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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 70
Opening of streets by gas company; liability; repairing streets
Status: in_force

Section 70. A gas company may, with the written consent of the aldermen or the selectmen, dig up and open the ground in any of the streets, lanes and highways of a town, so far as necessary to accomplish the objects of said corporation; but such consent shall not affect the right or remedy to recover damages for an injury caused to persons or property by the acts of such corporation. It shall put all such streets, lanes and highways in as good repair as they were in when opened; and upon failure so to do within a reasonable time, shall be guilty of a nuisance.

Section 70. A gas company may, with the written consent of the aldermen or the selectmen, dig up and open the ground in any of the streets, lanes and highways of a town, so far as necessary to accomplish the objects of said corporation; but such consent shall not affect the right or remedy to recover damages for an injury caused to persons or property by the acts of such corporation. It shall put all such streets, lanes and highways in as good repair as they were in when opened; and upon failure so to do within a reasonable time, shall be guilty of a nuisance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 12C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 12C
Immunity of physician or nurse administering immunization or other protective programs
Status: in_force

[ Text of section effective until November 25, 2025. For text effective November 25, 2025, see below.] Section 12C. No physician or nurse administering immunization or other protective programs under public health programs shall be liable in a civil suit for damages as a result of any act or omission on his part in carrying out his duties. Chapter 112: Section 12C. Immunity of physician, nurse or other licensed health care professional administering immunization [ Text of section as amended by 2025, 73, Sec. 29 effective November 25, 2025. For text effective until November 25, 2025, see above.] Section 12C. No physician, nurse or other health care professional licensed under this chapter or otherwise authorized within their scope of practice, by statewide standing order or by department of public health designation to prescribe, dispense or administer vaccines shall be liable for any injury caused by an act or omission in prescribing, dispensing, ordering, furnishing or administering a vaccine or other immunizing agent, including the residual effects of the vaccine or immunizing agent if the immunization is: (i) required by state law; (ii) administered in accordance with guidance from the department of public health; or (iii) authorized under public health programs and the act or omission does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.

[ Text of section effective until November 25, 2025. For text effective November 25, 2025, see below.]

Section 12C. No physician or nurse administering immunization or other protective programs under public health programs shall be liable in a civil suit for damages as a result of any act or omission on his part in carrying out his duties.

Chapter 112: Section 12C. Immunity of physician, nurse or other licensed health care professional administering immunization

[ Text of section as amended by 2025, 73, Sec. 29 effective November 25, 2025. For text effective until November 25, 2025, see above.]

Section 12C. No physician, nurse or other health care professional licensed under this chapter or otherwise authorized within their scope of practice, by statewide standing order or by department of public health designation to prescribe, dispense or administer vaccines shall be liable for any injury caused by an act or omission in prescribing, dispensing, ordering, furnishing or administering a vaccine or other immunizing agent, including the residual effects of the vaccine or immunizing agent if the immunization is: (i) required by state law; (ii) administered in accordance with guidance from the department of public health; or (iii) authorized under public health programs and the act or omission does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 90
Chiropractors; rules and regulations; records; reports
Status: in_force

Section 90. The board may make and publish necessary rules and regulations for the proper conduct of its duties, and shall keep a full record of its proceedings and keep a record of the names of all persons examined or registered by it, which shall be open to public inspection. The board shall make an annual report containing a full and complete account of all of its official acts during the preceding year and setting forth the condition of chiropractic in the commonwealth.

Section 90. The board may make and publish necessary rules and regulations for the proper conduct of its duties, and shall keep a full record of its proceedings and keep a record of the names of all persons examined or registered by it, which shall be open to public inspection. The board shall make an annual report containing a full and complete account of all of its official acts during the preceding year and setting forth the condition of chiropractic in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 14D — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 14D
Regional school district planning board; agreement; approval of indebtedness
Status: in_force

Section 14D. The agreement made under section fourteen B, or any amendment to such an agreement, may provide that the incurring of indebtedness by the district shall be approved by the registered voters in the member towns pursuant to the provisions of clause (n) of section sixteen. In any district for which the agreement does not so provide, the incurring of indebtedness shall be subject to disapproval by any member town pursuant to the provisions of clause (d) of said section sixteen. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the regional district school committee may, by vote of two-thirds of all its members, require that the approval of any particular authorized issue of indebtedness shall be by the registered voters of the member towns of the district pursuant to the provisions of clause (n) of section sixteen rather than pursuant to the provisions of clause (d) of said section sixteen.

Section 14D. The agreement made under section fourteen B, or any amendment to such an agreement, may provide that the incurring of indebtedness by the district shall be approved by the registered voters in the member towns pursuant to the provisions of clause (n) of section sixteen. In any district for which the agreement does not so provide, the incurring of indebtedness shall be subject to disapproval by any member town pursuant to the provisions of clause (d) of said section sixteen. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the regional district school committee may, by vote of two-thirds of all its members, require that the approval of any particular authorized issue of indebtedness shall be by the registered voters of the member towns of the district pursuant to the provisions of clause (n) of section sixteen rather than pursuant to the provisions of clause (d) of said section sixteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64F, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64F / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:— (a) ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue. [There is no paragraph (b).]

