2,5 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 591, §6 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 696, §165 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 68, §5 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 599, §§1,4 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 695, §9 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 765, §3 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 11, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 218, §1 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 386, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§C27,C28, C106 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 769, §A52 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 233 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 349, §1 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 443, §21 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 878, §A42 (AMD). PL 1993, c. 410, §L44 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 161, §1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 196, §D1 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 543, §1 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 234, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 374, §5 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 20, §OO4 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 489, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 398, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 399, §1 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 58, §3 (REV). PL 2007, c. 563, §2 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 520, §1 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 311, §§1-4 (AMD).