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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61A / Section 3
Land of five-acre minimum area actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses defined; gross sales and program payment standard
Status: in_force

Section 3. Land not less than five acres in area shall be deemed to be actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses when the gross sales of agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural products resulting from such uses together with the amount, if any, payable under a soil conservation or pollution abatement program of the federal government or the commonwealth total not less than five hundred dollars per year or when the use of such land is clearly proven to be for the purpose of achieving an annual total of not less than five hundred dollars from such gross sales and program payments within the normal product development period as determined by the farmland valuation advisory commission established pursuant to section eleven of this chapter. In cases where the land is more than five acres in area, the gross sales and program payment standard above set forth shall be increased at the rate of five dollars per acre except in the case of woodland or wetland for which such increase shall be at the rate of fifty cents per acre.

Section 3. Land not less than five acres in area shall be deemed to be actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses when the gross sales of agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural products resulting from such uses together with the amount, if any, payable under a soil conservation or pollution abatement program of the federal government or the commonwealth total not less than five hundred dollars per year or when the use of such land is clearly proven to be for the purpose of achieving an annual total of not less than five hundred dollars from such gross sales and program payments within the normal product development period as determined by the farmland valuation advisory commission established pursuant to section eleven of this chapter. In cases where the land is more than five acres in area, the gross sales and program payment standard above set forth shall be increased at the rate of five dollars per acre except in the case of woodland or wetland for which such increase shall be at the rate of fifty cents per acre.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 2C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 2C
Pollution violations; orders of department of environmental protection
Status: in_force

Section 2C. The commissioner of environmental protection or his designee may issue orders in the name of the department of environmental protection upon witnessing or being presented proof of the violation of any statute, rule, regulation or code which the said department is authorized to enforce relative to pollution. Such orders shall have the same force and effect as any rule or regulation promulgated by said department and any such order may be revoked by said department.

Section 2C. The commissioner of environmental protection or his designee may issue orders in the name of the department of environmental protection upon witnessing or being presented proof of the violation of any statute, rule, regulation or code which the said department is authorized to enforce relative to pollution. Such orders shall have the same force and effect as any rule or regulation promulgated by said department and any such order may be revoked by said department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180A / Section 8
Effect of chapter on electronic signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Status: in_force

Section 8. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the electronic signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).

Section 8. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the electronic signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 12
Repair of private drains
Status: in_force

Section 12. If a city council or a town accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the board of health may require the owner or occupant of an estate which drains into a private drain in a public or private way to put such drain in good repair and condition. If he fails to comply with said order within ten days after notice thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for every day during which such failure continues.

Section 12. If a city council or a town accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the board of health may require the owner or occupant of an estate which drains into a private drain in a public or private way to put such drain in good repair and condition. If he fails to comply with said order within ten days after notice thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for every day during which such failure continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 17
Right of organization to provide medical services
Status: in_force

Section 17. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the providing of medical services by an educational or other charitable institution to the persons whom it serves, nor to prohibit any business organization from providing medical services for its employees, nor to prohibit an insurance company, or other corporation or society which is subject to the supervision of the commissioner of insurance, from operating in accordance with the laws governing insurance companies or such corporations or societies.

Section 17. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the providing of medical services by an educational or other charitable institution to the persons whom it serves, nor to prohibit any business organization from providing medical services for its employees, nor to prohibit an insurance company, or other corporation or society which is subject to the supervision of the commissioner of insurance, from operating in accordance with the laws governing insurance companies or such corporations or societies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 81
Amount of pension
Status: in_force

Section 81. Any permanent member of a fire department retired under the preceding section shall receive an annual pension, payable weekly or monthly, equal to one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement. The pension of any call or substitute call fireman retired under said section shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the same department in which he served, or, if there be no grades, his compensation shall be that of a permanent member of the department performing duties like those which he performed.

Section 81. Any permanent member of a fire department retired under the preceding section shall receive an annual pension, payable weekly or monthly, equal to one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement. The pension of any call or substitute call fireman retired under said section shall be the same as that of a permanent member of the first grade of the same department in which he served, or, if there be no grades, his compensation shall be that of a permanent member of the department performing duties like those which he performed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 38
Number and time of rounds; frequency of tournaments or contests; gloves; protective devices
Status: in_force

Section 38. No boxing, kickboxing or other unarmed combative sporting match or exhibition shall exceed 10 rounds; provided, however, if a match is to determine a championship, it may exceed the round limits with the prior approval of the commission. No mixed martial arts match or exhibition shall exceed 3 rounds; provided, however, if a match is to determine a championship, it may exceed the round limits with the prior approval of the commission. No round in a boxing, kickboxing or other unarmed combative sporting match or exhibition shall exceed 3 minutes. No round in a mixed martial arts match or exhibition shall exceed 5 minutes. No contestant in a professional match or exhibition shall participate in more than 10 rounds unless otherwise authorized by the commission, as the case may be, during a 72–hour period. During a contest, contestants in professional boxing and kickboxing matches or exhibitions shall wear gloves weighing at least 8 ounces each unless otherwise authorized by the commission. During a contest, contestants in mixed martial arts and other unarmed combative sporting events, matches or exhibitions shall wear gloves weighing at least 4 ounces each unless otherwise authorized by the commission. Every contestant participating in boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting event or exhibition shall be required to wear standard protective devices as outlined by regulation by the commission.

