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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 47 / Section 2
Management
Status: in_force

Section 2. Any town which has an infirmary may annually choose three, five, seven or more directors to have the management thereof, who may appoint a superintendent and assistants. If such directors are not chosen, the selectmen shall be the directors.

Section 2. Any town which has an infirmary may annually choose three, five, seven or more directors to have the management thereof, who may appoint a superintendent and assistants. If such directors are not chosen, the selectmen shall be the directors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21H, sec. 6F — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21H / Section 6F
Exemptions from prohibitions in Secs. 6D and 6E; applications; fees
Status: in_force

Section 6F. (a) The department, at its discretion and in consultation with the executive office of economic development and the department of public health, may allow for exemptions to the prohibitions in sections 6D and 6E. (b) Applications for exemptions shall demonstrate that: (1) the use of the product is beneficial to the environment or protective of the public health or public safety; (2) there is no technically feasible alternative to the use of mercury in the product; (3) there is no comparable non-mercury-added product available at reasonable cost; and (4) an effective system exists for the collection, transportation and processing of the mercury-added product. Such a system may include direct return of a waste product to the manufacturer, an industry or trade group-supported collection and recycling system or other similar private and public section efforts. (c) The department shall establish application fees and a timeline for reviewing applications for exemptions that does not exceed 90 days. (d) Before issuing an exemption, the department shall consult with neighboring states and regional organizations to promote consistency. The department shall avoid, to the extent feasible, inconsistencies in the implementation of this section. (e) An exemption shall be valid for not more than 3 years and may be extended upon request of the applicant, at the discretion of the department.

Section 6F. (a) The department, at its discretion and in consultation with the executive office of economic development and the department of public health, may allow for exemptions to the prohibitions in sections 6D and 6E.

(b) Applications for exemptions shall demonstrate that:

(1) the use of the product is beneficial to the environment or protective of the public health or public safety;

(2) there is no technically feasible alternative to the use of mercury in the product;

(3) there is no comparable non-mercury-added product available at reasonable cost; and

(4) an effective system exists for the collection, transportation and processing of the mercury-added product. Such a system may include direct return of a waste product to the manufacturer, an industry or trade group-supported collection and recycling system or other similar private and public section efforts.

(c) The department shall establish application fees and a timeline for reviewing applications for exemptions that does not exceed 90 days.

(d) Before issuing an exemption, the department shall consult with neighboring states and regional organizations to promote consistency. The department shall avoid, to the extent feasible, inconsistencies in the implementation of this section.

(e) An exemption shall be valid for not more than 3 years and may be extended upon request of the applicant, at the discretion of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 63
Supervision and control by commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 63. The commissioner shall have general supervision and control of the Rutland hospital, the Lakeville hospital, and the Western Massachusetts hospital and shall see that the affairs of such hospitals are conducted according to law, and to the by-laws and regulations established by the council in respect thereto.

Section 63. The commissioner shall have general supervision and control of the Rutland hospital, the Lakeville hospital, and the Western Massachusetts hospital and shall see that the affairs of such hospitals are conducted according to law, and to the by-laws and regulations established by the council in respect thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 174 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 174
Recovery of penalties
Status: in_force

Section 174. All fines and penalties provided in the preceding sections relating to dogs may be recovered before a district court in the county where the offence was committed.

Section 174. All fines and penalties provided in the preceding sections relating to dogs may be recovered before a district court in the county where the offence was committed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65C, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65C / Section 26
Tax evasion; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 26. Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this chapter or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years, or both.

Section 26. Any person who willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat any tax imposed by this chapter or the payment thereof shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 1B
Voluntary prayer
Status: in_force

Section 1B. The school committee of any city or town may permit any child attending its public schools to participate in voluntary prayer with the approval of such child's parents before the commencement of each daily school session. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no city or town which permits such prayer shall be denied any funds for school purposes to which it may be entitled from the commonwealth.

Section 1B. The school committee of any city or town may permit any child attending its public schools to participate in voluntary prayer with the approval of such child's parents before the commencement of each daily school session. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no city or town which permits such prayer shall be denied any funds for school purposes to which it may be entitled from the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 108J — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 108J
Disability insurance policies; discrimination based upon lawful travel experiences or plans prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 108J. (a) An insurer or producer authorized to issue policies against disability from injury or disease in the commonwealth shall not make a distinction or otherwise discriminate between persons, reject an applicant, cancel a policy, or demand or require a higher rate of premium for reasons based solely upon an applicant's or insured's past lawful travel experiences or future lawful travel plans. (b) This section shall not prohibit an insurer from excluding or limiting coverage under a policy issued against disability from injury or disease, or refusing to offer the policy, based upon past lawful travel or future lawful travel plans, or from charging a different rate for that coverage, when that action is based upon sound actuarial principles or is related to actual or reasonably expected experience and is not based solely on the destination's inclusion on the United States Department of State Travel Warning List. (c) A violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or unfair and deceptive act or practice pursuant to chapter 176D.

