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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 117
Industrial hemp; regulation; acquisition of seed
Status: in_force

Section 117. (a) Industrial hemp may be planted, grown, harvested, possessed, processed, bought, sold or researched subject to sections 116 to 123, inclusive. The planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing, selling or research of industrial hemp as an agricultural product shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the department pursuant to sections 116 to 123, inclusive. (b) A person planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing or selling industrial hemp for commercial purposes shall: (i) be licensed by the department pursuant to section 118; and (ii) only acquire hemp seeds from a distributor approved by the department. (c) Industrial hemp shall only be used for the following: (i) research purposes; and (ii) commercial purposes considered reasonable by the commissioner.

Section 117. (a) Industrial hemp may be planted, grown, harvested, possessed, processed, bought, sold or researched subject to sections 116 to 123, inclusive. The planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing, selling or research of industrial hemp as an agricultural product shall be subject to the supervision and approval of the department pursuant to sections 116 to 123, inclusive.

(b) A person planting, growing, harvesting, possessing, processing or selling industrial hemp for commercial purposes shall: (i) be licensed by the department pursuant to section 118; and (ii) only acquire hemp seeds from a distributor approved by the department.

(c) Industrial hemp shall only be used for the following: (i) research purposes; and (ii) commercial purposes considered reasonable by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 4C
Cumulative table of changes in general statutes
Status: in_force

Section 4C. The state secretary shall print from time to time during the session of the general court a cumulative table of changes in the general statutes, up to the date of publication, to be prepared by the counsel to the senate and the counsel to the house of representatives.

Section 4C. The state secretary shall print from time to time during the session of the general court a cumulative table of changes in the general statutes, up to the date of publication, to be prepared by the counsel to the senate and the counsel to the house of representatives.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 58
Fire extinguishing systems, issuance of certificates for installation and servicing
Status: in_force

Section 58. The board may make such rules and regulations as it deems suitable for the issuance of various types and classes of certificates for the following: (a) a firm engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing and servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems; (b) an employee of firms engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing or servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems who services extinguishers or fixed systems; (c) a firm performing hydrostatic testing of fire extinguishers. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following: (a) the filling or charging of a portable fire extinguisher by the manufacturer prior to its initial sale; (b) the servicing by a firm of its own portable extinguishers or fixed systems by its own personnel specially trained for such servicing; (c) the installation or servicing of water sprinkler systems installed in compliance with the State Building Code; (d) firms engaged in the selling at wholesale or retail of portable fire extinguishers but not engaged in the installation or recharging of them; (e) fire departments recharging portable fire extinguishers as a public service where no charge is made; provided, however, that the member of the fire department is trained in the proper filling and recharging of the fire extinguishers.

Section 58. The board may make such rules and regulations as it deems suitable for the issuance of various types and classes of certificates for the following:

(a) a firm engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing and servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems; (b) an employee of firms engaged in the business of servicing portable fire extinguishers or installing or servicing fixed fire extinguishing systems who services extinguishers or fixed systems; (c) a firm performing hydrostatic testing of fire extinguishers.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following:

(a) the filling or charging of a portable fire extinguisher by the manufacturer prior to its initial sale; (b) the servicing by a firm of its own portable extinguishers or fixed systems by its own personnel specially trained for such servicing; (c) the installation or servicing of water sprinkler systems installed in compliance with the State Building Code; (d) firms engaged in the selling at wholesale or retail of portable fire extinguishers but not engaged in the installation or recharging of them; (e) fire departments recharging portable fire extinguishers as a public service where no charge is made; provided, however, that the member of the fire department is trained in the proper filling and recharging of the fire extinguishers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151D, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151D / Section 7
Application of chapter; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 7. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to workers' compensation or plans established or maintained for the benefit of self-employed individuals or owner-employees as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or to any retirement fund, plan or program or any health and welfare fund, plan or program established by the commonwealth or by any political subdivision thereof or by any educational, charitable or religious organization, nor to any employees' retirement association established by general or special law which is subject by law to an audit or examination by either the commissioner of banks or the commissioner of insurance.

