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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 31
Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited
Status: in_force

Article 31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited. (a) A person subject to this code shall not compel a person to incriminate himself or herself or to answer a question the answer to which may tend to incriminate that person. (b) A person subject to this code shall not interrogate or request a statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing that person of the nature of the accusation and advising that person that the person does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which the person is accused or suspected and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial. (c) A person subject to this code shall not compel a person to make a statement or produce evidence before a military court if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to degrade the person. (d) No statement obtained from a person in violation of this article or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.

Article 31. Compulsory self-incrimination prohibited.

(a) A person subject to this code shall not compel a person to incriminate himself or herself or to answer a question the answer to which may tend to incriminate that person.

(b) A person subject to this code shall not interrogate or request a statement from an accused or a person suspected of an offense without first informing that person of the nature of the accusation and advising that person that the person does not have to make any statement regarding the offense of which the person is accused or suspected and that any statement made by the person may be used as evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.

(c) A person subject to this code shall not compel a person to make a statement or produce evidence before a military court if the statement or evidence is not material to the issue and may tend to degrade the person.

(d) No statement obtained from a person in violation of this article or through the use of coercion, unlawful influence or unlawful inducement may be received in evidence against the person in a trial by court-martial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23E, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23E / Section 16
Advisory council personnel; expenses
Status: in_force

Section 16. The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development. The staff of the advisory council shall be funded from monies collected for the special revenue fund in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-five of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The advisory council may expend for personnel and office expenses funds appropriated to the department for that purpose.

Section 16. The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development. The staff of the advisory council shall be funded from monies collected for the special revenue fund in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-five of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The advisory council may expend for personnel and office expenses funds appropriated to the department for that purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 155
Violation of pardon; arrest; notice
Status: in_force

Section 155. If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon conditions to be observed and performed by him violates such conditions, the parole board shall forthwith cause him to be arrested and detained, and the warden, superintendent or keeper, respectively, of the institution in which the prisoner was confined shall receive said prisoner and cause him to be detained until the case can be examined by the governor and council; and the officer who makes the arrest shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the governor and council.

Section 155. If a prisoner who has been pardoned upon conditions to be observed and performed by him violates such conditions, the parole board shall forthwith cause him to be arrested and detained, and the warden, superintendent or keeper, respectively, of the institution in which the prisoner was confined shall receive said prisoner and cause him to be detained until the case can be examined by the governor and council; and the officer who makes the arrest shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the governor and council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121C, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121C / Section 17
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 17. The provisions of this chapter are severable; and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Section 17. The provisions of this chapter are severable; and if any of its provisions shall be held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 105 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 105
Alteration of course of canal
Status: in_force

Section 105. A railroad corporation may, with the consent of a canal corporation, alter the course of a canal or of a feeder to a canal, which interferes with the convenient location of its railroad. If it is necessary to take land for such alteration, the railroad corporation may take the same under chapter seventy-nine and shall immediately convey the property so taken to the canal corporation.

Section 105. A railroad corporation may, with the consent of a canal corporation, alter the course of a canal or of a feeder to a canal, which interferes with the convenient location of its railroad. If it is necessary to take land for such alteration, the railroad corporation may take the same under chapter seventy-nine and shall immediately convey the property so taken to the canal corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 87EE — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 87EE
Aesthetics, barbering, cosmetology, electrolysis, hairdressing and manicuring; revocation or suspension of license
Status: in_force

Section 87EE. The board shall be under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure and shall have all the authority conferred under sections 61 to 65E, inclusive. The board, under such reasonable rules and regulations as it may make, may for cause, including unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in practice or in advertising, habitual drunkenness, gross incompetence or for violation of any of sections 87T to 87JJ, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline any licensee granted a license under said sections 87T to 87JJ, inclusive.

Section 87EE. The board shall be under the supervision of the division of occupational licensure and shall have all the authority conferred under sections 61 to 65E, inclusive. The board, under such reasonable rules and regulations as it may make, may for cause, including unprofessional conduct, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation in practice or in advertising, habitual drunkenness, gross incompetence or for violation of any of sections 87T to 87JJ, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, revoke, suspend or otherwise discipline any licensee granted a license under said sections 87T to 87JJ, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 22
Petition and license to sell property for maintenance or investment; form
Status: in_force

Section 22. To obtain such license, the guardian or conservator shall file a petition setting forth the condition of the estate and the facts and circumstances on which the petition is founded. If after an examination, on the oath of the petitioner or otherwise, the court finds that it would be for the benefit of the ward that the sale should be made, it may grant a license therefor, specifying therein whether the sale is to be made for the maintenance of the ward and his family, or in order that the proceeds may be placed on interest or invested as aforesaid.

