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MA Gen L ch 90 § 49b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 49b to 49r

Section 49B. The following words, as used in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—  (a) ''Judgment'', any judgment which has become final upon a claim for damages suffered by a claimant arising out of the ownership, operation, maintenance or use of any aircraft, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person or injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, or upon an agreement of settlement for such damages.  (b) ''Non-resident's operating privilege'', the privilege conferred upon a non-resident by the commonwealth pertaining to the operation by him of an aircraft, or the use of an aircraft owned by him therein.  (c) ''Operator'', any person who is exercising actual physical control of an aircraft.  (d) ''Owner'', any of the following persons who may be legally responsible for the operation of an aircraft:—  (1) A person who holds the legal title to an aircraft.  (2) A lessee of an aircraft.  (3) A conditional vendee, a trustee under a trust receipt and a mortgagor or other person holding an aircraft subject to a security interest.  (e) ''Passenger'', any person in, on or boarding an aircraft for the purpose of riding therein, or alighting therefrom following a flight or attempted flight therein.  (f) ''Registration'', a certificate of registration of aircraft engaged in air navigation or of operators thereof, issued by the commission.  (g) ''Notice'', notice in writing served upon a person by either:—  (1) Actual delivery or offer of delivery to such person by any disinterested person; or  (2) Registered mail addressed to the person at the last address known to the commission.  (h) ''State'', any state, the District of Columbia, any territory or possession of the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.  (i) ''Claimant'', any person having a claim for damages as the result of an accident within the commonwealth involving an aircraft.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49c - Administration and Enforcement of Secs. 49b to 49r; Hearings; Judicial Review

Section 49C. (a) The commission shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, and may make rules and regulations necessary for the administration thereof, which shall become effective ten days after the filing of the same with the state secretary.  (b) The commission shall provide for hearings upon request of any person who may be affected by its orders or acts under the provisions of said sections, and shall provide for a stay thereof until a hearing may be had.  (c) Any person aggrieved by any order or act of the commission, or by a failure of the commission to act hereunder, may have judicial review thereof as provided in the General Laws for judicial review of the orders or acts of administrative agencies.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49e - Policy or Bond of Insurer or Surety Company

Section 49E. (a) A policy or bond provided under section forty-nine D shall be issued by an insurer or surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth, or issued by an insurer or surety company not authorized to do business in the commonwealth, but found by the commission to afford adequate protection, and which has filed or shall file with the commission a power of attorney authorizing the commission to accept service on its behalf of notice or process in any action upon the policy or bond arising out of such accident; and shall  (1) If the accident results in bodily injury to or death of a person not a passenger, provide coverage of not less than five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any accident, and ten thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident;  (2) If the accident involves an aircraft being operated for hire and the accident results in bodily injury to or death of a passenger, provide coverage of not less than ten thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and not less than ten thousand dollars multiplied by the number of passenger-seats in the aircraft because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident;  (3) If the accident involves an aircraft not being operated for hire and the accident results in bodily injury to or death of a passenger, provide coverage of not less than five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, and not less than five thousand dollars multiplied by the number of passenger-seats in the aircraft because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident; and  (4) If the accident results in damage to or destruction of property, provide coverage of not less than five thousand dollars because of damage to or destruction of property in any one accident, with the exception of the following property which is exempted from the security required under section forty-nine D:—property owned, rented, occupied or used by, or in the care, custody or control of the owner or operator or carried in or on the aircraft.  (b) The policy or bond need not cover any liability on account of bodily injury to or death of any employee of the owner or operator while the employee is engaged in the duties of his employment; or any obligation for which the owner or operator or his insurer may be held liable under a workers' compensation law.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49f - Restoration or Renewal of Registration or Non-Resident's Operating Privilege

Section 49F. A registration or a non-resident's operating privilege suspended under section forty-nine D shall not be restored or renewed with respect to the aircraft involved in or the owner or operator liable for the accident until:—  (a) Security is deposited as required under section forty-nine D; or  (b) One year shall have elapsed following the date of such suspension and satisfactory evidence is filed with the commission that during such period no action for damages arising out of the accident has been instituted; or  (c) Satisfactory evidence is filed with the commission of a release from liability, or a judgment of non-liability as to all persons damaged or injured in the accident, or a written agreement, in accordance with paragraph (8) of sub-section (c) of section forty-nine D. If there is a default in payment under such written agreement, then upon ten days' notice of the owner or operator, the commission shall suspend the registration or non-resident's operating privilege of such person defaulting, and the same shall not be restored unless and until (1) such person deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under section forty-nine D in such amount as the commission may then determine, within the limits provided in section forty-nine E, or (2) one year has elapsed following the time when such security was required and during such period no action upon the agreement has been instituted in a court of the commonwealth; or  (d) Satisfactory evidence is filed with the commission that any judgment against such person for damages resulting from the accident has been satisfied in full or that there has been paid thereon an amount equal to the applicable limits set forth in section forty-nine E; or  (e) Written consent thereto has been filed with the commission by all claimants and the same is approved by the commission.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49g - Certificate of Self-Insurance

