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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 37B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 37B
Nondegree granting post-secondary vocational education programs
Status: in_force

Section 37B. The commissioner under the direction of the state board may approve nondegree granting vocational education programs at the post-secondary level. In making his decision, the commissioner shall take into consideration the availability of similar training opportunities at the secondary and public regional community college levels. Upon the vote of the school committee or board of trustees of any industrial, technical, or vocational school, tuition and other related fees may be charged to students residing in its city, town or regional school district admitted to approved post-secondary vocational education programs for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program.

Section 37B. The commissioner under the direction of the state board may approve nondegree granting vocational education programs at the post-secondary level. In making his decision, the commissioner shall take into consideration the availability of similar training opportunities at the secondary and public regional community college levels.

Upon the vote of the school committee or board of trustees of any industrial, technical, or vocational school, tuition and other related fees may be charged to students residing in its city, town or regional school district admitted to approved post-secondary vocational education programs for the full amount of the average per pupil cost of such program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 84
Travel expenses
Status: in_force

Section 84. To each officer and enlisted person of the armed forces of the commonwealth required and authorized to travel under any section of this chapter, there shall be allowed and paid from funds appropriated therefor and under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the following:— (1) For travel by privately owned motor vehicle, the current mileage rate authorized by law and any regulations pursuant thereto. (2) For travel by modes of commercial travel, actual transportation expense.

Section 84. To each officer and enlisted person of the armed forces of the commonwealth required and authorized to travel under any section of this chapter, there shall be allowed and paid from funds appropriated therefor and under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the following:—

(1) For travel by privately owned motor vehicle, the current mileage rate authorized by law and any regulations pursuant thereto.

(2) For travel by modes of commercial travel, actual transportation expense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 71
Contracts for revenue raising activities; regulations and guidelines; negotiation
Status: in_force

Section 71. Contracts under the authority of section seventy shall be subject to such regulations and guidelines as the commissioner of revenue may issue. The commissioner of revenue is further authorized to negotiate contracts with vendors for particular types of services to be provided and paid for under the terms of said section seventy, and cities and towns may enter into such contracts negotiated by the commissioner with the vendors designated by the commissioner without complying with the provisions of chapter thirty B.

Section 71. Contracts under the authority of section seventy shall be subject to such regulations and guidelines as the commissioner of revenue may issue. The commissioner of revenue is further authorized to negotiate contracts with vendors for particular types of services to be provided and paid for under the terms of said section seventy, and cities and towns may enter into such contracts negotiated by the commissioner with the vendors designated by the commissioner without complying with the provisions of chapter thirty B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 115
Disposition of judgment on appeal; stay of execution
Status: in_force

Section 115. Upon an appeal the appeals court or the supreme judicial court shall affirm, reverse, or modify the judgment appealed from. Upon reversal of a final judgment either court may remand a cause to the trial court which entered the judgment appealed from with necessary and proper directions for further proceedings, or may render such judgment as the court below should have rendered. No execution shall issue during the pendency of an appeal. In the event that execution has issued before the filing of a notice of appeal, upon the filing of such notice the clerk shall notify the officer holding the execution, and all further proceedings thereon shall be stayed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the authority of a justice of either court to order a stay of execution upon such terms as are just.

Section 115. Upon an appeal the appeals court or the supreme judicial court shall affirm, reverse, or modify the judgment appealed from. Upon reversal of a final judgment either court may remand a cause to the trial court which entered the judgment appealed from with necessary and proper directions for further proceedings, or may render such judgment as the court below should have rendered.

No execution shall issue during the pendency of an appeal. In the event that execution has issued before the filing of a notice of appeal, upon the filing of such notice the clerk shall notify the officer holding the execution, and all further proceedings thereon shall be stayed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impair the authority of a justice of either court to order a stay of execution upon such terms as are just.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 52E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 52E
Repeated irregularities in billing third party payers; disciplinary proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 52E. The board, after due notice and hearing, may suspend, revoke, cancel or reprimand the holder of any certificate, registration, license or authority issued by it, of any dentist whom it finds has engaged in repeated irregularities in billing an insurance company or other third party payer for services rendered to a patient. For the purposes of this section irregularities in billing shall include: reporting charges for the purpose of obtaining a total payment in excess of that usually received by the dentist for the services rendered; falsely reporting treatment dates for the purpose of obtaining payment; reporting charges for services not rendered; falsely reporting services rendered for the purpose of obtaining payment; or abrogating the copayment provisions of a contract by accepting the payment received from the third party payer as full payment. Any person aggrieved by the action of the board by a suspension, revocation, cancellation or reprimand under this section of any certificate, registration, license or authority issued by it may appeal such action under the provisions of section fourteen of chapter thirty A.

Section 52E. The board, after due notice and hearing, may suspend, revoke, cancel or reprimand the holder of any certificate, registration, license or authority issued by it, of any dentist whom it finds has engaged in repeated irregularities in billing an insurance company or other third party payer for services rendered to a patient.

