FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 35
Service of charges
Status: in_force

Article 35. Service of charges. The trial counsel shall serve or caused to be served upon the accused a copy of the charges. A person shall not, against that person's objection, be brought to trial before a general court-martial case before 10 days after the service of charges upon the accused, or in a special court-martial, before 6 days after the service of charges upon the accused.

Article 35. Service of charges.

The trial counsel shall serve or caused to be served upon the accused a copy of the charges. A person shall not, against that person's objection, be brought to trial before a general court-martial case before 10 days after the service of charges upon the accused, or in a special court-martial, before 6 days after the service of charges upon the accused.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150 / Section 10A
Mediators; confidential information
Status: in_force

Section 10A. Any person acting as a mediator in a labor dispute, including any person acting as such pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, who receives information as a mediator relating to the labor dispute shall not be required to reveal such information received by him in the course of mediation in any administrative, civil or arbitration proceeding. Nothing herein contained shall apply to any criminal proceedings.

Section 10A. Any person acting as a mediator in a labor dispute, including any person acting as such pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, who receives information as a mediator relating to the labor dispute shall not be required to reveal such information received by him in the course of mediation in any administrative, civil or arbitration proceeding. Nothing herein contained shall apply to any criminal proceedings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108 / Section 42
Fraudulent issuance or aiding in issuance; penalty; bill of lading defined
Status: in_force

Section 42. An officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which it is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both. The word bill as used in sections forty-three to forty-eight, inclusive, shall mean ''bill of lading''.

Section 42. An officer, agent or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill of lading knowing that all or any part of the goods for which it is issued have not been received by the carrier, or by an agent of such carrier or by a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control at the time of issuing the same, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both. The word bill as used in sections forty-three to forty-eight, inclusive, shall mean ''bill of lading''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 27A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 27A
Travel-related services; purchase coordination
Status: in_force

Section 27A. The state purchasing agent shall coordinate the purchase of travel and travel-related services by authorized officers and employees of the commonwealth to insure cost-effective management of the commonwealth's purchasing power for such services. The purchasing agent may contract with one or more vendors to coordinate the management of the purchase of said services.

Section 27A. The state purchasing agent shall coordinate the purchase of travel and travel-related services by authorized officers and employees of the commonwealth to insure cost-effective management of the commonwealth's purchasing power for such services.

The purchasing agent may contract with one or more vendors to coordinate the management of the purchase of said services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 52
Violation of law concerning making notice of intention; false statements; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 52. Whoever violates any provision of section twenty, and whoever falsely swears or affirms in making any statement required under section twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 52. Whoever violates any provision of section twenty, and whoever falsely swears or affirms in making any statement required under section twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 44
Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 44. Processes issuing from district courts shall be under the seal of the court, signed by hand or electronically by the clerk or an assistant clerk or temporary clerk or temporary assistant clerk, and shall bear teste of the justice, or, in the Boston municipal court department, the chief justice, unless he is a party or unless his office is vacant, and in such cases they shall bear teste of the special justice who holds the senior commission or the senior associate justice. The process, civil or criminal, of a district court shall run throughout the commonwealth for service in any case or proceeding within its jurisdiction.

Section 44. Processes issuing from district courts shall be under the seal of the court, signed by hand or electronically by the clerk or an assistant clerk or temporary clerk or temporary assistant clerk, and shall bear teste of the justice, or, in the Boston municipal court department, the chief justice, unless he is a party or unless his office is vacant, and in such cases they shall bear teste of the special justice who holds the senior commission or the senior associate justice. The process, civil or criminal, of a district court shall run throughout the commonwealth for service in any case or proceeding within its jurisdiction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 29
Assessment of licensees
Status: in_force

Section 29. Until such time as the insolvency fund ceases to exist, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection is hereby authorized to make an annual assessment against each licensee in an amount determined and certified by said commissioner as necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department and the division of insurance in carrying out their responsibilities relative to the administration of the insolvency fund pursuant to sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive. Said estimated assessment shall be allocated among all such licensees in a proportion deemed by the commissioner of said department to represent each licensee's pro rata share of the total amount of hazardous waste collection, treatment, disposal and storage within the commonwealth. Said assessment shall be paid to said commissioner of said department within thirty days of the date of the notice from said commissioner of such assessment. Failure without just cause to pay such assessment shall constitute a violation of this chapter. Prior to any such assessment the commissioner of insurance shall determine and certify to the commissioner of the department of environmental protection the costs incurred by the division of insurance in carrying out its responsibilities relative to the administration of the insolvency fund.

