Massachusetts Statutes
§ 1 — Purposes
Massachusetts § 1
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title IIEXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Ch. 21FCOASTAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21F, § 1 (2026).
Text
Section 1. The purposes of this chapter are:
(a)to ensure that adequate and well-maintained public facilities exist to support the commonwealth's fishing, marine, tourist, and recreational industry in the coastal zone;
(b)to provide flexible and affordable financial programs for the commonwealth's coastal cities and towns so that they can plan for, construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve public coastal facilities;
(c)to improve planning for coastal facilities consistent with the policies of the executive office of environmental affairs;
(d)to encourage greater cost sharing between the public and users of public facilities financed with public funds.
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