For the purposes of this section irregularities in billing shall include: reporting charges for the purpose of obtaining a total payment in excess of that usually received by the dentist for the services rendered; falsely reporting treatment dates for the purpose of obtaining payment; reporting charges for services not rendered; falsely reporting services rendered for the purpose of obtaining payment; or abrogating the copayment provisions of a contract by accepting the payment received from the third party payer as full payment.

Any person aggrieved by the action of the board by a suspension, revocation, cancellation or reprimand under this section of any certificate, registration, license or authority issued by it may appeal such action under the provisions of section fourteen of chapter thirty A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 29
Collection of tax jeopardized by delay; immediate assessment
Status: in_force

Section 29. If the commissioner believes that the collection of any tax will be jeopardized by delay, he shall, whether or not the time otherwise prescribed by law for making return and paying such tax has expired, immediately assess such tax together with all interest and penalties, as provided by law. Such tax, penalties and interest shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, and immediate notice and demand shall be made by the commissioner for the payment thereof. Upon failure or refusal to pay such tax, penalty and interest, the commissioner shall proceed forthwith to the collection thereof.

Section 29. If the commissioner believes that the collection of any tax will be jeopardized by delay, he shall, whether or not the time otherwise prescribed by law for making return and paying such tax has expired, immediately assess such tax together with all interest and penalties, as provided by law. Such tax, penalties and interest shall thereupon become immediately due and payable, and immediate notice and demand shall be made by the commissioner for the payment thereof. Upon failure or refusal to pay such tax, penalty and interest, the commissioner shall proceed forthwith to the collection thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 182C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 182C
Home berth
Status: in_force

Section 182C. The home berth of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be in the port of New Bedford, located in the city of New Bedford, and displayed as such on the vessel. The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be berthed in the city of New Bedford for an aggregate of not less than 90 days per calendar year on a 3-year rolling average and at no cost to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; provided, that a berth space shall be designated for the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey at the state pier by the department of conservation and recreation or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency while said vessel is docked in the city of New Bedford; provided, however, that the vessel may be berthed from time to time at various locations in the commonwealth, including, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy campus in Buzzards bay, and abroad, as determined by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with the advice of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board.

Section 182C. The home berth of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be in the port of New Bedford, located in the city of New Bedford, and displayed as such on the vessel. The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey shall be berthed in the city of New Bedford for an aggregate of not less than 90 days per calendar year on a 3-year rolling average and at no cost to the Massachusetts Maritime Academy; provided, that a berth space shall be designated for the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey at the state pier by the department of conservation and recreation or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency while said vessel is docked in the city of New Bedford; provided, however, that the vessel may be berthed from time to time at various locations in the commonwealth, including, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy campus in Buzzards bay, and abroad, as determined by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with the advice of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 14
Purchase of land; conditions; limitations; definition
Status: in_force

Section 14. The aldermen of any city, except Boston, or the selectmen of a town may purchase, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, any land, easement or right therein within the city or town not already appropriated to public use, for any municipal purpose for which the purchase or taking of land, easement or right therein is not otherwise authorized or directed by statute; but no land, easement or right therein shall be taken or purchased under this section unless the taking or purchase thereof has previously been authorized by the city council or by vote of the town, nor until an appropriation of money, to be raised by loan or otherwise, has been made for the purpose by a two thirds vote of the city council or by a two thirds vote of the town, and no lot of land shall be purchased for any municipal purpose by any city subject to this section for a price more than twenty-five per cent in excess of its average assessed valuation during the previous three years. The words ''municipal purpose'', as used in this section, shall include any such land, easement or right therein within the city or town, so purchased or taken by eminent domain for the purpose of conveying or granting the same to the commonwealth for the use of a regional community college.

Section 14. The aldermen of any city, except Boston, or the selectmen of a town may purchase, or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, any land, easement or right therein within the city or town not already appropriated to public use, for any municipal purpose for which the purchase or taking of land, easement or right therein is not otherwise authorized or directed by statute; but no land, easement or right therein shall be taken or purchased under this section unless the taking or purchase thereof has previously been authorized by the city council or by vote of the town, nor until an appropriation of money, to be raised by loan or otherwise, has been made for the purpose by a two thirds vote of the city council or by a two thirds vote of the town, and no lot of land shall be purchased for any municipal purpose by any city subject to this section for a price more than twenty-five per cent in excess of its average assessed valuation during the previous three years.

The words ''municipal purpose'', as used in this section, shall include any such land, easement or right therein within the city or town, so purchased or taken by eminent domain for the purpose of conveying or granting the same to the commonwealth for the use of a regional community college.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 66
List of jurors to prisoners; process for witnesses
Status: in_force

Section 66. A prisoner indicted for a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, upon demand by him or his counsel upon the clerk, shall have a list of the jurors who have been returned and process to summon witnesses who are necessary to his defence, at the expense of the commonwealth.

