§1133.15. Hazardous substance transportation emergencies; payment for emergency medical
services
The person or entity who in the course of transporting hazardous substances or
materials causes or contributes to a discharge of a hazardous substance or material that
causes an emergency condition shall be obligated to pay the reasonable costs of any
emergency medical services provider whose presence or service, including standby, is
requested at such hazardous substance emergency by any person authorized by the
Department of Public Safety and Corrections or the Department of Environmental Quality
to respond to a hazardous substance transportation emergency. Nothing in this Section shall
affect the rights of any party to recover under any other provision of law.
Acts 1999, No. 209, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1234.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.;
Acts 2022, No. 271, §4.