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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 57, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 57 / Section 1A
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1A. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Census Block'' or ''Census Blocks'', 2020 census geography designated by the United States Census Bureau for which population data is reported under P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data. ''VTD'', Voting tabulation district 2020 census geography designated by the United States Census Bureau for which population data is reported under P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data.

Section 1A. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Census Block'' or ''Census Blocks'', 2020 census geography designated by the United States Census Bureau for which population data is reported under P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data.

''VTD'', Voting tabulation district 2020 census geography designated by the United States Census Bureau for which population data is reported under P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 306 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 306
General penalty for counterfeit or wrongful branding or marking of articles
Status: in_force

Section 306. Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter, whoever counterfeits any brand required by this chapter or whoever without authority marks or brands any article required to be inspected, or marks or brands such article with a counterfeited brand, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; and whoever alters or defaces any marks or brands made by an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk under this chapter, unless another penalty is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 306. Unless another penalty is provided in this chapter, whoever counterfeits any brand required by this chapter or whoever without authority marks or brands any article required to be inspected, or marks or brands such article with a counterfeited brand, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; and whoever alters or defaces any marks or brands made by an inspector of milk or collector of samples of milk under this chapter, unless another penalty is provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 81B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 81B
Purchase of land or taking of land for nonpayment of taxes under Sec. 43 or Sec. 53; redemption amount exceeds assessed value; foreclosure of rights of redemptions
Status: in_force

Section 81B. Whenever a city or town shall have purchased or taken land for nonpayment of taxes under section 43 or 53, and the treasurer of the city or town certifies that the redemption amount as determined pursuant to section 62 exceeds the assessed value of the parcel, the treasurer shall make an affidavit of such certification which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district wherein the land lies. Upon the recording of the affidavit, the treasurer shall bring a petition in the land court pursuant to section 65 for the foreclosure of all rights of redemptions of the land.

Section 81B. Whenever a city or town shall have purchased or taken land for nonpayment of taxes under section 43 or 53, and the treasurer of the city or town certifies that the redemption amount as determined pursuant to section 62 exceeds the assessed value of the parcel, the treasurer shall make an affidavit of such certification which shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the district wherein the land lies. Upon the recording of the affidavit, the treasurer shall bring a petition in the land court pursuant to section 65 for the foreclosure of all rights of redemptions of the land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 29
Dissemination or possession of obscene matter; punishment; defense
Status: in_force

Section 29. Whoever disseminates any matter which is obscene, knowing it to be obscene, or whoever has in his possession any matter which is obscene, knowing it to be obscene, with the intent to disseminate the same, shall be punished by 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 by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars for the first offense, not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars for the second offense, or not less than ten thousand nor more than thirty thousand dollars for the third and subsequent offenses, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A prosecution commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file. It shall be a defense under this section if the evidence proves that the defendant was a bona fide school, museum or library, or was acting in the course of his employment as an employee of such organization or of a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purpose of such organization.

Section 29. Whoever disseminates any matter which is obscene, knowing it to be obscene, or whoever has in his possession any matter which is obscene, knowing it to be obscene, with the intent to disseminate the same, shall be punished by 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 by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars for the first offense, not less than five thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars for the second offense, or not less than ten thousand nor more than thirty thousand dollars for the third and subsequent offenses, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A prosecution commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file. It shall be a defense under this section if the evidence proves that the defendant was a bona fide school, museum or library, or was acting in the course of his employment as an employee of such organization or of a retail outlet affiliated with and serving the educational purpose of such organization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12C, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12C / Section 18
Analysis of data received under Secs. 6, 9 and 10 to identify excessive increases in health status adjusted total medical expense
Status: in_force

Section 18. The center shall perform ongoing analysis of data it receives under sections 6, 9 and 10 to identify any payers, providers or provider organizations whose increase in health status adjusted total medical expense is considered excessive and who threaten the ability of the state to meet the health care cost growth benchmark established by the health care finance and policy commission under section 10 of chapter 6D. The center shall confidentially provide a list of the payers, providers and provider organizations to the health policy commission such that the authority may pursue further action under section 10 of chapter 6D.

Section 18. The center shall perform ongoing analysis of data it receives under sections 6, 9 and 10 to identify any payers, providers or provider organizations whose increase in health status adjusted total medical expense is considered excessive and who threaten the ability of the state to meet the health care cost growth benchmark established by the health care finance and policy commission under section 10 of chapter 6D. The center shall confidentially provide a list of the payers, providers and provider organizations to the health policy commission such that the authority may pursue further action under section 10 of chapter 6D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156A / Section 9
Licensing of directors and officers
Status: in_force

Section 9. A majority of directors of a professional corporation and all of its officers except the treasurer, clerk, secretary and any assistant treasurer, assistant clerk or assistant secretary shall be licensed in the commonwealth to render a professional service permitted by the articles of organization of the corporation.