Section 108J. (a) An insurer or producer authorized to issue policies against disability from injury or disease in the commonwealth shall not make a distinction or otherwise discriminate between persons, reject an applicant, cancel a policy, or demand or require a higher rate of premium for reasons based solely upon an applicant's or insured's past lawful travel experiences or future lawful travel plans.

(b) This section shall not prohibit an insurer from excluding or limiting coverage under a policy issued against disability from injury or disease, or refusing to offer the policy, based upon past lawful travel or future lawful travel plans, or from charging a different rate for that coverage, when that action is based upon sound actuarial principles or is related to actual or reasonably expected experience and is not based solely on the destination's inclusion on the United States Department of State Travel Warning List.

(c) A violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or unfair and deceptive act or practice pursuant to chapter 176D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 22L — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 22L
Rate differential; adoption of removal ordinance
Status: in_force

Section 22L. If at any time one or more but less than all of the municipalities in which the customers of any one utility are located adopt an ordinance or by-law forbidding new installation of overhead facilities under section twenty-two C, the department of telecommunications and energy shall, in accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine and section ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four, after notice to all the municipalities in which such customers are located, and a hearing, establish a differential between the rates charged customers located in municipalities which have adopted such ordinance and those located in municipalities which have not adopted such ordinance, provided that no such differential, however introduced or effected, shall at any time result in revenues materially exceeding any increased cost of providing service caused solely by adoption of such ordinance by such municipality. The foregoing procedure for establishing such differential shall be exclusive.

Section 22L. If at any time one or more but less than all of the municipalities in which the customers of any one utility are located adopt an ordinance or by-law forbidding new installation of overhead facilities under section twenty-two C, the department of telecommunications and energy shall, in accordance with the provisions of section fourteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine and section ninety-four of chapter one hundred and sixty-four, after notice to all the municipalities in which such customers are located, and a hearing, establish a differential between the rates charged customers located in municipalities which have adopted such ordinance and those located in municipalities which have not adopted such ordinance, provided that no such differential, however introduced or effected, shall at any time result in revenues materially exceeding any increased cost of providing service caused solely by adoption of such ordinance by such municipality. The foregoing procedure for establishing such differential shall be exclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 12A — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 12A
Refusal to accept certain instruments for recording authorized
Status: in_force

Section 12A. A register of deeds may refuse to accept an instrument for recording if it cannot be properly duplicated or a proper record cannot be made thereof.

Section 12A. A register of deeds may refuse to accept an instrument for recording if it cannot be properly duplicated or a proper record cannot be made thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 47
Coffee and tea houses
Status: in_force

Section 47. No coffee house, so called, or tea house or place of resort for refreshment where the principal business is or purports to be the sale of coffee or tea as a beverage shall be maintained in any town which accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, by a vote of a city council or by vote of a town at a town meeting, until a license therefor has been granted by the licensing authorities. The fee for the license shall be five dollars or such other sum as shall be fixed from time to time by the city council or selectmen. Licenses issued hereunder shall expire on May first following the date of issue, and may be revoked at any time by the licensing authorities. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 47. No coffee house, so called, or tea house or place of resort for refreshment where the principal business is or purports to be the sale of coffee or tea as a beverage shall be maintained in any town which accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, by a vote of a city council or by vote of a town at a town meeting, until a license therefor has been granted by the licensing authorities. The fee for the license shall be five dollars or such other sum as shall be fixed from time to time by the city council or selectmen. Licenses issued hereunder shall expire on May first following the date of issue, and may be revoked at any time by the licensing authorities. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94A / Section 3
Enforcement of chapter by chief; appeal; hearing; notice
Status: in_force

Section 3. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the chief shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and all orders, rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

Section 3. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the chief shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and all orders, rules and regulations adopted thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 21
Fixing of route by department upon failure to agree
Status: in_force

Section 21. If they fail so to agree, the directors may petition the department to fix the route in said city or town; and the department, after notice to said board of aldermen or selectmen, shall hear the parties, and fix the route in such city or town, and make a certificate setting forth the route as fixed by it, which shall be certified by its clerk to the directors. The costs of the petition shall be paid by the directors. All variations from the route first proposed shall be made upon the map.

