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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 43
Temporary register; compensation; fees
Status: in_force

Section 43. A temporary register shall be entitled to the same compensation as the register, and shall be paid by him if the appointment is caused by his absence; but if the appointment is caused by his death, removal or resignation, the temporary register shall be paid by the commonwealth. No judge or register shall receive any fee or compensation in addition to his salary for holding or attending courts or acting as judge or register in any county, nor for anything done in his official capacity, except as expressly provided by law, but any judge of probate assisting another judge in the performance of his duties may receive compensation from him, if not entitled to receive it from the commonwealth.

Section 43. A temporary register shall be entitled to the same compensation as the register, and shall be paid by him if the appointment is caused by his absence; but if the appointment is caused by his death, removal or resignation, the temporary register shall be paid by the commonwealth. No judge or register shall receive any fee or compensation in addition to his salary for holding or attending courts or acting as judge or register in any county, nor for anything done in his official capacity, except as expressly provided by law, but any judge of probate assisting another judge in the performance of his duties may receive compensation from him, if not entitled to receive it from the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111F, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111F / Section 14
Records; examination; copying
Status: in_force

Section 14. Employers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be required to maintain as records for a period of thirty years only the MSDS's required by section eleven. Such records shall be made available within a reasonable period of time to each former employee, or his designated representative for examination and copying.

Section 14. Employers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be required to maintain as records for a period of thirty years only the MSDS's required by section eleven. Such records shall be made available within a reasonable period of time to each former employee, or his designated representative for examination and copying.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 33
Power of council to add to appropriation; conditions; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 33. In case of the failure of the mayor to transmit to the city council a written recommendation for an appropriation for any purpose not included in the annual budget, which is deemed necessary by the council, after having been so requested by vote thereof, said council, after the expiration of seven days from such vote, upon its own initiative may make such appropriation by a vote of at least two thirds of its members, and shall in all cases clearly specify the amount to be expended for each particular purpose, but no appropriation may be voted hereunder so as to fix specific salaries of employees under the direction of boards elected by the people, other than the city council.

Section 33. In case of the failure of the mayor to transmit to the city council a written recommendation for an appropriation for any purpose not included in the annual budget, which is deemed necessary by the council, after having been so requested by vote thereof, said council, after the expiration of seven days from such vote, upon its own initiative may make such appropriation by a vote of at least two thirds of its members, and shall in all cases clearly specify the amount to be expended for each particular purpose, but no appropriation may be voted hereunder so as to fix specific salaries of employees under the direction of boards elected by the people, other than the city council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110 / Section 21
Registration of milk cans; description of name; fees; publication
Status: in_force

Section 21. A person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs or cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage of frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, with his name and the word ''registered'' produced in a permanent manner in or upon such cans, tubs or cabinets, may register such articles by filing in the office of the clerk of the city or town where his principal place of business is situated, and also in the office of the state secretary, a description of the name so used by him, and paying the fee provided by clause (64) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and shall publish such description once in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town where the description has been filed.

Section 21. A person engaged in buying, selling or dealing in milk or cream in cans, or who uses cans, tubs or cabinets in the sale, transportation or storage of frozen desserts and/or frozen dessert mix, with his name and the word ''registered'' produced in a permanent manner in or upon such cans, tubs or cabinets, may register such articles by filing in the office of the clerk of the city or town where his principal place of business is situated, and also in the office of the state secretary, a description of the name so used by him, and paying the fee provided by clause (64) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and shall publish such description once in each of four successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town where the description has been filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 4A
Failure to keep schools open for required period; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 4A. Every town which, without having received a specific exemption from the board of education, fails to keep open all schools required to be maintained under sections one and four or fails to provide school facilities under section six for grade nine through twelve, the number of days required by said board in each school year shall have deducted from the sum of school aid payable to it under chapter seventy an amount equal to the proportion which the number of such days during which schools were not kept open bears to the total number of days required that they be kept open by said board.

Section 4A. Every town which, without having received a specific exemption from the board of education, fails to keep open all schools required to be maintained under sections one and four or fails to provide school facilities under section six for grade nine through twelve, the number of days required by said board in each school year shall have deducted from the sum of school aid payable to it under chapter seventy an amount equal to the proportion which the number of such days during which schools were not kept open bears to the total number of days required that they be kept open by said board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 148A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 148A
Employees seeking rights under provisions of this chapter; discharge or discrimination; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 148A. No employee shall be penalized by an employer in any way as a result of any action on the part of an employee to seek his or her rights under the wages and hours provisions of this chapter. Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made a complaint to the attorney general or any other person, or assists the attorney general in any investigation under this chapter, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall have violated this section and shall be punished or shall be subject to a civil citation or order as provided in section 27C.

Section 148A. No employee shall be penalized by an employer in any way as a result of any action on the part of an employee to seek his or her rights under the wages and hours provisions of this chapter.