Section 22. To obtain such license, the guardian or conservator shall file a petition setting forth the condition of the estate and the facts and circumstances on which the petition is founded. If after an examination, on the oath of the petitioner or otherwise, the court finds that it would be for the benefit of the ward that the sale should be made, it may grant a license therefor, specifying therein whether the sale is to be made for the maintenance of the ward and his family, or in order that the proceeds may be placed on interest or invested as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 66
Violation of state finance laws; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 66. Any officer or employee who knowingly violates, authorizes or directs another officer or employee to violate this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, or any other law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 1 year, or both.

Section 66. Any officer or employee who knowingly violates, authorizes or directs another officer or employee to violate this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated under this chapter, or any other law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 1 year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 76B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 76B
Streets or ways; construction over, across or along high pressure gas mains
Status: in_force

Section 76B. Any person or municipality laying out or constructing a street, place or way, except a residential driveway, over, across or along a high pressure gas main operating at pressures in excess of two hundred pounds per square inch gauge, shall comply with the provisions of published rules of the department of telecommunications and energy governing the construction and maintenance of such pipe lines.

Section 76B. Any person or municipality laying out or constructing a street, place or way, except a residential driveway, over, across or along a high pressure gas main operating at pressures in excess of two hundred pounds per square inch gauge, shall comply with the provisions of published rules of the department of telecommunications and energy governing the construction and maintenance of such pipe lines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 19
Initial costs and annual operating expenses of operating agencies; appropriations and payment by city
Status: in_force

Section 19. Cities and towns may raise and appropriate money for the purpose of defraying the initial costs and annual administrative expenses of an operating agency authorized to be organized therein, including the expense of preparing any plans, studies, programs and surveys an operating agency is authorized to prepare and the expense of preparing plans in connection with one or more proposed projects. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any city or town may from time to time appropriate or agree to appropriate money for the purpose of aiding in the preparation of plans and estimates needed to prepare applications for federal loans or grants and in the preparation of any other estimates, plans, orders of taking and contract documents in connection with any proposed or approved project. All moneys appropriated by a city or town under the preceding sentence shall be repaid by the operating agency to such city or town if said agency subsequently receives other moneys available for the purposes for which such moneys were appropriated, but otherwise such moneys need not be repaid. All moneys appropriated under this section in aid of an operating agency or received by it from any source shall be paid to the treasurer of the agency or such other officer of the agency as may be authorized by it, and shall be disbursed by such treasurer or other officer, subject to accounting therefor as required by this chapter.

Section 19. Cities and towns may raise and appropriate money for the purpose of defraying the initial costs and annual administrative expenses of an operating agency authorized to be organized therein, including the expense of preparing any plans, studies, programs and surveys an operating agency is authorized to prepare and the expense of preparing plans in connection with one or more proposed projects.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any city or town may from time to time appropriate or agree to appropriate money for the purpose of aiding in the preparation of plans and estimates needed to prepare applications for federal loans or grants and in the preparation of any other estimates, plans, orders of taking and contract documents in connection with any proposed or approved project. All moneys appropriated by a city or town under the preceding sentence shall be repaid by the operating agency to such city or town if said agency subsequently receives other moneys available for the purposes for which such moneys were appropriated, but otherwise such moneys need not be repaid.

All moneys appropriated under this section in aid of an operating agency or received by it from any source shall be paid to the treasurer of the agency or such other officer of the agency as may be authorized by it, and shall be disbursed by such treasurer or other officer, subject to accounting therefor as required by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 42E — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 42E
Standards; courses of instructions; powers of trustees
Status: in_force

Section 42E. The trustees shall maintain high educational standards at the college and the institute and shall have complete authority to establish, support, consolidate or abolish classes, courses and curricula whenever and wherever required in meeting the needs of the college and institute and the citizens of the commonwealth. The trustees shall establish appropriate qualifications and standards for admission, promotion and graduation.

Section 42E. The trustees shall maintain high educational standards at the college and the institute and shall have complete authority to establish, support, consolidate or abolish classes, courses and curricula whenever and wherever required in meeting the needs of the college and institute and the citizens of the commonwealth. The trustees shall establish appropriate qualifications and standards for admission, promotion and graduation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 50
City elections; posting names of candidates
Status: in_force

Section 50. At least four days before a city election, city clerks shall cause to be posted in every voting precinct the names, residences and designations of all candidates duly nominated to be voted for in their respective cities, substantially in the form of the official ballot.

