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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 197A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 197A
Hearing instrument specialists licensed out of state
Status: in_force

Section 197A. An individual who holds a license as a hearing instrument specialist or the equivalent thereof as determined by the board from a state which is deemed by the board to have substantially equivalent or higher licensure requirements than those of the commonwealth may be licensed as a hearing instrument specialist without satisfying the requirements of clause (4) of subsection (f) of section 197. The word ''state'', as used in this section, shall include a state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign country, state or province.

Section 197A. An individual who holds a license as a hearing instrument specialist or the equivalent thereof as determined by the board from a state which is deemed by the board to have substantially equivalent or higher licensure requirements than those of the commonwealth may be licensed as a hearing instrument specialist without satisfying the requirements of clause (4) of subsection (f) of section 197. The word ''state'', as used in this section, shall include a state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a foreign country, state or province.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 122, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 122 / Section 6
Deposit of funds by superintendent
Status: in_force

Section 6. The superintendent of the Tewksbury hospital may deposit in any bank or trust company within the commonwealth or on paid-up shares and accounts of and in co-operative banks, funds belonging to patients and funds deposited by their relatives or friends to be used for their benefit or may use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, in an account entitled ''Patients' Funds'', or the superintendent may, whenever he deems it desirable, deposit such funds in such banks in separate accounts as trustee or use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, as trustee, in each instance, for the patient.

Section 6. The superintendent of the Tewksbury hospital may deposit in any bank or trust company within the commonwealth or on paid-up shares and accounts of and in co-operative banks, funds belonging to patients and funds deposited by their relatives or friends to be used for their benefit or may use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, in an account entitled ''Patients' Funds'', or the superintendent may, whenever he deems it desirable, deposit such funds in such banks in separate accounts as trustee or use said funds to purchase share accounts of a federal savings and loan association located in the commonwealth, as trustee, in each instance, for the patient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 234 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 234
Regulations by board of massage therapy; display of license in place of business
Status: in_force

Section 234. The board shall adopt regulations necessary to ensure the safe and lawful practice of massage therapy. Every person receiving a license from the board shall conspicuously display the same in his place of business.

Section 234. The board shall adopt regulations necessary to ensure the safe and lawful practice of massage therapy. Every person receiving a license from the board shall conspicuously display the same in his place of business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 68
Good standing
Status: in_force

Section 68. A limited liability company shall be deemed to be in good standing with the secretary of the commonwealth if such limited liability company appears from the records of the said secretary to exist and has paid all fees then due to the secretary, and no certificate of cancellation has been filed by or with respect to the limited liability company. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the secretary of the commonwealth shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any limited liability company meeting the requirements of this section, that such limited liability company appears from the records in his office to exist and to be in good standing and the identity of any and all managers and persons authorized to act with respect to real property instruments who are named in the certificate of organization of the limited liability company, as amended.

Section 68. A limited liability company shall be deemed to be in good standing with the secretary of the commonwealth if such limited liability company appears from the records of the said secretary to exist and has paid all fees then due to the secretary, and no certificate of cancellation has been filed by or with respect to the limited liability company. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the secretary of the commonwealth shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any limited liability company meeting the requirements of this section, that such limited liability company appears from the records in his office to exist and to be in good standing and the identity of any and all managers and persons authorized to act with respect to real property instruments who are named in the certificate of organization of the limited liability company, as amended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 81
Minor violations; reporting
Status: in_force

Section 81. The commissioner or his representative shall not be required to report for prosecution, or for the institution of seizure proceedings if there are minor violations of the preceding sections when he believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.

Section 81. The commissioner or his representative shall not be required to report for prosecution, or for the institution of seizure proceedings if there are minor violations of the preceding sections when he believes that the public interest will be best served by a suitable notice of warning in writing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276A / Section 12
Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B
Status: in_force

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 43
Unsolicited merchandise
Status: in_force

Section 43. Any person who receives unsolicited goods, wares or merchandise, offered for sale, but not actually ordered or requested by him orally or in writing, shall be entitled to consider such goods, wares or merchandise an unconditional gift, and he may use or dispose of the same as he sees fit without obligation on his part to the sender.

Section 43. Any person who receives unsolicited goods, wares or merchandise, offered for sale, but not actually ordered or requested by him orally or in writing, shall be entitled to consider such goods, wares or merchandise an unconditional gift, and he may use or dispose of the same as he sees fit without obligation on his part to the sender.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 47
Sunday work without a day off
Status: in_force

Section 47. Whoever, except at the request of the employee, requires an employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process not subject to the following section or in the work of transportation or communication to do on Sunday the usual work of his occupation, unless he is allowed during the six days next ensuing twenty-four consecutive hours without labor, shall be punished by a fine of not more then three hundred dollars; but this and the following section shall not be construed as allowing any work on Sunday not otherwise authorized by law.

