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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 20C — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 20C
Immunity from prosecution; privilege against self-incrimination
Status: in_force

Section 20C. In any investigation or proceeding before a grand jury, or in a criminal proceeding in the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court involving any offense listed in section 20D, a witness shall not be excused from testifying or from producing books, papers or other evidence on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, if he has been granted immunity with respect to the transactions, matters or things concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence by a justice of the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court, as provided in section 20E.

Section 20C. In any investigation or proceeding before a grand jury, or in a criminal proceeding in the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court involving any offense listed in section 20D, a witness shall not be excused from testifying or from producing books, papers or other evidence on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, if he has been granted immunity with respect to the transactions, matters or things concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence by a justice of the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court, as provided in section 20E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 89
Description of locations of railroads; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 89. The department shall, from time to time, prescribe rules relative to the form in which all descriptions of locations of railroads shall be made, the particulars to be contained therein and the manner in which such descriptions shall be uniformly kept for preservation and convenient reference in the offices of the clerks of the commissioners of the several counties. No such description shall be filed until the clerk of the department certifies thereon that it has been prepared in conformity with the rules of the department.

Section 89. The department shall, from time to time, prescribe rules relative to the form in which all descriptions of locations of railroads shall be made, the particulars to be contained therein and the manner in which such descriptions shall be uniformly kept for preservation and convenient reference in the offices of the clerks of the commissioners of the several counties. No such description shall be filed until the clerk of the department certifies thereon that it has been prepared in conformity with the rules of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167H, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167H / Section 9
Conversion to stock holding company
Status: in_force

Section 9. With the approval of the commissioner and subject to such regulations as he may prescribe, a mutual holding company established pursuant to this chapter may convert to a stock holding company.

Section 9. With the approval of the commissioner and subject to such regulations as he may prescribe, a mutual holding company established pursuant to this chapter may convert to a stock holding company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 46
Armed forces of the commonwealth to appear armed and equipped to execute orders issued under Sec. 41
Status: in_force

Section 46. Armed forces of the commonwealth shall appear at the time and place appointed by the order, issued under section 41, armed and equipped and shall obey and execute the orders received or any additional orders received from the commander-in-chief.

Section 46. Armed forces of the commonwealth shall appear at the time and place appointed by the order, issued under section 41, armed and equipped and shall obey and execute the orders received or any additional orders received from the commander-in-chief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9A / Section 6
Application and supporting materials not classified as public record; exemption from mandatory disclosure
Status: in_force

Section 6. The program participant's application and supporting materials shall not be a public record and shall be exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements of clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66.

Section 6. The program participant's application and supporting materials shall not be a public record and shall be exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements of clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148A / Section 5
Fines, penalties, assessments
Status: in_force

Section 5. All fines, penalties or assessments in actions under this chapter, brought by a local code enforcement officer, shall be paid to the general fund of the city or town in which the violation occurred. Such city or town shall earmark such fines, penalties or assessments collected for enforcement, training and education of fire prevention officers, building inspectors, and the stipend for municipal hearing officers, which shall be not less than $2,500 a year. All fines, penalties or assessments in actions brought under this chapter by a state code enforcement officers shall be paid to the commonwealth and shall be forwarded to the department of fire services as revenue to the General Fund and shall be assigned to the department's retained revenue account for the purposes of enforcement, training and education of state code enforcement officers.

Section 5. All fines, penalties or assessments in actions under this chapter, brought by a local code enforcement officer, shall be paid to the general fund of the city or town in which the violation occurred. Such city or town shall earmark such fines, penalties or assessments collected for enforcement, training and education of fire prevention officers, building inspectors, and the stipend for municipal hearing officers, which shall be not less than $2,500 a year. All fines, penalties or assessments in actions brought under this chapter by a state code enforcement officers shall be paid to the commonwealth and shall be forwarded to the department of fire services as revenue to the General Fund and shall be assigned to the department's retained revenue account for the purposes of enforcement, training and education of state code enforcement officers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 39
Foreign insurance company; manner of service
Status: in_force

Section 39. In an action against a foreign insurance company transacting business in this commonwealth, service may be made upon an agent of the company, licensed as such in the commonwealth, who, having authority to issue policies and bind risks for the company, has issued the policy the liability on which is sought to be enforced, or an agent who lives or has his usual place of business in the county and has control over or superintendence of subordinate agents of the company, instead of on the commissioner of insurance under clause third of section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 39. In an action against a foreign insurance company transacting business in this commonwealth, service may be made upon an agent of the company, licensed as such in the commonwealth, who, having authority to issue policies and bind risks for the company, has issued the policy the liability on which is sought to be enforced, or an agent who lives or has his usual place of business in the county and has control over or superintendence of subordinate agents of the company, instead of on the commissioner of insurance under clause third of section one hundred and fifty-one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223A / Section 8
Service outside commonwealth upon designated individuals
Status: in_force

Section 8. When the law of this commonwealth requires that in order to effect service one or more designated individuals be served, service outside this commonwealth under this chapter shall be made upon the designated individual or individuals.

