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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 94D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 94D
Tuberculosis treatment center; establishment; supervision
Status: in_force

Section 94D. The department shall establish a tuberculosis treatment center in one of the state hospitals, or may contract with a county, municipal or general hospital for the custody, care, treatment and rehabilitation of patients hospitalized under sections ninety-four A to ninety-four C, inclusive. Such center or hospital shall be equipped with adequate safeguards to prevent the escape of such patients. Such center or hospital shall be under the supervision of its superintendent, subject to the provisions of this chapter, or of any rules or regulations made by the commissioner. The commissioner may construct facilities similar to said treatment center at any state hospital, and all such facilities, including facilities provided by contract for the same purpose, shall constitute the treatment center, as used in sections ninety-four A to ninety-four C, inclusive. On any hospitalization under said sections, the commissioner may assign the patients to whichever facility he deems best suited to care for them. The commissioner may transfer such patients from one such facility to another if he deems it advisable.

Section 94D. The department shall establish a tuberculosis treatment center in one of the state hospitals, or may contract with a county, municipal or general hospital for the custody, care, treatment and rehabilitation of patients hospitalized under sections ninety-four A to ninety-four C, inclusive. Such center or hospital shall be equipped with adequate safeguards to prevent the escape of such patients. Such center or hospital shall be under the supervision of its superintendent, subject to the provisions of this chapter, or of any rules or regulations made by the commissioner.

The commissioner may construct facilities similar to said treatment center at any state hospital, and all such facilities, including facilities provided by contract for the same purpose, shall constitute the treatment center, as used in sections ninety-four A to ninety-four C, inclusive. On any hospitalization under said sections, the commissioner may assign the patients to whichever facility he deems best suited to care for them. The commissioner may transfer such patients from one such facility to another if he deems it advisable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 170, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 170 / Section 10
Applicability of sections to mutual banks and to stock banks
Status: in_force

Section 10. A mutual bank shall be subject to sections 11 to 15, inclusive, and a stock bank shall be subject to sections 16 to 20, inclusive. Section 20 shall apply to both a mutual and a stock bank.

Section 10. A mutual bank shall be subject to sections 11 to 15, inclusive, and a stock bank shall be subject to sections 16 to 20, inclusive. Section 20 shall apply to both a mutual and a stock bank.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 111
Nursing home administrators; application; qualifications and examination; certificate of licensure; renewal; fees
Status: in_force

Section 111. A person who desires to be registered as a qualified nursing home administrator shall file with the board an application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications as a nursing home administrator. Said application shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. If the board deems the training and experience qualifications of the applicant are satisfactory and if he passes an examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall register him as a qualified nursing home administrator and shall issue him a certificate of licensure in testimony thereof. Said certification shall expire on July first after date of issue and may be renewed annually on that date thereafter. Such renewals shall be granted as a matter of course unless the board finds, after due notice and hearing, that the applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner or under such circumstances as would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license. The fee for renewal of such certification shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 111. A person who desires to be registered as a qualified nursing home administrator shall file with the board an application upon a form to be prescribed and furnished by the board. He shall include in such application under oath his qualifications as a nursing home administrator. Said application shall be accompanied by a registration fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

If the board deems the training and experience qualifications of the applicant are satisfactory and if he passes an examination satisfactory to the board, the board shall register him as a qualified nursing home administrator and shall issue him a certificate of licensure in testimony thereof. Said certification shall expire on July first after date of issue and may be renewed annually on that date thereafter. Such renewals shall be granted as a matter of course unless the board finds, after due notice and hearing, that the applicant has acted or failed to act in such a manner or under such circumstances as would constitute grounds for suspension or revocation of a license. The fee for renewal of such certification shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 222 / Section 23
Fees not to be charged for certain notarial acts
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable pursuant to 2016, 289, Sec. 7.]

[Text of section applicable pursuant to 2016, 289, Sec. 7.]

Section 23. Notwithstanding section 41 of chapter 262, no fee shall be charged by a notary public to notarize a signature on an absentee ballot identification envelope or other voting materials or on any application or claim by a United States military veteran for a pension, allotment, allowance, compensation, insurance or other veterans' benefit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 89
Fire fighters; firearms
Status: in_force

Section 89. No fire fighter shall be required to carry firearms in the performance of his duty.

Section 89. No fire fighter shall be required to carry firearms in the performance of his duty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 6
Collection, storage, etc., of hazardous waste at generation site; regulations
Status: in_force

Section 6. The department shall establish such regulations concerning the collection, storage, treatment, use or disposal of hazardous wastes at the site of generation as it deems necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare and the environment, and to implement the provisions of this chapter and RCRA. Said regulations shall include requirements that generators maintain records and report to the division and to other agencies regarding the quantity and type of hazardous wastes which they have generated, stored, treated, disposed of or transferred to another person, and such other requirements as the division deems necessary.

