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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 142N — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 142N
Fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities; uniform performance standards
Status: in_force

Section 142N. For the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or alleviating impacts on the resources of the commonwealth and to the health of its citizens from pollutants emitted by fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities serving retail customers in the commonwealth, the department of environmental protection shall, in consultation with the office of the attorney general and the department of telecommunications and energy, promulgate rules and regulations to adopt and implement for fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities uniform generation performance standards of emissions produced per unit of electrical output on a portfolio basis for any pollutant determined by the department of environmental protection to be of concern to public health, and produced in quantity by electric generation facilities. The department of environmental protection shall have said uniform performance standards for at least one pollutant in effect on, but not before, May 1, 2003, unless three or more other northeastern states enact similar standards before that date, in which case the department of environmental protection may adopt such standards prior to May 1, 2003. The department of environmental protection shall issue annually, by March first of each year, an annual report detailing the implementation and compliance of said program, its standards, and its companion rules and regulations.

Section 142N. For the purpose of preventing, mitigating, or alleviating impacts on the resources of the commonwealth and to the health of its citizens from pollutants emitted by fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities serving retail customers in the commonwealth, the department of environmental protection shall, in consultation with the office of the attorney general and the department of telecommunications and energy, promulgate rules and regulations to adopt and implement for fossil fuel-fired electric generation facilities uniform generation performance standards of emissions produced per unit of electrical output on a portfolio basis for any pollutant determined by the department of environmental protection to be of concern to public health, and produced in quantity by electric generation facilities. The department of environmental protection shall have said uniform performance standards for at least one pollutant in effect on, but not before, May 1, 2003, unless three or more other northeastern states enact similar standards before that date, in which case the department of environmental protection may adopt such standards prior to May 1, 2003. The department of environmental protection shall issue annually, by March first of each year, an annual report detailing the implementation and compliance of said program, its standards, and its companion rules and regulations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 194 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 194
General penalty
Status: in_force

Section 194. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, the penalty whereof is not specifically provided for herein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 194. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, the penalty whereof is not specifically provided for herein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111F, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111F / Section 15
Instruction on nature and effects of toxic or hazardous substances to employees
Status: in_force

Section 15. Employers shall furnish employees with instruction on the nature and effects of those hazardous substances present in the workplace either in written form or in training programs as may be appropriate. Such instruction shall be in nontechnical language but may be generic to the extent appropriate and related to the job. Such instruction shall include the chemical name and any common names, unless withheld from an MSDS as a trade secret, of the toxic or hazardous substance to which an employee may be exposed under normal operating conditions, the location of the substance in the workplace, appropriate first aid treatment and antidotes in the event of improper exposure or overexposure, the proper and safe handling of said substance, the health effects of said substance as described in the relevant MSDS, and the rights and duties of employees as set forth in this chapter. Employers shall provide their current employees with instruction as described herein within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter and annually thereafter, and for employees hired thereafter, within the first month of employment, and annually thereafter.

Section 15. Employers shall furnish employees with instruction on the nature and effects of those hazardous substances present in the workplace either in written form or in training programs as may be appropriate. Such instruction shall be in nontechnical language but may be generic to the extent appropriate and related to the job. Such instruction shall include the chemical name and any common names, unless withheld from an MSDS as a trade secret, of the toxic or hazardous substance to which an employee may be exposed under normal operating conditions, the location of the substance in the workplace, appropriate first aid treatment and antidotes in the event of improper exposure or overexposure, the proper and safe handling of said substance, the health effects of said substance as described in the relevant MSDS, and the rights and duties of employees as set forth in this chapter. Employers shall provide their current employees with instruction as described herein within ninety days of the effective date of this chapter and annually thereafter, and for employees hired thereafter, within the first month of employment, and annually thereafter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111H, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111H / Section 19
Site selection process; procedures
Status: in_force

Section 19. (a) The site selection process conducted pursuant to sections twenty and twenty-three shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The recommendations of the public participation coordinator, made pursuant to section six, shall be implemented to the extent feasible in order to ensure appropriate public participation in the site selection process; to ensure that adequate information concerning the site selection process is available; to facilitate the conduct of public meetings and other opportunities for public review and comment; and to ensure that public concerns are identified and addressed throughout the site selection process. (b) In accordance with the regulations adopted under section four, the board shall retain such consultants as it determines are necessary to complete the site selection process. (c) Each notice required by section twenty or twenty-three to be given to the chief executive officer of a community shall, at a minimum, explain in detail all actions taken pursuant to sections eleven to seventeen, inclusive, and those actions completed pursuant to section twenty or twenty-three, as well as the remaining actions to be undertaken pursuant to section twenty, twenty-three or twenty-four, and offer the resources of the board and the public participation coordinator to assist communities in participation in the site selection process.

