{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21f-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21F, § 1","heading":"Purposes","body":"Section 1. The purposes of this chapter are:\n(a) to ensure that adequate and well-maintained public facilities exist to support the commonwealth's fishing, marine, tourist, and recreational industry in the coastal zone;\n(b) to provide flexible and affordable financial programs for the commonwealth's coastal cities and towns so that they can plan for, construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve public coastal facilities;\n(c) to improve planning for coastal facilities consistent with the policies of the executive office of environmental affairs;\n(d) to encourage greater cost sharing between the public and users of public facilities financed with public funds.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 21F"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter21F/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:01Z","sha256":"48a53546d4453989564db95864586ae1da1e0a4fdd5d5ad64189463a3f8972f2","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21e-22","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-21f-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}