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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 185A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 185A
Rules of instruction, test cards and other appliances
Status: in_force

Section 185A. The department of public health, after consultation with the department of education, shall prescribe and furnish to school committees suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books and other useful appliances for accomplishing the purposes of sections fifty-three to fifty-seven, inclusive, of chapter seventy-one and may furnish said material to such boards of health as may require it in the performance of their duties. The department may provide for pupils in the teachers colleges instruction and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of children.

Section 185A. The department of public health, after consultation with the department of education, shall prescribe and furnish to school committees suitable rules of instruction, test cards, blanks, record books and other useful appliances for accomplishing the purposes of sections fifty-three to fifty-seven, inclusive, of chapter seventy-one and may furnish said material to such boards of health as may require it in the performance of their duties. The department may provide for pupils in the teachers colleges instruction and practice in the best methods of testing the sight and hearing of children.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 13
Trespassing in parks; destruction of park property; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13. Any person who wilfully or maliciously drives cattle, horses or other animals, or any vehicle, on or across such grounds or ways, or destroys or removes any fence or railing on such grounds or ways, or plays games thereon, or otherwise interferes with or injures the work of the corporation having the care of the property so injured, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars, which shall be paid over to such corporation.

Section 13. Any person who wilfully or maliciously drives cattle, horses or other animals, or any vehicle, on or across such grounds or ways, or destroys or removes any fence or railing on such grounds or ways, or plays games thereon, or otherwise interferes with or injures the work of the corporation having the care of the property so injured, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars, which shall be paid over to such corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 34A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 34A
Assembly use group building; dangerous condition
Status: in_force

Section 34A. (a) Any owner, occupant, lessee or other person having control or supervision of any assembly use group building, as defined by the state building code, and who causes or permits a dangerous condition to exist on the premises at anytime shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or both. For the purposes of this section, ''dangerous condition'' shall mean:— (1) any blocked or impeded ingress or egress; (2) the failure to maintain or the shutting off of any fire protection or fire warning system required by law; (3) the storage of any flammable or explosive without a properly issued permit in quantities in excess of allowable limits of any permit to store; (4) the use of any firework or pyrotechnic device, as defined by the board of fire prevention regulations, without a properly issued permit; or (5) exceeding the occupancy limit established by the local building inspector pursuant to chapter 143. Nothing in this section shall preclude the issuance of a citation for a code violation, as provided for by chapter 148A. (b) Whoever is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in a house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 34A. (a) Any owner, occupant, lessee or other person having control or supervision of any assembly use group building, as defined by the state building code, and who causes or permits a dangerous condition to exist on the premises at anytime shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or both.

For the purposes of this section, ''dangerous condition'' shall mean:—

(1) any blocked or impeded ingress or egress;

(2) the failure to maintain or the shutting off of any fire protection or fire warning system required by law;

(3) the storage of any flammable or explosive without a properly issued permit in quantities in excess of allowable limits of any permit to store;

(4) the use of any firework or pyrotechnic device, as defined by the board of fire prevention regulations, without a properly issued permit; or

(5) exceeding the occupancy limit established by the local building inspector pursuant to chapter 143.

Nothing in this section shall preclude the issuance of a citation for a code violation, as provided for by chapter 148A.

(b) Whoever is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of paragraph (a) shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in a house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 16
Recordation; receipts of federal succession taxes
Status: in_force

Section 16. He shall record receipts of federal revenue collectors for succession taxes, or other evidence of their payment, if the person applying for such record first makes affidavit to the genuineness of such receipt or evidence before a person qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds.

Section 16. He shall record receipts of federal revenue collectors for succession taxes, or other evidence of their payment, if the person applying for such record first makes affidavit to the genuineness of such receipt or evidence before a person qualified to take acknowledgment of deeds.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231A / Section 7
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 7. In an action wherein a judgment or other consequential relief is sought, the costs shall not be affected by the making or refusal of any determination; but in an action for a determination only, under this chapter, costs shall be wholly in the discretion of the court.

Section 7. In an action wherein a judgment or other consequential relief is sought, the costs shall not be affected by the making or refusal of any determination; but in an action for a determination only, under this chapter, costs shall be wholly in the discretion of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7A, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7A / Section 14
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 14. The comptroller or any employee in the office of the comptroller who knowingly violates, authorizes or directs another employee to violate any provision of this chapter or chapter twenty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or a house of correction for not more than one year, or both. In addition, if convicted of such violation the comptroller shall forfeit the bond required pursuant to section one.

