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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18B / Section 4
Payment for services
Status: in_force

Section 4. Subject to appropriation, services of the department shall not be denied to any person because of such person's financial assets or income; provided, however, that the department shall establish a schedule of fees for services which may vary with the ability of the recipient of such services to pay therefor. The department shall develop regulations defining standards of need and priorities for the allocation of social services; such regulations may not deny any category of social services to any person on the basis of such person's financial assets or income, except with regard to any category of social service which, prior to July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, could have been denied to a person on the basis of such person's financial assets or income.

Section 4. Subject to appropriation, services of the department shall not be denied to any person because of such person's financial assets or income; provided, however, that the department shall establish a schedule of fees for services which may vary with the ability of the recipient of such services to pay therefor.

The department shall develop regulations defining standards of need and priorities for the allocation of social services; such regulations may not deny any category of social services to any person on the basis of such person's financial assets or income, except with regard to any category of social service which, prior to July twenty-second, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight, could have been denied to a person on the basis of such person's financial assets or income.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 15
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 15. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have jurisdiction to naturalize aliens resident within their respective judicial districts in the manner set forth in the federal laws relative to naturalization.

Section 15. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have jurisdiction to naturalize aliens resident within their respective judicial districts in the manner set forth in the federal laws relative to naturalization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 47
Riparian proprietors; enclosure of waters
Status: in_force

Section 47. No riparian proprietor of a natural pond other than a great pond, or of an artificial pond of any size, or of a nonnavigable stream, shall enclose the waters thereof within the limits of his own premises unless he furnishes a suitable passage for all anadromous fish naturally frequenting such waters to spawn; nor shall any riparian proprietor enclose the waters of any such pond or stream for the purpose of artificial propagation, cultivation and maintenance of fish, except shiners as authorized in section fifty-two, unless he first procures a propagator's license under section twenty-three authorizing him so to do. A person, without the written consent of the proprietor or lessee of a natural pond which is not a great pond, or of an artificial pond of any size, or of a nonnavigable stream, where fish are lawfully propagated or maintained under authority of a license under this chapter, shall not take, or attempt to take, fish therefrom.

Section 47. No riparian proprietor of a natural pond other than a great pond, or of an artificial pond of any size, or of a nonnavigable stream, shall enclose the waters thereof within the limits of his own premises unless he furnishes a suitable passage for all anadromous fish naturally frequenting such waters to spawn; nor shall any riparian proprietor enclose the waters of any such pond or stream for the purpose of artificial propagation, cultivation and maintenance of fish, except shiners as authorized in section fifty-two, unless he first procures a propagator's license under section twenty-three authorizing him so to do.

A person, without the written consent of the proprietor or lessee of a natural pond which is not a great pond, or of an artificial pond of any size, or of a nonnavigable stream, where fish are lawfully propagated or maintained under authority of a license under this chapter, shall not take, or attempt to take, fish therefrom.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 151 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 151
Acupuncturists; application for license
Status: in_force

Section 151. A person who desires to be licensed and registered as an acupuncturist shall apply to the committee in writing on an application form prescribed and furnished by the committee. He shall include in his application statements under oath satisfactory to the committee, showing that he possess the qualifications preliminary to examination required by section one hundred and fifty-two. He shall pay to the committee at the time of his filing such application a fee which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 151. A person who desires to be licensed and registered as an acupuncturist shall apply to the committee in writing on an application form prescribed and furnished by the committee. He shall include in his application statements under oath satisfactory to the committee, showing that he possess the qualifications preliminary to examination required by section one hundred and fifty-two. He shall pay to the committee at the time of his filing such application a fee which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 14
Vacancies; appointment
Status: in_force

Section 14. For any primary or election, if the city or town clerk determines in writing that there is a deficiency in the number of required election officers within the 6 weeks preceding the primary or election, the appointing authority may appoint election officers without regard to political party membership, voter status, residence in the city or town or inclusion on a list filed by a political party committee pursuant to sections 11B and 12. If the position of warden, clerk or inspector, or deputy of any such officer, if any, is vacant within the 3 weeks preceding any primary or election, the city or town clerk may fill the vacancy by appointing a competent person willing to serve, without regard to political party membership, voter status, residence in the city or town or inclusion on a list filed by a political party committee pursuant to said sections 11B and 12.

