§ 921 Purpose and authorities–Article I
§ 922 General implementation–Article II
§ 923 Party state responsibilities–Article III
§ 924 Limitations–Article IV
§ 925 Licenses and permits–Article V
§ 926 Liability–Article VI
§ 927 Supplementary agreements–Article VII
§ 928 Compensation–Article VIII
§ 929 Reimbursement–Article IX
§ 930 Evacuation–Article X
§ 931 Implementation–Article XI
§ 932 Validity–Article XII
§ 933 Additional provisions–Article XIII

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 37-B > Chapter 16 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact

  • Advocate: means a person:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Chief administrative officer: means the head of a state institution or the head of any other institution which provides services which fall under the jurisdiction of the department. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 1001
  • Client: means a person asking the department for adult developmental services or the person for whom those services are asked. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Commission: means the Public Utilities Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Comprehensive evaluation: means a comprehensive set of evaluations that:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Correspondent: means a person designated by the Consumer Advisory Board or its successor to act as a next friend of a person with an intellectual disability or autism. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Customer: includes any person, government or governmental division which has applied for, been accepted and is currently receiving service from a public utility. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual support coordinator: means a regional staff member of the department with the responsibility for coordinating the personal planning and professional services for a person eligible for adult developmental services under this Title. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
  • Intellectual disability: means a condition of significantly subaverage intellectual functioning resulting in or associated with concurrent impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Personal planning: means a process that assists and supports each person who has an intellectual disability or autism in creating a vision for how to live in and be a part of the community. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5001
  • Personal planning process: means a process of planning with a client for the coordination and delivery of supportive and other services through the development of a personal plan or service plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Planning team: means those persons, including at a minimum the client, the client's guardian and the client's individual support coordinator and others selected by the client or guardian to participate, who develop a personal plan or service plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Professional: means :
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service agreement: means a written form in which the persons designated in section 5471 agree to the type of services and programs for and the manner of providing services to the client. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Service plan: means one type of plan resulting from the personal planning process for the delivery and coordination of specific services to a client when:
  • A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-B Sec. 5461
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Transmission and distribution utility: means a person, its lessees, trustees or receivers or trustees appointed by a court, owning, controlling, operating or managing a transmission and distribution plant for compensation within the State, except where the electricity is distributed by the entity that generates the electricity through private property alone solely for the use of: