FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115 / Section 9A
Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemeteries; operation, maintenance and expansion
Status: in_force

Section 9A. The executive office of veterans' services shall operate, maintain and expand the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the city known as the town of Agawam and the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the town of Winchendon and may add new cemetery locations, subject to the availability of funds, to meet veterans' and veteran dependents' needs; provided, however, that the office shall maintain the cemetery grounds, facilities and infrastructure and shall manage the burial and interment services. The executive office may adopt additional rules, regulations and policies as necessary to fulfill its responsibilities and ensure the proper functioning of the cemeteries under its control.

Section 9A. The executive office of veterans' services shall operate, maintain and expand the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the city known as the town of Agawam and the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial cemetery located in the town of Winchendon and may add new cemetery locations, subject to the availability of funds, to meet veterans' and veteran dependents' needs; provided, however, that the office shall maintain the cemetery grounds, facilities and infrastructure and shall manage the burial and interment services. The executive office may adopt additional rules, regulations and policies as necessary to fulfill its responsibilities and ensure the proper functioning of the cemeteries under its control.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162C
Direct billing; mandatory agreements prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 162C. No insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies as defined in sections thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety or homeowner insurance policies insuring individuals against risks of loss to personal dwellings or the contents thereof or the personal liability pertaining thereto, shall demand or make mandatory upon any agent licensed in the commonwealth any system of direct billing to the insured by the insurer with respect to such policies unless such system shall be approved, accepted and endorsed by any such agent in writing on a form prescribed by the commissioner. No insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies as defined in sections thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety or homeowner insurance policies insuring individuals against risks of loss to personal dwellings or the contents thereof or the personal liability pertaining thereto shall, with respect to such policies, cancel an agent's book of business with such insurer in its entirety or in part following decision by said agent not to accept a direct billing proposal advanced by such insurer, if such cancellation is attributable to said decision not to accept a system of direct billing to the insured.

Section 162C. No insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies as defined in sections thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety or homeowner insurance policies insuring individuals against risks of loss to personal dwellings or the contents thereof or the personal liability pertaining thereto, shall demand or make mandatory upon any agent licensed in the commonwealth any system of direct billing to the insured by the insurer with respect to such policies unless such system shall be approved, accepted and endorsed by any such agent in writing on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

No insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies as defined in sections thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety or homeowner insurance policies insuring individuals against risks of loss to personal dwellings or the contents thereof or the personal liability pertaining thereto shall, with respect to such policies, cancel an agent's book of business with such insurer in its entirety or in part following decision by said agent not to accept a direct billing proposal advanced by such insurer, if such cancellation is attributable to said decision not to accept a system of direct billing to the insured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 84
Maintenance and repair; hearing; order
Status: in_force

Section 84. If the county commissioners of a county, the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town where a bridge at the crossing of a public way and a railroad, or a bridge upon which a railway company is authorized to lay and use tracks, is located in whole or in part, or the directors of a corporation owning or operating such railroad, or the directors of a company owning or operating such railway, are of the opinion that such bridge is in need of maintenance or repair, they may apply to the department, which shall, after public notice, hear all persons interested, and, if it decides that the work of maintenance or repair is necessary, shall prescribe the manner in and the limits within which it shall be done, and shall forthwith certify its decision to the parties.

Section 84. If the county commissioners of a county, the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town where a bridge at the crossing of a public way and a railroad, or a bridge upon which a railway company is authorized to lay and use tracks, is located in whole or in part, or the directors of a corporation owning or operating such railroad, or the directors of a company owning or operating such railway, are of the opinion that such bridge is in need of maintenance or repair, they may apply to the department, which shall, after public notice, hear all persons interested, and, if it decides that the work of maintenance or repair is necessary, shall prescribe the manner in and the limits within which it shall be done, and shall forthwith certify its decision to the parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184B / Section 1
Terms; incorporation by reference; copy of section defining term
Status: in_force

Section 1. The terms defined in this chapter may be used in any will or trust and, except as otherwise provided in the instrument, shall have the full force, meaning and effect of the words by which they are so defined. Adoption or employment in substance of a defined term in such instrument shall be a sufficient incorporation by reference of the applicable section of this chapter in effect at the date of the execution of the instrument, but this provision shall not preclude other methods or incorporation of any section in part only or subject to such modification as the incorporating instrument may provide. An attorney at law preparing a will or trust who uses a term defined in this chapter shall furnish to the testator or settlor a copy of the section of this chapter by which the term is defined; provided, however, that failure to do so shall not affect the validity of the incorporation by reference.

Section 1. The terms defined in this chapter may be used in any will or trust and, except as otherwise provided in the instrument, shall have the full force, meaning and effect of the words by which they are so defined. Adoption or employment in substance of a defined term in such instrument shall be a sufficient incorporation by reference of the applicable section of this chapter in effect at the date of the execution of the instrument, but this provision shall not preclude other methods or incorporation of any section in part only or subject to such modification as the incorporating instrument may provide. An attorney at law preparing a will or trust who uses a term defined in this chapter shall furnish to the testator or settlor a copy of the section of this chapter by which the term is defined; provided, however, that failure to do so shall not affect the validity of the incorporation by reference.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120A / Section 16
Judicial enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 16. The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the interstate commission, in the federal district wherein the interstate commission offices are located, to enforce compliance with the compact, its duly adopted rules and by-laws, against any compacting state in default. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorneys fees.

