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Massachusetts General Laws - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Metropolitan Highway System - Chapter 81aLegal Research Home > Massachusetts Lawyer > The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Metropolitan Highway System > Massachusetts General Laws - The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Metropolitan Highway System - Chapter 81a Massachusetts Turnpike Authority; construction as public instrumentality . Section 1. There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts ...
Members of authority; officers; quorum; salaries and benefits; indemnity . [Text of section effective until July 1, 2007. For text effective July 1, 2007, ...
Definitions . Section 3. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ...
Powers of authority . Section 4. The authority is hereby authorized and empowered: (a) to adopt by-laws for the regulation ...
Issuance of notes or bonds; registration system . Section 5. (a) For the purposes of this section, (i) the term “cost” shall mean any or ...
Securing of notes or bonds by bond resolution, trust agreement, or other agreement . Section 6. In the discretion of the authority, the notes or ...
Protection and enforcement of rights by holders of notes or bonds . Section 7. Any holder of notes or bonds issued under the provisions of ...
Exemption from taxation . Section 8. The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the ...
Designation of notes or bonds issued by authority as securities . Section 9. Notes or bonds issued by the authority under the provisions of this ...
Turnpike tolls; metropolitan highway system tolls . Section 10. (a) The authority is hereby authorized to charge and collect and from time to time fix ...
Trust funds . Section 11. All moneys received by the authority, whether as proceeds from the sale of notes or bonds or as revenues, shall ...
Transfer of facilities from highway department to turnpike authority; participation of port authority . Section 12. (a) For the purposes of this section, the word ...
Power of eminent domain . Section 13. The authority may take by eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of chapter seventy-nine or any alternative ...
Taxation of property leased, used or occupied in connection with a business . Section 14. Real property of the authority other than property leased pursuant ...
Leasing of air rights; taxation . Section 15. In addition to any other power the authority may have to make leases, the authority may lease ...
Leasing of land; taxation . Section 16. In addition to any other power the authority may have to make leases, the authority may lease at ...
Reports . Section 17. The secretary of the executive office of transportation and construction and the chairman of the authority shall submit a report to ...
Local tourism grant program . Section 18. The authority shall establish and implement for the turnpike a local tourism grant program for the benefit of ...
Weight rules and regulations; enforcement; defense of claims arising from weighing of vehicles; penalties for violations of provisions of this section . Section 19. No ...
Liability of authority; penalties for refusing to pay toll or hitchhiking; sale of unclaimed property; annual report to governor and general court; audit . Section ...
Deferred compensation program for employees . Section 21. The authority may contract with an employee to defer a portion of such employee’s compensation and may, ...
IRA accounts for employees . Section 22. The authority may contract with an employee to make contributions for and in the name of such employee ...
Duration of authority . Section 23. The authority and its corporate existence shall continue until terminated by law; provided, however, that no such law shall ...
Reimbursement of retirement costs to commonwealth . Section 24. The authority is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse the commonwealth for the amount of retirement ...
Effectiveness of contracts and other obligations . Section 25. All contracts, agreements, licenses, leases and other obligations of the authority duly made under the authority ...
Transfer of turnpike to highway department . Section 26. The turnpike may be transferred to the highway department and shall thereafter be operated and maintained ...
Submission of documents to metropolitan highway system advisory board . Section 27. The authority shall submit to the metropolitan highway system advisory board, pursuant to ...
Metropolitan highway system advisory board to the authority . Section 28. (a) There shall be a metropolitan highway system advisory board to the authority to ...
Submission of documents to turnpike advisory board . Section 29. The authority shall submit to the turnpike advisory board, pursuant to section thirty, all contracts, ...
Turnpike advisory board to the authority . Section 30. (a) There shall be a turnpike advisory board to the authority to consist of nine members, ...
Construction of chapter . Section 31. This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the commonwealth and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect ...
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