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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 63
Annual report; fee
Status: in_force

Section 63. (a) Each domestic or foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in the commonwealth shall file an annual report with the state secretary on or before the anniversary date of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership. The annual report shall contain all information required to be included in the certificate of limited partnership. (b) The fee for filing the annual report shall be $500 if the report is filed on paper or by facsimile. The fee for filing the annual report electronically shall be $450.

Section 63. (a) Each domestic or foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in the commonwealth shall file an annual report with the state secretary on or before the anniversary date of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership. The annual report shall contain all information required to be included in the certificate of limited partnership.

(b) The fee for filing the annual report shall be $500 if the report is filed on paper or by facsimile. The fee for filing the annual report electronically shall be $450.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 31
Default warrants issued due to failure to pay fines, assessments, court costs, restitution, support payments, etc. to be noted in warrant management system
Status: in_force

Section 31. Whenever a court issues a default warrant solely due to the person's failure to pay a fine, assessment, court cost, restitution, support payment or other amount as ordered by the court or required by law, the court shall specify the amount owed, including an additional assessment of $50 which assessment may be waived by the court upon a finding of good cause or upon a finding that such an assessment would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents, with a statement that the warrant against the person may be discharged upon payment of the amount and the assessment, if any, and shall note the same in the warrant management system. The administrative office of the trial court shall accept payment of such fine, assessment, court cost, restitution, support payment or other amount as ordered by the court, along with any assessment, to be remitted by mail, telephone or other electronic means, in any form deemed acceptable by the trial court. Upon receipt of payment, the warrant against the person shall be discharged, the discharge shall be noted in the warrant management system and the individual shall receive notice of the discharge within seven days.

Section 31. Whenever a court issues a default warrant solely due to the person's failure to pay a fine, assessment, court cost, restitution, support payment or other amount as ordered by the court or required by law, the court shall specify the amount owed, including an additional assessment of $50 which assessment may be waived by the court upon a finding of good cause or upon a finding that such an assessment would cause a substantial financial hardship to the person, the person's immediate family or the person's dependents, with a statement that the warrant against the person may be discharged upon payment of the amount and the assessment, if any, and shall note the same in the warrant management system. The administrative office of the trial court shall accept payment of such fine, assessment, court cost, restitution, support payment or other amount as ordered by the court, along with any assessment, to be remitted by mail, telephone or other electronic means, in any form deemed acceptable by the trial court. Upon receipt of payment, the warrant against the person shall be discharged, the discharge shall be noted in the warrant management system and the individual shall receive notice of the discharge within seven days.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55B / Section 11
Vacating nominations; nonexisting persons; false names
Status: in_force

Section 11. If objection is filed under section five or section seven by a person duly nominated for any state, city or town office alleging that an apparent nomination for the same office is a fictitious or nonexisting person or that the name under which a person has been apparently nominated for such office is not his true name, the commission or the proper board named in section six shall summon the apparent nominee to appear before it and submit to examination. If no person appears in response to such summons or if a person representing himself to be the nominee appears and after a hearing the commission or board is satisfied that the allegations contained in such objection are true, the commission or board shall sustain the objection and vacate the nomination.

Section 11. If objection is filed under section five or section seven by a person duly nominated for any state, city or town office alleging that an apparent nomination for the same office is a fictitious or nonexisting person or that the name under which a person has been apparently nominated for such office is not his true name, the commission or the proper board named in section six shall summon the apparent nominee to appear before it and submit to examination. If no person appears in response to such summons or if a person representing himself to be the nominee appears and after a hearing the commission or board is satisfied that the allegations contained in such objection are true, the commission or board shall sustain the objection and vacate the nomination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 2
Judicial districts; eligibility for jury service
Status: in_force

Section 2. The judicial districts for purposes of this chapter shall be the counties unless modified by the supreme judicial court. The supreme judicial court may, by rule of court, define judicial districts for purposes of this chapter which differ in geographical area and population from the counties in accordance with the following principles: a judicial district shall be the geographical area encompassing a designated list of cities and towns; a judicial district may be defined for, or associated with, a single court or court location, or it may be defined for, or associated with, several courts or court locations. Every citizen shall have the opportunity to serve as a grand and trial juror in at least one judicial district. There shall be no proscription against citizens of certain cities and towns being eligible or subject to perform grand or trial juror service in more than one judicial district.

Section 2. The judicial districts for purposes of this chapter shall be the counties unless modified by the supreme judicial court. The supreme judicial court may, by rule of court, define judicial districts for purposes of this chapter which differ in geographical area and population from the counties in accordance with the following principles: a judicial district shall be the geographical area encompassing a designated list of cities and towns; a judicial district may be defined for, or associated with, a single court or court location, or it may be defined for, or associated with, several courts or court locations.

