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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 54
Establishment and maintenance of schools for institutional on-farm training for World War II and Korean emergency veterans
Status: in_force

Section 54. The board of higher education may establish and maintain, in cooperation with local public or vocational school authorities, one or more schools for institutional on-farm training for veterans of World War II and for veterans of the Korean emergency. Said board may contract or agree with said local school authorities, in such centers as may be selected, for the establishment of such schools, for the use of quarters therefor, for the payment of the cost of operation thereof and equipment therefor, and for local supervision and administration of the training program. Said board shall appoint, and may remove, the teaching personnel of such schools, shall determine the rates of salary for said personnel, shall pay the costs of instructional and supervisory travel of such personnel, and shall purchase, or provide for the purchase of, approved texts for trainees at said schools. Said board shall employ such additional supervisory and clerical personnel as may be needed by it in the carrying out of the training programs under this section. Said board may contract with the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of procuring reimbursement to the commonwealth for approvable costs of conducting and administering said training courses for veterans of World War II. Said board may contract with and collect from veterans of the Korean emergency tuition for said training.

Section 54. The board of higher education may establish and maintain, in cooperation with local public or vocational school authorities, one or more schools for institutional on-farm training for veterans of World War II and for veterans of the Korean emergency. Said board may contract or agree with said local school authorities, in such centers as may be selected, for the establishment of such schools, for the use of quarters therefor, for the payment of the cost of operation thereof and equipment therefor, and for local supervision and administration of the training program.

Said board shall appoint, and may remove, the teaching personnel of such schools, shall determine the rates of salary for said personnel, shall pay the costs of instructional and supervisory travel of such personnel, and shall purchase, or provide for the purchase of, approved texts for trainees at said schools. Said board shall employ such additional supervisory and clerical personnel as may be needed by it in the carrying out of the training programs under this section. Said board may contract with the Veterans' Administration for the purpose of procuring reimbursement to the commonwealth for approvable costs of conducting and administering said training courses for veterans of World War II. Said board may contract with and collect from veterans of the Korean emergency tuition for said training.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 20, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 20 / Section 27
Farm viability technical assistance and implementation funding
Status: in_force

Section 27. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may offer farm viability technical assistance and implementation funding to an owner of land subject to an agricultural preservation restriction, as defined by section 31 of chapter 184 if such owner demonstrates, in the case of implementation funding, that: the implementation shall improve the economic viability of the farm; retain or create private sector jobs and tax revenue either directly or indirectly associated with a farm business; improve farm productivity and competitiveness; expand farm facilities as part of a modernization or business plan; support renewable energy or environmental remediation projects on farms; or expand and support markets and infrastructure to strengthen the farming industry. The department shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.

Section 27. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may offer farm viability technical assistance and implementation funding to an owner of land subject to an agricultural preservation restriction, as defined by section 31 of chapter 184 if such owner demonstrates, in the case of implementation funding, that: the implementation shall improve the economic viability of the farm; retain or create private sector jobs and tax revenue either directly or indirectly associated with a farm business; improve farm productivity and competitiveness; expand farm facilities as part of a modernization or business plan; support renewable energy or environmental remediation projects on farms; or expand and support markets and infrastructure to strengthen the farming industry. The department shall adopt regulations to carry out this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8XX — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8XX
Coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings
Status: in_force

Section 8XX. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.

Section 8XX. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 26B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 26B
Extended school services for children; organization and operation of plan
Status: in_force

Section 26B. If said school committee, upon determination by it of sufficient need, votes that said services should be established by it, it shall submit in writing a plan of said services to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education for his written approval; provided, that said extended school services proposed in said plan shall consist of such care as shall be determined by standards established by said commissioner in consultation with the state department of public health and shall be operated by said school committee under the general supervision of said commissioner; and provided further, that said school committee shall establish as one of the rules of admission of any such child to the benefits of said extended school services that the parents of such child shall pay toward the cost of said services such sum as said school committee shall determine. For the purposes of clause (2) of section five of chapter forty, the establishment and maintenance of said extended school services shall be deemed to be included within the term ''support of public schools''.

Section 26B. If said school committee, upon determination by it of sufficient need, votes that said services should be established by it, it shall submit in writing a plan of said services to the commissioner of elementary and secondary education for his written approval; provided, that said extended school services proposed in said plan shall consist of such care as shall be determined by standards established by said commissioner in consultation with the state department of public health and shall be operated by said school committee under the general supervision of said commissioner; and provided further, that said school committee shall establish as one of the rules of admission of any such child to the benefits of said extended school services that the parents of such child shall pay toward the cost of said services such sum as said school committee shall determine. For the purposes of clause (2) of section five of chapter forty, the establishment and maintenance of said extended school services shall be deemed to be included within the term ''support of public schools''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 36
Use of cemeteries; appeal from order of board of health; hearing
Status: in_force

Section 36. Any person, including those persons in control of any public land, or the officers of any municipality, aggrieved by the action of a board of health in approving the purchase, taking or use of any lands for cemetery purposes may, within sixty days, appeal from the order of said board to the department of environmental protection, and said department may, after a hearing, rescind such order or may modify and amend the same by approving a part of the lands so proposed for such use.

