Massachusetts § 21G Violations; penalties; liability

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 21G — Violations; penalties; liability

Massachusetts § 21G

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXIICORPORATIONS

Ch. 166TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIES, AND LINES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICITY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21G (2026).

Text

Section 21G.

(a)Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections twenty-one A to twenty-one F, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

(b)If a violation of any of the provisions of sections twenty-one A to twenty-one F, inclusive, results in physical or electrical contact with any overhead high voltage line, the person, firm, corporation, or association violating said provisions shall be liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line for all damage resulting from such contact and for all liability incurred by such owner or operator as a result of any such contact.

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Section 21G. (a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of sections twenty-one A to twenty-one F, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.(b) If a violation of any of the provisions of sections twenty-one A to twenty-one F, inclusive, results in physical or electrical contact with any overhead high voltage line, the person, firm, corporation, or association violating said provisions shall be liable to the owner or operator of such high voltage line for all damage resulting from such contact and for all liability incurred by such owner or operator as a result of any such contact.