General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 161A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 161A, Section 1
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— “Advisory board”, the advisory board to the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Creation of authority; powers; liability for debts and obligations; service of process - Chapter 161A, Section 2
The area constituting the authority and the inhabitants thereof are hereby made a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision of the commonwealth, under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Additional powers of authority - Chapter 161A, Section 3
In addition to all powers otherwise granted to the authority by law, the authority shall have the following powers, in each case to be exercised...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Separate units of mass transportation facilities and equipment; establishment; lease arrangements - Chapter 161A, Section 4
(a) In addition to the powers granted to the authority under section 3 and all other powers granted by law, the authority shall have the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Limitations, conditions, obligations and duties of authority - Chapter 161A, Section 5
The authority shall be subject to the following limitations, conditions, obligations and duties: (a) The authority shall have the duty to develop, finance and operate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 5A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disposal of stolen, lost or abandoned property - Chapter 161A, Section 5B
If money, goods or other property which has been stolen, lost or abandoned comes into the possession of a police officer or other employee of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Ballot question for cities and towns regarding issue of joining transportation area - Chapter 161A, Section 6
Any city or town seeking to receive transportation service from the authority, may place upon the official ballot at any biennial or regular or special...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 6A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of directors - Chapter 161A, Section 7
The authority shall be governed and its corporate powers exercised by the board of directors of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation established under chapter 6C.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory board - Chapter 161A, Section 7A
There shall be an advisory board to the authority consisting of a representative of each city or town paying an assessment to the authority. Each...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Financial assistance from commonwealth - Chapter 161A, Section 8
The commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to the authority through periodic draws by the authority from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority State and Local Contribution...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 8A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Financial assistance from cities and towns - Chapter 161A, Section 9
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all cities and towns of the authority shall contribute to the Massachusetts Bay...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Financial assistance from the federal government - Chapter 161A, Section 10
The authority is authorized and directed from time to time to take all necessary action to secure any federal assistance which is or may become...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board policies to increase revenues and to improve operating efficiency; net operating investment per passenger mile ratio - Chapter 161A, Section 11
The board shall establish and implement policies that provide for the maximization of nontransportation revenues from all sources. The board shall report to the general...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 11A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary notes; trust agreements - Chapter 161A, Section 12
(a) The authority may issue temporary notes under this section (i) to fund temporary cash deficiencies, or (ii) in anticipation of future revenues. The authority...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 149 - Chapter 161A, Section 12A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization for authority to issue bonds; purposes of bonds - Chapter 161A, Section 13
(a) The authority is hereby authorized to provide by resolution at one time or from time to time for the issue of bonds of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds secured by trust agreement between authority and corporate trustee - Chapter 161A, Section 14
In the discretion of the authority such bonds or refunding bonds shall be secured by a trust agreement by and between the authority and a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds and notes issued by authority; securities - Chapter 161A, Section 15
Bonds and notes issued under this chapter, whether original or refunding, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rights of holders of bonds - Chapter 161A, Section 16
Any holder of bonds or refunding bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of interest bearing or discounted notes; bond anticipation notes - Chapter 161A, Section 17
The authority is authorized to provide by resolution at one time or from time to time for the issue of interest bearing or discounted notes...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insufficiency of funds; payments by commonwealth - Chapter 161A, Section 18
To the extent that funds paid to the authority pursuant to section 35T of chapter 10 are insufficient in any year to meet the debt...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Stabilization fund; fare stability fund - Chapter 161A, Section 19
The authority shall establish a Stabilization Fund into which it shall deposit revenues in excess of expenses pursuant to section 21 until the fund balance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 19A to 19K
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual itemized budget; supplementary budget - Chapter 161A, Section 20
[ First paragraph effective until April 18, 2014. For text effective April 18, 2014, see below.] The board shall approve a preliminary itemized budget for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Allocation of annual revenues in excess of expenses - Chapter 161A, Section 21
Annual revenues in excess of expenses shall be allocated in the following order: (a) to fully fund all debt service reserves required under the trust...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Remedy of private mass transportation company against authority for relief from effects of authority’s operations; procedures - Chapter 161A, Section 22
(a) If the authority shall operate or contract for the operation of a mass transportation service or route which is not substantially similar to a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Biennial report by state auditor - Chapter 161A, Section 23
The department of the state auditor shall biennially make an audit of the accounts of the authority and make a report thereon to the directors,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Exemption from taxation - Chapter 161A, Section 24
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the authority and all its real and personal property shall be exempt from taxation and from...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Directors; authority to bargain collectively with labor organizations; restrictions - Chapter 161A, Section 25
