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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 34
Further notice to absent defendant
Status: in_force

Section 34. If the defendant is out of the commonwealth, or if his residence is not known to the officer, and no personal service is made on him or on his agent appointed under section five of chapter two hundred and twenty-seven, he shall, in addition to the service herein prescribed, be entitled to further notice of the action as provided in said chapter.

Section 34. If the defendant is out of the commonwealth, or if his residence is not known to the officer, and no personal service is made on him or on his agent appointed under section five of chapter two hundred and twenty-seven, he shall, in addition to the service herein prescribed, be entitled to further notice of the action as provided in said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 222 / Section 10
Destruction of notary's records; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals the records or official papers of a notary public shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars and be liable for damages to any person injured thereby.

Section 10. Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals the records or official papers of a notary public shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars and be liable for damages to any person injured thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 37
Rules and regulations; compliance with statutory filing requirements
Status: in_force

Section 37. Every department, board, commission, division, authority or official of state government, or subdivision thereof, authorized by law to make regulations, shall comply with the filing provisions of section five of chapter thirty A and such regulations shall not take effect until so filed.

Section 37. Every department, board, commission, division, authority or official of state government, or subdivision thereof, authorized by law to make regulations, shall comply with the filing provisions of section five of chapter thirty A and such regulations shall not take effect until so filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211C / Section 8
Informal adjustment; sanctions
Status: in_force

Section 8. (1) With the agreement of the judge, the commission may by informal adjustment dispose of a complaint at any stage of the proceedings by: (a) informing or admonishing the judge that his conduct is or may be cause for discipline; (b) directing professional counseling and assistance for the judge; (c) imposing conditions on the judge's conduct; or (d) persuading a judge to retire voluntarily. (2) The commission may dismiss a sworn complaint, a statement of allegations or a formal statement of charges as unjustified or unfounded at any stage during the proceedings. (3) The commission may issue a private reprimand with the consent of the judge. (4) The commission may recommend to the supreme judicial court one or more of the following sanctions: (a) removal; (b) retirement; (c) imposition of discipline as an attorney; (d) imposition of limitations or conditions on the performance of judicial duties; (e) public or private reprimand or censure; (f) imposition of a fine; (g) assessment of costs and expenses; (h) imposition of any other sanction which is reasonable and lawful.

Section 8. (1) With the agreement of the judge, the commission may by informal adjustment dispose of a complaint at any stage of the proceedings by:

(a) informing or admonishing the judge that his conduct is or may be cause for discipline;

(b) directing professional counseling and assistance for the judge;

(c) imposing conditions on the judge's conduct; or

(d) persuading a judge to retire voluntarily.

(2) The commission may dismiss a sworn complaint, a statement of allegations or a formal statement of charges as unjustified or unfounded at any stage during the proceedings.

(3) The commission may issue a private reprimand with the consent of the judge.

(4) The commission may recommend to the supreme judicial court one or more of the following sanctions:

(a) removal;

(b) retirement;

(c) imposition of discipline as an attorney;

(d) imposition of limitations or conditions on the performance of judicial duties;

(e) public or private reprimand or censure;

(f) imposition of a fine;

(g) assessment of costs and expenses;

(h) imposition of any other sanction which is reasonable and lawful.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115A / Section 10
Training of residents in medicine, surgery, urology and other specialties and sub-specialties
Status: in_force

Section 10. The superintendent of a state-operated veterans' home may establish a program for the training of residents in medicine, surgery, urology and such other specialties and sub-specialties of medicine as may be deemed advisable. The persons undergoing such training shall be designated as follows and shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth; provided, such grants shall be exempt from chapter 62; provided further, recipients of said grants shall not be subject to chapter 31 and shall not be deemed to be employees of the commonwealth. Approval of the training program by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section 28 of chapter 7.

Section 10. The superintendent of a state-operated veterans' home may establish a program for the training of residents in medicine, surgery, urology and such other specialties and sub-specialties of medicine as may be deemed advisable. The persons undergoing such training shall be designated as follows and shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth; provided, such grants shall be exempt from chapter 62; provided further, recipients of said grants shall not be subject to chapter 31 and shall not be deemed to be employees of the commonwealth. Approval of the training program by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section 28 of chapter 7.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15AAAAA — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15AAAAA
Bill of Rights Day
Status: in_force

Section 15AAAAA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 15 as Bill Of Rights Day, in respect for the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15AAAAA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 15 as Bill Of Rights Day, in respect for the first 10 Amendments to the United States Constitution, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64F, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64F / Section 13
Actions to restrain collection of levies exempted by federal law
Status: in_force

Section 13. The supreme judicial or the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain the collection, upon any levy exempted by the constitution and laws of the United States, of the excise imposed by this chapter. The bill shall be brought against the commissioner, whether the question of the collection of the excise is in the hands of the attorney general or pending before the appellate tax board or is still in the hands of the commissioner.

