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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 8
Duties relative to common carriers; expenditures
Status: in_force

Section 8. For the performance of the department's duties relative to common carriers the commission may expend annually such sums to procure opinions, advice, plans, surveys, appraisals, audits, examinations, statistics, information, apparatus, instruments, books, tables, maps, drawings, supplies, sundries, and for travel within or without the commonwealth and expense incidental thereto, as it may from time to time deem requisite in the performance of its duties. It may from time to time cause to be made a compilation with annotations of the statutes of this commonwealth relating to common carriers.

Section 8. For the performance of the department's duties relative to common carriers the commission may expend annually such sums to procure opinions, advice, plans, surveys, appraisals, audits, examinations, statistics, information, apparatus, instruments, books, tables, maps, drawings, supplies, sundries, and for travel within or without the commonwealth and expense incidental thereto, as it may from time to time deem requisite in the performance of its duties. It may from time to time cause to be made a compilation with annotations of the statutes of this commonwealth relating to common carriers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 3
By-laws; rules and regulations; contracts with governmental agencies
Status: in_force

Section 3. The by-laws of an optometric service corporation may contain any lawful provisions approved by the commissioner and shall provide that a majority of the directors shall at all times be persons approved in writing by an optometric society incorporated in the commonwealth not less than five years and having not less than four hundred registered optometrists as members, and that not less than one third of the directors shall be persons who are or who agree to become subscribers to the non-profit optometric service plan. The by-laws of such a corporation may define the qualifications of those persons eligible to become subscribers as provided in section five. Any such corporation may adopt such rules and regulations as may be consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Any optometric service corporation may contract with any agency of the United States of America, of the commonwealth or of any city or town within the commonwealth for the purpose of providing optometric service.

Section 3. The by-laws of an optometric service corporation may contain any lawful provisions approved by the commissioner and shall provide that a majority of the directors shall at all times be persons approved in writing by an optometric society incorporated in the commonwealth not less than five years and having not less than four hundred registered optometrists as members, and that not less than one third of the directors shall be persons who are or who agree to become subscribers to the non-profit optometric service plan. The by-laws of such a corporation may define the qualifications of those persons eligible to become subscribers as provided in section five. Any such corporation may adopt such rules and regulations as may be consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Any optometric service corporation may contract with any agency of the United States of America, of the commonwealth or of any city or town within the commonwealth for the purpose of providing optometric service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121C, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121C / Section 16
Provisions inconsistent with other law controlling
Status: in_force

Section 16. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general or special, excluding any state or the municipal building code and the municipal zoning code, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.

Section 16. Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, general or special, excluding any state or the municipal building code and the municipal zoning code, the provisions of this chapter shall be controlling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 21
Authorization necessary to transfer franchise, lease works or contract to carry on works
Status: in_force

Section 21. A corporation subject to this chapter shall not, except as otherwise expressly provided, transfer its franchise, lease its works or contract with any person, association or corporation to carry on its works, without the authority of the general court.

Section 21. A corporation subject to this chapter shall not, except as otherwise expressly provided, transfer its franchise, lease its works or contract with any person, association or corporation to carry on its works, without the authority of the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 17
Restraint of erection or use of buildings in violation of statute or regulations
Status: in_force

Section 17. The supreme judicial or superior court may restrain the erection, occupation or use of a building in violation of section thirteen or of any regulation made thereunder.

Section 17. The supreme judicial or superior court may restrain the erection, occupation or use of a building in violation of section thirteen or of any regulation made thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 18
Classes of rates established by carrier; special rates
Status: in_force

Section 18. Subject to the powers of the department to regulate and prescribe rates and charges, a common carrier may make commodity, transit or other classes of rates. The furnishing by any common carrier of any service at the rates and upon the terms and conditions provided for in any existing contract executed prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall not constitute a discrimination unless the department so determines. The department shall not be prevented from taking such action as it deems proper by any commitment or agreement of a common carrier entered into by reason of any requirement or recommendation of any board or public officers acting under delegated authority from the general court prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Unless the department determines otherwise, common carriers shall be permitted, whether required to do so by law or not, to issue mileage, workingmen's, excursion, school or commutation passenger tickets, or reduced rate tickets for the transportation of children under twelve years of age or of pupils attending school, or joint interchangeable mileage tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggage which may be carried under mileage tickets of five hundred miles or more. All season tickets, before issuance, shall be subject to the approval of the department as to the form thereof and the conditions named therein.