Section 1. The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:—

(a) ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue.

[There is no paragraph (b).]

(c) ''Fuel'' shall mean all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline (including casing-head and absorption or natural gasoline) regardless of their classification or uses; and any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as or commonly and commercially used as a fuel in internal combustion engines, which when subjected to distillation in accordance with the standard method of test for distillation of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene and similar petroleum products (American Society for Testing Materials Designation D–86) show not less than ten per cent distilled (recovered) below 347° Fahrenheit (175° Centigrade) and not less than ninety-five per cent distilled (recovered) below 464° Fahrenheit (240° Centigrade); provided, that the term fuel shall not include industrial solvents or naphthas which distill, by American Society for Testing Materials Method D–86, not more than nine per cent at 176° Fahrenheit, and which have a distillation range of 150° Fahrenheit, or less, or liquefied gases which would not exist as liquids at a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute.

(d) ''Special fuels'', shall mean and include all combustible gases and liquids, used or sold for use in an internal combustion engine or motor for the generation of power to propel motor vehicles registered for use on the public highways except such fuel as defined in paragraph (c).

(e) ''Motor carrier'' shall mean any person who regularly or habitually uses or operates motor vehicles upon the highways of this commonwealth which are propelled by fuel or special fuels purchased or acquired outside this commonwealth and is subject to the excise imposed by section three.

(f) ''Motor vehicle'' shall include any vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular, except boats, tractors used exclusively for agricultural purposes and such vehicles as run only on rails or tracks.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 47A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 47A
Defenses or objections; time of motion
Status: in_force

Section 47A. In a criminal case, any defense or objection based upon defects in the institution of the prosecution or in the complaint or indictment, other than a failure to show jurisdiction in the court or to charge an offense, shall only be raised prior to trial and only by a motion in conformity with the requirements of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure. The failure to raise any such defense or objection by motion prior to trial shall constitute a waiver thereof, but a judge or special magistrate may, for cause shown, grant relief from such waiver. A defense or objection based upon a failure to show jurisdiction in the court or the failure to charge an offense may be raised by motion to dismiss prior to trial, but shall be noticed by the court at any time.

Section 47A. In a criminal case, any defense or objection based upon defects in the institution of the prosecution or in the complaint or indictment, other than a failure to show jurisdiction in the court or to charge an offense, shall only be raised prior to trial and only by a motion in conformity with the requirements of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure. The failure to raise any such defense or objection by motion prior to trial shall constitute a waiver thereof, but a judge or special magistrate may, for cause shown, grant relief from such waiver. A defense or objection based upon a failure to show jurisdiction in the court or the failure to charge an offense may be raised by motion to dismiss prior to trial, but shall be noticed by the court at any time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 51
Posting list of employees working on Sunday; work on days of rest
Status: in_force

Section 51. Before operating on Sunday, every employer subject to section forty-eight or fifty A shall post in a conspicuous place on the premises a schedule containing a list of his employees who are required or allowed to work on Sunday, and designating the day of rest for each. No employee shall be required or allowed to work on the day of rest designated for him.

Section 51. Before operating on Sunday, every employer subject to section forty-eight or fifty A shall post in a conspicuous place on the premises a schedule containing a list of his employees who are required or allowed to work on Sunday, and designating the day of rest for each. No employee shall be required or allowed to work on the day of rest designated for him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 24
Validity of levy as against subsequent attaching creditors and purchasers
Status: in_force

Section 24. If the execution and return are not recorded in the registry of deeds within three months as aforesaid, the levy shall be void as against a creditor who has attached the same land or taken it on execution without notice of such levy, and also as against a purchaser in good faith for value and without such notice; but if such execution and return are recorded after the expiration of the three months, the levy shall be valid and effectual as against a conveyance, attachment or levy made after such recording.

Section 24. If the execution and return are not recorded in the registry of deeds within three months as aforesaid, the levy shall be void as against a creditor who has attached the same land or taken it on execution without notice of such levy, and also as against a purchaser in good faith for value and without such notice; but if such execution and return are recorded after the expiration of the three months, the levy shall be valid and effectual as against a conveyance, attachment or levy made after such recording.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 28A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 28A
Past-due child support; disbursement of prizes
Status: in_force

Section 28A. Prior to disbursement of a prize in excess of $600, the commission shall review information furnished by the IV–D agency and by the department of revenue, as set forth in chapter 119A and in this section to ascertain whether the holder of a winning ticket owes past due child support to the commonwealth or to an individual to whom the IV–D agency is providing services, and to ascertain whether the holder of a winning ticket owes any past-due tax liability to the commonwealth. If the holder owes past-due child support or a past-due tax liability, the commission shall notify the IV–D agency or the commonwealth, respectively, of the holder's name, address and social security number. Subsequent to statutory state and federal tax withholding, the commission shall first disburse to the IV–D agency the full amount of the prize or such portion of the prize that satisfies the holder's past-due child support obligation and, if funds remain available after that disbursement, the commission shall disburse to the department of revenue the full amount of the prize or such portion of the prize that satisfies the holder's past-due tax liability. The commission shall disburse to the holder only that portion of the prize, if any, remaining after the holder's past-due child support obligation and the holder's past-due tax liability have been satisfied.

