Section 1H. The director of the division of state parks and recreation shall devote his whole time during business hours to the work of the division and shall be responsible for the performance of the functions of the division as specified by law. Each subdivision or section of the division shall be under his direction, control and supervision. The director may appoint and remove such officials and employees as the work of the division may require and may from time to time assign to such officials and employees such duties as the work of the division may require, subject to chapters 30 and 31, except as provided by chapter 583 of the acts of 1947.
Structure 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 7b - Stolen, Lost, or Abandoned Property
Section 7c - Sale by Public Auction
Section 7e - Sale of Property, if Perishable or Liable to Deteriorate
Section 8 - Assistance of Director to Boards and Commissions
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 12c - Regulations; Integration of Act With Other Programs and Agencies
Section 14 - Care, Control, and Protection of Sanctuaries
Section 15 - Prohibited Activities in Ocean Sanctuaries
Section 16 - Permitted Activities in Ocean Sanctuaries
Section 16h - Discharges Within Estuaries or Coastal Embayments
Section 16i - New or Modified Discharge Into Ocean Sanctuaries; Application Requirements
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