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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 17
Improper issue of stock, bonds or other securities; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 17. A director, treasurer or other officer or agent of a gas or electric company who knowingly votes to authorize the issue of, or knowingly signs, certifies or issues, stock, bonds or other securities contrary to any provision of section fourteen or sixteen, or who knowingly votes to authorize the application of, or knowingly applies, the proceeds of such stock, bonds or other securities contrary to any said provision, or who knowingly votes to assume or incur, or knowingly assumes or incurs in the name or behalf of such corporation, any debt or liability except for the legitimate purposes of the corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 17. A director, treasurer or other officer or agent of a gas or electric company who knowingly votes to authorize the issue of, or knowingly signs, certifies or issues, stock, bonds or other securities contrary to any provision of section fourteen or sixteen, or who knowingly votes to authorize the application of, or knowingly applies, the proceeds of such stock, bonds or other securities contrary to any said provision, or who knowingly votes to assume or incur, or knowingly assumes or incurs in the name or behalf of such corporation, any debt or liability except for the legitimate purposes of the corporation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 24
''Statutory co-operative bank power of sale''
Status: in_force

Section 24. The following ''co-operative bank power'' shall be known as the ''Statutory Co-operative Bank Power of Sale'', and may be incorporated in any mortgage by reference: (CO–OPERATIVE BANK POWER.) But in case of non-payment of the aforesaid monthly dues, interest or fines and premiums, if any, for more than four months after any payment thereof shall be due, or upon any other default in the performance or observance of the foregoing or other condition, the mortgagee or its successors or assigns may sell the mortgaged premises or such portion thereof as may remain subject to the mortgage in case of any partial release thereof, either as a whole or in parcels, together with all improvements that may be thereon, by public auction on or near the premises then subject to the mortgage, or, if more than one parcel is then subject thereto, on or near one of said parcels, or at such place as may be designated for that purpose in the mortgage, first complying with the terms of the mortgage and with the statutes relating to the foreclosure of mortgages by the exercise of a power of sale, and may convey the same by proper deed or deeds to the purchaser or purchasers absolutely and in fee simple; and such sale shall forever bar the mortgagor and all persons claiming under him from all right and interest in the mortgaged premises, whether at law or in equity.

Section 24. The following ''co-operative bank power'' shall be known as the ''Statutory Co-operative Bank Power of Sale'', and may be incorporated in any mortgage by reference:

(CO–OPERATIVE BANK POWER.)

But in case of non-payment of the aforesaid monthly dues, interest or fines and premiums, if any, for more than four months after any payment thereof shall be due, or upon any other default in the performance or observance of the foregoing or other condition, the mortgagee or its successors or assigns may sell the mortgaged premises or such portion thereof as may remain subject to the mortgage in case of any partial release thereof, either as a whole or in parcels, together with all improvements that may be thereon, by public auction on or near the premises then subject to the mortgage, or, if more than one parcel is then subject thereto, on or near one of said parcels, or at such place as may be designated for that purpose in the mortgage, first complying with the terms of the mortgage and with the statutes relating to the foreclosure of mortgages by the exercise of a power of sale, and may convey the same by proper deed or deeds to the purchaser or purchasers absolutely and in fee simple; and such sale shall forever bar the mortgagor and all persons claiming under him from all right and interest in the mortgaged premises, whether at law or in equity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 100D — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 100D
Availability of sealed criminal record information
Status: in_force

Section 100D. Notwithstanding any provision of section 100A, 100B, or 100C of this chapter, criminal justice agencies as defined in section 167 of chapter 6 shall have immediate access to, and be permitted to use as necessary for the performance of their criminal justice duties, any sealed criminal offender record information as defined in section 167 of chapter 6 and any sealed information concerning criminal offenses or acts of delinquency committed by any person before he attained the age of 17.