Section 66. A prisoner indicted for a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, upon demand by him or his counsel upon the clerk, shall have a list of the jurors who have been returned and process to summon witnesses who are necessary to his defence, at the expense of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 69Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 69Q
Joint inter-agency investigations, hearings or orders; interstate compacts and federal agreements authorized
Status: in_force

Section 69Q. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, is authorized to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the commonwealth, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official agency of any state or of the federal government. Whether in the holding of such investigations of hearings, or in the making of such orders, the board may function under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the federal government or otherwise. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this section is further authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of the federal government or other states, pursuant to any consent of congress, for cooperative efforts in certifying the construction, operation and maintenance of energy facilities in accord with the purposes of this section and for the enforcement of the respective laws of the commonwealth or of said states regarding same.

Section 69Q. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this chapter, is authorized to make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the commonwealth, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official agency of any state or of the federal government. Whether in the holding of such investigations of hearings, or in the making of such orders, the board may function under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the federal government or otherwise. The board, in the discharge of its duties under this section is further authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of the federal government or other states, pursuant to any consent of congress, for cooperative efforts in certifying the construction, operation and maintenance of energy facilities in accord with the purposes of this section and for the enforcement of the respective laws of the commonwealth or of said states regarding same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 259, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 259 / Section 4
Representation as to another's credit; necessity of writing
Status: in_force

Section 4. No action shall be brought to charge a person upon or by reason of a representation or assurance made concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of any other person, unless such representation or assurance is made in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.

Section 4. No action shall be brought to charge a person upon or by reason of a representation or assurance made concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade or dealings of any other person, unless such representation or assurance is made in writing and signed by the party to be charged thereby, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 44H — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 44H
Maintenance and operating expenses; debts; determination and apportionment
Status: in_force

Section 44H. The regional refuse disposal district committee shall annually determine the amounts necessary to be raised to maintain and operate the district during the ensuing fiscal year, and the amounts required for payment of debt and interest incurred by the district which will be due in the said year, and shall apportion the amount so determined among the several member cities and towns in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The amounts so apportioned for each city or town shall, prior to December thirty-first in each year, be certified by the regional district treasurer to the treasurers of the several cities and towns. The obligation of each member city or town to pay apportionments pursuant to the agreement shall be included in the amounts to be assessed annually in such city or town under section twenty-three of chapter fifty-nine without appropriation and the city or town treasurer shall pay to the district the amounts so apportioned at the times specified in the agreement. The amounts apportioned or to be apportioned pursuant to the agreement shall not be included in the statutory limit of indebtedness of any city or town.

Section 44H. The regional refuse disposal district committee shall annually determine the amounts necessary to be raised to maintain and operate the district during the ensuing fiscal year, and the amounts required for payment of debt and interest incurred by the district which will be due in the said year, and shall apportion the amount so determined among the several member cities and towns in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The amounts so apportioned for each city or town shall, prior to December thirty-first in each year, be certified by the regional district treasurer to the treasurers of the several cities and towns. The obligation of each member city or town to pay apportionments pursuant to the agreement shall be included in the amounts to be assessed annually in such city or town under section twenty-three of chapter fifty-nine without appropriation and the city or town treasurer shall pay to the district the amounts so apportioned at the times specified in the agreement. The amounts apportioned or to be apportioned pursuant to the agreement shall not be included in the statutory limit of indebtedness of any city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 76
Rules of admission
Status: in_force

Section 76. Any such school committee shall establish as one of the rules of admission to the benefits of such extended course of instruction that the persons therein enrolled, or responsible agents acting in their behalf, shall pay into the treasury of such city or town, toward the cost of maintaining such course, such sum, not exceeding the actual cost thereof, as said school committee shall determine. If a city or town does not maintain such course of instruction, it may pay the charge authorized by this section in the case of any person who resides therein and obtains from its school committee a certificate to take the course in another city or town maintaining the same.

Section 76. Any such school committee shall establish as one of the rules of admission to the benefits of such extended course of instruction that the persons therein enrolled, or responsible agents acting in their behalf, shall pay into the treasury of such city or town, toward the cost of maintaining such course, such sum, not exceeding the actual cost thereof, as said school committee shall determine. If a city or town does not maintain such course of instruction, it may pay the charge authorized by this section in the case of any person who resides therein and obtains from its school committee a certificate to take the course in another city or town maintaining the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277B / Section 7
County in which indictment to be returned; venue
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

Section 7. Indictments shall be returned in the county wherein the statewide grand jury sits and shall thereafter be transferred to the county specified by the statewide grand jury on the indictment. For the purposes of trial for offenses indicted by a statewide grand jury, venue shall be in any county in which venue would otherwise be proper.