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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 12A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 12A
Director of transportation division; powers
Status: in_force

Section 12A. The director of the transportation division may destroy applications filed under this chapter for distinguishing plates, except those of the current calendar year and the year next preceding. He may destroy or dispose of any returned or obsolete distinguishing plates which, in his opinion, are no longer of any value to the commonwealth. He may also destroy or otherwise dispose of certificates, permits or licenses which have been cancelled, revoked or reclassified under the provisions of the General Laws and which have not been effective for five years from the date of such cancellation, revocation or reclassification. He may likewise dispose of or destroy applications for certificates, permits or licenses which have been denied or dismissed after the expiration of five years from the date of such denial or dismissal.

Section 12A. The director of the transportation division may destroy applications filed under this chapter for distinguishing plates, except those of the current calendar year and the year next preceding. He may destroy or dispose of any returned or obsolete distinguishing plates which, in his opinion, are no longer of any value to the commonwealth. He may also destroy or otherwise dispose of certificates, permits or licenses which have been cancelled, revoked or reclassified under the provisions of the General Laws and which have not been effective for five years from the date of such cancellation, revocation or reclassification. He may likewise dispose of or destroy applications for certificates, permits or licenses which have been denied or dismissed after the expiration of five years from the date of such denial or dismissal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 28
Care, custody and repair of ballot boxes, counting apparatus, and voting machines
Status: in_force

Section 28. The clerk of each city or town shall provide therein a place for the safe keeping of the ballot boxes and counting apparatus furnished by the commonwealth, and of voting machines used in such city or town. He shall have the care and custody thereof, and see that they are kept in good order and repair. The custody, care and repair of all such voting machines, ballot boxes and apparatus shall be at the expense of the city or town, but shall be subject to the supervision and control of the state secretary, who may, at the expense of the commonwealth, subject to approval as provided in section thirty-two, cause necessary improvements to be made in any of such voting machines, ballot boxes or apparatus.

Section 28. The clerk of each city or town shall provide therein a place for the safe keeping of the ballot boxes and counting apparatus furnished by the commonwealth, and of voting machines used in such city or town. He shall have the care and custody thereof, and see that they are kept in good order and repair. The custody, care and repair of all such voting machines, ballot boxes and apparatus shall be at the expense of the city or town, but shall be subject to the supervision and control of the state secretary, who may, at the expense of the commonwealth, subject to approval as provided in section thirty-two, cause necessary improvements to be made in any of such voting machines, ballot boxes or apparatus.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 96 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 96
City council; membership; tenure
Status: in_force

Section 96. The city council shall consist of seven or nine members, as provided in this section, all of whom shall, at each regular municipal election, be elected at large for terms of two years each by proportional representation as hereinafter provided and shall serve until their successors are qualified. The city council in any city having seven wards or less at the time of adoption of this plan shall be composed of seven members and the city council in any city having more than seven wards at the time of adoption thereof, nine members. Section eight of chapter thirty-nine shall apply to members of the city council. All trustees or other officers mentioned in section ninety-five shall at each regular municipal election be elected at large for terms of two years each by proportional representation as hereinafter provided.

