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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 3
Purchase and maintenance of road machinery; storage quarters
Status: in_force

Section 3. Steam road rollers and other road machinery, purchased by the department and owned by the commonwealth shall be managed and maintained under the direction of the department, which may engage competent engineers and mechanics to operate and keep said machines in repair, may purchase all needed materials and supplies, and may incur such other expenses as may be necessary to operate, maintain and transport said machines. Upon the application of the selectmen or road commissioners of a town of not more than twelve thousand inhabitants, the department may furnish such road machinery for use by the town in building or repairing ways therein. The expenses incurred under this section shall be paid by the towns using said machines, as apportioned and directed by the department. For the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the storage of supplies, the storage and repair of road rollers and other road machinery and tools and other equipment owned by the commonwealth and for the construction, operation and maintenance of inter-departmental communications systems, the department may, subject to the approval of the governor and council, take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or gift land and buildings and construct or alter buildings or other structures on any land so acquired. Any person whose property has been taken or injured by any action of the department under authority of this section may recover compensation therefor from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 3. Steam road rollers and other road machinery, purchased by the department and owned by the commonwealth shall be managed and maintained under the direction of the department, which may engage competent engineers and mechanics to operate and keep said machines in repair, may purchase all needed materials and supplies, and may incur such other expenses as may be necessary to operate, maintain and transport said machines. Upon the application of the selectmen or road commissioners of a town of not more than twelve thousand inhabitants, the department may furnish such road machinery for use by the town in building or repairing ways therein. The expenses incurred under this section shall be paid by the towns using said machines, as apportioned and directed by the department. For the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the storage of supplies, the storage and repair of road rollers and other road machinery and tools and other equipment owned by the commonwealth and for the construction, operation and maintenance of inter-departmental communications systems, the department may, subject to the approval of the governor and council, take by eminent domain or acquire by purchase or gift land and buildings and construct or alter buildings or other structures on any land so acquired. Any person whose property has been taken or injured by any action of the department under authority of this section may recover compensation therefor from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 46
Statistical reports; additional information
Status: in_force

Section 46. The registers of probate shall receive the statistical reports filed pursuant to section six B; and shall, upon a divorce becoming absolute, add to the information contained therein the date and number of the judgment, the cause for which the divorce was granted, and such additional information as the commissioner of public health deems useful for statistical and research purposes and shall further, on the tenth day of the month following every month in which divorces become absolute, transmit such reports to the commissioner of public health. Any such information forwarded to the commissioner of public health shall not constitute a public record nor be available except as may be necessary for the purposes stated in section two of chapter one hundred and eleven.

Section 46. The registers of probate shall receive the statistical reports filed pursuant to section six B; and shall, upon a divorce becoming absolute, add to the information contained therein the date and number of the judgment, the cause for which the divorce was granted, and such additional information as the commissioner of public health deems useful for statistical and research purposes and shall further, on the tenth day of the month following every month in which divorces become absolute, transmit such reports to the commissioner of public health. Any such information forwarded to the commissioner of public health shall not constitute a public record nor be available except as may be necessary for the purposes stated in section two of chapter one hundred and eleven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 49
Use and disclosure of information
Status: in_force

Section 49. The use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients shall be limited to purposes directly connected with the administration of the medical assistance programs established under this chapter and the names of applicants and recipients shall not be published.

Section 49. The use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients shall be limited to purposes directly connected with the administration of the medical assistance programs established under this chapter and the names of applicants and recipients shall not be published.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 42I — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 42I
Notice and hearing before revocation; order; decision final
Status: in_force

Section 42I. Before revoking any license issued under section forty-two A, the commissioner shall give the licensee ten days' notice, by delivery in hand or by mail, of the time and place of a hearing to determine whether or not such license shall be revoked. At such hearing, the commissioner or his duly authorized assistant shall receive evidence under oath and give the licensee an opportunity to be heard, and shall thereafter file an order either dismissing the proceeding or revoking such license. The decision of the commissioner following such hearing shall be final.

Section 42I. Before revoking any license issued under section forty-two A, the commissioner shall give the licensee ten days' notice, by delivery in hand or by mail, of the time and place of a hearing to determine whether or not such license shall be revoked. At such hearing, the commissioner or his duly authorized assistant shall receive evidence under oath and give the licensee an opportunity to be heard, and shall thereafter file an order either dismissing the proceeding or revoking such license. The decision of the commissioner following such hearing shall be final.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 58A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 58A
Notice of default to company issuing motor vehicle liability policy or bond; assessment of damages deferred
Status: in_force

Section 58A. Damages shall not be assessed, except by special order of the court, in an action in which payment of the judgment is secured by a motor vehicle liability policy or a motor vehicle liability bond, both as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, and wherein the defendant has been defaulted for failure to enter an appearance, until the expiration of four days after the plaintiff has given notice of such default to the company issuing or executing such policy or bond, and has filed an affidavit thereof. Such notice may be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the said company or to its agent who issued or executed such policy or bond.

