612 chapters · 23,756 sections of codified Massachusetts statutes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 41 Enlargement of plant
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Section 41. A city or town owning such a plant shall not, except by a vote taken in the manner prescribed in section eight of chapter forty-four, reconstruct, enlarge or extend such plant. This section shall not apply to expenditures for ordinary maintenance, repair or replacemen…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 42 Purchase of existing plant
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Section 42. If, when a town votes to establish a municipal lighting plant, any person or municipality was, at the time of the first vote required by section thirty-five or thirty-six, engaged in generating or distributing gas or electricity for sale for lighting purposes in such …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 43 Determination by department of purchase price; tender of deed; acquisition upon failure to tender
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Section 43. If a town which votes to establish a municipal lighting plant fails, within one hundred and fifty days from the passage of the final vote required by section thirty-five or thirty-six, to agree, as to price or as to the property to be included in the purchase, with an…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 45 Purchase of property in adjoining town
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Section 45. If a town purchases a gas or electric lighting plant having mains, poles, wires or other distributing apparatus in an adjoining town where there is no private gas or electric lighting company, it may also purchase such mains, poles, wires or other distributing apparat…