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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47E
Certified nurse midwife services benefits
Status: in_force

Section 47E. Any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C), or (D) of section one hundred and ten which is issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, during the period this provision is effective, or any policy of accident and sickness insurance as described in section one hundred and eight which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and which is delivered or issued for delivery or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder in the commonwealth during the period that this provision is effective shall provide benefits for services of a certified nurse midwife; provided, however, that expenses for such services are reimbursed when such services are performed by any other duly licensed practitioner; and provided, further, that such services are within the lawful scope of practice for a certified nurse midwife.

Section 47E. Any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C), or (D) of section one hundred and ten which is issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, during the period this provision is effective, or any policy of accident and sickness insurance as described in section one hundred and eight which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and which is delivered or issued for delivery or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder in the commonwealth during the period that this provision is effective shall provide benefits for services of a certified nurse midwife; provided, however, that expenses for such services are reimbursed when such services are performed by any other duly licensed practitioner; and provided, further, that such services are within the lawful scope of practice for a certified nurse midwife.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 10
Defacing or removing notices or voting lists
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice relating to the registration of voters, or a voting list, posted according to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 10. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice relating to the registration of voters, or a voting list, posted according to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 16
Sale on execution
Status: in_force

Section 16. The execution issued on such judgment, if not otherwise satisfied, may, within thirty days after judgment, be levied on the land so subject to the lien; and the officer may thereupon sell, in the manner provided for the sale of land on execution, such land or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution and the expenses of the levy. Such sale shall be valid against any claim which has accrued within the time covered by the lien.

Section 16. The execution issued on such judgment, if not otherwise satisfied, may, within thirty days after judgment, be levied on the land so subject to the lien; and the officer may thereupon sell, in the manner provided for the sale of land on execution, such land or so much thereof as is necessary to satisfy the execution and the expenses of the levy. Such sale shall be valid against any claim which has accrued within the time covered by the lien.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 66
Recordable instruments affecting real property binding on limited liability company
Status: in_force

Section 66. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest in real property, including without limitation, any deed, lease, notice of lease, mortgage, discharge or release of mortgage, assignment of mortgage, easement and certificate of fact, executed in the name of a limited liability company by any person who is identified on the certificate of organization, as amended, of a domestic limited liability company, or on the application for registration, as amended, of a foreign limited liability company, as a manager or as a person authorized to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record recordable instruments affecting interests in real property, shall be binding on the limited liability company in favor of a seller, purchaser, grantor, grantee, lessor, lessee, mortgagor, mortgagee, and any other person relying in good faith on such instrument, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the operating agreement, side agreements among the members or managers, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the limited liability company.

Section 66. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest in real property, including without limitation, any deed, lease, notice of lease, mortgage, discharge or release of mortgage, assignment of mortgage, easement and certificate of fact, executed in the name of a limited liability company by any person who is identified on the certificate of organization, as amended, of a domestic limited liability company, or on the application for registration, as amended, of a foreign limited liability company, as a manager or as a person authorized to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record recordable instruments affecting interests in real property, shall be binding on the limited liability company in favor of a seller, purchaser, grantor, grantee, lessor, lessee, mortgagor, mortgagee, and any other person relying in good faith on such instrument, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the operating agreement, side agreements among the members or managers, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the limited liability company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, sec. 5N — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18 / Section 5N
Fraud hotline; sign display
Status: in_force

Section 5N. The department shall develop and make available on its website for download a sign specifying the department's fraud hotline. Business associations may also maintain a downloadable form of the sign on the business associations' websites. Such sign shall be posted in a conspicuous area in any business accepting electronic benefits transfer cards as a form of payment. Any business accepting electronic benefit transfer cards as a form of payment shall maintain a list of categories of prohibited products under section 5I at each cash register.

Section 5N. The department shall develop and make available on its website for download a sign specifying the department's fraud hotline. Business associations may also maintain a downloadable form of the sign on the business associations' websites. Such sign shall be posted in a conspicuous area in any business accepting electronic benefits transfer cards as a form of payment. Any business accepting electronic benefit transfer cards as a form of payment shall maintain a list of categories of prohibited products under section 5I at each cash register.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 13O — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 13O
Foreign offices for international trade; acceptance of funds
Status: in_force

Section 13O. The executive director of the international trade office may accept funds in the name of the international trade office and the foreign offices from private and public groups, agencies and persons, which shall be held in trust for use by the treasurer of the partnership as custodian.