The directors shall have authority to bargain collectively with labor organizations representing employees of the authority and to enter into agreements, with such organizations relative...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State labor relations law; applicability - Chapter 161A, Section 26
Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the provisions of section 5 of chapter 150A shall so far as apt apply to the authority...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Deceased employees; payment of wages to nominated beneficiaries - Chapter 161A, Section 27
Whenever any employee or former employee of the authority dies, and the authority owes his estate any sum or sums by reason of services rendered...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Submission of dispute over terms of collective bargaining agreement to arbitration - Chapter 161A, Section 28
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 25 and 26, the authority or any organizations representing employees of the authority shall not be permitted to submit any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 151 - Chapter 161A, Section 28A
Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Mediation; report; selection of arbitrator - Chapter 161A, Section 29
In the event the directors and any organizations representing employees of the authority have not reached an agreement within 90 days from the date of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arbitrator; requirements - Chapter 161A, Section 30
The single arbitrator, whether agreed upon by the parties or selected by the board of conciliation and arbitration, shall be a legal resident of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Factors for determining arbitration awards - Chapter 161A, Section 31
The arbitrator shall rely primarily on the following factors in determining the basis for an award: (a) The financial ability of the authority to meet...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arbitration awards; written opinions - Chapter 161A, Section 32
The arbitrator shall be limited in making his award to choosing between the last best offers of the parties on each issue as certified in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employee deferred compensation program - Chapter 161A, Section 33
The treasurer of the authority, on behalf of the authority, may contract with an employee to defer a portion of that employee’s compensation and may,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - IRA plan; employee contributions - Chapter 161A, Section 34
(a) The treasurer of the authority, on behalf of the authority, may contract with an employee to make contributions for and in the name of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Plans for group, general or blanket hospital, medical, dental or other health insurance; employee share of monthly premium; retirees under the age of 65 - Chapter 161A, Section 35
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the authority’s percentage share of premiums for group, general or blanket hospital, medical, dental or other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Retired members or deceased members of retirement system; compensation for work related injury; effect on retirement allowances, pensions, etc. - Chapter 161A, Section 36
All sums of money payable under the provisions of sections 31, 34, 34A, 35 and 35A of chapter 152 directly to a retired member of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Proclamation of state of emergency; powers of Governor; operation of facilities - Chapter 161A, Section 37
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, whenever there exists a continued interruption, stoppage or slowdown of transportation of passengers on any vehicle or line of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liability; board supervision of investigation, settlement and defense of all claims - Chapter 161A, Section 38
The authority shall be liable for the acts and negligence of the directors on the board and of the servants and employees of the authority...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulatory powers and duties in conflict with regulatory powers and duties of department of telecommunications and energy - Chapter 161A, Section 39
In the event of any conflict between the regulatory powers and duties of the department of telecommunications and energy and the regulatory powers and duties...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Electric utility services; procurement - Chapter 161A, Section 40
The authority shall have the power to procure electric utility services, including the purchase, generation, transmission, transformation and distribution of the supplies of electricity necessary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Electric utility business; public interest factors - Chapter 161A, Section 41
The authority shall have the power to engage in electric utility business which shall include the generation, transformation, transmission and distribution of electricity for public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notice of violation of public smoking law; fine; arrest - Chapter 161A, Section 42
An officer of the authority may forthwith give to a person who violates the provisions of section 43A of chapter 272 a written notice to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liability policy for passenger rail services - Chapter 161A, Section 43
Agreements between the authority or the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, or both, and a railroad for the provision of passenger rail services, or the operation...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entry onto lands, waters and premises for purpose of making surveys, soundings, test pits, borings, drillings or examinations; notice; reimbursement for damage - Chapter 161A, Section 44
Whenever the authority deems it necessary to make surveys, soundings, test pits, borings, drillings or examinations to obtain information for or to expedite the construction...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of prepaid monthly transit passes - Chapter 161A, Section 45
Any bank, as defined in section 1 of chapter 167, or any credit union, as defined in section 1 of chapter 171, is hereby authorized,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Parking of motor vehicles in terminals, stations, garages, yards, shops, parking lots and parking garages owned or operated by authority; posted bus stops operated by authority; rules and regulations - Chapter 161A, Section 46
The directors may promulgate rules and regulations pertaining to the parking of motor vehicles in any terminals, stations, garages, yards, shops, parking lots, or parking...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cities, towns and other communities; contracts with private bus carriers for local service - Chapter 161A, Section 47
Any of the 51 cities and towns and other served communities may for the purpose of providing local bus service enter into agreements with any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional transit authority; control of services, operations, finances, facilities or related appurtenances - Chapter 161A, Section 48
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to transfer or grant control of transportation services, operations, finances, facilities or related appurtenances of any regional transit...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability of chapter 258 to certain agreements between authority and freight railroads - Chapter 161A, Section 49
Any provision of any agreement in effect as of June 24, 2009 between the authority and a freight railroad including, but not limited to, provisions...
Last modified: September 11, 2015