§ 1 Definitions
§ 1A Adequacy of distribution system; approval
§ 1B Rules and regulations
§ 1C Plastic pipe connections; installation; notice to property owner or occupant; grounding of structure; penalty
§ 2 Application of other statutes
§ 2A Filing schedule of rates and prices by water districts
§ 2B Base rate for water charges and fees; increases for high volume users
§ 3 Powers of department of environmental protection; impairment
§ 4 Supervisory authority of department
§ 4A Filing copies of existing contracts with affiliated companies; violations
§ 4B Water companies; eminent domain or purchase; waters, water rights, lands and easements
§ 5 Acquisition of water works and other water company property by town
§ 6 Engineering services and advice
§ 7 Annual report
§ 8 Opening of streets by one other than water company; consent of municipal officers
§ 9 Review of action of municipal officers relating to opening of streets
§ 10 Testing of meters; report; cost
§ 11 Intentional injury to or interference with meter; penalty
§ 11A Procedure for shutting off the flow of water on failure to pay lawful charges
§ 11B Shutting off water service to domicile occupied by seriously ill person; notice; penalty
§ 11C Indebtedness of prior property owner; water supply for new owner
§ 11D Entry on premises to examine water meters and facilities
§ 11E Shutting off water to non-customer occupants in residential buildings; notice; procedures; payment of amount due; effect of waiver; reprisals; penalties; rules and regulations
§ 12 Application to other statutes
§ 13 Certificate of payment of capital stock
§ 14 Conveyance of property in payment for stock
§ 15 Corporations organized under earlier law; meetings and records
§ 16 Record of proprietors’ names
§ 17 Officers
§ 18 Assessments; defaults; sale of shares
§ 20 Opening streets or ways
§ 21 Continuing liability on contracts after dissolution
§ 22 Satisfaction of judgment against shareholders after dissolution
§ 23 Interest of shareholders in real property after dissolution
§ 24 Malicious injury to aqueduct; penalty
§ 25 Conductors from aqueducts for fire fighting
§ 26 Means of taking water for fire fighting
§ 27 Recovery of land owner for damages
§ 28 Acquisition of real estate in excess of limit

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 165 - Water and Aqueduct Companies

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.