Section 14. The comptroller or any employee in the office of the comptroller who knowingly violates, authorizes or directs another employee to violate any provision of this chapter or chapter twenty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or a house of correction for not more than one year, or both. In addition, if convicted of such violation the comptroller shall forfeit the bond required pursuant to section one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 117
Establishment; responsibility of cities and towns; penalty for noncompliance
Status: in_force

Section 117. Cities and towns shall provide for units of the armed forces of the commonwealth not provided with a state armory or air installation, and permanently stationed within their limits, adequate facilities, including a suitable hall for the purpose of drill, and suitable rooms, properly equipped, annexed thereto for the assemblies of such units, for administrative work, and for the safekeeping of military property. They shall provide for such facilities the necessary fuel, lights, water, janitor service and necessary repairs, or shall make a reasonable monetary allowance therefor to the commonwealth. Where two or more units of the armed forces of the commonwealth are permanently stationed in the same city or town, the city or town may, instead of providing each with a suitable hall for drill, provide one or more halls to be used by the units in common. Any city or town failing to comply with this section shall forfeit to the commonwealth a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each year, for each unit, during which such failure continues, to be recovered upon an information in equity brought in the superior or supreme judicial court by the attorney general at the relation of the adjutant general. Any amount so forfeited shall be credited to the armory appropriation for the fiscal year in which the forfeiture occurs.

Section 117. Cities and towns shall provide for units of the armed forces of the commonwealth not provided with a state armory or air installation, and permanently stationed within their limits, adequate facilities, including a suitable hall for the purpose of drill, and suitable rooms, properly equipped, annexed thereto for the assemblies of such units, for administrative work, and for the safekeeping of military property. They shall provide for such facilities the necessary fuel, lights, water, janitor service and necessary repairs, or shall make a reasonable monetary allowance therefor to the commonwealth.

Where two or more units of the armed forces of the commonwealth are permanently stationed in the same city or town, the city or town may, instead of providing each with a suitable hall for drill, provide one or more halls to be used by the units in common.

Any city or town failing to comply with this section shall forfeit to the commonwealth a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars for each year, for each unit, during which such failure continues, to be recovered upon an information in equity brought in the superior or supreme judicial court by the attorney general at the relation of the adjutant general. Any amount so forfeited shall be credited to the armory appropriation for the fiscal year in which the forfeiture occurs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 1D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 1D
Assessments upon connection of abutting land to common sewer
Status: in_force

Section 1D. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 80 and 83 to the contrary, a municipality acting under section 1A may make assessments upon owners of land abutting upon a private or public way in which a common sewer has been laid only at the time of actual connection to the common sewer. Nothing herein shall preclude the town from making estimated sewer assessments pursuant to section 15B. The municipality may make equitable adjustments to the annual charges established pursuant to section 16 for the use of common sewers by owners of land who connect under this act for the purpose of insuring an equitable distribution of the total sewer system costs, including assessments and sewer use charges.

Section 1D. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 80 and 83 to the contrary, a municipality acting under section 1A may make assessments upon owners of land abutting upon a private or public way in which a common sewer has been laid only at the time of actual connection to the common sewer. Nothing herein shall preclude the town from making estimated sewer assessments pursuant to section 15B. The municipality may make equitable adjustments to the annual charges established pursuant to section 16 for the use of common sewers by owners of land who connect under this act for the purpose of insuring an equitable distribution of the total sewer system costs, including assessments and sewer use charges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 11B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 11B
Pooled income funds and charitable remainder annuity trusts or unitrusts; returns, declarations of estimated tax and payments; liability
Status: in_force

Section 11B. Every trustee who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A shall make returns, including declarations of estimated tax, and payments with respect to such taxes in like manner as if the taxes were imposed with respect to income received by the trustee. All provisions of chapter sixty-two C with respect to the assessment, collection and abatement of taxes, interest and penalties which are applicable to trustees subject to tax under section ten shall be applicable to trustees who are required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A; provided, however, that if a trustee who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A fails to make payment thereof to the commonwealth, and thereafter the tax against which such withheld tax may be credited is paid, the tax so required to be deducted and withheld to the extent of such payment shall not be collected from the trustee, but this proviso shall in no case relieve the trustee from liability for any penalties or addition to tax otherwise applicable in respect of such failure to make payment.

Section 11B. Every trustee who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A shall make returns, including declarations of estimated tax, and payments with respect to such taxes in like manner as if the taxes were imposed with respect to income received by the trustee. All provisions of chapter sixty-two C with respect to the assessment, collection and abatement of taxes, interest and penalties which are applicable to trustees subject to tax under section ten shall be applicable to trustees who are required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A; provided, however, that if a trustee who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section eleven A fails to make payment thereof to the commonwealth, and thereafter the tax against which such withheld tax may be credited is paid, the tax so required to be deducted and withheld to the extent of such payment shall not be collected from the trustee, but this proviso shall in no case relieve the trustee from liability for any penalties or addition to tax otherwise applicable in respect of such failure to make payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110G / Section 7
Electronic signature; enforceability; satisfaction of legal requirements
Status: in_force

Section 7. (a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form. (b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation. (c) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law. (d) If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.

Section 7. (a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.

(b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.

(c) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.

(d) If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 45
Acquisition of land by towns for demonstration work in agriculture and homemaking
Status: in_force

Section 45. Any town may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, in the manner in which land may be acquired for school purposes, real estate for the purpose of carrying on, under the direction of the agents or instructors of said trustees, demonstration work in agriculture and homemaking, and may appropriate money to be expended by said trustees under sections forty to forty-three, inclusive, or for the purpose of enabling the trustees to acquire necessary real estate, or for the support of demonstration work, under the direction of the agents or instructors or of the trustees, on land owned by the town or by any resident thereof.

