Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 263 of the acts of 1929 is hereby amended by striking out section 1, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 338 of the acts of 1962, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 1. There shall be in the city of Boston, hereinafter called the city, a department known as the transportation department, which shall be under the charge of a board, known as the transportation commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of an officer, known as the commissioner of transportation, appointed by the mayor for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial election at which a mayor is elected, who shall be chairman of the commission, and four other officers known as associate commissioners of transportation. The police commissioner, the fire commissioner, the commissioner of public works and the commissioner of real property of the city shall be ex-officiis, the associate commissioners of transportation.

The commissioner of transportation shall receive such annual salary as shall from time to time is fixed by the city council with the approval of the mayor. The associate commissioners of transportation shall receive no compensation for their services as associate commissioners of transportation.

SECTION 2. Said chapter 263 is hereby further amended by striking out section 1A, as amended by section 2 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 1A. The commissioner of transportation shall exclusively have the powers, and perform the duties, of a department head with respect to the making of contracts, other than contracts for the acquisition, installation or maintenance of parking meters, and the appointment, suspension, discharge, compensation and indemnification of engineers, experts, assistants and other employees for the transportation department; but in the exercise of such powers and the performance of such duties he shall be subject to all statutes and ordinances applicable generally to departments of the city.

SECTION 3. Section 1B of said chapter 263 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 3 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 4. Section 2 of said chapter 263 is hereby amended by striking out, in line 12, as appearing in chapter 387 of the acts of 1964, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 5. The third paragraph of said section 2 of said chapter 263, inserted by section 13 of chapter 190 of the acts of 1982, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 6. Said chapter 263 is hereby further amended by striking out section 2A, as most recently amended by section 5 of chapter 338 of the acts of 1962, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 2A. The commissioner of transportation shall have exclusive authority to designate, upon written application by an abutting owner or occupant and the payment of such fee as may from time to time be fixed by ordinance under chapter two hundred and twenty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-nine, parts of streets, ways, highways, roads and parkways under the control of the city as loading zones. Every designation of a loading zone under this section shall take effect on such date, not later than one month after it is made, and expire on such date, not later than one year after its effective date, as said commissioner shall determine, and may at any time, after reasonable notice and hearing, be revoked by said commissioner if he deems the continuation of such zone to be inconsistent with the public interest or if the owner or occupant who applied therefor shall have violated any condition of the designation or any rule of the transportation commission regulating the use thereof.

SECTION 7. Section 2B of said chapter 263, inserted by section 6 of said chapter 338, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation,- and by striking out, in line 3, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 8. Section 2C of said chapter 263, inserted by section 7 of said chapter 338, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 10, and in lines 14 and 15, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the word:- transportation,- and by striking out, in line 5, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 9. Section 2D of said chapter 263 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 8 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 10. Chapter 140 of the acts of 1934 is hereby amended by striking out section 1, as amended by section 9 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 1. The transportation commission of the city of Boston is hereby directed to provide in its regulations prohibiting or restricting the parking and standing of motor vehicles on public ways in said city that they shall not, so far as they relate to the easterly side of Hancock street between Mount Vernon and Derne streets, the southerly side of Derne street between Hancock and Bowdoin streets, and the westerly side of Bowdoin street between Mount Vernon and Beacon streets, apply to motor vehicles owned or used by members and officers of the general court.

SECTION 11. Section 1 of chapter 474 of the acts of 1946 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 10 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 12. Clause (a) of said section 1 of said chapter 474, as most recently amended by chapter 1195 of the acts of 1973, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 11, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 13. Clause (c) of said section 1 of said chapter 474, as amended by section 12 of chapter 338 of the acts of 1962, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 14. Clause (e) of said section 1 of said chapter 474 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 13 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 15. Section 1 of chapter 203 of the acts of 1959 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 14 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 16. Section 2 of said chapter 203 is hereby amended by striking out the words "traffic and parking", inserted by section 15 of said chapter 338, and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 17. Section 17A of chapter 45 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 2 and 3, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 18. Section 18 of chapter 90 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 1, lines 41 and 42, and in line 47, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the word:- transportation.

SECTION 19. Section 56 of chapter 148 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 4, the words "traffic and parking" and inserting in place thereof the word:- transportation.

SECTION 20. The powers and duties of the traffic and parking commission, the commissioner of traffic and parking and the traffic and parking department are hereby assumed by the transportation commission, the commissioner of transportation and the transportation department, respectively.