Massachusetts Code — 91
Browse 82 sections in division 91 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands
- § 2A. Powers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission
- § 3. Powers as to Boston harbor
- § 4. Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.
- § 5. Power to take or purchase real property
- § 6. Power to lease piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund
- § 7. Piers, etc.; freight loading equipment; rules and regulations
- § 8. Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands
- § 9. Utilization plans for acquired property
- § 9A. Construction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts
- § 10. Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.
- § 10A. Temporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances
- § 10C. Docking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal
- § 10D. Scuba divers and skin divers; access to Commonwealth tidelands
- § 11. Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.
- § 11A. Resource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities
- § 12. License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
- § 12A. License for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made
- § 13. Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and structures in great ponds
- § 14. License for structures in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water; private or commonwealth tidelands
- § 15. Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest
- § 16. Cessation, determination of authority or license for non-use
- § 17. Construction of licenses; approval
- § 18. Application for license; notice; hearings; records
- § 18A. Public access to great ponds; petition
- § 18B. Secretary as administrator of tidelands; duties; public benefit review and public benefit determination; appointment of public information officer
- § 18C. Noncommercial small-scale docks, piers and similar structures accessory to residential use; issuance of general license; applicability of other laws to projects subject to general license
- § 19. Restriction on structures in great ponds
- § 19A. Lowering waters of great ponds; penalty
- § 20. Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants
- § 21. Compensation for displacement of tidewater
- § 22. Compensation when title to land is in Commonwealth
- § 23. Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
- § 24. Money paid into General Fund
- § 25. Supervision of province lands
- § 26. Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
- § 27. Bounds of province lands; regulations
- § 28. Unlawful existing structures
- § 29. Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements
- § 29A. Protection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns
- § 30. Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
- § 30A. Removal of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
- § 31. Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors
- § 32. Survey of Connecticut river
- § 33. Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps
- § 34. Establishment of harbor lines
- § 35. Great ponds; definition
- § 36. Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
- § 37. Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth
- § 38. Definitions applicable to Secs. 38 to 48
- § 39. Willful abandonment of vessel on public lands or shores of the commonwealth
- § 40. Application for title to abandoned vessel; priority of claims; prerequisites to filing; notice to owner or lienholder
- § 41. Failure of owner or lienholder to claim vessel; application for title by claimant
- § 42. Granting of title to claimant
- § 43. Removal, destruction or sale of vessel by claimant after receipt of title
- § 43A. Removal of obstructing vessel by department; department as claimant
- § 43B. Penalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions
- § 43C. Fraudulent claim to abandoned vessel; penalty
- § 43D. Rules and regulations relating to Secs. 38 to 43C
- § 44. Liability of insurer
- § 45. Application to federal government for reimbursement
- § 46. License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures
- § 46A. Violations of Sec. 46; penalty
- § 47. Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
- § 48. Failure to comply with terms of license; completion of work by department
- § 49A. Removal of whales or other mammals from tidewaters
- § 49B. Removal of dilapidated or unsafe wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien
- § 50. Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty
- § 51. Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government
- § 52. Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish
- § 53. Terms of license
- § 54. Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision
- § 55. Penalty for violating Secs. 52 to 54
- § 56. Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to federal government and its agents
- § 57. Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
- § 58. Arrest without warrant
- § 59. Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement
- § 59A. Tort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages
- § 59B. Marinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees
- § 63. Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue
- § 64. Uniform beach warning and safety flag program