Section 6. The department shall establish such regulations concerning the collection, storage, treatment, use or disposal of hazardous wastes at the site of generation as it deems necessary to protect public health, safety and welfare and the environment, and to implement the provisions of this chapter and RCRA.

Said regulations shall include requirements that generators maintain records and report to the division and to other agencies regarding the quantity and type of hazardous wastes which they have generated, stored, treated, disposed of or transferred to another person, and such other requirements as the division deems necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 20
Permitting or aiding minor to violate Sec. 19 or 34
Status: in_force

Section 20. No person, having a minor under his control, shall knowingly permit such minor to violate any provision of section nineteen or any provision of section thirty-four, nor shall any person procure or employ a minor to commit any such violation, nor shall any person, either for himself or as agent of any other person, furnish or sell to a minor any article the sale of which is permitted without a license by section seventeen, with knowledge that such minor would be selling such article in violation of section nineteen or in violation of section thirty-four, or after having received written notice to that effect from the school committee or any other officer charged with the enforcement of said section nineteen or said section thirty-four. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 20. No person, having a minor under his control, shall knowingly permit such minor to violate any provision of section nineteen or any provision of section thirty-four, nor shall any person procure or employ a minor to commit any such violation, nor shall any person, either for himself or as agent of any other person, furnish or sell to a minor any article the sale of which is permitted without a license by section seventeen, with knowledge that such minor would be selling such article in violation of section nineteen or in violation of section thirty-four, or after having received written notice to that effect from the school committee or any other officer charged with the enforcement of said section nineteen or said section thirty-four. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 56
Mortgage notes; provisions for prepayment
Status: in_force

Section 56. Any mortgage note secured by a first lien or second or subsequent lien on a dwelling house of 4 or less separate households or on a residential condominium unit occupied or to be occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor shall be subject to the condition that if said note is paid before the date fixed for payment, any additional amount required to be paid in that event shall be an amount which shall be the balance of the first year's interest or 3 months' interest whichever is less; except, that if anticipatory payment is made within 36 months from the date of the note for the purpose of refinancing such loan in another financial institution, an additional payment not in excess of 3 months' interest may be required; provided, however, that, with respect to the mortgage loan insured by the Federal Housing Commissioner, the mortgagor may be required to reimburse the mortgagee to the full amount of any charges, premiums, or fees required by any statute or by any regulation of the Federal Housing Administration to be paid by the mortgagee upon payment of the note before the date fixed for payment. No prepayment fee or additional penalty shall be payable by a mortgagor if the mortgage note is paid in full after 36 months from the date of the note. A mortgagor shall not be required to pay a prepayment fee or penalty for making additional payments toward the principal balance for the term of the loan.

Section 56. Any mortgage note secured by a first lien or second or subsequent lien on a dwelling house of 4 or less separate households or on a residential condominium unit occupied or to be occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor shall be subject to the condition that if said note is paid before the date fixed for payment, any additional amount required to be paid in that event shall be an amount which shall be the balance of the first year's interest or 3 months' interest whichever is less; except, that if anticipatory payment is made within 36 months from the date of the note for the purpose of refinancing such loan in another financial institution, an additional payment not in excess of 3 months' interest may be required; provided, however, that, with respect to the mortgage loan insured by the Federal Housing Commissioner, the mortgagor may be required to reimburse the mortgagee to the full amount of any charges, premiums, or fees required by any statute or by any regulation of the Federal Housing Administration to be paid by the mortgagee upon payment of the note before the date fixed for payment.

No prepayment fee or additional penalty shall be payable by a mortgagor if the mortgage note is paid in full after 36 months from the date of the note. A mortgagor shall not be required to pay a prepayment fee or penalty for making additional payments toward the principal balance for the term of the loan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15TTTT — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15TTTT
Myositis Awareness Day
Status: in_force

Section 15TTTT. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 21 as Myositis Awareness Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15TTTT. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 21 as Myositis Awareness Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176D / Section 14
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 14. If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of such provision to person or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

Section 14. If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, and the application of such provision to person or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 13A
Land devoid of structures; extension of time for payment of assessments
Status: in_force

Section 13A. The board making the order for the assessment of any betterment upon land which is not built upon may extend the time of payment of the assessment until it is built upon or for a fixed time; but interest at the rate of four per cent per annum shall be paid annually upon the assessment from the time it was made, and the assessment shall be paid within three months after such land is built upon or at the expiration of such fixed time.