Section 47. Whoever, except at the request of the employee, requires an employee engaged in any commercial occupation or in the work of any industrial process not subject to the following section or in the work of transportation or communication to do on Sunday the usual work of his occupation, unless he is allowed during the six days next ensuing twenty-four consecutive hours without labor, shall be punished by a fine of not more then three hundred dollars; but this and the following section shall not be construed as allowing any work on Sunday not otherwise authorized by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 10
Vacancy; powers of acting judge; bonds
Status: in_force

Section 10. Bonds required to be given to the judge of probate shall be given, in case of vacancy in the office of judge, to the acting judge, and to his successors in office, and all business shall be done in his name or in the name of the probate court or the court of insolvency for the county where the case or matter is pending; but bonds may be approved, and other acts required to be done or certified by the judge may be done or certified, by the acting judge.

Section 10. Bonds required to be given to the judge of probate shall be given, in case of vacancy in the office of judge, to the acting judge, and to his successors in office, and all business shall be done in his name or in the name of the probate court or the court of insolvency for the county where the case or matter is pending; but bonds may be approved, and other acts required to be done or certified by the judge may be done or certified, by the acting judge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 79
Enforcement of orders of department; equity jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 79. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon application of the department, to enforce its lawful orders and all laws relative to cities and towns engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of electricity or gas, generation, transmission or distribution companies, or suppliers.

Section 79. The supreme judicial or superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon application of the department, to enforce its lawful orders and all laws relative to cities and towns engaged in the manufacture and sale or distribution and sale of electricity or gas, generation, transmission or distribution companies, or suppliers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 5
Contempt cases; service of process
Status: in_force

Section 5. Processes issued in contempt cases may be served by any officer qualified to serve criminal process.

Section 5. Processes issued in contempt cases may be served by any officer qualified to serve criminal process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128A / Section 13
Penalties for wagering or betting at race track except as permitted by chapter
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.] Section 13. Any person making a handbook, at any race track within the commonwealth, or holding or conducting a gambling pool or managing any other type of wagering or betting on the results of any horse or dog race, or aiding or abetting any of the foregoing types of wagering or betting, except as permitted by this chapter, shall for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than one year, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than two years. Any jockey, trainer or owner of horses participating in horse or dog racing, if found guilty by the commission of unfair riding or crooked tactics, may be barred or suspended from further participation in racing throughout the commonwealth.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.]

Section 13. Any person making a handbook, at any race track within the commonwealth, or holding or conducting a gambling pool or managing any other type of wagering or betting on the results of any horse or dog race, or aiding or abetting any of the foregoing types of wagering or betting, except as permitted by this chapter, shall for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than one year, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than two years. Any jockey, trainer or owner of horses participating in horse or dog racing, if found guilty by the commission of unfair riding or crooked tactics, may be barred or suspended from further participation in racing throughout the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 35, sec. 43A — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 35 / Section 43A
Surety bonds of officers and employees; payment of premiums
Status: in_force

Section 43A. Every officer or employee of a county required to furnish a fidelity bond with a surety or sureties shall furnish a bond with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. Unless otherwise provided by law, every such bond shall be approved as to form by the superior court, which may require to be included in such bond such terms, provisions and conditions as, in its opinion, will carry into effect the intent of the law requiring the giving of such bond. The premium on such bond shall in every case, except in the case of the treasurer of Suffolk or Nantucket county, be paid by the county.

Section 43A. Every officer or employee of a county required to furnish a fidelity bond with a surety or sureties shall furnish a bond with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, as surety. Unless otherwise provided by law, every such bond shall be approved as to form by the superior court, which may require to be included in such bond such terms, provisions and conditions as, in its opinion, will carry into effect the intent of the law requiring the giving of such bond. The premium on such bond shall in every case, except in the case of the treasurer of Suffolk or Nantucket county, be paid by the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 62E — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 62E
Categories of projects and permits not requiring environmental impact reports; establishment; application
Status: in_force

Section 62E. With the approval of the secretary of the executive office having jurisdiction over an agency, or if an agency is not within an executive office, with the approval of such agency, the secretary of environmental affairs shall establish general and special categories of projects and permits which shall or shall not require environmental impact reports based upon the scope and duration of potential impacts from the nature, size and location of said projects or portions thereof which require permits. No agency shall exempt from an environmental impact report any project that is located in a neighborhood that has an environmental justice population and is reasonably likely to cause damage to the environment, as defined in section 61. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to emergency actions essential to avoid or eliminate a threat to public health or safety or a threat to any natural resource undertaken in compliance with section 62F.

