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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 21
Recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course
Status: in_force

Section 21. No person under 18 years of age shall operate a recreation vehicle unless he has successfully completed a recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course approved by the director of environmental law enforcement. The director may exempt a participant of a sanctioned race, rally or event who is not a resident of the commonwealth from the requirements of this section. Such course shall include, but shall not be limited to, notification of the potential criminal penalties and forfeiture process for certain violations of law relative to the safe operation of recreation vehicles. A parent or legal guardian of an operator of a recreation vehicle under 16 years of age shall participate in at least 1 session of the recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course or as required by the director. Proof of the successful completion of the course shall be carried on the person of the operator while operating a recreation vehicle. Proof of an operator's successful completion of another state's equivalent recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course, as determined by the director, shall be valid in the commonwealth.

Section 21. No person under 18 years of age shall operate a recreation vehicle unless he has successfully completed a recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course approved by the director of environmental law enforcement. The director may exempt a participant of a sanctioned race, rally or event who is not a resident of the commonwealth from the requirements of this section. Such course shall include, but shall not be limited to, notification of the potential criminal penalties and forfeiture process for certain violations of law relative to the safe operation of recreation vehicles. A parent or legal guardian of an operator of a recreation vehicle under 16 years of age shall participate in at least 1 session of the recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course or as required by the director. Proof of the successful completion of the course shall be carried on the person of the operator while operating a recreation vehicle. Proof of an operator's successful completion of another state's equivalent recreation vehicle safety and responsibility course, as determined by the director, shall be valid in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 2
Refusing or neglecting to depart or to assist in suppressing assembly or in arresting persons
Status: in_force

Section 2. Whoever, being present and being so commanded to assist in arresting such rioters or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly, refuses or neglects to obey such command, or, if required by such magistrate or officer to depart from the place, refuses or neglects so to do, shall be considered one of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or both.

Section 2. Whoever, being present and being so commanded to assist in arresting such rioters or persons so unlawfully assembled, or in suppressing such riot or unlawful assembly, refuses or neglects to obey such command, or, if required by such magistrate or officer to depart from the place, refuses or neglects so to do, shall be considered one of the rioters or persons unlawfully assembled, and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 214 / Section 7
Construction of wills; notice
Status: in_force

Section 7. In actions for the construction of wills, or for instructions relative to wills the court may order notice of the action and of the time and place for hearing to be served on such number of the parties in interest representing all possible interests as the court shall direct, and to be published for three weeks successively in such newspaper as it directs. If it appears that any possible interest is not represented, further service may be ordered until all possible interests are represented before the court or until a guardian ad litem has been appointed. If all possible interests are represented by persons before the court, it shall be unnecessary to make other persons having similar interests parties defendant.

Section 7. In actions for the construction of wills, or for instructions relative to wills the court may order notice of the action and of the time and place for hearing to be served on such number of the parties in interest representing all possible interests as the court shall direct, and to be published for three weeks successively in such newspaper as it directs. If it appears that any possible interest is not represented, further service may be ordered until all possible interests are represented before the court or until a guardian ad litem has been appointed. If all possible interests are represented by persons before the court, it shall be unnecessary to make other persons having similar interests parties defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211A / Section 5
Powers and authority; jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 5. The appeals court shall be vested with all powers and authority necessary to carry into execution its judgments, decrees, determinations and orders in matters within its jurisdiction according to the rules and principles of common law and the Constitution and laws of the commonwealth, and subject to the appellate jurisdiction, supervision and superintendence of the supreme judicial court. The appeals court shall have original jurisdiction over the enforcement or review of final orders of the labor relations commission issued pursuant to section six or section six A of chapter one hundred and fifty A or section eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty E.

Section 5. The appeals court shall be vested with all powers and authority necessary to carry into execution its judgments, decrees, determinations and orders in matters within its jurisdiction according to the rules and principles of common law and the Constitution and laws of the commonwealth, and subject to the appellate jurisdiction, supervision and superintendence of the supreme judicial court. The appeals court shall have original jurisdiction over the enforcement or review of final orders of the labor relations commission issued pursuant to section six or section six A of chapter one hundred and fifty A or section eleven of chapter one hundred and fifty E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 254 / Section 27
Liens on land raised or reclaimed by dredging; written contract; form of notice
Status: in_force

Section 27. A person entering into a written contract with the owner of land or flats for reclaiming or raising the level thereof by suction, hydraulic or any other form of dredging, or for furnishing material therefor, or the trustee or trustees of any fund or funds, described in section one, providing coverage or benefits for persons, shall have a lien upon the interest of the owner in said land or flats as appears of record at the date when notice of said contract is filed or recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such land or flats lie, to secure the payment of all labor and material which shall thereafter be furnished by virtue of said contract. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form: Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract dated , between , owner, and , contractor, said contractor is to furnish labor and material for reclaiming or raising the level of land or flats described as follows:

