General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 140B Control of Certain Junkyards

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 140B, Section 1
  The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings: (a) “Junk”, old...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment or maintenance of junkyards; locations - Chapter 140B, Section 2
  No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 140B, Section 3
  The department may promulgate such rules and regulations governing the location, planting, construction and maintenance of the screens or fences, including the materials used in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Screening or relocation of junkyards - Chapter 140B, Section 4
  If the department determines that the topography of the area adjoining the highway does not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or that the screening...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Entry and inspection of junkyards - Chapter 140B, Section 5
  The administrator, or an agent authorized by him, may at any time enter upon any premises used by any person licensed to carry on business...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Penalty for refusal to allow administrator to enter - Chapter 140B, Section 6
  A licensee under section fifty-four or fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, or any other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Non-conforming junkyard as nuisance; abatement - Chapter 140B, Section 7
  Any junkyard which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and the department may make application to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Violation; enforcement penalties - Chapter 140B, Section 8
  No person shall operate or maintain a junkyard in violation of the provisions of this chapter. The state police and the police of the cities...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agreements with Federal Government - Chapter 140B, Section 9
  The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce of the United States as provided by Title 23, United States...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditure of federal funds - Chapter 140B, Section 10
  In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter and of Title II of the Federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the...

Last modified: September 11, 2015