| The liability of passenger rail transportation service |
| providers is limited to a maximum of $75,000,000 in the aggregate |
| for any claims and awards, compensatory or punitive, for property |
| damage, personal injury, bodily injury or death arising from a |
| rail incident or accident occurring in this State and involving a |
| passenger train, but only if those providers have first secured |
| and maintained liability insurance having policy limits of not |
| less than $75,000,000 per occurrence in the aggregate.__The |
| $75,000,000 aggregate limit is the maximum amount for all claims |
| and awards against all potentially responsible passenger rail |
| transportation service providers involved in a rail incident or |
| accident collectively.__A passenger rail transportation service |
| provider may enter into contracts that allocate financial |
| responsibility for claims or awards.__For the purposes of this |
| section, a "passenger rail transportation service provider" |
| includes for-profit and non-profit corporations and legal |
| entities that own, lease, operate or manage passenger trains or |
| passenger rail service, the Northern New England Passenger Rail |
| Authority, railroad companies and other legal entities |
| contracting with the Northern New England Passenger Rail |
| Authority for the provision of passenger rail service, railroad |
| companies that own, lease, provide track rights or maintain rail |
| lines over which passenger trains pass and operators of passenger |
| train services, but does not include Amtrak or its successor |
| organization.__This section does not affect immunities provided |
| state governmental entities under the Maine Tort Claims Act. |