Section 14. For any primary or election, if the city or town clerk determines in writing that there is a deficiency in the number of required election officers within the 6 weeks preceding the primary or election, the appointing authority may appoint election officers without regard to political party membership, voter status, residence in the city or town or inclusion on a list filed by a political party committee pursuant to sections 11B and 12. If the position of warden, clerk or inspector, or deputy of any such officer, if any, is vacant within the 3 weeks preceding any primary or election, the city or town clerk may fill the vacancy by appointing a competent person willing to serve, without regard to political party membership, voter status, residence in the city or town or inclusion on a list filed by a political party committee pursuant to said sections 11B and 12.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 216 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 216
Annual statement of life settlement provider
Status: in_force

Section 216. (a) A life settlement provider shall file with the commissioner, annually on or before March 1, a statement containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe by regulation. In addition to any other requirements, the annual statement shall: (i) specify the total number, aggregate face amount and life settlement proceeds of policies settled during the immediately preceding calendar year, together with a breakdown of the information by policy issue year for each carrier; (ii) include the names of the insurance companies whose policies have been settled; and (iii) include only those transactions where the owner is a resident of the commonwealth; provided, however, that an annual statement shall not include individual transaction data regarding the business of life settlements or information that there is a reasonable basis to believe could be used to identify the owner or the insured. (b) A life settlement provider that willfully fails to file an annual statement or willfully fails to reply within 30 days after receipt of a written inquiry by the commissioner in connection therewith shall, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, be subject, upon due notice and opportunity to be heard, to a penalty of up to $250 per day of delay, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate, for each such failure.

Section 216. (a) A life settlement provider shall file with the commissioner, annually on or before March 1, a statement containing such information as the commissioner may prescribe by regulation. In addition to any other requirements, the annual statement shall: (i) specify the total number, aggregate face amount and life settlement proceeds of policies settled during the immediately preceding calendar year, together with a breakdown of the information by policy issue year for each carrier; (ii) include the names of the insurance companies whose policies have been settled; and (iii) include only those transactions where the owner is a resident of the commonwealth; provided, however, that an annual statement shall not include individual transaction data regarding the business of life settlements or information that there is a reasonable basis to believe could be used to identify the owner or the insured.

(b) A life settlement provider that willfully fails to file an annual statement or willfully fails to reply within 30 days after receipt of a written inquiry by the commissioner in connection therewith shall, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law, be subject, upon due notice and opportunity to be heard, to a penalty of up to $250 per day of delay, not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate, for each such failure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 30
Disturbing correctional institutions or jail; attracting attention of, or communicating with, inmates
Status: in_force

Section 30. Whoever wilfully disturbs any correctional institution of the commonwealth, the Lyman school, industrial school for boys, industrial school for girls, or a jail or house of correction, or in any manner seeks to attract the attention of, or without the permission of the officer in charge has communication with, an inmate thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months.

Section 30. Whoever wilfully disturbs any correctional institution of the commonwealth, the Lyman school, industrial school for boys, industrial school for girls, or a jail or house of correction, or in any manner seeks to attract the attention of, or without the permission of the officer in charge has communication with, an inmate thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 220 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 220
Riding upon train other than as fare-paying passenger or employee
Status: in_force

Section 220. Whoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, other conveyance or passenger train upon a railroad or upon the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail other than as a fare paying passenger, or employee, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, railroad police officer, or officer appointed with the powers of a railroad police officer, upon view of such offense, may, without a warrant, arrest the offender and make complaint against him therefor. This section shall not apply to railroad employees while in the discharge of their duties.

Section 220. Whoever, without right rides or attempts to ride upon a locomotive engine, tender, freight car, caboose, other conveyance or passenger train upon a railroad or upon the trains of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail other than as a fare paying passenger, or employee, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, railroad police officer, or officer appointed with the powers of a railroad police officer, upon view of such offense, may, without a warrant, arrest the offender and make complaint against him therefor.

This section shall not apply to railroad employees while in the discharge of their duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 105 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 105
Restoration
Status: in_force

Section 105. If the attachment is dissolved, the party to whom the defendant's share was delivered shall restore it to the defendant, or to the officer, to be by him delivered to the defendant.

Section 105. If the attachment is dissolved, the party to whom the defendant's share was delivered shall restore it to the defendant, or to the officer, to be by him delivered to the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18B / Section 1
Establishment
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be a department of children and families, in this chapter called the department.

Section 1. There shall be a department of children and families, in this chapter called the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 13
Measure of damages
Status: in_force

Section 13. Rents and profits for which the defendant is liable shall be the clear annual value of the land while he was in possession thereof, after deducting all lawful taxes and assessments on the land paid by him and all necessary and ordinary expenses of cultivating the land or collecting rents, profits or income thereof.

Section 13. Rents and profits for which the defendant is liable shall be the clear annual value of the land while he was in possession thereof, after deducting all lawful taxes and assessments on the land paid by him and all necessary and ordinary expenses of cultivating the land or collecting rents, profits or income thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 100, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 100 / Section 6
Suspension or revocation of licenses; cancellation; replacement licenses
Status: in_force

Section 6. Prior to its expiration date, a license may be suspended or revoked by the deputy director in accordance with the procedure and on the grounds set forth in section four, or may be terminated by voluntary surrender by the licensee. Upon the expiration, termination or surrender of a license, the licensee shall deliver the license to the deputy director who shall cancel the license, endorse the date of expiration, termination or surrender and shall, after a sixty-day period from the date of delivery or after all claims made against the licensee have been satisfied or settled, surrender the licensee's bond and so notify the surety on the bond. If a license is lost, misplaced or destroyed, the licensee shall file an affidavit to that effect and the deputy director shall issue a replacement license, clearly identified as such on the license and in the records of the deputy director.

