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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 20
Inspection of returns, books, accounts and other records in possession of commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 20. Returns shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner, and his deputies, assistants and clerks when acting under his authority. The books, accounts and other records in the hands of the commissioner, except returns, shall be open to the inspection of the state auditor, and his deputies, assistants and clerks when acting under his authority for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the commissioner.

Section 20. Returns shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner, and his deputies, assistants and clerks when acting under his authority. The books, accounts and other records in the hands of the commissioner, except returns, shall be open to the inspection of the state auditor, and his deputies, assistants and clerks when acting under his authority for the purpose of auditing the accounts of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 162 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 162
Federally employed acupuncturists; treatment by physical therapists
Status: in_force

Section 162. Nothing contained in sections one hundred and forty-nine to one hundred and sixty-two, inclusive, shall prohibit any person employed as an acupuncturist by an agency of the federal government from practicing acupuncture while discharging his official duties as such employee. Nothing contained herein shall prevent physical therapists from practicing transcutaneous nerve stimulation, the stimulation of muscle contractions for the purpose of diagnosis or rehabilitation, or other techniques in the context of standard Western Medical Procedure and neither defined as nor held out to be acupuncture. Nothing contained herein shall prevent licensed physicians from practicing acupuncture.

Section 162. Nothing contained in sections one hundred and forty-nine to one hundred and sixty-two, inclusive, shall prohibit any person employed as an acupuncturist by an agency of the federal government from practicing acupuncture while discharging his official duties as such employee. Nothing contained herein shall prevent physical therapists from practicing transcutaneous nerve stimulation, the stimulation of muscle contractions for the purpose of diagnosis or rehabilitation, or other techniques in the context of standard Western Medical Procedure and neither defined as nor held out to be acupuncture. Nothing contained herein shall prevent licensed physicians from practicing acupuncture.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 9
Utilization plans for acquired property
Status: in_force

Section 9. The department shall make, and, so far as practicable, put into execution, comprehensive plans providing, on the lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the commonwealth in Boston harbor, adequate piers, capable of accommodating the largest vessels, and in connection with such piers suitable highways, waterways, railroad connections and storage yards, and sites for warehouses and industrial establishments.

Section 9. The department shall make, and, so far as practicable, put into execution, comprehensive plans providing, on the lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the commonwealth in Boston harbor, adequate piers, capable of accommodating the largest vessels, and in connection with such piers suitable highways, waterways, railroad connections and storage yards, and sites for warehouses and industrial establishments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 22
Accrual of right or title to land; limitation
Status: in_force

Section 22. If such right or title first accrued to an ancestor or predecessor of the person who brings the action or makes the entry, or to any other person under whom he claims, the twenty years shall be computed from the time when the right or title so first accrued.

Section 22. If such right or title first accrued to an ancestor or predecessor of the person who brings the action or makes the entry, or to any other person under whom he claims, the twenty years shall be computed from the time when the right or title so first accrued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 61
Establishment of industries
Status: in_force

Section 61. The commissioner shall endeavor to establish in all institutions under his jurisdiction such industries as will enable prisoners employed therein to learn valuable trades.

Section 61. The commissioner shall endeavor to establish in all institutions under his jurisdiction such industries as will enable prisoners employed therein to learn valuable trades.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62F, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62F / Section 4
Adjustments to allowable state tax revenues
Status: in_force

Section 4. Allowable state tax revenues for a fiscal year shall be reduced, if, after the effective date of this chapter, by an enactment of the general court, authority is granted to local governmental units by local option or otherwise to impose or levy a new, or to increase an existing, tax or excise. The amount by which allowable state tax revenues for such fiscal year shall be reduced shall be as nearly as possible equal to the additional amount of revenues to be derived by local governmental units by the tax or excise as determined by the Commissioner. Provided, however, that any reduction in allowable state tax revenues for a fiscal year required by this subsection shall first occur in the allowable state tax revenues for the fiscal year beginning immediately after the effective date of the enactment of the general court which gives rise to the reduction herein required.