Section 18. Subject to the powers of the department to regulate and prescribe rates and charges, a common carrier may make commodity, transit or other classes of rates. The furnishing by any common carrier of any service at the rates and upon the terms and conditions provided for in any existing contract executed prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, shall not constitute a discrimination unless the department so determines. The department shall not be prevented from taking such action as it deems proper by any commitment or agreement of a common carrier entered into by reason of any requirement or recommendation of any board or public officers acting under delegated authority from the general court prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Unless the department determines otherwise, common carriers shall be permitted, whether required to do so by law or not, to issue mileage, workingmen's, excursion, school or commutation passenger tickets, or reduced rate tickets for the transportation of children under twelve years of age or of pupils attending school, or joint interchangeable mileage tickets, with special privileges as to the amount of free baggage which may be carried under mileage tickets of five hundred miles or more. All season tickets, before issuance, shall be subject to the approval of the department as to the form thereof and the conditions named therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 303H — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 303H
Minimum standards of strength and quality for anti-freeze; adulteration
Status: in_force

Section 303H. The division shall establish minimum standards of strength and quality for anti-freeze. An anti-freeze shall be deemed to be adulterated if it consists in whole or in part of any substance which will render it injurious to the cooling system of an internal combustion engine or will make the operation of the engine dangerous to the user; or if its strength, quality, or purity falls below the minimum standards of strength and of quality, as established by the director of the division.

Section 303H. The division shall establish minimum standards of strength and quality for anti-freeze. An anti-freeze shall be deemed to be adulterated if it consists in whole or in part of any substance which will render it injurious to the cooling system of an internal combustion engine or will make the operation of the engine dangerous to the user; or if its strength, quality, or purity falls below the minimum standards of strength and of quality, as established by the director of the division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 33
Rules and regulations promulgated by town boards; filing
Status: in_force

Section 33. A copy of all rules and regulations made by town boards or officers for which a penalty is provided by law shall be filed with town clerk within ten days after they take effect.

Section 33. A copy of all rules and regulations made by town boards or officers for which a penalty is provided by law shall be filed with town clerk within ten days after they take effect.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 131B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 131B
Penalty for loan of money secured by weapons
Status: in_force

Section 131B. Whoever loans money secured by mortgage, deposit or pledge of a firearm shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both; provided, however that nothing herein shall prohibit a bank or other institutional lender from loaning money secured by a mortgage, deposit, or pledge of a firearm to a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dealer of firearms, rifles, or shotguns. The provisions of section one hundred and twenty-three shall not be applicable to any such mortgage, deposit or pledge unless or until the lender takes possession of the collateral upon default or the collateral is removed from the premises of the debtor.

Section 131B. Whoever loans money secured by mortgage, deposit or pledge of a firearm shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both; provided, however that nothing herein shall prohibit a bank or other institutional lender from loaning money secured by a mortgage, deposit, or pledge of a firearm to a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dealer of firearms, rifles, or shotguns. The provisions of section one hundred and twenty-three shall not be applicable to any such mortgage, deposit or pledge unless or until the lender takes possession of the collateral upon default or the collateral is removed from the premises of the debtor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 31
Municipal assessments
Status: in_force

Section 31. Snow vehicles and recreation vehicles shall be considered as personal property for purposes of assessment by municipalities.

Section 31. Snow vehicles and recreation vehicles shall be considered as personal property for purposes of assessment by municipalities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 36
Examinations for admission to bar; eligibility; board expenses
Status: in_force

Section 36. Said board may, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, make rules with reference to examinations for admission to the bar and the qualifications of applicants therefor, and determine the time and place of such examinations, and conduct the same; provided, that any applicant for admission to the bar who is a graduate of a college or who has complied with the entrance requirements of a college, or who has fulfilled for two years the requirements of a day or evening high school or of a school of equal grade, shall not be required to take any examination as to his general education; and provided, further, that no applicant for an examination for admission to the bar shall be restricted as to the number of times he may take such an examination. The expenses of said board, as certified by its chairman and approved by a justice of the supreme judicial court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, together with such compensation to each member as the justices of the supreme judicial court approve.

Section 36. Said board may, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, make rules with reference to examinations for admission to the bar and the qualifications of applicants therefor, and determine the time and place of such examinations, and conduct the same; provided, that any applicant for admission to the bar who is a graduate of a college or who has complied with the entrance requirements of a college, or who has fulfilled for two years the requirements of a day or evening high school or of a school of equal grade, shall not be required to take any examination as to his general education; and provided, further, that no applicant for an examination for admission to the bar shall be restricted as to the number of times he may take such an examination. The expenses of said board, as certified by its chairman and approved by a justice of the supreme judicial court, shall be paid by the commonwealth, together with such compensation to each member as the justices of the supreme judicial court approve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 65E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 65E
Powers of credit unions
Status: in_force

Section 65E. A credit union shall have the following powers and any further incidental or complementary powers that may fairly be implied from those expressly conferred and such as are reasonably necessary to enable the credit union to exercise fully those powers according to common customs and usages: (i) to discount, buy, invest in, hold, assign, transfer, sell and negotiate promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, mortgages, bonds, debentures, bonds or notes secured by mortgages, installment obligations and other evidences of debt; (ii) to advance money or credits on real estate, on improvements thereto or on personal security, on terms to be agreed upon; and (iii) to buy, sell or make loans as participation loans with any other federally-insured credit union, bank or insurance company and to service any loans sold by it. This section shall be applicable to loans and mortgage loans authorized by sections 65A to 65E, inclusive.