Section 29. Until such time as the insolvency fund ceases to exist, the commissioner of the department of environmental protection is hereby authorized to make an annual assessment against each licensee in an amount determined and certified by said commissioner as necessary to cover the costs incurred by the department and the division of insurance in carrying out their responsibilities relative to the administration of the insolvency fund pursuant to sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive. Said estimated assessment shall be allocated among all such licensees in a proportion deemed by the commissioner of said department to represent each licensee's pro rata share of the total amount of hazardous waste collection, treatment, disposal and storage within the commonwealth. Said assessment shall be paid to said commissioner of said department within thirty days of the date of the notice from said commissioner of such assessment. Failure without just cause to pay such assessment shall constitute a violation of this chapter. Prior to any such assessment the commissioner of insurance shall determine and certify to the commissioner of the department of environmental protection the costs incurred by the division of insurance in carrying out its responsibilities relative to the administration of the insolvency fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 14
Part payment; effect
Status: in_force

Section 14. The preceding section shall not alter or impair the effect of a payment of principal or interest made by any person; but no endorsement or memorandum of any such payment, written or made upon a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment has been or purports to have been made, shall be sufficient proof of the payment to take the case out of the provisions of this chapter.

Section 14. The preceding section shall not alter or impair the effect of a payment of principal or interest made by any person; but no endorsement or memorandum of any such payment, written or made upon a promissory note, bill of exchange or other writing by or on behalf of the party to whom such payment has been or purports to have been made, shall be sufficient proof of the payment to take the case out of the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 87
Missing movement
Status: in_force

Article 87. Missing movement. A person subject to this code who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft or unit with which such person is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 87. Missing movement.

A person subject to this code who through neglect or design misses the movement of a ship, aircraft or unit with which such person is required in the course of duty to move shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 11
Restrictions on height of buildings on parkways
Status: in_force

Section 11. In a city which by a vote of its city council, or in a town which by vote of a town meeting, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the park commissioners may, in accordance with section thirty-seven of chapter eighty-two, establish a building line distant at no point more than twenty-five feet from any exterior line of a way under their control or the part of a public way on which a park abuts; and the extreme height to which buildings upon such ways may be erected shall be seventy feet exclusive of such steeples, towers, domes, cornices, parapets, balustrades, sculptured ornaments, chimneys and roofs as such board may approve.

Section 11. In a city which by a vote of its city council, or in a town which by vote of a town meeting, accepts this section, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the park commissioners may, in accordance with section thirty-seven of chapter eighty-two, establish a building line distant at no point more than twenty-five feet from any exterior line of a way under their control or the part of a public way on which a park abuts; and the extreme height to which buildings upon such ways may be erected shall be seventy feet exclusive of such steeples, towers, domes, cornices, parapets, balustrades, sculptured ornaments, chimneys and roofs as such board may approve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 12
Petitions for change of name
Status: in_force

Section 12. A petition for the change of name of a person may be heard by the probate court in the county where the petitioner resides. The change of name of a person shall be granted unless such change is inconsistent with public interests.

Section 12. A petition for the change of name of a person may be heard by the probate court in the county where the petitioner resides. The change of name of a person shall be granted unless such change is inconsistent with public interests.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 82
Public secondary schools; right of students to freedom of expression; limitations; definitions
Status: in_force

Section 82. The right of students to freedom of expression in the public schools of the commonwealth shall not be abridged, provided that such right shall not cause any disruption or disorder within the school. Freedom of expression shall include without limitation, the rights and responsibilities of students, collectively and individually, (a) to express their views through speech and symbols, (b) to write, publish and disseminate their views, (c) to assemble peaceably on school property for the purpose of expressing their opinions. Any assembly planned by students during regularly scheduled school hours shall be held only at a time and place approved in advance by the school principal or his designee. No expression made by students in the exercise of such rights shall be deemed to be an expression of school policy and no school officials shall be held responsible in any civil or criminal action for any expression made or published by the students. For the purposes of this section and sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, the word student shall mean any person attending a public secondary school in the commonwealth. The word school official shall mean any member or employee of the local school committee.

Section 82. The right of students to freedom of expression in the public schools of the commonwealth shall not be abridged, provided that such right shall not cause any disruption or disorder within the school. Freedom of expression shall include without limitation, the rights and responsibilities of students, collectively and individually, (a) to express their views through speech and symbols, (b) to write, publish and disseminate their views, (c) to assemble peaceably on school property for the purpose of expressing their opinions. Any assembly planned by students during regularly scheduled school hours shall be held only at a time and place approved in advance by the school principal or his designee.

No expression made by students in the exercise of such rights shall be deemed to be an expression of school policy and no school officials shall be held responsible in any civil or criminal action for any expression made or published by the students.

For the purposes of this section and sections eighty-three to eighty-five, inclusive, the word student shall mean any person attending a public secondary school in the commonwealth. The word school official shall mean any member or employee of the local school committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9A / Section 4
Acceptance of address designations by secretary as a substitute address for program participants
Status: in_force

Section 4. Upon demonstration by a program participant of his certification in the program, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary as a program participant's substitute address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has determined that: (1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the participant's actual residential address, such that it is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without such residential address; and (2) The participant's actual residential address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.

