SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1994 FILED ON: 1/16/2009
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1885
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Nine
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An Act Relative to Transportation..
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. Section 19 of Chapter 6A of the General Laws, as amended by chapter 86 of the acts of 2008, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(b) The following state agencies shall be within the executive office of transportation and public works: the government center commission established by section 1 of chapter 635 of the acts of 1960, the registry of motor vehicles and all other state agencies within the department, except the division of motorboats and the division of waterways; and the Massachusetts aeronautics commission. The Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority, and any regional transportation authorities established under chapter 161 or 161B shall also be within the executive office of transportation and public works.
SECTION 2. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority which, while within the executive office of transportation and public works, shall not be subject to the supervision and regulation of said executive office or any other department, commission, board, bureau, or agency, except as specifically provided in any general or special law to the contrary. The authority is hereby authorized and empowered, subject to the provisions of this chapter, to own, construct, maintain, repair, reconstruct, improve, rehabilitate, finance, refinance, use, police, administer, control and operate (a) the metropolitan highway system as defined in chapter 81A of the General Laws; (b) the western turnpike as defined in chapter 81A of the General Laws; (c) the state highway system as defined chapter 81; (d) the various transit authorities in the commonwealth as defined in chapters 161A and 161B.
SECTION 3. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority shall transfer the Turnpike, as defined in section 3 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, its right to collect toll revenues on the Turnpike, and all related assets, liabilities, expenses and obligations to the division of roads and bridges in the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority on July 1, 2009.
SECTION 4. The commonwealth shall transfer the parkways and bridges in the custody and control of the department of conservation and recreation and the roads and bridges, and all appurtenant facilities, in the custody and control of the department of highways to the division of roads and bridges in the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority on July 1, 2009.
SECTION 5. The Massachusetts Port Authority shall transfer the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge, located in Chelsea, Massachusetts, its right to collect toll revenues on that bridge, and all related assets, liabilities, expenses and obligations to the division of roads and bridges in the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority on July 1, 2010.
SECTION 6. The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority shall transfer the Metropolitan Highway System, as defined in section 3 of chapter 81A of the General Laws, its right to collect toll revenues on the Metropolitan Highway System, and all related assets, liabilities, expenses and obligations to the division of roads and bridges in the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority on July 1, 2010.
SECTION 7. The Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority shall provide for the share of revenues previously provided to regional transit authorities by the commonwealth, in advance, for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2010.
SECTION 8. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall become part of the division of public transit of the Massachusetts Surface Transportation Authority on July 1, 2011.