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MA Gen L ch 91 § 30a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 30a - Removal of Natural Barriers Preventing Erosion by Sea; Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Penalty

Section 30A. Whoever removes stones, gravel, sand or other material from any natural barrier on land bordering on the sea, which barrier furnishes protection to such land and adjacent upland against erosion by the sea shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.  The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section. A petition for such enforcement may be filed by the attorney general, the selectmen of the town or the mayor of a city in which such barrier is located, or any person who may suffer damage in his property by such removal.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 31 - Surveys and Improvements for Preservation of Harbors

Section 31. The department may make surveys and improvements for the preservation of harbors and may repair damages occasioned by storms or other destructive agencies along the coast line or river banks of the commonwealth, and may take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, in the name and behalf of the commonwealth, any land or materials necessary for making such improvements or repairs. No contract made under the authority of this section shall be valid until approved in writing by the governor and council.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 32 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 32 - Survey of Connecticut River

Section 32. The department shall, as funds are appropriated therefor, cause that portion of the Connecticut river lying within the commonwealth to be surveyed and plotted, and a copy of such survey within the limits of Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, respectively, to be prepared, attested by them and deposited in the registry of deeds for the county to which it relates, as a public record.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 33 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 33 - Improvement of Topographical Survey of Commonwealth; Sale of Maps

Section 33. The department may make such surveys and do such other work as may be required by any order of the land court, to reestablish and permanently mark certain triangulation points and stations previously established in connection with the topographical survey of the commonwealth, and the town boundary survey, which have been lost or destroyed, and to obtain the geographical position of such new points and stations as may be required from time to time by the court. The department may sell at such prices and on such conditions as it may prescribe maps prepared by it from time to time in connection with its functions under this chapter in respect to waterways and public lands.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 34 - Establishment of Harbor Lines

Section 34. The department of environmental protection may, after hearing the parties interested, prescribe lines in any harbor of the commonwealth and make report thereof to the general court, not later than the next session, for its action, thereon. If such lines are established by the general court as the harbor lines of said harbor, no wharf, pier or other structure shall thereafter be extended into said harbor beyond such lines, except as provided by section fourteen. Notice of the hearing shall be published three weeks successively in a newspaper published in Boston and in one or more published in the county or counties where such harbor lies, the first publication to be at least thirty days before the hearing.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 35 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 35 - Great Ponds; Definition

Section 35. The provisions of this chapter relative to great ponds shall apply only to ponds containing in their natural state more than ten acres of land, and shall be subject to any rights in such ponds which have been granted by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 36 - Applications to Congress for Appropriations for Harbors

Section 36. The department may apply to congress for appropriations for the protection and improvement of any harbor in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 37 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 37 - Enforcement of Stipulations in Deeds From Commonwealth

Section 37. If the commonwealth has the right under stipulations in a deed given in its name to enter upon premises and, at the expense of the party at fault, to remove or alter a building, any of its grantees under similar deeds, their heirs, legal representatives or assigns may institute proceedings in equity to compel the department to enforce such stipulations.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 39 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 39 - Willful Abandonment of Vessel on Public Lands or Shores of the Commonwealth

Section 39. It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully abandon a vessel upon public land or the shores or waters of the commonwealth or upon private property or the water thereof adjacent to public land or the shores or waters of the commonwealth without the consent of the official designated by law to have jurisdiction over such public land or waterway, or the owner or other person in charge of the private property. Mooring, grounding or otherwise attaching or fastening a vessel upon public land or waterway or private property without consent for a period of more than 90 days shall constitute prima facie evidence of abandonment. A vessel that the owner, operator or lienholder has placed at a storage or repair facility, which is subject to section 63, sections 179 or 180 of chapter 6, sections 26 to 27D, inclusive, of chapter 9, section 14 of chapter 255 or any other applicable federal or state law, shall not be considered an abandoned vessel for purposes of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 41 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 41 - Failure of Owner or Lienholder to Claim Vessel; Application for Title by Claimant

Section 41. If the owner or lienholder fails to claim the vessel within 90 days after the return receipt is received by the claimant or within 90 days after the last day of notice by publication, whichever is later, and if the commonwealth is not the owner pursuant to section 179 or 180 of chapter 6 or sections 26 to 27D, inclusive, of chapter 9, and if the United States is not the owner pursuant to federal law or regulation, the claimant may apply to the office for a title, subject to any lien which is valid and enforceable under any other statute, including section 9 of chapter 106. The application shall include: (i) a notarized affidavit by the claimant stating that the vessel has been abandoned for at least 90 days, that all notice requirements pursuant to this chapter have been satisfied and that the vessel is not subject to said section 179 or 180 of said chapter 6 or said sections 26 to 27D, inclusive, of said chapter 9 or the requirements of section 63, or any other applicable state or federal law or regulation; (ii) if applicable, a copy of the letter to the identified owner and any lienholders and accompanying return receipts; provided, however, that in the alternative, the claimant may supply a detailed explanation of the unsuccessful steps taken to identify the owner and any lienholders and to secure the address of the owner or any lienholders, including any returned notices; and (iii) in the case of notice by publication, original copies of the notice as published. The office shall certify that the claimant has met the requirements of this section and such certification shall be included with the records of the granting of the title.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 42 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 42 - Granting of Title to Claimant

