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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93F, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93F / Section 2
Blind bidding; trade screening
Status: in_force

Section 2. Blind bidding is hereby prohibited within the commonwealth. No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place, and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to, for the exhibition of any motion picture before the motion picture has been trade screened within the commonwealth. A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition, if such motion picture has not already been trade screened within the commonwealth, the date, time and place of the trade screening of the motion picture within the commonwealth. A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within the commonwealth of all trade screenings within the commonwealth of motion pictures he is distributing. Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 2. Blind bidding is hereby prohibited within the commonwealth. No bids shall be returnable, no negotiations for the exhibition or licensing of a motion picture shall take place, and no license agreement or any of its terms shall be agreed to, for the exhibition of any motion picture before the motion picture has been trade screened within the commonwealth.

A distributor shall include in each invitation to bid for a motion picture for exhibition, if such motion picture has not already been trade screened within the commonwealth, the date, time and place of the trade screening of the motion picture within the commonwealth.

A distributor shall provide reasonable and uniform notice to exhibitors within the commonwealth of all trade screenings within the commonwealth of motion pictures he is distributing.

Any purported waiver of the requirements of this section shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 111
Effect of marketing agreements or marketing orders; execution or issuance of one without other; concurrent hearings
Status: in_force

Section 111. The execution of one or more marketing agreements pursuant to section one hundred and four of this chapter shall in no manner affect the issuance, administration or enforcement of any marketing order provided for in said sections one hundred and two through one hundred and fifteen. The commissioner may issue such marketing order without executing a marketing agreement or may execute a marketing agreement without issuing a marketing order covering the same fresh or processed apples. The commissioner, in his discretion, may hold a concurrent hearing upon a proposed marketing agreement and a proposed marketing order after giving due notice and opportunity for hearing.

Section 111. The execution of one or more marketing agreements pursuant to section one hundred and four of this chapter shall in no manner affect the issuance, administration or enforcement of any marketing order provided for in said sections one hundred and two through one hundred and fifteen. The commissioner may issue such marketing order without executing a marketing agreement or may execute a marketing agreement without issuing a marketing order covering the same fresh or processed apples. The commissioner, in his discretion, may hold a concurrent hearing upon a proposed marketing agreement and a proposed marketing order after giving due notice and opportunity for hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 50
Annual town report; copy to state library
Status: in_force

Section 50. One copy or more of the annual report and of any special report of a town shall annually, on or before the last day of May, be transmitted by the town clerk to the state library, and until such transmission the publications distributed by the commonwealth shall be withheld from the town.

Section 50. One copy or more of the annual report and of any special report of a town shall annually, on or before the last day of May, be transmitted by the town clerk to the state library, and until such transmission the publications distributed by the commonwealth shall be withheld from the town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 29
Continued supervision of licensed and certified persons; dissemination of technical information; additional evidence of competency; inspection; report of violations; amendment of rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 29. The director shall be responsible for timely dissemination of information to all persons licensed by him under prior provisions of earlier law or certified by him under the provisions of either section twenty-seven or section twenty-seven A with respect to technical developments and improved procedural methods pertinent to their operations and may, in his discretion, require additional evidence of competency for continued licensing or certification. He or his agent may enter upon any premises, including bulk tank trucks, where samples of milk or cream are taken, stored or tested in order to inspect any utensil, device or equipment used in making tests or to ascertain the continuing competency of any person so licensed or certified, and shall report to the said chief of the bureau of milk marketing any violation observed by him of the provisions of sections twenty-five through twenty-eight A or of the rules and regulations issued under the provisions of section twenty-nine A. He shall also be represented at any hearing held as provided in section twenty-nine A and shall enter testimony thereat with respect to such proposals for amendment of rules and regulations as may be under consideration.

