{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-102-19a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, § 19A","heading":"Initial course of study for harbormasters; in-service training","body":"Section 19A. (a) A person who receives an appointment as a harbormaster or as an assistant harbormaster on a full-time or permanent part-time basis in a city or town where a harbor is located shall satisfactorily complete an initial prescribed course of study for harbormasters which shall be approved by the harbormaster training council established pursuant to section 116D of chapter 6 and offered at a time to be determined by said harbormaster training council. A person so appointed shall attend, at such further intervals and for such periods as determined by the harbormaster training council, a prescribed course of study for harbormasters which shall be approved by the council, for in-service training. Upon petition to the council by the appointing authority, a person appointed as a harbormaster or as an assistant harbormaster, on a full-time or permanent part-time basis, in a city or town where a harbor is located, may be exempted by the council from the requirements of this section before exercising harbormaster powers while that person is awaiting training.\n(b) Failure of a person to comply with this section within 2 years of being appointed as a harbormaster or as an assistant harbormaster on a full-time or permanent part-time basis in a city or town where a harbor is located shall result in removal by the appointing authority if the harbormaster or assistant harbormaster is not awaiting funding and scheduling of a harbormaster academy. Failure of an appointed person to satisfactorily complete the in-service prescribed course of study in a timely manner may result in removal by the appointing authority. This section shall not apply to seasonal employees appointed by the harbormaster from time to time.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 102"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter102/Section19A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:17Z","sha256":"2c1611a76107b960b1e6e34e306da508a82e7ed2ebeeecc12c9c8fa4f1968dc3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-102-19","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-102-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}