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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 21
Effect of commitment on application for public service; discharge; restoration of civil rights; records; inspection; consent; evidence in other proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 21. Commitment to the care of the department of a delinquent child or youthful offender shall not operate to disqualify said child in any future examination, appointment or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof. Whenever a person committed to the department by a court upon conviction of a crime is discharged from its control such discharge shall, when so ordered by the department, restore such person to all civil rights and shall have the effect of setting aside the conviction. The conviction of such a person shall not operate to disqualify him for any future examination, appointment or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof. The records of commitment to the department shall be withheld from public inspection except with the consent of the department, but such records concerning any child who at the time of commitment was between seven and 18 years of age shall be open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of the child, his or her parent or parents, guardian or attorney, or any of them. A commitment to the department shall not be received in evidence or used in any way in any proceeding in any court except in subsequent proceedings for waywardness or delinquency against the same child, and except in imposing sentence in any criminal proceeding against the same person.

Section 21. Commitment to the care of the department of a delinquent child or youthful offender shall not operate to disqualify said child in any future examination, appointment or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof.

Whenever a person committed to the department by a court upon conviction of a crime is discharged from its control such discharge shall, when so ordered by the department, restore such person to all civil rights and shall have the effect of setting aside the conviction. The conviction of such a person shall not operate to disqualify him for any future examination, appointment or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof.

The records of commitment to the department shall be withheld from public inspection except with the consent of the department, but such records concerning any child who at the time of commitment was between seven and 18 years of age shall be open, at all reasonable times, to the inspection of the child, his or her parent or parents, guardian or attorney, or any of them. A commitment to the department shall not be received in evidence or used in any way in any proceeding in any court except in subsequent proceedings for waywardness or delinquency against the same child, and except in imposing sentence in any criminal proceeding against the same person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 68C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 68C
Diagnostic services by department of youth services
Status: in_force

Section 68C. The department of youth services shall maintain and provide diagnostic services for the purpose of providing the diagnostic studies and making the reports and recommendations provided for under section sixty-eight A, and the department may provide offices and facilities for such diagnostic services, at such places in the commonwealth as will best serve the needs of the several courts.

Section 68C. The department of youth services shall maintain and provide diagnostic services for the purpose of providing the diagnostic studies and making the reports and recommendations provided for under section sixty-eight A, and the department may provide offices and facilities for such diagnostic services, at such places in the commonwealth as will best serve the needs of the several courts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19C / Section 6
Protective services
Status: in_force

Section 6. The commission, acting through state agencies within the executive office of human services designated by the commission, for the purpose of furnishing protective services, the general counsel acting through state agencies within the executive office of health and human services designated by the secretary of health and human services for the purpose of furnishing protective services, the department of mental health and the department of public health shall, as necessary to prevent further abuse in cases investigated by said commission, counsel or department:— (1) furnish protective services to a disabled person either with his consent or with the consent of his current guardian; (2) petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian or for issuance of an emergency order for protective services as provided in section seven; or (3) furnish protective services to a disabled person on an emergency basis as provided in section seven.

Section 6. The commission, acting through state agencies within the executive office of human services designated by the commission, for the purpose of furnishing protective services, the general counsel acting through state agencies within the executive office of health and human services designated by the secretary of health and human services for the purpose of furnishing protective services, the department of mental health and the department of public health shall, as necessary to prevent further abuse in cases investigated by said commission, counsel or department:—

(1) furnish protective services to a disabled person either with his consent or with the consent of his current guardian;

(2) petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian or for issuance of an emergency order for protective services as provided in section seven; or

(3) furnish protective services to a disabled person on an emergency basis as provided in section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 50A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 50A
Municipalities; land held under tax sales; protecting interests
Status: in_force

Section 50A. In the event of the filing of a certificate under clause (38) of section five of chapter forty in respect to any particular real estate held by a town under a purchase or taking for non-payment of taxes, the collector shall make a written demand upon the owner of record thereof requiring that he take certain specified action to preserve, care for or maintain the same or protect by insurance or otherwise the town's interest therein, within a period fixed in the demand the expiration of which, except in case of emergency, shall be not earlier than seventy-two hours after the date on which the service of said demand is completed. Said demand shall be served upon such owner of record by mailing the same to him at his last known residence or place of business, postage prepaid, and by posting a copy thereof upon such real estate. In default of action in compliance with such demand, the town may proceed to take the specified action and the expenses incurred on account thereof shall be included in the tax title account for such real estate and be treated in all respects as part of the legal costs and charges of collection.

