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MA Gen L ch 90b § 4b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 4b - Removal, Defacing, Etc. of Identification Number of Motorboat, Motor or Engine; Penalties

Section 4B. Whoever removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys, obliterates or mutilates, or causes to be removed or destroyed or in any way defaced, altered, changed, obliterated or mutilated, the identifying number or numbers of the manufacturer of a motorboat or the identification number of the manufacturer of a motor or engine designed for use in a boat with intent thereby to conceal the identity of such motorboat, motor or engine shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both; and possession of any motorboat or any such motor or engine or of any part thereof, the identifying number or numbers of which have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the foregoing provision. Whoever sells or otherwise disposes of or attempts to sell or otherwise dispose of such motorboat, motor or engine, knowing or having reason to believe that the identifying number or numbers of said motorboat, motor or engine have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated, shall be punished by the same fine or imprisonment, or both.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 5a - Personal Floatation Devices

Section 5A. Every vessel not subject to the provisions of section five shall carry one Coast Guard approved personal floatation device of Type I, II or III for each person on board, in good and serviceable condition in a readily accessible location. Each amphibious landing vehicle shall have 1 Coast Guard approved personal flotation device of Type I, II or III that shall be in a readily accessible location for each passenger under 10 years of age. This section shall not apply to vessels used in competitive rowing, sculling or supervised intercollegiate sailing programs, rafts, surfboards, sail fish, so called, or any similar type of vessel.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 5b - Automatic Shut&ndash;off Nozzle for Motorboat Fuel Dispensing Devices; Fine

Section 5B. Each pump or other dispensing device used to provide motor fuel for motorboats shall be equipped with an automatic shut-off nozzle which shall not be capable of being locked into an open position. Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 5c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 5c - Discharge of Sewage Into Waters Designated as a No Discharge Area; Fine

Section 5C. Any person that discharges sewage, whether treated or not, from a marine sanitation device into any waters of the commonwealth designated by the secretary of environmental affairs as a no discharge area pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1322 shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000 for each violation of this section.  If a person defaults in the payment of a fine imposed for a violation of this section, or any portion thereof, the court shall cause a copy of the court record reflecting such default to be transmitted forthwith to the director. The court shall send a new copy of such person's court record to the director upon satisfaction of the fine. After receipt of a court record showing a default for nonpayment of a fine, or portion thereof, the director shall not issue an original certificate of number or renew a certificate of number to the person in default for any boat owned by such person until notified that such fine is satisfied. If a certificate of number was issued to such person prior to receipt of the record showing a default for nonpayment of a fine, or portion thereof, the director shall revoke such certificate of number for any boat owned by such person until notified that such fine is satisfied.  Notwithstanding section 10G of chapter 21A, all fines collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the commonwealth for deposit into the General Fund.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 5d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 5d - Violations of Sec. 37b of Chapter 21; Penalties

Section 5D. (a) Whoever violates subsection (g) of section 37B of chapter 21, or any rule, regulation order or quarantine promulgated thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for the first violation, by a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 for a second such violation and by a fine of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment for a third or subsequent such violation.  (b) The director may suspend, revoke or cancel the certificate of number issued to whoever is convicted of violating section 37B. Such suspension, revocation or cancellation shall be in addition to the criminal penalties in subsection (a).
MA Gen L ch 90b § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 6 - Exhaust; Use of Cutouts

Section 6. The exhaust of every internal combustion engine on any motorboat shall be effectively muffled by a muffler or underwater exhaust of a type or types approved by and used in conformity with the rules and regulations of the director. The use of cutouts is prohibited, except for motorboats competing in a race previously approved by the director, and for such motorboats while on trial runs during a period not to exceed forty-eight hours immediately preceding such race, and for such motorboats while competing in official trials for speed records during a period not to exceed forty-eight hours immediately following such race.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 7 - Compliance With Sec. 5; Pre-Requisite to Departure From Boat Livery

Section 7. Neither the owner of a boat livery, nor his agent or employee shall permit any motorboat or any vessel permitted by him to be operated as a motorboat to depart from his premises unless it shall have been provided, either by the owner or renter, with the equipment required pursuant to section five of this chapter or pursuant to any rule or regulation of the director.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 9 - Accidents; Duty of Operator; Reports

