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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 169, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 169 / Section 12
Revocation, suspension or surrender of licenses
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

Section 12. The commissioner may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to this chapter if he finds that: (a) the licensee has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder or any other law applicable to the conduct of such business; or (b) any fact or condition exists which, if it had existed at the time of the original application for such license, would have warranted the commissioner to refuse to issue such license.

Except as provided in section thirteen, no license shall be revoked or suspended except after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter thirty A.

A licensee may surrender any license by delivering to the commissioner written notice thereof and such surrender shall not affect the civil or criminal liability of such licensee for acts committed before the effective date of such surrender. No revocation, suspension or surrender of any license shall impair or affect the obligation of any pre-existing contract between the licensee and any other person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175F, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175F / Section 5
Rights, obligations and responsibilities of fund and trustee
Status: in_force

Section 5. A fund and a trustee of such fund shall have the rights and shall be subject to the legal responsibilities and obligations applicable to a trust and trustee under the General Laws, except to the extent such rights, obligations and responsibilities are in conflict with this chapter.

Section 5. A fund and a trustee of such fund shall have the rights and shall be subject to the legal responsibilities and obligations applicable to a trust and trustee under the General Laws, except to the extent such rights, obligations and responsibilities are in conflict with this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 5D — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 5D
Trade secrets, confidential information; protection from disclosure; burden of proof
Status: in_force

Section 5D. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause Twenty-sixth of section seven of chapter four and section ten of chapter sixty-six, the department may protect from public disclosure, trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive or other proprietary information provided in the course of proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter. There shall be a presumption that the information for which such protection is sought is public information and the burden shall be upon the proponent of such protection to prove the need for such protection. Where such a need has been found to exist, the department shall protect only so much of the information as is necessary to meet such need. The department shall promulgate procedural rules and regulations consistent with this section as it deems necessary to implement the provisions hereof.

Section 5D. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause Twenty-sixth of section seven of chapter four and section ten of chapter sixty-six, the department may protect from public disclosure, trade secrets, confidential, competitively sensitive or other proprietary information provided in the course of proceedings conducted pursuant to this chapter. There shall be a presumption that the information for which such protection is sought is public information and the burden shall be upon the proponent of such protection to prove the need for such protection. Where such a need has been found to exist, the department shall protect only so much of the information as is necessary to meet such need. The department shall promulgate procedural rules and regulations consistent with this section as it deems necessary to implement the provisions hereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14A
Effect of Massachusetts Antitrust Act upon consumer protection laws
Status: in_force

Section 14A. The Massachusetts Antitrust Act shall have no effect upon the provisions of chapter ninety-three A, except as explicitly provided in said chapter ninety-three A.

Section 14A. The Massachusetts Antitrust Act shall have no effect upon the provisions of chapter ninety-three A, except as explicitly provided in said chapter ninety-three A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 157 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 157
Violation of Sec. 155; interference with inspectors
Status: in_force

Section 157. Violation of any provision of section one hundred and fifty-five shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. Whoever interferes with an inspector in the discharge of his duties in connection with the two preceding sections shall be punished as provided in this section.

Section 157. Violation of any provision of section one hundred and fifty-five shall for the first offence be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. Whoever interferes with an inspector in the discharge of his duties in connection with the two preceding sections shall be punished as provided in this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 47
Effective date of plan
Status: in_force

Section 47. Upon the adoption of Plan A, it shall become operative as provided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive.

Section 47. Upon the adoption of Plan A, it shall become operative as provided in sections one to forty-five, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268A / Section 22
Opinions of corporation counsel, city solicitor or town counsel
Status: in_force

Section 22. Any municipal employee shall be entitled to the opinion of the corporation counsel, city solicitor or town counsel upon any question arising under this chapter relating to the duties, responsibilities and interests of such employee. All requests for such opinions by a subordinate municipal employee shall be made in confidence directly to the chief officer of the municipal agency in which he is employed, who shall in turn request in confidence such opinion of the corporation counsel, city solicitor or town counsel on behalf of such subordinate municipal employee, and all constitutional officers and chief officers or heads of municipal agencies may make direct confidential requests for such opinions on their own account. The town counsel or city solicitor shall file such opinion in writing with the city or town clerk and such opinion shall be a matter of public record; however, no opinion will be rendered by the town counsel or city solicitor except upon the submission of detailed existing facts which raise a question of actual or prospective violation of any provision of this chapter.