Section 65E. A credit union shall have the following powers and any further incidental or complementary powers that may fairly be implied from those expressly conferred and such as are reasonably necessary to enable the credit union to exercise fully those powers according to common customs and usages:

(i) to discount, buy, invest in, hold, assign, transfer, sell and negotiate promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, mortgages, bonds, debentures, bonds or notes secured by mortgages, installment obligations and other evidences of debt;

(ii) to advance money or credits on real estate, on improvements thereto or on personal security, on terms to be agreed upon; and

(iii) to buy, sell or make loans as participation loans with any other federally-insured credit union, bank or insurance company and to service any loans sold by it.

This section shall be applicable to loans and mortgage loans authorized by sections 65A to 65E, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 20A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 20A
Central pools of jurors
Status: in_force

Section 20A. The superior court may in counties where more than one session is held simultaneously for civil or criminal business or for civil and criminal business require that jurors be held in a central pool and assigned to the several sessions in such manner as the court shall order. It may in its discretion order that writs of venire facias for jurors issue for the total number of jurors required for all sessions at any sitting without specifying therein that they are required for civil or criminal business. Jurors so drawn shall be subject to be used interchangeably for civil or criminal business. The chief justice of the superior court department, in consultation with the court administrator, may designate not more than three officers appointed under section seventy of chapter two hundred and twenty-one to attend the central pool of jurors in the county for which they are appointed. The officers so designated shall perform their duties under the direction of the court, and receive such compensation as the court administrator shall establish, except that in Middlesex county the juror pool officers shall receive a salary of not less than twenty-eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars per annum.

Section 20A. The superior court may in counties where more than one session is held simultaneously for civil or criminal business or for civil and criminal business require that jurors be held in a central pool and assigned to the several sessions in such manner as the court shall order. It may in its discretion order that writs of venire facias for jurors issue for the total number of jurors required for all sessions at any sitting without specifying therein that they are required for civil or criminal business. Jurors so drawn shall be subject to be used interchangeably for civil or criminal business.

The chief justice of the superior court department, in consultation with the court administrator, may designate not more than three officers appointed under section seventy of chapter two hundred and twenty-one to attend the central pool of jurors in the county for which they are appointed. The officers so designated shall perform their duties under the direction of the court, and receive such compensation as the court administrator shall establish, except that in Middlesex county the juror pool officers shall receive a salary of not less than twenty-eight thousand one hundred and seventy dollars per annum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 66
Detention of child in police station; commitment to jail, house of correction or state farm
Status: in_force

Section 66. Except as otherwise provided in section sixty-seven and in section twelve of chapter one hundred and twenty, no child under 18 years of age shall be detained by the police in a lockup, police station or house of detention pending arraignment, examination or trial by the court. No child under 18 years of age shall be committed by the court to a jail or house of correction or to the state farm, pending further examination or trial by the court or pending any continuance of his case or, except as otherwise provided in sections fifty-two through eighty-four upon adjudication as a youthful offender.

Section 66. Except as otherwise provided in section sixty-seven and in section twelve of chapter one hundred and twenty, no child under 18 years of age shall be detained by the police in a lockup, police station or house of detention pending arraignment, examination or trial by the court. No child under 18 years of age shall be committed by the court to a jail or house of correction or to the state farm, pending further examination or trial by the court or pending any continuance of his case or, except as otherwise provided in sections fifty-two through eighty-four upon adjudication as a youthful offender.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 102
Appraisal at request of part owner
Status: in_force

Section 102. If personal property of two or more part owners is attached in an action against one or more of them, it shall, upon the request of any other part owner, be examined and appraised in the manner provided in sections eighty-eight to ninety-two, inclusive, except that the part owner who makes the application shall, and the debtor shall not, appoint one of the appraisers. This section shall not apply to partnership property.

Section 102. If personal property of two or more part owners is attached in an action against one or more of them, it shall, upon the request of any other part owner, be examined and appraised in the manner provided in sections eighty-eight to ninety-two, inclusive, except that the part owner who makes the application shall, and the debtor shall not, appoint one of the appraisers. This section shall not apply to partnership property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 72 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 72
Temporary treasurer; bond
Status: in_force

Section 72. If the treasurer is prevented from performing his official duties, or if the office is vacant, the prudential committee may in writing appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall give a bond in like manner as the treasurer and shall hold his office until another is chosen.

Section 72. If the treasurer is prevented from performing his official duties, or if the office is vacant, the prudential committee may in writing appoint a temporary treasurer, who shall give a bond in like manner as the treasurer and shall hold his office until another is chosen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15EEEEEEE — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15EEEEEEE
Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 32, effective December 17, 2025.] Section 15EEEEEEE. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart July 2 as Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day in recognition of the thousands of individuals impacted by Machado-Joesph Disease in the commonwealth and the need for increased public recognition, support and awareness of this neurodegenerative, hereditary disorder that disproportionately affects families of Portuguese-Azorean descent.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 32, effective December 17, 2025.]

Section 15EEEEEEE. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart July 2 as Machado-Joseph Disease Awareness Day in recognition of the thousands of individuals impacted by Machado-Joesph Disease in the commonwealth and the need for increased public recognition, support and awareness of this neurodegenerative, hereditary disorder that disproportionately affects families of Portuguese-Azorean descent.