General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 6C Massachusetts Department of Transportation

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 6C, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Board”, the board of directors of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Creation; board or directors; officers and employees - Chapter 6C, Section 2
  (a) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The department is hereby constituted a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers - Chapter 6C, Section 3
  The department shall have all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate its purposes including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund - Chapter 6C, Section 4
  There shall be established and placed within the department a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Transportation Trust Fund which shall be used...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Organization and function as a single state agency for administrative purposes; reporting requirements; manager; annual information technology plan - Chapter 6C, Section 5
  (a) The department shall be organized and shall function as a single state agency for administrative purposes including, but not limited to, for the purposes...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Office of performance management and innovation; duties - Chapter 6C, Section 6
  (a) The secretary shall operate and administer an office of performance management and innovation within the department that shall, without limitation, administer this section. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employee performance evaluation program - Chapter 6C, Section 7
  Unless otherwise required by section 6A of chapter 31 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary shall design and implement...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Money received to be held as trust funds - Chapter 6C, Section 8
  All moneys received pursuant to this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of refunding bonds or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Internal special audit unit - Chapter 6C, Section 9
  (a) There shall be within the department, but not subject to the control of the department, an internal special audit unit. The inspector general council...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Office of transportation planning - Chapter 6C, Section 10
  There shall be within the department an office of transportation planning which shall oversee and administer the planning responsibilities of the office of planning and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Publication of comprehensive state transportation plan; report on plan compliance; equitable capital expenditures - Chapter 6C, Section 11
  [ First paragraph effective until July 24, 2013. For text effective July 24, 2013, see below.]Every 5 calendar years, beginning not later than April 30,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Integrated asset management system - Chapter 6C, Section 12
  The department shall develop and implement a single integrated asset management system to oversee and coordinate the maintenance, preservation, reconstruction and investment of all of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Toll roads, bridges and tunnels; authority to collect tolls; limitations; use of revenue - Chapter 6C, Section 13
  [ Subsection (a) effective until July 24, 2013. For text effective July 24, 2013, see below.](a) The department may charge and collect and, from time...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department as public agency for purposes of state contracts - Chapter 6C, Section 14
  The department shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of, and shall be subject to, section 39M of chapter 30 and sections...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department as public agency for purposes of state finance law - Chapter 6C, Section 15
  The department shall, for the purposes of compliance with state finance law, operate as a state agency as defined in section 1 of chapter 29...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual finance plan - Chapter 6C, Section 16
  [ Text of section effective until July 24, 2013. For text effective July 24, 2013, see below.]Each fiscal year the department shall submit an annual...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Refinancing of bonds relating to financing of the turnpike and metropolitan highway system - Chapter 6C, Section 17
  (a) The department may provide by resolution at 1 time or from time to time for the issuance of bonds of the department to refinance...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appearance by office of the attorney general in civil proceedings against the department - Chapter 6C, Section 18
  The office of the attorney general shall appear for the department, its divisions, departments, agencies and officers, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Eminent domain powers of department - Chapter 6C, Section 19
  (a) The department may take by eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of chapter 79 or any alternative method now or hereafter provided by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of real property; procedure; sale of buildings or other structures - Chapter 6C, Section 20
  Except as otherwise provided by law, any sale of real property shall be awarded, after advertisement for bids, to the bidder who is the highest...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Abandoned, mislaid or lost property; sale of unclaimed property - Chapter 6C, Section 21
  Notwithstanding chapters 134 and 147, if money, goods or other property which has been abandoned, mislaid or lost on the premises of the department comes...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement by superior court department - Chapter 6C, Section 22
  The superior court department of the trial court shall have jurisdiction to enforce rights and duties created by this chapter and, on complaint of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Termination of department - Chapter 6C, Section 23
  The department and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law; provided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investigations, studies, grant applications and applications for project approvals; lease, loan, grant or conveyance of real or personal property to department - Chapter 6C, Section 24
  (a) All local bodies and all public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may undertake activities, programs and projects in conjunction with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Conduct of secretary, administrators and directors - Chapter 6C, Section 25