Section 22. Any municipal employee shall be entitled to the opinion of the corporation counsel, city solicitor or town counsel upon any question arising under this chapter relating to the duties, responsibilities and interests of such employee. All requests for such opinions by a subordinate municipal employee shall be made in confidence directly to the chief officer of the municipal agency in which he is employed, who shall in turn request in confidence such opinion of the corporation counsel, city solicitor or town counsel on behalf of such subordinate municipal employee, and all constitutional officers and chief officers or heads of municipal agencies may make direct confidential requests for such opinions on their own account. The town counsel or city solicitor shall file such opinion in writing with the city or town clerk and such opinion shall be a matter of public record; however, no opinion will be rendered by the town counsel or city solicitor except upon the submission of detailed existing facts which raise a question of actual or prospective violation of any provision of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 41
Removal of wires without notice; exception
Status: in_force

Section 41. The two preceding sections shall not apply to any wires attached to poles not erected in compliance with law.

Section 41. The two preceding sections shall not apply to any wires attached to poles not erected in compliance with law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 3
Courts and their jurisdictions; general provisions
Status: in_force

Section 3. Probate courts shall have jurisdiction of probate of wills, of granting administration on the estates of persons who at the time of their decease were inhabitants of or residents in their respective counties and of persons who die out of the commonwealth leaving estate to be administered within their respective counties; of the appointment of guardians and conservators; of all matters relative to the estates of such deceased persons and wards; of petitions for the adoption of children, and for change of names; of proceedings transferred to it under the provisions of section four A of chapter two hundred and eleven; and of such other matters as have been or may be placed within their jurisdiction. Whenever service of any notice, summons, citation, order or other process in any of the foregoing proceedings is ordered to be made by publication the names of the estates or parties to such proceedings shall be printed in bold type. Probate courts have exclusive original jurisdiction of actions for divorce or for affirming or annulling marriage. Probate courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all actions concerning the execution and validity of health care proxies created under chapter 201D and caregiver authorization affidavits created under chapter 201F or disputes arising thereunder.

Section 3. Probate courts shall have jurisdiction of probate of wills, of granting administration on the estates of persons who at the time of their decease were inhabitants of or residents in their respective counties and of persons who die out of the commonwealth leaving estate to be administered within their respective counties; of the appointment of guardians and conservators; of all matters relative to the estates of such deceased persons and wards; of petitions for the adoption of children, and for change of names; of proceedings transferred to it under the provisions of section four A of chapter two hundred and eleven; and of such other matters as have been or may be placed within their jurisdiction. Whenever service of any notice, summons, citation, order or other process in any of the foregoing proceedings is ordered to be made by publication the names of the estates or parties to such proceedings shall be printed in bold type.

Probate courts have exclusive original jurisdiction of actions for divorce or for affirming or annulling marriage.

Probate courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all actions concerning the execution and validity of health care proxies created under chapter 201D and caregiver authorization affidavits created under chapter 201F or disputes arising thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 49
Joining persons in marriage without certificate; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 49. Whoever, being duly authorized to solemnize marriages in the commonwealth, joins in marriage persons who have not complied with the laws relative to procuring certificates of notice of intention of marriage shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 49. Whoever, being duly authorized to solemnize marriages in the commonwealth, joins in marriage persons who have not complied with the laws relative to procuring certificates of notice of intention of marriage shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 88
Agreements and contributions for improvement of public ways, bridges or streams
Status: in_force

Section 88. The division may join with any city, town or county in the laying out, improvement, relocation, widening, repairing, maintaining and caring for any public way, bridge or stream which lies along or connects any reservation or boulevard owned or controlled by the division, and in the expense of such work, and for such purposes or any of them, may make contribution to such city, town or county by a grant of land or rights in land, although the same be already a boulevard, or by payment of money for its portion of such expense.

Section 88. The division may join with any city, town or county in the laying out, improvement, relocation, widening, repairing, maintaining and caring for any public way, bridge or stream which lies along or connects any reservation or boulevard owned or controlled by the division, and in the expense of such work, and for such purposes or any of them, may make contribution to such city, town or county by a grant of land or rights in land, although the same be already a boulevard, or by payment of money for its portion of such expense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 7Z — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 7Z
Entry on premises of inspection stations; examination of records
Status: in_force

Section 7Z. The registrar, the commissioner, or their designees, may enter any licensed inspection station, or fleet inspection station, during regular business hours and may examine any records of such station for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections seven A, seven N, seven V and seven W. The commissioner shall establish procedures for the enforcement of the rules and regulations established under section one hundred and forty-two J of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.

Section 7Z. The registrar, the commissioner, or their designees, may enter any licensed inspection station, or fleet inspection station, during regular business hours and may examine any records of such station for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections seven A, seven N, seven V and seven W. The commissioner shall establish procedures for the enforcement of the rules and regulations established under section one hundred and forty-two J of chapter one hundred and eleven of the General Laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43A / Section 12
General meetings authorized; limitations of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 12. This chapter shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of the town to hold general meetings, as secured to them by the constitution of this commonwealth; nor shall this chapter confer upon any representative town meeting in any town the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or substantially changing its form of government without action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check list therefor.

