Massachusetts StatutesTITLE XIX AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION
- CHAPTER 128 AGRICULTURE
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 1A Farming, agriculture, farmer; definitions
- Section 2 Powers and duties of department of agriculture
- Section 2A Horse riding instructors; licenses; fees; validity of license; duplicate licenses; rules and regulations
- Section 2B Riding schools or stables; license; fee; rules and regulations; penalties
- Section 2C Horses participating in contests at agricultural fairs; administering of drugs prohibited; testing, prima facie evidence; eligibility restricted; rules and regulations
- Section 2D Liability of persons involved in equine activities
- Section 2E Agricultural harvesting or “pick-your-own” farming operations; liability of owners or operators
- Section 3 Collection and circulation of information regarding development of agricultural resources
- Section 4 Trust funds, gifts or bequests
- Section 5 Annual report
- Section 6 Lectures and publications
- Section 7 Posters containing extracts of laws; preparation and distribution
- Section 7A Definitions
- Section 7B Use of public lands; application; indemnification
- Section 7C Priority in allotment of public lands
- Section 7D Bureau contracts for use of public lands
- Section 7E Making land available to bureau
- Section 7F Adoption of rules and regulations
- Section 8 Repealed, 1971, 29
- Section 8A Destruction or control of foxes and rodents; investigations; cooperative arrangements with United States
- Section 8B Supervision of mink ranches; listing; fee; certificate; penalty
- Section 9 Establishment of demonstration sheep farms
- Section 10 Maintenance of flock of sheep on demonstration farm
- Section 11 Compensation from commonwealth
- Section 12 Powers and duties of division of regulatory services
- Section 13 Report of unsanitary condition
- Section 13A Reimbursement following dealer’s milk payment default
- Section 13B Dealer payments into Milk Producers Security Fund
- Section 14 Access by department to places or vehicles used in manufacture, storage or sale of dairy products; enforcement of laws; hindrance of officer
- Section 15 Duties of employees of department
- Section 16 Entry upon public or private grounds; contracts
- Section 17 Inspection of nurseries; certificate; suppression of pests
- Section 18 Licensing of nursery agents; application; revocation
- Section 19 Sale of nursery stock; grower’s certificate
- Section 20 Importation of nursery stock; certificate of inspection
- Section 20A Spread or growth of plants of water chestnut (Trapa natans)
- Section 21 Inspection of nursery stock, fruits and plants at points of destination; destruction; notice to director
- Section 22 Repealed, 1952, 480, Sec. 2
- Section 23 Compensation for destruction of cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery; notice; investigation; arbitration; award; certification
- Section 24 Inspection of orchards, etc. for noxious weeds, insect pests or plant diseases; notice to landowners, et al.; abatement; cost of treatment
- Section 24A Repealed, 1949, 761, Sec. 13
- Section 25 Appeal from proposed action
- Section 26 Proceedings after appeal; notice
- Section 27 Powers of director
- Section 28 Exemption of gypsy and brown tail moths
- Section 29 Violations
- Section 30 Prosecutions
- Section 31 European corn borer infestation; hearing; order; publication
- Section 31A Disposition of corn stubble; destruction; postponement
- Section 32 Duties; staff; preparation and distribution of literature on bee culture
- Section 33 Maintenance of colony of honey bees in hives in which brood combs are fastened to container; diseased bees
- Section 34 Instructions as to treatment of diseased and miskept colonies; destruction
- Section 35 Transportation of bees and bee equipment; certificate; inspection; fees
- Section 36 Access by inspector to places where bees, bee supplies, appliances or equipment are kept; inspection cards
- Section 36A Records; reports
- Section 36B Labeling and sale of honey; restrictions
- Section 36C Maple syrup and maple syrup food products; labelling
- Section 37 Repealed, 1966, 606
- Section 38 Penalties
- Section 38A Establishment and holding of fairs
- Section 38B Massachusetts State Exposition Building Maintenance Fund
- Section 38C Agricultural fairs; facilities and land resources; preservation and rehabilitation
- Section 39 Repealed, 1933, 74, Sec. 2
- Section 40 Trustees for county cooperative extension service; accounts; director of accounts; annual report
- Section 41 Selection of directors; terms
- Section 42 Receipt of grants; expenditure of money; power of trustees
- Section 43 Instructors in agriculture, homemaking and country life
- Section 44 Preparation of annual budget
- Section 44A Suffolk county annual budget and report; tax assessment
- Section 45 Acquisition of land by towns for demonstration work in agriculture and homemaking
- Section 46 Exhibitions; assignment of police to preserve peace
- Section 47 Receipt of department reports by farmers’ clubs; annual returns; reports
- Section 48 Regulations for preservation of peace at meetings or exhibitions; posting
- Section 49 Vendors, gaming activities, shows or plays near cattle show, fair or exhibition; gaming
- Section 50 Penalty
- Section 51 Definitions applicable to Secs. 52 to 63
- Section 52 Registration; application; changes in guarantees; hearing; fee
- Section 53 Labels affixed to containers or accompanying delivery in bulk; form and content
- Section 54 Adulterated feed, defined
- Section 55 Restrictions on distribution of feed
- Section 56 Prohibited acts or omissions
- Section 57 Enforcement of Secs. 52 to 60; prosecution of violations; hearing; notice
- Section 58 Inspection; warrant; obtaining of official samples for analysis and forwarding of results
- Section 59 Methods for collection and delivery of samples for analysis
- Section 60 Withdrawal order; release; condemnation proceedings; seizure; disposition
- Section 61 Penalties; certified copy of official analysis as prima facie evidence
- Section 62 Publication of pertinent information and data; results of analysis; confidential status
- Section 63 Rules and regulations
- Section 64 Definitions applicable to Secs. 65 to 83
- Section 65 Plant nutrients or beneficial substances; guarantees; sources; inspection and analysis
