Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 37-B Sec. 944

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
Each party jurisdiction shall prepare and maintain plans to facilitate the movement and reception of evacuees into or across its territory. After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party jurisdiction from which the evacuees came shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees. [PL 1999, c. 696, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY

PL 1999, c. 696, §1 (NEW).