FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 87
County commissioners as trustees of institutions
Status: in_force

Section 87. The county commissioners shall be trustees of the institutions operated under section eighty-two except in Norfolk county where there shall be seven trustees consisting of: the three Norfolk county commissioners, the chairperson of the Norfolk county advisory board or his designee, a medical doctor residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years, a member of the business community residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years and a health care consumer residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years; provided, however, that one of the appointees of the Norfolk county advisory board shall reside in the town of Braintree. Such trustees shall make suitable regulations for the operation of such institutions and shall appoint superintendents and other officers and employees necessary for the proper operation of the institution. Appointment of superintendents and other physicians to the staff of said institution shall be subject to the approval of the department.

Section 87. The county commissioners shall be trustees of the institutions operated under section eighty-two except in Norfolk county where there shall be seven trustees consisting of: the three Norfolk county commissioners, the chairperson of the Norfolk county advisory board or his designee, a medical doctor residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years, a member of the business community residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years and a health care consumer residing in Norfolk county who shall be appointed by the Norfolk county advisory board to serve for a term of six years; provided, however, that one of the appointees of the Norfolk county advisory board shall reside in the town of Braintree. Such trustees shall make suitable regulations for the operation of such institutions and shall appoint superintendents and other officers and employees necessary for the proper operation of the institution. Appointment of superintendents and other physicians to the staff of said institution shall be subject to the approval of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 59A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 59A
Advancing action for speedy trial
Status: in_force

Section 59A. In any action before the supreme judicial court or superior court, the court may, on motion for cause shown, advance the action for a speedy trial. If the court finds that the plaintiff seeks to recover solely for his personal labor, with or without interest, the court shall, upon motion, advance such action for speedy trial.

Section 59A. In any action before the supreme judicial court or superior court, the court may, on motion for cause shown, advance the action for a speedy trial. If the court finds that the plaintiff seeks to recover solely for his personal labor, with or without interest, the court shall, upon motion, advance such action for speedy trial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62D, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62D / Section 14
Deposit of reimbursements
Status: in_force

Section 14. Any proceeds received by the department as reimbursement for its set-off services shall be deposited in a separate revolving fund to be used by the department, without appropriation, to defray its administrative costs in operating the set-off program.

Section 14. Any proceeds received by the department as reimbursement for its set-off services shall be deposited in a separate revolving fund to be used by the department, without appropriation, to defray its administrative costs in operating the set-off program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 5
Unconscionable contracts
Status: in_force

Section 5. (a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a time-share contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may refuse to enforce such contract, may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or may limit the application of any such unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result. (b) Whenever it is claimed, or appears to said court, that such contract or contract clause is unconscionable, the court shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to: (1) the commercial setting of the negotiations; (2) whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect his interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy, or inability to understand the language of the agreement or similar factors; (3) the effect and purpose of the contract or clause; and (4) if a sale, any gross disparity, at the time of contracting, between the amount charged for the time-share and the value of the time-share measured by the price at which similar time-shares were readily obtainable, but a disparity between the contract price and the value of the time-share measured by the price at which a similar time-share was readily obtainable in similar transactions shall not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.

Section 5. (a) The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a time-share contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may refuse to enforce such contract, may enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause, or may limit the application of any such unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result.

(b) Whenever it is claimed, or appears to said court, that such contract or contract clause is unconscionable, the court shall afford the parties a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to:

(1) the commercial setting of the negotiations;

(2) whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect his interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy, or inability to understand the language of the agreement or similar factors;

(3) the effect and purpose of the contract or clause; and

(4) if a sale, any gross disparity, at the time of contracting, between the amount charged for the time-share and the value of the time-share measured by the price at which similar time-shares were readily obtainable, but a disparity between the contract price and the value of the time-share measured by the price at which a similar time-share was readily obtainable in similar transactions shall not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 27
Employees' stock; dividends
Status: in_force

Section 27. If a dividend is paid by a corporation to its stockholders, the holders of employees' stock shall receive upon each share which has been paid for in full in time to be entitled to a dividend, an amount which shall bear such proportion to the amount paid as a dividend upon each share of the general stock of such corporation as the par value of the shares of such employees' stock bears to the par value of the shares of such general stock.

