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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 18C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 18C
Power transmission equipment; longshore and waterfront operations
Status: in_force

Section 18C. Power transmission equipment (such as gears, belts, pulleys, sprockets, etc.) shall be enclosed or guarded in a manner that will prevent accidental injury to workers. Prime movers, machinery and equipment shall not be cleaned, adjusted or repaired while in motion. When, due to the process, it is not possible to shut down the machinery, extension swabs, brushes, scrapers or other extended tools shall be used to minimize employee hazards. Where the machine is equipped with lockable controls, the control shall be locked in the ''off'' position. Caution signs shall be placed on the controls of the machines during repair work.

Section 18C. Power transmission equipment (such as gears, belts, pulleys, sprockets, etc.) shall be enclosed or guarded in a manner that will prevent accidental injury to workers.

Prime movers, machinery and equipment shall not be cleaned, adjusted or repaired while in motion. When, due to the process, it is not possible to shut down the machinery, extension swabs, brushes, scrapers or other extended tools shall be used to minimize employee hazards. Where the machine is equipped with lockable controls, the control shall be locked in the ''off'' position. Caution signs shall be placed on the controls of the machines during repair work.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 90C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 90C
Home mortgages; receipt for payment; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 90C. Upon payment of any money by the borrower, the lender shall at the request of the borrower give him a receipt stating the date of payment, the amount paid, the amount applicable to interest on the loan and the amount applicable to the principal. Such receipt shall be signed by the lender or his duly authorized representative. If a lender refuses, on written demand sent by registered mail, to give such receipt, he shall forfeit all interest on the principal sum.

Section 90C. Upon payment of any money by the borrower, the lender shall at the request of the borrower give him a receipt stating the date of payment, the amount paid, the amount applicable to interest on the loan and the amount applicable to the principal. Such receipt shall be signed by the lender or his duly authorized representative. If a lender refuses, on written demand sent by registered mail, to give such receipt, he shall forfeit all interest on the principal sum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 8A
Powers of police officers
Status: in_force

Section 8A. In a city or town bordering on coastal waters, a police officer employed on a full time, provisional or reserve basis shall, for the enforcement of sections thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-eight A, thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-one A, forty-three and forty-four, have the authority granted to an environmental police officer, subject to such rules and regulations as the director with the approval of the commissioner are hereby authorized to adopt.

Section 8A. In a city or town bordering on coastal waters, a police officer employed on a full time, provisional or reserve basis shall, for the enforcement of sections thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-eight A, thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-one A, forty-three and forty-four, have the authority granted to an environmental police officer, subject to such rules and regulations as the director with the approval of the commissioner are hereby authorized to adopt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 19
Final payment to foreign corporations or non-residents; certificate
Status: in_force

Section 19. No final payment shall be made by the commonwealth, or by any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any city, town or county to a foreign corporation or to a non-resident having no usual place of business within the commonwealth for or on account of services performed within the commonwealth except upon certificate filed by the commissioner with the state comptroller, county, city or town treasurer, or appropriate disbursing official of any other political sub-division of the commonwealth, that the foreign corporation or non-resident is subject to the provisions of this chapter and has paid or made arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner for payment of contributions due thereunder, or that the commissioner has determined upon evidence satisfactory to him that said services performed within this commonwealth are not employment under the provisions of this chapter.

Section 19. No final payment shall be made by the commonwealth, or by any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any city, town or county to a foreign corporation or to a non-resident having no usual place of business within the commonwealth for or on account of services performed within the commonwealth except upon certificate filed by the commissioner with the state comptroller, county, city or town treasurer, or appropriate disbursing official of any other political sub-division of the commonwealth, that the foreign corporation or non-resident is subject to the provisions of this chapter and has paid or made arrangements satisfactory to the commissioner for payment of contributions due thereunder, or that the commissioner has determined upon evidence satisfactory to him that said services performed within this commonwealth are not employment under the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19B / Section 6
Program for training of residents in professional disciplines
Status: in_force

Section 6. The commissioner may establish a program for the training of residents in professional disciplines as required by departmental programs. Such residents shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth. Recipients of said grants shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one and shall not be deemed employees of the commonwealth; provided, however, that such recipients shall be deemed public employees under chapter two hundred and fifty-eight. Such grants shall not be deemed income under chapter sixty-two. Approval of such training programs by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter seven.