Section 50A. In the event of the filing of a certificate under clause (38) of section five of chapter forty in respect to any particular real estate held by a town under a purchase or taking for non-payment of taxes, the collector shall make a written demand upon the owner of record thereof requiring that he take certain specified action to preserve, care for or maintain the same or protect by insurance or otherwise the town's interest therein, within a period fixed in the demand the expiration of which, except in case of emergency, shall be not earlier than seventy-two hours after the date on which the service of said demand is completed. Said demand shall be served upon such owner of record by mailing the same to him at his last known residence or place of business, postage prepaid, and by posting a copy thereof upon such real estate. In default of action in compliance with such demand, the town may proceed to take the specified action and the expenses incurred on account thereof shall be included in the tax title account for such real estate and be treated in all respects as part of the legal costs and charges of collection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 13
Escape; breach of parole; arrest; detention
Status: in_force

Section 13. The department may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person committed to it who has escaped from a facility or who has been released on parole and broken the conditions thereof. Such person may be arrested with or without such warrant by a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or person employed or authorized by the department and may be kept in custody in a suitable place and there detained until such person may be returned to the custody of the department.

Section 13. The department may issue a warrant for the arrest of any person committed to it who has escaped from a facility or who has been released on parole and broken the conditions thereof. Such person may be arrested with or without such warrant by a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or person employed or authorized by the department and may be kept in custody in a suitable place and there detained until such person may be returned to the custody of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 33B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 33B
Traffic control signs, safety devices and improvements; installation and construction costs; high-accident locations; funding limits
Status: in_force

Section 33B. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the cost of installing suitable traffic control signs, or safety devices, and constructing necessary safety improvements at high-accident locations in cities and towns, in accordance with the following procedure: The department shall define high-accident locations and shall establish standards, rules and regulations, and shall determine final allocation of funds to the cities and towns. The amount to be paid by the treasurer shall be based upon certification to the treasurer by the department of the amount due. Payments in the amounts so certified shall be made by the state treasurer out of the Highway Fund, and shall be in addition to any other funds allocated to the several cities and towns for the improvement, maintenance, repair or construction of highways. Federal funds may be substituted for the commonwealth's share whenever such funds are available. The amounts certified by the department to the treasurer pursuant to this section shall not exceed, in the aggregate, five million dollars in any one year.

Section 33B. The state treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the cost of installing suitable traffic control signs, or safety devices, and constructing necessary safety improvements at high-accident locations in cities and towns, in accordance with the following procedure:

The department shall define high-accident locations and shall establish standards, rules and regulations, and shall determine final allocation of funds to the cities and towns. The amount to be paid by the treasurer shall be based upon certification to the treasurer by the department of the amount due. Payments in the amounts so certified shall be made by the state treasurer out of the Highway Fund, and shall be in addition to any other funds allocated to the several cities and towns for the improvement, maintenance, repair or construction of highways. Federal funds may be substituted for the commonwealth's share whenever such funds are available.

The amounts certified by the department to the treasurer pursuant to this section shall not exceed, in the aggregate, five million dollars in any one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 60I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 60I
Certificate of registration; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 60I. Every certificate of registration issued and remaining in force, under any provision of sections sixty A to sixty J, inclusive, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the commonwealth that the person named therein is legally registered as an architect for the period for which it is issued, and of all other facts therein stated.

Section 60I. Every certificate of registration issued and remaining in force, under any provision of sections sixty A to sixty J, inclusive, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the commonwealth that the person named therein is legally registered as an architect for the period for which it is issued, and of all other facts therein stated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 8
Husband; liability for wife's debts
Status: in_force

Section 8. A husband shall not be liable upon a cause of action which originated against his wife prior to their marriage, or to pay a judgment recovered against her.

Section 8. A husband shall not be liable upon a cause of action which originated against his wife prior to their marriage, or to pay a judgment recovered against her.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 147D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 147D
Record of homeworkers and work
Status: in_force

Section 147D. No person in possession of an employer's permit shall deliver or receive, or cause to be delivered or received, any articles for or as a result of industrial homework unless he shall keep in such form, and forward to the attorney general at such intervals as the attorney general may by rule or regulation prescribe and on such blanks as he may provide, a record of all persons engaged in industrial homework on materials furnished or distributed, or caused to be furnished or distributed, by such person, of all places where such persons work, of all articles which such persons have manufactured or worked upon, the hours worked, of the gross cash wages received by each industrial homeworker.

Section 147D. No person in possession of an employer's permit shall deliver or receive, or cause to be delivered or received, any articles for or as a result of industrial homework unless he shall keep in such form, and forward to the attorney general at such intervals as the attorney general may by rule or regulation prescribe and on such blanks as he may provide, a record of all persons engaged in industrial homework on materials furnished or distributed, or caused to be furnished or distributed, by such person, of all places where such persons work, of all articles which such persons have manufactured or worked upon, the hours worked, of the gross cash wages received by each industrial homeworker.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 1C — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 1C
Parole board; application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 1C. The parole board shall be subject to sections one to eight, inclusive, and shall not otherwise be subject to this chapter, notwithstanding the exclusion of said board from the definition of the word ''agency'' in section one.

