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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 293 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 293
Inspection of paint, etc.; complaint; appointment of inspectors; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 293. Upon the written complaint of any person aggrieved by any violation of section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, the state police and their agents may enter any place of business, store or building where the sale of paint, turpentine or linseed oil is carried on, and open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub or other receptacle containing articles which might be sold or exposed for sale in violation of said sections, and may appoint and remove inspectors, analysts and chemists for the purpose of inspecting or analyzing the contents of any such receptacle. Inspectors so appointed shall have the same powers and authority relative to the articles aforesaid as are given by sections thirty-three, thirty-five and sixty to the inspectors named therein.

Section 293. Upon the written complaint of any person aggrieved by any violation of section two hundred and eighty-nine or two hundred and ninety-one, the state police and their agents may enter any place of business, store or building where the sale of paint, turpentine or linseed oil is carried on, and open and inspect any package, can, jar, tub or other receptacle containing articles which might be sold or exposed for sale in violation of said sections, and may appoint and remove inspectors, analysts and chemists for the purpose of inspecting or analyzing the contents of any such receptacle. Inspectors so appointed shall have the same powers and authority relative to the articles aforesaid as are given by sections thirty-three, thirty-five and sixty to the inspectors named therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 5A
Unvented liquid fired space heaters; use or sale prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 5A. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 5A. No person shall use, allow to be used, sell or offer for sale any unvented liquid fired space heater. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 37 / Section 22
Accounting of fees; disposition of funds
Status: in_force

Section 22. Each sheriff shall keep an account of all fees and money received by virtue of his office, and, except as otherwise provided, shall annually, on or before June fifteenth, render to the county treasurer a sworn account thereof and, except as provided in section seventeen, pay him the same.

Section 22. Each sheriff shall keep an account of all fees and money received by virtue of his office, and, except as otherwise provided, shall annually, on or before June fifteenth, render to the county treasurer a sworn account thereof and, except as provided in section seventeen, pay him the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 70
Issuance of license or permit upon payment of fee; bond
Status: in_force

Section 70. No license or permit under this chapter shall be granted by the commission or the local licensing authorities unless the fee therefor has been paid into the state treasury or the city or town treasury, as the case may be; provided, however, that the local licensing authority may allow such fees to be paid semiannually. No license shall be granted by the commission under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C, 19D or 76 unless the applicant shall have filed with the state treasurer a bond running to the commonwealth. Every such bond shall be in a penal sum and form approved by the commission and be executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth as surety, conditioned upon performance by the licensee of all the conditions of the license and observance of all provisions of this chapter.

Section 70. No license or permit under this chapter shall be granted by the commission or the local licensing authorities unless the fee therefor has been paid into the state treasury or the city or town treasury, as the case may be; provided, however, that the local licensing authority may allow such fees to be paid semiannually. No license shall be granted by the commission under section 18, 19, 19B, 19C, 19D or 76 unless the applicant shall have filed with the state treasurer a bond running to the commonwealth. Every such bond shall be in a penal sum and form approved by the commission and be executed by the applicant as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth as surety, conditioned upon performance by the licensee of all the conditions of the license and observance of all provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150E / Section 2
Collective bargaining; self organization
Status: in_force

Section 2. Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist any employee organization for the purpose of bargaining collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, free from interference, restraint, or coercion. An employee shall have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities, except to the extent of making such payment of service fees to an exclusive representative as provided in section twelve.

Section 2. Employees shall have the right of self-organization and the right to form, join, or assist any employee organization for the purpose of bargaining collectively through representatives of their own choosing on questions of wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, and to engage in lawful, concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection, free from interference, restraint, or coercion. An employee shall have the right to refrain from any or all of such activities, except to the extent of making such payment of service fees to an exclusive representative as provided in section twelve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 40
Cohabitation after divorce
Status: in_force

Section 40. Persons divorced from each other cohabiting as husband and wife or living together in the same house shall be held to be guilty of adultery.

