Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Section 71 - Powers and Jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth

Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Creation; Board of Directors; Officers and Employees

Section 3 - Powers

Section 4 - Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund

Section 5 - Organization and Function as a Single State Agency for Administrative Purposes; Reporting Requirements

Section 6 - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Duties

Section 6a - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Goals

Section 7 - Employee Performance Evaluation Program

Section 8 - Money Received to Be Held as Trust Funds

Section 9 - Internal Special Audit Unit

Section 10 - Office of Transportation Planning

Section 11 - Publication of Comprehensive State Transportation Plan; Report on Plan Compliance; Equitable Capital Expenditures

Section 11a - Project Selection Advisory Council

Section 12 - Integrated Asset Management System

Section 12a - Performance and Asset Management Advisory Council

Section 13 - Toll Roads, Bridges and Tunnels; Authority to Collect Tolls; Limitations; Use of Revenue

Section 14 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Contracts

Section 15 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Finance Law

Section 16 - Annual Finance Plan

Section 17 - Refinancing of Bonds Relating to Financing of the Turnpike and Metropolitan Highway System

Section 18 - Appearance by Office of the Attorney General in Civil Proceedings Against the Department

Section 19 - Eminent Domain Powers of Department

Section 20 - Sale of Real Property; Procedure; Sale of Buildings or Other Structures

Section 21 - Abandoned, Mislaid or Lost Property; Sale of Unclaimed Property

Section 22 - Enforcement by Superior Court Department

Section 23 - Termination of Department

Section 24 - Investigations, Studies, Grant Applications and Applications for Project Approvals; Lease, Loan, Grant or Conveyance of Real or Personal Property to Department

Section 25 - Conduct of Secretary, Administrators and Directors

Section 26 - Application of Chapter 12a

Section 27 - Exemption From Taxes or Assessments

Section 28 - Annual Revenue and Expenditure Report

Section 29 - Office of Planning and Programming; Secretary

Section 30 - Duties of the Office of Planning and Programming; Agencies Within the Office; Duties of the Secretary

Section 31 - Administrative Units Within the Office of Planning and Programming

Section 32 - Federal Gifts, Loans or Grants-in-Aid for Improved Transportation Management Systems

Section 33 - Healthy Transportation Compact

Section 34 - Fiscal Analysis Prior to Expending of Funds or Final Approval of Transportation Infrastructure Project

Section 35 - Annual Report of Department's Activities

Section 36 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 41 to 56

Section 37 - Division of Highways; Administrator

Section 38 - Duties of the Division of Highways

Section 39 - Administrative Units Within the Division of Highways; Description of Organization; Appointments

Section 40 - Procedure for Recommending Approval or Disapproval of Contracts

Section 41 - Engineering Internship Program

Section 42 - Co-Operative Engineer Program

Section 43 - Real Estate Appraisal Review Board

Section 44 - Functional Replacement of Real Property in Public Ownership; Relocation of Utility or Utility Facility

Section 46 - Lease of Air Rights Over Land Owned by the Department in Connection With the Turnpike and the Boston Extension Portion of the Metropolitan Highway System

Section 46a - Lease of Land Owned by the Department and No Longer Required for the Turnpike or the Boston Extension of the Metropolitan Highway System

Section 50 - Regional Mobility Assistance Program

Section 51 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 52 to 54

Section 52 - Mass Transit Division; Administrator

Section 53 - Duties of the Mass Transit Division

Section 54 - Administrative Units Within the Mass Transit Division; Statement of Organization

Section 55 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 56 to 57

Section 56 - Registry of Motor Vehicles; Administrator

Section 57 - Administrative Units Within the Registry of Motor Vehicles; Statement of Organization

Section 57a - Motor Vehicle Insurance Merit Rating Board

Section 58 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 59 to 61

Section 59 - Aeronautics Division; Administrator

Section 60 - Duties of the Aeronautics Division

Section 61 - Administrative Units Within the Aeronautics Division; Statement of Organization

Section 62 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 62 to 73

Section 63 - Contracts for Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain or Design-Build-Operate-Maintain Services

Section 64 - Request for Proposals; Content of Public–private Agreement

Section 65 - End of Term or Termination of Public–private Agreement

Section 66 - Rights of Department Upon Material Default by an Operator

Section 67 - Issue and Sale of Bonds or Notes of the Department

Section 68 - Acceptance of Funds From the United States and Other Sources

Section 69 - Application of Sec. 26

Section 70 - Exercise of Power of Eminent Domain

Section 71 - Powers and Jurisdiction of Law Enforcement Officers

Section 72 - Waiver of Sovereign Immunity Not Limited

Section 73 - Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Oversight Commission

Section 74 - Repair or Rehabilitation of Certain Signs or Markers Abutting Highway or Turnpike Projects

Section 75 - Contracts With Fuel Providers to Provide for the Consumption of Alternative Fuel

Section 76 - Removal and Storage of Vehicle Left Unattended at State-Owned Park and Ride Facility

Section 77 - Job Order Contracts