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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 16
Entry upon public or private grounds for purposes of abating serious plant diseases; contracts
Status: in_force

Section 16. The director of regulatory services and his assistants may at all times enter any public or private grounds in the performance of duties required by section seventeen to thirty-one, inclusive, for the purpose of abating any serious plant diseases. Said director may, subject to appropriations, make contracts on behalf of the commonwealth.

Section 16. The director of regulatory services and his assistants may at all times enter any public or private grounds in the performance of duties required by section seventeen to thirty-one, inclusive, for the purpose of abating any serious plant diseases. Said director may, subject to appropriations, make contracts on behalf of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 21A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 21A
Coming into close proximity to high voltage lines
Status: in_force

Section 21A. No person shall require or permit any employee to operate a crane, power shovel or other such types of construction equipment in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines; nor to enter upon any land, building or other premises to engage in construction work, including excavation, demolition, repair or other such work or to erect, install, operate or store in or upon such premises any machinery or construction equipment, including well drilling, pile driving or hoisting equipment, where it is intended to perform such work or operate such equipment in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines unless and until contact with said high voltage lines has been effectively guarded against in the manner hereinafter prescribed. For the purposes of this section and sections twenty-one B to twenty-one G the words ''in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines'' shall mean within six feet of such lines.

Section 21A. No person shall require or permit any employee to operate a crane, power shovel or other such types of construction equipment in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines; nor to enter upon any land, building or other premises to engage in construction work, including excavation, demolition, repair or other such work or to erect, install, operate or store in or upon such premises any machinery or construction equipment, including well drilling, pile driving or hoisting equipment, where it is intended to perform such work or operate such equipment in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines unless and until contact with said high voltage lines has been effectively guarded against in the manner hereinafter prescribed. For the purposes of this section and sections twenty-one B to twenty-one G the words ''in close proximity to overhead high voltage lines'' shall mean within six feet of such lines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 122 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 122
Inspection and testing program
Status: in_force

Section 122. The department may inspect and have access to the equipment, supplies, records, real property and other information deemed necessary to carry out the department's duties under sections 116 to 123, inclusive, from a person participating in the planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing, purchasing, selling or researching of hemp, industrial hemp. The department may establish an inspection and testing program to determine delta–9 tetrahydrocannabinol levels and ensure compliance with the limits on delta–9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration.

Section 122. The department may inspect and have access to the equipment, supplies, records, real property and other information deemed necessary to carry out the department's duties under sections 116 to 123, inclusive, from a person participating in the planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing, purchasing, selling or researching of hemp, industrial hemp. The department may establish an inspection and testing program to determine delta–9 tetrahydrocannabinol levels and ensure compliance with the limits on delta–9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 57
Annual report of the acts of the division of standards
Status: in_force

Section 57. The director of the office of consumer affairs shall prepare and submit to the governor, the general court and the senate and house committees on post audit and oversight an annual report of the acts of the division of standards. Said report shall include a description of the activities of inspectors of the division of standards and sealers for cities and towns, a description of the components of the weights and measures program, including but not limited to, an inventory of all weighing and measuring devices and equipment held by the division of standards, the most recent date of certification for each device or piece of equipment, total inspection results by category, results of tests performed pursuant to section 56D, total citations issued by category, and the net loss restored to consumers and merchants as a result of its enforcement program.

Section 57. The director of the office of consumer affairs shall prepare and submit to the governor, the general court and the senate and house committees on post audit and oversight an annual report of the acts of the division of standards. Said report shall include a description of the activities of inspectors of the division of standards and sealers for cities and towns, a description of the components of the weights and measures program, including but not limited to, an inventory of all weighing and measuring devices and equipment held by the division of standards, the most recent date of certification for each device or piece of equipment, total inspection results by category, results of tests performed pursuant to section 56D, total citations issued by category, and the net loss restored to consumers and merchants as a result of its enforcement program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 110A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 110A
Tests of newborn children for treatable disorders or diseases
Status: in_force

Section 110A. The physician attending a newborn child shall cause said child to be subjected to tests for phenylketonuria, cretinism, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and such other specifically treatable genetic or biochemical disorders or treatable infectious diseases which may be determined by testing as specified by the commissioner. The commissioner shall convene an advisory committee on newborn screening to assist the commissioner in determining which tests are necessary; provided, however, that said advisory committee shall convene not less than twice per year. The department shall make such rules pertaining to such tests as accepted medical practice shall indicate. The provisions of this section shall not apply if the parents of such child object thereto on the grounds that such test conflicts with their religious tenets and practices.

Section 110A. The physician attending a newborn child shall cause said child to be subjected to tests for phenylketonuria, cretinism, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and such other specifically treatable genetic or biochemical disorders or treatable infectious diseases which may be determined by testing as specified by the commissioner. The commissioner shall convene an advisory committee on newborn screening to assist the commissioner in determining which tests are necessary; provided, however, that said advisory committee shall convene not less than twice per year.

The department shall make such rules pertaining to such tests as accepted medical practice shall indicate.