Section 6. The commissioner may establish a program for the training of residents in professional disciplines as required by departmental programs. Such residents shall be eligible for training grants from the commonwealth. Recipients of said grants shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one and shall not be deemed employees of the commonwealth; provided, however, that such recipients shall be deemed public employees under chapter two hundred and fifty-eight. Such grants shall not be deemed income under chapter sixty-two. Approval of such training programs by the personnel administrator shall be required in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111D, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111D / Section 8A
Examination of specimen derived from human body prohibited by clinical laboratory in which person or company, or any of its owners, directors, partners, employees or family members have direct or indirect ownership interest
Status: in_force

Section 8A. No person or company shall knowingly refer, request, order or send any specimen derived from the human body for examination to a clinical laboratory in which the person or company, or any of its owners, directors, partners, employees or family members thereof have a direct or indirect ownership interest. This section shall not apply to: (i) a clinical laboratory owned by a licensed physician or group of licensed physicians and used exclusively in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of the physician's or group of physicians' own patients and where all testing is performed by or under the direct supervision of said physician or group of physicians; (ii) a hospital or clinic licensed under section 51 of chapter 111 used exclusively in connection with the diagnosis or treatment of the hospital's or clinic's own patients; or (iii) any case exempted under subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of 42 U.S.C. section 1395nn or specifically permitted by regulations or rules of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the federal Centers for Medicare or Medicaid Services, the executive office of health and human services or the executive office for administration and finance.

Section 8A. No person or company shall knowingly refer, request, order or send any specimen derived from the human body for examination to a clinical laboratory in which the person or company, or any of its owners, directors, partners, employees or family members thereof have a direct or indirect ownership interest. This section shall not apply to: (i) a clinical laboratory owned by a licensed physician or group of licensed physicians and used exclusively in connection with the diagnosis and treatment of the physician's or group of physicians' own patients and where all testing is performed by or under the direct supervision of said physician or group of physicians; (ii) a hospital or clinic licensed under section 51 of chapter 111 used exclusively in connection with the diagnosis or treatment of the hospital's or clinic's own patients; or (iii) any case exempted under subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of 42 U.S.C. section 1395nn or specifically permitted by regulations or rules of the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, the federal Centers for Medicare or Medicaid Services, the executive office of health and human services or the executive office for administration and finance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 23
Conditions or restrictions; term of years; applicability
Status: in_force

Section 23. Conditions or restrictions, unlimited as to time, by which the title or use of real property is affected, shall be limited to the term of thirty years after the date of the deed or other instrument or the date of the probate of the will creating them, except in cases of gifts or devises for public, charitable or religious purposes. This section shall not apply to conditions or restrictions existing on July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to those contained in a deed, grant or gift of the commonwealth, or to those having the benefit of section thirty-two.

Section 23. Conditions or restrictions, unlimited as to time, by which the title or use of real property is affected, shall be limited to the term of thirty years after the date of the deed or other instrument or the date of the probate of the will creating them, except in cases of gifts or devises for public, charitable or religious purposes. This section shall not apply to conditions or restrictions existing on July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to those contained in a deed, grant or gift of the commonwealth, or to those having the benefit of section thirty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 8K — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 8K
Identification cards for persons not possessing motor vehicle licenses; cancellation
Status: in_force

Section 8K. When used in reference to an identification card ''cancellation'' means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and shall be surrendered. Cancellation of a card may be made when such card has been issued through error when voluntarily surrendered to the registrar.

Section 8K. When used in reference to an identification card ''cancellation'' means that an identification card is terminated without prejudice and shall be surrendered. Cancellation of a card may be made when such card has been issued through error when voluntarily surrendered to the registrar.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258C, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 258C / Section 6
Notification by claimant of change in address
Status: in_force

[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.] Section 6. The claimant shall have a continuing obligation to notify the division of a change in address. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the dismissal of the claim for compensation or the termination of a proceeding set forth in this chapter. Chapter 258C: Section 6. Notification by claimant of change in address [ Text of section as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.] Section 6. The claimant shall have a continuing obligation to notify the agency of a change in address. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the dismissal of the claim for compensation or the termination of a proceeding set forth in this chapter.

[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.]

Section 6. The claimant shall have a continuing obligation to notify the division of a change in address. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the dismissal of the claim for compensation or the termination of a proceeding set forth in this chapter.

Chapter 258C: Section 6. Notification by claimant of change in address

[ Text of section as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.]

Section 6. The claimant shall have a continuing obligation to notify the agency of a change in address. Failure to comply with this requirement may result in the dismissal of the claim for compensation or the termination of a proceeding set forth in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 222 / Section 6
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 6. A commissioner may, in his state, territory, district, dependency or country, administer oaths and take depositions, affidavits and acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments, to be used or recorded in this commonwealth, and the proof of such deeds, if the grantor refuses to acknowledge the same, all of which shall be certified by him under his official seal.

Section 6. A commissioner may, in his state, territory, district, dependency or country, administer oaths and take depositions, affidavits and acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments, to be used or recorded in this commonwealth, and the proof of such deeds, if the grantor refuses to acknowledge the same, all of which shall be certified by him under his official seal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 57A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 57A
Payment by check or electronic funds transfer not duly paid; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 57A. If any check or electronic funds transfer in payment of any tax, interest, penalty, fee or other charge imposed under chapters 59 to 61A, inclusive, or chapter 80 or for any other municipal service rendered is not duly paid there may, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be paid as a penalty by the person who tendered such check or electronic funds transfer, upon notice and demand by the city or town tax collector, in the same manner as the tax or other amount to which the check or electronic funds transfer relates, an amount equal to 1 per cent of the amount of such check or electronic funds transfer; provided, however, that if the amount of such check or electronic funds transfer is less than $2,500, the penalty under this section shall be $25. Any person upon whom such penalty is imposed may appeal to the city or town tax collector who shall abate the same if the tax collector determines that such person tendered such check or electronic funds transfer in good faith and with reasonable cause to believe that it would be paid.