Any employer who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made a complaint to the attorney general or any other person, or assists the attorney general in any investigation under this chapter, or has instituted, or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall have violated this section and shall be punished or shall be subject to a civil citation or order as provided in section 27C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 2B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 2B
Construction program students; low income housing
Status: in_force

Section 2B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may provide for the construction of one and two family dwellings for persons of low income, by students in vocational-technical schools enrolled in construction programs. No such construction shall be undertaken without the prior approval of the division of occupational education and in a city with the prior approval of the mayor and council or in a town with the prior approval of the town council, or if there is no town council, with the approval of the town meeting and board of selectmen.

Section 2B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a city or town may provide for the construction of one and two family dwellings for persons of low income, by students in vocational-technical schools enrolled in construction programs.

No such construction shall be undertaken without the prior approval of the division of occupational education and in a city with the prior approval of the mayor and council or in a town with the prior approval of the town council, or if there is no town council, with the approval of the town meeting and board of selectmen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 107
Bridge or canal; injury
Status: in_force

Section 107. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right breaks down, injures, removes or destroys a public bridge, or a lock, culvert or embankment of a canal, or wilfully, intentionally and without right makes an aperture or breach in such embankment with intent to destroy or injure the same, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.

Section 107. Whoever wilfully, intentionally and without right breaks down, injures, removes or destroys a public bridge, or a lock, culvert or embankment of a canal, or wilfully, intentionally and without right makes an aperture or breach in such embankment with intent to destroy or injure the same, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 53
School physicians and nurses
Status: in_force

Section 53. The school committee shall appoint one or more school physicians and registered nurses, shall assign them to the public schools within its jurisdiction, shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties and shall assign one or more physicians to the examination of children who apply for health certificates required by section eighty-seven of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, but in cities where the medical inspection hereinafter prescribed is substantially provided by the board of health, said board shall appoint and assign the school physicians and registered nurses. The department may exempt towns having a valuation of less than one million dollars from so much of this section as relates to school nurses.

Section 53. The school committee shall appoint one or more school physicians and registered nurses, shall assign them to the public schools within its jurisdiction, shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties and shall assign one or more physicians to the examination of children who apply for health certificates required by section eighty-seven of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, but in cities where the medical inspection hereinafter prescribed is substantially provided by the board of health, said board shall appoint and assign the school physicians and registered nurses. The department may exempt towns having a valuation of less than one million dollars from so much of this section as relates to school nurses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 11
Admissions and representations
Status: in_force

Section 11. An admission or representation made by any partner concerning partnership affairs within the scope of his authority as conferred by this chapter is evidence against the partnership.

Section 11. An admission or representation made by any partner concerning partnership affairs within the scope of his authority as conferred by this chapter is evidence against the partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 13
Local superintendents of shade tree management and pest control; appointment; notice; assistants
Status: in_force

Section 13. The city manager and the town manager in cities and towns having such a manager, otherwise the mayor in cities and the selectmen in towns, shall appoint for a term of three years a local superintendent of shade tree management and pest control, hereinafter called the local superintendent, for the suppression of the public nuisances named in section eleven. Said local superintendent shall be qualified by training and experience to enable him to carry out efficiently the powers and duties of his position, and shall be licensed or certified to apply pesticides in accordance with the rules and regulations of the pesticide board in the department of food and agriculture. The commissioner shall be notified in writing forthwith of the said appointment, and the name and address of said local superintendent. Said local superintendent shall, pursuant to the advice and general direction of the chief superintendent, destroy said public nuisances within his city or town, including wood infected by said Dutch elm disease or infested with the beetles which spread said disease, or likely to become so infested, except on property under the control of the commonwealth. The local superintendent may appoint such assistants as appropriations are made for by a city or town, and may designate the tree warden to assist him.

Section 13. The city manager and the town manager in cities and towns having such a manager, otherwise the mayor in cities and the selectmen in towns, shall appoint for a term of three years a local superintendent of shade tree management and pest control, hereinafter called the local superintendent, for the suppression of the public nuisances named in section eleven. Said local superintendent shall be qualified by training and experience to enable him to carry out efficiently the powers and duties of his position, and shall be licensed or certified to apply pesticides in accordance with the rules and regulations of the pesticide board in the department of food and agriculture. The commissioner shall be notified in writing forthwith of the said appointment, and the name and address of said local superintendent. Said local superintendent shall, pursuant to the advice and general direction of the chief superintendent, destroy said public nuisances within his city or town, including wood infected by said Dutch elm disease or infested with the beetles which spread said disease, or likely to become so infested, except on property under the control of the commonwealth. The local superintendent may appoint such assistants as appropriations are made for by a city or town, and may designate the tree warden to assist him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 27
Sales by guardian of non-resident ward; transfer of proceeds to foreign executor
Status: in_force

Section 27. A guardian or conservator appointed within the commonwealth, whose ward removes from or resides out of the commonwealth, may sell the real estate of his ward and transfer and pay over the whole or any part of the proceeds of such sale to a guardian, conservator, trustee, committee or other official appointed by competent authority in the state or country where the ward resides, upon such terms and in such manner as the probate court may, after notice to all parties interested, decree upon petition filed therefor.