Section 12. This chapter shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of the town to hold general meetings, as secured to them by the constitution of this commonwealth; nor shall this chapter confer upon any representative town meeting in any town the power finally to commit the town to any measure affecting its municipal existence or substantially changing its form of government without action thereon by the voters of the town at large, using the ballot and the check list therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 83
Sparrows and starlings
Status: in_force

Section 83. Officers in charge of public buildings in cities and such officers as the selectmen designate and appoint in towns may take such reasonable means and use such appliances, except poison, as in their judgment will effectively exterminate Engligh sparrows and starlings in such cities and towns, but nothing herein shall authorize an officer to enter on private property without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof. A person shall not willfully resist such officers while engaged in such duties or knowingly interfere with the means used by them for such purpose.

Section 83. Officers in charge of public buildings in cities and such officers as the selectmen designate and appoint in towns may take such reasonable means and use such appliances, except poison, as in their judgment will effectively exterminate Engligh sparrows and starlings in such cities and towns, but nothing herein shall authorize an officer to enter on private property without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof. A person shall not willfully resist such officers while engaged in such duties or knowingly interfere with the means used by them for such purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 84
Insufficient service of process; dismissal of action or further service
Status: in_force

Section 84. If in a civil action the defendant makes a motion to dismiss the action for insufficient service of process, the court may dismiss the action without prejudice or may quash the process and allow the issuance and service of new process in accordance with the applicable rules of court.

Section 84. If in a civil action the defendant makes a motion to dismiss the action for insufficient service of process, the court may dismiss the action without prejudice or may quash the process and allow the issuance and service of new process in accordance with the applicable rules of court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231A / Section 5
Further relief
Status: in_force

Section 5. Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application be deemed sufficient the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith. In addition to the foregoing when a decree has already been entered declaring an administrative practice or procedure as defined in section two to be illegal, and a person not a party to the original action involving said practice or procedure is adversely affected by the same or similar practice or procedure by the same agency, said person may seek relief under this chapter by filing a petition for contempt against the agency or agent continuing said practice or procedure after the entry of said decree.

Section 5. Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application be deemed sufficient the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith.

In addition to the foregoing when a decree has already been entered declaring an administrative practice or procedure as defined in section two to be illegal, and a person not a party to the original action involving said practice or procedure is adversely affected by the same or similar practice or procedure by the same agency, said person may seek relief under this chapter by filing a petition for contempt against the agency or agent continuing said practice or procedure after the entry of said decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 56
Program for expansion of not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction
Status: in_force

Section 56. The district trustees shall establish a program, in collaboration with the advisory committee, the director of the department of career services and a representative of the local workforce investment board, to expand not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided through contracts with commonwealth employers. The program shall allow interested business partners to sponsor a prospective or current employee for training provided by the vocational school at the expense of the employer. Each vocational school shall report not later than December 31 annually to the commissioner of education on the level of not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided in the preceding fiscal year and the anticipated level of such instruction in the current fiscal year. The report shall detail enrollment levels, revenues received, sources of revenues, recruitment tools, the number of service contracts established with commonwealth employers and such other information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive report of the information and present copies of the report to the board of higher education and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development not later than March 31 annually.

Section 56. The district trustees shall establish a program, in collaboration with the advisory committee, the director of the department of career services and a representative of the local workforce investment board, to expand not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided through contracts with commonwealth employers. The program shall allow interested business partners to sponsor a prospective or current employee for training provided by the vocational school at the expense of the employer. Each vocational school shall report not later than December 31 annually to the commissioner of education on the level of not-for-credit vocationally-oriented instruction provided in the preceding fiscal year and the anticipated level of such instruction in the current fiscal year. The report shall detail enrollment levels, revenues received, sources of revenues, recruitment tools, the number of service contracts established with commonwealth employers and such other information as the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall prepare a comprehensive report of the information and present copies of the report to the board of higher education and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on labor and workforce development not later than March 31 annually.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 13N — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 13N
Foreign offices for international trade; leasing of office space and equipment
Status: in_force

Section 13N. The executive director of the international trade office may, subject to appropriation, enter into leases for office space as may be necessary and to purchase or lease equipment as may be needed for the operation of foreign offices.

Section 13N. The executive director of the international trade office may, subject to appropriation, enter into leases for office space as may be necessary and to purchase or lease equipment as may be needed for the operation of foreign offices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12JJ — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12JJ
Visiting Nurse Association Week
Status: in_force

Section 12JJ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in May as Visiting Nurse Association Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12JJ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in May as Visiting Nurse Association Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.