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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221A / Section 12
Legal assistance fund; applications; financial statements
Status: in_force

Section 12. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund, as defined in section one. The corporation shall establish procedures for the application by qualified legal services programs for financial assistance from funds received or from other sources for the purposes established in this chapter. The corporation shall determine if such applications comply with the provisions of this chapter and shall determine the amounts of financial assistance to be provided to the qualified legal services programs. Application for such financial assistance shall be made by qualified legal services programs by July first of each year. The corporation shall determine the amount of financial assistance to be distributed and the recipients of such financial assistance by September first of each year and payment of such financial assistance shall be made by October first of each year. In its discretion, the corporation may allow a second round of applications to be completed by January first, the distribution of which shall be determined by March first and payment of which shall be made by April first of each year. Every recipient of such financial assistance shall annually submit to the corporation a financial statement including an audit of such monies approved by a certified public accountant.

Section 12. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund, as defined in section one. The corporation shall establish procedures for the application by qualified legal services programs for financial assistance from funds received or from other sources for the purposes established in this chapter. The corporation shall determine if such applications comply with the provisions of this chapter and shall determine the amounts of financial assistance to be provided to the qualified legal services programs.

Application for such financial assistance shall be made by qualified legal services programs by July first of each year. The corporation shall determine the amount of financial assistance to be distributed and the recipients of such financial assistance by September first of each year and payment of such financial assistance shall be made by October first of each year. In its discretion, the corporation may allow a second round of applications to be completed by January first, the distribution of which shall be determined by March first and payment of which shall be made by April first of each year.

Every recipient of such financial assistance shall annually submit to the corporation a financial statement including an audit of such monies approved by a certified public accountant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150 / Section 1
Board of conciliation and arbitration; duties
Status: in_force

Section 1. The board of conciliation and arbitration, in this chapter called the board, shall perform the duties required by this chapter, and any other general or special law.

Section 1. The board of conciliation and arbitration, in this chapter called the board, shall perform the duties required by this chapter, and any other general or special law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 22
Warrants, procedure for issuance
Status: in_force

Section 22. Upon complaint made to any justice that a crime has been committed, he shall examine on oath the complainant and any witnesses produced by him, reduce the complaint to writing, and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant, and, if it appears that a crime has been committed, shall issue a summons or warrant in compliance with the provisions of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure.

Section 22. Upon complaint made to any justice that a crime has been committed, he shall examine on oath the complainant and any witnesses produced by him, reduce the complaint to writing, and cause it to be subscribed by the complainant, and, if it appears that a crime has been committed, shall issue a summons or warrant in compliance with the provisions of the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 37F — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 37F
Legal counsel for general purposes
Status: in_force

Section 37F. The school committee of a city or town may employ legal counsel for the general purposes of the committee and may expend money therefor from the funds appropriated by said city or town for school purposes. Said legal counsel shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty or the provisions of chapter thirty-one.

Section 37F. The school committee of a city or town may employ legal counsel for the general purposes of the committee and may expend money therefor from the funds appropriated by said city or town for school purposes. Said legal counsel shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty or the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 9
Criers
Status: in_force

Section 9. Clerks or assistant clerks of courts, sheriffs or their deputies, as the court may direct, shall perform the duties of criers, without additional compensation; and any officer may adjourn the court by order thereof.

Section 9. Clerks or assistant clerks of courts, sheriffs or their deputies, as the court may direct, shall perform the duties of criers, without additional compensation; and any officer may adjourn the court by order thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 89, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 89 / Section 7
Right of way of fire engines, patrol vehicles and ambulances; obstruction; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 7. The members and apparatus of a fire department while going to a fire or responding to an alarm, police patrol vehicles and ambulances, and ambulances on a call for the purpose of hospitalizing a sick or injured person shall have the right of way through any street, way, lane or alley. Whoever wilfully obstructs or retards the passage of any of the foregoing in the exercise of such right shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months for the first offense and by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for up to one year for a second and subsequent offenses; provided, however, that for a third or subsequent offense the court or the registry of motor vehicles, in addition to any such fine or imprisonment, may suspend the license of the person so convicted and may order mandatory classroom retraining in motor vehicle and traffic laws.

Section 7. The members and apparatus of a fire department while going to a fire or responding to an alarm, police patrol vehicles and ambulances, and ambulances on a call for the purpose of hospitalizing a sick or injured person shall have the right of way through any street, way, lane or alley. Whoever wilfully obstructs or retards the passage of any of the foregoing in the exercise of such right shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months for the first offense and by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for up to one year for a second and subsequent offenses; provided, however, that for a third or subsequent offense the court or the registry of motor vehicles, in addition to any such fine or imprisonment, may suspend the license of the person so convicted and may order mandatory classroom retraining in motor vehicle and traffic laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 89
Rights of another municipality to enter another town
Status: in_force

Section 89. A town which has duly acquired a municipal lighting plant and is authorized to supply gas or electricity in any other town shall have all the rights which a private corporation supplying gas or electricity in said other town would have under the three preceding sections.