Section 9. A majority of directors of a professional corporation and all of its officers except the treasurer, clerk, secretary and any assistant treasurer, assistant clerk or assistant secretary shall be licensed in the commonwealth to render a professional service permitted by the articles of organization of the corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93D, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93D / Section 4
Violations as a public nuisance; abatement
Status: in_force

Section 4. Any outdoor advertising which violates the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance. The department shall have the same power to abate and remove any such nuisance as is given the board of health of a town under sections one hundred and twenty-three to one hundred and twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven, and the provisions of said sections shall, so far as applicable, apply in the case of a nuisance as herein defined. The remedy provided herein shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law.

Section 4. Any outdoor advertising which violates the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance. The department shall have the same power to abate and remove any such nuisance as is given the board of health of a town under sections one hundred and twenty-three to one hundred and twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven, and the provisions of said sections shall, so far as applicable, apply in the case of a nuisance as herein defined. The remedy provided herein shall be in addition to any other remedy provided by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111N, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111N / Section 8
Electronic availability of annual report data
Status: in_force

Section 8. The department shall make all disclosed data in annual reports publicly available and easily searchable on its website not later than 90 days following the receipt thereof from the secretary.

Section 8. The department shall make all disclosed data in annual reports publicly available and easily searchable on its website not later than 90 days following the receipt thereof from the secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 49
Payment
Status: in_force

Section 49. Upon the termination of any service of the armed forces of the commonwealth under an order of the commander-in-chief, the adjutant general or a designated representative shall certify to the state treasurer the expense of said service, and the state treasurer shall thereupon assess said expense in the manner provided for by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine.

Section 49. Upon the termination of any service of the armed forces of the commonwealth under an order of the commander-in-chief, the adjutant general or a designated representative shall certify to the state treasurer the expense of said service, and the state treasurer shall thereupon assess said expense in the manner provided for by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 258 / Section 6
Defense of actions; service of process
Status: in_force

Section 6. The public attorney shall defend all civil actions brought against a public employer or public employee of the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter. Service of process for such civil action shall be made upon the public attorney or, where no such public attorney has been employed for such purpose at the time service is made, service shall be made upon the executive officer of such public employer.

Section 6. The public attorney shall defend all civil actions brought against a public employer or public employee of the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter. Service of process for such civil action shall be made upon the public attorney or, where no such public attorney has been employed for such purpose at the time service is made, service shall be made upon the executive officer of such public employer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 14
Use of improvements not element of damages
Status: in_force

Section 14. In determining rents and profits, the value of the use by the defendant of any improvements made by him or by those under whom he claims shall be excluded.

Section 14. In determining rents and profits, the value of the use by the defendant of any improvements made by him or by those under whom he claims shall be excluded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 36
Collection from decedents' estates
Status: in_force

Section 36. If a person assessed for a tax dies or becomes insolvent before the payment thereof, or if a tax is assessed upon the estate of a deceased person, the executor, administrator or assignee shall, if a demand has been made on him therefor, forthwith on receipt of any money applicable to the payment of the tax, pay the same, and in default shall be personally liable therefor as for his own tax.

Section 36. If a person assessed for a tax dies or becomes insolvent before the payment thereof, or if a tax is assessed upon the estate of a deceased person, the executor, administrator or assignee shall, if a demand has been made on him therefor, forthwith on receipt of any money applicable to the payment of the tax, pay the same, and in default shall be personally liable therefor as for his own tax.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 3
Powers as to Boston harbor
Status: in_force

Section 3. The department shall have all the rights, powers and duties transferred to the directors of the port of Boston under section four of chapter seven hundred and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven in respect to lands, rights in lands, flats, shores, waters and rights belonging to the commonwealth in tide waters and land under water in Boston harbor, or which adjoin the same or are connected therewith, and shall have the same powers and duties relative thereto as it has with respect to the commonwealth flats under section two. It may, in accordance with such plans as it adopts, excavate and dredge in Boston harbor wherever public convenience and necessity require. It shall at all times have access to any maps, charts, plans and documents in the custody of any public board, commission or officer relating to waters and lands in charge of the department, shall have immediate charge of lands owned or acquired by the commonwealth upon or adjacent to the Boston harbor front, and shall have charge of the construction of piers and other public works in said harbor, shall administer all terminal facilities under control of the department and shall secure and keep full information as to the present and probable future requirements of steamships and shipping and the best means which can be provided at the port of Boston for the accommodation of steamships, railroads, warehouses and industrial establishments.