Section 27. A guardian or conservator appointed within the commonwealth, whose ward removes from or resides out of the commonwealth, may sell the real estate of his ward and transfer and pay over the whole or any part of the proceeds of such sale to a guardian, conservator, trustee, committee or other official appointed by competent authority in the state or country where the ward resides, upon such terms and in such manner as the probate court may, after notice to all parties interested, decree upon petition filed therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 86
Display of certificate of registration in embalming, funeral directing or establishment certificate
Status: in_force

Section 86. Every holder of a certificate of registration in embalming, every holder of a certificate of registration in funeral directing, and every holder of an establishment certificate shall conspicuously display it in his place of business.

Section 86. Every holder of a certificate of registration in embalming, every holder of a certificate of registration in funeral directing, and every holder of an establishment certificate shall conspicuously display it in his place of business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 26B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 26B
Concurrent service of two or more employers; joint and several liability of insurers
Status: in_force

Section 26B. When an employee employed in the concurrent service of two or more insured employers receives a personal injury compensable under this chapter while performing a duty which is common to such employers, the liability of their insurers under this chapter shall be joint and several. Each insurer or self-insurer liable under this section shall pay compensation according to the proportion of the wages paid by its insured in relation to the concurrent wage which the employee received from all insured employers.

Section 26B. When an employee employed in the concurrent service of two or more insured employers receives a personal injury compensable under this chapter while performing a duty which is common to such employers, the liability of their insurers under this chapter shall be joint and several. Each insurer or self-insurer liable under this section shall pay compensation according to the proportion of the wages paid by its insured in relation to the concurrent wage which the employee received from all insured employers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 9C — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 9C
Files defined
Status: in_force

Section 9C. The files are hereby defined as all papers and processes filed with or by the clerk in any action, suit, proceeding or contract, before, by or with the commissioners. All such papers, processes and contracts shall be numbered consecutively in each case, as entered.

Section 9C. The files are hereby defined as all papers and processes filed with or by the clerk in any action, suit, proceeding or contract, before, by or with the commissioners. All such papers, processes and contracts shall be numbered consecutively in each case, as entered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 50C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 50C
Nuclear power plant operators and engineers; minimum supervising and shift requirements
Status: in_force

Section 50C. Every nuclear power plant shall have at least one nuclear power plant senior supervising engineer. One nuclear power plant operating engineer and one assistant nuclear power plant operator shall be the minimum requirement for each working shift.

Section 50C. Every nuclear power plant shall have at least one nuclear power plant senior supervising engineer. One nuclear power plant operating engineer and one assistant nuclear power plant operator shall be the minimum requirement for each working shift.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 20A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 20A
Limitation period for criminal or civil action
Status: in_force

Section 20A. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to any cause of action accruing more than 3 years prior to the date of filing in court of a criminal or civil action; provided, however, that the limitation period shall be tolled from the date that the employee or a similarly situated employee files a complaint with the attorney general alleging a violation of this chapter until the date that the attorney general issues a letter authorizing a private right of action or the date that an enforcement action by the attorney general becomes final.

Section 20A. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to any cause of action accruing more than 3 years prior to the date of filing in court of a criminal or civil action; provided, however, that the limitation period shall be tolled from the date that the employee or a similarly situated employee files a complaint with the attorney general alleging a violation of this chapter until the date that the attorney general issues a letter authorizing a private right of action or the date that an enforcement action by the attorney general becomes final.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276B / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Community-based restorative justice program'', a voluntary program established on restorative justice principles that engages parties to a crime or members of the community in order to develop a plan of repair that addresses the needs of the parties and the community. Programs may include the parties to a case, their supporters and community members or 1-on-1 dialogues between a victim and an offender. ''Restorative justice'', a voluntary process whereby offenders, victims and members of the community collectively identify and address harms, needs and obligations resulting from an offense, in order to understand the impact of that offense; provided, however, that an offender shall accept responsibility for their actions and the process shall support the offender as the offender makes reparation to the victim or to the community in which the harm occurred.

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Community-based restorative justice program'', a voluntary program established on restorative justice principles that engages parties to a crime or members of the community in order to develop a plan of repair that addresses the needs of the parties and the community. Programs may include the parties to a case, their supporters and community members or 1-on-1 dialogues between a victim and an offender.

''Restorative justice'', a voluntary process whereby offenders, victims and members of the community collectively identify and address harms, needs and obligations resulting from an offense, in order to understand the impact of that offense; provided, however, that an offender shall accept responsibility for their actions and the process shall support the offender as the offender makes reparation to the victim or to the community in which the harm occurred.