Section 57A. If any check or electronic funds transfer in payment of any tax, interest, penalty, fee or other charge imposed under chapters 59 to 61A, inclusive, or chapter 80 or for any other municipal service rendered is not duly paid there may, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be paid as a penalty by the person who tendered such check or electronic funds transfer, upon notice and demand by the city or town tax collector, in the same manner as the tax or other amount to which the check or electronic funds transfer relates, an amount equal to 1 per cent of the amount of such check or electronic funds transfer; provided, however, that if the amount of such check or electronic funds transfer is less than $2,500, the penalty under this section shall be $25. Any person upon whom such penalty is imposed may appeal to the city or town tax collector who shall abate the same if the tax collector determines that such person tendered such check or electronic funds transfer in good faith and with reasonable cause to believe that it would be paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 95
Governing power of city council, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 95. The government of the city and the general management and control of all its affairs shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be vested in a city council, which shall exercise its powers in the manner hereinafter set forth, but subject to sections one to forty-five, inclusive, insofar as not inconsistent; except that the city manager shall have the authority hereinafter specified, that the general management and conduct of the public schools of the city and of the property pertaining thereto shall be vested in the school committee, and that the city clerk, the city auditor, any official of the city appointed by the governor and any trustees or other officers whose election by the voters of the city is required by reason of the fact that the city has accepted any gift, devise or bequest shall have the powers and duties which may be conferred and imposed upon them by law.

Section 95. The government of the city and the general management and control of all its affairs shall, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, be vested in a city council, which shall exercise its powers in the manner hereinafter set forth, but subject to sections one to forty-five, inclusive, insofar as not inconsistent; except that the city manager shall have the authority hereinafter specified, that the general management and conduct of the public schools of the city and of the property pertaining thereto shall be vested in the school committee, and that the city clerk, the city auditor, any official of the city appointed by the governor and any trustees or other officers whose election by the voters of the city is required by reason of the fact that the city has accepted any gift, devise or bequest shall have the powers and duties which may be conferred and imposed upon them by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 5
Impanelling and oath
Status: in_force

Section 5. The clerk of the court shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all persons returned as grand jurors, and, when they are to be impanelled, the first two persons named thereon shall be first called, and the following oath shall be administered to them: You, as grand jurors of this inquest for the body of this county of , do solemnly swear that you will diligently inquire, and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge; the commonwealth's counsel, your fellows' and your own, you shall keep secret; you shall present no man for envy, hatred or malice, neither shall you leave any man unpresented for love, fear, favor, affection or hope of reward; but you shall present things truly, as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding; so help you God. The other jurors shall then be called in such divisions as the court considers proper, and the following oath shall be administered to them: The same oath which your fellows have taken on their part, you and each of you on your behalf shall well and truly observe and keep; so help you God.

Section 5. The clerk of the court shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all persons returned as grand jurors, and, when they are to be impanelled, the first two persons named thereon shall be first called, and the following oath shall be administered to them:

You, as grand jurors of this inquest for the body of this county of , do solemnly swear that you will diligently inquire, and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge; the commonwealth's counsel, your fellows' and your own, you shall keep secret; you shall present no man for envy, hatred or malice, neither shall you leave any man unpresented for love, fear, favor, affection or hope of reward; but you shall present things truly, as they come to your knowledge, according to the best of your understanding; so help you God.

The other jurors shall then be called in such divisions as the court considers proper, and the following oath shall be administered to them:

The same oath which your fellows have taken on their part, you and each of you on your behalf shall well and truly observe and keep; so help you God.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21F, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21F / Section 1
Purposes
Status: in_force

Section 1. The purposes of this chapter are: (a) to ensure that adequate and well-maintained public facilities exist to support the commonwealth's fishing, marine, tourist, and recreational industry in the coastal zone; (b) to provide flexible and affordable financial programs for the commonwealth's coastal cities and towns so that they can plan for, construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve public coastal facilities; (c) to improve planning for coastal facilities consistent with the policies of the executive office of environmental affairs; (d) to encourage greater cost sharing between the public and users of public facilities financed with public funds.

Section 1. The purposes of this chapter are:

(a) to ensure that adequate and well-maintained public facilities exist to support the commonwealth's fishing, marine, tourist, and recreational industry in the coastal zone;

(b) to provide flexible and affordable financial programs for the commonwealth's coastal cities and towns so that they can plan for, construct, reconstruct, maintain and improve public coastal facilities;

(c) to improve planning for coastal facilities consistent with the policies of the executive office of environmental affairs;

(d) to encourage greater cost sharing between the public and users of public facilities financed with public funds.