Section 8. The system of plane rectangular coordinates shall be the North American Datum of 1983 as established by the National Ocean Services/National Geodetic Survey (NOS/NGS), or its successors for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the commonwealth and shall be known as the Massachusetts Coordinate System North American Datum (NAD), 1983.
For the purposes of the use of said system the commonwealth is hereby divided into a mainland zone and an island zone.
The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the mainland zone: Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk and Worcester.
The area now included in the counties of Dukes County and Nantucket shall constitute the island zone.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 97 - Surveying of Land
Section 2 - Annual Adjustment and Verification of Compass; Record
Section 3 - Use of Measuring Devices
Section 7 - Failure to Adjust Compass
Section 8 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Mainland and Island Zones
Section 9 - Zones, Designation
Section 10 - Coordinates, Definition
Section 11 - Conversion of Meters to United States Survey Feet
Section 12 - Massachusetts Coordinate System Nad, 1983; Definition
Section 13 - Limitation on Use of Name of System
Section 14 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Continued Use
Section 15 - Coordinates; Location of Points on Earth's Surface
Section 16 - Coordinate System Nad, 1927; Definition
Section 17 - Use of System in Describing Locations of Survey Stations or Land Boundary Points