Section 6. Prior to its expiration date, a license may be suspended or revoked by the deputy director in accordance with the procedure and on the grounds set forth in section four, or may be terminated by voluntary surrender by the licensee.

Upon the expiration, termination or surrender of a license, the licensee shall deliver the license to the deputy director who shall cancel the license, endorse the date of expiration, termination or surrender and shall, after a sixty-day period from the date of delivery or after all claims made against the licensee have been satisfied or settled, surrender the licensee's bond and so notify the surety on the bond.

If a license is lost, misplaced or destroyed, the licensee shall file an affidavit to that effect and the deputy director shall issue a replacement license, clearly identified as such on the license and in the records of the deputy director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 47
Compensation and reimbursement policy
Status: in_force

Section 47. The compensation and reimbursement policy of this chapter shall be to prevent financial hardship being imposed upon any juror because of performance of juror service insofar as possible. Where financial hardship exists, the court shall attempt to place the juror into the same financial position as such juror would have been were it not for the performance of juror service. The jury commissioner may issue regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, further defining rights and obligations of jurors and employers with respect to compensation and reimbursements to jurors during such service.

Section 47. The compensation and reimbursement policy of this chapter shall be to prevent financial hardship being imposed upon any juror because of performance of juror service insofar as possible.

Where financial hardship exists, the court shall attempt to place the juror into the same financial position as such juror would have been were it not for the performance of juror service. The jury commissioner may issue regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, further defining rights and obligations of jurors and employers with respect to compensation and reimbursements to jurors during such service.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 21D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 21D
Warning signs; size; posting
Status: in_force

Section 21D. Warning signs shall be placed: (1) Within the equipment readily visible to operator of cranes and other equipment when at the controls of such equipment; (2) On the outside of equipment in such number and locations as to be readily visible to mechanics or other persons engaged in the work operations. Warning signs shall be not less than five inches in height, nor less than seven inches in width.

Section 21D. Warning signs shall be placed: (1) Within the equipment readily visible to operator of cranes and other equipment when at the controls of such equipment;

(2) On the outside of equipment in such number and locations as to be readily visible to mechanics or other persons engaged in the work operations.

Warning signs shall be not less than five inches in height, nor less than seven inches in width.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 9
Public officers appointed by governor; removal
Status: in_force

Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided by law, a public officer, if appointed by the governor, may at any time be removed by him for cause, and, if appointed by him with the advice and consent of the council, may be so removed with its advice and consent.

Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided by law, a public officer, if appointed by the governor, may at any time be removed by him for cause, and, if appointed by him with the advice and consent of the council, may be so removed with its advice and consent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 3
Collection and circulation of information regarding development of agricultural resources
Status: in_force

Section 3. The department may collect all necessary information in regard to the opportunities for developing agricultural resources through the reoccupancy of idle or partly improved farms and farm land, and may cause the facts so obtained, and a statement of the advantages offered, to be circulated where and how it deems for the best interest of the commonwealth.

Section 3. The department may collect all necessary information in regard to the opportunities for developing agricultural resources through the reoccupancy of idle or partly improved farms and farm land, and may cause the facts so obtained, and a statement of the advantages offered, to be circulated where and how it deems for the best interest of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 417 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 417
Combination and division of trusts
Status: in_force

Section 417. Combination and division of trusts After notice to the qualified beneficiaries, a trustee may combine 2 or more trusts into a single trust or divide a trust into 2 or more separate trusts, if the result does not impair the rights of any beneficiary or adversely affect achievement of the purposes of the trusts. {HG4}ARTICLE 5 {HG4C}CREDITOR'S CLAIMS; SPENDTHRIFT AND DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS

Section 417. Combination and division of trusts

After notice to the qualified beneficiaries, a trustee may combine 2 or more trusts into a single trust or divide a trust into 2 or more separate trusts, if the result does not impair the rights of any beneficiary or adversely affect achievement of the purposes of the trusts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90F, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90F / Section 16
Commercial driver licenses issued in Canada or Mexico
Status: in_force

Section 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person may operate a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle issued by any state or Province or Territory of Canada, in accordance with the minimum Federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver licenses, or a valid Licensia Federal de Conductor issued by Mexico that has been recognized by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as the equivalent of a commercial driver license, if the person is not suspended, revoked, or cancelled; and if the person is not disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

Section 16. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a person may operate a commercial motor vehicle if the person has a license to operate a commercial motor vehicle issued by any state or Province or Territory of Canada, in accordance with the minimum Federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver licenses, or a valid Licensia Federal de Conductor issued by Mexico that has been recognized by the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as the equivalent of a commercial driver license, if the person is not suspended, revoked, or cancelled; and if the person is not disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle.