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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 32
Complaints and warrants
Status: in_force

Section 32. District courts may receive complaints and issue warrants and other processes for the apprehension of persons charged with crime and found within their county, or who after committing crime therein escape therefrom, returnable before a court of the county having jurisdiction of the trial or examination of the person charged with the crime.

Section 32. District courts may receive complaints and issue warrants and other processes for the apprehension of persons charged with crime and found within their county, or who after committing crime therein escape therefrom, returnable before a court of the county having jurisdiction of the trial or examination of the person charged with the crime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23E, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23E / Section 2
Director executive and administrative head of department
Status: in_force

Section 2. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce. He shall have authority pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to issue any regulation for the enforcement and administration of the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The director shall prepare an annual operating budget and other funding requirements and requests pursuant to said chapter one hundred and fifty-two to be submitted to the secretary of labor and workforce development.

Section 2. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce. He shall have authority pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to issue any regulation for the enforcement and administration of the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The director shall prepare an annual operating budget and other funding requirements and requests pursuant to said chapter one hundred and fifty-two to be submitted to the secretary of labor and workforce development.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110G / Section 9
Attribution of electronic signature; effect
Status: in_force

Section 9. (a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable. (b) The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under subsection (a) is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.

Section 9. (a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.

(b) The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under subsection (a) is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15LLLL — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15LLLL
Autistic Awareness Month
Status: in_force

Section 15LLLL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Autistic Awareness Month and recommending that the month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15LLLL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Autistic Awareness Month and recommending that the month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209B, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209B / Section 10
Foreign courts; evidentiary hearings; transfer of information; orders to appear within state; expenses
Status: in_force

Section 10. (a) A court of the commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to hold a hearing to adduce evidence, to order a party to produce or give evidence under other procedures of that state, or to have an investigation made with respect to the custody of a child involved in proceedings pending in the court of the commonwealth; and to forward to the court of the commonwealth certified copies of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise adduced, or any investigation prepared in compliance with the request. The cost of these services may be assessed against the parties. (b) A court of the commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to order a party to custody proceedings pending in the court of the commonwealth to appear in the proceedings, and if that party has physical custody of the child, to appear with the child. The request may state that travel and other reasonable and necessary expenses of the party and of the child whose appearance is desired may be assessed against another party or may otherwise be paid.

Section 10. (a) A court of the commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to hold a hearing to adduce evidence, to order a party to produce or give evidence under other procedures of that state, or to have an investigation made with respect to the custody of a child involved in proceedings pending in the court of the commonwealth; and to forward to the court of the commonwealth certified copies of the transcript of the record of the hearing, the evidence otherwise adduced, or any investigation prepared in compliance with the request. The cost of these services may be assessed against the parties.

(b) A court of the commonwealth may request the appropriate court of another state to order a party to custody proceedings pending in the court of the commonwealth to appear in the proceedings, and if that party has physical custody of the child, to appear with the child. The request may state that travel and other reasonable and necessary expenses of the party and of the child whose appearance is desired may be assessed against another party or may otherwise be paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 77E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 77E
Marking of imported fish formerly in cold storage
Status: in_force

Section 77E. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in cold storage for a period exceeding six months fish received from any other state or country which have been previously in cold storage either within or without this commonwealth, unless at the time of deposit such fish are plainly marked with the date of their original deposit in cold storage, whether within or without.

Section 77E. No person shall deposit or cause to be deposited in cold storage for a period exceeding six months fish received from any other state or country which have been previously in cold storage either within or without this commonwealth, unless at the time of deposit such fish are plainly marked with the date of their original deposit in cold storage, whether within or without.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 251, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 251 / Section 1
Validity of agreements; non-applicability to collective bargaining agreements
Status: in_force

Section 1. A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties shall be valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to collective bargaining agreements to arbitrate, which are subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty C, except as provided by the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two.

Section 1. A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties shall be valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to collective bargaining agreements to arbitrate, which are subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty C, except as provided by the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 100 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 100
Mayor; official head of city; powers and duties; vice-chairman
Status: in_force

Section 100. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes and shall be recognized by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the governor for military purposes. In time of public danger or emergency, as determined by the city council, he may, with its consent, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the laws; and he shall have all the authority and powers conferred upon mayors by sections eighteen and nineteen of chapter thirty-three. He shall be chairman of the city council and chairman of the school committee. He shall have no power to veto but shall have the same powers as any other member of either such body to vote upon all measures coming before it. He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office and with sections ninety-three to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive, as may be imposed upon him by the city council. During the absence or disability of the mayor, or during the time such office is vacant, his duties shall be performed by the vice-chairman. In case, at any time, there shall be neither a mayor nor a vice-chairman, the member of the council senior in length of service, or, if more than one have so served, then the member senior both in age and length of service shall perform the duties of mayor until a new mayor has qualified. The mayor shall have no power of appointment, except of the employees mentioned in section twenty-five and except as provided in section one hundred and two.

