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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 39-A, § 112: Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefighters, 1993

This section says workers' compensation coverage applies to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities, with the municipality or the State paying costs depending on who…

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“This section says workers' compensation coverage applies to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities, with the municipality or the State paying costs depending on who has actual control at the fire scene.”

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Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefighters

This section says workers' compensation coverage applies to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities, with the municipality or the State paying costs depending on who has actual control at the fire scene.

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§ 112Workers' compensation coverage for forest firefightersProvision

This section says workers' compensation coverage applies to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities, with the municipality or the State paying costs depending on who has actual control at the fire scene.

Notwithstanding Title 12, section 8901, subsection 2 and Title 12, sections 8902, 8905, 9201, 9202, 9204 and 9205, workers' compensation coverage is provided to forest fire wardens and laborers hired by municipalities for forest fire-fighting activities as follows. [PL 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).] 1. Municipal responsibility. The municipality is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the municipality is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities. [PL 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).] 2. State responsibility. The State is responsible for workers' compensation costs for injuries that occur while the State is in actual control of forest fire-fighting activities. [PL 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).] For purposes of this section, "actual control" means on-site supervisory responsibility for the entire command structure directing forest fire-fighting activities at the fire scene. A municipality is assumed to be in actual control until the State accepts or takes actual control. [PL 1993, c. 439, §1 (NEW).]
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