  The secretary, administrators, and directors of the department shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their official duties. The secretary and each administrator, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Application of Chapter 12A - Chapter 6C, Section 26
  Chapter 12A shall apply to the department.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Exemption from taxes or assessments - Chapter 6C, Section 27
  (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the commonwealth and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual revenue and expenditure report - Chapter 6C, Section 28
  In order to promote transparency, accountability and equity, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, shall not later than October 31, submit an annual revenue and expenditure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Office of planning and programming; secretary - Chapter 6C, Section 29
  (a) There shall be within the department an office of planning and programming which shall be under the supervision, direction and control the secretary. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of the office of planning and programming; agencies within the office; duties of the secretary - Chapter 6C, Section 30
  (a) The office of planning and programming shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department for the following purposes: (1) developing, coordinating, administering...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative units within the office of planning and programming - Chapter 6C, Section 31
  (a) The secretary may from time to time, subject to appropriation, establish within the office of planning and programming such administrative units as may be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Federal gifts, loans or grants-in-aid for improved transportation management systems - Chapter 6C, Section 32
  The secretary shall apply for, accept and expend, subject to appropriation, on behalf of the commonwealth, any gift, loan or grant-in-aid from the federal government,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Healthy transportation compact - Chapter 6C, Section 33
  There shall be established within the department a healthy transportation compact. The secretary and the secretary of health and human services shall work cooperatively to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fiscal analysis prior to expending of funds or final approval of transportation infrastructure project - Chapter 6C, Section 34
  Prior to the final approval of a transportation infrastructure project, including mass transit expansion or the construction of new roadways with a projected capital cost...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report of department’s activities - Chapter 6C, Section 35
  [ Text of section effective until April 18, 2014. For text effective April 18, 2014, see below.] The secretary shall annually submit a complete and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 41 to 56 - Chapter 6C, Section 36
  As used in sections 41 to 56, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Division”, the division...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division of highways; administrator - Chapter 6C, Section 37
  There shall be within the department a division of highways, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the administration,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of the division of highways - Chapter 6C, Section 38
  The division shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of chapter 81 and for the administration and management of the state highway system. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative units within the division of highways; description of organization; appointments - Chapter 6C, Section 39
  (a) The administrator may from time to time, subject to the approval of the secretary, establish within the division such administrative units, district or other...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Procedure for recommending approval or disapproval of contracts - Chapter 6C, Section 40
  The administrator shall establish a procedure for recommending to the secretary approval or disapproval of all contracts, including specifications, made by the division and any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Engineering internship program - Chapter 6C, Section 41
  With the approval of the personnel administrator, the administrator may establish in the division a program of engineering internship and may recruit qualified persons to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Co-operative engineer program - Chapter 6C, Section 42
  The administrator may establish a co-operative engineer program and may enter into agreements with colleges of recognized standing within the commonwealth, including colleges which have...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Real estate appraisal review board - Chapter 6C, Section 43
  (a) There shall be within the division a real estate appraisal review board. The board shall consist of not less than 3 nor more than...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Functional replacement of real property in public ownership; relocation of utility or utility facility - Chapter 6C, Section 44
  [ Text of section effective until April 18, 2014. For text effective April 18, 2014, see below.] (a) The division of highways may provide functional...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reimbursement of underground utility or utility facility relocation costs - Chapter 6C, Section 45
  [ Text of section effective until April 18, 2014. Repealed by 2014, 79, Sec. 6.] Notwithstanding clause (f) of section 4 or any other general...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Lease of air rights over land owned by the department in connection with the turnpike and the Boston extension portion of the metropolitan highway system - Chapter 6C, Section 46
  In addition to any other power the department may have to enter into leases, the department may lease, at 1 time or from time to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Lease of land owned by the department and no longer required for the turnpike or the Boston extension of the metropolitan highway system - Chapter 6C, Section 46A
  In addition to any other power the department may have to make leases, the department may lease at one time or from time to time...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 238, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6C, Section 47 48
  Repealed, 2012, 238, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - [There is no 6C:49.] - Chapter 6C, Section 49
  [There is no
• Massachusetts General Laws - Regional mobility assistance program - Chapter 6C, Section 50
  (a) The administrator shall establish a regional mobility assistance program to assist cities and towns in geographic regions of the commonwealth with public works improvements...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 52 to 54 - Chapter 6C, Section 51