Section 58A. Damages shall not be assessed, except by special order of the court, in an action in which payment of the judgment is secured by a motor vehicle liability policy or a motor vehicle liability bond, both as defined in section thirty-four A of chapter ninety, and wherein the defendant has been defaulted for failure to enter an appearance, until the expiration of four days after the plaintiff has given notice of such default to the company issuing or executing such policy or bond, and has filed an affidavit thereof. Such notice may be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid, to the said company or to its agent who issued or executed such policy or bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 111L — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 111L
Policemen and firemen; vacations; 20 years' service
Status: in_force

Section 111L. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven D apply and which accepts this section all members of its regular police or fire force may after twenty years of service be granted a vacation of five weeks without loss of pay.

Section 111L. In any city or town in which the provisions of section one hundred and eleven D apply and which accepts this section all members of its regular police or fire force may after twenty years of service be granted a vacation of five weeks without loss of pay.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 30
Review of ruling or decision of registrar
Status: in_force

Section 30. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the registrar under this chapter shall be entitled to review thereof in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter ninety.

Section 30. Any person aggrieved by a ruling or decision of the registrar under this chapter shall be entitled to review thereof in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter ninety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 7
Persons intruding on land, property or rights of commonwealth; prosecution
Status: in_force

Section 7. He may, if in his judgment the public interest so requires, prosecute informations or other processes against persons who intrude on the land, rights or property of the commonwealth, or commit or erect a nuisance thereon.

Section 7. He may, if in his judgment the public interest so requires, prosecute informations or other processes against persons who intrude on the land, rights or property of the commonwealth, or commit or erect a nuisance thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 263 / Section 9
Punishment; conditions precedent
Status: in_force

Section 9. A person shall not be punished for a crime unless he has been legally convicted thereof by a court having competent jurisdiction of the cause and of the person.

Section 9. A person shall not be punished for a crime unless he has been legally convicted thereof by a court having competent jurisdiction of the cause and of the person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 27
Use of funds; purposes
Status: in_force

Section 27. Such corporation, at a legal meeting called for the purpose, may vote to alter, enlarge, repair, rebuild or remove its house, or to build a new one, and may vote the money necessary for such purpose and for the purchase of the land necessary therefor; and such corporation at its annual meeting or at any other meeting regularly called seven days at least before the holding thereof, may grant and vote money necessary for the settlement and support of ministers or public teachers of religion, for sacred music, for the purchase and preservation of burial grounds, and for other necessary charges.

Section 27. Such corporation, at a legal meeting called for the purpose, may vote to alter, enlarge, repair, rebuild or remove its house, or to build a new one, and may vote the money necessary for such purpose and for the purchase of the land necessary therefor; and such corporation at its annual meeting or at any other meeting regularly called seven days at least before the holding thereof, may grant and vote money necessary for the settlement and support of ministers or public teachers of religion, for sacred music, for the purchase and preservation of burial grounds, and for other necessary charges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 72 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 72
Sale of goods formerly held in cold storage; displaying sign
Status: in_force

Section 72. Except as provided in sections seventy-eight and ninety-one, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale articles of food which have been held in cold storage without notifying each person purchasing or intending to purchase the same that they have been so held by displaying in a conspicuous place a sign marked ''Cold Storage Goods Sold Here''. No person shall represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food which have been held in cold storage.

Section 72. Except as provided in sections seventy-eight and ninety-one, no person shall sell or offer or expose for sale articles of food which have been held in cold storage without notifying each person purchasing or intending to purchase the same that they have been so held by displaying in a conspicuous place a sign marked ''Cold Storage Goods Sold Here''. No person shall represent or advertise as fresh goods articles of food which have been held in cold storage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 67
Reverse mortgage loans on residential property; requirements
Status: in_force

Section 67. No mortgagee shall make a reverse mortgage loan on residential property except in accordance with sections 7 and 7A of chapter 167E. For the purposes of this section, the term ''residential property'' shall mean a 1 to 4 family dwelling owned and occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor and located in the commonwealth.

Section 67. No mortgagee shall make a reverse mortgage loan on residential property except in accordance with sections 7 and 7A of chapter 167E. For the purposes of this section, the term ''residential property'' shall mean a 1 to 4 family dwelling owned and occupied in whole or in part by the mortgagor and located in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61 / Section 4
Valuation of buildings and dwellings located on forest production land
Status: in_force

Section 4. All buildings located on land which is valued, assessed and taxed on the basis of its forest production use in accordance with this chapter and all land occupied by a dwelling or regularly used for family living shall be valued, assessed and taxed by the same standards, methods and procedures as other taxable property.

Section 4. All buildings located on land which is valued, assessed and taxed on the basis of its forest production use in accordance with this chapter and all land occupied by a dwelling or regularly used for family living shall be valued, assessed and taxed by the same standards, methods and procedures as other taxable property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12L — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12L
Veteran Firemen's Muster Day
Status: in_force

Section 12L. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for proper observance of Veteran Firemen's Muster Day.

