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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 43
Fees for copying records; keeping by employees; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 43. No person employed in any state department shall receive for his own use any fee for copying public records or documents, or for other services during office hours, but all fees therefor shall be paid to the commonwealth. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and shall be disqualified for employment in any state department.

Section 43. No person employed in any state department shall receive for his own use any fee for copying public records or documents, or for other services during office hours, but all fees therefor shall be paid to the commonwealth. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and shall be disqualified for employment in any state department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 122, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 122 / Section 11
Receiving of persons
Status: in_force

Section 11. The superintendent, subject to the rules and regulations of the hospital, shall receive any person sent with a proper certificate from the department of transitional assistance, or from the department of public health, or from a board of health, or from the institutions department of the city of Boston, or from some one duly authorized by said boards or said departments, and shall provide for them under the rules and regulations made under section four.

Section 11. The superintendent, subject to the rules and regulations of the hospital, shall receive any person sent with a proper certificate from the department of transitional assistance, or from the department of public health, or from a board of health, or from the institutions department of the city of Boston, or from some one duly authorized by said boards or said departments, and shall provide for them under the rules and regulations made under section four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 39
Administration of estates; compensation for services; power to determine and enforce
Status: in_force

Section 39. Probate courts may ascertain and determine the amount due any person for services as appraiser, for premiums of surety companies for acting as surety upon the official bonds of administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, conservators or receivers, or for services rendered by any person in connection with the administration of the estate of a deceased person, or with the administration of any trust, guardianship, conservatorship or receivership; and payment of said amount when ascertained and determined to be due may be enforced summarily by said court upon motion of the person to whom the amount is due in the same manner as a like payment under a decree in equity may be enforced, and execution may also be issued therefor against the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, conservator or receiver personally as upon a judgment at law.

Section 39. Probate courts may ascertain and determine the amount due any person for services as appraiser, for premiums of surety companies for acting as surety upon the official bonds of administrators, executors, trustees, guardians, conservators or receivers, or for services rendered by any person in connection with the administration of the estate of a deceased person, or with the administration of any trust, guardianship, conservatorship or receivership; and payment of said amount when ascertained and determined to be due may be enforced summarily by said court upon motion of the person to whom the amount is due in the same manner as a like payment under a decree in equity may be enforced, and execution may also be issued therefor against the executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, conservator or receiver personally as upon a judgment at law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 8, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 8 / Section 5
Cleaners; salary; work week
Status: in_force

Section 5. Cleaners employed by the commonwealth shall each receive such salary as may be fixed under and in accordance with sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty, payable weekly. Their work shall not, without proportionate payment for overtime, exceed thirty-three hours weekly and they shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges in respect to sick leave, holidays and vacations as other state employees.

Section 5. Cleaners employed by the commonwealth shall each receive such salary as may be fixed under and in accordance with sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty, payable weekly. Their work shall not, without proportionate payment for overtime, exceed thirty-three hours weekly and they shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges in respect to sick leave, holidays and vacations as other state employees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223A / Section 7
Individual making service outside commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 7. Service outside this commonwealth may be made by an individual permitted to make service of process under the law of this commonwealth or under the law of the place in which the service is made or who is designated by a court of this commonwealth.

Section 7. Service outside this commonwealth may be made by an individual permitted to make service of process under the law of this commonwealth or under the law of the place in which the service is made or who is designated by a court of this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 55C — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 55C
Eye protective devices
Status: in_force

Section 55C. Each teacher and pupil of any school, public or private, shall, while attending school classes in industrial art or vocational shops or laboratories in which caustic or explosive chemicals, hot liquids or solids, hot molten metals, or explosives are used or in which welding of any type, repair or servicing of vehicles, heat treatment or tempering of metals, or the milling, sawing, stamping or cutting of solid materials, or any similar dangerous process is taught, exposure to which may be a source of danger to the eyes, wear an industrial quality eye protective device, approved by the department of public health. Each visitor to any such classroom or laboratory shall also be required to wear such protective device.

Section 55C. Each teacher and pupil of any school, public or private, shall, while attending school classes in industrial art or vocational shops or laboratories in which caustic or explosive chemicals, hot liquids or solids, hot molten metals, or explosives are used or in which welding of any type, repair or servicing of vehicles, heat treatment or tempering of metals, or the milling, sawing, stamping or cutting of solid materials, or any similar dangerous process is taught, exposure to which may be a source of danger to the eyes, wear an industrial quality eye protective device, approved by the department of public health. Each visitor to any such classroom or laboratory shall also be required to wear such protective device.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 26
Establishment of standardized processes and procedures for the determination of patient's health benefit plan eligibility at or prior to time of service
Status: in_force

Section 26. The commissioner shall establish standardized processes and procedures applicable to all health care providers and payers for the determination of a patient's health benefit plan eligibility at or prior to the time of service. As part of such processes and procedures, the commissioner shall (i) require payers to implement automated approval systems such as decision support software in place of telephone approvals for specific types of services specified by the commissioner and (ii) require establishment of an electronic data exchange to allow providers to determine eligibility at or prior to the point of care.