Every citizen shall have the opportunity to serve as a grand and trial juror in at least one judicial district. There shall be no proscription against citizens of certain cities and towns being eligible or subject to perform grand or trial juror service in more than one judicial district.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 4B
Living off or sharing earnings of minor prostitute
Status: in_force

Section 4B. Whoever lives or derives support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of prostitution committed by a minor, knowing the same to be earnings or proceeds of prostitution, or shares in such earnings, proceeds or monies, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years and by a fine of five thousand dollars. The sentence imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than five years, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct or otherwise until he shall have served five years of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file.

Section 4B. Whoever lives or derives support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of prostitution committed by a minor, knowing the same to be earnings or proceeds of prostitution, or shares in such earnings, proceeds or monies, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years and by a fine of five thousand dollars. The sentence imposed under this section shall not be reduced to less than five years, nor suspended, nor shall any person convicted under this section be eligible for probation, parole or furlough or receive any deduction from his sentence for good conduct or otherwise until he shall have served five years of such sentence. Prosecutions commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding nor placed on file.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 8
Necessity of inspection; issuance, display and accessibility of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 8. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected until it has been inspected, and the certificate of inspection required by section twenty-three or twenty-five has been issued and so placed in the engine or boiler room of the plant as to be easily read, or in the case of a portable boiler kept with it and always accessible.

Section 8. No person shall operate or cause to be operated any boiler required by this chapter to be inspected until it has been inspected, and the certificate of inspection required by section twenty-three or twenty-five has been issued and so placed in the engine or boiler room of the plant as to be easily read, or in the case of a portable boiler kept with it and always accessible.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 71
Fraud in processing or selection of jurors or prospective jurors
Status: in_force

Section 71. Whoever is guilty of fraud in the processing or selection of jurors or prospective jurors either by causing any name to be inserted into any list wrongfully, or by causing any name to be deleted from any list wrongfully, including wrongful data entry or the altering of any data processing machine or any set of instructions or programs which control data processing equipment for such wrongful purpose, shall have committed the crime of jury tampering, and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. This section shall not limit any other provisions of law concerning the crime of jury tampering.

Section 71. Whoever is guilty of fraud in the processing or selection of jurors or prospective jurors either by causing any name to be inserted into any list wrongfully, or by causing any name to be deleted from any list wrongfully, including wrongful data entry or the altering of any data processing machine or any set of instructions or programs which control data processing equipment for such wrongful purpose, shall have committed the crime of jury tampering, and, upon conviction thereof, may be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both. This section shall not limit any other provisions of law concerning the crime of jury tampering.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 16
Fence viewers; jurisdiction where fence is on town boundary
Status: in_force

Section 16. If the line upon which a partition fence is to be made or divided is a boundary line of a town or is partly in one and partly in another town, a fence viewer shall be taken from each place.

Section 16. If the line upon which a partition fence is to be made or divided is a boundary line of a town or is partly in one and partly in another town, a fence viewer shall be taken from each place.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 12A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 12A
''Hotel'' defined for Secs. 12B to 12D
Status: in_force

Section 12A. For the purpose of sections 12B to 12D, inclusive, the word ''hotel'' shall mean a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, or inn, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.

Section 12A. For the purpose of sections 12B to 12D, inclusive, the word ''hotel'' shall mean a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, or inn, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 45
Deposition for use in another state
Status: in_force

Section 45. A person may be summoned and compelled, in like manner and under the same penalties as are provided for a witness before a court, to give his deposition in a cause pending in a court of any other state or government. Such deposition may be taken before a justice of the peace or a notary public in the commonwealth, or before a commissioner appointed under the authority of the state or government in which the action is pending. If the deposition is taken before such commissioner, the witness may be summoned and compelled to appear before him by process from a justice of the peace or a notary public in the commonwealth.

Section 45. A person may be summoned and compelled, in like manner and under the same penalties as are provided for a witness before a court, to give his deposition in a cause pending in a court of any other state or government. Such deposition may be taken before a justice of the peace or a notary public in the commonwealth, or before a commissioner appointed under the authority of the state or government in which the action is pending. If the deposition is taken before such commissioner, the witness may be summoned and compelled to appear before him by process from a justice of the peace or a notary public in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21C, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21C / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act''.

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 36A — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 36A
Purchase, replacement or repair of motor vehicles; authorization; funds
Status: in_force

Section 36A. Motor vehicles to be purchased from sums appropriated by the general court shall be authorized by the purchasing agent in accordance with schedules filed by the budget director with the house and senate committees on ways and means of the general court prior to the passage of the act making such appropriation provided, the commissioner of administration may authorize the replacement of other motor vehicles with similar models from available funds when he determines that the replacement is necessary because the cost of necessary repairs would not be economical; and provided further, that no expenditure in excess of fifteen hundred dollars shall be authorized for the repair of a motor vehicle whose purchase price is fifteen thousand dollars or less and no expenditure in excess of three thousand dollars shall be authorized for the repair of a motor vehicle whose purchase price is greater than fifteen thousand dollars by any department or agency in a garage or shop other than one maintained and operated by such department or agency or by the executive office of administration and finance without the prior written approval of the commissioner of administration.