Section 4. Upon demonstration by a program participant of his certification in the program, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary as a program participant's substitute address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has determined that:

(1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the participant's actual residential address, such that it is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without such residential address; and

(2) The participant's actual residential address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 6
Actions by and against corporations
Status: in_force

Section 6. Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual capacity.

Section 6. Such proprietors may sue and be sued as a body corporate; and an action brought by the corporation for trespass on the common property may be pleaded in abatement or answered in bar of an action for the same trespass brought by any of the proprietors in his individual capacity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 44A
Certified copies of vital records; exemption
Status: in_force

Section 44A. The fee for a certified copy of a birth, marriage or death record issued by the office of the commissioner of public health shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven; except that any person whom the commissioner or registrar of vital records and statistics considers to be entitled to exemption from said fees shall receive such copies at reduced fee or no fee as the commissioner or registrar shall determine.

Section 44A. The fee for a certified copy of a birth, marriage or death record issued by the office of the commissioner of public health shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven; except that any person whom the commissioner or registrar of vital records and statistics considers to be entitled to exemption from said fees shall receive such copies at reduced fee or no fee as the commissioner or registrar shall determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 4A
Contracts with insurance companies
Status: in_force

Section 4A. An optometric service corporation may enter into contracts with any company authorized to write accident and health policies in the commonwealth pursuant to sections one hundred and eight to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or with any corporation organized under chapter one hundred and seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six B, under which contracts such company or corporation agrees to offer optometric service, as defined in this chapter, to Massachusetts subscribers where services provided therein are to be furnished by participating optometrists holding agreements with a vision service corporation pursuant to section seven of this chapter; provided that any such contract shall be consistent with the provisions of paragraph D of subdivision 8 of section one hundred and eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. An optometric service corporation may contract with any person to provide administrative services necessary to the administration of any contract entered into pursuant to the authority of this paragraph or of section four of this chapter. Before any contract may be entered into under this section, it shall have the written approval of the commissioner.

Section 4A. An optometric service corporation may enter into contracts with any company authorized to write accident and health policies in the commonwealth pursuant to sections one hundred and eight to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or with any corporation organized under chapter one hundred and seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six B, under which contracts such company or corporation agrees to offer optometric service, as defined in this chapter, to Massachusetts subscribers where services provided therein are to be furnished by participating optometrists holding agreements with a vision service corporation pursuant to section seven of this chapter; provided that any such contract shall be consistent with the provisions of paragraph D of subdivision 8 of section one hundred and eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. An optometric service corporation may contract with any person to provide administrative services necessary to the administration of any contract entered into pursuant to the authority of this paragraph or of section four of this chapter. Before any contract may be entered into under this section, it shall have the written approval of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 10
Expenses of physically disabled children
Status: in_force

Section 10. If the school committee of a town of less than five hundred families or householders not maintaining a public high school offering four years of instruction, pays, with the approval of the department, for the instruction of a pupil who by reason of physical disability is unable to attend a high school in another town, the commonwealth shall reimburse the town therefor under the same conditions and to the same amount as for tuition in such a high school, and for transportation thereto, but not exceeding one hundred dollars a year in lieu of tuition plus one dollar and fifty cents per week of actual instruction in lieu of transportation.

Section 10. If the school committee of a town of less than five hundred families or householders not maintaining a public high school offering four years of instruction, pays, with the approval of the department, for the instruction of a pupil who by reason of physical disability is unable to attend a high school in another town, the commonwealth shall reimburse the town therefor under the same conditions and to the same amount as for tuition in such a high school, and for transportation thereto, but not exceeding one hundred dollars a year in lieu of tuition plus one dollar and fifty cents per week of actual instruction in lieu of transportation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93B / Section 7
Advertising by manufacturer, distributor or dealer; new motor vehicle prices; charges included
Status: in_force

Section 7. (a) No manufacturer, distributor or dealer shall use any false or misleading advertisement in connection with its business as a manufacturer, distributor or dealer. (b) Any motor vehicle dealer advertising the price of a new motor vehicle shall include all charges of any type, except taxes, and shall include, without limitation, any charges for freight, handling or preparation necessary or usual before delivery to the consumer.

Section 7. (a) No manufacturer, distributor or dealer shall use any false or misleading advertisement in connection with its business as a manufacturer, distributor or dealer.

(b) Any motor vehicle dealer advertising the price of a new motor vehicle shall include all charges of any type, except taxes, and shall include, without limitation, any charges for freight, handling or preparation necessary or usual before delivery to the consumer.