FrankGoortani/open-us-law huggingface dataset:
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115 / Section 3A
Use of photostatic copies of discharge papers of veterans
Status: in_force

Section 3A. Whenever a veteran shall be required by general or special law to file or exhibit a certificate of discharge from the armed forces of the United States, the filing or exhibition of a photostatic copy of such discharge shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the requirements of such law.

Section 3A. Whenever a veteran shall be required by general or special law to file or exhibit a certificate of discharge from the armed forces of the United States, the filing or exhibition of a photostatic copy of such discharge shall be deemed sufficient to comply with the requirements of such law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 116A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 116A
Foreign title insurance companies; applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 116A. A foreign company admitted to transact business under the eleventh clause of section forty-seven shall not be subject to this chapter except this section and sections three A, four, five, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen A, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, one hundred and fifty, one hundred and fifty-one, except subdivision (5) of clause Second, one hundred and fifty-four, one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-three A and one hundred and ninety-four; provided, however, that nothing contained in section one hundred and fifty or one hundred and fifty-one shall be construed to require any person acting as an insurance agent of such a company to be licensed under section one hundred and sixty-three. Such company may transact all the kinds of business specified in said eleventh clause.

Section 116A. A foreign company admitted to transact business under the eleventh clause of section forty-seven shall not be subject to this chapter except this section and sections three A, four, five, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen A, twenty-two, twenty-five, twenty-six, one hundred and fifty, one hundred and fifty-one, except subdivision (5) of clause Second, one hundred and fifty-four, one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and eighty-nine, one hundred and ninety-three A and one hundred and ninety-four; provided, however, that nothing contained in section one hundred and fifty or one hundred and fifty-one shall be construed to require any person acting as an insurance agent of such a company to be licensed under section one hundred and sixty-three. Such company may transact all the kinds of business specified in said eleventh clause.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 224, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 224 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. The word ''court'', in this chapter, shall include a justice of such court, and a special justice thereof when exercising the functions of a justice. The words ''person'', ''defendant'', ''party'', and ''debtor'', in this chapter shall include a natural person, a corporation, a trust, a society, a partnership, an incorporated and an unincorporated association and any other legal entity.

Section 1. The word ''court'', in this chapter, shall include a justice of such court, and a special justice thereof when exercising the functions of a justice.

The words ''person'', ''defendant'', ''party'', and ''debtor'', in this chapter shall include a natural person, a corporation, a trust, a society, a partnership, an incorporated and an unincorporated association and any other legal entity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 42
Passage through cemeteries
Status: in_force

Section 42. Whoever uses as a means of passage from one point to another, not being thereupon at the time for any other purpose, the premises of a cemetery or burial place, in any other parts thereof than the defined ways, paths and walks, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Section 42. Whoever uses as a means of passage from one point to another, not being thereupon at the time for any other purpose, the premises of a cemetery or burial place, in any other parts thereof than the defined ways, paths and walks, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65A / Section 4
Application of law relating to succession taxes in respect to collection and refunds
Status: in_force

Section 4. The provisions of chapters sixty-two C and sixty-five relative to the determination, certification and collection of the tax imposed by chapter sixty-five, relative to the refund or recovery of taxes assessed and collected without authority of law and relative to the determination of questions concerning the tax and all necessary administrative provisions of said chapters shall also be effective in reference to all corresponding matters arising in connection with the tax hereunder, except that no lien shall attach to any property of any estate on account of the tax imposed hereunder. The commissioner shall have authority to require all persons or corporations liable for the payment of taxes hereunder to file returns in such form as he may prescribe.

Section 4. The provisions of chapters sixty-two C and sixty-five relative to the determination, certification and collection of the tax imposed by chapter sixty-five, relative to the refund or recovery of taxes assessed and collected without authority of law and relative to the determination of questions concerning the tax and all necessary administrative provisions of said chapters shall also be effective in reference to all corresponding matters arising in connection with the tax hereunder, except that no lien shall attach to any property of any estate on account of the tax imposed hereunder. The commissioner shall have authority to require all persons or corporations liable for the payment of taxes hereunder to file returns in such form as he may prescribe.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 11
Inspection of establishments of registrants or applicants
Status: in_force

Section 11. The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a pharmacy and the commissioner in any case may inspect in accordance with his or its rules and regulations the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

Section 11. The board of registration in pharmacy in the case of a pharmacy and the commissioner in any case may inspect in accordance with his or its rules and regulations the establishment of a registrant or applicant for registration pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 44
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 44. Any person failing to comply with any requirement, or violating any provision, of sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or the rules and regulations for the enforcement of said sections made by the commission, or airport approach regulations made by a city or town under section forty A, and in full force and effect, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than six months, or both. Whoever operates an aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two years.