Section 19. (a) The site selection process conducted pursuant to sections twenty and twenty-three shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section. The recommendations of the public participation coordinator, made pursuant to section six, shall be implemented to the extent feasible in order to ensure appropriate public participation in the site selection process; to ensure that adequate information concerning the site selection process is available; to facilitate the conduct of public meetings and other opportunities for public review and comment; and to ensure that public concerns are identified and addressed throughout the site selection process.

(b) In accordance with the regulations adopted under section four, the board shall retain such consultants as it determines are necessary to complete the site selection process.

(c) Each notice required by section twenty or twenty-three to be given to the chief executive officer of a community shall, at a minimum, explain in detail all actions taken pursuant to sections eleven to seventeen, inclusive, and those actions completed pursuant to section twenty or twenty-three, as well as the remaining actions to be undertaken pursuant to section twenty, twenty-three or twenty-four, and offer the resources of the board and the public participation coordinator to assist communities in participation in the site selection process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 174A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 174A
Hearings, revocation or suspension of licenses; notices
Status: in_force

Section 174A. Notices of hearings required by section 162R, one hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-three or one hundred and seventy-four or of the revocation or suspension of any license issued under any of said sections shall be deemed sufficient when sent postpaid by registered mail to the last business or residence address of the licensee appearing on the records of the commissioner. The affidavit of the commissioner or of any person authorized by him to send such notice that such notice has been sent in accordance with this section shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given.

Section 174A. Notices of hearings required by section 162R, one hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and seventy-three or one hundred and seventy-four or of the revocation or suspension of any license issued under any of said sections shall be deemed sufficient when sent postpaid by registered mail to the last business or residence address of the licensee appearing on the records of the commissioner. The affidavit of the commissioner or of any person authorized by him to send such notice that such notice has been sent in accordance with this section shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 113Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 113Q
Inclusion of automobile club memberships in automobile insurance policy prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 113Q. No automobile club membership shall be made part of any automobile insurance policy, nor shall any automobile club membership fee be included in any automobile insurance policy declarations form or billing.

Section 113Q. No automobile club membership shall be made part of any automobile insurance policy, nor shall any automobile club membership fee be included in any automobile insurance policy declarations form or billing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 19
Consent to protective services; interference with provision of services
Status: in_force

Section 19. (a) Any older adult who requests or affirmatively consents to the receipt of protective services may receive said services. If the person withdraws or refuses consent, the service shall not be provided or continued except as provided in section twenty. (b) No person shall interfere with the provision of protective services to an older adult who requests or consents to receive such services. In the event that interference occurs on a continuing basis, the department, a protective services agency, or the public guardian may petition the court to enjoin such interference.

Section 19. (a) Any older adult who requests or affirmatively consents to the receipt of protective services may receive said services. If the person withdraws or refuses consent, the service shall not be provided or continued except as provided in section twenty.

(b) No person shall interfere with the provision of protective services to an older adult who requests or consents to receive such services. In the event that interference occurs on a continuing basis, the department, a protective services agency, or the public guardian may petition the court to enjoin such interference.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 67
Obstruction of entrance or examination by officers; refusal to exhibit items demanded
Status: in_force

Section 67. A licensee under section fifty-nine, or a clerk, agent or other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to admit thereto an officer authorized to enter the same, or who fails to exhibit to him on demand all such motor vehicles, parts thereof, and books, papers and inventories relating thereto, and any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents such officer from entering the premises or from making the examination authorized in the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 67. A licensee under section fifty-nine, or a clerk, agent or other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to admit thereto an officer authorized to enter the same, or who fails to exhibit to him on demand all such motor vehicles, parts thereof, and books, papers and inventories relating thereto, and any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents such officer from entering the premises or from making the examination authorized in the preceding section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 38
Availability for juror service by telephone notice
Status: in_force

Section 38. A grand or trial juror may be permitted by the court to be available for juror service or continued juror service upon telephone notice. A juror who agrees to be available on telephone notice shall provide to the court a telephone number and a named individual by which he may be notified with certainty during court hours to begin or resume his juror service not more than one hour after such notice has been given. Such juror shall conduct his affairs during court hours so that he shall insure his compliance with the conditions of telephone notice.

Section 38. A grand or trial juror may be permitted by the court to be available for juror service or continued juror service upon telephone notice. A juror who agrees to be available on telephone notice shall provide to the court a telephone number and a named individual by which he may be notified with certainty during court hours to begin or resume his juror service not more than one hour after such notice has been given. Such juror shall conduct his affairs during court hours so that he shall insure his compliance with the conditions of telephone notice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 9, sec. 26C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 9 / Section 26C
State register of historic places
Status: in_force

Section 26C. The commission shall establish and maintain a state register of historic places, known as the state register. The state register shall contain the following properties: (1) all districts, sites, buildings, or objects determined eligible for listing or listed in the National Register of Historic Places; (2) all local historic districts established pursuant to chapter forty C or a special law; (3) all landmarks designated under local ordinance or by-law; (4) all structures and sites subject to a preservation easement approved or held by the commission pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and eighty-four; (5) all historical or archeological landmarks certified pursuant to section twenty-seven and (6) all districts, structures, buildings, and sites listed in the state register of historic places pursuant to section twenty-six D. The commission shall periodically update the state register.

