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2022 Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Chapter 81 - State Highways
- Section 1 - Powers and Duties
- Section 2 - Road Information; Duties of Local Officials
- Section 3 - Purchase and Maintenance of Road Machinery; Storage Quarters
- Section 4 - Petition
- Section 5 - Filing of Highway Plan; Right to Abandon or Discontinue; Width of Highway
- Section 6 - Alteration of Location
- Section 7 - Acquisition of Land Outside Limits of Existing Highway
- Section 7a - Acquisition of Land to Alter or Relocate Ways Connecting With State Highways
- Section 7b - Acquisition of Slope Easement to Protect Existing Ways
- Section 7c - Limited Access Ways; Definition; Acquisition of Land; Motorist Service Facilities
- Section 7d - Public Utility Easements and Cattle Passes
- Section 7e - Sale, Transfer, Lease or Rental of Excess Lands
- Section 7f - Entry on Private Land for Purpose of Surveys, Soundings, Drillings and Examinations
- Section 7g - Relocation of Public Utilities; Purchase of Lands and Easements
- Section 7h - Lease of Lands for Public Parking Facility
- Section 7i - Agreements With Railroads, Transit Authorities or Other Public Authorities or Municipalities Regarding Relocation or Other Work; Advancement of Funds
- Section 7j - Relocation Assistance; Acquisition of Real Property; Payments; Compliance With Federal Acts
- Section 7k - Relocation of Facilities of Public Utilities; Entry Upon Lands
- Section 7l - Lease of Air Rights Over State Highways
- Section 7m - Acquisition of Land for Parks, Historic Sites, etc., to Replace Land Required for Federal Highways
- Section 8 - Construction of State Highways; Advertising for Proposals
- Section 8a - Repealed, 2010, 112, Sec. 22
- Section 8b - Statement of Qualification of Persons Bidding on Work Awarded by Division of Highways or Department of Conservation and Recreation
- Section 8c - Restriction Upon Hours During Which Nonemergency Work May Be Performed on Certain Highways
- Section 9 - Repealed, 1931, 432
- Section 10 - Contributions by Cities and Towns
- Section 11 - Acquisition of Land to Supply Road Materials
- Section 12 - Discontinuance or Abandonment
- Section 13 - Duties of Department; Definition of State Highway
- Section 13a - Highway Landscaping; Acceptance of Gifts of Easements
- Section 13b - Restoration, Preservation and Enhancement of Scenic Beauty and Historic or Archeological Sites; Facilities for Traveling Motorists
- Section 14 - Removal of Trees and Other Obstructions Near Highways
- Section 15 - Contracts for Maintenance and Repair
- Section 16, 17 - Repealed, 1931, 349
- Section 18 - Defects in Highways; Liability
- Section 19 - Jurisdiction of Local Police; Snow Removal
- Section 19a - Repealed, 1928, 357, Sec. 7
- Section 20 - Sidewalks
- Section 20a - Illumination of Highways
- Section 21 - Excavations or Driveway Openings on State Highways; Conditions; Enforcement
- Section 22 - Prescriptive Rights of Adjoining Owners
- Section 23 - Repealed, 1925, 288, Sec. 2
- Section 24 - Authorization
- Section 25 - Maintenance
- Section 26 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns
- Section 26a - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Contributions by County
- Section 27 - Maintenance Costs; Conditions of Payment
- Section 28 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Performance of Contract
- Section 29 - Maintenance of Ways in Small Towns; Determination of Town's Contribution
- Section 29a - Laying Out or Altering Ways; Consent, Acquisition, Funds
- Section 30 - Use of Federal Aid for Highways and Rural Post Roads
- Section 31 - Apportionment of Fund; Equalizing Grant; Definitions: Notifications of Amounts Apportioned and to Be Incurred
- Section 32 - Definitions
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