Section 8. When the law of this commonwealth requires that in order to effect service one or more designated individuals be served, service outside this commonwealth under this chapter shall be made upon the designated individual or individuals.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15GG — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15GG
Employ the Older Worker Week
Status: in_force

Section 15GG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in March as Employ the Older Worker Week and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15GG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in March as Employ the Older Worker Week and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 151 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 151
Presidential electors
Status: in_force

Section 151. At the biennial state election in each year in which presidential electors are required to be elected, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives in congress to which the commonwealth is entitled, shall be chosen by the voters of the commonwealth in the manner and with the effect provided by section seventy-eight.

Section 151. At the biennial state election in each year in which presidential electors are required to be elected, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of senators and representatives in congress to which the commonwealth is entitled, shall be chosen by the voters of the commonwealth in the manner and with the effect provided by section seventy-eight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 23
Filling place of employees; size of letters mentioning labor troubles; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 23. No person, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees or those of another person, shall directly or indirectly procure or attempt to procure, or assist in any way in procuring or attempting to procure, persons to fill the places of employees involved in such strike, lockout or other labor trouble, if such persons are or have been solicited by means of advertisements or oral or written statements in which it has not been plainly and explicitly mentioned that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists in the establishment where such persons are to be employed. This provision shall apply whether such advertisements or oral or written solicitations were made within or without the commonwealth. In printed advertisements or in signs or posters, the mention of the strike, lockout or other labor trouble shall be in letters as large as the largest letters used in the body of said advertisement, sign or poster. Any person violating any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars.

Section 23. No person, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees or those of another person, shall directly or indirectly procure or attempt to procure, or assist in any way in procuring or attempting to procure, persons to fill the places of employees involved in such strike, lockout or other labor trouble, if such persons are or have been solicited by means of advertisements or oral or written statements in which it has not been plainly and explicitly mentioned that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists in the establishment where such persons are to be employed. This provision shall apply whether such advertisements or oral or written solicitations were made within or without the commonwealth. In printed advertisements or in signs or posters, the mention of the strike, lockout or other labor trouble shall be in letters as large as the largest letters used in the body of said advertisement, sign or poster.

Any person violating any provision of this or the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 11
Income received from nonresident trustee
Status: in_force

Section 11. Any inhabitant of the commonwealth who receives, is entitled to, or to whom income is available from one or more trustees or other fiduciaries who are not subject to taxation under this chapter, shall be subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter upon such income according to the nature of the income received by such trustees, or other fiduciaries, and shall include such income in a return as required by section six of chapter sixty-two C. Amounts distributed by a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable remainder unitrust, as defined in section six hundred and sixty-four of the Code, shall, for the purposes of taxation under this chapter, be considered as having in the hands of the recipients thereof the characteristics described in subsection (b) of said section six hundred and sixty-four.

Section 11. Any inhabitant of the commonwealth who receives, is entitled to, or to whom income is available from one or more trustees or other fiduciaries who are not subject to taxation under this chapter, shall be subject to the taxes imposed by this chapter upon such income according to the nature of the income received by such trustees, or other fiduciaries, and shall include such income in a return as required by section six of chapter sixty-two C. Amounts distributed by a charitable remainder annuity trust or a charitable remainder unitrust, as defined in section six hundred and sixty-four of the Code, shall, for the purposes of taxation under this chapter, be considered as having in the hands of the recipients thereof the characteristics described in subsection (b) of said section six hundred and sixty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 17K — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 17K
Coverage for orally administered anticancer medications
Status: in_force

Section 17K. Any coverage offered by the commission to an active or retired employee of the commonwealth insured under the group insurance commission that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis not less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits. An increase in patient cost sharing for anticancer medications shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.