Section 100D. Notwithstanding any provision of section 100A, 100B, or 100C of this chapter, criminal justice agencies as defined in section 167 of chapter 6 shall have immediate access to, and be permitted to use as necessary for the performance of their criminal justice duties, any sealed criminal offender record information as defined in section 167 of chapter 6 and any sealed information concerning criminal offenses or acts of delinquency committed by any person before he attained the age of 17.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8EE — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8EE
Coverage for children under age 18 for cleft lip and cleft palate
Status: in_force

Section 8EE. A contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, that covers a child under the age of 18 shall provide coverage for the cost of treating cleft lip and cleft palate for the child. The coverage shall include benefits for medical, dental, oral and facial surgery, surgical management and follow-up care by oral and plastic surgeons, orthodontic treatment and management, preventative and restorative dentistry to ensure good health and adequate dental structures for orthodontic treatment or prosthetic management therapy, speech therapy, audiology and nutrition services, if such services are prescribed by the treating physician or surgeon and such physician or surgeon certifies that such services are medically necessary and consequent to the treatment of the cleft lip, cleft palate or both. The coverage required by this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to other benefits. Payment for dental or orthodontic treatment not related to the management of the congenital conditions of cleft lip and cleft palate shall not be covered under this section.

Section 8EE. A contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, that covers a child under the age of 18 shall provide coverage for the cost of treating cleft lip and cleft palate for the child. The coverage shall include benefits for medical, dental, oral and facial surgery, surgical management and follow-up care by oral and plastic surgeons, orthodontic treatment and management, preventative and restorative dentistry to ensure good health and adequate dental structures for orthodontic treatment or prosthetic management therapy, speech therapy, audiology and nutrition services, if such services are prescribed by the treating physician or surgeon and such physician or surgeon certifies that such services are medically necessary and consequent to the treatment of the cleft lip, cleft palate or both. The coverage required by this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to other benefits. Payment for dental or orthodontic treatment not related to the management of the congenital conditions of cleft lip and cleft palate shall not be covered under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 73
Determination and publication of values per unit of certain nutrients in fertilizers
Status: in_force

Section 73. The commissioner shall determine and publish annually the values per unit of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash in commercial fertilizers in the commonwealth. The value so published shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.

Section 73. The commissioner shall determine and publish annually the values per unit of nitrogen, available phosphoric acid and soluble potash in commercial fertilizers in the commonwealth. The value so published shall be used in determining and assessing penalties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 280 / Section 6A
Special cost assessments; exemption
Status: in_force

Section 6A. Before imposing a fine or forfeiture as a punishment or part punishment for a crime, the court or justice shall levy as a special cost assessment an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the fine or forfeiture; provided however, that no special cost assessment shall be levied on fines or forfeitures for minor motor vehicle offenses, and juvenile offenses or acts of delinquency. Minor motor vehicle offenses shall be defined as those not punishable by incarceration. When a fine is suspended, in whole or in part, the special cost assessment shall be computed on the fine remaining to be paid. The court or justice may waive all or any part of said cost assessment upon a finding that such payment would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents. Said cost assessment shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the state treasurer who shall deposit such assessment in the General Fund.

Section 6A. Before imposing a fine or forfeiture as a punishment or part punishment for a crime, the court or justice shall levy as a special cost assessment an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the fine or forfeiture; provided however, that no special cost assessment shall be levied on fines or forfeitures for minor motor vehicle offenses, and juvenile offenses or acts of delinquency. Minor motor vehicle offenses shall be defined as those not punishable by incarceration.

When a fine is suspended, in whole or in part, the special cost assessment shall be computed on the fine remaining to be paid. The court or justice may waive all or any part of said cost assessment upon a finding that such payment would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents.