Section 42. Except as otherwise set forth in this chapter or in section 179 or 180 of chapter 6 or sections 26 to 27D, inclusive, of chapter 9, or any other applicable state or federal law, the office may grant title to an abandoned vessel and any contents therein to a claimant. Upon certification as required by section 41 and upon payment of any fees or taxes due, the office shall issue the claimant title to the vessel. The applicant shall be responsible for all costs incurred in transferring title. If the claimant wishes to operate the vessel, the claimant shall, if required by law, register the vessel with the office in accordance with chapter 90B or document the vessel under the applicable federal requirements.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 43 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 43 - Removal, Destruction or Sale of Vessel by Claimant After Receipt of Title

Section 43. After receiving title, the claimant may remove the vessel, destroy it or sell it. Removal costs shall be borne by the previous owner if that owner has been identified and otherwise shall be borne by the claimant. If the new owner intends to destroy or otherwise dispose of the vessel, the new owner shall do so in compliance with all related state and federal statutes.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 43a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 43a - Removal of Obstructing Vessel by Department; Department as Claimant

Section 43A. If an abandoned vessel or an unlawful or unauthorized structure or thing is deposited or suffered to remain in the tide waters of the commonwealth and if the department deems it is, or is liable to cause or become, an obstruction to the safe and convenient navigation or other lawful use of such waters, the department shall move it or cause it to be removed, after which time the department may become a claimant and apply for title from the office, in accordance with sections 40 to 43, inclusive.  For a vessel that has been abandoned that does not pose an obstruction to the safe and convenient navigation or other lawful use of the tidewaters of the commonwealth, and for which no other claimant commences proceedings under this chapter within 60 days of the department having notice of the vessel, the department may become a claimant and apply for title from the office, in accordance with said sections 40 to 43, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 43b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 43b - Penalty for Willful Abandonment of Vessel; Exceptions

Section 43B. A person who willfully abandons a vessel shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, except where a vessel, scow, lighter or other structure is or has been grounded within the limits of a harbor or on the shores of the commonwealth by reason of accident, emergency, errors of navigation, or in order to prevent loss of life or the sinking of such vessel, scow, lighter or other structure.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 43c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 43c - Fraudulent Claim to Abandoned Vessel; Penalty

Section 43C. A person who obtains or attempts to obtain title to a vessel through fraudulent means shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 43d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 43d - Rules and Regulations Relating to Secs. 38 to 43c

Section 43D. The department, in consultation with the office, shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 38 to 43C, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 44 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 44 - Liability of Insurer

Section 44. An insurer of a vessel who has paid the loss thereon shall not, by reason of such insurance, be held liable to remove such vessel, or to pay the cost and expenses of such removal, unless he has exercised some act of ownership or control over such vessel or some part or appurtenance thereof or received the proceeds of the sale thereof.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 45 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 45 - Application to Federal Government for Reimbursement

Section 45. The department shall make application to the government of the United States for reimbursement of any amounts expended under any provision of the seven preceding sections, which, in the opinion of the department, might properly be paid by the United States.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 46 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 46 - License for Breaking Up and Disposing of Floating Structures

Section 46. The owners of any vessel, scow, lighter or similar floating structure lying within the limits of any harbor of the commonwealth shall not, without first obtaining a license therefor from the department, cause or permit the same to be broken up or altered to such an extent that it will not keep afloat with ordinary care, nor shall they ground any such craft within any such harbor or permit other persons so to do, or to remove any part thereof.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 46a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 46a - Violations of Sec. 46; Penalty

Section 46A. Whoever, without first obtaining the license required by section forty-six, causes or permits the work of breaking up or altering of any vessel, scow, lighter or other structure, as described in said section, shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to the use of the commonwealth to be recovered by an information in equity brought by the attorney general in the superior court.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 47 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 47 - Application for License; Issuance; Conditions; Bond

Section 47. Upon the application of the owner of any vessel, scow, lighter or similar floating structure, the department may issue a license authorizing him to break up such vessel or other floating structure upon the following conditions: first, that the written consent of the owner of the premises where the work is to be done shall first be obtained and filed with the department; second, that all the material composing the vessel or other structure shall be removed wholly from tide water, to the satisfaction of the department; third, that the work shall be completed within a certain fixed time, which may be extended by the department; fourth, if the work is not completed at the time fixed in the license or as so extended, the department may cause the work to be completed at the expense of the licensee; and fifth, such other conditions as the department deems proper in any case. Before receiving the license, the licensee shall file a bond with the department in a sum fixed by it, with satisfactory sureties, in which the commonwealth is obligee, conditioned to perform the provisions of the license and to pay to the commonwealth such sums as it may expend in connection with the work licensed.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 48 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 48 - Failure to Comply With Terms of License; Completion of Work by Department

