Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8115 – Payment of claims or judgments when no insurance
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1. Payment from next appropriation. In the event no insurance has been procured by the State to pay a claim or judgment arising under this chapter, and no appropriated funds are reasonably available, as determined by the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services, the claim or judgment must be paid from the next appropriation to the state instrumentality whose action or omission, or the action or omission of whose employee, gave rise to the claim.
[PL 1991, c. 780, Pt. Y, §115 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8115
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- 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:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102Political 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. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102 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. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 8102 Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
2. Subdivision’s plan for payment. In the event that a political subdivision has not procured insurance, the trial judge may accept a reasonable plan for the payment of the amount of the judgment. A payment plan may not exceed 5 years and may include interest at the rate provided in section 1602?C.
[PL 2003, c. 460, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 2, §§2,5 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 591, §6 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 68, §5 (AMD). PL 1985, c. 785, §A90 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 402, §A106 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 780, §Y115 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 460, §8 (AMD).