Section 96. The city council shall consist of seven or nine members, as provided in this section, all of whom shall, at each regular municipal election, be elected at large for terms of two years each by proportional representation as hereinafter provided and shall serve until their successors are qualified. The city council in any city having seven wards or less at the time of adoption of this plan shall be composed of seven members and the city council in any city having more than seven wards at the time of adoption thereof, nine members. Section eight of chapter thirty-nine shall apply to members of the city council. All trustees or other officers mentioned in section ninety-five shall at each regular municipal election be elected at large for terms of two years each by proportional representation as hereinafter provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 51
Publication of information concerning persons receiving aid from governmental agencies forbidden; exceptions; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 51. No town or officer thereof shall publish or disclose in any manner to others than officers of any city, town or other governmental agency or the duly authorized agents of such officers the names of any persons residing in such town who received benefits under chapter one hundred and fifteen, except that a duly incorporated charitable corporation shall be informed, upon its request, as to whether or not any designated person has received such benefits. No department, board or commission, or agent thereof, of a town providing aid, guidance or advice solely to persons who are in active military or naval service during the time of war, or who were formerly in such service, or to the dependents of any such persons, shall furnish any records or information to any social service index, so called, or exchange information with any other agency, except as hereinbefore provided. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 51. No town or officer thereof shall publish or disclose in any manner to others than officers of any city, town or other governmental agency or the duly authorized agents of such officers the names of any persons residing in such town who received benefits under chapter one hundred and fifteen, except that a duly incorporated charitable corporation shall be informed, upon its request, as to whether or not any designated person has received such benefits. No department, board or commission, or agent thereof, of a town providing aid, guidance or advice solely to persons who are in active military or naval service during the time of war, or who were formerly in such service, or to the dependents of any such persons, shall furnish any records or information to any social service index, so called, or exchange information with any other agency, except as hereinbefore provided. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 28B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 28B
Fire patrols in dry areas; authorization; payment of costs
Status: in_force

Section 28B. When the forest fire hazard, as determined by the director of the division of forestry, according to the United States Forest Service standard of classification of fire danger, or its equivalent in any future classification, shall reach a burning index of fifty or higher, the forest warden, within the limits of funds appropriated for such purposes, may, and upon the order of the forester shall cause the forests of such town to be patrolled for the prevention of such fires. The cost of such patrol, if ordered by the forester, shall be paid by said town, subject to reimbursement by the commonwealth, if the valuation of such town does not exceed one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as if incurred for the extinguishment of forest fires as provided in section twenty-four.

Section 28B. When the forest fire hazard, as determined by the director of the division of forestry, according to the United States Forest Service standard of classification of fire danger, or its equivalent in any future classification, shall reach a burning index of fifty or higher, the forest warden, within the limits of funds appropriated for such purposes, may, and upon the order of the forester shall cause the forests of such town to be patrolled for the prevention of such fires. The cost of such patrol, if ordered by the forester, shall be paid by said town, subject to reimbursement by the commonwealth, if the valuation of such town does not exceed one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as if incurred for the extinguishment of forest fires as provided in section twenty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 65A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 65A
Holding stock in railroad car and equipment companies
Status: in_force

Section 65A. A railroad corporation may hold stock in companies which manufacture, construct, sell, assign, lease, repair, equip, supply, maintain or deal in railroad cars and equipment to an amount not exceeding five per cent of its capital stock outstanding.

Section 65A. A railroad corporation may hold stock in companies which manufacture, construct, sell, assign, lease, repair, equip, supply, maintain or deal in railroad cars and equipment to an amount not exceeding five per cent of its capital stock outstanding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 27
Willful misconduct of employee
Status: in_force

Section 27. If the employee is injured by reason of his serious and wilful misconduct, he shall not receive compensation; but this provision shall not bar compensation to his dependents if the injury results in death.

Section 27. If the employee is injured by reason of his serious and wilful misconduct, he shall not receive compensation; but this provision shall not bar compensation to his dependents if the injury results in death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 18
Illegal entry on property maintained for experiments, protection or propagation of fish
Status: in_force

Section 18. No person shall, without right, enter in or upon any building or other structure or any area of land, flats or water, set apart and used by or under authority of the director for conducting scientific experiments or investigations or for the propagation or protection of fish or, contrary to regulations, fish in waters so set apart and used after the director has caused printed notice of such occupation and use and the purposes thereof to be placed in a conspicuous position upon any such building or other structure or adjacent to any such area of land, flats or water. No person shall injure or deface any such building or other structure or any notice so posted, and no person shall injure or deface any property used in any such experiment or investigation or for such purposes or otherwise interfere with any property used in any such experiment or investigation or for such purposes.