Section 29. The director shall be responsible for timely dissemination of information to all persons licensed by him under prior provisions of earlier law or certified by him under the provisions of either section twenty-seven or section twenty-seven A with respect to technical developments and improved procedural methods pertinent to their operations and may, in his discretion, require additional evidence of competency for continued licensing or certification. He or his agent may enter upon any premises, including bulk tank trucks, where samples of milk or cream are taken, stored or tested in order to inspect any utensil, device or equipment used in making tests or to ascertain the continuing competency of any person so licensed or certified, and shall report to the said chief of the bureau of milk marketing any violation observed by him of the provisions of sections twenty-five through twenty-eight A or of the rules and regulations issued under the provisions of section twenty-nine A. He shall also be represented at any hearing held as provided in section twenty-nine A and shall enter testimony thereat with respect to such proposals for amendment of rules and regulations as may be under consideration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 4E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 4E
Refusal to issue or renew private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy based on credit information prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 4E. No insurer engaged in writing private passenger motor vehicle insurance in the commonwealth shall, in connection with underwriting of said insurance, refuse to issue or renew a private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy or bond based on the ownership or operation of a private passenger motor vehicle based upon credit information, including, but not limited to, a numerical credit-based insurance score or other credit rating of an applicant or insured; and provided, that no insurer shall file rates for private passenger motor vehicle insurance, under chapter 175E, based upon credit information, including, but not limited to, a numerical credit-based insurance score or other credit rating of an applicant or insured. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict any insurer from obtaining or using its own payment history information or information contained in an insurance claims history report, a motor vehicle or driver history report or any other report from the registry of motor vehicles or its out-of-state equivalent.

Section 4E. No insurer engaged in writing private passenger motor vehicle insurance in the commonwealth shall, in connection with underwriting of said insurance, refuse to issue or renew a private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy or bond based on the ownership or operation of a private passenger motor vehicle based upon credit information, including, but not limited to, a numerical credit-based insurance score or other credit rating of an applicant or insured; and provided, that no insurer shall file rates for private passenger motor vehicle insurance, under chapter 175E, based upon credit information, including, but not limited to, a numerical credit-based insurance score or other credit rating of an applicant or insured. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict any insurer from obtaining or using its own payment history information or information contained in an insurance claims history report, a motor vehicle or driver history report or any other report from the registry of motor vehicles or its out-of-state equivalent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 73
Award of portion of penalty to person entitled to forfeiture
Status: in_force

Section 73. If, in a suit on a recognizance to prosecute an appeal, the penalty is adjudged forfeited, or if by leave of court such penalty has been paid without suit or before judgment as provided in the preceding section, and any forfeiture accrues by law to a person by reason of the crime of which the appellant was convicted, the court may award to such person the portion of the amount paid to which he is entitled.

Section 73. If, in a suit on a recognizance to prosecute an appeal, the penalty is adjudged forfeited, or if by leave of court such penalty has been paid without suit or before judgment as provided in the preceding section, and any forfeiture accrues by law to a person by reason of the crime of which the appellant was convicted, the court may award to such person the portion of the amount paid to which he is entitled.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 10S — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 10S
Coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111
Status: in_force

Section 10S. The division and its contracted health insurers, health plans, health maintenance organizations, behavioral health management firms and third-party administrators under contract to a Medicaid managed care organization or primary care clinician plan shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.

Section 10S. The division and its contracted health insurers, health plans, health maintenance organizations, behavioral health management firms and third-party administrators under contract to a Medicaid managed care organization or primary care clinician plan shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 101A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 101A
Reference of amount of loss under policy of fire insurance to referees; publication and delivery of award
Status: in_force

Section 101A. The referees shall reduce their award to writing and execute it in duplicate. The third referee shall forthwith publish the same by delivering one of the duplicates to the company, and one to the insured, but the same may be published in any other lawful manner.