Section 100. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes and shall be recognized by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the governor for military purposes. In time of public danger or emergency, as determined by the city council, he may, with its consent, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the laws; and he shall have all the authority and powers conferred upon mayors by sections eighteen and nineteen of chapter thirty-three. He shall be chairman of the city council and chairman of the school committee. He shall have no power to veto but shall have the same powers as any other member of either such body to vote upon all measures coming before it. He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office and with sections ninety-three to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive, as may be imposed upon him by the city council. During the absence or disability of the mayor, or during the time such office is vacant, his duties shall be performed by the vice-chairman. In case, at any time, there shall be neither a mayor nor a vice-chairman, the member of the council senior in length of service, or, if more than one have so served, then the member senior both in age and length of service shall perform the duties of mayor until a new mayor has qualified. The mayor shall have no power of appointment, except of the employees mentioned in section twenty-five and except as provided in section one hundred and two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 18
Laws applicable
Status: in_force

Section 18. The provisions of chapter thirty A shall be applicable to this chapter in so far as not inconsistent therewith.

Section 18. The provisions of chapter thirty A shall be applicable to this chapter in so far as not inconsistent therewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 3
Incorporators; approval of certificate of organization; board of directors
Status: in_force

Section 3. Persons desiring to form a medical service corporation shall incorporate as provided in section three of chapter one hundred and eighty. Every certificate of organization of a medical service corporation formed under this chapter, before being filed under chapter one hundred and eighty, shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the consent of the department of public health and of the commissioner of public welfare. The board of directors of a medical service corporation shall number not less than nine, of whom at least three and not more than one third shall be subscribing members of such a medical service corporation and of whom at least three and not more than one third shall be physicians who are members of the Massachusetts Medical Society or other recognized association of physicians and who are not associated physicians of the medical service plan.

Section 3. Persons desiring to form a medical service corporation shall incorporate as provided in section three of chapter one hundred and eighty. Every certificate of organization of a medical service corporation formed under this chapter, before being filed under chapter one hundred and eighty, shall have endorsed thereon or attached thereto the consent of the department of public health and of the commissioner of public welfare. The board of directors of a medical service corporation shall number not less than nine, of whom at least three and not more than one third shall be subscribing members of such a medical service corporation and of whom at least three and not more than one third shall be physicians who are members of the Massachusetts Medical Society or other recognized association of physicians and who are not associated physicians of the medical service plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 32
Liability of collector for taxes, etc., after discharge
Status: in_force

Section 32. The collector shall be liable for the tax and the charges of imprisonment of a person discharged, unless he arrested and committed such person within two years after the tax was committed to him for collection, or unless he shall be exonerated therefrom by the town to which the tax is due.

Section 32. The collector shall be liable for the tax and the charges of imprisonment of a person discharged, unless he arrested and committed such person within two years after the tax was committed to him for collection, or unless he shall be exonerated therefrom by the town to which the tax is due.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 51
Bond of trustee; proceeds of sale or mortgage
Status: in_force

Section 51. A trustee appointed under section forty-nine shall give bond in such form and for such amount as the court appointing him may order, and he shall receive and hold, invest or apply the proceeds of any sale or mortgage made by him for the benefit of the persons who would have been entitled to the land if such sale or mortgage had not been made, and the probate court of any county where any part of such land is situated shall have jurisdiction of all matters thereafter arising relative to such trust.

Section 51. A trustee appointed under section forty-nine shall give bond in such form and for such amount as the court appointing him may order, and he shall receive and hold, invest or apply the proceeds of any sale or mortgage made by him for the benefit of the persons who would have been entitled to the land if such sale or mortgage had not been made, and the probate court of any county where any part of such land is situated shall have jurisdiction of all matters thereafter arising relative to such trust.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 64
Admissibility of dying declaration of woman
Status: in_force

Section 64. In prosecutions under section nineteen of chapter two hundred and seventy-two in which the death of a woman is alleged to have resulted from the means therein described, her dying declarations shall be admissible in evidence.

Section 64. In prosecutions under section nineteen of chapter two hundred and seventy-two in which the death of a woman is alleged to have resulted from the means therein described, her dying declarations shall be admissible in evidence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 55
Service of execution
Status: in_force

Section 55. If an executor or administrator as such is adjudged a trustee, the execution shall not be served on his own goods or estate nor on his person, and he shall be liable for the amount in his hands only in like manner and to the same extent as he would have been liable to the defendant if there had been no trustee process.