Section 16. The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the members, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or, at the discretion of the interstate commission, in the federal district wherein the interstate commission offices are located, to enforce compliance with the compact, its duly adopted rules and by-laws, against any compacting state in default. In the event judicial enforcement is necessary, the prevailing party shall be awarded all costs of such litigation, including reasonable attorneys fees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 4
Treason; manner of conviction
Status: in_force

Section 4. No person shall be convicted of treason except by the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of treason whereof he stands indicted, unless he confesses the same in open court.

Section 4. No person shall be convicted of treason except by the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of treason whereof he stands indicted, unless he confesses the same in open court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 199, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 199 / Section 3
Insolvent estates; settlement
Status: in_force

Section 3. If such person dies insolvent, his estate found in this commonwealth shall, as far as practicable, be so disposed of that all his creditors here and elsewhere may receive equal proportions of their respective debts.

Section 3. If such person dies insolvent, his estate found in this commonwealth shall, as far as practicable, be so disposed of that all his creditors here and elsewhere may receive equal proportions of their respective debts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 31
Forms; authority of commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 31. In addition to the forms expressly required by any other provision of law to be as prescribed or approved by the commissioner, the commissioner may prescribe any other form considered necessary or convenient for use under any provision of chapters 59 to 65C, inclusive; provided, that variance from a prescribed form shall not affect the validity of the form so used, if the form used is in substantial conformity to that so prescribed. In any case where the commissioner prescribes a form, the form may be completed or maintained electronically.

Section 31. In addition to the forms expressly required by any other provision of law to be as prescribed or approved by the commissioner, the commissioner may prescribe any other form considered necessary or convenient for use under any provision of chapters 59 to 65C, inclusive; provided, that variance from a prescribed form shall not affect the validity of the form so used, if the form used is in substantial conformity to that so prescribed. In any case where the commissioner prescribes a form, the form may be completed or maintained electronically.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71A / Section 3
Census
Status: in_force

Section 3. Census School districts shall annually ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the department, the number of English learners within their school system in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve, and shall classify them according to grade level, the language of which they possess a primary speaking ability, and the English learner program type in which they are enrolled, with all such information being made publicly available by school and school district on on the district's website in machine readable format, to the extent feasible. School districts shall also track the academic performance of students who have exited an English learner program to assess the academic achievement of English learners and the effectiveness of English language classroom programming.

Section 3. Census

School districts shall annually ascertain, under regulations prescribed by the department, the number of English learners within their school system in grades pre-kindergarten through twelve, and shall classify them according to grade level, the language of which they possess a primary speaking ability, and the English learner program type in which they are enrolled, with all such information being made publicly available by school and school district on on the district's website in machine readable format, to the extent feasible. School districts shall also track the academic performance of students who have exited an English learner program to assess the academic achievement of English learners and the effectiveness of English language classroom programming.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 16A
Handling of slash
Status: in_force

Section 16A. Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of lands, or their agents or employees, or any such person or entity holding rights or interest in said lands or the timber thereon, or of any rights or interests therein, except electric, telephone and telegraph companies, who cuts or permits the cutting of brush, wood or timber on lands which border upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within forty feet of any woodland of another, or of any railroad location, or within one hundred feet from the center of any highway, and all slash resulting from such cutting operations shall be cut and scattered in such a manner as to minimize the danger from fire. Wherever multiple highway systems exist adjacent to cuttings, no slash shall be permitted within one hundred feet from the outer edge of the highway. No slash shall be permitted within twenty-five feet of any brook, stream, pond, river or water supply. This section shall apply to cutting or clearing operations not subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty-two.

Section 16A. Every owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of lands, or their agents or employees, or any such person or entity holding rights or interest in said lands or the timber thereon, or of any rights or interests therein, except electric, telephone and telegraph companies, who cuts or permits the cutting of brush, wood or timber on lands which border upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within forty feet of any woodland of another, or of any railroad location, or within one hundred feet from the center of any highway, and all slash resulting from such cutting operations shall be cut and scattered in such a manner as to minimize the danger from fire. Wherever multiple highway systems exist adjacent to cuttings, no slash shall be permitted within one hundred feet from the outer edge of the highway. No slash shall be permitted within twenty-five feet of any brook, stream, pond, river or water supply.

This section shall apply to cutting or clearing operations not subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and thirty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 32
Folk dance of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 32. Square Dancing shall be the official folk dance of the commonwealth.

Section 32. Square Dancing shall be the official folk dance of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 210 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 210
Dietitians/nutritionists; addresses
Status: in_force

Section 210. Each licensed dietitian/nutritionist shall advise the board of the address of his principal place of business and all other addresses at which he is currently engaged in business. He shall immediately give written notification to the board for the change of address and apply for an amended license. He shall also advise the board in writing of his current residential address.

