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§ 31B — Rules and regulations for removal of garbage; penalty

Massachusetts § 31B
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title XVIPUBLIC HEALTH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 31B (2026).

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Section 31B. Boards of health shall, from time to time, make rules and regulations for the control of the removal, transportation or disposal of garbage, offal or other offensive substances. Whoever violates any provision of section thirty-one A, or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

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Nearby Sections

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§ 31
Health regulations; summary publication; hearings; impact on farming or agriculture; filing sanitary codes and related rules, etc.
§ 31A
Permit for removal or transportation of garbage; application; exemptions
§ 31B
Rules and regulations for removal of garbage; penalty
§ 31C
Atmospheric pollution; regulation and control; publication; hearings; penalties; enforcement; jurisdiction; injunction
§ 31D
Privy, cesspool and septic tanks; disposal of contents; investigation of facilities
§ 31E
Individual sewage disposal systems; action on applications
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