- Section 66 Licenses to distribute; registration of specialty fertilizers; applications; labels; fees
- Section 67 Labels; contents
- Section 68 Registration and inspection fees
- Section 69 Statement of tonnage sold; inspection fee; filing; permit to examine books
- Section 70 Analysis of fertilizers; inspection and taking of samples; publication of results
- Section 71 Analysis deficiencies; penalties
- Section 72 Weight deficiencies; penalty
- Section 73 Determination and publication of values per unit of certain nutrients in fertilizers
- Section 74 False or misleading labeling; deleterious or harmful ingredients
- Section 75 Rules and regulations; effectiveness; violations; prosecution, restriction
- Section 76 Misleading or deceptive practices; violations; refusal or cancellation of certificate
- Section 77 Analysis of samples
- Section 78 Nonconforming products; violations; withholding from sale; release; condemnation; seizure; disposal
- Section 79 Violations; penalties; official analysis as prima facie evidence
- Section 80 Publication of information
- Section 81 Minor violations; reporting
- Section 82 Rules and regulations
- Section 83 Exempt transactions
- Section 84 Definitions
- Section 85 Sale of seeds; labeling or tagging containers; required information
- Section 86 Sale of seeds; labeling or tagging containers; variety or cultivar designation
- Section 87 Vegetable seeds; labeling or tagging containers; required information
- Section 88 Flower seeds; labeling containers; required information
- Section 89 Tree and shrub seeds; labeling containers; required information
- Section 90 Sale of seeds; percentage of germination; labeling; false advertisements; noxious weed seeds
- Section 91 Defacing or destroying labels; false advertising; prohibited sales
- Section 92 Application of Secs. 85 to 91
- Section 93 Exemption from penalty of Sec. 100; limitations
- Section 94 Enforcement; prosecutions
- Section 95 Access for inspection; taking samples for tests and analyses; cooperation with United States Department of Agriculture; withholding seeds from sale
- Section 96 Seizure and condemnation; court proceedings
- Section 97 Tests and analyses; reports; publication of results
- Section 98 Seed germination standards; enforcement
- Section 99 Purity and germination tests; fees; disposition
- Section 100 Penalty
- Section 101 Sale of seed potatoes restricted; waiver; penalty
- Section 102 Purpose and policy
- Section 103 Definitions
- Section 104 Marketing agreements; approval
- Section 105 Marketing orders; issuance; notice and hearing; amendment or termination of orders
- Section 106 Budgets for marketing orders or agreements; cooperation with other states and federal government
- Section 107 Collection of assessments
- Section 108 Marketing agreements or orders; provisions
- Section 109 Temporary suspension of marketing orders or agreements; notice and hearing
- Section 110 Economic factors
- Section 111 Effect of marketing agreements or marketing orders; execution or issuance of one without other; concurrent hearings
- Section 112 Issuance, amendment or termination of marketing orders; deposit to defray expenses; reimbursement
- Section 113 Assessments held in trust; disbursements; refunds; reports
- Section 114 Advisory board established with marketing order; membership; expenses; duties
- Section 115 Rules and regulations; promulgation; actions to enforce compliance; injunctions; costs
- CHAPTER 128A HORSE AND DOG RACING MEETINGS
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Application for license; filing; supplementary application
- Section 3 Issuance of license; contents; conditions; bond; recording
- Section 4 Fees; refund
- Section 5 Pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering; licensee's duties
- Section 5A Recovery of winnings upon wagers; actions; unclaimed winnings
- Section 5B Assessment for operation of commission; refund
- Section 5C Account wagering system; betting accounts; licensee's duties; penalties
- Section 6 Records and books of wagers; access; financial statements; statements of wagers
- Section 7 Stewards to conduct racing meetings; representatives; access; authority; reports; violations
- Section 8 Assignment of police officers at racing meetings; approval; cost; employment of veterinarians, chemists and laboratory technicians
- Section 8A Periodic inspections of installations and facilities operated by licensees; supervision of stewards, judges and starters
- Section 9 Power of commission to make rules and regulations
- Section 9A Licensing and registering of agents, veterinarians, blacksmiths, owners, trainers, jockeys and stable employees; badges; suspension and revocation; criminal records
- Section 9B Rules and regulations of the commission; emergency rules and regulations
- Section 10 Wagering at racing meetings by minors; citizenship requirement for employees of licensees
- Section 10A Exclusion of certain persons
- Section 10B Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering or publishing pari-mutuel betting tickets
- Section 11 Refusal to grant, suspension or revocation of license
- Section 11A Repealed, 1994, 202
- Section 11B Expired. See 1987, 680, Sec. 14
- Section 11C Sale of ten per cent or more of stock; notice; approval
- Section 12 Compliance with chapter
- Section 13 Penalties for wagering or betting at race track except as permitted by chapter
- Section 13A Application of laws to race tracks or racing meetings; exception; approval of locations
- Section 13B Use of drugs to affect speed of dogs or horses
- Section 13C Influencing owner, trainer, jockey or agent to affect result of race
- Section 14 Granting licenses; petitions; ballots; vote of county
- Section 14A Repealed, 1936, 253, Sec. 1
- Section 14B Additional question on ballots in Berkshire county
- Section 14C Additional question on ballots in Hampshire county
- Section 14D Granting licenses; election results; copy
- Section 14E Dog racing prohibited; penalty
- Section 15 Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 72
- Section 16 to 18 Repealed, 2001, 139, Sec. 14
- Section 19 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 26
- Section 20 to 31 Repealed, 2001, 139, Sec. 14
- CHAPTER 128B CONSERVATION OF SOIL AND SOIL RESOURCES AND PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EROSION [Repealed, 1963, 664, Sec. 4.]