Section 26. The commissioner shall establish standardized processes and procedures applicable to all health care providers and payers for the determination of a patient's health benefit plan eligibility at or prior to the time of service. As part of such processes and procedures, the commissioner shall (i) require payers to implement automated approval systems such as decision support software in place of telephone approvals for specific types of services specified by the commissioner and (ii) require establishment of an electronic data exchange to allow providers to determine eligibility at or prior to the point of care.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 21A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 21A
Evidence of reputation
Status: in_force

Section 21A. Evidence of the reputation of a person in a group with the members of which he has habitually associated in his work or business shall be admissible to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as is evidence of such reputation in a community in which he has resided.

Section 21A. Evidence of the reputation of a person in a group with the members of which he has habitually associated in his work or business shall be admissible to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as is evidence of such reputation in a community in which he has resided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295U — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295U
Conflicts with other laws
Status: in_force

Section 295U. Whenever the application of the provisions of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of the provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, said sections shall prevail.

Section 295U. Whenever the application of the provisions of any other law of this commonwealth conflicts with the application of the provisions of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, said sections shall prevail.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 30
Trading stamps or similar devices; sale or delivery
Status: in_force

Section 30. Whoever, in connection with the sale of any article or any merchandise whatsoever, sells, gives or delivers any trading stamps, checks, coupons or similar devices to be exchanged for, or to be redeemed by the giving of, any indefinite or undescribed article, the nature and value of which are not stated, or to be exchanged for, or to be redeemed by the giving of, any article not distinctly bargained for at the time when such trading stamps or other devices as aforesaid were sold, given or delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 30. Whoever, in connection with the sale of any article or any merchandise whatsoever, sells, gives or delivers any trading stamps, checks, coupons or similar devices to be exchanged for, or to be redeemed by the giving of, any indefinite or undescribed article, the nature and value of which are not stated, or to be exchanged for, or to be redeemed by the giving of, any article not distinctly bargained for at the time when such trading stamps or other devices as aforesaid were sold, given or delivered, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132A, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132A / Section 2A
Long-term programs; powers of commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 2A. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish a long-term program of state parks, state forest recreation areas and state reservations, and for such purpose may improve areas now under the control of the department of environmental management and acquire adequate land and water areas for said facilities and approaches thereto. The commissioner may accept from other public or private organizations existing areas in public use.

Section 2A. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish a long-term program of state parks, state forest recreation areas and state reservations, and for such purpose may improve areas now under the control of the department of environmental management and acquire adequate land and water areas for said facilities and approaches thereto. The commissioner may accept from other public or private organizations existing areas in public use.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 33
University scholarships
Status: in_force

Section 33. In addition to the commonwealth scholarships authorized under section thirty-one, the University of Massachusetts may also grant quarter, half and full scholarships to be known as university scholarships to worthy and qualified students who have been residents of the commonwealth for the four years prior to enrollment at the university and are in need of financial assistance. In the awarding of said scholarships first preference shall be given to students who have enrolled in agricultural or food technological courses. Said scholarships shall be recommended by the committee on scholarships established under said section thirty-one, and shall be approved and awarded by the board of trustees of the university. Said trustees may use for the purposes of this section, such sums, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, as may be appropriated from the Agricultural Purposes Fund, and may use the same for matching federal grants made under the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and when so used awards made shall be subject to the provisions of said act. A scholarship shall continue for such times as the recipient thereof remains a student in good standing at the university, but in no event for more than four years.

Section 33. In addition to the commonwealth scholarships authorized under section thirty-one, the University of Massachusetts may also grant quarter, half and full scholarships to be known as university scholarships to worthy and qualified students who have been residents of the commonwealth for the four years prior to enrollment at the university and are in need of financial assistance. In the awarding of said scholarships first preference shall be given to students who have enrolled in agricultural or food technological courses. Said scholarships shall be recommended by the committee on scholarships established under said section thirty-one, and shall be approved and awarded by the board of trustees of the university. Said trustees may use for the purposes of this section, such sums, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, as may be appropriated from the Agricultural Purposes Fund, and may use the same for matching federal grants made under the National Defense Education Act of 1958, and when so used awards made shall be subject to the provisions of said act. A scholarship shall continue for such times as the recipient thereof remains a student in good standing at the university, but in no event for more than four years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34B / Section 7
Leases and contracts of abolished counties
Status: in_force

Section 7. All valid leases and contracts of an abolished county which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of the transfer date and the commonwealth shall have authority to exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon the county by said leases and contracts except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter. All valid leases and contracts of the Suffolk and Berkshire counties' registries of deeds which are in force immediately before July 1, 1999 shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of July 1, 1999 and the commonwealth may exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon the county by such leases and contracts except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter.

