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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 4 · Issue of stock, bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 5 · Enforcement of orders of department relating to stocks and bonds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 6 · Improper issue; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 7 · Increase of capital stock; shareholders' rights to new shares
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 8 · Shares authorized to be sold at auction; place of sale
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 9 · Issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares at par
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 10 · Effect of issue of stock or scrip before payment for shares; liability of directors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 11 · Annual return
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 12 · Failure to make annual return; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 12A · Condensed return of business and financial condition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 13 · Telephone companies; connections with exchanges; equal facilities for all companies; definition of ''person'' or ''company''
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 14 · Connections with exchanges; equal facilities for applicants for telephone service; cost of extensions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 14A · Enhanced 911 service
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15 · Equal facilities for those connecting with exchange; enforcement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15A · Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15B · Sales and transfers to similar corporations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15C · Emergency calls; refusal to yield party line; misrepresentation of emergency
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15D · Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 15E · Definitions; required equipment and services for subscribers with disabilities; advisory committee on accessibility to telephone service for persons with disabilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 16 · Receipt and transmission of despatches
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 17 · Rates to other telegraph companies or by mail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 18 · Violations; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 19 · Liability for negligent transmission; claim; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 20 · Indication of time filed and received on addressee's copy
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21 · Location of construction of electric transmission lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21A · Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21B · Protection of overhead high voltage lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21C · Warnings; operation of equipment near high voltage lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21D · Warning signs; size; posting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21E · Notification of operation near high voltage lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21F · Exemptions; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 21G · Violations; penalties; liability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22 · Consent of municipal officers to construct or alter lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22A · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22B · Program for prohibition or removal of overhead wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22C · Prohibition and removal of overhead wires; fines and penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22D · Removal of overhead wires; sequence; replacement; fines and penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22E · Cooperative agreements to remove overhead wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22F · Notice of hearing or ordinance to remove overhead wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22G · Emergency erection of overhead wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22H · Underground construction; responsibility of utility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22I · Underground construction; customer service facilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22J · Removal of municipal equipment from poles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22K · Extension of time for removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22L · Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22M · Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 22N · Effective date of adopting ordinance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 23 · Citizens establishing and maintaining lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 24 · Construction of lines for private use; privileges of town; protection of lines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 25 · Underground telegraph, telephone or television lines; regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 25A · Attachments; authority to regulate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 26 · Violation of regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 27 · Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 28 · Approval by department of location; public hearing; place of hearing; determination; fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 29 · Persons entitled to damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 30 · Regulations concerning wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 31 · Fixtures supporting wires or cables; marking to show ownership
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 32 · Municipal inspector of wires; appointment; qualifications; powers and duties; liability for removal of wires
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 32A · Inspector of wires working as electrician; inspection by assistant inspector
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 33 · Enforcement of Secs. 30 to 32
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 34 · Poles and other structures used to support lines; protection of employees and public
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 35 · Use of poles and other fixtures for communication without consent of owner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 36 · Marking name of corporation maintaining or operating on poles or other fixtures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 37 · Prescriptive easements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 38 · Intentional injury or destruction of property; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 39 · Temporary removal of wires; refusal of company to act
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 40 · Removal of wires without notice; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 41 · Removal of wires without notice; exception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42 · Liability of telegraph company for injury caused by poles, wires or other apparatus
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42A · Telecommunication service; fraud; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 42B · Fraudulently avoiding charges for telecommunication service; use of equipment, etc.; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 43 · Owners and associations subject to chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, § 44 · Service observing; interception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 2 · Division of community antenna television
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 2A · Commissioner; powers and duties; employees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 3 · Licenses for construction or operation of systems, necessity, non-exclusiveness, contents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 4 · License applications, necessity, form, contents, signatures, disclosure of ownership; additional service areas, addition to license
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 5 · Conditions imposed on licensee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 6 · Hearing, notice; multiple applicants, choice, grounds, statement of reasons
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 7 · License transfers or assignments; approval
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 8 · Installation and maintenance of system, standards; financial and ownership statements, requirements, public inspection
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 9 · Application fees; initial licenses, renewals, transfers or assignments; annual license fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 10 · Complaints as to operation of system, procedure; licensees' reports as to complaints received and disposition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 11 · Revocation of license; grounds
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 12 · Mandamus, injunctive, or other judicial proceedings; institution or intervention by department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 13 · Renewal of licenses; forms; requisite information
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 14 · Appeals by aggrieved applicants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 15 · Rate regulation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 16 · Issuance of standards and regulations; mediation between cities and towns; representation before F.C.C.; certification of performance; distribution of obscene material
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 17 · Visitation, examination, subpoena, and oath administering powers of department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 18 · Violations, penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 19 · Hearings, applicability of administrative procedure act; public hearings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 20 · Systems constructed, purchased, and operated by cities and towns, applicability of chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 21 · Repealed, 1983, 98, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, § 22 · Interference with rights of building occupants served by system; installation; consent of property owners; multiple dwelling units, manufactured housing communities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, § 1A · Rules and regulations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, § 1B · Repealed, 2014, 482, Sec. 13
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, § 2 · Examination of banks