Section 7. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to workers' compensation or plans established or maintained for the benefit of self-employed individuals or owner-employees as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or to any retirement fund, plan or program or any health and welfare fund, plan or program established by the commonwealth or by any political subdivision thereof or by any educational, charitable or religious organization, nor to any employees' retirement association established by general or special law which is subject by law to an audit or examination by either the commissioner of banks or the commissioner of insurance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 270 / Section 3
Drugs or other substance injurious to users; distribution
Status: in_force

Section 3. Whoever distributes, delivers or gives away in any public way or from house to house or place to place, any bottle, box, envelope or package containing any liquid, medicine, pill, powder, tablet or other article composed of any drug, poison or other ingredient or substance which may be in any way injurious or harmful to any person who may taste, eat, drink or otherwise use the same, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 3. Whoever distributes, delivers or gives away in any public way or from house to house or place to place, any bottle, box, envelope or package containing any liquid, medicine, pill, powder, tablet or other article composed of any drug, poison or other ingredient or substance which may be in any way injurious or harmful to any person who may taste, eat, drink or otherwise use the same, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 229 / Section 11
Interest
Status: in_force

Section 11. In any civil action in which a verdict is given or a finding made for pecuniary damages for the death, with or without conscious suffering, of any person, whether or not such person was in the employment of the defendant against whom the verdict is rendered or finding made, there shall be added by the clerk of the court to the amount of the damages interest thereon at the same rate of interest per annum as provided in section six B of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, from the date of the commencement of the action, even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or finding beyond the maximum liability imposed by law.

Section 11. In any civil action in which a verdict is given or a finding made for pecuniary damages for the death, with or without conscious suffering, of any person, whether or not such person was in the employment of the defendant against whom the verdict is rendered or finding made, there shall be added by the clerk of the court to the amount of the damages interest thereon at the same rate of interest per annum as provided in section six B of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, from the date of the commencement of the action, even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or finding beyond the maximum liability imposed by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 109 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 109
Receipt; part payment
Status: in_force

Section 109. If a payment is made on account of a loan to which sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, apply, the person who receives the payment, or his principal, shall, when the payment is taken, give to the person paying a receipt setting forth the amount then paid and the amount previously paid, and identifying the loan, note, mortgage or assignment to which it is to be applied.

Section 109. If a payment is made on account of a loan to which sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, apply, the person who receives the payment, or his principal, shall, when the payment is taken, give to the person paying a receipt setting forth the amount then paid and the amount previously paid, and identifying the loan, note, mortgage or assignment to which it is to be applied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 36
Transactions dealing with land after filing of complaint; record of disposition of case
Status: in_force

Section 36. After the filing of a complaint and before registration, the land therein described may be dealt with, and instruments relating thereto shall be recorded in the same manner, as if no such complaint had been filed; but all instruments left for record which relate to such land shall be indexed in the usual manner in the registry indexes and in the index of complaints. As soon as a complaint is disposed of, the recorder shall make a memorandum stating the disposition of the case, and shall send the same to the register of deeds for the proper district or districts, who shall record and index it with the records of deeds and in the index of complaints. If a judgment of registration of title is entered the land included in the judgment shall, when the judgment is transcribed as provided in section forty-eight, become registered land, and thereafter no deeds or other instruments which relate solely to such land shall be recorded with the records of deeds, but shall be registered in the registration book and filed and indexed with the records and documents relating to registered land.

Section 36. After the filing of a complaint and before registration, the land therein described may be dealt with, and instruments relating thereto shall be recorded in the same manner, as if no such complaint had been filed; but all instruments left for record which relate to such land shall be indexed in the usual manner in the registry indexes and in the index of complaints. As soon as a complaint is disposed of, the recorder shall make a memorandum stating the disposition of the case, and shall send the same to the register of deeds for the proper district or districts, who shall record and index it with the records of deeds and in the index of complaints. If a judgment of registration of title is entered the land included in the judgment shall, when the judgment is transcribed as provided in section forty-eight, become registered land, and thereafter no deeds or other instruments which relate solely to such land shall be recorded with the records of deeds, but shall be registered in the registration book and filed and indexed with the records and documents relating to registered land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5D
Reports of violations by public officers or employees
Status: in_force

Section 5D. Any officer or employee of any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof which is engaged in the provision or oversight of medical or health services, shall report to the board of registration in medicine any person who there is reasonable basis to believe is in violation of section five, or any of the regulations of the board except as otherwise prohibited by law.

Section 5D. Any officer or employee of any agency, executive office, department, board, commission, bureau, division or authority of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof which is engaged in the provision or oversight of medical or health services, shall report to the board of registration in medicine any person who there is reasonable basis to believe is in violation of section five, or any of the regulations of the board except as otherwise prohibited by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 6I — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 6I
Interest rate; schedule
Status: in_force

Section 6I. Interest required to be paid by the commonwealth pursuant to this section shall be calculated at a Weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding date of the judgment; provided, however, that such interest shall not exceed the rate of ten percent per annum. The secretary of administration and finance shall maintain a schedule of the rate described above for the distribution to all clerks of courts.