Section 36A. Motor vehicles to be purchased from sums appropriated by the general court shall be authorized by the purchasing agent in accordance with schedules filed by the budget director with the house and senate committees on ways and means of the general court prior to the passage of the act making such appropriation provided, the commissioner of administration may authorize the replacement of other motor vehicles with similar models from available funds when he determines that the replacement is necessary because the cost of necessary repairs would not be economical; and provided further, that no expenditure in excess of fifteen hundred dollars shall be authorized for the repair of a motor vehicle whose purchase price is fifteen thousand dollars or less and no expenditure in excess of three thousand dollars shall be authorized for the repair of a motor vehicle whose purchase price is greater than fifteen thousand dollars by any department or agency in a garage or shop other than one maintained and operated by such department or agency or by the executive office of administration and finance without the prior written approval of the commissioner of administration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 67
Inspection and supervision; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 67. Boards of health of towns within their towns shall inspect, and the department of public health shall inspect and supervise all cold storage or refrigerating warehouses and shall make such inspection of the entry of articles of food therein as they deem necessary to secure proper enforcement of the laws relative to cold storage. The department may make rules and regulations to secure a proper enforcement of sections sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two.

Section 67. Boards of health of towns within their towns shall inspect, and the department of public health shall inspect and supervise all cold storage or refrigerating warehouses and shall make such inspection of the entry of articles of food therein as they deem necessary to secure proper enforcement of the laws relative to cold storage. The department may make rules and regulations to secure a proper enforcement of sections sixty-six to seventy-two, inclusive, and ninety-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 33
Overflowing public ways; petition
Status: in_force

Section 33. If a person who owns, erects or maintains a water mill or a dam to raise water for working such mill upon or across a stream not navigable desires to raise, erect or maintain a dam at such a height or in such a manner as to overflow or otherwise injure an existing public way, he may apply by petition to the commissioner of environmental protection, hereinafter called the commissioner, stating the height at which it is desired to maintain such dam and the ways which may be injured thereby, and asking for the alteration, change of grade or specific repairs of such ways.

Section 33. If a person who owns, erects or maintains a water mill or a dam to raise water for working such mill upon or across a stream not navigable desires to raise, erect or maintain a dam at such a height or in such a manner as to overflow or otherwise injure an existing public way, he may apply by petition to the commissioner of environmental protection, hereinafter called the commissioner, stating the height at which it is desired to maintain such dam and the ways which may be injured thereby, and asking for the alteration, change of grade or specific repairs of such ways.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 1
Boarding vessels without leave or authority
Status: in_force

Section 1. Whoever, not being a pilot or public officer, shall board or attempt to board a vessel arriving in the harbor of Boston, Salem, Fall River, New Bedford and Fairhaven or Gloucester, before such vessel has been made fast to the wharf, without the previous permission of the master or person having charge thereof or the previous written permission of its owners or agent, or whoever, without such leave and without authority of law, shall board a vessel in any of said harbors after having been forbidden so to do by a person having charge thereof at the time, or, having boarded such vessel, shall refuse or neglect to leave it when ordered so to do by the person having charge of it, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars.

Section 1. Whoever, not being a pilot or public officer, shall board or attempt to board a vessel arriving in the harbor of Boston, Salem, Fall River, New Bedford and Fairhaven or Gloucester, before such vessel has been made fast to the wharf, without the previous permission of the master or person having charge thereof or the previous written permission of its owners or agent, or whoever, without such leave and without authority of law, shall board a vessel in any of said harbors after having been forbidden so to do by a person having charge thereof at the time, or, having boarded such vessel, shall refuse or neglect to leave it when ordered so to do by the person having charge of it, shall forfeit not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 72, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 72 / Section 8
School registers; maintenance and use
Status: in_force

Section 8. The school committee shall cause the registers of daily attendance to be faithfully kept under the direction of the superintendent who shall make due return thereof to the school committee or to such person as it may designate. All registers shall be kept at the schools, and at all times during school hours shall be open to the inspection of the committee, the superintendent, supervisors of attendance, and the commissioner and agents of the department. In computing the average daily membership a pupil's name shall be omitted only when it is known that he has withdrawn from the school without intention of returning. A pupil who is not present during at least half of a session shall be marked and counted as absent for that session. The use of automation equipment in keeping such registers may be used, with the approval of the department of education.

Section 8. The school committee shall cause the registers of daily attendance to be faithfully kept under the direction of the superintendent who shall make due return thereof to the school committee or to such person as it may designate. All registers shall be kept at the schools, and at all times during school hours shall be open to the inspection of the committee, the superintendent, supervisors of attendance, and the commissioner and agents of the department. In computing the average daily membership a pupil's name shall be omitted only when it is known that he has withdrawn from the school without intention of returning. A pupil who is not present during at least half of a session shall be marked and counted as absent for that session.

The use of automation equipment in keeping such registers may be used, with the approval of the department of education.