Section 26B. The following definitions shall apply to section twenty-six A, section twenty-six C, and to sections twenty-seven to twenty-seven C, inclusive:—
''Adverse effect'', (1) the destruction or alteration of all or part of a site, (2) the isolation or alteration of a site's surrounding environment, (3) the introduction of visual, audible or atmospheric elements that are out of character with the site or alter its setting, (4) the neglect of a site resulting in deterioration or destruction, or (5) the transfer or sale of the site without adequate conditions or restrictions regarding preservation, maintenance or use.
''Effect'', any change in the integrity of the location, design, setting, material, workmanship, feeling or association of the site.
''Field investigation'', the study of the traces of human culture or other remains at any land or water site by means of surveying, digging, sampling, excavating or removing surface or subsurface objects, or the entrance onto a site with that intent.
''License'', a permit determination, order or other action, including the issuance of a lease, license, permit, certificate, variance, approval, or other entitlement for use, granted to any person, firm, or corporation, including trusts, voluntary association or other forms of business organizations by a state body for a project but shall not include a general entitlement to a person to carry on a trade or profession or to operate mechanical equipment which does not depend upon the location of such trade or operation.
''Project'', action, activity, program, construction, or land modification, including, but not limited to, a building or structure, either directly undertaken by a state body, or which, if undertaken by a private person, in whole or in part seeks the provision of financial assistance by a state body or, in whole or in part requires the issuance of a license by a state body.
''Site'', any building, structure, district or area including those underground, that is one hundred and fifty years old or more and significant in the history, archeology, architecture or culture of the nation, the commonwealth or its communities as determined by the commission.
''Specimens'', all relics, artifacts, remains, objects, or any other evidence of a historical, prehistorical, archeological, anthropological or paleontological nature fifty years old or more which may be found below or on the surface of the earth, and which have scientific, historical or archeological value, including but not limited to objects of antiquity, aboriginal, colonial or industrial relics, and archeological or paleontological samples.
''State body'', any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, or authority of the commonwealth established to serve a public purpose.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary
Section 1 - State Secretary; Duties; Bond; Salary; Other Sources of Income
Section 2 - Deputies; Assistants; Civil Service
Section 2b - Annual Personnel Report
Section 2c - Funding for Archives Museum
Section 3 - Deputies; Power to Act in Absence of Secretary
Section 4 - Supervisor of Public Records
Section 4a - Acts, Resolves and Constitutional Amendments; Publication
Section 4b - Pamphlet Edition of Laws; Distribution of Copies of Individual Laws
Section 4c - Cumulative Table of Changes in General Statutes
Section 4d - Distribution of Printed Copies of Official Reports
Section 4e - Reports of War Veterans' Organizations
Section 4f - Distribution of Judicial Decisions and General Laws to Cities and Towns
Section 4g - Subsequent Distribution to City or Town; Insurance
Section 4h - Distribution of Laws and Documents to Members of General Court
Section 5 - Traveling, Clerical and Other Expenses of Supervisor
Section 8 - Information Available to Federal Census Authorities
Section 9a - Local Election Districts Review Commission; Membership; Compensation; Duties
Section 10a - Administration and Enforcement of Chapter 110a; Staff
Section 11 - Great Seal; Custody; Certified Copies of Records as Evidence
Section 12 - Books and Records of Maine Lands; Custody
Section 13 - Stereotype and Other Plates; Custody and Disposition
Section 15 - Justices and Notaries; Notice of Expiration of Commissions
Section 15a - Justices and Notaries; Acting After Expiration of Commission; Validation Certificate
Section 16 - Annual List of Designated Justices of the Peace
Section 19 - Destruction or Sale of Documents of No Value; Reproduction of Records of Corporations.
Section 20a - Central Register of Contracting Opportunities Offered by Governmental Agencies
Section 21 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Membership; Term
Section 22 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Committees and Advisory Boards; Rules
Section 23 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Primary Function; Powers and Duties
Section 24 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Reporting
Section 26 - Massachusetts Historical Commission; Establishment
Section 26b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 26a, 26c, and 27 to 27c
Section 26c - State Register of Historic Places
Section 26d - Property Listings; Regulations
Section 27b - Federal Historic Preservation Act; Surveys and Plans; Custody and Expenditure of Funds
Section 27c - Projects; Notice; Adverse Effect; Review
Section 27d - Historic Homesteads
Section 28 - Portraits and Art Objects in State House; Photographs
Section 29 - State Ballot Law Commission; Records Conservation Board