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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 17R — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 17R
Coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome
Status: in_force

[Text of section effective as applied to contracts that take effect or are renewed on or after January 1, 2022. See 2020, 260, Sec. 74.]

[Text of section effective as applied to contracts that take effect or are renewed on or after January 1, 2022. See 2020, 260, Sec. 74.]

Section 17R. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 22
Instruments affecting interests created by delinquent taxes or assessments; recordation
Status: in_force

Section 22. If an assignment, release, partial release, discharge or disclaimer affecting title to land created by a sale or taking for payment of a tax or assessment is recorded, the register shall make a note of reference thereto on the margin of the record of the deed or instrument of sale or taking, if in his registry and referred to in such conveyance.

Section 22. If an assignment, release, partial release, discharge or disclaimer affecting title to land created by a sale or taking for payment of a tax or assessment is recorded, the register shall make a note of reference thereto on the margin of the record of the deed or instrument of sale or taking, if in his registry and referred to in such conveyance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 27
Assistant registers; duties
Status: in_force

Section 27. An assistant register shall perform his duties under the direction of the register and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duties as are not performed by the register. In case of the absence, neglect, removal, resignation or death of the register, the assistant may complete and attest any records remaining unfinished and may act as register until a new register is qualified or the disability removed.

Section 27. An assistant register shall perform his duties under the direction of the register and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duties as are not performed by the register. In case of the absence, neglect, removal, resignation or death of the register, the assistant may complete and attest any records remaining unfinished and may act as register until a new register is qualified or the disability removed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 91
Sale of eggs taken from cold storage; markings; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 91. Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words ''cold storage eggs'', or there shall be attached to such container a placard or sign having on it the said words. If eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale without a container, or placed upon a counter or elsewhere, a sign or placard, having the words ''cold storage eggs'' plainly and conspicuously marked upon it, shall be displayed among, upon or immediately above the said eggs. The display of the words ''cold storage eggs'' shall be in letters not less than one inch in height, except that the container in which eggs sold at retail are delivered to the customer may be marked in letters less than one inch in height if uncondensed gothic type is used, but such letters shall in no case be less than one half inch in height. All markings required by this section shall be done in a manner approved by the commissioner of public health. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 91. Whenever eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at wholesale or retail, or offered or exposed for sale, the basket, box or other container in which the eggs are placed shall be marked plainly and conspicuously with the words ''cold storage eggs'', or there shall be attached to such container a placard or sign having on it the said words. If eggs which have been in cold storage are sold at retail or offered or exposed for sale without a container, or placed upon a counter or elsewhere, a sign or placard, having the words ''cold storage eggs'' plainly and conspicuously marked upon it, shall be displayed among, upon or immediately above the said eggs. The display of the words ''cold storage eggs'' shall be in letters not less than one inch in height, except that the container in which eggs sold at retail are delivered to the customer may be marked in letters less than one inch in height if uncondensed gothic type is used, but such letters shall in no case be less than one half inch in height. All markings required by this section shall be done in a manner approved by the commissioner of public health. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 68B — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 68B
Number of jurors required to render verdict; instructions on sufficient numbers
Status: in_force

Section 68B. In any civil action the jury shall be instructed that the agreement of 5/6 of its members shall be sufficient to render any special or general verdict.

Section 68B. In any civil action the jury shall be instructed that the agreement of 5/6 of its members shall be sufficient to render any special or general verdict.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 4
Replevin actions
Status: in_force

Section 4. An action brought pursuant to chapter two hundred and forty-seven shall be brought in the county where the goods or beasts are detained.

Section 4. An action brought pursuant to chapter two hundred and forty-seven shall be brought in the county where the goods or beasts are detained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 43
Consent in lieu of stockholders' meeting; effect
Status: in_force

Section 43. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if all stockholders entitled to vote on the matter consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting.

Section 43. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting if all stockholders entitled to vote on the matter consent to the action in writing and the written consents are filed with the records of the meetings of stockholders. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes as a vote at a meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 132 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 132
Suction shuttles; shuttle or thread touching lips; violation of statute
Status: in_force

Section 132. No proprietor of a factory nor any officer or agent or other person shall require or permit the use of suction shuttles, or any form of shuttle in the use of which any part of the shuttle or any thread is put in the mouth or touched by the lips of the operator. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars.

Section 132. No proprietor of a factory nor any officer or agent or other person shall require or permit the use of suction shuttles, or any form of shuttle in the use of which any part of the shuttle or any thread is put in the mouth or touched by the lips of the operator. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90F, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90F / Section 13
Driving record information from registrar; recording of convictions
Status: in_force

Section 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the registrar shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to the driver license administrator of any other state, or Province or Territory of Canada, requesting that information; to any employer or prospective employer upon request and payment of a fee as provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety; and to insurers upon request. The registrar shall not mask or defer the recording of convictions on the driving record of the holder of a commercial driver license, in accordance with 49 CFR 384.226 or regulations promulgated by the registrar to reflect the applicable federal requirements. Upon request, the registrar shall furnish, within 30 days of receipt of the request, to any other state, or province or territory of Canada, complete driving records for at least the 10 years preceding the date of the request.