Section 62E. With the approval of the secretary of the executive office having jurisdiction over an agency, or if an agency is not within an executive office, with the approval of such agency, the secretary of environmental affairs shall establish general and special categories of projects and permits which shall or shall not require environmental impact reports based upon the scope and duration of potential impacts from the nature, size and location of said projects or portions thereof which require permits.

No agency shall exempt from an environmental impact report any project that is located in a neighborhood that has an environmental justice population and is reasonably likely to cause damage to the environment, as defined in section 61. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to emergency actions essential to avoid or eliminate a threat to public health or safety or a threat to any natural resource undertaken in compliance with section 62F.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 49
Licenses of foresters; revocation; suspension; fees
Status: in_force

Section 49. The director of the division of forests and parks shall promulgate rules and regulations hereunder, and shall issue licenses to persons to engage in the practice of forestry in accordance with such rules and regulations. Said director may revoke or suspend such license, if after hearing, he determines that any licensed forester has engaged in fraud, negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the practice of forestry. Licenses issued by said director shall expire annually on the anniversary date of the license granted for said forester. The fee for the issuance of such license shall be determined annually by the secretary of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven, and such fees shall defray the entire cost of the administration of sections forty-seven to fifty, inclusive.

Section 49. The director of the division of forests and parks shall promulgate rules and regulations hereunder, and shall issue licenses to persons to engage in the practice of forestry in accordance with such rules and regulations. Said director may revoke or suspend such license, if after hearing, he determines that any licensed forester has engaged in fraud, negligence, incompetence or misconduct in the practice of forestry. Licenses issued by said director shall expire annually on the anniversary date of the license granted for said forester. The fee for the issuance of such license shall be determined annually by the secretary of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven, and such fees shall defray the entire cost of the administration of sections forty-seven to fifty, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 132 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 132
Advances to commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 132. There may be advanced annually to the commissioner from the state treasury, from the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the industries established by the commissioner such sum, approved by the governor, as may be necessary to be used as a working capital for said industries. Said sum when drawn from the treasury shall be deposited in a national bank or trust company to the credit of the commissioner, who shall give a bond in such sum and with sureties as the governor may approve.

Section 132. There may be advanced annually to the commissioner from the state treasury, from the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the industries established by the commissioner such sum, approved by the governor, as may be necessary to be used as a working capital for said industries. Said sum when drawn from the treasury shall be deposited in a national bank or trust company to the credit of the commissioner, who shall give a bond in such sum and with sureties as the governor may approve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 90D — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 90D
Loans in violation of Sec. 90A; discharge; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 90D. Any loan made in violation of section ninety A by any person shall be discharged upon payment or tender by the debtor or any person succeeding to his interest in such real estate of the principal sum actually borrowed with interest for the period between the borrowing of said money and the payment or tender hereunder at the rate of eighteen per cent per annum. If an action is brought upon a loan coming within the purview of section ninety A, the verdict or finding entered for the plaintiff in such action shall in no event exceed the amount that would be required to discharge by payment or tender the indebtedness at the time of such verdict or finding. Any agreement whereby the borrower waives the benefits of section ninety A or releases any rights he may have acquired by virtue thereof shall be deemed to be against public policy and void. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity of all actions arising under said section ninety A and if a finding is made that such loan secured by any such mortgage violates said section ninety A such borrower shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for the services of his attorney in such action.

Section 90D. Any loan made in violation of section ninety A by any person shall be discharged upon payment or tender by the debtor or any person succeeding to his interest in such real estate of the principal sum actually borrowed with interest for the period between the borrowing of said money and the payment or tender hereunder at the rate of eighteen per cent per annum. If an action is brought upon a loan coming within the purview of section ninety A, the verdict or finding entered for the plaintiff in such action shall in no event exceed the amount that would be required to discharge by payment or tender the indebtedness at the time of such verdict or finding. Any agreement whereby the borrower waives the benefits of section ninety A or releases any rights he may have acquired by virtue thereof shall be deemed to be against public policy and void. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity of all actions arising under said section ninety A and if a finding is made that such loan secured by any such mortgage violates said section ninety A such borrower shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for the services of his attorney in such action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 70H — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 70H
Applicability of certain other sections
Status: in_force

Section 70H. The provisions of law relating to primaries and nomination papers consistent with the five preceding sections shall apply to presidential primaries, so far as practicable.

Section 70H. The provisions of law relating to primaries and nomination papers consistent with the five preceding sections shall apply to presidential primaries, so far as practicable.