Section 89. A town which has duly acquired a municipal lighting plant and is authorized to supply gas or electricity in any other town shall have all the rights which a private corporation supplying gas or electricity in said other town would have under the three preceding sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 7
Powers
Status: in_force

Section 7. In addition to all powers conferred on state agencies, the division or the department of aging and independence, as appropriate shall have the following powers: a. to make, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the management of its affairs; b. to make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for carrying out its business; c. to acquire, own, hold, dispose of, and encumber personal property and to lease real property in the exercise of its powers, and the performance of its duties; d. to enter into agreements or transactions with any federal, state, or municipal agency, or other public institution, or with any private individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity; e. to charge and collect fees, rentals and other charges as reasonable and necessary for carrying out its business; f. to receive and administer any funds granted, given or bequeathed to its use or for a special purpose as indicated in the gift, grant, or order or decree of a court; g. to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers otherwise granted under this chapter; and h. to review, prior to implementation, any activity or policy of any agency within the executive office of human services involving the delivery of services reimbursable under this chapter, certification or licensure of providers of services under this chapter, or identification of individuals eligible for medical assistance under this chapter.

Section 7. In addition to all powers conferred on state agencies, the division or the department of aging and independence, as appropriate shall have the following powers:

a. to make, amend, and repeal rules and regulations for the management of its affairs;

b. to make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for carrying out its business;

c. to acquire, own, hold, dispose of, and encumber personal property and to lease real property in the exercise of its powers, and the performance of its duties;

d. to enter into agreements or transactions with any federal, state, or municipal agency, or other public institution, or with any private individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, or other entity;

e. to charge and collect fees, rentals and other charges as reasonable and necessary for carrying out its business;

f. to receive and administer any funds granted, given or bequeathed to its use or for a special purpose as indicated in the gift, grant, or order or decree of a court;

g. to do all acts and things necessary or convenient to carry out the powers otherwise granted under this chapter; and

h. to review, prior to implementation, any activity or policy of any agency within the executive office of human services involving the delivery of services reimbursable under this chapter, certification or licensure of providers of services under this chapter, or identification of individuals eligible for medical assistance under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 68
Inspecting documents
Status: in_force

Section 68. Every party to any cause or proceeding may inspect and take copies of any document referred to in the pleading or particulars of any other party and relied on by such other party, unless the court is satisfied that the same is not in his possession or control or that he has some other reasonable excuse for not producing the same for such inspection, and the court may make orders for production for said purposes, enforceable in like manner as orders to answer interrogatories.

Section 68. Every party to any cause or proceeding may inspect and take copies of any document referred to in the pleading or particulars of any other party and relied on by such other party, unless the court is satisfied that the same is not in his possession or control or that he has some other reasonable excuse for not producing the same for such inspection, and the court may make orders for production for said purposes, enforceable in like manner as orders to answer interrogatories.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 59
Notice of change of price to department
Status: in_force

Section 59. When a town fixes or changes a price, a notice thereof in form specified by the department shall be filed within sixty days with the department by the manager of municipal lighting, and for the failure to do so he shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 59. When a town fixes or changes a price, a notice thereof in form specified by the department shall be filed within sixty days with the department by the manager of municipal lighting, and for the failure to do so he shall forfeit not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14J — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14J
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

Section 14J. If any provision of said sections fourteen E to fourteen K, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

Section 14J. If any provision of said sections fourteen E to fourteen K, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provisions to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 21
Poem of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 21. The poem, ''Blue Hills of Massachusetts'' composed by Katherine E. Mullen of the town of Barre shall be the official state poem of the commonwealth.

Section 21. The poem, ''Blue Hills of Massachusetts'' composed by Katherine E. Mullen of the town of Barre shall be the official state poem of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162D
Expense premium commissions; payment to insurance agents; additional compensation
Status: in_force

Section 162D. Any insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies or bonds, as defined in section thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety, which do business in the commonwealth through independent licensed insurance agents pursuant to the so-called American Agency System or any other system, other than that of an employer to employee relationship and designated producers, under the plan for equitable apportionment among companies of premiums, losses or expenses, or any combination thereof, as provided under section one hundred and thirteen H, shall pay each agent the indicated expense premium commission as established by the commissioner in his opinion, findings and decision on automobile insurance rates as commission only, and no portion of the indicated expense premium commission shall be considered as profit sharing or expense reimbursement. The insurer shall be allowed a variation in the commission paid to each agent of not more than plus or minus ten per cent of the dollar commission established in the commissioner's findings; provided, however, the insurer shall be required to pay to its agents all of the commission dollars allowed in the rates as commissions. Nothing in this act shall prevent any insurer from paying any additional compensation in the form of commission overrides, bonuses, profit sharing benefits and expense reimbursements.