Section 38. No boxing, kickboxing or other unarmed combative sporting match or exhibition shall exceed 10 rounds; provided, however, if a match is to determine a championship, it may exceed the round limits with the prior approval of the commission. No mixed martial arts match or exhibition shall exceed 3 rounds; provided, however, if a match is to determine a championship, it may exceed the round limits with the prior approval of the commission. No round in a boxing, kickboxing or other unarmed combative sporting match or exhibition shall exceed 3 minutes. No round in a mixed martial arts match or exhibition shall exceed 5 minutes. No contestant in a professional match or exhibition shall participate in more than 10 rounds unless otherwise authorized by the commission, as the case may be, during a 72–hour period. During a contest, contestants in professional boxing and kickboxing matches or exhibitions shall wear gloves weighing at least 8 ounces each unless otherwise authorized by the commission. During a contest, contestants in mixed martial arts and other unarmed combative sporting events, matches or exhibitions shall wear gloves weighing at least 4 ounces each unless otherwise authorized by the commission. Every contestant participating in boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sporting event or exhibition shall be required to wear standard protective devices as outlined by regulation by the commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 42
Standing of attorneys; records
Status: in_force

Section 42. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall cause to be made, and shall keep, a complete record in suitable form of all persons who are, or ever have been, or hereafter become, attorneys at law in this commonwealth, and of the suspension, removal or disbarment of such as have been or hereafter shall be suspended, removed or disbarred. Clerks of courts and other persons in whose custody there may be any record of an admission to the bar of an attorney at law, any record of a petition for suspension or removal therefrom, or of a judgment or decree of suspension or removal from practice of any attorney at law, shall within one month after the date of such record report the same to the clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county. The record of said clerk relative to an admission to the bar, or a suspension or removal therefrom, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recorded. A certificate thereof signed by the clerk or assistant clerk shall be admissible as evidence of such record.

Section 42. The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall cause to be made, and shall keep, a complete record in suitable form of all persons who are, or ever have been, or hereafter become, attorneys at law in this commonwealth, and of the suspension, removal or disbarment of such as have been or hereafter shall be suspended, removed or disbarred. Clerks of courts and other persons in whose custody there may be any record of an admission to the bar of an attorney at law, any record of a petition for suspension or removal therefrom, or of a judgment or decree of suspension or removal from practice of any attorney at law, shall within one month after the date of such record report the same to the clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county. The record of said clerk relative to an admission to the bar, or a suspension or removal therefrom, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recorded. A certificate thereof signed by the clerk or assistant clerk shall be admissible as evidence of such record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 13
Discharge of trustees
Status: in_force

Section 13. If the answer of the alleged trustee shows that at the time of service of the trustee summons upon him he had not in his hands or possession any goods, effects or credits of the defendant, and the plaintiff declines to examine him, or if upon examination his answer appears to be true, he shall be discharged.

Section 13. If the answer of the alleged trustee shows that at the time of service of the trustee summons upon him he had not in his hands or possession any goods, effects or credits of the defendant, and the plaintiff declines to examine him, or if upon examination his answer appears to be true, he shall be discharged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 38A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 38A
Collection of accounts due city or town; powers and duties of tax collector
Status: in_force

Section 38A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may by ordinance, by-law or vote provide that the collector of taxes shall be authorized to collect, under the title of city or town collector, any accounts due the city or town and may in like manner define the collector of taxes' powers and duties in relation to the collection of such accounts; provided, however, that no such ordinance, by-law or vote shall limit such collector in the exercise of the remedies hereinafter conferred. Such a collector shall in the collection of such accounts have all the remedies provided by sections thirty-five, thirty-six and ninety-three of chapter sixty for the collection of taxes on personal estate. This section shall not apply to the collection of interest on investments of sinking or trust funds. All bills for accounts due the city or town shall state that all checks, drafts or money orders shall be made payable to or to the order of the city or town and not to or to the order of any officer, board or commission. Whenever the collector of taxes, in any communication, document or writing intended for use outside his department, identifies a husband and wife, he shall use the name of both husband and wife and shall not use a legal phrase as a substitute for either name.

