Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 132a - State Recreation Areas Outside of the Metropolitan Parks District
Section 1g - Absence or Disability of Chiefs

Section 1G. The director may designate any employee of the division to supervise any of the bureaus during the absence or disability of the chief thereof, and they shall have all the powers required to administer such bureaus, provisions in the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation

Chapter 132a - State Recreation Areas Outside of the Metropolitan Parks District

Section 1 - Bequests, Restitutions or Gifts; Conservation Trust

Section 1b - Director of State Parks and Recreation

Section 1c - Bureau of Forest Fire Control; Bureau of Forestry; Bureau of Recreation; Chiefs

Section 1d - Duties of Bureau of Forest Fire Control

Section 1e - Duties of Bureau of Recreation; Expenses

Section 1f - Duties of Bureau of Forestry

Section 1g - Absence or Disability of Chiefs

Section 1h - Duties of Director of the Division of State Parks and Recreation

Section 2 - Assumption of Care and Maintenance of Park or Reservation Outside Urban Park District

Section 2a - Long-Term Programs; Powers of Commissioner

Section 2b - Nature of Use of Acquired Lands

Section 2c - Planning, Construction and Maintenance

Section 2d - Development and Improvement; Powers of Commissioner

Section 3 - Purchase or Lease of Land Lying Outside of Urban Parks District; Recreational Facilities

Section 3a - Eminent Domain; Exercise of Power

Section 3b - Acquisition of Rights by Prescription or Adverse Possession

Section 7 - Rules and Regulations; Concessions; Powers and Duties of Forest Supervisors, Park Superintendents and Laborers

Section 7a - Chief Park Ranger; Park Rangers; Violations of Environmental Regulations; Non-Criminal Disposition

Section 7b - Stolen, Lost, or Abandoned Property

Section 7c - Sale by Public Auction

Section 7d - Notice of Sale

Section 7e - Sale of Property, if Perishable or Liable to Deteriorate

Section 7f - Proceeds of Sale

Section 7g - Payment to Owner

Section 8 - Assistance of Director to Boards and Commissions

Section 9 - Annual Report

Section 11 - Conservation Program for Cities and Towns; Establishment

Section 111/2 - Conservation Program for Nonprofit Corporations; Establishment

Section 12 - Appalachian Trail

Section 12a - Massachusetts Ocean Sanctuaries Act

Section 12b - Definitions

Section 12c - Regulations; Integration of Act With Other Programs and Agencies

Section 13 - Ocean and Bay Sanctuaries; Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape and Islands, North Shore, South Essex; Landward Boundaries

Section 14 - Care, Control, and Protection of Sanctuaries

Section 15 - Prohibited Activities in Ocean Sanctuaries

Section 16 - Permitted Activities in Ocean Sanctuaries

Section 16g - Publicly Owned Treatment Works; New or Modified Discharge Into Ocean Sanctuaries; Prerequisites

Section 16h - Discharges Within Estuaries or Coastal Embayments

Section 16i - New or Modified Discharge Into Ocean Sanctuaries; Application Requirements

Section 16j - New or Modified Discharge Into Ocean Sanctuaries; Notice; Hearing; Decision; Effective Date

Section 16k - New or Modified Discharge Conditions

Section 17 - Squannacook and Nissitissit Rivers Sanctuary

Section 18 - Permits, Approvals, Certificates and Licenses; Ocean Development Mitigation Fee