{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-128-16","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, § 16","heading":"Entry upon public or private grounds for purposes of abating serious plant diseases; contracts","body":"Section 16. The director of regulatory services and his assistants may at all times enter any public or private grounds in the performance of duties required by section seventeen to thirty-one, inclusive, for the purpose of abating any serious plant diseases. Said director may, subject to appropriations, make contracts on behalf of the commonwealth.","path":["Part I","Title XIX","Chapter 128"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIX/Chapter128/Section16","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:06Z","sha256":"79eecced57ee635097e670fd8b9254e7b89d5b87137b8835594f459874c64c6f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-128-15","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-128-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}