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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 99
Late ballots; disposition
Status: in_force

Section 99. All envelopes received by clerks of cities and towns after the hour fixed for closing of the polls on the day of election shall be retained by them unopened until the time set by law for the destruction of ballots cast, at which time the envelopes shall likewise be destroyed, unopened and unexamined; provided, however, that such envelopes received within ten days following a state or city final election and mailed on or before the day of election, from a location outside the United States, shall be processed in accordance with the second paragraph of section ninety-five. A postmark, if legible, shall be evidence of the time of mailing.

Section 99. All envelopes received by clerks of cities and towns after the hour fixed for closing of the polls on the day of election shall be retained by them unopened until the time set by law for the destruction of ballots cast, at which time the envelopes shall likewise be destroyed, unopened and unexamined; provided, however, that such envelopes received within ten days following a state or city final election and mailed on or before the day of election, from a location outside the United States, shall be processed in accordance with the second paragraph of section ninety-five. A postmark, if legible, shall be evidence of the time of mailing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64J, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64J / Section 9
Liability for taxes
Status: in_force

Section 9. Any person not licensed under this chapter who delivers to any person other than a licensee under this chapter aircraft fuel upon which the tax due hereunder has not been paid, knowing, or who reasonably should know, that such aircraft fuel is to be used or sold for the purpose of propelling aircraft, shall be liable for the tax imposed by this chapter. Any user who shall acquire aircraft fuel in the commonwealth for the purpose of propelling aircraft owned or leased by him upon which aircraft fuel the tax due hereunder has not been paid shall be liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, and the commissioner may collect said tax either from the seller thereof or from said user of aircraft fuel.

Section 9. Any person not licensed under this chapter who delivers to any person other than a licensee under this chapter aircraft fuel upon which the tax due hereunder has not been paid, knowing, or who reasonably should know, that such aircraft fuel is to be used or sold for the purpose of propelling aircraft, shall be liable for the tax imposed by this chapter.

Any user who shall acquire aircraft fuel in the commonwealth for the purpose of propelling aircraft owned or leased by him upon which aircraft fuel the tax due hereunder has not been paid shall be liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, and the commissioner may collect said tax either from the seller thereof or from said user of aircraft fuel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 24
Board of cemetery commissioners; conveyance of burial lots; record; fee
Status: in_force

Section 24. Said board may, by deed made and executed in such manner and form as it may prescribe, convey to any person the sole and exclusive right of burial in any lot in such cemeteries and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments or structures thereon upon such terms and conditions as its regulations prescribe. Such deeds and all subsequent deeds of such lots made by owners thereof shall be recorded in the office of the city or town clerk in books kept for that purpose upon the payment of the fee provided by clause (78) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and said records shall be open to the public at all reasonable times.

Section 24. Said board may, by deed made and executed in such manner and form as it may prescribe, convey to any person the sole and exclusive right of burial in any lot in such cemeteries and of erecting tombs, cenotaphs and other monuments or structures thereon upon such terms and conditions as its regulations prescribe. Such deeds and all subsequent deeds of such lots made by owners thereof shall be recorded in the office of the city or town clerk in books kept for that purpose upon the payment of the fee provided by clause (78) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and said records shall be open to the public at all reasonable times.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19 / Section 12
Community mental health services
Status: in_force

Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of community mental health services which shall include state hospitals, clinics, comprehensive centers and other facilities of the department, and to promote such programs the department shall divide the commonwealth into service areas for the conduct of said mental health services, and shall establish standards for the development of said community programs. Each area shall be drawn so as to include and to allow for the development of mental health services and facilities, as needed, which shall be readily accessible to the people in the area, taking into consideration such factors as geographic boundaries, roads and other means of transportation, population concentration, city, town and county lines, other relevant community services, and community economic and social relationships.

Section 12. The department shall establish a comprehensive program of community mental health services which shall include state hospitals, clinics, comprehensive centers and other facilities of the department, and to promote such programs the department shall divide the commonwealth into service areas for the conduct of said mental health services, and shall establish standards for the development of said community programs.

Each area shall be drawn so as to include and to allow for the development of mental health services and facilities, as needed, which shall be readily accessible to the people in the area, taking into consideration such factors as geographic boundaries, roads and other means of transportation, population concentration, city, town and county lines, other relevant community services, and community economic and social relationships.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 113
Appeal; hearing; department's powers
Status: in_force

Section 113. The department shall hear the appeal in the county where it is taken, unless the parties in writing otherwise agree. Upon such appeal, the department shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as county commissioners in like matters and proceedings, and shall be governed by the provisions of law relative to hearings and determinations by, and decisions and orders of, the county commissioners in such matters and proceedings.