  As used in sections 52 to 54, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Division”, the Mass...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Mass Transit division; administrator - Chapter 6C, Section 52
  There shall be within the department a Mass Transit division, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the administration,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of the Mass Transit division - Chapter 6C, Section 53
  The division shall be responsible for overseeing, coordinating and planning all transit and rail matters throughout the commonwealth. The division shall administer and manage: the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative units within the Mass Transit division; statement of organization - Chapter 6C, Section 54
  The administrator may from time to time, subject to the approval of the secretary, establish within the division such administrative units as may be necessary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 56 to 57 - Chapter 6C, Section 55
  As used in sections 56 to 57, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Registry”, the registry...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Registry of motor vehicles; administrator - Chapter 6C, Section 56
  There shall be within the department a registry of motor vehicles, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative units within the registry of motor vehicles; statement of organization - Chapter 6C, Section 57
  The administrator may from time to time, subject to the approval of the secretary, establish within the registry such administrative units as may be necessary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Motor vehicle insurance merit rating board - Chapter 6C, Section 57A
  (a) There shall be within the registry of motor vehicles a motor vehicle insurance merit rating board, in this section called the board. The board...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 59 to 61 - Chapter 6C, Section 58
  As used in sections 59 to 61, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Division”, the aeronautics...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Aeronautics division; administrator - Chapter 6C, Section 59
  There shall be within the department an aeronautics division, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the administration, implementation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of the aeronautics division - Chapter 6C, Section 60
  The division shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of sections 35 through 52, inclusive, of chapter 90 and other laws relating to aeronautics.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative units within the aeronautics division; statement of organization - Chapter 6C, Section 61
  The administrator may from time to time, subject to the approval of the secretary, establish within the division such administrative units as may be necessary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 62 to 73 - Chapter 6C, Section 62
  As used in sections 62 to 73, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:--   "Affected jurisdiction'', any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts for design-build-finance-operate-maintain or design-build-operate-maintain services - Chapter 6C, Section 63
  (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of directors of the department, in conjunction with the special public-private partnership infrastructure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Request for proposals; content of public-private agreement - Chapter 6C, Section 64
  (a) The request for proposals shall contain the proposed form of contract or public-private agreement to be executed between the successful offeror and the department...
• Massachusetts General Laws - End of term or termination of public-private agreement - Chapter 6C, Section 65
  Upon the end of the term of the public-private agreement or in the event of termination of the public-private agreement, the department and duties of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rights of department upon material default by an operator - Chapter 6C, Section 66
  (a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a material default by an operator, not caused by an event of force majeure, and upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Issue and sale of bonds or notes of the department - Chapter 6C, Section 67
  (a)(1) The department may issue and sell bonds or notes of the department for the purpose of providing funds to carry out sections 62 to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Acceptance of funds from the United States and other sources - Chapter 6C, Section 68
  (a)(1) The department may accept from the United States or any of its agencies funds that are available to the commonwealth for carrying out sections...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Application of Sec. 26 - Chapter 6C, Section 69
  (a) Section 26 shall apply to: (1) a transportation facility; and (2) tangible personal property used exclusively with a transportation facility that is: (A) owned...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Exercise of power of eminent domain - Chapter 6C, Section 70
  The department may exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire property, rights of way or other rights in property for transportation projects that are...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and jurisdiction of law enforcement officers - Chapter 6C, Section 71
  (a) Law enforcement officers of the commonwealth and of an affected local jurisdiction shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Waiver of sovereign immunity not limited - Chapter 6C, Section 72
  Nothing in sections 62 to 73, inclusive, shall limit any waiver of the sovereign immunity of the commonwealth or any officer or employee of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission - Chapter 6C, Section 73
  There shall be established a special public-private partnership infrastructure oversight commission to comment on and approve all requests for proposals for design-build-finance-operate-maintain or design-build-operate-maintain services,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repair or rehabilitation of certain signs or markers abutting highway or turnpike projects - Chapter 6C, Section 74
  The department shall require that a contract for the construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, improvement or rehabilitation of the metropolitan highway system, the state highway system...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts with fuel providers to provide for the consumption of alternative fuel - Chapter 6C, Section 75
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not enter into, renew or renegotiate any contract providing for fuel services on...

Last modified: September 11, 2015