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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
Section 2 - Duties of Public Works Department Relative to Commonwealth Lands - Section 2. The department shall, except as otherwise provided, have...
Section 2a - Powers as to Property Acquired, Built or Improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission - Section 2A. The department, having charge under section two of...
Section 3 - Powers as to Boston Harbor - Section 3. The department shall have all the rights, powers...
Section 4 - Improvement of Boston Harbor; Access to Piers, Railroads, Etc. - Section 4. The department shall undertake such work for the...
Section 5 - Power to Take or Purchase Real Property - Section 5. With the consent of the governor and council,...
Section 6 - Power to Lease Piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund - Section 6. The department may lease for a period not...
Section 7 - Piers, etc.; Freight Loading Equipment; Rules and Regulations - Section 7. All piers and other similar structures in Boston...
Section 8 - Acquisition of Apple Island and Shore Lands - Section 8. The department shall take all proper measures to...
Section 9 - Utilization Plans for Acquired Property - Section 9. The department shall make, and, so far as...
Section 9a - Construction or Reconstruction of Piers and Waterfront Terminal Facilities; Written Contracts - Section 9A. The department may adopt a program of construction...
Section 10 - Powers and Duties Relative to Harbors, Etc. - Section 10. The department shall have general care and supervision...
Section 10a - Temporary Moorings of Floats or Rafts; Permits, Issuance or Refusal; Review; Public Nuisances - Section 10A. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the harbormaster...
Section 10c - Docking of Commercial Vessels; Permits; Applications; Appeal - Section 10C. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the harbormaster...
Section 10d - Scuba Divers and Skin Divers; Access to Commonwealth Tidelands - Section 10D. No person shall be denied access during daylight...
Section 11 - Improvement and Preservation of Rivers, Streams, Harbors, Etc. - Section 11. The department shall undertake such construction and work...
Section 11a - Resource Protection, Navigational Safety and Development Projects; Work Agreements With Local Authorities - Section 11A. The department is hereby authorized to enter into...
Section 12 - License for Structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack Rivers - Section 12. The department may license and prescribe the terms...
Section 12a - License for Structures in Rivers or Streams Where Expenditures for Channel Improvement and Flood Control Already Made - Section 12A. The department may license and prescribe the terms...
Section 13 - Licenses for Booms in Connecticut River and Structures in Great Ponds - Section 13. The department may license any person to construct...
Section 14 - License for Structures in or Over Tide Water; Conduits or Cables Under Tide Water; Private or Commonwealth Tidelands - Section 14. The department may license and prescribe the terms...
Section 15 - Revocation and Expiration of Authority or License; Exception; Mortgageable Interest - Section 15. Every authority or license granted since eighteen hundred...
Section 16 - Cessation, Determination of Authority or License for Non-Use - Section 16. Every authority or license granted since eighteen hundred...
Section 17 - Construction of Licenses; Approval - Section 17. No license or other authority to build structures...
Section 18 - Application for License; Notice; Hearings; Records - Section 18. Upon or prior to applying for a license...
Section 18a - Public Access to Great Ponds; Petition - Section 18A. Upon petition of ten citizens of the commonwealth...
Section 18b - Secretary as Administrator of Tidelands; Duties; Public Benefit Review and Public Benefit Determination; Appointment of Public Information Officer - Section 18B. (a) The secretary shall serve as the administrator...
Section 18c - Noncommercial Small-Scale Docks, Piers and Similar Structures Accessory to Residential Use; Issuance of General License; Applicability of Other Laws to Projects Subject to General License - Section 18C. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...
Section 19 - Restriction on Structures in Great Ponds - Section 19. Except as authorized by the general court and...
Section 19a - Lowering Waters of Great Ponds; Penalty - Section 19A. No person authorized or licensed to build any...
Section 20 - Supervision by Department of Erections Under Legislative Grants - Section 20. Whoever is authorized by the general court to...
Section 21 - Compensation for Displacement of Tidewater - Section 21. The amount of tidewater displaced by any structure...
Section 22 - Compensation When Title to Land Is in Commonwealth - Section 22. If authority or a license is granted by...
Section 23 - Unauthorized Work in Public Waters; Public Nuisances - Section 23. Every erection made and all work done within...
Section 24 - Money Paid Into General Fund - Section 24. Except as is provided in section six, all...
Section 25 - Supervision of Province Lands - Section 25. The department shall have general supervision of so...
Section 26 - Exemption of Portion of Province Lands From Certain Provisions of Law - Section 26. Section two of this chapter, chapter two hundred...
Section 27 - Bounds of Province Lands; Regulations - Section 27. The department shall fix and mark the bounds...
Section 28 - Unlawful Existing Structures - Section 28. This chapter shall not legalize any structure, filling...
Section 29 - Improvement of Tidal and Non-Tidal Waters by Counties or Towns; Assumption of Liability for Improvements - Section 29. A county or town may appropriate money for...
Section 29a - Protection of Private Property Along Shores; Construction of Structures by Cities or Towns - Section 29A. Any city or town which accepts the provisions...
Section 30 - Removal of Gravel, Sand, Stones, Etc. From Beaches; Notice; Penalty - Section 30. If it appears to the department that the...
