Chapter 91: WATERWAYS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Duties of public works department relative to commonwealth lands
- Section 2A Powers as to property acquired, built or improved in Plymouth by Pilgrim tercentenary commission
- Section 3 Powers as to Boston harbor
- Section 4 Improvement of Boston harbor; access to piers, railroads, etc.
- Section 5 Power to take or purchase real property
- Section 5A Repealed, 1966, 621, Sec. 1
- Section 6 Power to lease piers, etc.; Port of Boston Fund
- Section 7 Piers, etc.; freight loading equipment; rules and regulations
- Section 8 Acquisition of Apple Island and shore lands
- Section 9 Utilization plans for acquired property
- Section 9A Construction or reconstruction of piers and waterfront terminal facilities; written contracts
- Section 10 Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.
- Section 10A Temporary moorings of floats or rafts; permits, issuance or refusal; review; public nuisances
- Section 10B Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 64
- Section 10C Docking of commercial vessels; permits; applications; appeal
- Section 10D Scuba divers and skin divers; access to Commonwealth tidelands
- Section 10A1/2 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 239
- Section 11 Improvement and preservation of rivers, streams, harbors, etc.
- Section 11A Resource protection, navigational safety and development projects; work agreements with local authorities
- Section 12 License for structures in Connecticut, Westfield and Merrimack rivers
- Section 12A License for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made
- Section 13 Licenses for booms in Connecticut river and structures in great ponds
- Section 14 License for structures in or over tide water; conduits or cables under tide water; private or commonwealth tidelands
- Section 15 Revocation and expiration of authority or license; exception; mortgageable interest
- Section 16 Cessation, determination of authority or license for non-use
- Section 17 Construction of licenses; approval
- Section 18 Application for license; notice; hearings; records
- Section 18A Public access to great ponds; petition
- Section 18B Secretary as administrator of tidelands; duties; public benefit review and public benefit determination; appointment of public information officer
- Section 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
- Section 19 Restriction on structures in great ponds
- Section 19A Lowering waters of great ponds; penalty
- Section 20 Supervision by department of erections under legislative grants
- Section 21 Compensation for displacement of tidewater
- Section 22 Compensation when title to land is in Commonwealth
- Section 23 Unauthorized work in public waters; public nuisances
- Section 24 Money paid into General Fund
- Section 25 Supervision of province lands
- Section 26 Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
- Section 27 Bounds of province lands; regulations
- Section 28 Unlawful existing structures
- Section 29 Improvement of tidal and non-tidal waters by counties or towns; assumption of liability for improvements
- Section 29A Protection of private property along shores; construction of structures by cities or towns
- Section 30 Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
- Section 30A Removal of natural barriers preventing erosion by sea; jurisdiction of superior court; penalty
- Section 31 Surveys and improvements for preservation of harbors
- Section 32 Survey of Connecticut river
- Section 33 Improvement of topographical survey of commonwealth; sale of maps
- Section 34 Establishment of harbor lines
- Section 35 Great ponds; definition
- Section 36 Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
- Section 37 Enforcement of stipulations in deeds from commonwealth
- Section 38 Definitions applicable to Secs. 38 to 48
- Section 39 Willful abandonment of vessel on public lands or shores of the commonwealth
- Section 40 Application for title to abandoned vessel; priority of claims; prerequisites to filing; notice to owner or lienholder
- Section 41 Failure of owner or lienholder to claim vessel; application for title by claimant
- Section 42 Granting of title to claimant
- Section 43 Removal, destruction or sale of vessel by claimant after receipt of title
- Section 43A Removal of obstructing vessel by department; department as claimant
- Section 43B Penalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions
- Section 43C Fraudulent claim to abandoned vessel; penalty
- Section 43D Rules and regulations relating to Secs. 38 to 43C
- Section 44 Liability of insurer
- Section 45 Application to federal government for reimbursement
- Section 46 License for breaking up and disposing of floating structures
- Section 46A Violations of Sec. 46; penalty
- Section 47 Application for license; issuance; conditions; bond
- Section 48 Failure to comply with terms of license; completion of work by department
- Section 49 Repealed, 2010, 309, Sec. 3
- Section 49A Removal of whales or other mammals from tidewaters
- Section 49B Removal of dilapidated or unsafe wharves or piers; notice; revocation of license; liability for cost; lien
- Section 50 Foreign corporations engaged in business of wrecking or salvaging; license; bond; penalty
- Section 51 Impairment of right or authority derived from federal government
- Section 52 Supervision of transportation and dumping of dredged material in tidewaters; payment of cost; burning and towing of rubbish
- Section 53 Terms of license
- Section 54 Dumping; notice; inspector; cost of supervision
- Section 55 Penalty for violating Secs. 52 to 54
- Section 56 Application of Secs. 52 to 55 to federal government and its agents
- Section 57 Jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
- Section 58 Arrest without warrant
- Section 59 Discharge of petroleum products, refuse or other matter into or on lakes, rivers or tidal waters; penalty; exception; enforcement
- Section 59A Tort liability for discharge or deposit of crude petroleum or products; double damages
- Section 59B Marinas; licensing by division of water pollution control; restrictions; term; renewal; fees
- Section 60 to 62 Repealed, 1968, 501, Sec. 2
- Section 63 Salvage, recovery, etc. of underwater archaeological resources; permits; restrictions; disposition of resources; enforcement; violations; penalties; jurisdiction and venue
- Section 64 Uniform beach warning and safety flag program