Said cost assessment shall be accounted for by the clerk of the court and forwarded to the state treasurer who shall deposit such assessment in the General Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 88, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 88 / Section 15
Failure to lay out; appeal to county commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 15. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the selectmen of a town to lay out suitable landing places therein, after petition therefor, or by the failure of a town to accept a common landing place laid out by the selectmen, may, if an inhabitant of such town or of an adjoining town, within six months after such petition to the selectmen or after such failure of the town, appeal by petition in writing to the county commissioners, who, unless sufficient cause to the contrary is shown, may lay out suitable common landing places, or may approve a landing place laid out by the selectmen, and may direct the laying out of such landing places to be recorded by the clerk of the town, and such laying out or approval shall have the same effect as a laying out by the selectmen and an acceptance by the town. The proceedings of the county commissioners upon such an appeal shall, so far as is practicable, be the same as those provided by law in regard to the laying out of highways by county commissioners.

Section 15. Any person aggrieved by the failure of the selectmen of a town to lay out suitable landing places therein, after petition therefor, or by the failure of a town to accept a common landing place laid out by the selectmen, may, if an inhabitant of such town or of an adjoining town, within six months after such petition to the selectmen or after such failure of the town, appeal by petition in writing to the county commissioners, who, unless sufficient cause to the contrary is shown, may lay out suitable common landing places, or may approve a landing place laid out by the selectmen, and may direct the laying out of such landing places to be recorded by the clerk of the town, and such laying out or approval shall have the same effect as a laying out by the selectmen and an acceptance by the town. The proceedings of the county commissioners upon such an appeal shall, so far as is practicable, be the same as those provided by law in regard to the laying out of highways by county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 88
Fees for weighing of fish
Status: in_force

Section 88. The fees for weighing fish shall be twenty cents per one thousand pounds, but in no case less than one dollar, and shall be paid by the person applying to have the fish weighed. Each deputy shall pay to the weigher two cents per one thousand pounds for all fish weighed by him.

Section 88. The fees for weighing fish shall be twenty cents per one thousand pounds, but in no case less than one dollar, and shall be paid by the person applying to have the fish weighed. Each deputy shall pay to the weigher two cents per one thousand pounds for all fish weighed by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 7C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 7C
Notice of taking and amount of damages; contents; service
Status: in_force

Section 7C. Immediately after the right to damages becomes vested, the board of officers who have made a taking under this chapter shall give notice thereof to every person, including every mortgagee of record, whose property has been taken or who is otherwise entitled to damages on account of such taking. Such notice shall be in writing and shall describe in general terms the purpose and extent of the taking, and shall state the amount of damages, if any, awarded for such taking and the time and place at which he may obtain payment thereof, or, if no damages have been awarded, the time within which he may petition for an award of the same, and the time within which he may petition the superior court to determine his damages under section fourteen. Such notice may be served by personal service, or by leaving an attested copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the person to be notified if he is a resident of the commonwealth, by any person authorized to serve civil process, or notice may be given to persons within or without the commonwealth, by registered mail or other suitable means. Failure to give notice shall not affect the time within which a petition for damages may be filed, except as provided by section sixteen.

Section 7C. Immediately after the right to damages becomes vested, the board of officers who have made a taking under this chapter shall give notice thereof to every person, including every mortgagee of record, whose property has been taken or who is otherwise entitled to damages on account of such taking. Such notice shall be in writing and shall describe in general terms the purpose and extent of the taking, and shall state the amount of damages, if any, awarded for such taking and the time and place at which he may obtain payment thereof, or, if no damages have been awarded, the time within which he may petition for an award of the same, and the time within which he may petition the superior court to determine his damages under section fourteen. Such notice may be served by personal service, or by leaving an attested copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the person to be notified if he is a resident of the commonwealth, by any person authorized to serve civil process, or notice may be given to persons within or without the commonwealth, by registered mail or other suitable means. Failure to give notice shall not affect the time within which a petition for damages may be filed, except as provided by section sixteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 117D — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 117D
Inspection of farm products; certification of quality and condition
Status: in_force

Section 117D. The commissioner may employ inspectors to inspect such farm products marked, branded or labelled in accordance with official grades or standards established and promulgated by the commissioner, for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, standard, condition, and approximate quality of the farm products inspected and any other pertinent facts that the commissioner may require. Such a certificate and all federal certificates relative to the condition or quality of said farm products shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the commonwealth of the facts required as aforesaid to be stated therein.