Section 113. The department shall hear the appeal in the county where it is taken, unless the parties in writing otherwise agree. Upon such appeal, the department shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as county commissioners in like matters and proceedings, and shall be governed by the provisions of law relative to hearings and determinations by, and decisions and orders of, the county commissioners in such matters and proceedings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 51C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 51C
Custody of injured child pending transfer to department or pending hearing
Status: in_force

Section 51C. If a parent or other person requests the release from a hospital of a child reported pursuant to section fifty-one A, the presiding judge of the juvenile court of the judicial district in which such hospital is located may, if he believes such release would be detrimental to the child's health or safety, authorize the hospital and the attending physician, by any means of communication, to keep such a child in the hospital until custody is transferred to the department or until a hearing may be held relative to the care and custody of such child. Any other physician treating a child reported pursuant to section fifty-one A may be so authorized by the court to keep such child in his custody until such time as the custody of the child has been transferred to the department or until a hearing may be held relative to the care and custody of such child.

Section 51C. If a parent or other person requests the release from a hospital of a child reported pursuant to section fifty-one A, the presiding judge of the juvenile court of the judicial district in which such hospital is located may, if he believes such release would be detrimental to the child's health or safety, authorize the hospital and the attending physician, by any means of communication, to keep such a child in the hospital until custody is transferred to the department or until a hearing may be held relative to the care and custody of such child.

Any other physician treating a child reported pursuant to section fifty-one A may be so authorized by the court to keep such child in his custody until such time as the custody of the child has been transferred to the department or until a hearing may be held relative to the care and custody of such child.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21I, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21I / Section 23
Protection of employee rights
Status: in_force

Section 23. No employer or duly authorized agent of an employer shall discharge, refuse to hire or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has exercised a right afforded by this chapter. Any employee of a toxics user claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this section may initiate proceedings in the superior court department of the trial court for the county in which the alleged violation occurred. An employer found to have violated this paragraph shall be exclusively liable to pay the employee lost wages, shall grant to the employee suitable employment, and shall reimburse such reasonable attorney fees incurred in the protection of rights granted as shall be determined by the court. The court may grant whatever relief it deems necessary to protect rights granted by this section. An employee may not waive rights granted by this section.

Section 23. No employer or duly authorized agent of an employer shall discharge, refuse to hire or in any other manner discriminate against an employee because the employee has exercised a right afforded by this chapter. Any employee of a toxics user claiming to be aggrieved by a violation of this section may initiate proceedings in the superior court department of the trial court for the county in which the alleged violation occurred. An employer found to have violated this paragraph shall be exclusively liable to pay the employee lost wages, shall grant to the employee suitable employment, and shall reimburse such reasonable attorney fees incurred in the protection of rights granted as shall be determined by the court. The court may grant whatever relief it deems necessary to protect rights granted by this section. An employee may not waive rights granted by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121D, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121D / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:- ''Agency'', the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, established by section 3 of chapter 708 of the acts of 1966. ''Committee'', the advisory committee established by section 4. ''Fund'', the Affordable Housing Trust Fund established by section 2.

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:-

''Agency'', the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, established by section 3 of chapter 708 of the acts of 1966.

''Committee'', the advisory committee established by section 4.

''Fund'', the Affordable Housing Trust Fund established by section 2.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 1
Department of public utilities; seal
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be a department of public utilities, in this chapter called the department. It shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.

Section 1. There shall be a department of public utilities, in this chapter called the department. It shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 20, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 20 / Section 25
Annual report of agricultural lands preservation committee
Status: in_force

Section 25. The agricultural lands preservation committee shall prepare an annual report. The report shall include the number and geographic distribution of applications accepted and rejected, the acreage and costs of purchases, and such other information as will enable the program to be evaluated.

Section 25. The agricultural lands preservation committee shall prepare an annual report. The report shall include the number and geographic distribution of applications accepted and rejected, the acreage and costs of purchases, and such other information as will enable the program to be evaluated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 48
Violations, penalties
Status: in_force

Section 48. Whoever violates any provisions of section forty-five to forty-seven, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made under section forty-five shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years, or both.

Section 48. Whoever violates any provisions of section forty-five to forty-seven, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made under section forty-five shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and for any subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 7
Burden to prove license or admission to practice as attorney at law
Status: in_force

Section 7. A defendant in a criminal prosecution, relying for his justification upon a license, appointment, admission to practice as an attorney at law, or authority, shall prove the same; and, until so proved, the presumption shall be that he is not so authorized.

Section 7. A defendant in a criminal prosecution, relying for his justification upon a license, appointment, admission to practice as an attorney at law, or authority, shall prove the same; and, until so proved, the presumption shall be that he is not so authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 37
Negativing excuses, exceptions or provisos
Status: in_force

Section 37. An excuse, exception or proviso not stated in the enacting clause of a statute creating a crime or stated only by reference to other provisions of the statute need not be negatived in the indictment unless necessary for a complete definition of the crime. If any statute shall prescribe a form of indictment in which an excuse, exception or proviso is not negatived, it shall be taken that it is not necessary to a complete definition of the crime that they should be negatived. If a statute creating a crime permits an act, therein declared to be criminal, to be performed without criminality under stated conditions, such conditions need not be negatived.

