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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 3
Commissioner; directors
Status: in_force

Section 3. The commissioner of conservation and recreation shall be the executive and administrative officer of the department, and he shall exercise supervision, direction and control over all the divisions of the department in accordance with such programs and policies as may from time to time be promulgated by the stewardship council. The commissioner shall be responsible for administering all laws vested in the department by general or special laws. The commissioner shall appoint and remove the directors of state parks and recreation and water supply protection with the approval of the stewardship council. The commissioner shall appoint and remove the directors of other divisions, bureaus or offices which he may establish as he deems appropriate for the efficient management and centralized administration of the department. The directors shall be qualified by training, executive ability, relevant experience and personal participation in the public programs of federal, urban, or state parks and recreation systems, to administer the duties of their respective offices, and shall not be subject to chapter 31. The commissioner may also appoint and remove a professional geologist, who shall be the state geologist and who shall not be subject to chapter 31 or section 9A of chapter 30.

Section 3. The commissioner of conservation and recreation shall be the executive and administrative officer of the department, and he shall exercise supervision, direction and control over all the divisions of the department in accordance with such programs and policies as may from time to time be promulgated by the stewardship council. The commissioner shall be responsible for administering all laws vested in the department by general or special laws. The commissioner shall appoint and remove the directors of state parks and recreation and water supply protection with the approval of the stewardship council. The commissioner shall appoint and remove the directors of other divisions, bureaus or offices which he may establish as he deems appropriate for the efficient management and centralized administration of the department. The directors shall be qualified by training, executive ability, relevant experience and personal participation in the public programs of federal, urban, or state parks and recreation systems, to administer the duties of their respective offices, and shall not be subject to chapter 31. The commissioner may also appoint and remove a professional geologist, who shall be the state geologist and who shall not be subject to chapter 31 or section 9A of chapter 30.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211C / Section 1
Establishment; membership; expenses; term; chairman
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be a commission on judicial conduct consisting of nine members. Three judges shall be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, none of whom shall be justices of said court and no two of whom shall be from the same department of the trial court. Three members of the bar shall be appointed by the chief justice of the trial court, none of whom shall be judges. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, none of whom shall be members of the bar. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses reasonably incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Members of the commission shall serve for six year terms. Commission membership shall terminate if a member ceases to be qualified for the appointment. A vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the term. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid. No person shall succeed himself as a member of the commission except when his membership is due to an appointment to fill a vacancy for the remainder of an unexpired term. One or more alternate members, as necessary, shall be selected in the manner prescribed for initial appointments in each representative class, and shall serve at the call of the chairman to take the place of those who are disqualified from participating in a commission proceeding pursuant to commission rules.

Section 1. There shall be a commission on judicial conduct consisting of nine members. Three judges shall be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, none of whom shall be justices of said court and no two of whom shall be from the same department of the trial court. Three members of the bar shall be appointed by the chief justice of the trial court, none of whom shall be judges. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, none of whom shall be members of the bar. The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all expenses reasonably incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Members of the commission shall serve for six year terms. Commission membership shall terminate if a member ceases to be qualified for the appointment. A vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the term. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid. No person shall succeed himself as a member of the commission except when his membership is due to an appointment to fill a vacancy for the remainder of an unexpired term. One or more alternate members, as necessary, shall be selected in the manner prescribed for initial appointments in each representative class, and shall serve at the call of the chairman to take the place of those who are disqualified from participating in a commission proceeding pursuant to commission rules.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7D, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7D / Section 6
Appointment of secretariat chief information officer (SCIO) of each executive office; duties; IT strategy plan; compliance reviews
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) The secretary of each executive office established pursuant to section 2 of chapter 6A shall, in consultation with and approval by the secretary, appoint an SCIO of each executive office who shall report to the secretary of that executive office and to the secretary of technology services and security. Each SCIO shall manage all activities concerning information technology within the executive office and supervise all information technology personnel. (b) Each SCIO shall manage the information technology personnel needs of their respective executive offices. Each SCIO shall develop an IT strategic plan for the executive office that shall be approved by the CIO that sets forth: (i) operational and project priorities; (ii) budgets; (iii) planned procurements; (iv) efficiency goals; (v) security initiatives; and (vi) staffing plans. (c) The secretary shall supervise the activities of all SCIOs and may conduct annual compliance reviews across the executive offices to ensure full compliance with statutes, regulations, policies, standards and contractual obligations related to information technology and security.

