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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 42
Property subject to attachment
Status: in_force

Section 42. All real and personal property liable to be taken on execution, except such personal property as, from its nature or situation, has been considered as exempt according to the principles of the common law as adopted and practiced in the commonwealth, or which is specifically exempt from execution under section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and thirty-five, and except as provided in the four following sections, may be attached upon a writ of attachment in any action in which the debt or damages are recoverable, and may be held as security to satisfy such judgment as the plaintiff may recover; but no attachment of land shall be made on a writ returnable before a district court unless the debt or damages demanded therein exceed twenty dollars.

Section 42. All real and personal property liable to be taken on execution, except such personal property as, from its nature or situation, has been considered as exempt according to the principles of the common law as adopted and practiced in the commonwealth, or which is specifically exempt from execution under section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and thirty-five, and except as provided in the four following sections, may be attached upon a writ of attachment in any action in which the debt or damages are recoverable, and may be held as security to satisfy such judgment as the plaintiff may recover; but no attachment of land shall be made on a writ returnable before a district court unless the debt or damages demanded therein exceed twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 10
Death certificates of veterans; contents; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Section 10. A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by section nine or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and fourteen, shall, if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was a Spanish War, World War I, World War II, Korean or Vietnam veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four, or served in the Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. For neglect to comply with any provision of this section, such physician or officer shall forfeit ten dollars.

Section 10. A physician or officer furnishing a certificate of death as required by section nine or by section forty-five of chapter one hundred and fourteen, shall, if the deceased, to the best of his knowledge and belief, was a Spanish War, World War I, World War II, Korean or Vietnam veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four, or served in the Mexican border service of nineteen hundred and sixteen and nineteen hundred and seventeen, insert in the certificate a recital to that effect, and shall also certify in such certificate both the primary and the secondary or immediate cause of death as nearly as he can state the same. For neglect to comply with any provision of this section, such physician or officer shall forfeit ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 76
MassAbility; advisory council
Status: in_force

Section 76. There shall be an advisory council to consist of fourteen members to be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor. Said advisory council shall advise the commissioner in matters of interest relating to the delivery of rehabilitation services. At least five of the members shall be individuals or immediate family members of individuals with a disability. The terms of the initial members shall be as follows: three shall be appointed for one year, three shall be appointed for two years, three shall be appointed for three years and five shall be appointed for four years. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, their successor shall be appointed for a term of four years. Said members shall elect a chairman and shall meet at least quarterly. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. If any member is absent from two regularly scheduled quarterly meetings in any one calendar year, the office of such member may be declared vacant by the chairman. Upon notification by the chairman that a vacancy exists, the secretary of health and human services shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, another member to fill the unexpired term.

Section 76. There shall be an advisory council to consist of fourteen members to be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor. Said advisory council shall advise the commissioner in matters of interest relating to the delivery of rehabilitation services. At least five of the members shall be individuals or immediate family members of individuals with a disability. The terms of the initial members shall be as follows: three shall be appointed for one year, three shall be appointed for two years, three shall be appointed for three years and five shall be appointed for four years. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, their successor shall be appointed for a term of four years. Said members shall elect a chairman and shall meet at least quarterly. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. If any member is absent from two regularly scheduled quarterly meetings in any one calendar year, the office of such member may be declared vacant by the chairman. Upon notification by the chairman that a vacancy exists, the secretary of health and human services shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, another member to fill the unexpired term.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 111
Voting lists; certified copies
Status: in_force

Section 111. The city or town clerk, upon written application signed by at least ten voters of a ward or town, for a copy of a list as checked, shall open the envelope containing the voting list used at any caucus in such ward or town and shall furnish to them a certified copy thereof as checked.

Section 111. The city or town clerk, upon written application signed by at least ten voters of a ward or town, for a copy of a list as checked, shall open the envelope containing the voting list used at any caucus in such ward or town and shall furnish to them a certified copy thereof as checked.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 1
Commissioner; establishment of minimum standards of assessment performance
Status: in_force

Section 1. The commissioner of revenue in chapters fifty-eight to sixty-five C, inclusive, called the commissioner, shall make, and from time to time revise, such reasonable rules, regulations and guidelines, as may be necessary to establish minimum standards of assessment performance. The specific areas to which such standards relate shall include but not be limited to the following: the administration of all laws providing for the assessment and classification of property; the methods of determining the actual fair cash valuation of different kinds of property for tax purposes; the types of qualifications of assessing personnel; and the adequacy of tax maps and other records.

Section 1. The commissioner of revenue in chapters fifty-eight to sixty-five C, inclusive, called the commissioner, shall make, and from time to time revise, such reasonable rules, regulations and guidelines, as may be necessary to establish minimum standards of assessment performance. The specific areas to which such standards relate shall include but not be limited to the following: the administration of all laws providing for the assessment and classification of property; the methods of determining the actual fair cash valuation of different kinds of property for tax purposes; the types of qualifications of assessing personnel; and the adequacy of tax maps and other records.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 45
Number of ballots provided; ballot labels for voting machines
Status: in_force

Section 45. One set of ballots, not less than one for each registered voter, shall be provided for each polling place at which an election for state, city or town officers is to be held. The state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case may be, may provide a duplicate set of ballots for any polling place when he deems it necessary. Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case may be, shall provide sets of ballot labels equal to at least one and one half sets for each such machine or marking unit, provided that at least two sets are provided for each precinct. Official ballots shall also be furnished where voting machines are used, in accordance with section thirty-five A.