Section 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the registrar shall furnish full information regarding the driving record of any person to the driver license administrator of any other state, or Province or Territory of Canada, requesting that information; to any employer or prospective employer upon request and payment of a fee as provided in section thirty-three of chapter ninety; and to insurers upon request.

The registrar shall not mask or defer the recording of convictions on the driving record of the holder of a commercial driver license, in accordance with 49 CFR 384.226 or regulations promulgated by the registrar to reflect the applicable federal requirements. Upon request, the registrar shall furnish, within 30 days of receipt of the request, to any other state, or province or territory of Canada, complete driving records for at least the 10 years preceding the date of the request.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 54
Record of trial
Status: in_force

Article 54. Record of trial. (a) Each general and special court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case brought before it, and the record shall be authenticated by the signature of the military judge. If the record cannot be authenticated by the military judge by reason of the military judge's death, disability or absence, it shall be authenticated by the signature of the trial counsel or by that of a member, if the trial counsel is unable to authenticate it by reason of the trial counsel's death, disability or absence. In a court-martial consisting of only a military judge, the record shall be authenticated by the court reporter under the same conditions that would impose such a duty on a member under this subsection. (b)(1) A complete verbatim record of the proceedings and testimony shall be prepared in each general and special court-martial case resulting in a conviction; and (2) in all other court-martial cases, the record shall contain such matters as may be prescribed by regulations. (c) Each summary court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case and the record shall be authenticated in the manner as may be prescribed by regulations. (d) A copy of the record of the proceedings of each general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon as it is authenticated.

Article 54. Record of trial.

(a) Each general and special court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case brought before it, and the record shall be authenticated by the signature of the military judge. If the record cannot be authenticated by the military judge by reason of the military judge's death, disability or absence, it shall be authenticated by the signature of the trial counsel or by that of a member, if the trial counsel is unable to authenticate it by reason of the trial counsel's death, disability or absence. In a court-martial consisting of only a military judge, the record shall be authenticated by the court reporter under the same conditions that would impose such a duty on a member under this subsection.

(b)(1) A complete verbatim record of the proceedings and testimony shall be prepared in each general and special court-martial case resulting in a conviction; and

(2) in all other court-martial cases, the record shall contain such matters as may be prescribed by regulations.

(c) Each summary court-martial shall keep a separate record of the proceedings in each case and the record shall be authenticated in the manner as may be prescribed by regulations.

(d) A copy of the record of the proceedings of each general and special court-martial shall be given to the accused as soon as it is authenticated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 3
Manufacture and storage of alcoholic beverages for private use
Status: in_force

Section 3. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or storage of alcoholic beverages by a person for his own private use or to sales of cider at wholesale by the original makers thereof, or to sales of cider by farmers, not to be drunk on the premises, in quantities not exceeding in the aggregate the product of apples raised by them in the season of, or next preceding, such sales, or to sales of cider in any quantity by such farmers not to be drunk on the premises if such cider does not contain more than three per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit; nor shall this chapter apply to sales of cider by the original makers thereof other than such makers and farmers selling not to be drunk on the premises as aforesaid, if the cider does not contain more than three per cent alcohol as aforesaid, not to be drunk on the premises as aforesaid.

Section 3. This chapter shall not apply to the manufacture or storage of alcoholic beverages by a person for his own private use or to sales of cider at wholesale by the original makers thereof, or to sales of cider by farmers, not to be drunk on the premises, in quantities not exceeding in the aggregate the product of apples raised by them in the season of, or next preceding, such sales, or to sales of cider in any quantity by such farmers not to be drunk on the premises if such cider does not contain more than three per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit; nor shall this chapter apply to sales of cider by the original makers thereof other than such makers and farmers selling not to be drunk on the premises as aforesaid, if the cider does not contain more than three per cent alcohol as aforesaid, not to be drunk on the premises as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 56
Meetings of directors; necessity of notice
Status: in_force

Section 56. Meetings of the directors may be held within or without the commonwealth. Unless otherwise provided by the by-laws, regular meetings of the directors, including the first meeting of the board following the annual meeting of the stockholders, may be held without notice if the time and place of such meetings are fixed by the by-laws or by the board. Special meetings of the directors shall be held only upon notice to the directors.

Section 56. Meetings of the directors may be held within or without the commonwealth. Unless otherwise provided by the by-laws, regular meetings of the directors, including the first meeting of the board following the annual meeting of the stockholders, may be held without notice if the time and place of such meetings are fixed by the by-laws or by the board. Special meetings of the directors shall be held only upon notice to the directors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 16A
Reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in pre-release facilities
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The commissioner may include in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section forty-eight provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in department of correction pre-release facilities.