Section 4. Allowable state tax revenues for a fiscal year shall be reduced, if, after the effective date of this chapter, by an enactment of the general court, authority is granted to local governmental units by local option or otherwise to impose or levy a new, or to increase an existing, tax or excise. The amount by which allowable state tax revenues for such fiscal year shall be reduced shall be as nearly as possible equal to the additional amount of revenues to be derived by local governmental units by the tax or excise as determined by the Commissioner. Provided, however, that any reduction in allowable state tax revenues for a fiscal year required by this subsection shall first occur in the allowable state tax revenues for the fiscal year beginning immediately after the effective date of the enactment of the general court which gives rise to the reduction herein required.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 51F — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 51F
Leasing of land at airports
Status: in_force

Section 51F. Any airport commission may let or lease, for a period not exceeding twenty years, those land areas at any airport under its control which are used for airport purposes, under such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, for hangars, shops, storage, industrial purposes, offices and other space rental, and for concessions, and may lease any other areas at such an airport for any purpose. With the approval of the mayor and the city council in cities or the approval of a town meeting, as the case may be, said commission may so let or lease for a longer period; provided, that no such airport in the cities of New Bedford and Beverly shall be let or leased except with the approval of the mayor and the city council, or in the town of Southbridge by vote of the town.

Section 51F. Any airport commission may let or lease, for a period not exceeding twenty years, those land areas at any airport under its control which are used for airport purposes, under such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, for hangars, shops, storage, industrial purposes, offices and other space rental, and for concessions, and may lease any other areas at such an airport for any purpose. With the approval of the mayor and the city council in cities or the approval of a town meeting, as the case may be, said commission may so let or lease for a longer period; provided, that no such airport in the cities of New Bedford and Beverly shall be let or leased except with the approval of the mayor and the city council, or in the town of Southbridge by vote of the town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 52
Compensation of school committee members
Status: in_force

Section 52. The school committee shall serve without compensation, except that a member of a school committee of a city, town, regional school district or superintendency union may be compensated for his services by a majority vote of the city council in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter; in a city not having a Plan D or Plan E charter by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter of such a city; in a town by a majority vote at a town meeting; and in a regional school district or school superintendency by a majority vote of the voting member towns authorized at their respective town meetings, the amount of such compensation, in each case, to be set by the respective cities, towns or groups of towns. No member of a school committee in any town shall be eligible to the position of teacher, or superintendent of public schools therein, or in any union school or superintendency union or district in which his town participates.

Section 52. The school committee shall serve without compensation, except that a member of a school committee of a city, town, regional school district or superintendency union may be compensated for his services by a majority vote of the city council in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter; in a city not having a Plan D or Plan E charter by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter of such a city; in a town by a majority vote at a town meeting; and in a regional school district or school superintendency by a majority vote of the voting member towns authorized at their respective town meetings, the amount of such compensation, in each case, to be set by the respective cities, towns or groups of towns. No member of a school committee in any town shall be eligible to the position of teacher, or superintendent of public schools therein, or in any union school or superintendency union or district in which his town participates.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 182, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 182 / Section 7
Investigation or examination of trusts owning or holding stock in certain public utilities; access to information
Status: in_force

Section 7. The department may by its members or duly authorized employees investigate and examine the books, accounts, contracts, records and memoranda of the trustees of any association or trust, who own or hold the capital stock or any part thereof of a railroad, street railway, electric railroad or elevated railway corporation, gas, electric or water company, or corporation engaged in the common carriage of passengers by motor vehicle, and may require said trustees to furnish such reports and information as the department shall from time to time direct with respect to the relations and dealings between such trustees and any such corporation or company.

