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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 3
Board; investigations; reports
Status: in_force

Section 3. The board may investigate the question of utilizing wet lands, including meadows, swamps, marshes, beaches and other low lands, and may ascertain what lands, if any, may advantageously be drained for agricultural or industrial uses, the protection of the public health, the utilization of deposits therein, or for other purposes. It may publish and disseminate facts of general interest ascertained in the conduct of any such investigation, and may make and publish surveys of tracts of land in need of drainage, showing their situation, areas and outlets, the best methods and the cost of draining them, the uses to which they are best adapted, and such other details as it deems advisable. It shall make an annual report.

Section 3. The board may investigate the question of utilizing wet lands, including meadows, swamps, marshes, beaches and other low lands, and may ascertain what lands, if any, may advantageously be drained for agricultural or industrial uses, the protection of the public health, the utilization of deposits therein, or for other purposes. It may publish and disseminate facts of general interest ascertained in the conduct of any such investigation, and may make and publish surveys of tracts of land in need of drainage, showing their situation, areas and outlets, the best methods and the cost of draining them, the uses to which they are best adapted, and such other details as it deems advisable. It shall make an annual report.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 18
Bridgewater state hospital; medical director
Status: in_force

Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. The commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health, shall appoint a physician as medical director of the Bridgewater state hospital. The medical director shall have the care of the inmates thereof and govern them in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the commissioner.

Section 18. The Bridgewater state hospital shall be part of the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Bridgewater. The commissioner, with the approval of the commissioner of mental health, shall appoint a physician as medical director of the Bridgewater state hospital. The medical director shall have the care of the inmates thereof and govern them in accordance with rules and regulations approved by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 66
Shotgun shells, load
Status: in_force

Section 66. A person shall not, except during the prescribed open season when deer may be hunted lawfully with a shotgun, have in his possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of any size, BB shot or air rifle shot in any place where birds or mammals might be found, except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset; provided, however, that the director shall promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the type and size of such BB shot.

Section 66. A person shall not, except during the prescribed open season when deer may be hunted lawfully with a shotgun, have in his possession a shotgun shell loaded with a rifled slug, single ball, buckshot of any size, BB shot or air rifle shot in any place where birds or mammals might be found, except on a skeet, trap or target range between sunrise and sunset; provided, however, that the director shall promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the type and size of such BB shot.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 134 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 134
Bridge guards
Status: in_force

Section 134. Whenever the department shall so order, every railroad corporation shall erect and maintain, under conditions prescribed by the department, suitable bridge guards at bridges or other structures crossing the railroad above the track.

Section 134. Whenever the department shall so order, every railroad corporation shall erect and maintain, under conditions prescribed by the department, suitable bridge guards at bridges or other structures crossing the railroad above the track.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 163, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 163 / Section 2
Powers
Status: in_force

Section 2. Any corporation organized as provided in this chapter, and any domestic street railway company may, as hereinafter provided, transport for hire passengers, freight, express parcels and mail over public ways or over private lands with the consent of the owners thereof by the system known as trolleymotor or trackless trolley, and may build, equip, operate and maintain vehicles for such transportation, and establish and maintain power houses, poles, wires, conduits or other structures within the limits of and over or under such public ways or private lands for the generation and transmission of electricity for the operation of such vehicles, and the authorities having jurisdiction over such public ways may grant permits for the operation of the said vehicles over such ways, and for the erection of poles, wires and other necessary structures within, over or under such public ways in the manner and to the extent provided by law for the granting of locations to street railway companies.

Section 2. Any corporation organized as provided in this chapter, and any domestic street railway company may, as hereinafter provided, transport for hire passengers, freight, express parcels and mail over public ways or over private lands with the consent of the owners thereof by the system known as trolleymotor or trackless trolley, and may build, equip, operate and maintain vehicles for such transportation, and establish and maintain power houses, poles, wires, conduits or other structures within the limits of and over or under such public ways or private lands for the generation and transmission of electricity for the operation of such vehicles, and the authorities having jurisdiction over such public ways may grant permits for the operation of the said vehicles over such ways, and for the erection of poles, wires and other necessary structures within, over or under such public ways in the manner and to the extent provided by law for the granting of locations to street railway companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4RR — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4RR
Coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services
Status: in_force

Section 4RR. Any individual or group health maintenance contract that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services, in accordance with operational standards set by the department of public health pursuant to section 248 of chapter 111. Such coverage shall not be subject to any cost-sharing, including co-payments and co-insurance, and shall not be subject to any deductible; provided, however, that co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status due to the prohibition on co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles for these services.