Section 27. A person entering into a written contract with the owner of land or flats for reclaiming or raising the level thereof by suction, hydraulic or any other form of dredging, or for furnishing material therefor, or the trustee or trustees of any fund or funds, described in section one, providing coverage or benefits for persons, shall have a lien upon the interest of the owner in said land or flats as appears of record at the date when notice of said contract is filed or recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or district where such land or flats lie, to secure the payment of all labor and material which shall thereafter be furnished by virtue of said contract. Said notice shall be in substantially the following form:

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a written contract dated , between , owner, and , contractor, said contractor is to furnish labor and material for reclaiming or raising the level of land or flats described as follows:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 10C — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 10C
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

Section 10C. If any part of sections ten A and ten B is for any reason declared void, it is declared to be the intent of said sections that such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said sections.

Section 10C. If any part of sections ten A and ten B is for any reason declared void, it is declared to be the intent of said sections that such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 12D — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 12D
Persons negligently or intentionally causing damage to hotel; liability
Status: in_force

Section 12D. (a) A person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or any furniture or furnishings within the hotel, shall be liable for damages sustained by the innkeeper, including the hotel's loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired. (b) A person who negligently or intentionally causes injury to any other person or damage to any personal property of such other person on the hotel premises shall be liable for the injury or damage. (c) A parent or guardian of a minor shall be liable for acts of the minor described in subsections (a) and (b), if the parent or guardian provides a credit card or an advance cash deposit.

Section 12D. (a) A person who negligently or intentionally causes damage to the hotel or any furniture or furnishings within the hotel, shall be liable for damages sustained by the innkeeper, including the hotel's loss of revenue resulting from the inability to rent or lease rooms while the damage is being repaired.

(b) A person who negligently or intentionally causes injury to any other person or damage to any personal property of such other person on the hotel premises shall be liable for the injury or damage.

(c) A parent or guardian of a minor shall be liable for acts of the minor described in subsections (a) and (b), if the parent or guardian provides a credit card or an advance cash deposit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 60
Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner's indemnity bonds
Status: in_force

Section 60. The owner of such bond shall surrender so much thereof as may remain, if any, and shall give to the state treasurer a bond in double the amount of said lost or destroyed bond and of the interest which would accrue until the principal is due and payable, with a sufficient surety, a resident of the commonwealth, approved by the governor and council, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the commonwealth from any claim on account of said lost or destroyed bond.

Section 60. The owner of such bond shall surrender so much thereof as may remain, if any, and shall give to the state treasurer a bond in double the amount of said lost or destroyed bond and of the interest which would accrue until the principal is due and payable, with a sufficient surety, a resident of the commonwealth, approved by the governor and council, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the commonwealth from any claim on account of said lost or destroyed bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 28
Acquisition of real estate in excess of limit
Status: in_force

Section 28. Any water or aqueduct company which is limited by its charter or by any other special law as to the amount of real estate which it may acquire and hold may apply to the department of telecommunications and energy for authority to acquire and hold real estate in excess of the amount so limited, and said department may grant such authority if it shall find that such additional real estate is necessary or convenient for such company in carrying out the purposes of its organization and that the acquisition and holding thereof will not be contrary to the public interest.

Section 28. Any water or aqueduct company which is limited by its charter or by any other special law as to the amount of real estate which it may acquire and hold may apply to the department of telecommunications and energy for authority to acquire and hold real estate in excess of the amount so limited, and said department may grant such authority if it shall find that such additional real estate is necessary or convenient for such company in carrying out the purposes of its organization and that the acquisition and holding thereof will not be contrary to the public interest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 66
Required insurance; limitation
Status: in_force

Section 66. A bank, lending institution, mortgage company or any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth, when making a mortgage loan, shall not require, as a condition of a mortgage or as a term of a mortgage deed, that the mortgagor purchase casualty insurance on property which is the subject of the mortgage in an amount in excess of the replacement cost of the buildings or appurtenances on the mortgaged premises. For purposes of this section, a bank, lending institution, mortgage company or mortgagee shall include, but not be limited to, any bank as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, any national bank, national banking association, federal savings bank, federal savings and loan association and federal credit union. The terms ''replacement cost'', ''buildings'' or ''appurtenances'' as used in this section shall be consistent in meaning with such terms as used in policy forms approved by the commissioner of insurance. A lender shall not finance, directly or indirectly, any credit life, credit disability, credit unemployment insurance, credit property insurance, including debt cancellation or suspension agreements, or any other life or health insurance premium through a home mortgage loan. Premiums on insurance calculated and payable on a monthly basis by the borrower shall not be considered financed by the lender.