Section 7. The department may by its members or duly authorized employees investigate and examine the books, accounts, contracts, records and memoranda of the trustees of any association or trust, who own or hold the capital stock or any part thereof of a railroad, street railway, electric railroad or elevated railway corporation, gas, electric or water company, or corporation engaged in the common carriage of passengers by motor vehicle, and may require said trustees to furnish such reports and information as the department shall from time to time direct with respect to the relations and dealings between such trustees and any such corporation or company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 122 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 122
Notice against trespassers; defacement; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 122. Whoever wilfully tears down, removes or defaces any notice posted on land, or other property described in section one hundred and twenty, by the owner, lessee or custodian thereof, warning persons not to trespass thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

Section 122. Whoever wilfully tears down, removes or defaces any notice posted on land, or other property described in section one hundred and twenty, by the owner, lessee or custodian thereof, warning persons not to trespass thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 27A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 27A
Kidnapping of minor or incompetent by relative; venue
Status: in_force

Section 27A. A crime described in section twenty-six A may be tried in the county where committed or in a county in or to which the person so taken or enticed is held, carried to, or brought.

Section 27A. A crime described in section twenty-six A may be tried in the county where committed or in a county in or to which the person so taken or enticed is held, carried to, or brought.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 20
Verification of savings accounts
Status: in_force

Section 20. At least once in each three year period, every bank shall cause its savings accounts to be verified, to such an extent and in such manner as the commissioner shall require, and under such rules as he may prescribe.

Section 20. At least once in each three year period, every bank shall cause its savings accounts to be verified, to such an extent and in such manner as the commissioner shall require, and under such rules as he may prescribe.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 31
Interim distributions
Status: in_force

Section 31. Except as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-eight, inclusive, a partner is entitled to receive distributions from a limited partnership before his withdrawal from the limited partnership and before the dissolution and closing of its affairs to the extent and at the times or upon the happening of the events specified in the partnership agreement.

Section 31. Except as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-eight, inclusive, a partner is entitled to receive distributions from a limited partnership before his withdrawal from the limited partnership and before the dissolution and closing of its affairs to the extent and at the times or upon the happening of the events specified in the partnership agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18 / Section 20
Purchase of home or income producing property
Status: in_force

Section 20. The department may, after approval by the commissioner, authorize the purchase of a home by a recipient where suitable public or private rental accommodations cannot be found. The department shall have a lien on the property so purchased to the extent of assistance granted toward the purchase of such home. In no event shall such authorization be given for the purchase of income producing property.

Section 20. The department may, after approval by the commissioner, authorize the purchase of a home by a recipient where suitable public or private rental accommodations cannot be found.

The department shall have a lien on the property so purchased to the extent of assistance granted toward the purchase of such home. In no event shall such authorization be given for the purchase of income producing property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 103 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 103
Compensation for houses and stores impressed
Status: in_force

Section 103. If a sheriff or other officer impresses or takes up any houses, stores, lodging or other necessaries, or impresses men, the town where such persons or property are so impressed shall pay a just compensation to the persons entitled thereto. Compensation for taking or impressing property may be recovered under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 103. If a sheriff or other officer impresses or takes up any houses, stores, lodging or other necessaries, or impresses men, the town where such persons or property are so impressed shall pay a just compensation to the persons entitled thereto. Compensation for taking or impressing property may be recovered under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90C, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90C / Section 2A
Citation issuing authority of campus police; record-keeping and data collection requirements
Status: in_force

Section 2A. The authority for police officers appointed by the trustees of the commonwealth's state universities and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A to issue citations under this chapter shall be limited to the issuance of citations for violations occurring on the property of state universities and community colleges. Separate record-keeping and data collection, including, but not limited to, racial or gender profiling data collection and analysis required under section 63 of chapter 90, shall be performed by such campus police departments, separate from those conducted by any municipal police department or the state police.