Section 28A. Prior to disbursement of a prize in excess of $600, the commission shall review information furnished by the IV–D agency and by the department of revenue, as set forth in chapter 119A and in this section to ascertain whether the holder of a winning ticket owes past due child support to the commonwealth or to an individual to whom the IV–D agency is providing services, and to ascertain whether the holder of a winning ticket owes any past-due tax liability to the commonwealth. If the holder owes past-due child support or a past-due tax liability, the commission shall notify the IV–D agency or the commonwealth, respectively, of the holder's name, address and social security number. Subsequent to statutory state and federal tax withholding, the commission shall first disburse to the IV–D agency the full amount of the prize or such portion of the prize that satisfies the holder's past-due child support obligation and, if funds remain available after that disbursement, the commission shall disburse to the department of revenue the full amount of the prize or such portion of the prize that satisfies the holder's past-due tax liability. The commission shall disburse to the holder only that portion of the prize, if any, remaining after the holder's past-due child support obligation and the holder's past-due tax liability have been satisfied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118A, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118A / Section 7A
Special grants to recipients residing in rest homes
Status: in_force

Section 7A. The department may provide to any recipient under this chapter who resides in a rest home which has a rate established pursuant to section thirty L of chapter seven a special grant whenever the aid provided under this chapter is insufficient to meet said rate established for such rest home. The department may pay such grant either to the recipient or to the rest home.

Section 7A. The department may provide to any recipient under this chapter who resides in a rest home which has a rate established pursuant to section thirty L of chapter seven a special grant whenever the aid provided under this chapter is insufficient to meet said rate established for such rest home. The department may pay such grant either to the recipient or to the rest home.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 277 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 277
Penalties for violation of Secs. 270 to 276
Status: in_force

Section 277. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under authority of section two hundred and seventy-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, as provided in the rule or regulation.

Section 277. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seventy to two hundred and seventy-six, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Any person convicted of a violation of any rule or regulation made under authority of section two hundred and seventy-four shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, as provided in the rule or regulation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 27
Seniority of officers; determination
Status: in_force

Section 27. Seniority of officers of the same grade shall be determined by their date of rank, which shall be their date of appointment. Between officers of the same grade and date of rank the relative rank shall be determined by considering dates of rank in lower grades in the armed forces of the commonwealth, commissioned, warrant and enlisted, until seniority is established. If seniority is not so established it will be decided by relative age. The day of the appointment of an officer shall be stated in his commission and shall be considered as the date thereof.

Section 27. Seniority of officers of the same grade shall be determined by their date of rank, which shall be their date of appointment. Between officers of the same grade and date of rank the relative rank shall be determined by considering dates of rank in lower grades in the armed forces of the commonwealth, commissioned, warrant and enlisted, until seniority is established. If seniority is not so established it will be decided by relative age. The day of the appointment of an officer shall be stated in his commission and shall be considered as the date thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 114 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 114
Excessive or unreasonable attachments; manner of reduction or discharge
Status: in_force

Section 114. If an excessive or unreasonable attachment, by trustee process or otherwise, is made, the defendant or person whose property has been attached may submit a written motion, in any county, to a justice of the court to which such process is returnable, for a reduction of the amount of the attachment or for its discharge. Notice of such motion shall be served upon each of the parties in accordance with the applicable rules of court. If, upon a summary hearing of the parties, it is found that the action is one to recover for an amount which is liquidated or ascertainable by calculation, and the attachment is for a larger sum than the amount of the claim and such additional amount as is reasonably necessary to include interest thereon and costs likely to be taxed in the action, or if it appears that the amount of the claim is unliquidated and unascertainable by calculation and that the amount of the attachment is excessive or unreasonable, the court shall reduce or dissolve the attachment or order a part of the goods, estates, effects or credits to be released.

Section 114. If an excessive or unreasonable attachment, by trustee process or otherwise, is made, the defendant or person whose property has been attached may submit a written motion, in any county, to a justice of the court to which such process is returnable, for a reduction of the amount of the attachment or for its discharge. Notice of such motion shall be served upon each of the parties in accordance with the applicable rules of court. If, upon a summary hearing of the parties, it is found that the action is one to recover for an amount which is liquidated or ascertainable by calculation, and the attachment is for a larger sum than the amount of the claim and such additional amount as is reasonably necessary to include interest thereon and costs likely to be taxed in the action, or if it appears that the amount of the claim is unliquidated and unascertainable by calculation and that the amount of the attachment is excessive or unreasonable, the court shall reduce or dissolve the attachment or order a part of the goods, estates, effects or credits to be released.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12G
American Education Week
Status: in_force

Section 12G. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart one week in either October or November as American Education Week and recommending that such week be properly observed as a period of special attention to the work of our schools.

Section 12G. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart one week in either October or November as American Education Week and recommending that such week be properly observed as a period of special attention to the work of our schools.