Section 48. Whenever a licensee under either of the two preceding sections fails to comply with the terms of his license, the department may proceed to complete the work and remove from tide water all materials composing the vessel or other structure, and the cost thereof shall, in the first instance, be paid from the appropriation made therefor. If not repaid to the commonwealth by the licensee, upon demand, it may be recovered by the state treasurer in contract, brought by him in behalf of the commonwealth in the superior court against the licensee or the sureties on his bond.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 49a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 49a - Removal of Whales or Other Mammals From Tidewaters

Section 49A. If a whale or other mammal is deposited or remains in the tidewaters or on the shores of the commonwealth, the department shall, if it determines that said whale or other mammal is or may be injurious to the public health, remove or cause to be removed therefrom such whale or other mammal.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 50 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 50 - Foreign Corporations Engaged in Business of Wrecking or Salvaging; License; Bond; Penalty

Section 50. No foreign corporation shall engage in the business of wrecking or salvaging in the navigable waters of the commonwealth without first obtaining a license therefor from and filing a bond with the department. The license, effective for one year from the date of its issue, shall be granted upon payment of a fee, to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The bond shall run to the state treasurer in a sum and with security satisfactory to the department, and shall be conditioned upon payment by the licensee of such amounts as shall lawfully be due to any person for damage to person or property caused by any act of the corporation, its agents or servants, in the commonwealth. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 51 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 51 - Impairment of Right or Authority Derived From Federal Government

Section 51. The preceding section shall not impair any right or authority derived from, or exercised under, any law of the United States, or any right, license or privilege lawfully granted by any department thereof.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 52 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 52 - Supervision of Transportation and Dumping of Dredged Material in Tidewaters; Payment of Cost; Burning and Towing of Rubbish

Section 52. The department shall supervise the transportation and dumping of all material dredged in the tide waters of the commonwealth, or of any other material which may be placed in scows or boats to be transported and dumped in tide water, and may employ necessary inspectors therefor, who shall accompany the material while in transit, either upon the scows containing the material or upon the boat towing them, upon which they shall be provided with proper and suitable quarters and board by the owner of the boat. The cost of such supervision and also of the supervision under licenses and permits authorizing such transportation or dumping granted by the department, shall in the first instance be paid from such appropriation as may be available, if the material is taken outside of Boston harbor, and from the Port of Boston Fund if taken in said harbor, and shall be repaid to the commonwealth monthly by the owners of the dredges or other machines doing the excavating when the material is dredged in tidewater and credited respectively to the General Fund or to said Port of Boston Fund, and, in the case of other material, by the owners of the scows in which it is transported, the monthly amount due from each owner to be determined and certified to the state treasurer by the department.  This section shall apply also to the burning of rubbish and other material upon any of the waters within the jurisdiction of the department. Reasonable rules and regulations to control towing and burning rubbish or other debris within harbor lines and upon adjacent waters may be adopted by the department, in accordance with chapter thirty A.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 53 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 53 - Terms of License

Section 53. Every license or permit issued to any person to dredge in the tide waters of the commonwealth shall contain a provision that the transportation and dumping of the dredged material shall be done under the supervision of the department as provided in the preceding section, and that the licensee shall be held liable to pay the cost of said supervision whenever the owner of the dredge or excavating machine fails to pay for the same within ten days after written notification from the state treasurer that the same is due.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 54 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 54 - Dumping; Notice; Inspector; Cost of Supervision

Section 54. Every contractor or other person shall, at least three days before commencing any piece of dredging in tide water, give written notice to the department of the location and amount of the proposed work, and the time at which it is expected work will begin and, except with the written assent of the department, no dredged or other material which it is proposed to dump in tide water, shall be transported or dumped within the tide waters of the commonwealth, unless there is present on board the scows containing the material, or on the boat towing the same, an inspector employed for that purpose by the department; and no such material shall, in any event, be dumped within the limits of any channel which has been deepened by dredging, nor in any other part of the tide waters of the commonwealth, unless the same is duly authorized. The state treasurer may recover in contract from such contractor or person the cost of supervision determined as provided in the two preceding sections.
MA Gen L ch 91 § 55 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIV - Public Ways and Works|Chapter 91 - Waterways|Section 55 - Penalty for Violating Secs. 52 to 54

Section 55. Whoever violates any provision of sections fifty-two, fifty-three and fifty-four or of any license or permit granted under said sections, (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day that such violation occurs or continues, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment; or (b), shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day such violation occurs or continues.