Section 6. (a) The secretary of each executive office established pursuant to section 2 of chapter 6A shall, in consultation with and approval by the secretary, appoint an SCIO of each executive office who shall report to the secretary of that executive office and to the secretary of technology services and security. Each SCIO shall manage all activities concerning information technology within the executive office and supervise all information technology personnel.

(b) Each SCIO shall manage the information technology personnel needs of their respective executive offices. Each SCIO shall develop an IT strategic plan for the executive office that shall be approved by the CIO that sets forth: (i) operational and project priorities; (ii) budgets; (iii) planned procurements; (iv) efficiency goals; (v) security initiatives; and (vi) staffing plans.

(c) The secretary shall supervise the activities of all SCIOs and may conduct annual compliance reviews across the executive offices to ensure full compliance with statutes, regulations, policies, standards and contractual obligations related to information technology and security.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 75
Damages
Status: in_force

Section 75. All damages sustained by any person in his property by the taking of land for or by the alterations of the grade of a public way, or by an abutter thereon by the discontinuance of such public way, to the same extent as damages are recoverable by abutters on ways discontinued by towns, or by the taking of an easement in land adjoining a public way, shall primarily be paid by the city or town, or, in case such public way is a state highway, by the commonwealth; and all damages caused by the taking of land for the railroad or by the change or discontinuance of a private way, or by the taking of an easement in land adjoining a private way or a railroad location shall primarily be paid by the railroad corporation. Any amount paid by way of damages by the commonwealth or the city or town or the railroad corporation primarily liable therefor shall be subject to investigation by the department of highways, unless such settlements are assented to in writing by all parties in the proceeding. If the parties interested cannot agree upon said damages, any party may have the damages determined under chapter seventy-nine. All expense resulting from the necessary relocating or changing of streams and watercourses forming the natural drainage channels of the territory where alterations of grades are authorized, and of sewers, drains and pipes therein owned and operated by a city or town, shall be primarily paid by said city or town, and shall be a part of the actual cost of the alterations specified in section seventy.

Section 75. All damages sustained by any person in his property by the taking of land for or by the alterations of the grade of a public way, or by an abutter thereon by the discontinuance of such public way, to the same extent as damages are recoverable by abutters on ways discontinued by towns, or by the taking of an easement in land adjoining a public way, shall primarily be paid by the city or town, or, in case such public way is a state highway, by the commonwealth; and all damages caused by the taking of land for the railroad or by the change or discontinuance of a private way, or by the taking of an easement in land adjoining a private way or a railroad location shall primarily be paid by the railroad corporation. Any amount paid by way of damages by the commonwealth or the city or town or the railroad corporation primarily liable therefor shall be subject to investigation by the department of highways, unless such settlements are assented to in writing by all parties in the proceeding. If the parties interested cannot agree upon said damages, any party may have the damages determined under chapter seventy-nine. All expense resulting from the necessary relocating or changing of streams and watercourses forming the natural drainage channels of the territory where alterations of grades are authorized, and of sewers, drains and pipes therein owned and operated by a city or town, shall be primarily paid by said city or town, and shall be a part of the actual cost of the alterations specified in section seventy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 1
Murder defined
Status: in_force

Section 1. Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, is murder in the first degree. Murder which does not appear to be in the first degree is murder in the second degree. Petit treason shall be prosecuted and punished as murder. The degree of murder shall be found by the jury.