Section 2A. The authority for police officers appointed by the trustees of the commonwealth's state universities and community colleges under section 22 of chapter 15A to issue citations under this chapter shall be limited to the issuance of citations for violations occurring on the property of state universities and community colleges. Separate record-keeping and data collection, including, but not limited to, racial or gender profiling data collection and analysis required under section 63 of chapter 90, shall be performed by such campus police departments, separate from those conducted by any municipal police department or the state police.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2YYY — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2YYY
Courts Capital Project Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2YYY. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Courts Capital Project Fund, in this section referred to as the fund. The fund shall be credited: (i) the portion of any net cash proceeds from the conveyance, lease or other disposition of any surplus court facilities vacated and determined to be surplus by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance as a result of or in anticipation of the construction of new court facilities or the consolidation of court facilities in the cities of Cambridge, Lowell, Salem and Worcester; (ii) any appropriations; (iii) bond proceeds; or (iv) other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund. The comptroller shall disburse amounts in the fund at the direction of the secretary of administration and finance, without further appropriation, for the purpose of paying costs of, or paying down any portion of the debt incurred to pay costs related to the acquisition, temporary leasing or the construction of any replacement court facilities. The inspector general of the commonwealth shall make an annual oversight inquiry and report on the Capital Courts Project Fund and its disbursements. Said report shall be provided to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, chairs of house and senate committees on ways and means and chairs of the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets.

Section 2YYY. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Courts Capital Project Fund, in this section referred to as the fund. The fund shall be credited: (i) the portion of any net cash proceeds from the conveyance, lease or other disposition of any surplus court facilities vacated and determined to be surplus by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance as a result of or in anticipation of the construction of new court facilities or the consolidation of court facilities in the cities of Cambridge, Lowell, Salem and Worcester; (ii) any appropriations; (iii) bond proceeds; or (iv) other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund. The comptroller shall disburse amounts in the fund at the direction of the secretary of administration and finance, without further appropriation, for the purpose of paying costs of, or paying down any portion of the debt incurred to pay costs related to the acquisition, temporary leasing or the construction of any replacement court facilities. The inspector general of the commonwealth shall make an annual oversight inquiry and report on the Capital Courts Project Fund and its disbursements. Said report shall be provided to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, chairs of house and senate committees on ways and means and chairs of the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 68A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 68A
Foreperson
Status: in_force

Section 68A. After a jury has been impanelled and sworn, the court shall appoint a foreperson.

Section 68A. After a jury has been impanelled and sworn, the court shall appoint a foreperson.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 56
Inventor of the commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 56. Benjamin Franklin shall be the official inventor of the commonwealth.

Section 56. Benjamin Franklin shall be the official inventor of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 42
Demand on absent trustee; service
Status: in_force

Section 42. If the trustee cannot be found in the commonwealth by the officer to whom the execution is committed for service, a copy of the execution left at his dwelling house or at his last and usual place of abode, with a notice to him, endorsed thereon and signed by the officer, that he is required to pay and deliver, toward satisfying the execution, the goods, effects and credits for which he is liable shall be a sufficient demand for the purposes of the two preceding sections.

Section 42. If the trustee cannot be found in the commonwealth by the officer to whom the execution is committed for service, a copy of the execution left at his dwelling house or at his last and usual place of abode, with a notice to him, endorsed thereon and signed by the officer, that he is required to pay and deliver, toward satisfying the execution, the goods, effects and credits for which he is liable shall be a sufficient demand for the purposes of the two preceding sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 161 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 161
Account of expenditures by parole board agents
Status: in_force

Section 161. The commissioner shall cause an account to be kept of the money expended by the agents for the necessary expenses of the service required by sections one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine, for correspondence and travel in procuring employment for and furnishing clothing, board and tools to discharged prisoners and for conveying them to their homes or places of employment, which, upon approval by the comptroller, shall be paid at the end of each month.

Section 161. The commissioner shall cause an account to be kept of the money expended by the agents for the necessary expenses of the service required by sections one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine, for correspondence and travel in procuring employment for and furnishing clothing, board and tools to discharged prisoners and for conveying them to their homes or places of employment, which, upon approval by the comptroller, shall be paid at the end of each month.