Section 50. At least four days before a city election, city clerks shall cause to be posted in every voting precinct the names, residences and designations of all candidates duly nominated to be voted for in their respective cities, substantially in the form of the official ballot.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 52
Trustees in possession of railroad; annual meeting
Status: in_force

Section 52. Trustees in possession of a railroad under a mortgage shall annually call a meeting of the bondholders or creditors for whose security they hold the railroad in trust, to be held in December, of which notice shall be given by publication, at least ten days before such meeting, in two or more daily newspapers in Boston, and in at least one newspaper in each county where the railroad is located; and at such meeting they shall submit a report for the year, similar to the annual report of railroad directors to stockholders. If they fail to call such a meeting, five or more bondholders or creditors, whose claims secured by the mortgage amount to not less than ten thousand dollars, may in the same manner call such meeting, to be held in the January following said December.

Section 52. Trustees in possession of a railroad under a mortgage shall annually call a meeting of the bondholders or creditors for whose security they hold the railroad in trust, to be held in December, of which notice shall be given by publication, at least ten days before such meeting, in two or more daily newspapers in Boston, and in at least one newspaper in each county where the railroad is located; and at such meeting they shall submit a report for the year, similar to the annual report of railroad directors to stockholders. If they fail to call such a meeting, five or more bondholders or creditors, whose claims secured by the mortgage amount to not less than ten thousand dollars, may in the same manner call such meeting, to be held in the January following said December.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 30
Official letters; size of paper
Status: in_force

Section 30. Official letters of departments, institutions or officials of the commonwealth shall be written or printed, so far as practicable, on paper eight and one half inches wide and eleven inches long.

Section 30. Official letters of departments, institutions or officials of the commonwealth shall be written or printed, so far as practicable, on paper eight and one half inches wide and eleven inches long.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 13
Recognizance to keep the peace or to be of good behavior
Status: in_force

Section 13. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, whoever is convicted of a misdemeanor may, in addition to the punishment prescribed by law, be required to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior, or both, for any term of not more than two years, and to stand committed until he so recognizes.

Section 13. Except as provided in section twenty-eight of chapter two hundred and eighteen and in section twenty of chapter two hundred and nineteen, whoever is convicted of a misdemeanor may, in addition to the punishment prescribed by law, be required to recognize, with sufficient sureties, in a reasonable sum to keep the peace, or to be of good behavior, or both, for any term of not more than two years, and to stand committed until he so recognizes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 27
Furnishing paper to reformatory by purchasing agent
Status: in_force

Section 27. The state purchasing agent shall furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of the paper used in the execution of the contract for state printing as he may need to fill any order for printing received from any department of the commonwealth for printing not included in said contract.

Section 27. The state purchasing agent shall furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of the paper used in the execution of the contract for state printing as he may need to fill any order for printing received from any department of the commonwealth for printing not included in said contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176Q, sec. 15A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176Q / Section 15A
Special commission to investigate and study role of connector
Status: in_force

Section 15A. There shall be a special commission to investigate and study the role of the connector in providing access to health insurance products. The commission shall examine the connector's utilization of private sector entities, including insurance brokers, and shall investigate ways to promote efficient enrollment of uninsured individuals into health insurance and prevent unnecessary duplications in the market. The commission shall consist of the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on financial services and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing, 1 member of the house who shall be appointed by the minority leader and 1 member of the senate who shall be appointed by the minority leader. The commission shall report its findings and recommendations, including any recommendations for proposed legislation, at least annually, to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives.

Section 15A. There shall be a special commission to investigate and study the role of the connector in providing access to health insurance products. The commission shall examine the connector's utilization of private sector entities, including insurance brokers, and shall investigate ways to promote efficient enrollment of uninsured individuals into health insurance and prevent unnecessary duplications in the market. The commission shall consist of the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on financial services and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing, 1 member of the house who shall be appointed by the minority leader and 1 member of the senate who shall be appointed by the minority leader. The commission shall report its findings and recommendations, including any recommendations for proposed legislation, at least annually, to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 38
Stenographer
Status: in_force

Section 38. Such court may employ a stenographer and may have the proceedings reduced to writing; and, if he finds that the law has been violated, shall report to the superior court all the material facts and the names of any persons guilty of any such violation.

Section 38. Such court may employ a stenographer and may have the proceedings reduced to writing; and, if he finds that the law has been violated, shall report to the superior court all the material facts and the names of any persons guilty of any such violation.