SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2757        FILED ON: 8/18/2010

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2545

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act relative to dam repair, removal and replacement.

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. Definitions.

 (a) Section 44 of chapter 253 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding after line 2 the following new definition:“Abandoned”, a dam that has no identifiable owner or a dam whose owner fails to respond to the owner’s obligations under sections 44 to 48, inclusive, based on any emergency action taken by the commissioner pursuant to section 47, and the creation of a  lien upon the lot or lots of land on which the dam is situated and upon the buildings and structures on said lot or lots pursuant to section 48.