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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162W — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162W
Promulgation of regulations relating to insurance producers
Status: in_force

Section 162W. The commissioner may promulgate reasonable regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of sections 162G to 162Y, inclusive.

Section 162W. The commissioner may promulgate reasonable regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of sections 162G to 162Y, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 28
Classified copies of indexes
Status: in_force

Section 28. Each register shall annually, at the expense of the county, cause competent persons to make copies of the indexes of the preceding year, in which the grantors and grantees shall be classified by their respective surnames in alphabetical order, and arranged thereunder in the order in which the deeds and other conveyances to which they refer were left for record. He may also cause the Christian names of the grantors and grantees, as well as their surnames, to be arranged in alphabetical order in such lists. Such copies shall in other respects be in the form required for the original indexes.

Section 28. Each register shall annually, at the expense of the county, cause competent persons to make copies of the indexes of the preceding year, in which the grantors and grantees shall be classified by their respective surnames in alphabetical order, and arranged thereunder in the order in which the deeds and other conveyances to which they refer were left for record. He may also cause the Christian names of the grantors and grantees, as well as their surnames, to be arranged in alphabetical order in such lists. Such copies shall in other respects be in the form required for the original indexes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 307 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 307
Tobacco products contaminated by fire, smoke or water; possession or sale; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 307. No person shall deliver, sell, offer for sale or have in possession with intent to sell any cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes or any other implement used for smoking, which may be inserted into the mouth or nostrils, which have been contaminated by fire, smoke or water resulting from fire or flood, without authority to so do from the division of food and drugs of the department of public health. Whoever violates the provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 307. No person shall deliver, sell, offer for sale or have in possession with intent to sell any cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipes or any other implement used for smoking, which may be inserted into the mouth or nostrils, which have been contaminated by fire, smoke or water resulting from fire or flood, without authority to so do from the division of food and drugs of the department of public health. Whoever violates the provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 42C — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 42C
Trade secrets; attorney's fees and costs
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.]

Section 42C. The court may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to the prevailing party if: (i) a claim of misappropriation is made or defended in bad faith, (ii) a motion to enter or to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith, or (iii) willful and malicious misappropriation exists. In considering such an award, the court may take into account the claimant's specification of trade secrets and the proof that such alleged trade secrets were misappropriated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 5I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 5I
Laser equipment; rules and regulations; penalties for violation
Status: in_force

Section 5I. The department may from time to time, after a public hearing, adopt, alter or repeal such rules and regulations relative to the use of laser systems, devices or equipment as it shall deem necessary to protect the public from the hazards of laser rays or beams, with penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding five hundred dollars for any particular offense. Such rules and regulations may require the registration of said systems, devices or equipment. This section shall not be construed as limiting the powers of the department of labor standards under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty-nine relative to the prevention of accidents or injuries to employees.

Section 5I. The department may from time to time, after a public hearing, adopt, alter or repeal such rules and regulations relative to the use of laser systems, devices or equipment as it shall deem necessary to protect the public from the hazards of laser rays or beams, with penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding five hundred dollars for any particular offense. Such rules and regulations may require the registration of said systems, devices or equipment.

This section shall not be construed as limiting the powers of the department of labor standards under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty-nine relative to the prevention of accidents or injuries to employees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 8I — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 8I
Identification cards for persons not possessing motor vehicle licenses; description
Status: in_force

Section 8I. The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so far as is practicable, a license to operate motor vehicles. It shall adequately describe the registrant, and bear the following:—''Commonwealth of Massachusetts''—''identification card No. '', ''this card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not a holder of a valid license to operate motor vehicles as of the date of issuance of this card''. The identification card shall be sealed in transparent plastic or similar substance.

Section 8I. The identification card shall resemble in appearance, so far as is practicable, a license to operate motor vehicles. It shall adequately describe the registrant, and bear the following:—''Commonwealth of Massachusetts''—''identification card No. '', ''this card is provided solely for the purpose of establishing that the bearer described on the card was not a holder of a valid license to operate motor vehicles as of the date of issuance of this card''. The identification card shall be sealed in transparent plastic or similar substance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 24A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 24A
Dismissal or refusal to employ certain persons on account of age; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 24A. Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 24A. Whoever dismisses from private sector employment any person over the age of forty, or refuses to employ such person because of his age, except as permitted by subsection 17 of section 4 of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 53
Engineers; promulgation of rules and regulations for fire prevention
Status: in_force

Section 53. They may make regulations as to the carrying of fire, firebrands, lighted matches or other ignited materials openly in the streets or thoroughfares of their town, or of such parts thereof as they may designate, or as to prohibiting owners or occupants of buildings within their town, or such part thereof as they may designate, from maintaining any defective chimney, hearth, oven, stove or stove pipe, fire frame or other fixture, deposit of ashes or whatever may give just cause of alarm or be the means of kindling or spreading fire. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation shall forfeit not more than $200.