Section 44. Any person failing to comply with any requirement, or violating any provision, of sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or the rules and regulations for the enforcement of said sections made by the commission, or airport approach regulations made by a city or town under section forty A, and in full force and effect, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than six months, or both. Whoever operates an aircraft while under the influence of intoxicating liquor shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 84
Certificate of filing articles of consolidation or merger
Status: in_force

Section 84. Upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars, the state secretary shall issue a certificate in such form as he shall prescribe evidencing the filing and approval of articles of consolidation or merger in his office pursuant to sections seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty-two or eighty-three.

Section 84. Upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars, the state secretary shall issue a certificate in such form as he shall prescribe evidencing the filing and approval of articles of consolidation or merger in his office pursuant to sections seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty-two or eighty-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 32B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 32B
David I. Walsh&ndash;Leverett Saltonstall visiting lectureship program
Status: in_force

[Text of section added by 1972, 160, Sec. 1. See also, Section 32B added by 2014, 172, Sec. 2, below.]

[Text of section added by 1972, 160, Sec. 1. See also, Section 32B added by 2014, 172, Sec. 2, below.]

Section 32B. There is hereby established the David I. Walsh–Leverett Saltonstall visiting lectureship program in practical politics and public affairs at the university. For such program the university may annually expend such sums, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, as may be appropriated therefor.

The president of the university and the board of trustees shall select as such visiting lecturers individuals who are both learned and experienced in practical politics and public affairs, and who possess the ability to communicate such knowledge to university students.

The duties of the visiting lecturers shall be decided upon by the president of the university and the chairmen of the departments of political science and politics.

The visiting lecturers shall be appointed for a period not to exceed one year, and they may be assigned to the university branch at Boston or Amherst for a full year, or may be assigned to either branch for one semester or less.

[Text of section added by 2014, 172, Sec. 2. See also, Section 32B added by 1972, 160, Sec. 1, above.]

Section 32B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any campus of the University of Massachusetts may enter into an agreement with any subdivision of the federal or state government, town, city or other towns and cities, including towns and cities in states contiguous to the commonwealth, to provide mutual aid programs for police departments to increase the capability of such departments to protect the lives, safety and property of the people in the area designated in the agreement. The agreement may include the furnishing of personal services, supplies, materials, contractual services and equipment when the resources normally available to the University or any municipality in the agreement are not sufficient to cope with a situation which requires police action. When providing such mutual aide, police officers shall have all the immunities and powers granted to them by the University or the municipalities that employ them including, but not limited to, the same duties, authority, immunities and privileges as duly appointed and qualified police officers acting as such in the municipality.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 7
Corporations dealing with real estate; duration
Status: in_force

Section 7. The agreement of association of any corporation formed for the purpose of acquiring, holding, managing, improving, leasing, buying and selling real estate, except a corporation formed for the purpose of owning forest land classified under chapter sixty-one, shall state the term of duration of the corporation, which shall not exceed fifty years.

Section 7. The agreement of association of any corporation formed for the purpose of acquiring, holding, managing, improving, leasing, buying and selling real estate, except a corporation formed for the purpose of owning forest land classified under chapter sixty-one, shall state the term of duration of the corporation, which shall not exceed fifty years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 43B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 43B
Penalty for willful abandonment of vessel; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 43B. A person who willfully abandons a vessel shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, except where a vessel, scow, lighter or other structure is or has been grounded within the limits of a harbor or on the shores of the commonwealth by reason of accident, emergency, errors of navigation, or in order to prevent loss of life or the sinking of such vessel, scow, lighter or other structure.

Section 43B. A person who willfully abandons a vessel shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, except where a vessel, scow, lighter or other structure is or has been grounded within the limits of a harbor or on the shores of the commonwealth by reason of accident, emergency, errors of navigation, or in order to prevent loss of life or the sinking of such vessel, scow, lighter or other structure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 227, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 227 / Section 14
Contract actions
Status: in_force

Section 14. An action of contract against several defendants, any one of whom is in the commonwealth and any other of whom is absent, in which the plaintiff recovers judgment shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to review, giving bond and alienation of land; but judgment shall not be rendered against any such absent defendant, unless under such circumstances as would entitle the plaintiff to judgment if the absent party were the sole defendant.

Section 14. An action of contract against several defendants, any one of whom is in the commonwealth and any other of whom is absent, in which the plaintiff recovers judgment shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter relative to review, giving bond and alienation of land; but judgment shall not be rendered against any such absent defendant, unless under such circumstances as would entitle the plaintiff to judgment if the absent party were the sole defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 100O — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 100O
Petitions for expungement and related records excluded as public records
Status: in_force

Section 100O. A petition for an expungement, any records related to a petition for an expungement, records related to judicial proceedings required to hear the petition for an expungement or an order of expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K shall not be a public record. Any information obtained by a county, municipal or state employee acting in their official capacity and related to a petition for or order for an expungement shall not be a public record as defined by clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and shall be confidential information. Within 60 days of ordering an expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the court and the commissioner shall expunge all records of the petition, the order and any related proceedings within their care, custody or control.