Section 13. The supreme judicial or the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain the collection, upon any levy exempted by the constitution and laws of the United States, of the excise imposed by this chapter. The bill shall be brought against the commissioner, whether the question of the collection of the excise is in the hands of the attorney general or pending before the appellate tax board or is still in the hands of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 65K — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 65K
Appeal on ground premium is unreasonable or discriminatory; effect of determined rates
Status: in_force

Section 65K. Any employer to whom a policy is issued pursuant to section sixty-five A may appeal, within sixty days after the effective date of such policy, to the commissioner of insurance on the ground that the premium charged upon such policy is not reasonable or is unfairly discriminatory, and said commissioner may, in his discretion, after a hearing of which all interested parties shall have reasonable notice, approve or disapprove the premium charged. In the event the premium charged is disapproved by said commissioner, he shall direct the insurer to which the employer was assigned to issue a policy or to adjust the premium thereof at a rate or rates found by the commissioner of insurance to be adequate, reasonable and not unfairly discriminatory, and the rate or rates so determined shall be effective as of the date of the policy, and be binding upon both the insurer and the employer.

Section 65K. Any employer to whom a policy is issued pursuant to section sixty-five A may appeal, within sixty days after the effective date of such policy, to the commissioner of insurance on the ground that the premium charged upon such policy is not reasonable or is unfairly discriminatory, and said commissioner may, in his discretion, after a hearing of which all interested parties shall have reasonable notice, approve or disapprove the premium charged. In the event the premium charged is disapproved by said commissioner, he shall direct the insurer to which the employer was assigned to issue a policy or to adjust the premium thereof at a rate or rates found by the commissioner of insurance to be adequate, reasonable and not unfairly discriminatory, and the rate or rates so determined shall be effective as of the date of the policy, and be binding upon both the insurer and the employer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47EE — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47EE
Coverage for abuse deterrent opioid drug products
Status: in_force

Section 47EE. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 118M, shall provide coverage for abuse deterrent opioid drug products listed on the formulary, compiled pursuant to subsection (b) of section 13 of chapter 17, on a basis not less favorable than non-abuse deterrent opioid drug products that are covered by such policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance. An increase in patient cost sharing shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.

Section 47EE. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 118M, shall provide coverage for abuse deterrent opioid drug products listed on the formulary, compiled pursuant to subsection (b) of section 13 of chapter 17, on a basis not less favorable than non-abuse deterrent opioid drug products that are covered by such policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance. An increase in patient cost sharing shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 48
One day of rest in seven; operation of business on Sunday; violations
Status: in_force

Section 48. Every employer of labor engaged in carrying on any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop in the commonwealth shall allow every person, except those specified in section fifty, but including watchmen and employees maintaining fires, employed in such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest, which shall include an unbroken period comprising the hours between eight o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the evening, in every seven consecutive days. No employer shall operate any such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop on Sunday unless he has complied with section fifty-one. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.

Section 48. Every employer of labor engaged in carrying on any manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop in the commonwealth shall allow every person, except those specified in section fifty, but including watchmen and employees maintaining fires, employed in such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop at least twenty-four consecutive hours of rest, which shall include an unbroken period comprising the hours between eight o'clock in the morning and five o'clock in the evening, in every seven consecutive days. No employer shall operate any such manufacturing, mechanical or mercantile establishment or workshop on Sunday unless he has complied with section fifty-one. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of three hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 29A — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 29A
Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reports
Status: in_force

Section 29A. The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the use of consultants in all departments, offices, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions. Such rules and regulations shall be open to public inspection shall not be subject to chapter 30A. No person employed by the commonwealth as a consultant shall directly or indirectly supervise another temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Consultant contracts, whether written with organizations or individuals, shall not be used as substitutes for state positions. The secretary shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight a report which identifies all existing consultant contracts by agency, for all accounts established or maintained by the comptroller, including but not limited to appropriations, for federal grants, bond authorizations, revolving accounts, retained revenue line-items and trust accounts. Said report shall identify each contract, its duration, its maximum dollar obligation, the name of the contractor and the services performed by the contractor.

Section 29A. The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the use of consultants in all departments, offices, boards, agencies, commissions and institutions. Such rules and regulations shall be open to public inspection shall not be subject to chapter 30A. No person employed by the commonwealth as a consultant shall directly or indirectly supervise another temporary or permanent employee of the commonwealth. Consultant contracts, whether written with organizations or individuals, shall not be used as substitutes for state positions. The secretary shall submit quarterly to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the house and senate committees on post audit and oversight a report which identifies all existing consultant contracts by agency, for all accounts established or maintained by the comptroller, including but not limited to appropriations, for federal grants, bond authorizations, revolving accounts, retained revenue line-items and trust accounts. Said report shall identify each contract, its duration, its maximum dollar obligation, the name of the contractor and the services performed by the contractor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180A / Section 9
Construction and application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 9. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. To the extent that any provision of the law, rule or regulation is in conflict with this chapter, specifically to the extent that any such conflict would operate to defeat or otherwise interfere with the purposes of this chapter, this chapter shall supersede and take precedence over any such law, rule or regulation. This act shall be construed to the maximum extent possible so as to not constitute an impairment of contract.