Section 38A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may by ordinance, by-law or vote provide that the collector of taxes shall be authorized to collect, under the title of city or town collector, any accounts due the city or town and may in like manner define the collector of taxes' powers and duties in relation to the collection of such accounts; provided, however, that no such ordinance, by-law or vote shall limit such collector in the exercise of the remedies hereinafter conferred. Such a collector shall in the collection of such accounts have all the remedies provided by sections thirty-five, thirty-six and ninety-three of chapter sixty for the collection of taxes on personal estate. This section shall not apply to the collection of interest on investments of sinking or trust funds. All bills for accounts due the city or town shall state that all checks, drafts or money orders shall be made payable to or to the order of the city or town and not to or to the order of any officer, board or commission.

Whenever the collector of taxes, in any communication, document or writing intended for use outside his department, identifies a husband and wife, he shall use the name of both husband and wife and shall not use a legal phrase as a substitute for either name.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132A, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132A / Section 1B
Director of state parks and recreation
Status: in_force

Section 1B. The division of state parks and recreation shall be under the administrative supervision of a director, who shall be called the director of state parks and recreation.

Section 1B. The division of state parks and recreation shall be under the administrative supervision of a director, who shall be called the director of state parks and recreation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 62
Weapons; intoxicating liquor or drugs
Status: in_force

Section 62. A person, with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or of marihuana, narcotic drugs, depressant or stimulant substances, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 94C, or who intentionally smells or inhales the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors in violation of section 18 of chapter 270, shall not hunt or carry a firearm, bow and arrow or other firearm while engaged in hunting or target shooting. A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 62. A person, with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, or of marihuana, narcotic drugs, depressant or stimulant substances, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 94C, or who intentionally smells or inhales the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors in violation of section 18 of chapter 270, shall not hunt or carry a firearm, bow and arrow or other firearm while engaged in hunting or target shooting. A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 18A
Chain link metal basketball nets prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 18A. A chain link metal basketball net shall not be used in a public park, playground, or recreation center.

Section 18A. A chain link metal basketball net shall not be used in a public park, playground, or recreation center.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 89
Use of private automobiles; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 89. Under an order issued by the commander-in-chief, the adjutant general, in the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, may, for military use, accept the gift or loan of a motor vehicle, or the grant of the temporary right to the use and control of a motor vehicle, or hire or purchase a motor vehicle in the event— (1) An enemy at war with the United States shall commence or threaten operations to endanger the peace or safety of the commonwealth; or (2) Of tumult, riot, mob, natural disaster, or public catastrophe within the purview of section forty-one; or (3) Any unit of the armed forces of the commonwealth shall be directed or authorized by order of the commander-in-chief to participate or engage in any military training, exercise or duty in which the use of motor vehicles in excess of the number issued to such unit may be required.

Section 89. Under an order issued by the commander-in-chief, the adjutant general, in the name and on behalf of the commonwealth, may, for military use, accept the gift or loan of a motor vehicle, or the grant of the temporary right to the use and control of a motor vehicle, or hire or purchase a motor vehicle in the event—

(1) An enemy at war with the United States shall commence or threaten operations to endanger the peace or safety of the commonwealth; or

(2) Of tumult, riot, mob, natural disaster, or public catastrophe within the purview of section forty-one; or

(3) Any unit of the armed forces of the commonwealth shall be directed or authorized by order of the commander-in-chief to participate or engage in any military training, exercise or duty in which the use of motor vehicles in excess of the number issued to such unit may be required.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 113
Inspection and condemnation of military property; reports
Status: in_force

Section 113. A state surveying officer or a board of officers designated by the commander-in-chief shall inspect and condemn military property of the commonwealth unfit for use. No such property shall be sold or otherwise disposed of until it has been inspected and condemned, and the condemnation approved by the commander-in-chief, except that subsistence stores of a perishable nature, which would spoil before action could be taken by the state surveying officer or a board as above provided, may be sold, or given to a non-sectarian charitable institution by the officer responsible therefor, after investigation by an officer detailed by the commanding officer of the organization. The report of the investigation, approved by the commanding officer, shall be forwarded by the responsible officer. The proceeds of any sales made hereunder shall be paid to the military division of the commonwealth.

Section 113. A state surveying officer or a board of officers designated by the commander-in-chief shall inspect and condemn military property of the commonwealth unfit for use. No such property shall be sold or otherwise disposed of until it has been inspected and condemned, and the condemnation approved by the commander-in-chief, except that subsistence stores of a perishable nature, which would spoil before action could be taken by the state surveying officer or a board as above provided, may be sold, or given to a non-sectarian charitable institution by the officer responsible therefor, after investigation by an officer detailed by the commanding officer of the organization. The report of the investigation, approved by the commanding officer, shall be forwarded by the responsible officer. The proceeds of any sales made hereunder shall be paid to the military division of the commonwealth.