Section 101A. The referees shall reduce their award to writing and execute it in duplicate. The third referee shall forthwith publish the same by delivering one of the duplicates to the company, and one to the insured, but the same may be published in any other lawful manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263 / Section 4A
Waiver of indictment; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 4A. A defendant charged in the district court with an offense as to which he has the right to be proceeded against by indictment shall have the right, except when the offense charged is a capital crime, to waive that right, whereupon the court shall have as full jurisdiction of the complaint as if an indictment had been found. If a defendant is so charged and requests a probable cause hearing in district court, that request shall constitute a waiver of the right to be proceeded against by indictment and the prosecution may proceed upon the complaint. If a defendant waives the right to be proceeded against by indictment, a probable cause hearing shall be held in the district court unless the defendant waives the probable cause hearing or unless the prosecutor elects to proceed by indictment pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure. If the district attorney desires to charge a defendant who waives indictment hereunder with an additional non-capital crime which is not charged in the complaint upon which the prosecution is proceeding and as to which there is the right to be proceeded against by indictment, the district attorney may prepare an additional complaint charging such additional crime and serve that complaint upon the defendant so as to give the defendant an opportunity to waive indictment upon such additional charge.

Section 4A. A defendant charged in the district court with an offense as to which he has the right to be proceeded against by indictment shall have the right, except when the offense charged is a capital crime, to waive that right, whereupon the court shall have as full jurisdiction of the complaint as if an indictment had been found. If a defendant is so charged and requests a probable cause hearing in district court, that request shall constitute a waiver of the right to be proceeded against by indictment and the prosecution may proceed upon the complaint. If a defendant waives the right to be proceeded against by indictment, a probable cause hearing shall be held in the district court unless the defendant waives the probable cause hearing or unless the prosecutor elects to proceed by indictment pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure.

If the district attorney desires to charge a defendant who waives indictment hereunder with an additional non-capital crime which is not charged in the complaint upon which the prosecution is proceeding and as to which there is the right to be proceeded against by indictment, the district attorney may prepare an additional complaint charging such additional crime and serve that complaint upon the defendant so as to give the defendant an opportunity to waive indictment upon such additional charge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 38
Allegations, bill of particulars, presumption and proof in prosecutions involving controlled substances
Status: in_force

Section 38. In a prosecution under any provision of chapter ninety-four C, for unlawfully manufacturing, dispensing or distributing a controlled substance in violation of any provision of said chapter, it shall be sufficient to allege that the defendant did unlawfully manufacture, dispense or distribute, as the case may be, such alleged substance, without any further allegations, without naming the person to whom it dispensed or distributed, or quantity of the substance; but the defendant shall be entitled to a bill of particulars. In such a prosecution, a defendant relying upon a prescription, written order, receipt, registration, appointment or authority, or exemption as a defense or justification shall prove the same, and until he has proved it the presumption shall be that he is not so justified or authorized.

Section 38. In a prosecution under any provision of chapter ninety-four C, for unlawfully manufacturing, dispensing or distributing a controlled substance in violation of any provision of said chapter, it shall be sufficient to allege that the defendant did unlawfully manufacture, dispense or distribute, as the case may be, such alleged substance, without any further allegations, without naming the person to whom it dispensed or distributed, or quantity of the substance; but the defendant shall be entitled to a bill of particulars. In such a prosecution, a defendant relying upon a prescription, written order, receipt, registration, appointment or authority, or exemption as a defense or justification shall prove the same, and until he has proved it the presumption shall be that he is not so justified or authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 10A
Nature preserves; designation
Status: in_force

Section 10A. The executive office of environmental affairs, the department or any other division of the department within said executive office may designate as qualifying as a nature preserve any real property owned by the commonwealth and under the care and control of said department, executive office or any of its divisions or departments. Such a parcel of real property shall be deemed to be a nature preserve upon the following: The division shall after a determination that said parcel qualifies as a nature preserve hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A. The division shall file with the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs a statement dedicating said parcel as a nature preserve. Such statement shall include the reasons said parcel qualifies as a nature preserve and a plan for the preservation and protection of said parcel as a nature preserve. A nature preserve established in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be monitored and maintained as nearly as possible in its natural condition, and shall be used in a manner and under limitations consistent with its status as a nature preserve, without impairment or artificial development for the public purposes of present or future scientific research and education, and of providing a habitat for plant and animal species, communities and other natural objects and for preservation of areas representative of the significant habitats and ecosystems of the commonwealth.