- CHAPTER 128C SIMULCAST WAGERING OF HORSE AND DOG RACING
- CHAPTER 129 LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL
- Section 1 Definitions
- Section 2 Powers and duties of director; orders
- Section 3 Records of inspectors; forms
- Section 4 Certification of documents by clerk
- Section 5 Entry of orders, rules and regulations on records; publication
- Section 6 Aid to director and inspectors by sheriffs, constables and police officers
- Section 7 Entry on premises
- Section 8 Hospitals and quarantine stations
- Section 8A Repealed, 1966, 397
- Section 9 Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal Rescue League of Boston; agents; powers and duties
- Section 10 Examination of persons under oath; mandatory attendance and testimony of witnesses
- Section 11 Isolation or destruction of diseased animals; post mortem examination
- Section 12 Repealed, 1922, 353, Sec. 4
- Section 12A Repealed, 1966, 398
- Section 13 Repealed, 1966, 399
- Section 13A Destruction of animals affected with scrapie; partial compensation
- Section 14 Destruction of animals affected with foot and mouth disease; disinfection or destruction of buildings
- Section 14A Quarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
- Section 14B Feeding garbage to swine
- Section 14C Hog cholera; slaughtering of hogs; payment to owners
- Section 14D Hogs affected with brucellosis; quarantine and testing
- Section 14E Breeding, feeder or slaughter swine imported into commonwealth
- Section 15 Inspector of animals; appointment
- Section 16 Refusal or neglect of town to appoint inspector; appointment by director
- Section 17 Oath of inspectors; compensation; reimbursement of towns
- Section 18 Duties of inspectors
- Section 19 Inspections of domestic animals
- Section 20 Certificate of healthy condition
- Section 21 Quarantine of diseased animals; notice or order; records
- Section 22 Service of notice or order of quarantine; return; evidence
- Section 22A Dogs owned by police departments or agencies
- Section 23 Examination of buildings; report
- Section 24 Notice of quarantine
- Section 25 Records of inspectors of animals; returns
- Section 26 Application of chapter to inspectors in Boston
- Section 26A Shipping cattle into commonwealth without inspection; certificate of health
- Section 26B Hatching eggs; baby chicks or live poultry; restriction on sale, transportation or importation
- Section 27 Seizure, quarantine and destruction of imported diseased animals
- Section 28 Notice of contagious disease to director
- Section 29 Expense of quarantine
- Section 30 Effect of quarantine; release; violation of quarantine; penalty
- Section 31 Damages; arbitration; petition for assessment of damages
- Section 31A Shipping or delivering tuberculin within commonwealth; statement as to use; application to common carriers
- Section 32 Use of tuberculin as diagnostic agent; tests
- Section 33 Compensation for animals reacting to tuberculin test; appraisals
- Section 33A Identification of reacting bovine animals; removal of tag; disposition of tagged animals
- Section 33B Declaration of quarantine areas; tuberculin tests of bovine animals; modified accredited areas; violation of terms of quarantine
- Section 33C Declaration of quarantine area; tests for brucellosis of bovine animals; modified certified brucellosis free area; violation of terms of quarantine
- Section 33D Tests for detection of brucellosis; identification of animals; destruction
- Section 34 Compensation to violators of regulations
- Section 35 Driving certain cattle on public ways or roads
- Section 36 Notice of contagious diseases
- Section 36A Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
- Section 36B Vaccination of female calves; identification of positive reactors; transportation of unvaccinated bovine animals
- Section 36C Repealed, 1941, 607, Sec. 2
- Section 36D Importation of vaccinated animals; conditions
- Section 36E Importation of unvaccinated female cattle over five months of age
- Section 36F Brucellosis, imported cattle, blood testing
- Section 36G Reimbursement of owners for slaughter of animals reacting positively to blood test for brucellosis; appraisal
- Section 36H Waiver of compliance with Secs. 36B, 36D to 36F
- Section 37 Enforcement actions; jurisdiction of commissioner of agriculture, district and superior courts
- Section 38 Annual report
- Section 39 Licensing of persons dealing in bovine and porcine animals; fee
- Section 39A Pet shops; licensing operation; animal health inspections
- Section 39B Guard dog businesses; licenses
- Section 39C Hearing dog business; licenses
- Section 39D Hearing dog business; access to public facilities
- Section 39E Livestock auction business;licenses
- Section 39F Service dogs; trainer rights
- Section 40 License plates for vehicles used for transportation of bovine or porcine animals; fee; revocation
- Section 40A Hog cholera vaccine; prohibited use
- Section 41 Bill of sale or memorandum signed by owner of persons transporting bovine animals; exhibition on demand
- Section 42 Tagging bovine animal with identification tag
- Section 43 Penalties for violation of Secs. 39 to 42
- Section 44 Testing of imported equine animals for infectious anemia; certification
- Section 44A Destruction or quarantine of infected equine animals
- Section 45 License to deal in or auction equine animals
- Section 46 License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
- Section 47 Bill of sale or memorandum
- Section 48 Violations, penalties
- CHAPTER 129A MARINE FISH AND FISHERIES, INLAND FISH AND FISHERIES, BIRDS AND MAMMALS. GENERAL PROVISIONS [Repealed, 1941, 599, Sec. 1.]
