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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 65K — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 65K
Certiorari to correct errors of law
Status: in_force

Section 65K. Any person aggrieved by a decision of a local board of health or of the department in refusing to grant or to reinstate, or in revoking or suspending, a license or permit, as the case may be, may, within fifteen days after the entry of such decision, bring a petition in the supreme judicial court for a writ of certiorari to correct errors of law therein, and the provisions of section four of chapter two hundred and forty-nine shall, except as herein provided, apply to said petition. No costs shall be allowed against the local board of health or the department, as the case may be, unless the court finds that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

Section 65K. Any person aggrieved by a decision of a local board of health or of the department in refusing to grant or to reinstate, or in revoking or suspending, a license or permit, as the case may be, may, within fifteen days after the entry of such decision, bring a petition in the supreme judicial court for a writ of certiorari to correct errors of law therein, and the provisions of section four of chapter two hundred and forty-nine shall, except as herein provided, apply to said petition. No costs shall be allowed against the local board of health or the department, as the case may be, unless the court finds that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 16A
Register; copies of petitions for probate of will, appointment of personal representative, and adjudication of intestacy
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The register in each county shall, upon the request in writing of the board of assessors of any city or town in the register's county, furnish the board with copies of petitions, formal and informal, pursuant to sections 3–301 and 3–402 of chapter 190B, for probate of will, for appointment of personal representative and for the adjudication of intestacy, filed in the county registry in relation to decedents whose domicile, as stated in the petition, was in the city or town of the board. The register may furnish the board with a list of such petitions that shall contain: (1) the name of decedent; (2) decedent's date of death; (3) street address and city or town of decedent as stated on the petition; (4) filing date of petition; and (5) docket number.

Section 16A. The register in each county shall, upon the request in writing of the board of assessors of any city or town in the register's county, furnish the board with copies of petitions, formal and informal, pursuant to sections 3–301 and 3–402 of chapter 190B, for probate of will, for appointment of personal representative and for the adjudication of intestacy, filed in the county registry in relation to decedents whose domicile, as stated in the petition, was in the city or town of the board.

The register may furnish the board with a list of such petitions that shall contain: (1) the name of decedent; (2) decedent's date of death; (3) street address and city or town of decedent as stated on the petition; (4) filing date of petition; and (5) docket number.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 96 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 96
Fire loss; limitation on liability beyond actual value of insured property; reimbursement of premium paid on amount in excess of actual value
Status: in_force

Section 96. If buildings within the commonwealth insured against loss by fire are totally destroyed by fire, the company shall not be liable beyond the actual value of the insured property at the time of the loss or damage; and if it shall appear that the insured has paid premiums on an amount in excess of said actual value, he shall be reimbursed the proportionate excess of premiums paid on the difference between the amount named in the policy and said actual value, with interest at six per cent per annum from the date of issue; and said excess of premiums and interest thereon shall be allowed the insured from the time any companies carrying said insurance at the time of the loss have continuously carried the insurance on the destroyed buildings, whether under policies existing at the time of the loss or under previous policies in the same companies.

Section 96. If buildings within the commonwealth insured against loss by fire are totally destroyed by fire, the company shall not be liable beyond the actual value of the insured property at the time of the loss or damage; and if it shall appear that the insured has paid premiums on an amount in excess of said actual value, he shall be reimbursed the proportionate excess of premiums paid on the difference between the amount named in the policy and said actual value, with interest at six per cent per annum from the date of issue; and said excess of premiums and interest thereon shall be allowed the insured from the time any companies carrying said insurance at the time of the loss have continuously carried the insurance on the destroyed buildings, whether under policies existing at the time of the loss or under previous policies in the same companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32C — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32C
Class D controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, cultivation or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 32C. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or cultivates, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate a controlled substance in Class D of section thirty-one shall be imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years or by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment. [Subsection (b) applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

Section 32C. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or cultivates, or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate a controlled substance in Class D of section thirty-one shall be imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years or by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.

[Subsection (b) applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

(b) Any person convicted of violating this section after one or more prior convictions of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, cultivating or possessing with intent to manufacture, distribute, dispense or cultivate a controlled substance as defined by section thirty-one under this or any prior law of this jurisdiction or of any offense of any other jurisdiction, federal, state, or territorial, which is the same as or necessarily includes the elements of said offense shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 25
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 25. The board shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as are necessary and proper for the conduct of the process of certification, including issuance, renewal or revocation of certificates, and to provide for hearings in the case of applicants whose requests for certificates have been refused or whose certificates have been suspended or revoked, in cases where application for such hearing has been made to the board. No regulation shall be accepted for filing with the state secretary unless such regulation has been submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall refer such regulations to the appropriate joint committee for its review and comment ninety days prior to the effective date of said regulations. Said committee may submit written comments and suggested changes, if any, to the board at least sixty days prior to said effective date. The board in filing its regulations shall consider the comments and suggested changes and submit revised regulations, or a detailed explanation of why the suggested changes will not be adopted, to such committee at least thirty days prior to the effective date of the regulations.