Section 13O. The executive director of the international trade office may accept funds in the name of the international trade office and the foreign offices from private and public groups, agencies and persons, which shall be held in trust for use by the treasurer of the partnership as custodian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 47
Telephones; gambling convictions; approval for installation; notices of convictions and removals
Status: in_force

Section 47. A telephone shall not be installed for a person convicted of an illegal gaming activity under this chapter without the approval in writing of the head of both the police department of the municipality in which such telephone would be installed and the head of the criminal information section of the state police, and a telephone shall not be reinstalled without such approval for a period of one year from the date of removal in any premises from which it has been removed for such illegal activity, whether or not there has been a conviction. The criminal information section shall notify the telephone companies of convictions in such cases, and telephone companies doing business in the commonwealth shall notify the criminal information section of the state police of any such removals.

Section 47. A telephone shall not be installed for a person convicted of an illegal gaming activity under this chapter without the approval in writing of the head of both the police department of the municipality in which such telephone would be installed and the head of the criminal information section of the state police, and a telephone shall not be reinstalled without such approval for a period of one year from the date of removal in any premises from which it has been removed for such illegal activity, whether or not there has been a conviction. The criminal information section shall notify the telephone companies of convictions in such cases, and telephone companies doing business in the commonwealth shall notify the criminal information section of the state police of any such removals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 64
Education Fund
Status: in_force

Section 64. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund to be known as the Education Fund. The fund shall be credited any monies transferred under section 59 and all monies credited to or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source. Expenditures from the fund shall be subject to appropriation; provided, however, that 35 per cent of the funds received shall be appropriated for the purposes of higher education to supplement, not offset, any reduction in the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year; and provided further, that any expenditures from the fund for K–12 education shall be used to supplement, and not offset, any reduction in line-item 7061–0008 of the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year's general appropriation act.

Section 64. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund to be known as the Education Fund. The fund shall be credited any monies transferred under section 59 and all monies credited to or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source. Expenditures from the fund shall be subject to appropriation; provided, however, that 35 per cent of the funds received shall be appropriated for the purposes of higher education to supplement, not offset, any reduction in the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year; and provided further, that any expenditures from the fund for K–12 education shall be used to supplement, and not offset, any reduction in line-item 7061–0008 of the general appropriation act from the previous fiscal year's general appropriation act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 3A
Administration and enforcement of insurance laws by commissioner of insurance; report of violations
Status: in_force

Section 3A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, chapter one hundred and fifty-six B insofar as made applicable under this chapter, except section eleven of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, chapter one hundred and seventy-six. If upon complaint, examination or other evidence exhibited to him he is of the opinion that any provision of said chapters has been violated, he shall forthwith report the facts to the attorney general or to the proper district attorney who shall cause the offender to be prosecuted therefor.

Section 3A. The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, chapter one hundred and fifty-six B insofar as made applicable under this chapter, except section eleven of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, chapter one hundred and seventy-six. If upon complaint, examination or other evidence exhibited to him he is of the opinion that any provision of said chapters has been violated, he shall forthwith report the facts to the attorney general or to the proper district attorney who shall cause the offender to be prosecuted therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 30
Failure to pay assessment; sale of shares
Status: in_force

Section 30. If the stockholder neglects to pay an amount duly assessed on his shares for thirty days after the time appointed for payment, the treasurer of the corporation may sell by public auction a sufficient number thereof to pay all assessments then due from him with necessary and incidental charges.

Section 30. If the stockholder neglects to pay an amount duly assessed on his shares for thirty days after the time appointed for payment, the treasurer of the corporation may sell by public auction a sufficient number thereof to pay all assessments then due from him with necessary and incidental charges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 23
Purposes
Status: in_force

Section 23. The trustees shall maintain the experiment stations heretofore authorized by law for practical demonstrations in market gardening and of experimental work in planting and growing cranberries and tobacco, and shall use therefor the land, buildings and equipment heretofore acquired therefor.

Section 23. The trustees shall maintain the experiment stations heretofore authorized by law for practical demonstrations in market gardening and of experimental work in planting and growing cranberries and tobacco, and shall use therefor the land, buildings and equipment heretofore acquired therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 172I — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 172I
Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employees
Status: in_force

Section 172I. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, taxicab companies that have contracted to provide transportation of pupils pursuant to section 7A of chapter 71 shall submit the names of any employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with pupils to the appropriate school committee or school superintendent prior to transporting any pupil. The school committee or superintendent shall obtain all available criminal offender record information on such employees from the department pursuant to section 38R of chapter 71.