Section 66. A bank, lending institution, mortgage company or any mortgagee doing business in the commonwealth, when making a mortgage loan, shall not require, as a condition of a mortgage or as a term of a mortgage deed, that the mortgagor purchase casualty insurance on property which is the subject of the mortgage in an amount in excess of the replacement cost of the buildings or appurtenances on the mortgaged premises.

For purposes of this section, a bank, lending institution, mortgage company or mortgagee shall include, but not be limited to, any bank as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, any national bank, national banking association, federal savings bank, federal savings and loan association and federal credit union. The terms ''replacement cost'', ''buildings'' or ''appurtenances'' as used in this section shall be consistent in meaning with such terms as used in policy forms approved by the commissioner of insurance.

A lender shall not finance, directly or indirectly, any credit life, credit disability, credit unemployment insurance, credit property insurance, including debt cancellation or suspension agreements, or any other life or health insurance premium through a home mortgage loan. Premiums on insurance calculated and payable on a monthly basis by the borrower shall not be considered financed by the lender.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 84
Removal of ballots before close of polls
Status: in_force

Section 84. No person shall remove any ballot from the space enclosed by the guard rail before the polls are closed. No voter whose name has been checked on the voting list in charge of the ballot clerk, other than an election officer or supervisor, shall again enter such enclosed space during the election.

Section 84. No person shall remove any ballot from the space enclosed by the guard rail before the polls are closed. No voter whose name has been checked on the voting list in charge of the ballot clerk, other than an election officer or supervisor, shall again enter such enclosed space during the election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, sec. 5B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18 / Section 5B
False representations or failure to disclose facts; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 5B. Any person or institution which knowingly makes a false representation or, contrary to a legal duty to do so, knowingly fails to disclose any material fact affecting eligibility or level of benefits to the department of public welfare or its agents, for the purpose of causing any person, including the person making such representations, to be supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth, or for the purpose of procuring a payment under any assistance program administered by the department, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the institution of criminal proceedings for the violation of any other law of the commonwealth.

Section 5B. Any person or institution which knowingly makes a false representation or, contrary to a legal duty to do so, knowingly fails to disclose any material fact affecting eligibility or level of benefits to the department of public welfare or its agents, for the purpose of causing any person, including the person making such representations, to be supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth, or for the purpose of procuring a payment under any assistance program administered by the department, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing the institution of criminal proceedings for the violation of any other law of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 24H — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 24H
Violation of act by non-applicant; investigation; police authority; violation of chapter 93A
Status: in_force

Section 24H. (a) The commissioner, if he has reason to believe that a person other than a licensee has violated this act, shall have the power to make an investigation as he considers necessary, and, to the extent necessary for this purpose, he may examine the person and shall have the power to compel the production of all relevant books, records, accounts and documents. (b) The state police and the police of the cities or towns shall carry out the directions of the commissioner in enforcing this chapter and any rules or regulations made hereunder. A violation of this chapter shall also be a violation of chapter 93A.

Section 24H. (a) The commissioner, if he has reason to believe that a person other than a licensee has violated this act, shall have the power to make an investigation as he considers necessary, and, to the extent necessary for this purpose, he may examine the person and shall have the power to compel the production of all relevant books, records, accounts and documents.

(b) The state police and the police of the cities or towns shall carry out the directions of the commissioner in enforcing this chapter and any rules or regulations made hereunder. A violation of this chapter shall also be a violation of chapter 93A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 264 / Section 3
Misprision of treason; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 3. Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of treason, conceals the same and does not as soon as may be disclose and make known such treason to the governor, or to a justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, shall be guilty of misprision of treason, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in jail for not more than two years.

Section 3. Whoever, having knowledge of the commission of treason, conceals the same and does not as soon as may be disclose and make known such treason to the governor, or to a justice of the supreme judicial or superior court, shall be guilty of misprision of treason, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in jail for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 119 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 119
Annual license; grounds for denial of application
Status: in_force

Section 119. (a) After receipt, review and approval of an application for licensure pursuant to section 118, the commissioner may grant an annual license upon issuance of written findings that the requirements of sections 116 to 123, inclusive, have been satisfied and upon the issuance of written findings that issuing the license will be in the best interest of the commonwealth. (b) The commissioner shall deny an application for a license filed pursuant to section 118 if the applicant: (i) fails to satisfy the minimum qualifications for licensure pursuant to sections 116 to 123, inclusive; or (ii) for good cause shown.

Section 119. (a) After receipt, review and approval of an application for licensure pursuant to section 118, the commissioner may grant an annual license upon issuance of written findings that the requirements of sections 116 to 123, inclusive, have been satisfied and upon the issuance of written findings that issuing the license will be in the best interest of the commonwealth.

(b) The commissioner shall deny an application for a license filed pursuant to section 118 if the applicant: (i) fails to satisfy the minimum qualifications for licensure pursuant to sections 116 to 123, inclusive; or (ii) for good cause shown.