Section 45. One set of ballots, not less than one for each registered voter, shall be provided for each polling place at which an election for state, city or town officers is to be held. The state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case may be, may provide a duplicate set of ballots for any polling place when he deems it necessary.

Where voting machines or electronic voting systems are used, the state secretary or the city or town clerk, as the case may be, shall provide sets of ballot labels equal to at least one and one half sets for each such machine or marking unit, provided that at least two sets are provided for each precinct. Official ballots shall also be furnished where voting machines are used, in accordance with section thirty-five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 94A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 94A
Probable cause as defence in action for false arrest
Status: in_force

Section 94A. If a person authorized to make an arrest shall have probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor for which he may make an arrest is being committed in his presence, such probable cause shall be a defence in an action brought against him for false arrest or imprisonment.

Section 94A. If a person authorized to make an arrest shall have probable cause to believe that a misdemeanor for which he may make an arrest is being committed in his presence, such probable cause shall be a defence in an action brought against him for false arrest or imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 29
Funds raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Section 29. If any part of the amount estimated under the preceding section shall be authorized as part of the county taxes, the respective counties shall raise the said amounts by taxation.

Section 29. If any part of the amount estimated under the preceding section shall be authorized as part of the county taxes, the respective counties shall raise the said amounts by taxation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23, sec. 11V — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 11V
Apprentice agreements in collective bargaining agreements
Status: in_force

Section 11V. Nothing in this chapter or in an apprentice program or apprentice agreement entered into and approved under this chapter shall operate to invalidate any apprenticeship provision in a collective bargaining agreement between employers and employees setting up higher apprenticeship standards.

Section 11V. Nothing in this chapter or in an apprentice program or apprentice agreement entered into and approved under this chapter shall operate to invalidate any apprenticeship provision in a collective bargaining agreement between employers and employees setting up higher apprenticeship standards.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157A / Section 2
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Employee cooperative'', a corporation which has elected to be governed by the provisions of this chapter. ''Member'', a natural person who has been accepted for membership in, and owns a membership share issued by an employee cooperative.

Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Employee cooperative'', a corporation which has elected to be governed by the provisions of this chapter.

''Member'', a natural person who has been accepted for membership in, and owns a membership share issued by an employee cooperative.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 22B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 22B
Beano; sale of lottery tickets
Status: in_force

Section 22B. Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the prosecution, arrest or conviction of any person for promoting or playing, or for allowing to be conducted, promoted or played, the game commonly called beano, or substantially the same game under another name in connection with which prizes are offered to be won by chance or for selling lottery tickets or shares; provided, said game or sales are conducted under a license issued by the director of the state lottery, under the provisions of sections thirty-seven or thirty-eight of chapter ten.

Section 22B. Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the prosecution, arrest or conviction of any person for promoting or playing, or for allowing to be conducted, promoted or played, the game commonly called beano, or substantially the same game under another name in connection with which prizes are offered to be won by chance or for selling lottery tickets or shares; provided, said game or sales are conducted under a license issued by the director of the state lottery, under the provisions of sections thirty-seven or thirty-eight of chapter ten.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 113
Action to recover penalties and forfeitures; venue; injunction
Status: in_force

Section 113. Penalties or forfeitures incurred by any corporation which omits to cause to be duly filed any certificate or report required by section thirty-eight, fifty-three or one hundred and nine may be recovered in an action brought in Suffolk county in the name of the commonwealth, or they may be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the state secretary, brought in the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county. Upon such information, the court may issue an injunction restraining the further prosecution of the business of the corporation until such penalties or forfeitures, with interest and costs, have been paid and until such certificate or report has been filed.

Section 113. Penalties or forfeitures incurred by any corporation which omits to cause to be duly filed any certificate or report required by section thirty-eight, fifty-three or one hundred and nine may be recovered in an action brought in Suffolk county in the name of the commonwealth, or they may be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the state secretary, brought in the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county. Upon such information, the court may issue an injunction restraining the further prosecution of the business of the corporation until such penalties or forfeitures, with interest and costs, have been paid and until such certificate or report has been filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 43O — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 43O
Sale of monuments for cemetery lots by cemetery corporations
Status: in_force

Section 43O. The following corporations owning or operating cemeteries shall not sell or engage in the business of selling monuments for cemetery lots:— Municipal corporations, cemetery corporations organized under general laws, and cemetery corporations organized by acts of incorporation passed since March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. This act shall be deemed an amendment of any charters heretofore granted except charters in which the right to sell monuments is expressly conferred. This act shall not prohibit the sale by any of said corporations of monuments in their possession prior to the effective date of this act.