The provisions of this section shall not apply if the parents of such child object thereto on the grounds that such test conflicts with their religious tenets and practices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 50, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 50 / Section 3
Day of election in cities
Status: in_force

Section 3. All elections in cities which by charter or statute are to be held on a Monday shall be held on the following Tuesday.

Section 3. All elections in cities which by charter or statute are to be held on a Monday shall be held on the following Tuesday.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 42P — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 42P
Travel policy
Status: in_force

Section 42P. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining the travel policy of the college and the institute. They shall determine which of the college personnel and which of the institute personnel may travel within and without the commonwealth at state expense and where such personnel may travel.

Section 42P. The trustees shall have complete authority in determining the travel policy of the college and the institute. They shall determine which of the college personnel and which of the institute personnel may travel within and without the commonwealth at state expense and where such personnel may travel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 64
Absolute title after foreclosure; right to receive excess equity
Status: in_force

Section 64. The land court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the foreclosure of all rights of redemption from titles conveyed by a tax collector's deed or a taking of land for taxes in a proceeding held pursuant to sections 65 to 75, inclusive. The title conveyed by a tax collector's deed or by a taking of land for taxes shall be absolute after foreclosure of the right of redemption by judgment of the land court as provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the entry by the land court of a judgment of foreclosure of the right of redemption shall not impair or limit the right of the owner of the land at the time of foreclosure, and of those holding an interest in the land at the time of foreclosure and their heirs, successors and assigns, to receive any excess equity and subject to the requirements of section 64A. Any sale or retention of property by a municipality or other foreclosing entity pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of said section 64A.

Section 64. The land court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the foreclosure of all rights of redemption from titles conveyed by a tax collector's deed or a taking of land for taxes in a proceeding held pursuant to sections 65 to 75, inclusive. The title conveyed by a tax collector's deed or by a taking of land for taxes shall be absolute after foreclosure of the right of redemption by judgment of the land court as provided in this chapter; provided, however, that the entry by the land court of a judgment of foreclosure of the right of redemption shall not impair or limit the right of the owner of the land at the time of foreclosure, and of those holding an interest in the land at the time of foreclosure and their heirs, successors and assigns, to receive any excess equity and subject to the requirements of section 64A. Any sale or retention of property by a municipality or other foreclosing entity pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the requirements of said section 64A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 10
Periodic payment schedule
Status: in_force

Section 10. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain a payment schedule with regular periodic payments such that the result is an increase in the principal amount.

Section 10. A high-cost home mortgage loan shall not contain a payment schedule with regular periodic payments such that the result is an increase in the principal amount.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 7
Return of list of prisoners to superior court
Status: in_force

Section 7. The jailers of the county shall, at the opening of each session of the superior court for criminal business, return to the court a list of all prisoners in their custody, specifying the causes for which and the persons by whom they were committed, and produce and exhibit therewith, for the inspection of the court, their calendars of prisoners, and return a like list of the persons committed during the session of the court, so that the court may take cognizance and make deliverance according to law of the prisoners committed for crimes within its jurisdiction. Jailers who neglect to make such reports or to exhibit their calendars shall be punished by a fine at the discretion of the court. In the event that the commonwealth constructs a house or houses of correction in a county, then such county shall no longer be responsible for providing for the structure of such facility or facilities, but shall continue to be required to maintain and operate such facility; provided, however, that in any county which has been ordered by a court to construct a new house of correction, state assumption of the responsibility to provide such structure shall occur when the state appropriates funds therefor and such county has complied with any conditions attached to such appropriation, if any.

Section 7. The jailers of the county shall, at the opening of each session of the superior court for criminal business, return to the court a list of all prisoners in their custody, specifying the causes for which and the persons by whom they were committed, and produce and exhibit therewith, for the inspection of the court, their calendars of prisoners, and return a like list of the persons committed during the session of the court, so that the court may take cognizance and make deliverance according to law of the prisoners committed for crimes within its jurisdiction. Jailers who neglect to make such reports or to exhibit their calendars shall be punished by a fine at the discretion of the court. In the event that the commonwealth constructs a house or houses of correction in a county, then such county shall no longer be responsible for providing for the structure of such facility or facilities, but shall continue to be required to maintain and operate such facility; provided, however, that in any county which has been ordered by a court to construct a new house of correction, state assumption of the responsibility to provide such structure shall occur when the state appropriates funds therefor and such county has complied with any conditions attached to such appropriation, if any.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 6B
Uniforms and other outer clothing for members of police and fire departments and shellfish constabulary; clothing allowance
Status: in_force

Section 6B. A city or town which accepts or has accepted this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments and its shellfish constabulary, which may include the purchase of rubber boots, shoes, and other outer clothing necessary for the use of members of the police and fire departments and shellfish constabulary when traveling to or from or during the course of their employment. A city or town which appropriates money for uniforms for the uniformed members of its police force may appropriate money to be paid as a clothing allowance to an officer serving as a detective or required to work without a uniform; provided, that the sum so paid as a clothing allowance to a member, serving as a detective or required to work without a uniform, shall not in any event exceed any maximum amount established by a city or town as the amount that may be expended by the city or town during a given year, for uniform clothing, for a uniformed member of said force under the provisions of this section.