Section 100O. A petition for an expungement, any records related to a petition for an expungement, records related to judicial proceedings required to hear the petition for an expungement or an order of expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K shall not be a public record. Any information obtained by a county, municipal or state employee acting in their official capacity and related to a petition for or order for an expungement shall not be a public record as defined by clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and shall be confidential information. Within 60 days of ordering an expungement pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the court and the commissioner shall expunge all records of the petition, the order and any related proceedings within their care, custody or control.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 3C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 3C
Annual budget; report
Status: in_force

Section 3C. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the stewardship council, prepare an annual budget of the department, and shall file the same pursuant to section three of chapter twenty-nine. Within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall render a complete detailed report of all activities, revenue and expenditures of the department and each division thereof, to the stewardship council, the general court and the governor and council.

Section 3C. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the stewardship council, prepare an annual budget of the department, and shall file the same pursuant to section three of chapter twenty-nine. Within ninety days after the end of each fiscal year, the commissioner shall render a complete detailed report of all activities, revenue and expenditures of the department and each division thereof, to the stewardship council, the general court and the governor and council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 33
Exhibition of deformities
Status: in_force

Section 33. Whoever exhibits for hire an albino person, a minor or mentally ill person who is deformed or a person who has an appearance of deformity produced by artificial means shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 33. Whoever exhibits for hire an albino person, a minor or mentally ill person who is deformed or a person who has an appearance of deformity produced by artificial means shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 28
Registrar's fees
Status: in_force

Section 28. The registrar shall collect fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, for the following: (1) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, a certificate of title after a transfer, or a salvage title; (2) For each assignment of a security interest, or an addition of a lienholder; (3) For a duplicate, amended or corrected certificate of title; (4) For a certificate of search of its record for each name or identifying number searched against; and (5) For affixing a new identifying number to a vehicle. Vehicles owned by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, used solely for official business, shall be exempt from the payment of fees provided by this chapter.

Section 28. The registrar shall collect fees, as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, for the following: (1) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, a certificate of title after a transfer, or a salvage title; (2) For each assignment of a security interest, or an addition of a lienholder; (3) For a duplicate, amended or corrected certificate of title; (4) For a certificate of search of its record for each name or identifying number searched against; and (5) For affixing a new identifying number to a vehicle. Vehicles owned by the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof, used solely for official business, shall be exempt from the payment of fees provided by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 10M — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 10M
Coverage for tobacco use cessation counseling and products
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2020. See 2019, 133, Sec. 26.]

[Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2020. See 2019, 133, Sec. 26.]

Section 10M. (a) The division and its contracted health insurers, health plans, health maintenance organizations, behavioral health management firms and third-party administrators under contract to a Medicaid managed care organization or primary care clinician plan shall provide coverage for: (i) tobacco use cessation counseling; and (ii) all generic United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation products without cost sharing when prescribed by a health care provider.

(b) The division shall be permitted to employ reasonable managed care techniques consistent with state and federal law to determine the frequency, method, treatment or setting for the recommended item or service; provided, however, that covered persons shall have access to at least 1 tobacco cessation product without preauthorization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94I, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94I / Section 8
Taxation of marijuana sold pursuant to chapter
Status: in_force

Section 8. Marijuana sold pursuant to this chapter shall not be taxed under chapter 64H, 64I, 64K or 64N.

Section 8. Marijuana sold pursuant to this chapter shall not be taxed under chapter 64H, 64I, 64K or 64N.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 13
Persons authorized to inspect boilers
Status: in_force

Section 13. The inspection of boilers and appurtenances shall be made by the division, under the supervision of the chief, or by inspectors of insurance companies authorized to insure steam boilers in the commonwealth; or, in the case of shop inspections in a boiler shop outside of the commonwealth, by such other inspectors holding a national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors commission as are approved by the chief of inspections.

Section 13. The inspection of boilers and appurtenances shall be made by the division, under the supervision of the chief, or by inspectors of insurance companies authorized to insure steam boilers in the commonwealth; or, in the case of shop inspections in a boiler shop outside of the commonwealth, by such other inspectors holding a national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors commission as are approved by the chief of inspections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 11
No fee to modify or defer payment
Status: in_force

Section 11. A lender shall not charge a borrower a fee or other charge to modify, renew, extend or amend a high-cost home mortgage loan or to defer a payment due under the terms of a high-cost home mortgage loan.

Section 11. A lender shall not charge a borrower a fee or other charge to modify, renew, extend or amend a high-cost home mortgage loan or to defer a payment due under the terms of a high-cost home mortgage loan.