Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 82 - The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon
Section 20 - Applicability to Railroad Crossings

Section 20. The three preceding sections shall not affect sections fifty-nine to eighty-two, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, and sections ninety-five to one hundred and fourteen, inclusive, and section two hundred and fifty-two of chapter one hundred and sixty, relative to railroad corporations and street railway companies.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XIV - Public Ways and Works

Chapter 82 - The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon

Section 1 - Jurisdiction; Notice; Hearings

Section 2 - Petition; Recognizance

Section 3 - Notice of Proposed Taking and View or Hearing; Publication

Section 4 - View of Premises; Adjudication

Section 5 - Procedure on Objections to Proposal

Section 6 - Changes Between Termini; Establishment of Building Lines

Section 7 - Taking Land or Easement by Eminent Domain; Damages

Section 8 - Construction Requirements; Payment of Expenses

Section 9 - Culverts and Cattle Passes

Section 10 - Specific Repair of Ways

Section 11 - Relocation

Section 11a - Entry Upon Private Lands for Purpose of Reconnaissances, Surveys, Soundings, Inspections and Examinations

Section 12 - Payment of Damages and Costs of Construction

Section 13 - Payment of Expenses of Rejected Petitions

Section 14 - Failure by Municipalities to Construct Highways Laid Out by Commissioners

Section 15 - Remedy Against Delinquent Municipalities

Section 16 - Payment of County's Share of Expense

Section 17 - Jurisdiction

Section 18 - Notice to County Commissioners of Final Action on Petitions

Section 19 - Appeal to County Commissioners

Section 20 - Applicability to Railroad Crossings

Section 21 - Authority to Lay Out Ways

Section 22 - Notice of Intention

Section 23 - Filing and Acceptance of Plan

Section 24 - Taking by Eminent Domain; Damages

Section 25 - Sewers and Pipes

Section 28 - Completion of Way by County Commissioners

Section 29 - Private Ways; Laying Out, Relocation or Alteration by Commissioners

Section 30 - Discontinuance by Commissioners

Section 31 - Costs for Hearing Petitions; Recognizance

Section 32 - Report of Laid Out, Relocated or Altered Roads; Recordation

Section 32a - Abandonment of Municipal Ways

Section 32b - Taking Slope Easement to Protect Ways

Section 32c - Easements for Erection of Snow Fences

Section 33 - Footways

Section 34 - Reserved Spaces Along Ways; Rights of Pedestrians Injured by Streetcars

Section 35 - Bicycle Paths

Section 35a - Laws Relative to Public Ways; Definition

Section 36 - Penalty for Misuse of Bicycle Paths

Section 37 - Building Lines

Section 38 - Acquisition of Land for Road Materials

Section 39 - Commencement of Proceedings

Section 40 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 40a to 40e

Section 40a - Excavations; Notice

Section 40b - Designation of Location of Underground Facilities

Section 40c - Excavator's Responsibility to Maintain Designation Markings; Damage Caused by Excavator

Section 40d - Local Laws Requiring Excavation Permits; Public Ways

Section 40e - Violations of Secs. 40a to 40e; Punishment