- CHAPTER 130 MARINE FISH AND FISHERIES
- Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
- Section 1A Division of marine fisheries
- Section 1B Marine fisheries advisory commission
- Section 2 Transferability of licenses, permits and certificates of registration; suspension or voidance for violation of marine laws; surrender; impounding fishing gear
- Section 2A Repealed, 1977, 363A, Sec. 66
- Section 2B Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 381
- Section 3 Duplicate license, permit, or certificate
- Section 4 Record of licenses, permits or certificates; inspection; endorsement of date of sale on license, permits and certificates
- Section 4A Administrative inspections
- Section 5 Jurisdictional boundaries
- Section 6 to 8 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
- Section 8A Powers of police officers
- Section 9 Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
- Section 10 Issuance of search warrant
- Section 11 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
- Section 12 Seizure and forfeiture of fish unlawfully taken, boats and apparatus; sale; proceeds
- Section 13 Display of fish upon demand; violations
- Section 14 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
- Section 15 Repealed, 1963, 383, Sec. 2
- Section 15A Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
- Section 16 Occupation of tide waters or work done therein subject to chapter 91
- Section 17 Powers of director
- Section 17A Management of marine fisheries
- Section 17B Aquacultural enterprises; permits
- Section 17C Recreational saltwater fishing permit program; finfishing; for-hire fishing; categories; marine recreational fisheries development panel
- Section 17D Penalties for violation of Sec. 17C
- Section 18 Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
- Section 19 Providing passage for salt water fish into fresh water to spawn; refusal or neglect to repair or construct fishway; operation and maintenance of fishways
- Section 20 Increase in supply of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns; treatment or purification of shellfish
- Section 20A Propagation of shellfish; co-operation with coastal cities and towns
- Section 21 Compilation of statistical information useful to marine fish industries; confidentiality; false reports; refusal or failure
- Section 22 Repealed, 1972, 789, Sec. 1
- Section 23 Discharge of oil or other poisonous substances into coastal waters; use of explosives; penalty
- Section 24 Violation of Sec. 23; tort liability
- Section 25 Discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters; approved drainage
- Section 26 Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
- Section 27 Criminal and tort liability for discharge of sewage or other substance injurious to public health into coastal waters
- Section 27A Repealed, 1972, 784, Sec. 2
- Section 28 Exclusive right of ownership and control of fish of riparian owners of ponds; cultivation rights
- Section 29 Construction of weir, pound net or fish trap
- Section 30 Marking of weir, pound net or fish trap with number of approval
- Section 31 Destruction or injury to weir, pound net or fish trap
- Section 32 Fishing gear swept ashore by natural causes; recovery
- Section 33 Reports of owners of boats and fishing gear; marking of fish cars
- Section 34 Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
- Section 35 Taking smelt except by angling; inadvertent taking by net; possession of net, seine or trap as prima facie evidence
- Section 36 Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
- Section 37 Lobsters and crabs; licenses
- Section 37A Green crabs
- Section 38 Licenses; application; fee; eligibility; markings of buoys; exhibition of license
- Section 38A Display of license number and buoy colors
- Section 38B Commercial licenses; catch data; transfers
- Section 39 Hours for tending, lifting or drawing lobster or crab pots or traps
- Section 40 Closed season on edible crabs
- Section 41 Taking or selling female lobsters bearing eggs
- Section 41A Taking of female egg-bearing lobsters while fishing or landing
- Section 42 Plants for propagation of lobsters; establishment and maintenance
- Section 43 Conditions for taking or possession of egg-bearing lobsters; rearing and liberating of young; disposition of lobsters
- Section 44 Sale or possession of short lobsters; mutilation of short lobsters; prima facie evidence
- Section 44A V-notched lobster
- Section 44B Limits on sales of lobsters taken by methods other than pots or traps
- Section 45, 46 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
- Section 47 Marking barrels, boxes or containers of lobsters or lobster meat
- Section 48 Disposal of lobsters or lobster meat seized in unmarked containers
- Section 49 Liability of carrier of unmarked containers of lobsters or lobster meat
- Section 50 Forfeiture or liberation of seized lobsters or lobster meat