Section 172I. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, taxicab companies that have contracted to provide transportation of pupils pursuant to section 7A of chapter 71 shall submit the names of any employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with pupils to the appropriate school committee or school superintendent prior to transporting any pupil. The school committee or superintendent shall obtain all available criminal offender record information on such employees from the department pursuant to section 38R of chapter 71.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 54
Building permit restrictions; availability of water supply; disposal of debris
Status: in_force

Section 54. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of a building which would necessitate the use of water therein, unless a supply of water is available therefor either from a water system operated by a city, town or district, or from a well located on the land where the building is to be constructed, or from a water corporation or company, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-five. Every city or town shall require, as a condition of issuing a building permit or license for the demolition, renovation, rehabilitation or other alteration of a building or structure, that the debris resulting from such demolition, renovation, rehabilitation or alteration be disposed of in a properly licensed solid waste disposal facility, as defined by section one hundred and fifty A of chapter one hundred and eleven. Any such permit or license shall indicate the location of the facility at which the debris is to be disposed. If for any reason, the debris will not be disposed of as indicated, the permittee or licensee shall notify the issuing authority as to the location where the debris will be disposed. The issuing authority shall amend the permit or license to so indicate.

Section 54. No building permit shall be issued for the construction of a building which would necessitate the use of water therein, unless a supply of water is available therefor either from a water system operated by a city, town or district, or from a well located on the land where the building is to be constructed, or from a water corporation or company, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-five.

Every city or town shall require, as a condition of issuing a building permit or license for the demolition, renovation, rehabilitation or other alteration of a building or structure, that the debris resulting from such demolition, renovation, rehabilitation or alteration be disposed of in a properly licensed solid waste disposal facility, as defined by section one hundred and fifty A of chapter one hundred and eleven. Any such permit or license shall indicate the location of the facility at which the debris is to be disposed. If for any reason, the debris will not be disposed of as indicated, the permittee or licensee shall notify the issuing authority as to the location where the debris will be disposed. The issuing authority shall amend the permit or license to so indicate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 32
Glass; throwing in public streets and beaches; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 32. Whoever throws or drops glass on a public way, or on or near a bathing beach, or on a public way, sidewalk or reservation in the immediate neighborhood of a bathing beach, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.

Section 32. Whoever throws or drops glass on a public way, or on or near a bathing beach, or on a public way, sidewalk or reservation in the immediate neighborhood of a bathing beach, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 193V — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 193V
Discrimination based on reproductive health care or gender-affirming health care services
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 16, Sec. 18 effective November 5, 2025.] Section 193V. No insurance company offering for sale any policy of insurance shall discriminate against an organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or adjust or otherwise calculate such organization's risk classification or premium charges in the provision of any form of liability insurance covering negligence, wrongful acts, errors or omissions of the organization and its respective members, directors and officers, on the basis that: (i) the organization offers reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services, as those terms are defined in section 11 I 1/2 of chapter 12; (ii) the organization engages in legally-protected health care activity, as defined in said section 11 I 1/2 of said chapter 12; or (iii) the organization is or has been the subject of abusive litigation, as defined in said section 11 I 1/2 of said chapter 12. Nothing herein shall prohibit such insurers from establishing reasonable classifications of risks and premium charges based upon the relative risk associated with practice in a particular specialty.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 16, Sec. 18 effective November 5, 2025.]

Section 193V. No insurance company offering for sale any policy of insurance shall discriminate against an organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or adjust or otherwise calculate such organization's risk classification or premium charges in the provision of any form of liability insurance covering negligence, wrongful acts, errors or omissions of the organization and its respective members, directors and officers, on the basis that: (i) the organization offers reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services, as those terms are defined in section 11 I 1/2 of chapter 12; (ii) the organization engages in legally-protected health care activity, as defined in said section 11 I 1/2 of said chapter 12; or (iii) the organization is or has been the subject of abusive litigation, as defined in said section 11 I 1/2 of said chapter 12. Nothing herein shall prohibit such insurers from establishing reasonable classifications of risks and premium charges based upon the relative risk associated with practice in a particular specialty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 59G — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 59G
Dismissal for failure to file a timely request for trial; vacation of judgment
Status: in_force

Section 59G. After notice of judgement a judgement of dismissal for failure to file a timely request for trial entered in an action in the district court shall be vacated upon the filing of a motion therefor within thirty days from entry of said judgement together with a request for trial. Such vacation of judgement shall take effect upon the filing of such motion and request for trial, and upon such vacation the original date of commencement of such action shall control for the purpose of determining compliance with time limitations for actions set forth in chapter two hundred and sixty. The term ''district court'' as used in this section shall include the Boston municipal court department and any division of the district court department.

Section 59G. After notice of judgement a judgement of dismissal for failure to file a timely request for trial entered in an action in the district court shall be vacated upon the filing of a motion therefor within thirty days from entry of said judgement together with a request for trial. Such vacation of judgement shall take effect upon the filing of such motion and request for trial, and upon such vacation the original date of commencement of such action shall control for the purpose of determining compliance with time limitations for actions set forth in chapter two hundred and sixty. The term ''district court'' as used in this section shall include the Boston municipal court department and any division of the district court department.