Section 43O. The following corporations owning or operating cemeteries shall not sell or engage in the business of selling monuments for cemetery lots:— Municipal corporations, cemetery corporations organized under general laws, and cemetery corporations organized by acts of incorporation passed since March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. This act shall be deemed an amendment of any charters heretofore granted except charters in which the right to sell monuments is expressly conferred. This act shall not prohibit the sale by any of said corporations of monuments in their possession prior to the effective date of this act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 119 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 119
Records pertaining to venereal diseases
Status: in_force

Section 119. Hospital, dispensary, laboratory and morbidity reports and records pertaining to venereal diseases, as defined under section six, shall not be public records, and the contents thereof shall not be divulged by any person having charge of or access to the same, except upon proper judicial order or to a person whose official duties, in the opinion of the commissioner, entitle him to receive information contained therein. Violations of this section shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 119. Hospital, dispensary, laboratory and morbidity reports and records pertaining to venereal diseases, as defined under section six, shall not be public records, and the contents thereof shall not be divulged by any person having charge of or access to the same, except upon proper judicial order or to a person whose official duties, in the opinion of the commissioner, entitle him to receive information contained therein. Violations of this section shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 30
Enforcement of Secs. 25 to 31; inspection; violations; prosecutions; application to educational and informational service to dairy farmers
Status: in_force

Section 30. The said chief of the bureau of milk marketing and his agents shall enforce sections twenty-five through thirty-one, inclusive, and the rules and regulations made thereunder, and may prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any person violating any provision thereof. The said chief of the bureau of milk marketing or his agents shall enter upon any premises, including bulk tank trucks, where samples of milk or cream are taken, stored or tested for the purpose of inspection or as a basis for payment in buying or selling in order to determine whether said sections, rules and regulations are being properly observed. Said sections, rules and regulations shall not be construed to apply to any person determining milk-fat or other component content of milk or cream solely in connection with an educational and informational service to dairy farmers, provided that the director or his agent shall, with respect to any such person, be responsible for carrying out the provisions of sections twenty-five and twenty-six and for issuing certificates of competency as provided in sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven A.

Section 30. The said chief of the bureau of milk marketing and his agents shall enforce sections twenty-five through thirty-one, inclusive, and the rules and regulations made thereunder, and may prosecute or cause to be prosecuted any person violating any provision thereof. The said chief of the bureau of milk marketing or his agents shall enter upon any premises, including bulk tank trucks, where samples of milk or cream are taken, stored or tested for the purpose of inspection or as a basis for payment in buying or selling in order to determine whether said sections, rules and regulations are being properly observed. Said sections, rules and regulations shall not be construed to apply to any person determining milk-fat or other component content of milk or cream solely in connection with an educational and informational service to dairy farmers, provided that the director or his agent shall, with respect to any such person, be responsible for carrying out the provisions of sections twenty-five and twenty-six and for issuing certificates of competency as provided in sections twenty-seven and twenty-seven A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5C
Reports by insurers of medical malpractice claims or actions; liability
Status: in_force

Section 5C. Every insurer or risk management organization which provides professional liability insurance to a registered physician shall report to the board any claim or action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by error, omission, or negligence in the performance of such physician's professional services where such claim resulted in: (a) A final judgment in any amount, (b) A settlement in any amount, or (c) A final disposition not resulting in payment on behalf of the insured. Reports shall be filed with the board no later than thirty days following the occurrence of any event listed in paragraph (a), (b), or (c). Such reports shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following information: (a) the name, address, specialty coverage, and policy number of the physician against whom the claim is made; and (b) name, address and age of the claimant or plaintiff; and (c) nature and substance of the claim; and (d) date when and place at which the claim arose; and (e) the amounts paid, if any, and the date and manner of disposition, judgment, settlement, or otherwise; and (f) the date and reason for final disposition, if no judgment or settlement; and (g) such additional information as the board shall require. No insurer or its agents or employees shall be liable in any cause of action arising from reporting to the board as required in this section.

Section 5C. Every insurer or risk management organization which provides professional liability insurance to a registered physician shall report to the board any claim or action for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by error, omission, or negligence in the performance of such physician's professional services where such claim resulted in:

(a) A final judgment in any amount,

(b) A settlement in any amount, or

(c) A final disposition not resulting in payment on behalf of the insured.

Reports shall be filed with the board no later than thirty days following the occurrence of any event listed in paragraph (a), (b), or (c).

Such reports shall be in writing on a form prescribed by the board and shall contain the following information:

(a) the name, address, specialty coverage, and policy number of the physician against whom the claim is made; and

(b) name, address and age of the claimant or plaintiff; and

(c) nature and substance of the claim; and

(d) date when and place at which the claim arose; and

(e) the amounts paid, if any, and the date and manner of disposition, judgment, settlement, or otherwise; and

(f) the date and reason for final disposition, if no judgment or settlement; and

(g) such additional information as the board shall require. No insurer or its agents or employees shall be liable in any cause of action arising from reporting to the board as required in this section.