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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...
Section 2 - Creation of Authority; Powers; Liability for Debts and Obligations; Service of Process - Section 2. The area constituting the authority and the inhabitants...
Section 3 - Additional Powers of Authority - [ Introductory paragraph effective until July 29, 2021. For text...
Section 4 - Separate Units of Mass Transportation Facilities and Equipment; Establishment; Lease Arrangements - Section 4. (a) In addition to the powers granted to...
Section 5 - Limitations, Conditions, Obligations and Duties of Authority - Section 5. The authority shall be subject to the following...
Section 5b - Disposal of Stolen, Lost or Abandoned Property - Section 5B. If money, goods or other property which has...
Section 6 - Ballot Question for Cities and Towns Regarding Issue of Joining Transportation Area - Section 6. Any city or town seeking to receive transportation...
Section 7 - Board of Directors - [ Text of section effective until July 29, 2021. For...
Section 7a - Advisory Board - Section 7A. There shall be an advisory board to the...
Section 8 - Financial Assistance From Commonwealth - Section 8. The commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to the...
Section 9 - Financial Assistance From Cities and Towns - Section 9. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...
Section 10 - Financial Assistance From the Federal Government - Section 10. The authority is authorized and directed from time...
Section 11 - Board Policies to Increase Revenues and to Improve Operating Efficiency; Net Operating Investment per Passenger Mile Ratio - Section 11. The board shall establish and implement policies that...
Section 12 - Temporary Notes; Trust Agreements - Section 12. (a) The authority may issue temporary notes under...
Section 13 - Authorization for Authority to Issue Bonds; Purposes of Bonds - Section 13. (a) The authority is hereby authorized to provide...
Section 14 - Bonds Secured by Trust Agreement Between Authority and Corporate Trustee - Section 14. In the discretion of the authority such bonds...
Section 15 - Bonds and Notes Issued by Authority; Securities - Section 15. Bonds and notes issued under this chapter, whether...
Section 16 - Rights of Holders of Bonds - Section 16. Any holder of bonds or refunding bonds issued...
Section 17 - Issuance of Interest Bearing or Discounted Notes; Bond Anticipation Notes - Section 17. The authority is authorized to provide by resolution...
Section 18 - Insufficiency of Funds; Payments by Commonwealth - Section 18. To the extent that funds paid to the...
Section 19 - Stabilization Fund; Fare Stability Fund - Section 19. The authority shall establish a Stabilization Fund into...
Section 20 - Annual Itemized Budget; Supplementary Budget - Section 20. The board shall approve a preliminary itemized budget...
Section 21 - Allocation of Annual Revenues in Excess of Expenses - Section 21. Annual revenues in excess of expenses shall be...
Section 22 - Remedy of Private Mass Transportation Company Against Authority for Relief From Effects of Authority's Operations; Procedures - Section 22. (a) If the authority shall operate or contract...
Section 23 - Biennial Report by State Auditor - Section 23. The department of the state auditor shall biennially...
Section 24 - Exemption From Taxation - Section 24. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 25 - Directors; Authority to Bargain Collectively With Labor Organizations; Restrictions - Section 25. The directors shall have authority to bargain collectively...
Section 26 - State Labor Relations Law; Applicability; Non-Members; Limitations of Exclusive Representative's Duty of Fair Representation; Grievances - Section 26. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary,...
Section 27 - Deceased Employees; Payment of Wages to Nominated Beneficiaries - Section 27. Whenever any employee or former employee of the...
Section 28 - Submission of Dispute Over Terms of Collective Bargaining Agreement to Arbitration - Section 28. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 25 and 26,...
Section 29 - Mediation; Report; Selection of Arbitrator - Section 29. In the event the directors and any organizations...
Section 30 - Arbitrator; Requirements - Section 30. The single arbitrator, whether agreed upon by the...
Section 31 - Factors for Determining Arbitration Awards - Section 31. The arbitrator shall rely primarily on the following...
Section 32 - Arbitration Awards; Written Opinions - Section 32. The arbitrator shall be limited in making his...
Section 33 - Employee Deferred Compensation Program - Section 33. The treasurer of the authority, on behalf of...
Section 34 - Ira Plan; Employee Contributions - Section 34. (a) The treasurer of the authority, on behalf...
Section 35 - Plans for Group, General or Blanket Hospital, Medical, Dental or Other Health Insurance; Employee Share of Monthly Premium; Retirees Under the Age of 65 - Section 35. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 36 - Retired Members or Deceased Members of Retirement System; Compensation for Work Related Injury; Effect on Retirement Allowances, Pensions, Etc. - Section 36. All sums of money payable under the provisions...
Section 37 - Proclamation of State of Emergency; Powers of Governor; Operation of Facilities - Section 37. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, whenever there...
Section 38 - Liability; Board Supervision of Investigation, Settlement and Defense of All Claims - Section 38. The authority shall be liable for the acts...
Section 39 - Regulatory Powers and Duties in Conflict With Regulatory Powers and Duties of Department of Telecommunications and Energy - Section 39. In the event of any conflict between the...
Section 40 - Electric Utility Services; Procurement - Section 40. The authority shall have the power to procure...
Section 41 - Electric Utility Business; Public Interest Factors - Section 41. The authority shall have the power to engage...
Section 42 - Notice of Violation of Public Smoking Law; Fine; Arrest - Section 42. An officer of the authority may forthwith give...
Section 43 - Liability Policy for Passenger Rail Services - Section 43. Agreements between the authority or the Massachusetts Department...
Section 44 - Entry Onto Lands, Waters and Premises for Purpose of Making Surveys, Soundings, Test Pits, Borings, Drillings or Examinations; Notice; Reimbursement for Damage - Section 44. Whenever the authority deems it necessary to make...
Section 45 - Sale of Prepaid Monthly Transit Passes - Section 45. Any bank, as defined in section 1 of...
Section 46 - Parking of Motor Vehicles in Terminals, Stations, Garages, Yards, Shops, Parking Lots and Parking Garages Owned or Operated by Authority; Posted Bus Stops Operated by Authority; Rules and Regulations - Section 46. The directors may promulgate rules and regulations pertaining...
Section 47 - Cities, Towns and Other Communities; Contracts With Private Bus Carriers for Local Service - Section 47. Any of the 51 cities and towns and...
Section 48 - Regional Transit Authority; Control of Services, Operations, Finances, Facilities or Related Appurtenances - Section 48. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...
Section 49 - Applicability of Chapter 258 to Certain Agreements Between Authority and Freight Railroads - Section 49. Any provision of any agreement in effect as...
Section 50 - Retirement Information to Be Made Available for All Current, Former and Future Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Employees and Retirees - Section 50. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or its successor,...
Section 51 - Display Acknowledging the Contributions of Rosa Parks to the Civil Rights Movement on Buses Operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority - Section 51. Whenever the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates bus...
Section 52 - Rights by Prescription or Adverse Possession in Lands Held in Name of the Authority - Section 52. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...