Section 9. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. To the extent that any provision of the law, rule or regulation is in conflict with this chapter, specifically to the extent that any such conflict would operate to defeat or otherwise interfere with the purposes of this chapter, this chapter shall supersede and take precedence over any such law, rule or regulation. This act shall be construed to the maximum extent possible so as to not constitute an impairment of contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 179 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 179
Engineer; experience
Status: in_force

Section 179. No person shall act as a locomotive engineer unless he has been employed two years as a locomotive fireman or as an engineer's helper, or was employed as a locomotive engineer before June tenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.

Section 179. No person shall act as a locomotive engineer unless he has been employed two years as a locomotive fireman or as an engineer's helper, or was employed as a locomotive engineer before June tenth, nineteen hundred and eleven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 9
Rules and definitions relating to deeds or other instruments
Status: in_force

Section 9. For the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use of words in deeds or other instruments relating to real estate, whether said statutory form or other forms are used, the rules and definitions contained in sections ten to twenty-eight, inclusive, shall apply to all such instruments executed or delivered on or after January first, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Section 9. For the purpose of avoiding the unnecessary use of words in deeds or other instruments relating to real estate, whether said statutory form or other forms are used, the rules and definitions contained in sections ten to twenty-eight, inclusive, shall apply to all such instruments executed or delivered on or after January first, nineteen hundred and thirteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 169, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 169 / Section 2
Bond; amount; condition
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

Section 2. Every person subject to section one, before engaging or becoming financially interested or continuing to engage or be financially interested in the business of receiving deposits of money for the purpose of transmitting the same or equivalents thereof to foreign countries, shall make, execute and deliver to the state treasurer a bond in a sum equal to twice the average weekly amount of money or equivalents thereof transmitted to foreign countries by such person, as determined by the commissioner of banks, hereinafter called the commissioner, but in no event shall the sum of the bond be less than fifty thousand dollars; provided, however, that a person carrying on business at more than one location need post only one such bond which shall be in the sum of fifty thousand dollars or twice the average total weekly amount of money or equivalents thereof transmitted to foreign countries from all locations, whichever is greater; and, provided further, that the sum of such bond shall be increased on order of the commissioner at any time to such amount as shall be shown by examination to be necessary. Such bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful holding and transmission of any money or equivalents thereof which shall have been delivered to such person for transmission to a foreign country and, in the event of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the principal, upon the payment of the full amount of such bond to the assignee, receiver or trustee of the principal, as the case may require, for the benefit of such persons as shall have delivered money or equivalents thereof to said principal for the purpose of transmitting the same to a foreign country.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 62B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 62B
Commission on children's health camps; membership; appointment
Status: in_force

Section 62B. In each such city and town there shall be an unpaid commission, called the commission on children's health camps, to consist of the mayor or chairman of the board of selectmen, who shall have no vote, the superintendent of schools, the members of the board of health, all to serve ex officiis, and also seven residents of such city or town to be appointed by the mayor or the chairman of the board of selectmen. One member of said board shall be designated as chairman by the mayor or the chairman of the board of selectmen. Of the seven persons first appointed after such acceptance, two shall be appointed for terms of one year each, two for terms of two years each, and three for terms of three years each, and thereafter as the term of each member expires his successor shall be appointed for the term of three years. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy in said commission shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.

Section 62B. In each such city and town there shall be an unpaid commission, called the commission on children's health camps, to consist of the mayor or chairman of the board of selectmen, who shall have no vote, the superintendent of schools, the members of the board of health, all to serve ex officiis, and also seven residents of such city or town to be appointed by the mayor or the chairman of the board of selectmen. One member of said board shall be designated as chairman by the mayor or the chairman of the board of selectmen. Of the seven persons first appointed after such acceptance, two shall be appointed for terms of one year each, two for terms of two years each, and three for terms of three years each, and thereafter as the term of each member expires his successor shall be appointed for the term of three years. Each appointment made to fill a vacancy in said commission shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 2C — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 2C
Actions for damages, etc. for physical alteration or destruction of fine art
Status: in_force

Section 2C. Actions commenced under the provisions of section eighty-five S of chapter two hundred and thirty-one shall be commenced only within two years next after the cause of action accrues, or within one year next after the discovery of the act, whichever is later.

Section 2C. Actions commenced under the provisions of section eighty-five S of chapter two hundred and thirty-one shall be commenced only within two years next after the cause of action accrues, or within one year next after the discovery of the act, whichever is later.