Section 6I. Interest required to be paid by the commonwealth pursuant to this section shall be calculated at a Weekly average one-year constant maturity Treasury yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week preceding date of the judgment; provided, however, that such interest shall not exceed the rate of ten percent per annum. The secretary of administration and finance shall maintain a schedule of the rate described above for the distribution to all clerks of courts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 42
Valuation of bonds or other evidences of debt
Status: in_force

Section 42. Any society may, in the annual statement required by section forty-one, value its bonds or other evidences of debt having a fixed term and rate and not in default as to principal or interest and if amply secured, in accordance with the following rule:— if purchased at par, at the par value; if purchased above or below par, on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield meantime the effective rate of interest at which the purchase was made; provided that the purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase and provided, further, that the commissioner shall have full discretion in determining the method of calculating values according to the foregoing rule; and provided, also, that any society may return such bonds or other evidences of debt at either their market or their book value but in no event at any aggregate value exceeding the aggregate of the values calculated according to the foregoing rule.

Section 42. Any society may, in the annual statement required by section forty-one, value its bonds or other evidences of debt having a fixed term and rate and not in default as to principal or interest and if amply secured, in accordance with the following rule:— if purchased at par, at the par value; if purchased above or below par, on the basis of the purchase price adjusted so as to bring the value to par at maturity and so as to yield meantime the effective rate of interest at which the purchase was made; provided that the purchase price shall in no case be taken at a higher figure than the actual market value at the time of purchase and provided, further, that the commissioner shall have full discretion in determining the method of calculating values according to the foregoing rule; and provided, also, that any society may return such bonds or other evidences of debt at either their market or their book value but in no event at any aggregate value exceeding the aggregate of the values calculated according to the foregoing rule.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 75B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 75B
Qualifying to do business
Status: in_force

Section 75B. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth which shall desire to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline situated wholly within the commonwealth may qualify to do business within the commonwealth as a natural gas pipeline company after hearing upon a petition filed with the department and after the department has determined that such facilities are necessary for the purpose alleged and will serve the public convenience and is consistent with the public interest. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' authorizing it to construct a natural gas transmission line and appurtenant facilities within the commonwealth, shall be considered as a natural gas pipeline company within the meaning of this chapter upon filing with the department a certified copy of such certificate.

Section 75B. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth which shall desire to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline situated wholly within the commonwealth may qualify to do business within the commonwealth as a natural gas pipeline company after hearing upon a petition filed with the department and after the department has determined that such facilities are necessary for the purpose alleged and will serve the public convenience and is consistent with the public interest. Any person, partnership, corporation or any other legal entity, organized under the laws of the commonwealth or of any other state or of the United States which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of chapter 15B of the United States Code which may be cited as the federal ''Natural Gas Act'' authorizing it to construct a natural gas transmission line and appurtenant facilities within the commonwealth, shall be considered as a natural gas pipeline company within the meaning of this chapter upon filing with the department a certified copy of such certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 139A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 139A
Machines, electrical or mechanical devices; alteration or obliteration of identifying numbers; possession; sale; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 139A. Whoever removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys, obliterates or mutilates or causes to be removed or destroyed or in any way defaced, altered, changed, obliterated or mutilated, the identifying number or numbers of any machine or any electrical or mechanical device, with intent thereby to conceal its identity, to defraud the manufacturer, seller, or purchaser, to hinder competition in the areas of sales and servicing, or to prevent the detection of a crime shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. Possession of any machine or electrical or mechanical device the identifying number or numbers of which have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the foregoing provision. Whoever sells or otherwise disposes of or attempts to sell or otherwise dispose of a machine or an electrical or a mechanical device, knowing or having reason to believe that the identifying number or numbers of the same have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year in a jail or house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 139A. Whoever removes, defaces, alters, changes, destroys, obliterates or mutilates or causes to be removed or destroyed or in any way defaced, altered, changed, obliterated or mutilated, the identifying number or numbers of any machine or any electrical or mechanical device, with intent thereby to conceal its identity, to defraud the manufacturer, seller, or purchaser, to hinder competition in the areas of sales and servicing, or to prevent the detection of a crime shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year or by both such fine and imprisonment. Possession of any machine or electrical or mechanical device the identifying number or numbers of which have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the foregoing provision.

Whoever sells or otherwise disposes of or attempts to sell or otherwise dispose of a machine or an electrical or a mechanical device, knowing or having reason to believe that the identifying number or numbers of the same have been so removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, obliterated or mutilated, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year in a jail or house of correction or by both such fine and imprisonment.