Section 36. Any person, including those persons in control of any public land, or the officers of any municipality, aggrieved by the action of a board of health in approving the purchase, taking or use of any lands for cemetery purposes may, within sixty days, appeal from the order of said board to the department of environmental protection, and said department may, after a hearing, rescind such order or may modify and amend the same by approving a part of the lands so proposed for such use.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 39E — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 39E
Certification fee; refunds
Status: in_force

Section 39E. The director shall establish a reasonable fee for every note certified, to be turned over monthly to the commonwealth; and the state treasurer may refund the amount of any fee deposited with him by said director for the certification of any note which may be cancelled before money is obtained thereon.

Section 39E. The director shall establish a reasonable fee for every note certified, to be turned over monthly to the commonwealth; and the state treasurer may refund the amount of any fee deposited with him by said director for the certification of any note which may be cancelled before money is obtained thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 13C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 13C
Workers' compensation claims reserve funds
Status: reserved

Section 13C. Any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section and has elected to self insure its worker's compensation may establish reserves to pay worker's compensation claims until said claims are fully paid. Said claims reserves shall be segregated by fiscal year and all funds so reserved shall be managed by a designated fiscal officer of such city or town. Any funds remaining after all claims are paid for a particular year, may be placed in another fiscal year's claim reserve fund, if needed, or returned to general funds. Costs of reinsurance, if used, and outside claims and safety services may be disbursed from said funds.

Section 13C. Any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section and has elected to self insure its worker's compensation may establish reserves to pay worker's compensation claims until said claims are fully paid. Said claims reserves shall be segregated by fiscal year and all funds so reserved shall be managed by a designated fiscal officer of such city or town. Any funds remaining after all claims are paid for a particular year, may be placed in another fiscal year's claim reserve fund, if needed, or returned to general funds. Costs of reinsurance, if used, and outside claims and safety services may be disbursed from said funds.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 23
Foreign companies; premiums subject to taxation; rate
Status: in_force

Section 23. Every foreign insurance company coming within the scope of the definition of a foreign company in section 1 of chapter 175, except life insurance companies with respect to business taxable under sections 20 and 21 and marine, or fire and marine, insurance companies with respect to business taxable under section 29A, shall annually pay an excise upon the gross premiums for all policies written or renewed, all additional premiums charged, and all assessments made during the preceding calendar year for insurance of property or interests in this commonwealth, or which are subjects of insurance by contracts issued through companies or agents therein, exclusive of reinsurance, at the rate of 2.28 per cent but not less in amount than would be imposed by the laws of the state or country under which such company is organized upon a like insurance company incorporated in this commonwealth, or upon its agents, if doing business to the same extent in such state or country.

Section 23. Every foreign insurance company coming within the scope of the definition of a foreign company in section 1 of chapter 175, except life insurance companies with respect to business taxable under sections 20 and 21 and marine, or fire and marine, insurance companies with respect to business taxable under section 29A, shall annually pay an excise upon the gross premiums for all policies written or renewed, all additional premiums charged, and all assessments made during the preceding calendar year for insurance of property or interests in this commonwealth, or which are subjects of insurance by contracts issued through companies or agents therein, exclusive of reinsurance, at the rate of 2.28 per cent but not less in amount than would be imposed by the laws of the state or country under which such company is organized upon a like insurance company incorporated in this commonwealth, or upon its agents, if doing business to the same extent in such state or country.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 30
Removal of gravel, sand, stones, etc. from beaches; notice; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 30. If it appears to the department that the digging or removal of stones, gravel, sand or other material, upon or from any beach, shore, bluff, headland, island or bar, in or bordering on tide waters, or the destruction of any trees, shrubs, grass or other vegetation growing thereon, is, or is likely to prove, injurious to any harbor or other navigable tide waters, the department may, by written notice, prohibit such digging or removal, or the doing of any acts injurious to such trees or other vegetation, upon or from any such beach or other place aforesaid specified in such notice. Whoever, after receiving such notice, wilfully does any act or thing prohibited therein, and which is authorized to be so prohibited by this section, or, being the owner or having the control of any land specified in such notice, wilfully suffers or permits such act or thing to be done thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 30. If it appears to the department that the digging or removal of stones, gravel, sand or other material, upon or from any beach, shore, bluff, headland, island or bar, in or bordering on tide waters, or the destruction of any trees, shrubs, grass or other vegetation growing thereon, is, or is likely to prove, injurious to any harbor or other navigable tide waters, the department may, by written notice, prohibit such digging or removal, or the doing of any acts injurious to such trees or other vegetation, upon or from any such beach or other place aforesaid specified in such notice. Whoever, after receiving such notice, wilfully does any act or thing prohibited therein, and which is authorized to be so prohibited by this section, or, being the owner or having the control of any land specified in such notice, wilfully suffers or permits such act or thing to be done thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 507 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 507
Personal obligations of trustee
Status: in_force