- Section 51 Sale of native lobsters; representations for purposes of sale
- Section 51A Sale of crabmeat; representations for purposes of sale
- Section 52 Taking of eels, shellfish and sea worms; areas in which commercial taking prohibited
- Section 53 Form of permits; record of issuance
- Section 54 Cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish; appropriations by cities and towns; close seasons
- Section 55 Aliens; shellfish taken for commercial purposes; permits
- Section 56 Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
- Section 57 Shellfish aquaculture licenses
- Section 58 Transfer or renewal of licenses
- Section 59 Application for license; request for survey and plan
- Section 60 Hearing on issuance of license; notice; publication
- Section 61 Marking of territory covered by license; maintenance of markings
- Section 62 Records of licensed areas, licenses granted, transfers and renewals
- Section 63 Exclusive rights of licensees or transferees; trespass on licensed area; treble damages
- Section 64 Annual fee for license
- Section 65 Annual report of shellfish planted, produced and marketed; estimate of growing shellfish; forfeiture for deficiency
- Section 66 Destruction or removal of marks or bounds; double damages
- Section 67 Taking shellfish from licensed grounds or beds without consent
- Section 68 Digging, taking or carrying away shellfish from licensed waters, flats or creeks at night
- Section 68A Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 135
- Section 69 Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
- Section 70 Taking and sale of scallops; adult and seed scallops; culling
- Section 71 Close season on scallops
- Section 72 Limitation on catch of scallops
- Section 73 Granting modification in respect to close season and number of scallops that may be taken; petition; investigation
- Section 74 Determination of contaminated areas; notice of results
- Section 74A Emergency designation of contaminated shellfish areas; enforcement; notice to local authorities
- Section 75 Shellfish from contaminated areas, permits, purification; shellfish conservation
- Section 76 Construction and operation; powers of commissioner
- Section 77 Cost of operation
- Section 78, 79 Repealed, 1961, 506, Sec. 3
- Section 80 Commercial permits and certificates; issuance; transfers; wholesale dealer permit; regulated marine fishery permit; rules and regulations; cancellation; revocation; penalties
- Section 81 Importation of shellfish for consumption; certification; labeling of containers
- Section 82 Source of supply of shellfish; tags or labels; contents; record of markings on tags or labels; inspection
- Section 83 Permit fees; types of permits
- Section 84 to 91 Repealed, 1964, 524, Sec. 6
- Section 92 Sale of scallops; soaked scallops; scallops not in shell; marking of containers; common carriers
- Section 93 Opening ditches or canals for fisheries for propagation of herring, alewives and other food fish; acquisition of land and waters; regulation and leasing of fisheries
- Section 94 Petition by city and town to control and regulate public fisheries for alewives; regulation and lease of fisheries
- Section 95 Taking fish from fisheries without permission
- Section 96 Impairment of private property rights; contracts; leasing at public auction
- Section 97, 97A Repealed, 1973, 653
- Section 98 Shellfish constables; appointment; powers and duties; notice of appointment
- Section 99 Carrying fish out of commonwealth in vessel or smack owned without commonwealth
- Section 100 Repealed, 1978, 80
- Section 100A Striped bass; regulations
- Section 100B Taking striped bass; methods; traps
- Section 100C Shad; methods of taking
- Section 100D Eels; methods of taking
- Section 101 Repealed, 1962, 222
- Section 101A Gray seal; protection
- Section 102 Marine plants; regulation of taking
- Section 103 Starfish, winkles or cockles; disposition above high water mark
- Section 104 Effect on special statutes relating to fisheries in particular places
- Section 105 Protection of coastal wetlands
- CHAPTER 131 INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES
- Section 1 Definitions; rules of construction
- Section 1A Division of fisheries and wildlife; board; members
- Section 1B Removal of board members
- Section 1C Conflicts of interest
- Section 1D Reimbursement
- Section 1E Meetings
- Section 1F Director
- Section 1G Director; powers and duties
- Section 1H Bureau of wildlife research and management
- Section 1I Damage by moose or deer
- Section 2 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 384
- Section 2A Wildland acquisition account
- Section 2B Deposit of revenues; interest
- Section 2C Inland fisheries and Game Fund; funding sources; appropriations
- Section 3 Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures
- Section 4 Powers of director
- Section 5 Open seasons; rules and regulations
- Section 5A [There is no 131:5A.]