Section 6B. A city or town which accepts or has accepted this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments and its shellfish constabulary, which may include the purchase of rubber boots, shoes, and other outer clothing necessary for the use of members of the police and fire departments and shellfish constabulary when traveling to or from or during the course of their employment.

A city or town which appropriates money for uniforms for the uniformed members of its police force may appropriate money to be paid as a clothing allowance to an officer serving as a detective or required to work without a uniform; provided, that the sum so paid as a clothing allowance to a member, serving as a detective or required to work without a uniform, shall not in any event exceed any maximum amount established by a city or town as the amount that may be expended by the city or town during a given year, for uniform clothing, for a uniformed member of said force under the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 17
Return by executor
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) An executor, as defined in chapter sixty-five C, of the estate of a resident or nonresident decedent, shall, within nine months after the date of the decedent's death, make a return with respect to the tax imposed by chapter sixty-five C if, in the case of a decedent dying on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and ninety-six, the Massachusetts gross estate exceeds the amount of the exemption afforded by subsection (a) of section three of chapter sixty-five C, or in the case of a decedent dying thereafter, the estate is liable for any amount of tax under chapter sixty-five C. For purposes of this section the Massachusetts gross estate of a nonresident decedent shall be computed as if the decedent had been a resident. Such return shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The return shall be accompanied by a filing fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. (b) If the executor is unable to make a complete return as to any part of the federal gross estate of the decedent, he shall include in his return a description of such part and the name of every person holding a legal or beneficial interest therein. Upon notice from the commissioner such person shall in like manner make a return as to such part of the federal gross estate.

Section 17. (a) An executor, as defined in chapter sixty-five C, of the estate of a resident or nonresident decedent, shall, within nine months after the date of the decedent's death, make a return with respect to the tax imposed by chapter sixty-five C if, in the case of a decedent dying on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and ninety-six, the Massachusetts gross estate exceeds the amount of the exemption afforded by subsection (a) of section three of chapter sixty-five C, or in the case of a decedent dying thereafter, the estate is liable for any amount of tax under chapter sixty-five C. For purposes of this section the Massachusetts gross estate of a nonresident decedent shall be computed as if the decedent had been a resident. Such return shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The return shall be accompanied by a filing fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

(b) If the executor is unable to make a complete return as to any part of the federal gross estate of the decedent, he shall include in his return a description of such part and the name of every person holding a legal or beneficial interest therein. Upon notice from the commissioner such person shall in like manner make a return as to such part of the federal gross estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 2
Separate registries for births, deaths and marriages
Status: in_force

Section 2. Separate indexes of births, marriages and deaths shall be kept, and each entry shall be numbered in its order. The town clerk shall preserve all returns of births, marriages and deaths and shall conveniently arrange them for examination. He may record in separate columns the facts of such births, marriages and deaths.

Section 2. Separate indexes of births, marriages and deaths shall be kept, and each entry shall be numbered in its order. The town clerk shall preserve all returns of births, marriages and deaths and shall conveniently arrange them for examination. He may record in separate columns the facts of such births, marriages and deaths.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 801 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 801
Duty to administer trust
Status: in_force

Section 801. Duty to administer trust Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, the trustee shall administer the trust in good faith, in accordance with its terms and purposes and the interests of the beneficiaries and in accordance with this chapter.

Section 801. Duty to administer trust

Upon acceptance of a trusteeship, the trustee shall administer the trust in good faith, in accordance with its terms and purposes and the interests of the beneficiaries and in accordance with this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 61
Annual report
Status: in_force

Section 61. The town accountant shall make an annual report, to be published as a town document, giving a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the town for the past financial year, including those of funds managed by trustees or commissioners for the town and showing also the amount of each specific appropriation, the expenditures therefrom, and the purpose for which money has been spent; and said statement shall be arranged in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the director of accounts. Such report shall contain a statement of any change in the amount of the town debt during the year and a list of indebtedness incurred and unpaid at the end of the financial year.

Section 61. The town accountant shall make an annual report, to be published as a town document, giving a statement of all receipts and expenditures of the town for the past financial year, including those of funds managed by trustees or commissioners for the town and showing also the amount of each specific appropriation, the expenditures therefrom, and the purpose for which money has been spent; and said statement shall be arranged in accordance with the classifications prescribed by the director of accounts. Such report shall contain a statement of any change in the amount of the town debt during the year and a list of indebtedness incurred and unpaid at the end of the financial year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 17
Certification from clerk of superior court to land court; further proceedings before land court
Status: in_force

Section 17. The clerk of the superior court, after the determination of issues from the land court, shall certify to the land court such determination, which shall be conclusive upon said court as to such issues; but the land court may hear evidence upon other material questions of fact, and arguments upon the cause, before making its decision.

Section 17. The clerk of the superior court, after the determination of issues from the land court, shall certify to the land court such determination, which shall be conclusive upon said court as to such issues; but the land court may hear evidence upon other material questions of fact, and arguments upon the cause, before making its decision.