Code of Massachusetts Regulations
740 CMR - MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY
Title 740 CMR 11.00 - Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge
Section 11.02 - Definitions

The following terms as used in 740 CMR 11.00et seq. shall, unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context clearly requires a different interpretation, have the following meaning:

AASHTO - shall mean the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Authority - shall mean the Massachusetts Port Authority, its Executive Director, and designees.

Automobile - shall have the meaning defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.

Bridge Official - shall mean an employee of the Authority duly authorized to direct and control the movement and operation of Motor Vehicles on the Tobin Memorial Bridge.

Commercial Vehicle - shall mean any Motor Vehicle which is not a Private Passenger Motor Vehicle displaying a private passenger registration number plate and is not a Motorcycle displaying a Motorcycle registration number plate.

Director - shall mean the employee of the Authority who supervises the operation of the Tobin Memorial Bridge and is authorized to act for the Authority in connection with the enforcement of 740 CMR 11.00 et seq.

ETC-Equipped Motor Vehicle - shall mean a motor vehicle properly equipped with and using an electronic device that the Authority, or its ETC system contractor, has issued or authorized for the purpose of transmitting information to the ETC system and collecting tolls electronically.

ETC System - shall mean an electronic toll collection system installed on or operating with respect to the Tobin Memorial Bridge.

Motorcycle - shall have the meaning defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.

Motorized Bicycle - shall have the meaning defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1.

Motor Vehicle - shall have the meaning defined in M.GL. c. 90, § 1. The definition of Motor Vehicle shall include, without limitation, automobile, bus or motor bus, tractor and motorcycle, all as defined in M.G.L c. 90, § 1.

Non-revenue Vehicle - shall mean any motor vehicle registered to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the U.S. Navy, the Authority, the Massachusetts State Police assigned to duty at the Authority and any other such motor vehicle as may be established by the Authority in its sole discretion.

Operator - shall mean any person who operates a motor vehicle on the Tobin Memorial Bridge.

Person - shall mean any individual, firm, association, corporation or any other legal entity.

Police Officer - shall mean and include all members of the Massachusetts State Police or any duly authorized law enforcement officer.

Private Passenger Motor Vehicle - shall have the meaning assigned to the term in 540 CMR 2.05.

Registrar - shall mean the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the Commonwealth.

Resident Commuter Permit - shall mean an identification device affixed to an automobile or motorcycle owned or leased by a resident of Chelsea or Charlestown, the Tobin Memorial Bridge's host communities, and registered as a Private Passenger Motor Vehicle or as a Motorcycle with the Registrar. The automobile or motorcycle shall be g a raged in either Chelsea or Charlestown. The Resident Commuter Permit will be issued by the Authority and will entitle the holder thereof to a discount in the payment of the toll.

Tobin Memorial Bridge - shall mean the high level bridge over the Mystic River constructed under the provisions of St. 1946, c. 562, including all ramps, roadways, toll plazas, structures, buildings and property acquired by the Massachusetts Port Authority located between the northern terminus of the John I. Fitzgerald Expressway in Charlestown and the southern terminus of the Father Adamski Expressway in Chelsea and known as the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge (formerly Mystic River Bridge).

Toll - shall mean the one-way fee assessed by the Authority for passage over the Tobin Memorial Bridge.

Toll Lane - shall mean that part of the Tobin Memorial Bridge which has been designated for toll collection either by a toll officer or by the ETC system.

Toll Officer - shall mean an employee of the Authority duly authorized to collect tolls from operators traveling over the Tobin Memorial Bridge.

Tractor - shall have the meaning defined in M.G.L. c. 90, § 1.

Violation Clerks - shall mean the Massachusetts State Police officers assigned to Troop F or persons employed by or under contract with the Authority or its ETC system contractor, designated from time to time by the Authority to enforce violations of 740 CMR 11.04 and 740 CMR 11.05.