Section 4RR. Any individual or group health maintenance contract that is issued or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services, in accordance with operational standards set by the department of public health pursuant to section 248 of chapter 111. Such coverage shall not be subject to any cost-sharing, including co-payments and co-insurance, and shall not be subject to any deductible; provided, however, that co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status due to the prohibition on co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles for these services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 122 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 122
Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations
Status: in_force

Section 122. The board of health shall examine into all nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town, or on board of vessels within the harbor of such town, which may, in its opinion, be injurious to the public health, shall destroy, remove or prevent the same as the case may require, and shall make regulations for the public health and safety relative thereto and to articles capable of containing or conveying infection or contagion or of creating sickness brought into or conveyed from the town or into or from any vessel. Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 122. The board of health shall examine into all nuisances, sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town, or on board of vessels within the harbor of such town, which may, in its opinion, be injurious to the public health, shall destroy, remove or prevent the same as the case may require, and shall make regulations for the public health and safety relative thereto and to articles capable of containing or conveying infection or contagion or of creating sickness brought into or conveyed from the town or into or from any vessel. Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 40
Folk hero of the commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 40. Johnny Appleseed shall be the official folk hero of the commonwealth.

Section 40. Johnny Appleseed shall be the official folk hero of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 66
Boston municipal court department; messenger
Status: in_force

Section 66. There shall be a messenger of the Boston municipal court department, appointed by a majority of the justices.

Section 66. There shall be a messenger of the Boston municipal court department, appointed by a majority of the justices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 62L — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 62L
Administration of school; appointment of personnel; expenses
Status: in_force

Section 62L. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the school, and may incur all expenses necessary for the maintenance thereof.

Section 62L. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the school, and may incur all expenses necessary for the maintenance thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 81V — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 81V
Final approval of plan; endorsements; certificate
Status: in_force

Section 81V. In case of approval of a plan by action of the planning board, after the expiration of twenty days without notice of appeal to the superior court or the land court, or if appeal has been taken after the entry of a final decree of the court sustaining the approval of such plan, the planning board shall cause to be made upon the plan a written endorsement of its approval. In case of the approval of a plan by reason of the failure of the planning board to act within the time prescribed, the city or town clerk shall, after the expiration of twenty days without notice of appeal to the superior court or the land court, or, if appeal has been taken, after receipt of certified records of the superior court or the land court indicating that such approval has become final, issue a certificate stating the date of the submission of the plan for approval, the fact that the planning board failed to take final action and that the approval resulting from such failure has become final. The plan bearing such endorsement or the plan and such certificate, as the case may be, shall be delivered by the planning board, or, in the case of the certificate, by the city or town clerk, to the person who submitted such plan. Except as provided in section eighty-one E, the existence of an official map in a city or town shall not affect the operation of the subdivision control law therein.

Section 81V. In case of approval of a plan by action of the planning board, after the expiration of twenty days without notice of appeal to the superior court or the land court, or if appeal has been taken after the entry of a final decree of the court sustaining the approval of such plan, the planning board shall cause to be made upon the plan a written endorsement of its approval. In case of the approval of a plan by reason of the failure of the planning board to act within the time prescribed, the city or town clerk shall, after the expiration of twenty days without notice of appeal to the superior court or the land court, or, if appeal has been taken, after receipt of certified records of the superior court or the land court indicating that such approval has become final, issue a certificate stating the date of the submission of the plan for approval, the fact that the planning board failed to take final action and that the approval resulting from such failure has become final. The plan bearing such endorsement or the plan and such certificate, as the case may be, shall be delivered by the planning board, or, in the case of the certificate, by the city or town clerk, to the person who submitted such plan. Except as provided in section eighty-one E, the existence of an official map in a city or town shall not affect the operation of the subdivision control law therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15CCCCC — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15CCCCC
Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Status: in_force

Section 15CCCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month to increase citizens' awareness of a leading cause of death in the United States, in order to lead to better education and thus earlier diagnoses, resulting in a higher chance of long-term survival. The proclamation shall recommend that the month of September be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15CCCCC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month to increase citizens' awareness of a leading cause of death in the United States, in order to lead to better education and thus earlier diagnoses, resulting in a higher chance of long-term survival. The proclamation shall recommend that the month of September be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 20
Repairs
Status: in_force

Section 20. If it is necessary to repair an improvement so made, a majority of the persons benefited by it may cause such repairs to be made, and may by bill in equity compel contribution on the basis of the award from the owner of each parcel of land for the use of which the improvement was made.

Section 20. If it is necessary to repair an improvement so made, a majority of the persons benefited by it may cause such repairs to be made, and may by bill in equity compel contribution on the basis of the award from the owner of each parcel of land for the use of which the improvement was made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 93C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 93C
Mutual surety, liability and casualty companies; guaranty fund; establishment
Status: in_force

Section 93C. Any mutual company formed or authorized to transact business under the third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth or thirteenth clause of section forty-seven or under clause (b), (c) or (d) of section forty-eight A may, except as provided in sections ninety B and ninety-three, at any time establish a guaranty capital as provided in and subject to the provisions of section seventy-nine.