Section 10A. The executive office of environmental affairs, the department or any other division of the department within said executive office may designate as qualifying as a nature preserve any real property owned by the commonwealth and under the care and control of said department, executive office or any of its divisions or departments. Such a parcel of real property shall be deemed to be a nature preserve upon the following:

The division shall after a determination that said parcel qualifies as a nature preserve hold a public hearing thereon in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A.

The division shall file with the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs a statement dedicating said parcel as a nature preserve. Such statement shall include the reasons said parcel qualifies as a nature preserve and a plan for the preservation and protection of said parcel as a nature preserve.

A nature preserve established in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be monitored and maintained as nearly as possible in its natural condition, and shall be used in a manner and under limitations consistent with its status as a nature preserve, without impairment or artificial development for the public purposes of present or future scientific research and education, and of providing a habitat for plant and animal species, communities and other natural objects and for preservation of areas representative of the significant habitats and ecosystems of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61B, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61B / Section 4
Changes in use; valuation; additional assessments
Status: in_force

Section 4. If a change in use of land maintained as recreational land as defined in section one occurs between December 1 and June 30 of the year preceding the tax year, the board of assessors shall disallow or nullify the application filed under authority of section three, and, after examination and inquiry, shall determine the full and fair value of said land under the valuation standard applicable to other land and shall assess the same according to such value. If, notwithstanding such change of use, the land is valued, assessed and taxed under the provisions of this chapter in the ensuing year, upon notice thereof said board shall enter an assessment and the amount of the increased tax resulting from such assessment, as an added assessment and tax against such land, for the particular year involved in the manner prescribed in section seventy-five of chapter fifty-nine. The amount of the added assessment shall be equal to the difference, if any, between the assessment imposed under this chapter and the assessment which would have been imposed had the land been valued and assessed as other land. The enforcement and collection of additional taxes resulting from any additional assessment so imposed shall be as provided by said chapters fifty-nine and sixty.

Section 4. If a change in use of land maintained as recreational land as defined in section one occurs between December 1 and June 30 of the year preceding the tax year, the board of assessors shall disallow or nullify the application filed under authority of section three, and, after examination and inquiry, shall determine the full and fair value of said land under the valuation standard applicable to other land and shall assess the same according to such value. If, notwithstanding such change of use, the land is valued, assessed and taxed under the provisions of this chapter in the ensuing year, upon notice thereof said board shall enter an assessment and the amount of the increased tax resulting from such assessment, as an added assessment and tax against such land, for the particular year involved in the manner prescribed in section seventy-five of chapter fifty-nine. The amount of the added assessment shall be equal to the difference, if any, between the assessment imposed under this chapter and the assessment which would have been imposed had the land been valued and assessed as other land. The enforcement and collection of additional taxes resulting from any additional assessment so imposed shall be as provided by said chapters fifty-nine and sixty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 35
Place of stockholders' meetings
Status: in_force

Section 35. Meetings of stockholders shall be held within the commonwealth or, to the extent permitted by the articles of organization, elsewhere in the United States.

Section 35. Meetings of stockholders shall be held within the commonwealth or, to the extent permitted by the articles of organization, elsewhere in the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120A / Section 19
Enforcement of other laws conflicting with compact
Status: in_force

Section 19. (a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b) All compacting states' laws other than state constitutions and other interstate compacts conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.

Section 19. (a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a compacting state that is not inconsistent with this compact.

(b) All compacting states' laws other than state constitutions and other interstate compacts conflicting with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.