Section 49G. (a) Any person may at any time apply to the commission for a certificate of self-insurance, whether or not there has occurred an accident as a result of which he might be affected by some other provision of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive.  (b) The commission may issue a certificate of self-insurance when satisfied that the applicant is possessed and will continue to be possessed of ability to pay judgments against him within the limits provided in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive.  (c) Upon not less than ten days' notice of a self-insurer the commission may for reasonable cause cancel a certificate of self-insurance, and shall cancel such certificate upon failure to pay any judgment within thirty days.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49h - Certificate of Registration or Non-Resident's Operating Privilege; Allowance; Suspension; Notice

Section 49H. (a) In case the operator or owner of an aircraft involved in an accident within the commonwealth has no certificate of registration, or is a non-resident, he shall not be allowed a certificate of registration or a non-resident's operating privilege, until he has complied with the requirements of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive.  (b) When a non-resident's operating privilege is suspended pursuant to section forty-nine D or section forty-nine F, the commission shall transmit a certified copy of the record of such action to the official or department regulating the operation of aircraft in the state in which the non-resident resides, if the law of the other state provides for action in relation thereto, similar to that provided for in subsection (c).  (c) Upon receipt of notice that the operating privilege of a resident of the commonwealth has been suspended or revoked in any other state pursuant to a law providing for its suspension or revocation for failure to deposit security for the payment of judgments arising out of an aircraft accident, under circumstances which would require the commission to suspend a non-resident's operating privilege had the accident occurred in the commonwealth, the commission upon ten days' notice shall suspend his registration if he were the operator of an aircraft involved in the accident, or if he were the owner of an aircraft involved in the accident and was legally responsible for its operation. Such suspension shall continue until the resident furnishes evidence of his compliance with the security requirements of the law of the other state.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49i - Security; Form; Limits; Reduction or Increase

Section 49I. (a) The security required under section forty-nine D shall be cash or securities permissible under state law as security for deposit of state funds and in such amount as the commission may require but in no case in excess of the limits specified in section forty-nine E in reference to the limits of a policy or bond. If at the time of the accident there is in effect a liability policy or a bond meeting the requisites of section forty-nine E other than the amount of coverage set forth in said section, the commission may consider such policy or bond in fixing the amount of security. The person depositing security shall specify in writing the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made and, at any time while such deposit is in the custody of the state treasurer the person depositing it may, upon approval of the commission, amend in writing the specification of the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit is made to include an additional person or persons; provided, however, that a single deposit of security shall be applicable only on behalf of persons required to furnish security because of the same accident. Interest and other income upon securities deposited as herein provided shall be paid or inure to the benefit of the person making the deposit.  (b) Upon ten days' notice of the parties concerned, the commission may reduce, or, within the limits specified in section forty-nine E, increase the amount of security ordered in any case if in its discretion the amount ordered is excessive or insufficient. In case the security originally ordered has been deposited, the excess shall be returned to the depositor notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-nine J. Substitution of security shall be permitted.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49j - Delivery and Release of Security

Section 49J. Security deposited in compliance with the requirements of section forty-nine I shall be delivered to the custody of the state treasurer and shall be released only:—  (a) Upon certificate of the commission in the payment of a judgment rendered against the person or persons on whose behalf the deposit was made, for damages arising out of the accident in a civil action, begun not later than one year after the date of the accident or within one year after the date of deposit of any security under subsection (c) of section forty-nine F or in the payment of a settlement, agreed to by the depositor and all the claimants, of a claim or claims arising out of the accident.  (b) Upon certificate of the commission issued after ten days' notice to all claimants upon evidence satisfactory to the commission that all claims arising from such accident have been satisfied by either (1) a release from liability, or (2) a judgment of non-liability, or (3) a written agreement in accordance with paragraph (8) of subsection (c) of section forty-nine D or whenever, after the expiration of one year from the time of the accident or from the date of deposit of any security under subsection (c) of section forty-nine F, the commission is given satisfactory evidence that there is no such action pending and that no judgment rendered in any such action is unpaid.  (c) Upon the certificate of the commission that other security complying with subsection (a) of section forty-nine I and satisfactory in form, character and amount, has been deposited with it in lieu of the original security deposited.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49k - Commission; Availability of Information and Material