Section 53. They may make regulations as to the carrying of fire, firebrands, lighted matches or other ignited materials openly in the streets or thoroughfares of their town, or of such parts thereof as they may designate, or as to prohibiting owners or occupants of buildings within their town, or such part thereof as they may designate, from maintaining any defective chimney, hearth, oven, stove or stove pipe, fire frame or other fixture, deposit of ashes or whatever may give just cause of alarm or be the means of kindling or spreading fire. Whoever violates any such rule or regulation shall forfeit not more than $200.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 26
Court appointment of substitute in absence of attorney general and district attorney
Status: in_force

Section 26. The supreme judicial or superior court may at any sitting, in the absence of the attorney general and district attorney, appoint some suitable person to perform their duties.

Section 26. The supreme judicial or superior court may at any sitting, in the absence of the attorney general and district attorney, appoint some suitable person to perform their duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167D, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167D / Section 9
Deposits from residential dwelling unit lessor acting as trustee for security deposits
Status: in_force

Section 9. Any bank or federally-chartered bank may establish an account to receive deposits from a lessor acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 15B of chapter 186. Such account may be established as required by said section 15B for the purpose of holding security deposits taken by a lessor of residential dwelling units owned or managed by said lessor; provided, that the terms of said account shall place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the lessor, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and shall provide for the transfer of said deposit to a subsequent owner of any property for which such security deposit was taken. Interest accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the lessor pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the corporation from said account shall discharge the liability of said corporation to all persons.

Section 9. Any bank or federally-chartered bank may establish an account to receive deposits from a lessor acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 15B of chapter 186. Such account may be established as required by said section 15B for the purpose of holding security deposits taken by a lessor of residential dwelling units owned or managed by said lessor; provided, that the terms of said account shall place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the lessor, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and shall provide for the transfer of said deposit to a subsequent owner of any property for which such security deposit was taken. Interest accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the lessor pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the corporation from said account shall discharge the liability of said corporation to all persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 164 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 164
County commissioners; aid to prisoners
Status: in_force

Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suitable person designated by them to be used for such prisoner.

Section 164. The county commissioners may provide a prisoner released from prison with such amount of money as in their opinion can be wisely used to encourage his reformation, or they may pay it to a suitable person designated by them to be used for such prisoner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 23A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 23A
Inflammable anti-freeze in hydrants
Status: in_force

Section 23A. No inflammable fluid shall be used as an anti-freeze mixture in hydrants used to convey water for extinguishing fires.

Section 23A. No inflammable fluid shall be used as an anti-freeze mixture in hydrants used to convey water for extinguishing fires.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 51
Accounts payable; notice to creditors; part payments
Status: in_force

Section 51. An auditor may notify a person to whom money is due from the town that a certain designated amount, which may be either the whole or a part of the money so due, is payable to him upon application to an officer named in the notice, and, unless payment is refused upon such application, no interest shall accrue on said designated amount after the giving of the notice. A part payment authorized by this section shall not affect a right of tender, lien or other provision of law for the recovery of the amount of the debt, or interest or costs thereon, remaining due; but if the part payment is more than the debt as finally determined, the excess, without interest, shall be repaid to the town.

Section 51. An auditor may notify a person to whom money is due from the town that a certain designated amount, which may be either the whole or a part of the money so due, is payable to him upon application to an officer named in the notice, and, unless payment is refused upon such application, no interest shall accrue on said designated amount after the giving of the notice. A part payment authorized by this section shall not affect a right of tender, lien or other provision of law for the recovery of the amount of the debt, or interest or costs thereon, remaining due; but if the part payment is more than the debt as finally determined, the excess, without interest, shall be repaid to the town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22C / Section 5
Division of field services
Status: in_force

Section 5. There shall be within the division of field services two bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of eastern field operations and the bureau of western field operations. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to each such bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.