Section 55. If an executor or administrator as such is adjudged a trustee, the execution shall not be served on his own goods or estate nor on his person, and he shall be liable for the amount in his hands only in like manner and to the same extent as he would have been liable to the defendant if there had been no trustee process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 284 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 284
Appraisal management companies; surety bond
Status: in_force

Section 284. In addition to the filing fee, each applicant for registration shall post with the board and maintain a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the board. The bond shall: (i) be in the form prescribed by the board; and (ii) accrue to the commonwealth for the benefit of a claimant against the registrant to secure the faithful performance of the registrant's obligations pursuant to sections 276 to 289, inclusive. The aggregate liability of the surety shall not exceed the principal sum of the bond. A party having a claim against the registrant may bring an action directly on the surety bond or the board may bring an action on behalf of the party having a claim against the registrant. A deposit of cash or security may be accepted in lieu of a surety bond. If a claim is made on a bond, the registrant shall not have the registrant's registration renewed until the bond is restored to the full amount required under this section.

Section 284. In addition to the filing fee, each applicant for registration shall post with the board and maintain a surety bond in an amount to be determined by the board. The bond shall: (i) be in the form prescribed by the board; and (ii) accrue to the commonwealth for the benefit of a claimant against the registrant to secure the faithful performance of the registrant's obligations pursuant to sections 276 to 289, inclusive.

The aggregate liability of the surety shall not exceed the principal sum of the bond. A party having a claim against the registrant may bring an action directly on the surety bond or the board may bring an action on behalf of the party having a claim against the registrant. A deposit of cash or security may be accepted in lieu of a surety bond. If a claim is made on a bond, the registrant shall not have the registrant's registration renewed until the bond is restored to the full amount required under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263 / Section 5
Counsel; right of accused
Status: in_force

Section 5. A person accused of crime shall at his trial be allowed to be heard by counsel, to defend himself, to produce witnesses and proofs in his favor and to meet the witnesses produced against him face to face.

Section 5. A person accused of crime shall at his trial be allowed to be heard by counsel, to defend himself, to produce witnesses and proofs in his favor and to meet the witnesses produced against him face to face.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 41
Protection of water supply; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 41. Towns and water supply and fire districts duly established by law may, with the consent and approval of the department of environmental protection, given after due notice and a hearing, take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, lands, buildings, rights of way and easements within the watershed of any pond, stream, reservoir, well or other water used by them as a source of water supply, which said department may deem necessary to protect and preserve the purity of the water supply. All lands taken, purchased or otherwise acquired under this section shall be under the control of the board of water commissioners of the town or district acquiring the same, who shall manage and improve them in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the town or district. All damages to be paid by a town or district by reason of any act done under authority hereof may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized by law to be issued by such town or district for water supply purposes or from any surplus income of the water works available therefor. A town may also make a contract to contribute to the cost of building, by any other town situated in the watershed of its water supply, a sewer or system of sewers to aid in protecting such water supply from pollution.

Section 41. Towns and water supply and fire districts duly established by law may, with the consent and approval of the department of environmental protection, given after due notice and a hearing, take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, or acquire by purchase or otherwise, and hold, lands, buildings, rights of way and easements within the watershed of any pond, stream, reservoir, well or other water used by them as a source of water supply, which said department may deem necessary to protect and preserve the purity of the water supply. All lands taken, purchased or otherwise acquired under this section shall be under the control of the board of water commissioners of the town or district acquiring the same, who shall manage and improve them in such manner as they shall deem for the best interest of the town or district. All damages to be paid by a town or district by reason of any act done under authority hereof may be paid out of the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized by law to be issued by such town or district for water supply purposes or from any surplus income of the water works available therefor. A town may also make a contract to contribute to the cost of building, by any other town situated in the watershed of its water supply, a sewer or system of sewers to aid in protecting such water supply from pollution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 36B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 36B
Conferences with clergy members
Status: in_force

Section 36B. The superintendent shall not abridge the right of an inmate of any correctional or penal institution in the commonwealth to confer with any accredited member of the clergy of said inmate's choice. Said clergy may visit inmates at such times and under such conditions as may be established under rules promulgated by the commissioner.

Section 36B. The superintendent shall not abridge the right of an inmate of any correctional or penal institution in the commonwealth to confer with any accredited member of the clergy of said inmate's choice. Said clergy may visit inmates at such times and under such conditions as may be established under rules promulgated by the commissioner.