Section 18. No person shall, without right, enter in or upon any building or other structure or any area of land, flats or water, set apart and used by or under authority of the director for conducting scientific experiments or investigations or for the propagation or protection of fish or, contrary to regulations, fish in waters so set apart and used after the director has caused printed notice of such occupation and use and the purposes thereof to be placed in a conspicuous position upon any such building or other structure or adjacent to any such area of land, flats or water. No person shall injure or deface any such building or other structure or any notice so posted, and no person shall injure or deface any property used in any such experiment or investigation or for such purposes or otherwise interfere with any property used in any such experiment or investigation or for such purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 146A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 146A
Default in payment of premium on policy of industrial life insurance; notice of non-forfeiture benefit
Status: in_force

Section 146A. In case of any default in the payment of a premium on any policy of industrial life insurance issued or delivered in the commonwealth by any life company occurring after premiums have been paid thereon for three full years, the company, within six months from the due date of the defaulted premium, shall send by mail to the holder thereof, at his last known address, a notice setting forth any non-forfeiture benefit, other than one elected by the holder, in force under such policy when the notice is mailed. An affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent of the company, or anyone authorized by the company to mail the notice required by this section, that such a notice has been duly mailed on behalf of the company shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly mailed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such a policy on the life of a person who, on the due date of the defaulted premium, is not a resident of the commonwealth, unless the premium on the policy prior to the defaulted premium was paid within the commonwealth to the insurer or its agent.

Section 146A. In case of any default in the payment of a premium on any policy of industrial life insurance issued or delivered in the commonwealth by any life company occurring after premiums have been paid thereon for three full years, the company, within six months from the due date of the defaulted premium, shall send by mail to the holder thereof, at his last known address, a notice setting forth any non-forfeiture benefit, other than one elected by the holder, in force under such policy when the notice is mailed. An affidavit of any officer, clerk or agent of the company, or anyone authorized by the company to mail the notice required by this section, that such a notice has been duly mailed on behalf of the company shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly mailed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to such a policy on the life of a person who, on the due date of the defaulted premium, is not a resident of the commonwealth, unless the premium on the policy prior to the defaulted premium was paid within the commonwealth to the insurer or its agent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 18
Laying out; taking; damages
Status: in_force

Section 18. If, after examination, inspection and a hearing, they find that the improvements prayed for are required by the public convenience and necessity they shall so lay out and establish the same as to do as little injury as practicable, and if it is necessary to take private property for such improvements may take it on behalf of such county under chapter seventy-nine. Any person sustaining damage in his property by the laying out or establishment of such improvements shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter.

Section 18. If, after examination, inspection and a hearing, they find that the improvements prayed for are required by the public convenience and necessity they shall so lay out and establish the same as to do as little injury as practicable, and if it is necessary to take private property for such improvements may take it on behalf of such county under chapter seventy-nine. Any person sustaining damage in his property by the laying out or establishment of such improvements shall be entitled to recover the same under said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 21C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 21C
Union conventions; leave of absence
Status: in_force

Section 21C. An employee of a city or town which accepts this section may be granted a leave of absence with pay while attending a convention of an employee union as an officer, delegate or alternate delegate.

Section 21C. An employee of a city or town which accepts this section may be granted a leave of absence with pay while attending a convention of an employee union as an officer, delegate or alternate delegate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 52
Number of votes required
Status: in_force

Article 52. Number of votes required. (a) No person may be convicted of an offense except as provided in subsection (b) of article 45 or by the concurrence of all of the members present at the time the vote is taken. (b) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote, but a determination to reconsider a finding of guilty or to reconsider a sentence, with a view toward decreasing it, may be made by any lesser vote that indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence. A tie vote on a challenge disqualifies the member challenged. A tie vote on a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination in favor of the accused. A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.

Article 52. Number of votes required.

(a) No person may be convicted of an offense except as provided in subsection (b) of article 45 or by the concurrence of all of the members present at the time the vote is taken.