Section 30a - Removal of Natural Barriers Preventing Erosion by Sea; Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Penalty - Section 30A. Whoever removes stones, gravel, sand or other material...
Section 31 - Surveys and Improvements for Preservation of Harbors - Section 31. The department may make surveys and improvements for...
Section 32 - Survey of Connecticut River - Section 32. The department shall, as funds are appropriated therefor,...
Section 33 - Improvement of Topographical Survey of Commonwealth; Sale of Maps - Section 33. The department may make such surveys and do...
Section 34 - Establishment of Harbor Lines - Section 34. The department of environmental protection may, after hearing...
Section 35 - Great Ponds; Definition - Section 35. The provisions of this chapter relative to great...
Section 36 - Applications to Congress for Appropriations for Harbors - Section 36. The department may apply to congress for appropriations...
Section 37 - Enforcement of Stipulations in Deeds From Commonwealth - Section 37. If the commonwealth has the right under stipulations...
Section 38 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 38 to 48 - Section 38. As used in sections 38 to 48, inclusive,...
Section 39 - Willful Abandonment of Vessel on Public Lands or Shores of the Commonwealth - Section 39. It shall be unlawful for any person to...
Section 40 - Application for Title to Abandoned Vessel; Priority of Claims; Prerequisites to Filing; Notice to Owner or Lienholder - Section 40. A claimant wishing to obtain title to a...
Section 41 - Failure of Owner or Lienholder to Claim Vessel; Application for Title by Claimant - Section 41. If the owner or lienholder fails to claim...
Section 42 - Granting of Title to Claimant - Section 42. Except as otherwise set forth in this chapter...
Section 43 - Removal, Destruction or Sale of Vessel by Claimant After Receipt of Title - Section 43. After receiving title, the claimant may remove the...
Section 43a - Removal of Obstructing Vessel by Department; Department as Claimant - Section 43A. If an abandoned vessel or an unlawful or...
Section 43b - Penalty for Willful Abandonment of Vessel; Exceptions - Section 43B. A person who willfully abandons a vessel shall...
Section 43c - Fraudulent Claim to Abandoned Vessel; Penalty - Section 43C. A person who obtains or attempts to obtain...
Section 43d - Rules and Regulations Relating to Secs. 38 to 43c - Section 43D. The department, in consultation with the office, shall...
Section 44 - Liability of Insurer - Section 44. An insurer of a vessel who has paid...
Section 45 - Application to Federal Government for Reimbursement - Section 45. The department shall make application to the government...
Section 46 - License for Breaking Up and Disposing of Floating Structures - Section 46. The owners of any vessel, scow, lighter or...
Section 46a - Violations of Sec. 46; Penalty - Section 46A. Whoever, without first obtaining the license required by...
Section 47 - Application for License; Issuance; Conditions; Bond - Section 47. Upon the application of the owner of any...
Section 48 - Failure to Comply With Terms of License; Completion of Work by Department - Section 48. Whenever a licensee under either of the two...
Section 49a - Removal of Whales or Other Mammals From Tidewaters - Section 49A. If a whale or other mammal is deposited...
Section 49b - Removal of Dilapidated or Unsafe Wharves or Piers; Notice; Revocation of License; Liability for Cost; Lien - Section 49B. The department shall remove or cause to be...
Section 50 - Foreign Corporations Engaged in Business of Wrecking or Salvaging; License; Bond; Penalty - Section 50. No foreign corporation shall engage in the business...
Section 51 - Impairment of Right or Authority Derived From Federal Government - Section 51. The preceding section shall not impair any right...
Section 52 - Supervision of Transportation and Dumping of Dredged Material in Tidewaters; Payment of Cost; Burning and Towing of Rubbish - Section 52. The department shall supervise the transportation and dumping...
Section 53 - Terms of License - Section 53. Every license or permit issued to any person...
Section 54 - Dumping; Notice; Inspector; Cost of Supervision - Section 54. Every contractor or other person shall, at least...
Section 55 - Penalty for Violating Secs. 52 to 54 - Section 55. Whoever violates any provision of sections fifty-two, fifty-three...
Section 56 - Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to Federal Government and Its Agents - Section 56. The four preceding sections shall not apply to...
Section 57 - Jurisdiction of Supreme Judicial Court - Section 57. The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in...
Section 58 - Arrest Without Warrant - Section 58. Any officer qualified to serve criminal process may,...
Section 59 - Discharge of Petroleum Products, Refuse or Other Matter Into or on Lakes, Rivers or Tidal Waters; Penalty; Exception; Enforcement - Section 59. Whoever pumps, discharges or deposits, or causes to...
Section 59a - Tort Liability for Discharge or Deposit of Crude Petroleum or Products; Double Damages - Section 59A. Whoever, by himself or his agent, so negligently...
Section 59b - Marinas; Licensing by Division of Water Pollution Control; Restrictions; Term; Renewal; Fees - Section 59B. No marina shall be operated without a license...
Section 63 - Salvage, Recovery, Etc. of Underwater Archaeological Resources; Permits; Restrictions; Disposition of Resources; Enforcement; Violations; Penalties; Jurisdiction and Venue - Section 63. No person, organization or corporation may remove, displace,...
Section 64 - Uniform Beach Warning and Safety Flag Program - Section 64. (a) The department of conservation and recreation shall...