Section 210. Each licensed dietitian/nutritionist shall advise the board of the address of his principal place of business and all other addresses at which he is currently engaged in business. He shall immediately give written notification to the board for the change of address and apply for an amended license. He shall also advise the board in writing of his current residential address.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 2A
Statement of expenses and costs
Status: in_force

Section 2A. The chief justice of the supreme judicial court in consultation with the chief justice of the trial court and the court administrator shall periodically prepare a statement of all expenses and costs, including salaries, for the supreme judicial court. Said chief justice shall periodically prepare and submit to the budget director the statement required by section three of chapter twenty-nine which shall show, in detail, an estimate for the ordinary maintenance of the entire judicial system of the commonwealth, and the revenue therefrom, as provided in clause (5) of the first paragraph of said section three. Said statement shall include judicial salaries and the salaries of all officers and employees within the judicial branch of government of the commonwealth and shall include estimates of all sums which the commonwealth is obligated to pay under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine A. Said chief justice may use the estimates prepared by the chief justice of the appeals court and the chief justice of the trial court and the court administrator for the purposes of this section, attaching whatever recommendations he may desire or deem necessary.

Section 2A. The chief justice of the supreme judicial court in consultation with the chief justice of the trial court and the court administrator shall periodically prepare a statement of all expenses and costs, including salaries, for the supreme judicial court. Said chief justice shall periodically prepare and submit to the budget director the statement required by section three of chapter twenty-nine which shall show, in detail, an estimate for the ordinary maintenance of the entire judicial system of the commonwealth, and the revenue therefrom, as provided in clause (5) of the first paragraph of said section three. Said statement shall include judicial salaries and the salaries of all officers and employees within the judicial branch of government of the commonwealth and shall include estimates of all sums which the commonwealth is obligated to pay under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine A.

Said chief justice may use the estimates prepared by the chief justice of the appeals court and the chief justice of the trial court and the court administrator for the purposes of this section, attaching whatever recommendations he may desire or deem necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 57A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 57A
Establishment and maintenance of cancer clinics
Status: in_force

Section 57A. The department, with or without the cooperation of local boards of health, hospitals, dispensaries or other agencies, shall establish and maintain cancer clinics in such parts of the commonwealth as it may deem most advantageous to the public health, and may otherwise provide services and treatment for cancer, subject to such rules and regulations as the department may from time to time establish. For the purposes of this section, ''providing treatment'' shall include providing transportation, or the reasonable cost of such transportation, to and from the place where treatment is given whenever the patient is not able to pay for such transportation.

Section 57A. The department, with or without the cooperation of local boards of health, hospitals, dispensaries or other agencies, shall establish and maintain cancer clinics in such parts of the commonwealth as it may deem most advantageous to the public health, and may otherwise provide services and treatment for cancer, subject to such rules and regulations as the department may from time to time establish. For the purposes of this section, ''providing treatment'' shall include providing transportation, or the reasonable cost of such transportation, to and from the place where treatment is given whenever the patient is not able to pay for such transportation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2V — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2V
Dairy Equalization Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2V. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dairy Equalization Fund. There shall be credited to such fund all monies payable under sections 10, 11 and 12 of chapter 94A and any interest earned on monies within the fund. Amounts credited to said fund shall be made available by the state treasurer, without further appropriation, exclusively for the purposes of said chapter 94A, only after receipt of notice certified by the commissioner of the department of food and agriculture that amounts are due under said chapter 94A. Said commissioner shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate clerk and the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding the distribution of monies from the fund.

Section 2V. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dairy Equalization Fund. There shall be credited to such fund all monies payable under sections 10, 11 and 12 of chapter 94A and any interest earned on monies within the fund. Amounts credited to said fund shall be made available by the state treasurer, without further appropriation, exclusively for the purposes of said chapter 94A, only after receipt of notice certified by the commissioner of the department of food and agriculture that amounts are due under said chapter 94A. Said commissioner shall file quarterly reports with the house and senate clerk and the house and senate committees on ways and means regarding the distribution of monies from the fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22C / Section 50
Police officers' duties on reservations
Status: in_force

Section 50. Upon requisition of the commanding officer or other person in charge of a reservation of the United States of America, the colonel, or the mayor or the selectmen of any city or town the territory of which adjoins or includes, in whole or in part, such reservations, may provide police officers, who shall perform such police duties within such reservation as such commanding officer or other person may assign to them, and who shall, while on such assignment, have the authority, immunities and privileges that they would have while acting as duly appointed and qualified police officers elsewhere within the commonwealth.

Section 50. Upon requisition of the commanding officer or other person in charge of a reservation of the United States of America, the colonel, or the mayor or the selectmen of any city or town the territory of which adjoins or includes, in whole or in part, such reservations, may provide police officers, who shall perform such police duties within such reservation as such commanding officer or other person may assign to them, and who shall, while on such assignment, have the authority, immunities and privileges that they would have while acting as duly appointed and qualified police officers elsewhere within the commonwealth.