The purposes of this chapter are:
(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;(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;(c) to improve planning for coastal facilities consistent with the policies of the executive office of energy and environmental affairs;(d) to encourage greater cost sharing between the public and users of public facilities financed with public funds.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21F, § 1
Amended by Acts 2007, c. 19,§ 53, eff. 2/28/2007.