- Section 5B Natural heritage and endangered species program; administration; advisory committee
- Section 5C Obstruction or interference with lawful taking of fish or wildlife; remedies
- Section 6 Acquisition of rights, privileges, lands and properties
- Section 7 Wildlife sanctuaries; trusts
- Section 8 Use of wildlife sanctuaries and preserves; rules and regulations
- Section 9 Publication of order establishing wildlife sanctuary; posting
- Section 10 Hunting or trapping within wildlife sanctuary
- Section 10A Nature preserves; designation
- Section 10B Nature preserve council
- Section 10C Release of nature preserves
- Section 10D Consultation; rules and regulations
- Section 11 Licenses; requirements; fees; trapper training courses
- Section 12 Licenses; issuance; form; display
- Section 13 Construction of licensing laws; archery or primitive firearm season on deer; migratory waterfowl season; certificates for veterans hospitals and schools for mentally-retarded
- Section 13A Wildlands conservation stamps
- Section 14 Hunter education programs; issuance of licenses to minors; target practice; confiscation of firearms
- Section 15 Issuance of special complimentary certificate to officials of other states
- Section 16 Loss or destruction of license; duplicates
- Section 17 Retention of part of license fee by issuing officer or person
- Section 17A Municipal processing fee for sale of licenses
- Section 17B Notice of intent not to sell licenses
- Section 18 License record books; payment of monies by issuing officer to director; surety bonds
- Section 19 License to put fish or spawn into inland waters; permit to import live fish or viable eggs, certification, inspection for disease, and disposition
- Section 19A Permit to import live birds or mammals; rules and regulations; inspection and testing for disease; certification; disposition
- Section 19B Transporting mammals for purpose of euthanasia
- Section 20 Field trials for retriever or bird dogs
- Section 21 Training of hunting dogs; field trials
- Section 21A Unfair hunting practices prohibited
- Section 22 Sale of fish and game
- Section 22A Disposition of deer; rules and regulations; permits; fees
- Section 23 Propagation, dealing, etc., in fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; rules and regulations; licenses; fees
- Section 24 Dealers’ licenses; sale for food purposes
- Section 25 Possession of live birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; sale; tags; labels; accounts
- Section 25A Quarantine of diseased fish, birds, mammals, etc.; order or notice; procedures; liability for expenses
- Section 25B Quarantined animals; destruction and disposal
- Section 25C Quarantined animals; prohibited acts; penalties
- Section 26 Importation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles or amphibians; shipments; tags; violations; seizure and disposition
- Section 26A Repealed, 1990, 408, Sec. 2
- Section 27 Taxidermists’ licenses; permits; accounts; shipments
- Section 28 Fur buyers’ licenses; shipments; accounts
- Section 29 Natural history associations and museums, zoos
- Section 30 Permits for netting of carp and suckers
- Section 31 Commercial shooting preserves; permits; licenses
- Section 32 Licenses; expiration; loan or transfer; production for examination; suspension or revocation
- Section 33 Prohibited acts; licenses, permits, applications, certificates, tags or seals
- Section 34 Conviction for violations; surrender of license, permit or certificate
- Section 35 Failure to carry license and wear it visibly; exception under automated licensing system
- Section 36 Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land
- Section 37 Killing of game by owner or tenant of land; reports
- Section 38 Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds
- Section 39 Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec. 143
- Section 39A Berkshire county; watershed resources; natural scenic qualities
- Section 40 Removal, fill, dredging or altering of land bordering waters
- Section 40A Orders protecting inland wetlands
- Section 40B Farmland advisory board; meetings; advisory duties
- Section 41 Protection of fisheries from discharge of waste materials into inland waters
- Section 42 Protection of fish in inland waters; pollution; alteration of flows or water levels; application of section; damages
- Section 43 Poisons
- Section 44 Deposit of garbage or trash on property while hunting, fishing or trapping
- Section 45 Great ponds; public use; rules and regulations
- Section 46 Measurement of ponds
- Section 47 Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters
- Section 48 Draining of pond, reservoir or other body of water
- Section 49 Ponds on state boundary; fishing
- Section 50 Methods of taking fish; angling, nets and seines, pots, spearing, bow and arrow
- Section 51 Taking of trout in coastal waters
- Section 52 Taking of certain fish for bait
- Section 52A Commercial taking of eels in inland waters; penalties
- Section 53 Fishing with floats; toggle fishing
- Section 54 Fish traps, nets and seines, hooks
- Section 55 Forfeiture of net, seine, or other device; forfeiture of fish
- Section 56 Special statutes relating to fisheries; alewife fisheries
- Section 57 Sundays
- Section 58 Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling
- Section 59 Reservations, parks, public lands; hunting; state forests
- Section 60 Weapons; careless or negligent use causing injury or death to another; report
- Section 61 Weapons; careless or negligent use causing damage to property or livestock; tort liability
- Section 62 Weapons; intoxicating liquor or drugs
- Section 63 Loaded shotgun or rifle in motor vehicle, aircraft or motorboat
- Section 64 Automatic firearms, machine guns or bows; use of tracer ammunition
- Section 65 Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft
- Section 65A Online shooting or spearing
- Section 66 Shotgun shells, load
- Section 67 Rifles, revolvers and pistols; caliber
- Section 68 Hunting with artificial light; swivel or pivot gun
- Section 69 Bows and arrows for hunting