Section 1. Murder committed with deliberately premeditated malice aforethought, or with extreme atrocity or cruelty, or in the commission or attempted commission of a crime punishable with death or imprisonment for life, is murder in the first degree. Murder which does not appear to be in the first degree is murder in the second degree. Petit treason shall be prosecuted and punished as murder. The degree of murder shall be found by the jury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 11
Definitions applicable to Secs. 11 to 20R
Status: in_force

Section 11. Wherever appearing in sections eleven to twenty R, inclusive, the term ''governor'' includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this commonwealth, the term ''executive authority'' includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor, in any other state, the term ''surrender'' refers to the arresting and delivering up of a person in this commonwealth to the executive authority of another state, and the term ''state'', referring to a state other than this commonwealth, refers to any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States.

Section 11. Wherever appearing in sections eleven to twenty R, inclusive, the term ''governor'' includes any person performing the functions of governor by authority of the law of this commonwealth, the term ''executive authority'' includes the governor, and any person performing the functions of governor, in any other state, the term ''surrender'' refers to the arresting and delivering up of a person in this commonwealth to the executive authority of another state, and the term ''state'', referring to a state other than this commonwealth, refers to any other state or territory, organized or unorganized, of the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 9E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 9E
Penalties for violation of Secs. 9A to 9C
Status: in_force

Section 9E. Whoever violates any provision of sections nine A to nine C, inclusive, or refuses to comply with any requirement of the board of health authorized therein or in the preceding section shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars; for the second offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days; and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.

Section 9E. Whoever violates any provision of sections nine A to nine C, inclusive, or refuses to comply with any requirement of the board of health authorized therein or in the preceding section shall be punished for a first offence by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars; for the second offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ten days; and for any subsequent offence by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 245, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 245 / Section 1
Unlawful entry; action for recovery
Status: in_force

Section 1. If a person unlawfully enters upon or holds land belonging to the commonwealth, it may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general or by a district attorney in the superior court in any county or in the land court.

Section 1. If a person unlawfully enters upon or holds land belonging to the commonwealth, it may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general or by a district attorney in the superior court in any county or in the land court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 85Z — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 85Z
Conveyances without fair consideration by persons in contempt of an order or judgment for child support; civil action
Status: in_force

Section 85Z. A person who has been adjudged to be in contempt of an order or judgment for child support entered pursuant to chapter 119, 207, 208, 209, 209A, 209C, 209D or 273 who knowingly makes a conveyance without fair consideration to an individual shall be liable in a civil action to the obligee under said order or judgment in an amount equal to the value of the conveyance made. A person shall not be liable hereunder if the conveyance made does not exceed $100 in value in any calendar year. For the purpose of this section, conveyance shall mean any payment of money, gift, assignment, transfer or lease of tangible or intangible property. A conveyance shall be deemed to be made without fair consideration unless the conveyance was made in exchange for property or goods of equal value or to satisfy an existing debt created in good faith.

Section 85Z. A person who has been adjudged to be in contempt of an order or judgment for child support entered pursuant to chapter 119, 207, 208, 209, 209A, 209C, 209D or 273 who knowingly makes a conveyance without fair consideration to an individual shall be liable in a civil action to the obligee under said order or judgment in an amount equal to the value of the conveyance made.

A person shall not be liable hereunder if the conveyance made does not exceed $100 in value in any calendar year.

For the purpose of this section, conveyance shall mean any payment of money, gift, assignment, transfer or lease of tangible or intangible property.