Section 3. The department shall have all the rights, powers and duties transferred to the directors of the port of Boston under section four of chapter seven hundred and forty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven in respect to lands, rights in lands, flats, shores, waters and rights belonging to the commonwealth in tide waters and land under water in Boston harbor, or which adjoin the same or are connected therewith, and shall have the same powers and duties relative thereto as it has with respect to the commonwealth flats under section two. It may, in accordance with such plans as it adopts, excavate and dredge in Boston harbor wherever public convenience and necessity require. It shall at all times have access to any maps, charts, plans and documents in the custody of any public board, commission or officer relating to waters and lands in charge of the department, shall have immediate charge of lands owned or acquired by the commonwealth upon or adjacent to the Boston harbor front, and shall have charge of the construction of piers and other public works in said harbor, shall administer all terminal facilities under control of the department and shall secure and keep full information as to the present and probable future requirements of steamships and shipping and the best means which can be provided at the port of Boston for the accommodation of steamships, railroads, warehouses and industrial establishments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 64A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 64A
Cushing hospital; general supervision by department
Status: in_force

Section 64A. The department, subject to the provisions of sections sixty-four B to sixty-four M, inclusive, shall have general supervision of the Cushing Hospital.

Section 64A. The department, subject to the provisions of sections sixty-four B to sixty-four M, inclusive, shall have general supervision of the Cushing Hospital.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 19B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 19B
Automatic telephone dialing systems; definition
Status: in_force

Section 19B. As used in sections nineteen C and nineteen D, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Automatic telephone dialing system'', any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call such numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called with or without manual assistance.

Section 19B. As used in sections nineteen C and nineteen D, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Automatic telephone dialing system'', any automatic terminal equipment which is capable of storing numbers to be called or producing numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and with the ability to call such numbers, and which is capable of delivering a prerecorded message to the number called with or without manual assistance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 17
Retention of part of license fee by issuing officer or person
Status: in_force

Section 17. Any city or town clerk or any person duly authorized by the director to issue licenses at their place of business located outside the commonwealth, provided such persons are duly bonded, issuing any license under authority of any provision of this chapter may, except as otherwise provided by law, retain for his own use fifty cents from the fee for each such license; provided, however, that if no fee is required to be paid for the issuance of a license, the issuing officer shall make no charge for the issuance thereof nor retain any part of the fee therefor, as the case may be.

Section 17. Any city or town clerk or any person duly authorized by the director to issue licenses at their place of business located outside the commonwealth, provided such persons are duly bonded, issuing any license under authority of any provision of this chapter may, except as otherwise provided by law, retain for his own use fifty cents from the fee for each such license; provided, however, that if no fee is required to be paid for the issuance of a license, the issuing officer shall make no charge for the issuance thereof nor retain any part of the fee therefor, as the case may be.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 21
Continuing liability on contracts after dissolution
Status: in_force

Section 21. Contracts made by or with such a corporation shall remain in force after its dissolution, and the shareholders at such dissolution shall continue liable and capable as a corporation in all its suits relative to such contracts until they are performed, if suit is commenced within six years after the dissolution or after the right of action accrued.

Section 21. Contracts made by or with such a corporation shall remain in force after its dissolution, and the shareholders at such dissolution shall continue liable and capable as a corporation in all its suits relative to such contracts until they are performed, if suit is commenced within six years after the dissolution or after the right of action accrued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 144 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 144
Discharge of prisoner committed for non-payment of fine
Status: in_force

Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place of confinement for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses shall be given a credit of $90 on such fine or fine and expenses for each day during which he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the said credits, or such credits as have been given and money paid in addition thereto, shall equal the amount of the fine or the fine and expenses; and in such case no further action shall be taken to enforce payment of said fine or fine and expenses.

Section 144. A prisoner confined in a prison or place of confinement for non-payment of a fine or a fine and expenses shall be given a credit of $90 on such fine or fine and expenses for each day during which he shall be so confined, and shall be discharged at such time as the said credits, or such credits as have been given and money paid in addition thereto, shall equal the amount of the fine or the fine and expenses; and in such case no further action shall be taken to enforce payment of said fine or fine and expenses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 4
Married woman; work and labor; presumption
Status: in_force

Section 4. Work and labor performed by a married woman for a person other than her husband and children shall, unless there is an express agreement on her part to the contrary, be presumed to be performed on her separate account.

Section 4. Work and labor performed by a married woman for a person other than her husband and children shall, unless there is an express agreement on her part to the contrary, be presumed to be performed on her separate account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 92 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 92
Instruction in jails and houses of correction
Status: in_force

Section 92. The county commissioners may include, among the items requested to be appropriated for their respective counties, an amount to cover the expenses of furnishing instruction for one hour each evening except Sunday, in reading and writing to prisoners in jails and houses of correction who may be benefited thereby and who wish to receive it. In the county of Suffolk, the mayor of Boston may include such an item in his annual budget submitted to the city council.

Section 92. The county commissioners may include, among the items requested to be appropriated for their respective counties, an amount to cover the expenses of furnishing instruction for one hour each evening except Sunday, in reading and writing to prisoners in jails and houses of correction who may be benefited thereby and who wish to receive it. In the county of Suffolk, the mayor of Boston may include such an item in his annual budget submitted to the city council.