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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="3-1202" title_number="3" title_name="Courts of General Jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction/special Causes of Action" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Reimbursement for Costs of Emergency Response, Containment, Cleanup, and Abatement -- Paid Fire Companies and Rescue Squads">
  <text>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:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Transports a hazardous material in commerce on a highway in the State; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Is at fault and causes a traffic accident in the State that results in:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>A spill or discharge of hazardous materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>An emergency response, containment, cleanup, and abatement by the paid fire department.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