Section 1C. The parole board shall be subject to sections one to eight, inclusive, and shall not otherwise be subject to this chapter, notwithstanding the exclusion of said board from the definition of the word ''agency'' in section one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 22B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 22B
Waivers of provisions of this chapter; prohibition; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 22B. No company and no officer, agent or employee thereof, and no insurance broker, shall make, issue or deliver any policy of insurance or any annuity or pure endowment contract, or make or procure the making of, solicit or accept any oral or written agreement, containing a waiver or a provision for a waiver by an applicant for, or the insured under or holder of, any such policy or contract, of any provision of this chapter, except as expressly authorized thereby. Any such agreement, waiver or provision shall be void. Whoever violates this section shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 22B. No company and no officer, agent or employee thereof, and no insurance broker, shall make, issue or deliver any policy of insurance or any annuity or pure endowment contract, or make or procure the making of, solicit or accept any oral or written agreement, containing a waiver or a provision for a waiver by an applicant for, or the insured under or holder of, any such policy or contract, of any provision of this chapter, except as expressly authorized thereby. Any such agreement, waiver or provision shall be void. Whoever violates this section shall forfeit not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 70
Administrative dissolution; notice; wind up and liquidation of affairs
Status: in_force

Section 70. (a) The state secretary may commence a proceeding to dissolve a limited liability company if: (1) the limited liability company has failed for 2 consecutive years to comply with the laws requiring the filing of annual reports; or (2) he is satisfied that the limited liability company has become inactive and its dissolution would be in the public interest. (b) If the state secretary determines that grounds exist under subsection (a), he shall serve the limited liability company with written notice of his determination. The notice shall be sent to the address of the office in the commonwealth required by clause (1) of section 5. If, within 90 days after the notice, the limited liability company fails to correct each ground for dissolution or fails to demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the state secretary that each ground determined by the state secretary does not exist, the state secretary shall administratively dissolve the limited liability company. (c) A limited liability company administratively dissolved continues in existence, but shall not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its affairs.

Section 70. (a) The state secretary may commence a proceeding to dissolve a limited liability company if:

(1) the limited liability company has failed for 2 consecutive years to comply with the laws requiring the filing of annual reports; or

(2) he is satisfied that the limited liability company has become inactive and its dissolution would be in the public interest.

(b) If the state secretary determines that grounds exist under subsection (a), he shall serve the limited liability company with written notice of his determination. The notice shall be sent to the address of the office in the commonwealth required by clause (1) of section 5. If, within 90 days after the notice, the limited liability company fails to correct each ground for dissolution or fails to demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the state secretary that each ground determined by the state secretary does not exist, the state secretary shall administratively dissolve the limited liability company.

(c) A limited liability company administratively dissolved continues in existence, but shall not carry on any business except that necessary to wind up and liquidate its affairs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 111
Sources of water for humidifying purposes; clean air ducts
Status: in_force

Section 111. Water used for humidifying purposes in a textile factory shall be taken either from a public supply of drinking water, or from some other source of pure water, or from a supply of water which, although in the opinion of the attorney general not suitable for drinking purposes, is sufficiently free from impurities to be not dangerous to the health of employees when used for humidifying purposes; and all ducts for the introduction or distribution of humidified air shall be kept clean.

Section 111. Water used for humidifying purposes in a textile factory shall be taken either from a public supply of drinking water, or from some other source of pure water, or from a supply of water which, although in the opinion of the attorney general not suitable for drinking purposes, is sufficiently free from impurities to be not dangerous to the health of employees when used for humidifying purposes; and all ducts for the introduction or distribution of humidified air shall be kept clean.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140D, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140D / Section 28
Liability of business for unauthorized use of credit cards
Status: in_force

Section 28. The exemption provided by subsection (a) of section two shall not apply to the provisions of sections twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven, except that a card issuer and a business or other organization which provides credit cards issued by the same card issuer to ten or more of its employees may by contract agree as to liability of the business or other organization with respect to unauthorized use of such credit cards without regard to the provisions of section twenty-six, but in no case may such business or other organization or card issuer impose liability upon any employee with respect to unauthorized use of such a credit card except in accordance with and subject to the limitations of said section twenty-six.

Section 28. The exemption provided by subsection (a) of section two shall not apply to the provisions of sections twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-seven, except that a card issuer and a business or other organization which provides credit cards issued by the same card issuer to ten or more of its employees may by contract agree as to liability of the business or other organization with respect to unauthorized use of such credit cards without regard to the provisions of section twenty-six, but in no case may such business or other organization or card issuer impose liability upon any employee with respect to unauthorized use of such a credit card except in accordance with and subject to the limitations of said section twenty-six.