Section 16A. The commissioner may include in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section forty-eight provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses by persons incarcerated in department of correction pre-release facilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 83
Exempt transactions
Status: in_force

Section 83. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of commercial fertilizer to manufacturers or manipulators who have obtained licenses or registrations as required by the provisions of this chapter.

Section 83. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or avoid sales or exchanges of commercial fertilizers to each other by importers, manufacturers, or manipulators who mix fertilizer materials for sale or as preventing the free and unrestricted shipments of commercial fertilizer to manufacturers or manipulators who have obtained licenses or registrations as required by the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 31, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 77
Enforcement of laws and rules
Status: in_force

Section 77. The commission or the administrator may take any necessary and appropriate action to enforce the civil service law and rules.

Section 77. The commission or the administrator may take any necessary and appropriate action to enforce the civil service law and rules.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120A / Section 5
By-laws governing conduct of the interstate commission
Status: in_force

Section 5. The interstate commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within 12 months after the first interstate commission meeting, adopt by-laws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact including, but not limited to: (1) establishing the fiscal year of the interstate commission; (2) establishing an executive committee and such other committees as may be necessary; (3) providing for the establishment of committees governing any general or specific delegation of any authority or function of the interstate commission; (4) providing reasonable procedures for calling and conducting meetings of the interstate commission and ensuring reasonable notice of each such meeting; (5) establishing the titles and responsibilities of the officers of the interstate commission; (6) providing a mechanism for concluding the operations of the interstate commission and the return of any surplus funds that may exist upon the termination of the compact after the payment or reserving of all of its debts and obligations; (7) providing ''start-up'' rules for initial administration of the compact; and (8) establishing standards and procedures for compliance and technical assistance in carrying out the compact.

Section 5. The interstate commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within 12 months after the first interstate commission meeting, adopt by-laws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact including, but not limited to:

(1) establishing the fiscal year of the interstate commission;

(2) establishing an executive committee and such other committees as may be necessary;

(3) providing for the establishment of committees governing any general or specific delegation of any authority or function of the interstate commission;

(4) providing reasonable procedures for calling and conducting meetings of the interstate commission and ensuring reasonable notice of each such meeting;

(5) establishing the titles and responsibilities of the officers of the interstate commission;

(6) providing a mechanism for concluding the operations of the interstate commission and the return of any surplus funds that may exist upon the termination of the compact after the payment or reserving of all of its debts and obligations;

(7) providing ''start-up'' rules for initial administration of the compact; and

(8) establishing standards and procedures for compliance and technical assistance in carrying out the compact.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 10
Liability for loss of property
Status: in_force

Section 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sustained by a guest except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried on the person, personal baggage and money necessary for traveling expenses and personal use, nor shall such guest recover of an innholder more than three hundred dollars as damages for any such loss; but an innholder shall be liable in damages to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars for the loss of money, jewels and ornaments of a guest specially deposited for safe keeping, or offered to be so deposited, with such innholder, person in charge at the office of the inn, or other agent of such innholder authorized to receive such deposit. This section shall not affect the innholder's liability under any special contract for other property deposited with him for safe keeping after being fully informed of its nature and value, nor increase his liability in case of loss by fire or overwhelming force beyond that specified in the following section. Whenever an innholder provides a security box in the room of any guest, the innholder shall not be liable for the loss of any items deposited in the security box, by theft or otherwise, in excess of one thousand dollars; provided, however, that the provisions of section thirteen have been complied with. As used in this section, ''security box'' means a metal or alloy box used for the safekeeping of valuables or other property, which may be securely locked with a locking mechanism.

Section 10. An innholder shall not be liable for losses sustained by a guest except of wearing apparel, articles worn or carried on the person, personal baggage and money necessary for traveling expenses and personal use, nor shall such guest recover of an innholder more than three hundred dollars as damages for any such loss; but an innholder shall be liable in damages to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars for the loss of money, jewels and ornaments of a guest specially deposited for safe keeping, or offered to be so deposited, with such innholder, person in charge at the office of the inn, or other agent of such innholder authorized to receive such deposit. This section shall not affect the innholder's liability under any special contract for other property deposited with him for safe keeping after being fully informed of its nature and value, nor increase his liability in case of loss by fire or overwhelming force beyond that specified in the following section.

Whenever an innholder provides a security box in the room of any guest, the innholder shall not be liable for the loss of any items deposited in the security box, by theft or otherwise, in excess of one thousand dollars; provided, however, that the provisions of section thirteen have been complied with.

As used in this section, ''security box'' means a metal or alloy box used for the safekeeping of valuables or other property, which may be securely locked with a locking mechanism.