(b) All other questions to be decided by the members of a general or special court-martial shall be determined by a majority vote, but a determination to reconsider a finding of guilty or to reconsider a sentence, with a view toward decreasing it, may be made by any lesser vote that indicates that the reconsideration is not opposed by the number of votes required for that finding or sentence. A tie vote on a challenge disqualifies the member challenged. A tie vote on a motion relating to the question of the accused's sanity is a determination in favor of the accused. A tie vote on any other question is a determination in favor of the accused.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 57B — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 57B
Retirement of police or fire department members under Secs. 56 to 60; creditable service; effective date of section
Status: in_force

Section 57B. A member of a police or fire department of a city, town or a fire or water district who retires under sections 56 to 60, inclusive and who was appointed a reserve police officer or call fire fighter shall, for the purpose of retirement, be entitled to count as creditable service the person's service as a reserve police officer or call fire fighter as the retiring authority shall determine. This section shall take effect: (i) in a city having a Plan E charter, when accepted by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the city council and approved by the city manager; (ii) in the case of other cities, by a 2/3 vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and (iii) in a town, or district by a majority vote at the annual town meeting or district meeting.

Section 57B. A member of a police or fire department of a city, town or a fire or water district who retires under sections 56 to 60, inclusive and who was appointed a reserve police officer or call fire fighter shall, for the purpose of retirement, be entitled to count as creditable service the person's service as a reserve police officer or call fire fighter as the retiring authority shall determine.

This section shall take effect: (i) in a city having a Plan E charter, when accepted by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the city council and approved by the city manager; (ii) in the case of other cities, by a 2/3 vote of the city council and approved by the mayor; and (iii) in a town, or district by a majority vote at the annual town meeting or district meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6D / Section 20
Pediatric behavioral health planning report
Status: in_force

Section 20. Every 3 years, the commission, in collaboration with the department of public health, the department of mental health and the department of developmental services, shall prepare a pediatric behavioral health planning report analyzing the status of pediatric behavioral health in the commonwealth. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a review of data from the online portal established in section 16P of chapter 6A and the reports submitted to the commission pursuant to subsection (f) of said section 16P of said chapter 6A; (ii) an analysis of the availability of pediatric acute psychiatric beds, crisis stabilization unit beds, community-based acute treatment beds, intensive community-based acute treatment beds, continuing care unit beds and post-hospitalization residential beds, broken down by geographic region and by sub-specialty, and an identification of any service limitations; (iii) an analysis of the capacity of the pediatric behavioral health workforce to respond to the acute behavioral health needs of children and adolescents across the commonwealth; (iv) any statutory, regulatory or operational factors that may impact pediatric boarding under said section 16P of said chapter 6A; and (v) any other information deemed relevant by the commission. The report shall be published on the commission's website.

Section 20. Every 3 years, the commission, in collaboration with the department of public health, the department of mental health and the department of developmental services, shall prepare a pediatric behavioral health planning report analyzing the status of pediatric behavioral health in the commonwealth. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a review of data from the online portal established in section 16P of chapter 6A and the reports submitted to the commission pursuant to subsection (f) of said section 16P of said chapter 6A; (ii) an analysis of the availability of pediatric acute psychiatric beds, crisis stabilization unit beds, community-based acute treatment beds, intensive community-based acute treatment beds, continuing care unit beds and post-hospitalization residential beds, broken down by geographic region and by sub-specialty, and an identification of any service limitations; (iii) an analysis of the capacity of the pediatric behavioral health workforce to respond to the acute behavioral health needs of children and adolescents across the commonwealth; (iv) any statutory, regulatory or operational factors that may impact pediatric boarding under said section 16P of said chapter 6A; and (v) any other information deemed relevant by the commission. The report shall be published on the commission's website.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 79
Conviction of lesser included offense
Status: in_force

Article 79. Conviction of lesser included offense. An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.

Article 79. Conviction of lesser included offense.

An accused may be found guilty of an offense necessarily included in the offense charged or of an attempt to commit either the offense charged or an offense necessarily included therein.