Section 12L. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for proper observance of Veteran Firemen's Muster Day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 87DDDD — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 87DDDD
Operators of drinking water supply facilities; necessity of certification; penalty; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 87DDDD. No person, corporation, city, town or district shall furnish to the public any drinking water for which any charge is made unless the treatment and distribution of such water is at all times under the supervision of a person who shall have received a certificate of competency issued by the board of certification of operators of drinking water supply facilities, established by section sixty-six B of chapter thirteen, or unless said board shall have issued a temporary emergency certification for a duration of not more than six months. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each day such violation occurs. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section.

Section 87DDDD. No person, corporation, city, town or district shall furnish to the public any drinking water for which any charge is made unless the treatment and distribution of such water is at all times under the supervision of a person who shall have received a certificate of competency issued by the board of certification of operators of drinking water supply facilities, established by section sixty-six B of chapter thirteen, or unless said board shall have issued a temporary emergency certification for a duration of not more than six months. Violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars for each day such violation occurs. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 19
General provisions
Status: in_force

[See Standing Order of the Supreme Court, dated July 17, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to civil actions for money damages commenced on or after that date (MA R S CT SDG ORDERS Amount-in-Controversy) which increased the amount-in-controversy from $25,000 to $50,000.]

[See Standing Order of the Supreme Court, dated July 17, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to civil actions for money damages commenced on or after that date (MA R S CT SDG ORDERS Amount-in-Controversy) which increased the amount-in-controversy from $25,000 to $50,000.]

Section 19. Except as otherwise provided by law, the district court and Boston municipal court departments shall have original jurisdiction of civil actions for money damages. The actions may proceed in the courts only if there is no reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will exceed $25,000, or an amount ordered from time to time by the supreme judicial court. Where multiple damages are allowed by law, the amount of single damages claimed shall control. Notwithstanding the limitation of $25,000, or other amount ordered by the supreme judicial court, the district courts may proceed with actions for money damages in any amount in summary process actions. The Boston municipal and district court departments shall have original jurisdiction concurrent with the probate and family court department of actions relative to paternity and support under chapter two hundred and nine C. The district courts shall also have jurisdiction of actions in summary process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine and in the hearing and disposition of such actions shall have the same equitable powers and jurisdiction as is provided for the divisions of the housing court department pursuant to section three of chapter one hundred and eighty-five C. The Boston municipal and district court departments shall have original jurisdiction concurrent with the probate and family court department of proceedings under chapter two hundred and nine D. They shall have jurisdiction of proceedings transferred to them under the provisions of section four A of chapter two hundred and eleven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 5
MOBD's description of organization
Status: in_force

Section 5. The director of MOBD shall prepare and keep current a general statement of the organization of MOBD, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as MOBD's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be on file in the office of the state secretary and in the executive office for administration and finance.

Section 5. The director of MOBD shall prepare and keep current a general statement of the organization of MOBD, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as MOBD's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be on file in the office of the state secretary and in the executive office for administration and finance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 18I — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 18I
Monitoring of emergency 911 communications
Status: in_force

Section 18I. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a municipality or other governmental body, under the requirements of chapter 150E, may modify, change or alter communication equipment used in the municipality's or other governmental body's enhanced 911 system in order to permit the monitoring of emergency 911 communications by the fire department of the municipality or other governmental body at a secure location staffed at all times by fire department personnel fully trained in such monitoring. The emergency 911 communications shall be monitored in a manner that prevents any broadcast of such communications to the general public. The secure location used for monitoring emergency 911 communications shall be restricted to trained fire department personnel when such communications are being monitored. No such modification or change in a municipality's or other governmental body's wireline carrier equipment or enhanced 911 system shall cause any degradation of the state's 911 system.

Section 18I. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a municipality or other governmental body, under the requirements of chapter 150E, may modify, change or alter communication equipment used in the municipality's or other governmental body's enhanced 911 system in order to permit the monitoring of emergency 911 communications by the fire department of the municipality or other governmental body at a secure location staffed at all times by fire department personnel fully trained in such monitoring. The emergency 911 communications shall be monitored in a manner that prevents any broadcast of such communications to the general public. The secure location used for monitoring emergency 911 communications shall be restricted to trained fire department personnel when such communications are being monitored. No such modification or change in a municipality's or other governmental body's wireline carrier equipment or enhanced 911 system shall cause any degradation of the state's 911 system.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15RRR — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15RRR
Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Status: in_force

Section 15RRR. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in May of each year as Massachusetts Emergency Responders Memorial Day to honor all paramedics, emergency medical and public safety personnel, national guard personnel on state active duty, disaster assistance volunteers, and emergency management personnel killed in the line of duty and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15RRR. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in May of each year as Massachusetts Emergency Responders Memorial Day to honor all paramedics, emergency medical and public safety personnel, national guard personnel on state active duty, disaster assistance volunteers, and emergency management personnel killed in the line of duty and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.