- Section 70 Hunting with rifle, revolver or pistol, or by the aid of a dog; primitive firearms
- Section 71 Orange clothing while hunting
- Section 72 Deer tags
- Section 73 Hunting moose
- Section 74 Bird nests and eggs
- Section 75 Wild turkey
- Section 75A Birds of prey
- Section 76 Removal of mammal from hole, or from under ledge, stone or log
- Section 77 Ferrets; possession and use
- Section 77A Wild canid and felid hybrids
- Section 78 Protection of property by owner or tenant; transportation of firearms to or from range
- Section 79 Trap, net or snare; use restricted
- Section 80 Registration and identification of traps
- Section 80A Leghold traps and certain other devices restricted; punishment
- Section 81 Suspension of open seasons because of fire hazard
- Section 82 Dogs, running at large; protection of deer
- Section 83 Sparrows and starlings
- Section 84 Pigeons
- Section 85 Transportation of fish or other animals into or out of commonwealth
- Section 86 Property used for scientific experiments or investigations or for propagation
- Section 87 Arrest without warrant; seizures; forfeitures
- Section 88 Display of fish, game, and equipment for inspection
- Section 89 Search warrants; seizures and forfeitures
- Section 90 Penalties
- Section 90A Suspended or revoked foreign licenses
- Section 91 Limitation of actions and prosecutions
- Section 92 Severability
- Section 93 to 118 Repealed, 1967, 802, Sec. 1
- CHAPTER 131A MASSACHUSETTS ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
- CHAPTER 132 FORESTRY
- Section 1 Director of the division of forests and parks; duties
- Section 1A Chief superintendent of the bureau of shade tree management and pest control; powers and duties
- Section 2 Bequests and gifts; Forestry Trust
- Section 3 Forest wardens; payment for investigations; conventions
- Section 4 Annual report of commissioner of natural resources
- Section 5 Repealed, 1932, 180, Sec. 27
- Section 6 Demonstrations in proper forestry practices; distribution of trees; co-operation with federal government; federal funds; employment of technical foresters
- Section 7 Labor on state forests
- Section 8 Entry upon land to control and suppress public nuisances
- Section 9 Establishment and maintenance of nurseries for propagation of forest tree seedlings; distribution of seeds and seedlings
- Section 10 Repealed, 1931, 126, Sec. 4
- Section 11 Suppression of moths, caterpillars, worms and beetles and any invasive plant or animal species; rules and regulations; contracts; studies for control of public nuisances; annual recommendat
- Section 11A Repealed, 1985, 765, Sec. 7
- Section 12 Interference with suppression or eradication of Asian longhorned beetle, oak wilt or any public nuisance; penalties; injunctive relief
- Section 12A Suppression of public nuisances on land under control of commonwealth
- Section 13 Local superintendents of shade tree management and pest control; appointment; notice; assistants
- Section 14 Reimbursement of cities and towns by commonwealth for suppression of public nuisances; financial liability; accounts and vouchers
- Section 15 Certified itemized statements of expenditures
- Section 16 Partial reimbursement of expenditures for management of public shade trees; applications; limitation of assistance
- Section 17 Repealed, 1985, 765, Sec. 10
- Section 18 to 24 Repealed, 1956, 657, Sec. 12
- Section 25 Suppression of foliage-destroying pests within city and town limits
- Section 26 Repealed, 1956, 657, Sec. 14
- Section 26A Removal and destruction of trees infected with Dutch elm disease
- Section 26B, 26C Repealed, 1956, 657, Sec. 16
- Section 26D County aid to cities or towns in suppression of public nuisances; certification of chief superintendent
- Section 26E Notice of positive diagnosis of Dutch elm disease; condemnation of tree
- Section 26F Positive diagnosis of Dutch elm disease on trees on privately owned land; notice; order of removal and destruction; spraying; appeal
- Section 26G Removal and destruction of infected trees by local superintendent; cost; suit; apportionment of costs; abatement of costs
- Section 27, 28 Repealed, 1956, 657, Sec. 19
- Section 29 Repealed, 1948, 660, Sec. 23
- Section 30 Forest fire observation towers; erection and operation
- Section 31 Control and management of state forests; regulations
- Section 32 Appropriations for necessary expenses
- Section 33 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 391
- Section 34 Rules and regulations relative to use of state forests; enforcement
- Section 34A Sale or exchange of state forest land; rights of way or locations over or across state forests; telephone, telegraph, electric light and power transmission lines and pipe lines for natural
- Section 35 Acquisition of land for forestation by towns
- Section 36, 36A Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 391
- Section 37 Duties of local forest wardens
- Section 38 Laying out, construction and maintenance of trails or paths in state forests; use by owners of adjoining land
- Section 38A Construction and maintenance of trails for certain uses; voluntary services; payment of expenses
- Section 39 Contributions by cities or towns
- Section 40 Declaration of policy of commonwealth
- Section 41 State forestry committee; members; forest cutting practices and guidelines
- Section 42 Notice of proposed cutting of forest products; final work order; report to director; appeals
- Section 43 Failure to give notice
- Section 44 Exempted cuttings
- Section 45 Cooperation with other agencies; passage through or over private property
- Section 46 License to harvest forest products
- Section 47 Definitions
- Section 48 Violations; penalty
- Section 49 Licenses; revocation; suspension; fees
- Section 50 Forester licensing committee; membership
- Section 51 Forest and Wood Products Institute; advisory board
- CHAPTER 132A STATE RECREATION AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE METROPOLITAN PARKS DISTRICT
- Section 1 Bequests, restitutions or gifts; Conservation Trust
- Section 1A [There is no 132A:1A.]