Section 49K. The commission shall, upon written request, make available to persons whose legal rights may be affected thereby, information and material developed in the course of its administration of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49l - Transfer of Aircraft Registration Following Suspension of Owner's Registration

Section 49L. No transfer of registration of aircraft of which the owner's registration has been suspended shall be deemed valid or accepted by the commission, unless the transferor or transferee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commission that the transfer of registration is the result of a bona fide transaction of purchase and sale, and not for the purpose, or with the effect, of defeating the purposes of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights of any lessor or conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee, or other person holding a security interest in any aircraft registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49m - Return of Suspended Registration Certificate

Section 49M. Any person whose registration is suspended shall immediately return his registration certificate to the commission. If any person fails or refuses to return such certificate to the commission it shall petition the superior court for the county of Suffolk, sitting in equity, which court may, after hearing, order such person to return such certificate to the commission.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49n - Illegal Operation of Aircraft; Failure to Return Suspended Registration Certificate

Section 49N. (a) Any owner or operator whose registration or non-resident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked and who, during such suspension or revocation, operates any aircraft in the commonwealth or knowingly permits any aircraft owned by him to be operated by another in the commonwealth, except as permitted under sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.  (b) Any owner or operator wilfully failing to return his registrations as required in section forty-nine M shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49o - Application of Secs. 49b to 49r to Certain Aircraft

Section 49O. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall not apply to (a) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of the United States or any civil or military agency of the United States or of the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any territory or possession of the United States; (b) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of any state or agency thereof or any political subdivision or municipality of any state; (c) any aircraft owned and operated by or leased to and subject to the sole control of any foreign country or any civil or military agency thereof or any political subdivision or municipality thereof; or (d) any aircraft owned or being operated by a public air carrier engaged principally in regularly scheduled inter-state or foreign air transportation for hire under either a federal certificate of public convenience and necessity or under a letter of registration or exemption order issued by the civil aeronautics board or its successor.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49p - Availability of Other Legal Processes; Enforcement

Section 49P. Nothing in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law. The commission may proceed at law or in equity in the enforcement of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49q - Service of Process; Proof of Service

Section 49Q. (a) Service of process as provided for in section fifty shall be made by serving the original thereof and a copy of the declaration upon the chairman of the commission or by filing the same in his office, together with a fee of two dollars and by the mailing of a copy of such process and of the declaration by the plaintiff or his attorney to the defendant, and to each of the defendants if more than one, at his last known address, within ten days thereafter by registered mail. In lieu of such mailing to such defendant in another state, plaintiff may cause a copy of the declaration and process to be served personally in such other state upon such defendant by any disinterested person, by actually delivering the same to such defendant or by offering to make such delivery in case the defendant refuses to accept delivery.  (b) Proof of the service of such process upon the chairman of the commission or the filing thereof in his office, and proof of the mailing or personal delivery thereof to the defendant shall be made by the affidavit of the person doing the acts, which shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court in which the suit is filed. Process shall be deemed to be completed upon the filing of such affidavit and of the original registry receipt if service is obtained by mail.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49r - Discharge in Bankruptcy

Section 49R. A discharge in bankruptcy shall not relieve any person from the requirements of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine Q, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49s (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49s - Severability; Constitutionality

Section 49S. The provisions of sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, are hereby declared to be severable and if any such provision or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not be construed to affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining provisions of said sections.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 49t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 49t - Interpretation and Construction of Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act

Section 49T. Sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, may be cited as the Uniform Aircraft Financial Responsibility Act, and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states enacting like laws.
MA Gen L ch 90 § 50 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90 - Motor Vehicles and Aircraft|Section 50 - Appointment of Administrator for Aeronautics as Attorney for Service of Process

Section 50. The operation within this commonwealth by any person, by himself or his agent, of any aircraft, whether registered or unregistered, and whether with or without a license, permit or certificate to operate, shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by such person of the administrator for aeronautics, or his successor in office, to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against him growing out of any accident or collision in which he may be involved while operating aircraft within the commonwealth, and such operation shall be a signification of agreement by such person that any lawful process against him which is served upon said administrator for aeronautics, or his successor in office, as such attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served on him personally, and that said chairman of the commission, and his successor in office, shall continue to be his said attorney so long as any liability on account of such an accident or collision remains outstanding against him. Sections three A to three E, inclusive, shall apply to such service.