Section 40. Persons divorced from each other cohabiting as husband and wife or living together in the same house shall be held to be guilty of adultery.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 159 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 159
Posting of prices of ice on vehicles; weighing ice
Status: in_force

Section 159. Whoever having charge of the retail delivery of ice from a vehicle neglects to keep conspicuously posted upon each side of the vehicle the current retail prices of ice sold by him, or refuses or neglects to sell the same by weight, or refuses to weigh the same upon request of the purchaser, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 159. Whoever having charge of the retail delivery of ice from a vehicle neglects to keep conspicuously posted upon each side of the vehicle the current retail prices of ice sold by him, or refuses or neglects to sell the same by weight, or refuses to weigh the same upon request of the purchaser, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part V / Title I / Chapter 281 / Section 8
Salary or compensation of incumbent; effect of repeal of law by General Laws
Status: in_force

Section 8. The salary or compensation of any incumbent of any office or position at the time when the General Laws take effect shall not be diminished thereby, notwithstanding the repeal therein of any act establishing such salary or compensation and notwithstanding that the General Laws establish a different salary or compensation for the office or position.

Section 8. The salary or compensation of any incumbent of any office or position at the time when the General Laws take effect shall not be diminished thereby, notwithstanding the repeal therein of any act establishing such salary or compensation and notwithstanding that the General Laws establish a different salary or compensation for the office or position.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 1A
County correctional facilities; minimum standards; financial or other assistance
Status: in_force

Section 1A. In accordance with paragraphs (d) and (q) of section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four the commissioner shall establish, and shall from time to time revise, minimum standards for the care and custody of all persons committed to county correctional facilities. Prior to establishing or revising such minimum standards the commissioner shall visit, consult with and receive the recommendations of the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston. The commissioner shall require from the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston periodic reports on the population, operation and conditions of all county correctional facilities. The commissioner may provide consultation services for the design and construction of facilities, studies and surveys of programs and administration and any other technical assistance he deems proper and necessary. In cooperation with the county commissioners and administrators of each county, the commissioner may develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid or subsidies for any county correctional facility.

Section 1A. In accordance with paragraphs (d) and (q) of section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-four the commissioner shall establish, and shall from time to time revise, minimum standards for the care and custody of all persons committed to county correctional facilities. Prior to establishing or revising such minimum standards the commissioner shall visit, consult with and receive the recommendations of the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston. The commissioner shall require from the sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of the city of Boston periodic reports on the population, operation and conditions of all county correctional facilities.

The commissioner may provide consultation services for the design and construction of facilities, studies and surveys of programs and administration and any other technical assistance he deems proper and necessary. In cooperation with the county commissioners and administrators of each county, the commissioner may develop and administer programs of grants-in-aid or subsidies for any county correctional facility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 12Q — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 12Q
Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 12Q. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) a portion of assessments, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 18; (iii) a portion of application fees, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 69J1/2 of chapter 164; and (iv) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for operation of the energy facilities siting board established in section 69H of said chapter 164. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.

Section 12Q. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities Energy Facilities Siting Board Trust Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) a portion of assessments, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 18; (iii) a portion of application fees, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 69J1/2 of chapter 164; and (iv) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be available for expenditure, without further appropriation, by the department for operation of the energy facilities siting board established in section 69H of said chapter 164. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

Annually, not later than December 1, the department shall issue a report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means on the fund activities including, but not limited to, amounts credited to the fund, amounts expended from the fund and any unexpended balance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 39
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 39. In actions of replevin brought under section thirty-six, costs shall be taxed against the plaintiff in cases where the court decides that the claim of the defendant for which he asserted a lien was no greater than the amount due under the contract. In all other cases costs shall be taxed against the defendant.

Section 39. In actions of replevin brought under section thirty-six, costs shall be taxed against the plaintiff in cases where the court decides that the claim of the defendant for which he asserted a lien was no greater than the amount due under the contract. In all other cases costs shall be taxed against the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 147 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 147
Appeal from order; notice; trial
Status: in_force

Section 147. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and forty-three or one hundred and fifty-two may, within three days after service of the order upon him, give written notice of appeal to the board or department of environmental protection, and file a petition for a jury in the superior court in the county where the premises affected are located, and, after notice to the board or department of environmental protection, may have a trial in the same manner as other civil cases are tried by jury. If by mistake of law or fact or by accident he fails within said three days to apply as aforesaid, and if it appears to the court that such failure was caused by such mistake or accident, and that he has not, since the service of such order upon him, violated it, he may within thirty days after the service of the order upon him apply for a jury.