Section 21. If they fail so to agree, the directors may petition the department to fix the route in said city or town; and the department, after notice to said board of aldermen or selectmen, shall hear the parties, and fix the route in such city or town, and make a certificate setting forth the route as fixed by it, which shall be certified by its clerk to the directors. The costs of the petition shall be paid by the directors. All variations from the route first proposed shall be made upon the map.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 124, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 124 / Section 2
Deputy commissioners; duties
Status: in_force

Section 2. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for institutional services shall be responsible for planning and directing the efficient administration of each correctional institution of the commonwealth by the officers and employees of the institution. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for classification and treatment shall be responsible for planning and directing the rehabilitation services of all the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, including the classification, medical, educational, industrial, vocational and recreational programs of each such institution. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for personnel and training shall be responsible for planning and directing departmental procedures for the appointment, assignment, transfer, training, supervision, discipline and compensation of officers and employees of the department and the correctional institutions of the commonwealth. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for community services shall be responsible for planning and directing community programs and services provided to committed offenders. Each of the said deputy commissioners shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the commissioner.

Section 2. Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for institutional services shall be responsible for planning and directing the efficient administration of each correctional institution of the commonwealth by the officers and employees of the institution.

Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for classification and treatment shall be responsible for planning and directing the rehabilitation services of all the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, including the classification, medical, educational, industrial, vocational and recreational programs of each such institution.

Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for personnel and training shall be responsible for planning and directing departmental procedures for the appointment, assignment, transfer, training, supervision, discipline and compensation of officers and employees of the department and the correctional institutions of the commonwealth.

Subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner for community services shall be responsible for planning and directing community programs and services provided to committed offenders.

Each of the said deputy commissioners shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 16
Mode requested by affiant
Status: in_force

Section 16. If a person to be sworn declares that a different mode of taking the oath is in his opinion more solemn and obligatory than the upholding of the hand, the oath may be administered in such mode.

Section 16. If a person to be sworn declares that a different mode of taking the oath is in his opinion more solemn and obligatory than the upholding of the hand, the oath may be administered in such mode.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 204, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 204 / Section 4
Vested or contingent interests; power of fiduciaries to release
Status: in_force

Section 4. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee may, after the notice required upon a petition by him for a license to sell real estate, be authorized by the probate court to release and discharge, upon such terms and conditions as may appear to be proper, a vested, contingent or possible right or interest, if such release or discharge appears to be for the benefit of the person or estate which he represents.

Section 4. An executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee may, after the notice required upon a petition by him for a license to sell real estate, be authorized by the probate court to release and discharge, upon such terms and conditions as may appear to be proper, a vested, contingent or possible right or interest, if such release or discharge appears to be for the benefit of the person or estate which he represents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 6
Warrant for nonattending witness
Status: in_force

Section 6. The court, justice, master in chancery, master, auditor or county commissioners may in such case issue a warrant to bring such witness before them to answer for the contempt, and also to testify in the case in which he was summoned.

Section 6. The court, justice, master in chancery, master, auditor or county commissioners may in such case issue a warrant to bring such witness before them to answer for the contempt, and also to testify in the case in which he was summoned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 281 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 281
Counterfeiting, destroying or altering brand on cask of nails or brads; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.

Section 281. Whoever counterfeits a brand used or intended to be used for the purpose of marking a cask of nails or brads, or destroys or alters a mark or impression made by another's brand on a cask of wrought, cut or wire nails or brads, and causes a different impression by such counterfeit brand to be marked or impressed thereon, or shifts any such nails or brads from one branded cask to another and thereby avails himself of another's brand, shall forfeit twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15CC — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15CC
Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
Status: in_force

Section 15CC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in June as ''Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day'' and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15CC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in June as ''Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day'' and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23Q
Citation
Status: in_force

Section 23Q. Sections twenty-three A to twenty-three P, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the Registered Physical Therapists Law.

Section 23Q. Sections twenty-three A to twenty-three P, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the Registered Physical Therapists Law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 57
Court orders on termination of derivative suit
Status: in_force

Section 57. On termination of the derivative suit, the court may: (a) order the limited liability company to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in the proceeding if it finds that the suit has resulted in a substantial benefit to the limited liability company; or (b) order the plaintiff to pay any defendant's reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in defending the suit if it finds that the suit was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose.

Section 57. On termination of the derivative suit, the court may:

(a) order the limited liability company to pay the plaintiff's reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in the proceeding if it finds that the suit has resulted in a substantial benefit to the limited liability company; or

(b) order the plaintiff to pay any defendant's reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in defending the suit if it finds that the suit was commenced or maintained without reasonable cause or for an improper purpose.