Section 5. There shall be within the division of field services two bureaus, which shall be designated as the bureau of eastern field operations and the bureau of western field operations. The head of each such bureau shall be designated by the colonel and shall hold such rank or temporary rank as the colonel may determine. The colonel may from time to time assign to each such bureau such uniformed members and other employees of the department as he may deem necessary to carry out its duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 69, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 69 / Section 9
Classes for illiterates and foreigners
Status: in_force

Section 9. The department, with the cooperation of any town applying therefor, may provide for such instruction in the use of English for persons eighteen years of age or over unable to speak, read or write the same, and in the fundamental principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizenship, as shall jointly be approved by the local school committee and the department. Schools and classes established therefor may be held in public school buildings, in industrial establishments or in such other places as may be approved in like manner. Teachers and supervisors employed therein by a town shall be chosen and their compensation fixed by the school committee, subject to the approval of the department.

Section 9. The department, with the cooperation of any town applying therefor, may provide for such instruction in the use of English for persons eighteen years of age or over unable to speak, read or write the same, and in the fundamental principles of government and other subjects adapted to fit for American citizenship, as shall jointly be approved by the local school committee and the department. Schools and classes established therefor may be held in public school buildings, in industrial establishments or in such other places as may be approved in like manner. Teachers and supervisors employed therein by a town shall be chosen and their compensation fixed by the school committee, subject to the approval of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132B, sec. 6F — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132B / Section 6F
Pesticide products eligible for use indoors at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs
Status: in_force

Section 6F. Beginning November 1, 2001, pesticide products eligible for use indoors on the facility grounds of any school, child care center or school age child care program shall be limited to the following: (a) Anti-microbial pesticides; (b) Rodenticides placed in tamper resistant bait stations or placed in areas inaccessible to children and the general public; (c) Ready-to-use dust, powder or gel formulations of insecticide applied in areas inaccessible to children and the general public; (d) Insecticidal baits placed in tamper resistant bait stations or in areas inaccessible to children and the general public; (e) Termiticides used only in the presence of an active termite infestation and when non-chemical pesticide alternatives have been determined to be ineffective; and (f) Pesticides classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as exempt materials under 40 CFR 152.25.

Section 6F. Beginning November 1, 2001, pesticide products eligible for use indoors on the facility grounds of any school, child care center or school age child care program shall be limited to the following:

(a) Anti-microbial pesticides;

(b) Rodenticides placed in tamper resistant bait stations or placed in areas inaccessible to children and the general public;

(c) Ready-to-use dust, powder or gel formulations of insecticide applied in areas inaccessible to children and the general public;

(d) Insecticidal baits placed in tamper resistant bait stations or in areas inaccessible to children and the general public;

(e) Termiticides used only in the presence of an active termite infestation and when non-chemical pesticide alternatives have been determined to be ineffective; and

(f) Pesticides classified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as exempt materials under 40 CFR 152.25.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7B
Acquisition of slope easement to protect existing ways
Status: in_force

Section 7B. Wherever in this chapter the department is authorized to take land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, in connection with the laying out, widening or relocating of a public way, the department shall be authorized to take, or institute proceedings for the taking of, an easement in land adjoining the location of the public way consisting of the right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of the adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location.

Section 7B. Wherever in this chapter the department is authorized to take land by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, in connection with the laying out, widening or relocating of a public way, the department shall be authorized to take, or institute proceedings for the taking of, an easement in land adjoining the location of the public way consisting of the right to have the land of the location protected by having the surface of the adjoining land slope from the boundary of the location.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 12
Digging up or opening streets or highways; qualified corporations
Status: in_force

Section 12. Corporations organized for the purpose of transporting the United States mail, merchandise and other articles by means of pneumatic pressure or power, corporations engaged in or organized for the purpose of manufacturing, buying, selling, distributing or dealing in artificial cold and refrigerating and cooling materials and corporations organized for any of the purposes mentioned in section three, may, with the written consent of the aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, dig up and open the ground in any of the streets, lanes and highways thereof, so far as is necessary to accomplish the objects of the 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 corporations. They shall put all such streets, lanes and highways into 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 12. Corporations organized for the purpose of transporting the United States mail, merchandise and other articles by means of pneumatic pressure or power, corporations engaged in or organized for the purpose of manufacturing, buying, selling, distributing or dealing in artificial cold and refrigerating and cooling materials and corporations organized for any of the purposes mentioned in section three, may, with the written consent of the aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town, dig up and open the ground in any of the streets, lanes and highways thereof, so far as is necessary to accomplish the objects of the 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 corporations. They shall put all such streets, lanes and highways into 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. 6C, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 58
Definitions applicable to Secs. 59 to 61
Status: in_force

Section 58. As used in sections 59 to 61, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Division'', the aeronautics division. ''Administrator'', the administrator of transportation for aeronautics.

Section 58. As used in sections 59 to 61, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Division'', the aeronautics division.

''Administrator'', the administrator of transportation for aeronautics.