Section 162D. Any insurer issuing or delivering in the commonwealth either motor vehicle policies or bonds, as defined in section thirty-four A and thirty-four O of chapter ninety, which do business in the commonwealth through independent licensed insurance agents pursuant to the so-called American Agency System or any other system, other than that of an employer to employee relationship and designated producers, under the plan for equitable apportionment among companies of premiums, losses or expenses, or any combination thereof, as provided under section one hundred and thirteen H, shall pay each agent the indicated expense premium commission as established by the commissioner in his opinion, findings and decision on automobile insurance rates as commission only, and no portion of the indicated expense premium commission shall be considered as profit sharing or expense reimbursement. The insurer shall be allowed a variation in the commission paid to each agent of not more than plus or minus ten per cent of the dollar commission established in the commissioner's findings; provided, however, the insurer shall be required to pay to its agents all of the commission dollars allowed in the rates as commissions. Nothing in this act shall prevent any insurer from paying any additional compensation in the form of commission overrides, bonuses, profit sharing benefits and expense reimbursements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 8
Recording of certificate of registration as a physician by city or town clerk; fee; records
Status: in_force

Section 8. No person shall enter upon, or continue in, the practice of medicine within the commonwealth until he has presented to the clerk of the city or town where he has, or intends to have, an office or his usual place of business, his certificate of registration as a physician in the commonwealth, or, if it is lost, a certified statement issued by the board, setting forth all the material facts in the original certificate, and paying the fee provided by clause (58) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Thereupon the clerk shall record the name of the owner of said certificate or certified statement, together with the date of record upon blanks, said blanks to be so arranged that a duplicate carbon copy shall be made at the time of the original record. He shall keep the original as a part of his official records and it shall be open to public inspection. Whoever practices or attempts to practice medicine without complying with this section, or whoever submits to a city or town clerk a false or fraudulent certificate or certified statement, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars; and any city or town clerk who refuses or neglects to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars.

Section 8. No person shall enter upon, or continue in, the practice of medicine within the commonwealth until he has presented to the clerk of the city or town where he has, or intends to have, an office or his usual place of business, his certificate of registration as a physician in the commonwealth, or, if it is lost, a certified statement issued by the board, setting forth all the material facts in the original certificate, and paying the fee provided by clause (58) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two. Thereupon the clerk shall record the name of the owner of said certificate or certified statement, together with the date of record upon blanks, said blanks to be so arranged that a duplicate carbon copy shall be made at the time of the original record. He shall keep the original as a part of his official records and it shall be open to public inspection. Whoever practices or attempts to practice medicine without complying with this section, or whoever submits to a city or town clerk a false or fraudulent certificate or certified statement, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars; and any city or town clerk who refuses or neglects to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 59F — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 59F
Speedy trial for persons sixty-five years of age or older
Status: in_force

Section 59F. In any civil action in any court of the commonwealth in which one or more of the parties at the time of commencement of the proceeding is sixty-five years of age or older or during the pendency of the proceeding attains the age of sixty-five, the court shall, upon motion of such person, advance the proceeding for speedy trial so that it may be heard and determined with as little delay as possible.

Section 59F. In any civil action in any court of the commonwealth in which one or more of the parties at the time of commencement of the proceeding is sixty-five years of age or older or during the pendency of the proceeding attains the age of sixty-five, the court shall, upon motion of such person, advance the proceeding for speedy trial so that it may be heard and determined with as little delay as possible.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 58B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 58B
Reports of suspected acts of cruelty to animals; veterinarians; immunity from liability; failure to report
Status: in_force

Section 58B. A veterinarian who, while in the normal course of business, observes an animal whom such veterinarian knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of animal cruelty prohibited under sections 77 or 94 of chapter 272 shall report said suspected animal cruelty to a police officer or special state police officer appointed under section 57 of chapter 22C. A veterinarian duly registered under section 55 who reports, in good faith and in the normal course of business, a suspected act of cruelty to animals prohibited under said sections 77 or 94 of chapter 272 to a police officer or special state police officer appointed under said section 57 of said chapter 22C, shall not be liable in a civil or criminal action for reporting such act. Any veterinarian who fails to report such an act of animal cruelty shall be reported to the board of registration in veterinary medicine.

Section 58B. A veterinarian who, while in the normal course of business, observes an animal whom such veterinarian knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of animal cruelty prohibited under sections 77 or 94 of chapter 272 shall report said suspected animal cruelty to a police officer or special state police officer appointed under section 57 of chapter 22C.

A veterinarian duly registered under section 55 who reports, in good faith and in the normal course of business, a suspected act of cruelty to animals prohibited under said sections 77 or 94 of chapter 272 to a police officer or special state police officer appointed under said section 57 of said chapter 22C, shall not be liable in a civil or criminal action for reporting such act.

Any veterinarian who fails to report such an act of animal cruelty shall be reported to the board of registration in veterinary medicine.