Section 93C. Any mutual company formed or authorized to transact business under the third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth or thirteenth clause of section forty-seven or under clause (b), (c) or (d) of section forty-eight A may, except as provided in sections ninety B and ninety-three, at any time establish a guaranty capital as provided in and subject to the provisions of section seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201D / Section 11
Foreign proxies; enforceability
Status: in_force

Section 11. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the enforceability of a health care proxy or similar instrument executed in another state or jurisdiction in compliance with the law of that state or jurisdiction; provided, however, that no person or health care provider or facility shall be required to enforce such proxy where to do so would violate sections fourteen and fifteen herein; provided, further, that all the responsibilities of a person, health care provider or facility are fulfilled as required under said sections fourteen and fifteen.

Section 11. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the enforceability of a health care proxy or similar instrument executed in another state or jurisdiction in compliance with the law of that state or jurisdiction; provided, however, that no person or health care provider or facility shall be required to enforce such proxy where to do so would violate sections fourteen and fifteen herein; provided, further, that all the responsibilities of a person, health care provider or facility are fulfilled as required under said sections fourteen and fifteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 14
Removal of trees and other obstructions near highways
Status: in_force

Section 14. The department, if it can obtain consent of the owner, shall remove the trees, limbs of trees, shrubbery or any structure or other obstacle from lands bordering upon state highways, which in its opinion obstruct the view of persons traveling upon the highway or make traveling thereon dangerous. If the owner does not desire the material which has been so removed, the department may sell or otherwise dispose of it. The department shall cause all debris resulting from any cutting or trimming done along the state highway, under authority of this or of any other chapter, to be disposed of in such manner that it will not constitute a fire menace to adjoining property.

Section 14. The department, if it can obtain consent of the owner, shall remove the trees, limbs of trees, shrubbery or any structure or other obstacle from lands bordering upon state highways, which in its opinion obstruct the view of persons traveling upon the highway or make traveling thereon dangerous. If the owner does not desire the material which has been so removed, the department may sell or otherwise dispose of it. The department shall cause all debris resulting from any cutting or trimming done along the state highway, under authority of this or of any other chapter, to be disposed of in such manner that it will not constitute a fire menace to adjoining property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 112A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 112A
Veterans in unclassified positions; procedure for involuntary separation
Status: in_force

Section 112A. A veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, who holds in the service of a city which accepts this section by vote of its city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, or of a town which accepts the same by vote of its inhabitants at a town meeting, an office or position not classified under said chapter thirty-one, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or the offices of city solicitor, assistant city solicitor, secretary to the mayor, clerk of the board of selectmen, town counsel, assistant town counsel, legislative counsel, registrars of voters or other officers performing similar duties, or public school teachers, and has held such office or position for not less than five years, shall not be involuntarily separated from such office or position except subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-one to the same extent as if said office or position were classified under said chapter. If the separation in the case of any such unclassified office or position results from lack of work or lack of money, such a veteran shall not be separated from his office or position while similar offices or positions in the same group or grade exist unless all such offices or positions are held by such veterans, in which case such separation shall occur in the inverse order of their respective original appointments.

Section 112A. A veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, who holds in the service of a city which accepts this section by vote of its city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, or of a town which accepts the same by vote of its inhabitants at a town meeting, an office or position not classified under said chapter thirty-one, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or the offices of city solicitor, assistant city solicitor, secretary to the mayor, clerk of the board of selectmen, town counsel, assistant town counsel, legislative counsel, registrars of voters or other officers performing similar duties, or public school teachers, and has held such office or position for not less than five years, shall not be involuntarily separated from such office or position except subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-one to the same extent as if said office or position were classified under said chapter. If the separation in the case of any such unclassified office or position results from lack of work or lack of money, such a veteran shall not be separated from his office or position while similar offices or positions in the same group or grade exist unless all such offices or positions are held by such veterans, in which case such separation shall occur in the inverse order of their respective original appointments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 96 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 96
State building; defacement or injury
Status: in_force

Section 96. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right defaces, mars or injures the walls, wainscoting or any other part of any building belonging to the commonwealth, or the appurtenances thereof, by cutting, writing or otherwise, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years. Any person convicted under the provisions of this section shall, in addition to any fine assessed, reimburse the commonwealth for the total amount of damages incurred.

Section 96. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right defaces, mars or injures the walls, wainscoting or any other part of any building belonging to the commonwealth, or the appurtenances thereof, by cutting, writing or otherwise, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years. Any person convicted under the provisions of this section shall, in addition to any fine assessed, reimburse the commonwealth for the total amount of damages incurred.