Section 9. (a) The operator of any motorboat involved in a collision, accident or other casualty shall, so far as he is able without serious danger to his own or other vessels or to any persons, render to other persons affected by the boating accident such assistance as may be practicable and as may be necessary in order to save them from any danger caused by the boating accident. Such operator shall also give his name, address and identification of his vessel to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the boating accident. In cases where death, personal injury or property damage over five hundred dollars occurs, the operator or any person authorized to enforce the provisions of chapter ninety B, shall immediately notify the division of law enforcement. The director or his designee shall investigate the accident.  (b) The operator of any motorboat involved in a boating accident, shall file with the division a full description of such boating accident, including such information as the director may by regulation require. Such report shall conform to the requirements of a boating accident report under the laws of the United States. Whenever death results from a boating accident, a written report shall be submitted within forty-eight hours. For every other boating accident a written report shall be submitted within five days.  (c) Except as provided in subsection (d), individual boating accident reports shall not be public records, and shall not be admissible in evidence in a court of law other than in a proceeding petitioning for a review of a decision of the director.  (d) Boating accident reports may be made available for additional statistical studies subject to the regulations of the director; provided, that information from individual reports shall not be disclosed.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 9a - Jet Ski, Surf Jet or Wetbike Operation

Section 9A. No person shall operate a jet ski, surf jet or wetbike (a) on waters of the commonwealth unless the person is sixteen years of age or older, (b) within one hundred and fifty feet of a swimmer, shore or moored vessel, except at headway speed, (c) on waters of the commonwealth of less than seventy-five acres, (d) without wearing an approved personal flotation device or (e), between sunset and sunrise. For the purposes of this section, the term, ''headway speed'', shall mean the slowest speed at which a personal watercraft, jet ski, surf jet or wetbike can be operated and maintain steerage way.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 9b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 9b - Educational Safety Program; Jet Skis, Surf Jets and Wetbikes

Section 9B. The division of law enforcement within the department of fisheries and wildlife is hereby authorized and directed to establish an educational safety program for the operation of jet skis, surf jets and wetbikes. All persons under the age of eighteen who operate such watercraft shall be required to participate in said program; provided, however, that the director of said division shall establish the program criteria and content and shall determine the minimum safety skills necessary for said persons to operate such watercraft.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 10 - Requests for Information or Records From Federal Agencies

Section 10. In accordance with any request duly made by an authorized official or agency of the United States, any information compiled or otherwise available to the division whether the same be a matter of public record or information specified by this chapter as not to be released or made public shall be transmitted to said officials or agency of the United States.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 12 - Enforcement of Chapter

Section 12. The provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations made under the authority thereof shall be enforced by the director, deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement, environmental police officers and deputy environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement, department of fisheries, wildlife and environmental law enforcement, by harbor masters and assistant harbor masters, by police officers assigned to harbor patrol, by fish and game wardens, by members of the state police, and by city and town police officers assigned to patrol the waters of the commonwealth. For the purpose of such enforcement such officers may board any motorboat and may conduct an inspection thereof, including an examination of the certificate of number, and may require the operator of such motorboat to give his true and correct name and address. Whoever attempts to prevent any such officer from boarding such motorboat for the purpose of inspecting, or whoever attempts to prevent such officer from making an inspection of such boat, shall be punished as provided in section thirty-eight.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 12a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 12a - Operation Without Personal Flotation Devices or in Overloaded or Unsafe Condition

Section 12A. Any officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter who observes a motorboat or vessel being used without personal flotation devices required under this chapter or which is in an overloaded or other unsafe condition and which, in his judgment, presents a substantial risk of injury or loss of life by the use of said motorboat or vessel, may terminate such use and direct the operator to take whatever immediate and corrective steps which are necessary for the safety of the persons aboard such motorboat or vessel, including, but not limited to, directing the operator to proceed to a mooring and to remain there until such motorboat or vessel is deemed to be safe.  As used in this section the term ''other unsafe condition'' shall mean: (a) the motorboat or vessel is not displaying the navigation lights between sunset and sunrise; (b) the motorboat or vessel has fuel leakage from either the fuel system or engine; (c) the motorboat or vessel has an accumulation of fuel in the bilges or in a compartment other than a fuel tank; (d) the motorboat or vessel does not meet the ventilation requirements for tanks and engine spaces; or (e) the motorboat or vessel does not meet the requirements for backfire flame control.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 13 - Arrest Without Warrant; Entry Upon Private Lands

Section 13. Any officer empowered to enforce this chapter may arrest without a warrant any person who the officer has probable cause to believe has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made under authority hereof. All officers empowered to enforce this chapter may in the performance of their duties enter upon and pass through or over private lands and property whether or not covered by water.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 13a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 13a - Scuba Divers; Display of Diver's Flag Required