Section 17K. Any coverage offered by the commission to an active or retired employee of the commonwealth insured under the group insurance commission that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis not less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits. An increase in patient cost sharing for anticancer medications shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40O, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40O / Section 8
Collection of fees; disbursement of funds; annual audit
Status: in_force

Section 8. The collector-treasurer of each municipality is hereby authorized to collect such district fees in designated BIDs and to disburse the funds to the designated management entity. The district fees collected shall be used solely to fund items identified and approved in the improvement plan for the BID. The collector-treasurer shall disburse revenues to the management entity within thirty days of the collection of such fees, together with the interest earned on the holding of such fees. Following establishment of the BID, all fees billed by or on behalf of the BID and unpaid after thirty days from the date of billing shall become a lien on the property, which shall have priority over all other liens except municipal liens and mortgages of record prior to the recording of a notice of lien, if notice of the lien is duly recorded by the management entity in the appropriate registry of deeds or land court registry district. An annual audit, certified by a certified public accountant, of the revenues generated, grants, donations, and gifts received by the BID and its expenses shall be made within one hundred and twenty days of the close of the fiscal year, and shall be placed on file with the collector. Such accounting shall be a public record.

Section 8. The collector-treasurer of each municipality is hereby authorized to collect such district fees in designated BIDs and to disburse the funds to the designated management entity.

The district fees collected shall be used solely to fund items identified and approved in the improvement plan for the BID.

The collector-treasurer shall disburse revenues to the management entity within thirty days of the collection of such fees, together with the interest earned on the holding of such fees.

Following establishment of the BID, all fees billed by or on behalf of the BID and unpaid after thirty days from the date of billing shall become a lien on the property, which shall have priority over all other liens except municipal liens and mortgages of record prior to the recording of a notice of lien, if notice of the lien is duly recorded by the management entity in the appropriate registry of deeds or land court registry district.

An annual audit, certified by a certified public accountant, of the revenues generated, grants, donations, and gifts received by the BID and its expenses shall be made within one hundred and twenty days of the close of the fiscal year, and shall be placed on file with the collector. Such accounting shall be a public record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 70, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 70 / Section 1
Legislative intent
Status: in_force

Section 1. It is the intention of the general court, subject to appropriation, to assure fair and adequate minimum per student funding for public schools in the commonwealth by defining a foundation budget and a standard of local funding effort applicable to every city and town in the commonwealth.

Section 1. It is the intention of the general court, subject to appropriation, to assure fair and adequate minimum per student funding for public schools in the commonwealth by defining a foundation budget and a standard of local funding effort applicable to every city and town in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 172H — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 172H
Children's programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data
Status: in_force

Section 172H. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any entity or organization primarily engaged in providing activities or programs to children 18 years of age or less, shall obtain all available criminal offender record information from the department prior to accepting any person as an employee, volunteer, vendor or contractor. Any entity or organization obtaining information under this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.

Section 172H. Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any entity or organization primarily engaged in providing activities or programs to children 18 years of age or less, shall obtain all available criminal offender record information from the department prior to accepting any person as an employee, volunteer, vendor or contractor. Any entity or organization obtaining information under this section shall not disseminate such information for any purpose other than to further the protection of children.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 70B — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 70B
Delegates to national conventions; election; number
Status: in_force

Section 70B. In any year in which candidates for presidential electors are to be elected, the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to national conventions of political parties shall be by that system adopted by the state committee, provided such system shall not include the placing of the names of delegates on the presidential primary ballot; and provided, further, that the distribution of delegates under any such system shall reflect the preference expressed by the voters on the presidential preference portion of the ballot at the presidential primary. The system adopted by the state committee shall be set forth in written rules and procedures covering all aspects of the delegate selection process and a copy of such rules and procedures shall be filed with the state secretary on or before October first of the year preceding the year in which presidential electors are to be elected. The number of district delegates and alternate district delegates, not less than two from each congressional district, and the number of delegates and alternate delegates at large shall be fixed by the state committee, who shall give notice thereof to the state secretary on or before the first Tuesday in January. At such primaries, members of the state, ward and town committees shall also be chosen as provided in chapter fifty-two.

Section 70B. In any year in which candidates for presidential electors are to be elected, the selection of delegates and alternate delegates to national conventions of political parties shall be by that system adopted by the state committee, provided such system shall not include the placing of the names of delegates on the presidential primary ballot; and provided, further, that the distribution of delegates under any such system shall reflect the preference expressed by the voters on the presidential preference portion of the ballot at the presidential primary. The system adopted by the state committee shall be set forth in written rules and procedures covering all aspects of the delegate selection process and a copy of such rules and procedures shall be filed with the state secretary on or before October first of the year preceding the year in which presidential electors are to be elected. The number of district delegates and alternate district delegates, not less than two from each congressional district, and the number of delegates and alternate delegates at large shall be fixed by the state committee, who shall give notice thereof to the state secretary on or before the first Tuesday in January. At such primaries, members of the state, ward and town committees shall also be chosen as provided in chapter fifty-two.