Section 45. Any town may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, in the manner in which land may be acquired for school purposes, real estate for the purpose of carrying on, under the direction of the agents or instructors of said trustees, demonstration work in agriculture and homemaking, and may appropriate money to be expended by said trustees under sections forty to forty-three, inclusive, or for the purpose of enabling the trustees to acquire necessary real estate, or for the support of demonstration work, under the direction of the agents or instructors or of the trustees, on land owned by the town or by any resident thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22 / Section 8
Oath of office
Status: in_force

Section 8. Each inspector shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and unless his oath of office is taken within ten days after the date of his appointment, the appointment shall be void.

Section 8. Each inspector shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and unless his oath of office is taken within ten days after the date of his appointment, the appointment shall be void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 227, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 227 / Section 11
Execution levied on land
Status: in_force

Section 11. If the execution in an action under this chapter, except as otherwise provided, is levied on land, no alienation thereof by the original plaintiff shall prevent the defendant from retaking the same or as much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the judgment or order he recovers upon a proceeding for relief from judgment commenced within one year after the original judgment.

Section 11. If the execution in an action under this chapter, except as otherwise provided, is levied on land, no alienation thereof by the original plaintiff shall prevent the defendant from retaking the same or as much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy the judgment or order he recovers upon a proceeding for relief from judgment commenced within one year after the original judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118I, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118I / Section 12
Unauthorized access or disclosure; reporting; notice to patient
Status: in_force

Section 12. In the event of an unauthorized access to or disclosure of individually identifiable patient health information by or through the statewide health information exchange or by or through any technology grantees or implementing organizations funded in whole or in part from the e–Health Institute Fund established in section 6E of chapter 40J or the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange Fund established in section 10, the operator of such exchange or grantee or contractor shall: (i) report the conditions of such unauthorized access or disclosure as required by the executive office; and (ii) provide notice, as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H, as soon as practicable, but not later than 10 business days after such unauthorized access or disclosure, to any person whose patient health information may have been compromised as a result of such unauthorized access or disclosure, and shall report the conditions of such unauthorized access or disclosure. Any unauthorized access or disclosures shall be punishable by the civil penalties under section 16.

Section 12. In the event of an unauthorized access to or disclosure of individually identifiable patient health information by or through the statewide health information exchange or by or through any technology grantees or implementing organizations funded in whole or in part from the e–Health Institute Fund established in section 6E of chapter 40J or the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange Fund established in section 10, the operator of such exchange or grantee or contractor shall: (i) report the conditions of such unauthorized access or disclosure as required by the executive office; and (ii) provide notice, as defined in section 1 of chapter 93H, as soon as practicable, but not later than 10 business days after such unauthorized access or disclosure, to any person whose patient health information may have been compromised as a result of such unauthorized access or disclosure, and shall report the conditions of such unauthorized access or disclosure. Any unauthorized access or disclosures shall be punishable by the civil penalties under section 16.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 30A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 30A
Registered pharmacists' licenses to sell alcoholic beverages without prescription; hours of sales
Status: in_force

Section 30A. A registered pharmacist in a city or town wherein the granting of licenses to sell all alcoholic beverages is authorized may be licensed by the local licensing authorities to sell alcoholic beverages for medicinal, mechanical or chemical purposes without a physician's prescription subject to the limitations contained in section thirty-three, the said sales to be recorded in the manner prescribed in section thirty E. Sales of alcoholic beverages hereunder shall be made only in the original sealed packages and such beverages shall not be permitted to be drunk on the premises. Sales of such beverages by a licensee hereunder shall be permitted only during such hours as sales thereof may be made by a licensee under section fifteen.

Section 30A. A registered pharmacist in a city or town wherein the granting of licenses to sell all alcoholic beverages is authorized may be licensed by the local licensing authorities to sell alcoholic beverages for medicinal, mechanical or chemical purposes without a physician's prescription subject to the limitations contained in section thirty-three, the said sales to be recorded in the manner prescribed in section thirty E. Sales of alcoholic beverages hereunder shall be made only in the original sealed packages and such beverages shall not be permitted to be drunk on the premises. Sales of such beverages by a licensee hereunder shall be permitted only during such hours as sales thereof may be made by a licensee under section fifteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 29
Manner of calling meetings
Status: in_force

Section 29. A meeting for any purpose mentioned in section twenty-seven may be called in the manner prescribed in the by-laws or votes of the corporation, or, upon written application by any five of its members, by a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, directed to one of the applicants; or such meeting may be called by a notice by the clerk, who shall warn a meeting on a like application to him; and in either case the meeting may be warned by notice served as provided in section twenty-two.

Section 29. A meeting for any purpose mentioned in section twenty-seven may be called in the manner prescribed in the by-laws or votes of the corporation, or, upon written application by any five of its members, by a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, directed to one of the applicants; or such meeting may be called by a notice by the clerk, who shall warn a meeting on a like application to him; and in either case the meeting may be warned by notice served as provided in section twenty-two.