Section 147. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and forty-three or one hundred and fifty-two may, within three days after service of the order upon him, give written notice of appeal to the board or department of environmental protection, and file a petition for a jury in the superior court in the county where the premises affected are located, and, after notice to the board or department of environmental protection, may have a trial in the same manner as other civil cases are tried by jury. If by mistake of law or fact or by accident he fails within said three days to apply as aforesaid, and if it appears to the court that such failure was caused by such mistake or accident, and that he has not, since the service of such order upon him, violated it, he may within thirty days after the service of the order upon him apply for a jury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255D, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255D / Section 25
Application of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 25. Any holder of a retail installment sale agreement, or of a note evidencing indebtedness arising out of such agreement, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

Section 25. Any holder of a retail installment sale agreement, or of a note evidencing indebtedness arising out of such agreement, shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 12L — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 12L
Personal decision regarding pregnancy
Status: in_force

The commonwealth, or a subdivision thereof, shall not interfere with a person's personal decision and ability to prevent, commence, terminate or continue their own pregnancy consistent with this chapter, or restrict the use of medically appropriate methods of abortion or the manner in which medically appropriate abortion is provided.

The commonwealth, or a subdivision thereof, shall not interfere with a person's personal decision and ability to prevent, commence, terminate or continue their own pregnancy consistent with this chapter, or restrict the use of medically appropriate methods of abortion or the manner in which medically appropriate abortion is provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 6
Compensation for services of person taking out citation
Status: in_force

Section 6. If after citation has been issued by the probate court to a public administrator upon the estate of a deceased person, administration shall not be granted to him for the reason set forth in the preceding section, or because of the finding of a will of the deceased, the judge, if satisfied that the person taking out said citation has acted in good faith and for the best interests of the estate, or by designation of the division of medical assistance pursuant to subsection (e) of section thirty-two of chapter one hundred eighteen E may allow him just and reasonable compensation for his services, and reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, out of the assets of said estate.

Section 6. If after citation has been issued by the probate court to a public administrator upon the estate of a deceased person, administration shall not be granted to him for the reason set forth in the preceding section, or because of the finding of a will of the deceased, the judge, if satisfied that the person taking out said citation has acted in good faith and for the best interests of the estate, or by designation of the division of medical assistance pursuant to subsection (e) of section thirty-two of chapter one hundred eighteen E may allow him just and reasonable compensation for his services, and reimbursement for expenses actually incurred, out of the assets of said estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 69D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 69D
Final decision
Status: in_force

Section 69D. As used in this section, the term ''final'' shall mean that: (1) there is no pending hearing or appeal under section 39 to 42, inclusive, from a decision determining that an individual knowingly and willfully failed to furnish information; (2) no hearing or appeal from a decision on ineligibility for benefits is pending; (3) no request for waiver pursuant to subsection (c) of section 69 is pending; (4) no request for a redetermination pursuant to section 71 is pending; and (5) from a determination of overpayment, an opportunity for an interview and all appeal rights have been exhausted or not taken within the time allowed by law.

Section 69D. As used in this section, the term ''final'' shall mean that: (1) there is no pending hearing or appeal under section 39 to 42, inclusive, from a decision determining that an individual knowingly and willfully failed to furnish information; (2) no hearing or appeal from a decision on ineligibility for benefits is pending; (3) no request for waiver pursuant to subsection (c) of section 69 is pending; (4) no request for a redetermination pursuant to section 71 is pending; and (5) from a determination of overpayment, an opportunity for an interview and all appeal rights have been exhausted or not taken within the time allowed by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 177 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 177
Police assistance in protecting property; non-residents assisting with arms; liability in damages
Status: in_force

Section 177. A person may, if his property is in danger, call upon the regular police authorities in the commonwealth for assistance in its protection, and this and the preceding section shall not limit or diminish such right; but no person shall request or authorize any person or body of persons not residents of the commonwealth, except regular employees, to assist such person with arms in the defence of his property, and no such request or authority shall justify an assault or attack with arms by a non-resident. Whoever, being an employer of labor, requests or authorizes assistance in violation of this section, and whoever renders such assistance with arms, shall be severally liable in damages to each person injured in person or property thereby.

Section 177. A person may, if his property is in danger, call upon the regular police authorities in the commonwealth for assistance in its protection, and this and the preceding section shall not limit or diminish such right; but no person shall request or authorize any person or body of persons not residents of the commonwealth, except regular employees, to assist such person with arms in the defence of his property, and no such request or authority shall justify an assault or attack with arms by a non-resident. Whoever, being an employer of labor, requests or authorizes assistance in violation of this section, and whoever renders such assistance with arms, shall be severally liable in damages to each person injured in person or property thereby.