Section 27. If a dividend is paid by a corporation to its stockholders, the holders of employees' stock shall receive upon each share which has been paid for in full in time to be entitled to a dividend, an amount which shall bear such proportion to the amount paid as a dividend upon each share of the general stock of such corporation as the par value of the shares of such employees' stock bears to the par value of the shares of such general stock.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 234 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 234
Palliative care consumer and professional information and education program
Status: in_force

Section 234. Subject to appropriation, there shall be a statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program within the department. The program shall work to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in the commonwealth by making comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care available to the public, health care providers and health care facilities. The department shall publish information and resources about the program on its website, including links to external resources, for the public, health care providers and health care facilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) continuing educational opportunities for health care providers; (ii) information about palliative care delivery in the home and in primary, secondary and tertiary environments; (iii) best practices for palliative care delivery; and (iv) consumer educational materials and referral information for palliative care, including hospice. The department may develop and implement other initiatives regarding palliative care services and education that the department determines to further the purposes of this section. In implementing the program, the department shall consult with the palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council established in section 233.

Section 234. Subject to appropriation, there shall be a statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program within the department. The program shall work to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in the commonwealth by making comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care available to the public, health care providers and health care facilities.

The department shall publish information and resources about the program on its website, including links to external resources, for the public, health care providers and health care facilities, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) continuing educational opportunities for health care providers; (ii) information about palliative care delivery in the home and in primary, secondary and tertiary environments; (iii) best practices for palliative care delivery; and (iv) consumer educational materials and referral information for palliative care, including hospice.

The department may develop and implement other initiatives regarding palliative care services and education that the department determines to further the purposes of this section.

In implementing the program, the department shall consult with the palliative care and quality of life interdisciplinary advisory council established in section 233.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 32
Corrupt practices by candidate defined
Status: in_force

Section 32. A candidate shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice who commits any of the following offences: Making or permitting any person or non-elected political committee authorized by him to make a false return in any statement filed under sections eighteen, nineteen and twenty-four by him or on his behalf. Making a false return in any statement filed under sections eighteen and twenty-four by a candidate for nomination or election. Any candidate fraudulently and wilfully obstructing and delaying a voter, interfering with, hindering or preventing an election officer from performing his duties, forging an endorsement upon, altering, destroying or defacing a ballot, tampering with or injuring or attempting to injure any voting machine or ballot box to be used or being used in a primary or election, or preventing or attempting to prevent the correct operation of such machine or box.

Section 32. A candidate shall be deemed to have committed a corrupt practice who commits any of the following offences:

Making or permitting any person or non-elected political committee authorized by him to make a false return in any statement filed under sections eighteen, nineteen and twenty-four by him or on his behalf.

Making a false return in any statement filed under sections eighteen and twenty-four by a candidate for nomination or election.

Any candidate fraudulently and wilfully obstructing and delaying a voter, interfering with, hindering or preventing an election officer from performing his duties, forging an endorsement upon, altering, destroying or defacing a ballot, tampering with or injuring or attempting to injure any voting machine or ballot box to be used or being used in a primary or election, or preventing or attempting to prevent the correct operation of such machine or box.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 74
Remission and suspension
Status: in_force

Article 74. Remission and suspension. (a) An authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence may remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted part of any sentence, including all uncollected forfeitures other than a sentence approved by the commander-in-chief, (b) The commander-in-chief may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.

Article 74. Remission and suspension.

(a) An authority competent to convene, for the command in which the accused is serving or assigned, a court of the kind that imposed the sentence may remit or suspend any part or amount of the unexecuted part of any sentence, including all uncollected forfeitures other than a sentence approved by the commander-in-chief,

(b) The commander-in-chief may, for good cause, substitute an administrative form of discharge for a discharge or dismissal executed in accordance with the sentence of a court-martial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 15D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 15D
Energized cables in excavations endangering telephone company employees; notice to electric company; precautionary cooperation
Status: in_force

Section 15D. No telephone company which has underground wires or cables in a joint trench or other underground location used jointly with an electric company shall require an employee to perform repair work on its wires or cables in any such trench or other such location where energized wires or cables owned by the electric company are present without giving reasonable notice of the time and the place of the proposed repair work to such electric company. Prior to any excavation at the location specified for such repair work, the electric company so notified shall notify such telephone company of all energized wires and cables owned by the electric company in the area to be excavated, and if the wires and cables of the telephone company cannot be repaired without exposing the employee of the telephone company to contact with the energized wires and cables of the electric company, the electric company shall at the time of the excavation furnish a qualified employee of the electric company to identify and designate to the telephone company employee or employees all energized wires and cables owned by the electric company in such location.

Section 15D. No telephone company which has underground wires or cables in a joint trench or other underground location used jointly with an electric company shall require an employee to perform repair work on its wires or cables in any such trench or other such location where energized wires or cables owned by the electric company are present without giving reasonable notice of the time and the place of the proposed repair work to such electric company.

Prior to any excavation at the location specified for such repair work, the electric company so notified shall notify such telephone company of all energized wires and cables owned by the electric company in the area to be excavated, and if the wires and cables of the telephone company cannot be repaired without exposing the employee of the telephone company to contact with the energized wires and cables of the electric company, the electric company shall at the time of the excavation furnish a qualified employee of the electric company to identify and designate to the telephone company employee or employees all energized wires and cables owned by the electric company in such location.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6D / Section 18
Adoption of regulations to implement chapter 6D
Status: in_force

Section 18. The commission may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.

