As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] 1. Action. "Action" includes nonaction or the failure to take action. [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] 2. Authorized agencies. "Authorized agencies" means: A. Attorney General; [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] B. District attorney responsible for prosecution in the municipality where the fire occurred; [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] C. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, or any other federal agency, only for the purposes of section 2412; [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] D. State Fire Marshal; [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] E. Superintendent of Insurance; [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] F. United States Attorney's office when authorized or charged with investigation or prosecution of the fire in question, only for the purposes of section 2412. [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).] 3. Immune. "Immune" means that in the absence of fraud or malice, no insurance company or person who furnished information on its behalf to an authorized agency is liable for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for furnishing information pursuant to this chapter. [PL 1981, c. 404, §2 (NEW).]
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