Section 7. All valid leases and contracts of an abolished county which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of the transfer date and the commonwealth shall have authority to exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon the county by said leases and contracts except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter.

All valid leases and contracts of the Suffolk and Berkshire counties' registries of deeds which are in force immediately before July 1, 1999 shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of July 1, 1999 and the commonwealth may exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon the county by such leases and contracts except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121A / Section 16
Rights, privileges, obligations and duties of corporation after period of organization
Status: in_force

Section 16. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a corporation organized under section three has carried out its obligations and performed its duties as imposed by this chapter for fifteen years from the date of its organization and for such further time any period of extension granted pursuant to section ten shall be in effect to the satisfaction of the housing board, all as evidenced by a certificate transmitted by the board to the commissioner of revenue, it shall thereafter have all of the rights and privileges of a corporation organized under or subject to chapter one hundred and fifty-six and be subject to all of the obligations and duties of such a corporation, and such corporation and its stockholders shall thereafter be free from all of the special limitations, restrictions, obligations and duties imposed upon corporations organized under section three and the stockholders thereof.

Section 16. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a corporation organized under section three has carried out its obligations and performed its duties as imposed by this chapter for fifteen years from the date of its organization and for such further time any period of extension granted pursuant to section ten shall be in effect to the satisfaction of the housing board, all as evidenced by a certificate transmitted by the board to the commissioner of revenue, it shall thereafter have all of the rights and privileges of a corporation organized under or subject to chapter one hundred and fifty-six and be subject to all of the obligations and duties of such a corporation, and such corporation and its stockholders shall thereafter be free from all of the special limitations, restrictions, obligations and duties imposed upon corporations organized under section three and the stockholders thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94A, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94A / Section 25
Public interest; intention and purpose of statute
Status: in_force

Section 25. It is hereby declared that the production and distribution of milk is an industry affected with a paramount public interest relating to the public health. The intention and purpose of this chapter is hereby declared to extend to the regulation of said industry and to the control of all milk sold or offered for sale in the commonwealth, to the full extent permitted by the constitutions of the commonwealth and of the United States, respectively.

Section 25. It is hereby declared that the production and distribution of milk is an industry affected with a paramount public interest relating to the public health. The intention and purpose of this chapter is hereby declared to extend to the regulation of said industry and to the control of all milk sold or offered for sale in the commonwealth, to the full extent permitted by the constitutions of the commonwealth and of the United States, respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7D, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7D / Section 4
Enterprise chief information security officer (CISO)
Status: in_force

Section 4. The secretary shall, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as an enterprise chief information security officer (CISO) for the commonwealth who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The CISO shall advise the secretary and the CIO on preventing data loss and fraud and protecting privacy. The CISO shall ensure all existing IT policies applicable to executive offices and agencies reflect best practices related to security and privacy.

Section 4. The secretary shall, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as an enterprise chief information security officer (CISO) for the commonwealth who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The CISO shall advise the secretary and the CIO on preventing data loss and fraud and protecting privacy. The CISO shall ensure all existing IT policies applicable to executive offices and agencies reflect best practices related to security and privacy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 58
Advertising to perform marriage ceremony; penalty for illegal advertising; business cards
Status: in_force

Section 58. A justice of the peace or other person authorized to solemnize marriages may advertise his name or any trade name, business address, telephone number, rate of compensation as provided by law, regular hours of availability and any ability in a second language and any present or former professional affiliation, in any newspaper, magazine, telephone directory or other publication of general circulation. Whoever advertises to perform or to procure the performance of a marriage ceremony by any other means shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of a business card by a justice of the peace or other person authorized to perform marriage ceremonies; and provided, further, that if a justice of the peace uses a business card said card shall not display the seal of the commonwealth.

Section 58. A justice of the peace or other person authorized to solemnize marriages may advertise his name or any trade name, business address, telephone number, rate of compensation as provided by law, regular hours of availability and any ability in a second language and any present or former professional affiliation, in any newspaper, magazine, telephone directory or other publication of general circulation. Whoever advertises to perform or to procure the performance of a marriage ceremony by any other means shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the use of a business card by a justice of the peace or other person authorized to perform marriage ceremonies; and provided, further, that if a justice of the peace uses a business card said card shall not display the seal of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 105C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 105C
Entry of premises, and investigation to determine compliance with Secs. 105A to 105C
Status: in_force

Section 105C. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, the attorney general, or his authorized representative, may enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, may inspect pay rolls, may compare character of work and operations on which employees are engaged, may question employees, and may take such other action as is reasonably necessary to determine compliance therewith.

Section 105C. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, the attorney general, or his authorized representative, may enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, may inspect pay rolls, may compare character of work and operations on which employees are engaged, may question employees, and may take such other action as is reasonably necessary to determine compliance therewith.