Section 18. The commission may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118C, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118C / Section 10
Rights of members of contributory retirement system
Status: in_force

Section 10. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect adversely the rights of any person who is a member of any contributory retirement system established under the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two or under corresponding provisions of earlier laws, with reference to accumulated total deductions or benefits accrued or to be accrued on account of any service rendered by him.

Section 10. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect adversely the rights of any person who is a member of any contributory retirement system established under the provisions of sections one to twenty-eight, inclusive, of chapter thirty-two or under corresponding provisions of earlier laws, with reference to accumulated total deductions or benefits accrued or to be accrued on account of any service rendered by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 139 / Section 18
Removal of booths used for sale of liquors or for illegal gaming from places of public gathering
Status: in_force

Section 18. The aldermen or the selectmen, upon complaint made to them under oath that the complainant has reason to believe and does believe that a booth, shed or other temporary erection, situated within one mile of a muster field, cattle show ground, or other place of public gathering, is used and occupied for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquor, or for the purpose of illegal gaming, may order the owner or occupant thereof to vacate and close the same forthwith. If the owner or occupant fails so to do, the aldermen or selectmen may forthwith abate such booth, shed or erection as a nuisance, and may pull down or otherwise destroy the same through the agency of any force, civil or military.

Section 18. The aldermen or the selectmen, upon complaint made to them under oath that the complainant has reason to believe and does believe that a booth, shed or other temporary erection, situated within one mile of a muster field, cattle show ground, or other place of public gathering, is used and occupied for the sale of spirituous or fermented liquor, or for the purpose of illegal gaming, may order the owner or occupant thereof to vacate and close the same forthwith. If the owner or occupant fails so to do, the aldermen or selectmen may forthwith abate such booth, shed or erection as a nuisance, and may pull down or otherwise destroy the same through the agency of any force, civil or military.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 191B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 191B / Section 12
Appointment of personal representative or trustee
Status: in_force

Section 12. (a) The person named in the will as personal representative or trustee shall be entitled to serve, if qualified, as personal representative or trustee. (b) If a qualified person is not named in the will as personal representative, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve, or dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, priority for appointment as personal representative is determined by the law of the state of decedent's domicile at death. (c) If a qualified person is not named in the will as trustee, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve, or is dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, the personal representative may appoint, without court approval, a qualified person, including a person serving as personal representative, to serve as trustee. (d) If a personal representative or trustee resigns, is removed, becomes incapacitated, or dies, the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse is unable or unwilling to act, a majority of the adult children of the testator, may appoint a qualified successor personal representative or trustee. (e) In all other cases, personal representatives and trustees shall be appointed by the court.

Section 12. (a) The person named in the will as personal representative or trustee shall be entitled to serve, if qualified, as personal representative or trustee.

(b) If a qualified person is not named in the will as personal representative, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve, or dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, priority for appointment as personal representative is determined by the law of the state of decedent's domicile at death.

(c) If a qualified person is not named in the will as trustee, or the named person is incapacitated, unwilling to serve, or is dead, and a qualified alternate is not named in the will, the personal representative may appoint, without court approval, a qualified person, including a person serving as personal representative, to serve as trustee.

(d) If a personal representative or trustee resigns, is removed, becomes incapacitated, or dies, the surviving spouse or, if there is no surviving spouse or the surviving spouse is unable or unwilling to act, a majority of the adult children of the testator, may appoint a qualified successor personal representative or trustee.

(e) In all other cases, personal representatives and trustees shall be appointed by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 27
Certificate of inspection; contents; display; accessibility
Status: in_force

Section 27. The certificate of inspection issued by the division, or by an insurance company, shall state the name of the owner or user, the location, size and number of the boiler, the date of inspection and the maximum pressure at which it may be operated, with the signature of the inspector, and shall contain such extracts from the statutes as shall be deemed necessary by the board. It shall be so placed in the engine or boiler room of the plant where the boiler is located as to be easily read, except that the certificate of inspection for a portable boiler shall be kept with it and shall be always accessible.

Section 27. The certificate of inspection issued by the division, or by an insurance company, shall state the name of the owner or user, the location, size and number of the boiler, the date of inspection and the maximum pressure at which it may be operated, with the signature of the inspector, and shall contain such extracts from the statutes as shall be deemed necessary by the board. It shall be so placed in the engine or boiler room of the plant where the boiler is located as to be easily read, except that the certificate of inspection for a portable boiler shall be kept with it and shall be always accessible.