Section 26C. The commission shall establish and maintain a state register of historic places, known as the state register. The state register shall contain the following properties: (1) all districts, sites, buildings, or objects determined eligible for listing or listed in the National Register of Historic Places; (2) all local historic districts established pursuant to chapter forty C or a special law; (3) all landmarks designated under local ordinance or by-law; (4) all structures and sites subject to a preservation easement approved or held by the commission pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and eighty-four; (5) all historical or archeological landmarks certified pursuant to section twenty-seven and (6) all districts, structures, buildings, and sites listed in the state register of historic places pursuant to section twenty-six D.

The commission shall periodically update the state register.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 127 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 127
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 127. Whoever violates any provisions of the seven preceding sections, shall, unless otherwise therein provided, forfeit not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. Whoever wilfully injures or defaces any such drawbridge or wharf or pier appurtenant thereto, or any railroad bridge, wharf or pier, shall forfeit not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. Whoever, without the consent of the draw tender, opens or wilfully obstructs the draw, or wilfully makes fast or moors any scow, raft or other vessel in such manner as to obstruct passage to or through said draw, or wilfully hinders a draw tender in the performance of his duties, shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 127. Whoever violates any provisions of the seven preceding sections, shall, unless otherwise therein provided, forfeit not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. Whoever wilfully injures or defaces any such drawbridge or wharf or pier appurtenant thereto, or any railroad bridge, wharf or pier, shall forfeit not less than three nor more than fifty dollars. Whoever, without the consent of the draw tender, opens or wilfully obstructs the draw, or wilfully makes fast or moors any scow, raft or other vessel in such manner as to obstruct passage to or through said draw, or wilfully hinders a draw tender in the performance of his duties, shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 7
Use of words ''credit union'' restricted; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 7. No person, partnership or association, and no corporation, except one incorporated under this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws or the Federal Credit Union Act or one incorporated as a credit union under the laws of any other state and authorized to do business in the commonwealth, shall hereafter receive payments on shares or deposits from its members and loan such payments on shares and deposits in the manner of a credit union or transact business under any name or title containing the words ''credit union''; provided, however, that an association of credit unions or an organization, corporation or association, whose membership or ownership is primarily limited to credit unions, may transact business in accordance with the purposes for which it was established under any name or title containing the words ''credit union''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and the supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section.

Section 7. No person, partnership or association, and no corporation, except one incorporated under this chapter or corresponding provisions of earlier laws or the Federal Credit Union Act or one incorporated as a credit union under the laws of any other state and authorized to do business in the commonwealth, shall hereafter receive payments on shares or deposits from its members and loan such payments on shares and deposits in the manner of a credit union or transact business under any name or title containing the words ''credit union''; provided, however, that an association of credit unions or an organization, corporation or association, whose membership or ownership is primarily limited to credit unions, may transact business in accordance with the purposes for which it was established under any name or title containing the words ''credit union''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and the supreme judicial and superior courts shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 43
Locations for street railways, electric railroads and public utilities within boulevards and reservations; hearing
Status: in_force

Section 43. The commission in consultation with the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable may grant locations to street railways or electric railroads within the boulevards and reservations in its care and control, and may also grant upon, under, along or across such boulevards and reservations such locations as shall be found by order of the commission after public hearing to be required by public convenience and necessity for poles, wires, cables or pipes for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power or for the distribution of gas or for the transmission of intelligence by electricity. No grant of a location to a gas or electric company under the provisions of this and the following section shall affect the rights of parties under sections eighty-six, eighty-seven and eighty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-four in cases involving locations in public ways of a town other than locations upon, under, along or across such boulevards or reservations, but such rights shall be determined without reference to the provisions of this and the four following sections or to the grant of any location thereunder.

Section 43. The commission in consultation with the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable may grant locations to street railways or electric railroads within the boulevards and reservations in its care and control, and may also grant upon, under, along or across such boulevards and reservations such locations as shall be found by order of the commission after public hearing to be required by public convenience and necessity for poles, wires, cables or pipes for the transmission of electricity for light, heat, or power or for the distribution of gas or for the transmission of intelligence by electricity. No grant of a location to a gas or electric company under the provisions of this and the following section shall affect the rights of parties under sections eighty-six, eighty-seven and eighty-eight of chapter one hundred and sixty-four in cases involving locations in public ways of a town other than locations upon, under, along or across such boulevards or reservations, but such rights shall be determined without reference to the provisions of this and the four following sections or to the grant of any location thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 34
Controversies between pilots
Status: in_force

Section 34. All controversies between pilots relative to their mutual rights, privileges and duties shall be referred to and settled by three master pilots, to be chosen by the parties for the purpose.

Section 34. All controversies between pilots relative to their mutual rights, privileges and duties shall be referred to and settled by three master pilots, to be chosen by the parties for the purpose.