Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY › Title 740 CMR 11.00 - Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge › Section 11.02 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following terms as used in
				740 CMR 11.00
et
				seq.
shall, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context
				clearly requires a different interpretation, have the following meaning:
AASHTO
- shall mean the American
				Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Authority
- shall mean the
				Massachusetts Port Authority, its Executive Director, and designees.
Automobile
- shall have the meaning
				defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.
Bridge Official
- shall mean an
				employee of the Authority duly authorized to direct and control the movement
				and operation of Motor Vehicles on the Tobin Memorial Bridge.
Commercial Vehicle
- shall mean any
				Motor Vehicle which is not a Private Passenger Motor Vehicle displaying a
				private passenger registration number plate and is not a Motorcycle displaying
				a Motorcycle registration number plate.
Director
- shall mean the employee of
				the Authority who supervises the operation of the Tobin Memorial Bridge and is
				authorized to act for the Authority in connection with the enforcement of 740
CMR 11
.00
et seq.
ETC-Equipped Motor Vehicle
- shall
				mean a motor vehicle properly equipped with and using an electronic device that
				the Authority, or its ETC system contractor, has issued or authorized for the
				purpose of transmitting information to the ETC system and collecting tolls
				electronically.
ETC System
- shall mean an electronic
				toll collection system installed on or operating with respect to the Tobin
				Memorial Bridge.
Motorcycle
- shall have the meaning
				defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.
Motorized Bicycle
- shall have the
				meaning defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.
Motor Vehicle
- shall have the meaning
				defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1. The definition of Motor Vehicle shall
				include, without limitation, automobile, bus or motor bus, tractor and
				motorcycle, all as defined in M.G.L c. 90, § 1.
Non-revenue Vehicle
- shall mean any
				motor vehicle registered to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the
				U.S. Navy, the Authority, the Massachusetts State Police assigned to duty at
				the Authority and any other such motor vehicle as may be established by the
				Authority in its sole discretion.
Operator
- shall mean any person who
				operates a motor vehicle on the Tobin Memorial Bridge.
Person
- shall mean any individual,
				firm, association, corporation or any other legal entity.
Police Officer
- shall mean and
				include all members of the Massachusetts State Police or any duly authorized
				law enforcement officer.
Private Passenger Motor Vehicle
-
				shall have the meaning assigned to the term in
				540 CMR
				2.05.
Registrar
- shall mean the Registrar
				of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth.
Resident Commuter Permit
- shall mean
				an identification device affixed to an automobile or motorcycle owned or leased
				by a resident of Chelsea or Charlestown, the Tobin Memorial Bridge's host
				communities, and registered as a Private Passenger Motor Vehicle or as a
				Motorcycle with the Registrar. The automobile or motorcycle shall be g a raged
				in either Chelsea or Charlestown. The Resident Commuter Permit will be issued
				by the Authority and will entitle the holder thereof to a discount in the
				payment of the toll.
Tobin Memorial Bridge
- shall mean the
				high level bridge over the Mystic River constructed under the provisions of St.
				1946, c. 562, including all ramps, roadways, toll plazas, structures, buildings
				and property acquired by the Massachusetts Port Authority located between the
				northern terminus of the John I. Fitzgerald Expressway in Charlestown and the
				southern terminus of the Father Adamski Expressway in Chelsea and known as the
				Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge (formerly Mystic River Bridge).
Toll
- shall mean the one-way fee
				assessed by the Authority for passage over the Tobin Memorial Bridge.
Toll Lane
- shall mean that part of
				the Tobin Memorial Bridge which has been designated for toll collection either
				by a toll officer or by the ETC system.
Toll Officer
- shall mean an employee
				of the Authority duly authorized to collect tolls from operators traveling over
				the Tobin Memorial Bridge.
Tractor
- shall have the meaning
				defined in M.G.L. c. 90, § 1.
Violation Clerks
- shall mean the
				Massachusetts State Police officers assigned to Troop F or persons employed by
				or under contract with the Authority or its ETC system contractor, designated
				from time to time by the Authority to enforce violations of
				740 CMR
				11.04 and
				740 CMR
				11.05.