Section 117D. The commissioner may employ inspectors to inspect such farm products marked, branded or labelled in accordance with official grades or standards established and promulgated by the commissioner, for the purpose of determining and certifying the quality and condition thereof and other material facts relative thereto. Certificates issued in pursuance of such inspection and executed by the inspector shall state the date and place of inspection, the grade, standard, condition, and approximate quality of the farm products inspected and any other pertinent facts that the commissioner may require. Such a certificate and all federal certificates relative to the condition or quality of said farm products shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the commonwealth of the facts required as aforesaid to be stated therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 9
Return of unwanted state publications
Status: in_force

Section 9. If the trustees of any town library shall vote not to keep or receive any of the books and reports which the state secretary is authorized to send thereto, the secretary, at the request of the supervisor of public records, may discontinue sending them. Any of said books and reports in the custody of any town library may be returned at its expense to the state library, or, with the sanction of the board of library commissioners, may otherwise be exchanged or disposed of.

Section 9. If the trustees of any town library shall vote not to keep or receive any of the books and reports which the state secretary is authorized to send thereto, the secretary, at the request of the supervisor of public records, may discontinue sending them. Any of said books and reports in the custody of any town library may be returned at its expense to the state library, or, with the sanction of the board of library commissioners, may otherwise be exchanged or disposed of.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 80A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 80A
Violations of provisions relating to practical nursing
Status: in_force

Section 80A. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as a licensed practical nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice practical nursing or uses the abbreviation L.P.N., or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same is such a licensed practical nurse shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that a nonresident, licensed to practice practical nursing in another jurisdiction, may so practice in the commonwealth for a period or periods which, in the aggregate, exclusive of any period of time during which such person is in attendance upon a nonresident of the commonwealth temporarily abiding here, does not exceed six months. Whoever becomes or attempts to become licensed as a licensed practical nurse, or practices or attempts to practice practical nursing under a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both.

Section 80A. Whoever, not being lawfully authorized to practice as a licensed practical nurse within the commonwealth, practices or attempts to practice practical nursing or uses the abbreviation L.P.N., or any other words, letters or figures to indicate that the person using the same is such a licensed practical nurse shall, except as provided in section sixty-five, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that a nonresident, licensed to practice practical nursing in another jurisdiction, may so practice in the commonwealth for a period or periods which, in the aggregate, exclusive of any period of time during which such person is in attendance upon a nonresident of the commonwealth temporarily abiding here, does not exceed six months. Whoever becomes or attempts to become licensed as a licensed practical nurse, or practices or attempts to practice practical nursing under a false or assumed name shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93E, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93E / Section 2
Agreements to which chapter applies
Status: in_force

Section 2. This chapter shall apply to agreements pertaining to the sale of gasoline and related products when (a) more than twenty percent of the dealer's gross sales are covered by such agreement and (b) such gross sales covered by such agreement are more than twenty-five thousand dollars yearly.

Section 2. This chapter shall apply to agreements pertaining to the sale of gasoline and related products when (a) more than twenty percent of the dealer's gross sales are covered by such agreement and (b) such gross sales covered by such agreement are more than twenty-five thousand dollars yearly.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 72, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 72 / Section 7
Liability of school committee for failure to file returns or reports
Status: in_force

Section 7. A town suffering such a forfeiture through the default of its school committee may withhold the compensation of the committee.

Section 7. A town suffering such a forfeiture through the default of its school committee may withhold the compensation of the committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 88
Participation in community-based restorative justice program
Status: in_force

Section 88. A child against whom a complaint is brought pursuant to this chapter may participate in a community-based restorative justice program pursuant to chapter 276B.

Section 88. A child against whom a complaint is brought pursuant to this chapter may participate in a community-based restorative justice program pursuant to chapter 276B.