Section 25. The board shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as are necessary and proper for the conduct of the process of certification, including issuance, renewal or revocation of certificates, and to provide for hearings in the case of applicants whose requests for certificates have been refused or whose certificates have been suspended or revoked, in cases where application for such hearing has been made to the board.

No regulation shall be accepted for filing with the state secretary unless such regulation has been submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall refer such regulations to the appropriate joint committee for its review and comment ninety days prior to the effective date of said regulations. Said committee may submit written comments and suggested changes, if any, to the board at least sixty days prior to said effective date. The board in filing its regulations shall consider the comments and suggested changes and submit revised regulations, or a detailed explanation of why the suggested changes will not be adopted, to such committee at least thirty days prior to the effective date of the regulations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 242 / Section 1
Waste; persons entitled to maintain; jury trial
Status: in_force

Section 1. If a tenant in dower, by the curtesy, for life or for years commits or suffers waste on the land so held, the person having the next immediate estate of inheritance may have an action of waste against such tenant to recover the place wasted and the amount of the damage, and such action shall be subject to the provisions of law relative to trial by jury. An heir may bring such action for waste done in the lifetime of his ancestor.

Section 1. If a tenant in dower, by the curtesy, for life or for years commits or suffers waste on the land so held, the person having the next immediate estate of inheritance may have an action of waste against such tenant to recover the place wasted and the amount of the damage, and such action shall be subject to the provisions of law relative to trial by jury. An heir may bring such action for waste done in the lifetime of his ancestor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 22
Payments limited; expenses incurred
Status: in_force

Section 22. Except as otherwise expressly provided, no greater sum from an appropriation shall be drawn from the treasury at any one time than is necessary to meet expenses then incurred.

Section 22. Except as otherwise expressly provided, no greater sum from an appropriation shall be drawn from the treasury at any one time than is necessary to meet expenses then incurred.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23H, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23H / Section 1
Department of career services
Status: in_force

Section 1. (a) Within the executive office of labor and workforce development, there shall be a department of career services, in this chapter called the department. (b) The mission of the department shall be to develop, coordinate, and maintain a coherent workforce development system that fills the needs of employers for a skilled workforce and promotes lifelong learning among employees. The department shall cooperate with all federal, state, and local agencies active in the field of workforce development to achieve this goal. [There is no subsection (c).]

Section 1. (a) Within the executive office of labor and workforce development, there shall be a department of career services, in this chapter called the department.

(b) The mission of the department shall be to develop, coordinate, and maintain a coherent workforce development system that fills the needs of employers for a skilled workforce and promotes lifelong learning among employees. The department shall cooperate with all federal, state, and local agencies active in the field of workforce development to achieve this goal.

[There is no subsection (c).]

(d) The following state agencies and funds shall be in the department of career services: the one stop career centers, the state workforce development board, the commonwealth corporation, and the workforce training fund. The division of unemployment assistance shall include the medical security trust fund and the unemployment insurance trust fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151E, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151E / Section 6
Applicability of other laws
Status: in_force

Section 6. This chapter shall not be deemed to supersede, restrict or otherwise limit the continuing applicability of the anti-trust or anti-discrimination laws of the commonwealth.

Section 6. This chapter shall not be deemed to supersede, restrict or otherwise limit the continuing applicability of the anti-trust or anti-discrimination laws of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 1
Salary of governor; housing expenses; other sources of income
Status: in_force

Section 1. (a) The governor shall receive a salary of $185,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce. (b) The governor shall receive $65,000 annually for expenses related to housing. (c) The governor shall not receive earned income from any other source, but may receive unearned or passive income.

Section 1. (a) The governor shall receive a salary of $185,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.

(b) The governor shall receive $65,000 annually for expenses related to housing.

(c) The governor shall not receive earned income from any other source, but may receive unearned or passive income.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 32N — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 32N
Reprisals for report of violations
Status: in_force

Section 32N. Any manufactured housing community licensee or his agent who threatens to or takes reprisals against any manufactured housing community resident or group of residents for reporting a violation or suspected violation of section thirty-two L or section thirty-two M or any applicable building or health code to the board of health of a city or town in which the manufactured housing community is located, the department of public health, the department of the attorney general or any other appropriate government agency, shall be liable for damages which shall not be less than one month's rent or more than five months' rent, or the actual damages sustained by the manufactured housing community resident or group of residents, whichever is greater, and the costs of the court action brought for said damages including reasonable attorney's fees. The receipt of any notice of termination of tenancy by such manufactured housing community resident or group of residents, except for nonpayment of rent, within six months after making such a report of a violation or a suspected violation, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such notice is a reprisal against the manufactured housing community resident or group of residents for making such report and said presumption may be pleaded in defense to any eviction proceeding against such manufactured housing community resident or group of residents brought within a year after such report.