Section 13A. Every scuba diver or group of scuba divers while swimming on or under the surface of the waters of the commonwealth shall display for each diver or group of divers as a warning device to boat operators, a diver's flag, so called, constructed of rigidly supported material at least twelve inches by fifteen inches in area of red background with a white diagonal stripe. Such diver's flag shall be displayed on a boat or surface float and shall extend a minimum distance of three feet from the surface of the water. Divers shall remain in an area within one hundred feet of such displayed diver's flag while at or near the surface of the water. A boat operator within sight of a diver's flag shall proceed with caution and within a radius of one hundred feet of such flag shall proceed at a speed not to exceed three miles per hour.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 14 - Penalties; Proceedings

Section 14. (a) Whoever violates any provision of section two, three, four, six or nine A or of any rule or regulation pertaining thereto shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, except as hereinafter provided. Any person against whom a complaint has been issued for a violation of section two or of any rule or regulation pertaining thereto may, if it is the first offense committed by such person in violation of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under authority hereof, appear in person or through an attorney or agent duly authorized in writing, before the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the offense, and confess the offense charged. In the alternative, any person against whom a complaint has been issued for violation of section five, five A, six or nine A may waive a trial and plead guilty by mailing to the clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the offense, payment in the amount of ten dollars for each offense, by postal note, money order, or certified check made payable to said clerk. Payment by such a person to such clerk of a fine of ten dollars and costs shall operate as a final disposition of the case. Proceedings so disposed of by such clerk shall not be deemed criminal and no person who appears before a clerk of court as provided herein shall be required to report to any probation officer and no record of the case shall be entered in the probation records. Such clerk shall, within three days of such payment, forward to the director a certified copy of such proceedings. For the purpose of counting violations such disposition shall operate as if a finding of guilty had been made in court.  (b) Whoever as a scuba diver, so-called or boat operator violates any provision of section five, five A, seven, subsection (b) of section nine, twelve A or thirteen A or of any rule or regulation pertaining thereto shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.  (c) Whoever violates any provision of subsections (b), (c), or (d) of section eight or any rules or regulations pertaining to section eight shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 15 - Scope of Chapter; Local Regulations; Approval of Ordinances and By-Laws

Section 15. (a) The provisions of this chapter shall govern the numbering, operation, equipment and all other matters relating thereto of any vessel subject to the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under authority hereof, whenever any such vessel shall be operated or maintained on the waters of the commonwealth, or whenever any activity regulated by said chapter or said rules and regulations shall take place thereon.  (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any city or town from regulating, by ordinance or by-law, not contrary to the provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation made under authority hereof, other than numbering, of such vessels on such waters of the commonwealth as lie within the city or town, or such activities which take place thereon. Such cities and towns may, by joint action, provide for such regulations for such waters lying in two or more cities or towns.  (c) No such ordinance or by-law shall be valid unless it shall have been approved by the director and published in a newspaper of general distribution in said city or town not less than five days before the effective date thereof.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 17 - Enforcing Officers; Reports to Director

Section 17. Every officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter or any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law made under authority hereof shall report to the director, on forms provided by him and in such manner as he may prescribe, every violation of such chapter, rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law which results in any disposition by a court or by a clerk of court acting under the provisions of section fifteen.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 18 - Laws Applicable

Section 18. The provisions of chapter thirty A shall be applicable to this chapter in so far as not inconsistent therewith.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 19 - Severability

Section 19. If any provisions of sections one through eighteen, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those wherein it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
MA Gen L ch 90b § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 90b - Motorboats, Other Vessels and Recreational Vehicles|Section 21 - Recreation Vehicle Safety and Responsibility Course

Section 21. No person under 18 years of age shall operate a recreation vehicle unless he has successfully completed a recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course approved by the director of environmental law enforcement. The director may exempt a participant of a sanctioned race, rally or event who is not a resident of the commonwealth from the requirements of this section. Such course shall include, but shall not be limited to, notification of the potential criminal penalties and forfeiture process for certain violations of law relative to the safe operation of recreation vehicles. A parent or legal guardian of an operator of a recreation vehicle under 16 years of age shall participate in at least 1 session of the recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course or as required by the director. Proof of the successful completion of the course shall be carried on the person of the operator while operating a recreation vehicle. Proof of an operator's successful completion of another state's equivalent recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course, as determined by the director, shall be valid in the commonwealth.