A conveyance shall be deemed to be made without fair consideration unless the conveyance was made in exchange for property or goods of equal value or to satisfy an existing debt created in good faith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 2D — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 2D
No-knock warrants; criteria; execution of search warrants at a residence; remedy for violations
Status: in_force

Section 2D. (a) A warrant that does not require a law enforcement officer to knock and announce their presence and purpose before forcibly entering a residence shall not be issued except by a judge and only if the affidavit supporting the request for the warrant: (i) establishes probable cause that if the law enforcement officer announces their presence their life or the lives of others will be endangered; and (ii) includes an attestation that the law enforcement officer filing the affidavit has no reason to believe that minor children or adults over the age of 65 are in the home, unless there is a credible risk of imminent harm to the minor or adult over the age of 65 in the home. (b) A police officer executing a search warrant shall knock and announce their presence and purpose before forcibly entering a residence unless authorized by a warrant to enter pursuant to subsection (a). (c) An officer shall not dispense with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) except to prevent a credible risk of imminent harm as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E. (d) Evidence seized or obtained during the execution of a warrant shall be inadmissible if a law enforcement officer violates this section.

Section 2D. (a) A warrant that does not require a law enforcement officer to knock and announce their presence and purpose before forcibly entering a residence shall not be issued except by a judge and only if the affidavit supporting the request for the warrant: (i) establishes probable cause that if the law enforcement officer announces their presence their life or the lives of others will be endangered; and (ii) includes an attestation that the law enforcement officer filing the affidavit has no reason to believe that minor children or adults over the age of 65 are in the home, unless there is a credible risk of imminent harm to the minor or adult over the age of 65 in the home.

(b) A police officer executing a search warrant shall knock and announce their presence and purpose before forcibly entering a residence unless authorized by a warrant to enter pursuant to subsection (a).

(c) An officer shall not dispense with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) except to prevent a credible risk of imminent harm as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E.

(d) Evidence seized or obtained during the execution of a warrant shall be inadmissible if a law enforcement officer violates this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 48
Annual report of condition; approval; filing; public inspection
Status: in_force

Section 48. The secretary shall examine such report, and if he finds that it conforms to the requirements of section forty-seven shall endorse his approval thereon; and upon the payment of the fee required by section fifty-five, it shall be filed in the office of the state secretary, who shall receive and preserve it in book form convenient for reference and open to public inspection.

Section 48. The secretary shall examine such report, and if he finds that it conforms to the requirements of section forty-seven shall endorse his approval thereon; and upon the payment of the fee required by section fifty-five, it shall be filed in the office of the state secretary, who shall receive and preserve it in book form convenient for reference and open to public inspection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23O — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23O
Occupational therapists or assistants; necessity of license; use of letters, abbreviations, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 23O. No person shall hold himself out as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant or as being able to practice occupational therapy or to render occupational therapy services in the commonwealth unless he is licensed in accordance with section twenty-three B. No person not so licensed may use in connection with his name or place of business the letters, ''O.T.R.'', or ''C.O.T.A.'', or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that he is an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.

Section 23O. No person shall hold himself out as an occupational therapist or as an occupational therapy assistant or as being able to practice occupational therapy or to render occupational therapy services in the commonwealth unless he is licensed in accordance with section twenty-three B. No person not so licensed may use in connection with his name or place of business the letters, ''O.T.R.'', or ''C.O.T.A.'', or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating that he is an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23D, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23D / Section 7
Documentary materials, data or conversations regarding business operations; public records
Status: in_force

Section 7. Any documentary materials, data, or conversations whatsoever made or received by any employee of the program and consisting of, or to the extent that such materials, data, or conversations consist of, trade secrets or commercial or financial information regarding the operation of any business conducted by an applicant for assistance which the program is empowered to render or regarding the competitive position of such applicant in a particular field of endeavor, shall not be deemed public records of the program and specifically shall not be subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter sixty-six.

Section 7. Any documentary materials, data, or conversations whatsoever made or received by any employee of the program and consisting of, or to the extent that such materials, data, or conversations consist of, trade secrets or commercial or financial information regarding the operation of any business conducted by an applicant for assistance which the program is empowered to render or regarding the competitive position of such applicant in a particular field of endeavor, shall not be deemed public records of the program and specifically shall not be subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter sixty-six.