Section 32N. Any manufactured housing community licensee or his agent who threatens to or takes reprisals against any manufactured housing community resident or group of residents for reporting a violation or suspected violation of section thirty-two L or section thirty-two M or any applicable building or health code to the board of health of a city or town in which the manufactured housing community is located, the department of public health, the department of the attorney general or any other appropriate government agency, shall be liable for damages which shall not be less than one month's rent or more than five months' rent, or the actual damages sustained by the manufactured housing community resident or group of residents, whichever is greater, and the costs of the court action brought for said damages including reasonable attorney's fees. The receipt of any notice of termination of tenancy by such manufactured housing community resident or group of residents, except for nonpayment of rent, within six months after making such a report of a violation or a suspected violation, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such notice is a reprisal against the manufactured housing community resident or group of residents for making such report and said presumption may be pleaded in defense to any eviction proceeding against such manufactured housing community resident or group of residents brought within a year after such report.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 12
Disclosure of information relative to venereal disease by registered physician
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any registered physician or surgeon who knows or has reason to believe that any person is infected with a venereal disease as defined under section six of chapter one hundred and eleven may disclose such information to any person from whom the infected person has received a promise of marriage or to the parent or guardian of such person if a minor. Such information given in good faith by a registered physician or surgeon shall not constitute a slander or libel.

Section 12. Any registered physician or surgeon who knows or has reason to believe that any person is infected with a venereal disease as defined under section six of chapter one hundred and eleven may disclose such information to any person from whom the infected person has received a promise of marriage or to the parent or guardian of such person if a minor. Such information given in good faith by a registered physician or surgeon shall not constitute a slander or libel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 59
Service provided to other railroad; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 59. If two corporations are authorized as in the preceding section each to enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other, each of them shall at reasonable times and for a reasonable compensation draw over its railroad the passengers, merchandise and cars of the other, and each of them shall for a reasonable compensation provide upon its railroad convenient and suitable station accommodations for the passengers and merchandise of the other corporation passing to and over it, and shall receive and deliver the same in the manner in which it receives and delivers its own passengers and freight.

Section 59. If two corporations are authorized as in the preceding section each to enter its railroad upon, unite the same with and use the railroad of the other, each of them shall at reasonable times and for a reasonable compensation draw over its railroad the passengers, merchandise and cars of the other, and each of them shall for a reasonable compensation provide upon its railroad convenient and suitable station accommodations for the passengers and merchandise of the other corporation passing to and over it, and shall receive and deliver the same in the manner in which it receives and delivers its own passengers and freight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 128G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 128G
Farm labor camps; inspection; certificate; complaints
Status: in_force

Section 128G. The department shall annually inspect all farm labor camps as defined in the state sanitary code, or, in lieu thereof, may delegate any such annual inspection to a local board of health. When such inspection is so delegated, the local board of health shall make its inspection and file its report with the department within thirty days of notice of such delegation. If a farm labor camp after inspection conforms with the requirements of said code the department shall issue a certificate of occupancy which shall be posted upon one or more of the buildings comprising such camp. No such camp shall be opened in any year unless a current certificate of occupancy has been so posted. Any such certificate may be revoked for any violation of said code which the department after inspection determines exists. Complaints in writing of violations of the sanitary code, whether filed with the local board of health or the department, shall be investigated by the department as soon as practicable but in any event within thirty days after such filing. If any such complaint is filed with the local board of health said board shall forthwith forward said complaint to the department. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the powers and duties of local boards of health.

Section 128G. The department shall annually inspect all farm labor camps as defined in the state sanitary code, or, in lieu thereof, may delegate any such annual inspection to a local board of health. When such inspection is so delegated, the local board of health shall make its inspection and file its report with the department within thirty days of notice of such delegation. If a farm labor camp after inspection conforms with the requirements of said code the department shall issue a certificate of occupancy which shall be posted upon one or more of the buildings comprising such camp. No such camp shall be opened in any year unless a current certificate of occupancy has been so posted. Any such certificate may be revoked for any violation of said code which the department after inspection determines exists. Complaints in writing of violations of the sanitary code, whether filed with the local board of health or the department, shall be investigated by the department as soon as practicable but in any event within thirty days after such filing. If any such complaint is filed with the local board of health said board shall forthwith forward said complaint to the department. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the powers and duties of local boards of health.