Section 13A. The board making the order for the assessment of any betterment upon land which is not built upon may extend the time of payment of the assessment until it is built upon or for a fixed time; but interest at the rate of four per cent per annum shall be paid annually upon the assessment from the time it was made, and the assessment shall be paid within three months after such land is built upon or at the expiration of such fixed time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 36
Public schools' eligibility for funds through professional development schools grant program
Status: in_force

Section 36. No public school shall receive funds through the professional development schools grant program if, (1) said school is within a city, town, or regional school district in which the share of local expenditures allocated to the support of the public schools has declined in any fiscal year commencing on July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, or (2) any schools receiving professional development school grants have received average per pupil support less than that received on average by all other schools of the same classification and grade level in the district, or (3) the absolute level of financial support for the public schools in the city, town or regional school district has decreased in any year since fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six. In the case of a school district which fails to meet the aforementioned criteria, the board of education shall consider as eligible those schools in which the per pupil educational portion of local expenditures, adjusted for inflation and other factors, has not declined in any year since fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

Section 36. No public school shall receive funds through the professional development schools grant program if, (1) said school is within a city, town, or regional school district in which the share of local expenditures allocated to the support of the public schools has declined in any fiscal year commencing on July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-five, or (2) any schools receiving professional development school grants have received average per pupil support less than that received on average by all other schools of the same classification and grade level in the district, or (3) the absolute level of financial support for the public schools in the city, town or regional school district has decreased in any year since fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six. In the case of a school district which fails to meet the aforementioned criteria, the board of education shall consider as eligible those schools in which the per pupil educational portion of local expenditures, adjusted for inflation and other factors, has not declined in any year since fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighty-six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 20
Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial
Status: in_force

Article 20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial. (a) Summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, cadets, candidates and midshipmen, for any offense made punishable by this code under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe. (b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial by special or general court-martial may be ordered, as may be appropriate. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than 1 month, restriction to specified limits for more than 2 months, or forfeiture of more than 2/3 of 1 month's pay.

Article 20. Jurisdiction of summary courts-martial.

(a) Summary courts-martial shall have jurisdiction to try persons subject to this code, except officers, cadets, candidates and midshipmen, for any offense made punishable by this code under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe.

(b) No person with respect to whom summary courts-martial have jurisdiction shall be brought to trial before a summary court-martial if that person objects thereto. If objection to trial by summary court-martial is made by an accused, trial by special or general court-martial may be ordered, as may be appropriate. Summary courts-martial may, under such limitations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, adjudge any punishment not forbidden by this code except dismissal, dishonorable or bad-conduct discharge, confinement for more than 1 month, restriction to specified limits for more than 2 months, or forfeiture of more than 2/3 of 1 month's pay.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 177 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 177
Licensing for billiards, pool or sippio table or bowling alley; public hearing
Status: in_force

Section 177. The licensing board of Boston, the license commission of Lowell, the aldermen of any other city, and the selectmen of any town may grant and may suspend or revoke at pleasure a license which shall be subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, to a person to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table or a bowling alley for hire, gain or reward, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper, to be used for amusement merely and not for the purpose of gaming for money or for property. No original license shall be granted under the provisions of this section, except after a public hearing by the appropriate licensing authority, notice of the time and place of which shall have been given, at the expense of the applicant, by the clerk of such licensing authority, by publication not less than seven days prior thereto in a newspaper, if any, published in the city or town of application; otherwise, in the county in which such city or town lies; and notice of which shall also have been given by the applicant, by registered mail, not less than seven days prior to such hearing, to all owners of real estate abutting on the the land on which is located the premises for which said license is sought or directly opposite said land on any public or private street as such owners appear on the most recent local tax list at the time the application for such license is filed.

Section 177. The licensing board of Boston, the license commission of Lowell, the aldermen of any other city, and the selectmen of any town may grant and may suspend or revoke at pleasure a license which shall be subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, to a person to keep a billiard, pool or sippio table or a bowling alley for hire, gain or reward, upon such terms and conditions as they deem proper, to be used for amusement merely and not for the purpose of gaming for money or for property.

No original license shall be granted under the provisions of this section, except after a public hearing by the appropriate licensing authority, notice of the time and place of which shall have been given, at the expense of the applicant, by the clerk of such licensing authority, by publication not less than seven days prior thereto in a newspaper, if any, published in the city or town of application; otherwise, in the county in which such city or town lies; and notice of which shall also have been given by the applicant, by registered mail, not less than seven days prior to such hearing, to all owners of real estate abutting on the the land on which is located the premises for which said license is sought or directly opposite said land on any public or private street as such owners appear on the most recent local tax list at the time the application for such license is filed.