- Section 1B Director of state parks and recreation
- Section 1C Bureau of forest fire control; bureau of forestry; bureau of recreation; chiefs
- Section 1D Duties of bureau of forest fire control
- Section 1E Duties of bureau of recreation; expenses
- Section 1F Duties of bureau of forestry
- Section 1G Absence or disability of chiefs
- Section 1H Duties of director of the division of state parks and recreation
- Section 2 Assumption of care and maintenance of park or reservation outside urban park district
- Section 2A Long-term programs; powers of commissioner
- Section 2B Nature of use of acquired lands
- Section 2C Planning, construction and maintenance
- Section 2D Development and improvement; powers of commissioner
- Section 3 Purchase or lease of land lying outside of urban parks district; recreational facilities
- Section 3A Eminent domain; exercise of power
- Section 3B Acquisition of rights by prescription or adverse possession
- Section 4 to 6 Repealed, 1985, 200, Sec. 6
- Section 7 Rules and regulations; concessions; powers and duties of forest supervisors, park superintendents and laborers
- Section 7A Chief park ranger; park rangers; violations of environmental regulations; non-criminal disposition
- Section 7B Stolen, lost, or abandoned property
- Section 7C Sale by public auction
- Section 7D Notice of sale
- Section 7E Sale of property, if perishable or liable to deteriorate
- Section 7F Proceeds of sale
- Section 7G Payment to owner
- Section 8 Assistance of director to boards and commissions
- Section 9 Annual report
- Section 10 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 407
- Section 11 Conservation program for cities and towns; establishment
- Section 11A to 11D Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 408
- Section 11E Expired. See 1980, 578, Sec. 51
- Section 12 Appalachian Trail
- Section 12A Massachusetts Ocean Sanctuaries Act
- Section 12B Definitions
- Section 12C Regulations; integration of act with other programs
- Section 13 Ocean and bay sanctuaries; Cape Cod, Cape Cod Bay, Cape and Islands, North Shore, South Essex; landward boundaries
- Section 14 Care, control, and protection of sanctuaries
- Section 15 Prohibited activities in ocean sanctuaries
- Section 16 Permitted activities in ocean sanctuaries
- Section 16A Municipal wastes; discharge into ocean sanctuaries; variance
- Section 16B Municipal wastes; discharge into ocean sanctuaries; variance; prerequisites
- Section 16C Municipal wastes; discharge into estuaries, coastal embayments or land subject to tidal action; variance
- Section 16D Municipal wastes; discharge into ocean sanctuaries; variance; application requirements
- Section 16E Variance applications; notice; hearings; decisions; effective date
- Section 16F Variance conditions
- Section 17 Squannacook and Nissitissit Rivers Sanctuary
- Section 18 Permits and licenses; ocean development mitigation fee
- Section 111/2 Conservation program for nonprofit corporations; establishment
- CHAPTER 132B MASSACHUSETTS PESTICIDE CONTROL ACT
- Section 1 Title; purpose
- Section 2 Definitions
- Section 3 Pesticide board
- Section 3A Pesticide board subcommittee
- Section 4 Programs director
- Section 5 Powers and duties of department
- Section 5A Reduction of pesticide use; annual report
- Section 6 Prohibited distributions, etc.
- Section 6A Prohibited activities
- Section 6B Pesticide use by utilities; notice; development of policies to reduce pesticide use along roadways; personal protection equipment and clothing
- Section 6C Pesticide use at schools, child care centers or school age child care programs; standard written notification
- Section 6D Posting of standard written notification of pesticide use at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs
- Section 6E Integrated pest management plans
- Section 6F Pesticide products eligible for use indoors at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs
- Section 6G Pesticide products eligible for outdoor use at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs
- Section 6H Emergency situations at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs; single-use waivers for pesticides
- Section 6I Written or electronic records of pesticide use at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs
- Section 6J Pesticide use as part of supervised training programs at vocational, technical and agricultural schools
- Section 6K Review of anti-microbial pesticides
- Section 7 Registration
- Section 7A Pesticide use reporting system
- Section 8 Experimental use permits
- Section 9 Dealers’ licenses
- Section 10 Certificates and licenses; issuance, suspension and revocation
- Section 11 Protection of health and environment; regulations
- Section 12 Hazards; adverse environmental effects; departmental orders; violations
- Section 13 Adjudicatory hearings
- Section 14 Violations; penalties; injunctions
- Section 14A Civil administrative penalties; adjudicatory hearings
- Section 15 Departmental personnel, agents and inspectors; powers; evidence; confidential information
- Section 16 Children and Families Protection Fund