Section 507. Personal obligations of trustee Trust property shall not be subject to personal obligations of the trustee, even if the trustee becomes insolvent or bankrupt. {HG4}ARTICLE 6 {HG4C}REVOCABLE TRUSTS

Section 507. Personal obligations of trustee

Trust property shall not be subject to personal obligations of the trustee, even if the trustee becomes insolvent or bankrupt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 10
Powers and duties relative to harbors, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 10. The department shall have general care and supervision of the harbors and tide waters within the commonwealth, of the flats and lands flowed thereby, of the waters and banks of the Connecticut river and the banks and waters of the non-tidal portion of the Merrimack river and of all structures therein, in order to prevent and remove unauthorized encroachments and causes of every kind which may injure said Connecticut river or said part of Merrimack river or interfere with the navigation of such harbors, injure their channels or cause a reduction of their tide waters, and to protect and develop the rights and property of the commonwealth in such waters, flats and lands; and it may make such surveys, examinations and observations as it deems necessary therefor. The department of environmental protection shall protect the interests of the commonwealth in areas described herein in issuing any license and permit authorized pursuant to this chapter.

Section 10. The department shall have general care and supervision of the harbors and tide waters within the commonwealth, of the flats and lands flowed thereby, of the waters and banks of the Connecticut river and the banks and waters of the non-tidal portion of the Merrimack river and of all structures therein, in order to prevent and remove unauthorized encroachments and causes of every kind which may injure said Connecticut river or said part of Merrimack river or interfere with the navigation of such harbors, injure their channels or cause a reduction of their tide waters, and to protect and develop the rights and property of the commonwealth in such waters, flats and lands; and it may make such surveys, examinations and observations as it deems necessary therefor. The department of environmental protection shall protect the interests of the commonwealth in areas described herein in issuing any license and permit authorized pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 22
Railway signals required by department
Status: in_force

Section 22. The department may from time to time require railroad and railway corporations to install and maintain at such places upon the railroad or railway premises as it shall designate such block or other signals or devices as it shall approve for the purpose of safeguarding public travel.

Section 22. The department may from time to time require railroad and railway corporations to install and maintain at such places upon the railroad or railway premises as it shall designate such block or other signals or devices as it shall approve for the purpose of safeguarding public travel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 57
Establishment and maintenance of tuberculosis dispensaries; rules and regulations; inspection
Status: in_force

Section 57. Every city having a population of fifty thousand or more, as determined by the last national census, shall establish and maintain within its limits a dispensary for the discovery, treatment and supervision of needy persons resident within its limits and afflicted with tuberculosis, unless there already exists in such city a dispensary satisfactory to the department. Every city having a population of less than fifty thousand, as determined as aforesaid, and every town may, and at the request of the department shall, establish and maintain a similar dispensary. Such dispensaries shall be subject to the regulation of the boards of health of the cities and towns where they are respectively situated, and shall be inspected by and be satisfactory to the department. A city or town which, upon the request of the department, refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions hereof shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 57. Every city having a population of fifty thousand or more, as determined by the last national census, shall establish and maintain within its limits a dispensary for the discovery, treatment and supervision of needy persons resident within its limits and afflicted with tuberculosis, unless there already exists in such city a dispensary satisfactory to the department. Every city having a population of less than fifty thousand, as determined as aforesaid, and every town may, and at the request of the department shall, establish and maintain a similar dispensary. Such dispensaries shall be subject to the regulation of the boards of health of the cities and towns where they are respectively situated, and shall be inspected by and be satisfactory to the department. A city or town which, upon the request of the department, refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions hereof shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 178P — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 178P
Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrest; risk of reoffense information disclosure
Status: in_force

Section 178P. Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a sex offender has failed to comply with the registration requirements of sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, such officer shall have the right to arrest such sex offender without a warrant and to keep such sex offender in custody. Whenever a police officer, district attorney or agent, employee or representative of the executive office of health and human services has information indicating that a sex offender is at risk to reoffend, the police department, district attorney or, to the extent permitted by federal law, the executive office of health and human services agent, employee or representative shall forward that information to the board; but a police department or district attorney shall not forward information to the board that the police department or district attorney believes will compromise an ongoing investigation. The board, after consulting the executive office of health and human services, shall adopt regulations to provide specific guidance concerning the type and location of information that might indicate that a sex offender is at risk to reoffend and the circumstances that require disclosure.

Section 178P. Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a sex offender has failed to comply with the registration requirements of sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, such officer shall have the right to arrest such sex offender without a warrant and to keep such sex offender in custody.

Whenever a police officer, district attorney or agent, employee or representative of the executive office of health and human services has information indicating that a sex offender is at risk to reoffend, the police department, district attorney or, to the extent permitted by federal law, the executive office of health and human services agent, employee or representative shall forward that information to the board; but a police department or district attorney shall not forward information to the board that the police department or district attorney believes will compromise an ongoing investigation. The board, after consulting the executive office of health and human services, shall adopt regulations to provide specific guidance concerning the type and location of information that might indicate that a sex offender is at risk to reoffend and the circumstances that require disclosure.