Section 37. An excuse, exception or proviso not stated in the enacting clause of a statute creating a crime or stated only by reference to other provisions of the statute need not be negatived in the indictment unless necessary for a complete definition of the crime. If any statute shall prescribe a form of indictment in which an excuse, exception or proviso is not negatived, it shall be taken that it is not necessary to a complete definition of the crime that they should be negatived. If a statute creating a crime permits an act, therein declared to be criminal, to be performed without criminality under stated conditions, such conditions need not be negatived.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 60A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 60A
Request of insurer for examination of person applying for inspector of amusement devises position accompanying application; fee; eligibility for certificate of competency
Status: in_force

Section 60A. The application of a person desiring to act as an inspector of amusement devices for an insurance company shall be accompanied by a written request of said company for an examination of such person, together with a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration. An individual, who is an employee of an amusement park or who performs or has performed inspections of amusement devices for the commonwealth shall be eligible for a certificate of competency to inspect amusement devices.

Section 60A. The application of a person desiring to act as an inspector of amusement devices for an insurance company shall be accompanied by a written request of said company for an examination of such person, together with a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration. An individual, who is an employee of an amusement park or who performs or has performed inspections of amusement devices for the commonwealth shall be eligible for a certificate of competency to inspect amusement devices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 48
Liability of property not sold on prior seizure; service of execution
Status: in_force

Section 48. If such property is sold in part under the prior attachment or seizure, or if that attachment or seizure is dissolved, the property or any part thereof remaining undisposed of shall continue bound for thirty days thereafter by the seizure on the execution; and service of the execution may be completed as if the estate had been first seized thereon within said thirty days, although the return day of the execution has passed.

Section 48. If such property is sold in part under the prior attachment or seizure, or if that attachment or seizure is dissolved, the property or any part thereof remaining undisposed of shall continue bound for thirty days thereafter by the seizure on the execution; and service of the execution may be completed as if the estate had been first seized thereon within said thirty days, although the return day of the execution has passed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 2A
Application of amendments of statute
Status: in_force

Section 2A. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in effect on the effective date of this section or thereafter becoming effective which increases or decreases the amount or amounts of compensation payable to an injured employee or his dependents including amounts deducted for legal fees shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed to be substantive in character and shall apply only to personal injuries occurring on and after the effective date of such act, unless otherwise expressly provided. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in effect on the effective date of this section or thereafter becoming effective which is not deemed to be substantive in character within the meaning of this section shall be deemed to be procedural or remedial only, in character, and shall have application to personal injuries irrespective of the date of their occurrence, unless otherwise expressly provided.

Section 2A. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in effect on the effective date of this section or thereafter becoming effective which increases or decreases the amount or amounts of compensation payable to an injured employee or his dependents including amounts deducted for legal fees shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be deemed to be substantive in character and shall apply only to personal injuries occurring on and after the effective date of such act, unless otherwise expressly provided. Every act, in amendment of this chapter, in effect on the effective date of this section or thereafter becoming effective which is not deemed to be substantive in character within the meaning of this section shall be deemed to be procedural or remedial only, in character, and shall have application to personal injuries irrespective of the date of their occurrence, unless otherwise expressly provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 64
Solicitation of proposals; statement of compliance with occupation health and safety requirements
Status: in_force

Section 64. The chief procurement officer of a governmental unit shall solicit proposals in conformance with section 6 of chapter 30B. Information from the governmental unit shall contain a full and complete description of the condition of the water storage tank as written by an independent professional engineer. The scope of services shall contain a detailed description of the services to be provided by the selected proposer. A contract entered into under sections 61 to 69, inclusive, shall specifically state that the offeror and any subcontractor under the offeror shall comply with all federal and state occupational health and safety requirements applicable to the activities provided for in the contract.

Section 64. The chief procurement officer of a governmental unit shall solicit proposals in conformance with section 6 of chapter 30B. Information from the governmental unit shall contain a full and complete description of the condition of the water storage tank as written by an independent professional engineer. The scope of services shall contain a detailed description of the services to be provided by the selected proposer.

A contract entered into under sections 61 to 69, inclusive, shall specifically state that the offeror and any subcontractor under the offeror shall comply with all federal and state occupational health and safety requirements applicable to the activities provided for in the contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 23
Rape and abuse of child
Status: in_force

Section 23. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse, and abuses a child under 16 years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years or, except as otherwise provided, for any term in a jail or house of correction. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file.

Section 23. Whoever unlawfully has sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse, and abuses a child under 16 years of age, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years or, except as otherwise provided, for any term in a jail or house of correction. A prosecution commenced under this section shall neither be continued without a finding nor placed on file.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 11
High school; definition
Status: in_force

Section 11. For the purposes of the six preceding sections, a ''high school'' is defined as that part of the school system which furnishes instruction in addition to that offered in the first eight grades and other than vocational instruction directly aided by the commonwealth.

Section 11. For the purposes of the six preceding sections, a ''high school'' is defined as that part of the school system which furnishes instruction in addition to that offered in the first eight grades and other than vocational instruction directly aided by the commonwealth.