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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277B / Section 8
Effect on jurisdiction of county grand jury or district attorney
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

[Text of section effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2015, 10, Sec. 46. See 2015, 10, Sec. 71 as amended by 2020, 146.]

Section 8. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the jurisdiction of county grand juries or district attorneys. Except as otherwise provided by law, an investigation by a statewide grand jury shall not preempt an investigation by any other grand jury or agency having jurisdiction over the same subject matter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 26A
Land title actions; jury-waived civil actions; transfer to land court
Status: in_force

Section 26A. The superior court may, upon the application of either party, order a jury-waived civil action where any right, title or interest in land is involved, including actions for specific performance of contracts, removed to the land court for trial and disposition. Upon the entry of such an order, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit all the papers in the case to the recorder of the land court who shall forthwith enter them on the land court docket, which court thereafter shall have jurisdiction of the action so removed.

Section 26A. The superior court may, upon the application of either party, order a jury-waived civil action where any right, title or interest in land is involved, including actions for specific performance of contracts, removed to the land court for trial and disposition. Upon the entry of such an order, the clerk of the court shall forthwith transmit all the papers in the case to the recorder of the land court who shall forthwith enter them on the land court docket, which court thereafter shall have jurisdiction of the action so removed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 35
Filing certified copies of amendments to constitution or by-laws with commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 35. The recording officer of a society shall file with the commissioner a duly certified copy, in English, of any amendments of or additions to its constitution and by-laws, within 90 days after their adoption. Printed copies of the constitution and by-laws, as amended, changed or added to, and certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the society, shall be prima facie evidence of the same and of the legal adoption thereof.

Section 35. The recording officer of a society shall file with the commissioner a duly certified copy, in English, of any amendments of or additions to its constitution and by-laws, within 90 days after their adoption. Printed copies of the constitution and by-laws, as amended, changed or added to, and certified by the secretary or corresponding officer of the society, shall be prima facie evidence of the same and of the legal adoption thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 10
Regulation of use of ways; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 10. Towns may make ordinances and by-laws to prevent the pasturing of cattle or other animals, either with or without a keeper; relative to the passage and driving of sheep, swine and neat cattle; prohibiting persons from riding or driving beasts of burden, carriage or draught, at a rate of speed inconsistent with public safety or convenience; regulating the passage of street cars, or other vehicles, or the use of sleds for coasting; regulating and controlling persons who frequent public places playing on hand organs, drums, trumpets or other musical instruments, upon or through any public way, and may affix penalties of not more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof. They may, by ordinance or by-law, regulate the transportation of the offal of slaughtered animals upon or through any public way and affix a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation thereof.

Section 10. Towns may make ordinances and by-laws to prevent the pasturing of cattle or other animals, either with or without a keeper; relative to the passage and driving of sheep, swine and neat cattle; prohibiting persons from riding or driving beasts of burden, carriage or draught, at a rate of speed inconsistent with public safety or convenience; regulating the passage of street cars, or other vehicles, or the use of sleds for coasting; regulating and controlling persons who frequent public places playing on hand organs, drums, trumpets or other musical instruments, upon or through any public way, and may affix penalties of not more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof. They may, by ordinance or by-law, regulate the transportation of the offal of slaughtered animals upon or through any public way and affix a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 182 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 182
Variations, tolerances and exceptions; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 182. The director of standards shall adopt the variations, tolerances and exemptions established, or hereafter established, by rules and regulations provided for by section three of the act of congress mentioned in section one hundred and ninety-two, with such further reasonable variations, tolerances and exemptions not covered by the rules and regulations by said section as he deems expedient.

Section 182. The director of standards shall adopt the variations, tolerances and exemptions established, or hereafter established, by rules and regulations provided for by section three of the act of congress mentioned in section one hundred and ninety-two, with such further reasonable variations, tolerances and exemptions not covered by the rules and regulations by said section as he deems expedient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 19G — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 19G
State assistance for public library projects
Status: in_force

Section 19G. The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program of state assistance to cities and towns in the planning, reconstruction, construction, design, acquisition of real property, renovation, preservation, rehabilitation, demolition or expansion of a facility to be used as a free public library. The board may, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections nineteen H to nineteen K, inclusive, provide grant funds to such cities and towns which apply for funding of projects authorized by this section; provided, however, that said grant shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the cost of an approved library project, including interest and the cost of planning thereof.

Section 19G. The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program of state assistance to cities and towns in the planning, reconstruction, construction, design, acquisition of real property, renovation, preservation, rehabilitation, demolition or expansion of a facility to be used as a free public library.

The board may, in accordance with the provisions of this section and sections nineteen H to nineteen K, inclusive, provide grant funds to such cities and towns which apply for funding of projects authorized by this section; provided, however, that said grant shall not exceed seventy-five per cent of the cost of an approved library project, including interest and the cost of planning thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203D, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203D / Section 14
Rental property
Status: in_force

Section 14. If a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, must be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee's contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.

Section 14. If a trustee accounts for receipts from rental property pursuant to this section, the trustee shall allocate to income an amount received as rent of real or personal property, including an amount received for cancellation or renewal of a lease. An amount received as a refundable deposit, including a security deposit or a deposit that is to be applied as rent for future periods, must be added to principal and held subject to the terms of the lease and is not available for distribution to a beneficiary until the trustee's contractual obligations have been satisfied with respect to that amount.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 50
Waiver of levy; remedies
Status: in_force

Section 50. If, before an execution which has been levied on land is returned and recorded, it appears that there is a defect or error in the proceedings which would defeat the levy, or that the land levied upon cannot be held thereby, the creditor may waive the levy, which shall thereupon be void, and resort to any other remedy for the satisfaction of his judgment.

Section 50. If, before an execution which has been levied on land is returned and recorded, it appears that there is a defect or error in the proceedings which would defeat the levy, or that the land levied upon cannot be held thereby, the creditor may waive the levy, which shall thereupon be void, and resort to any other remedy for the satisfaction of his judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 6
Consultation with and giving of advice and assistance to district attorneys
Status: in_force

Section 6. He shall consult with and advise district attorneys in matters relating to their duties; and, if in his judgment the public interest so requires, he shall assist them by attending the grand jury in the examination of a case in which the accused is charged with a capital crime, and appear for the commonwealth in the trial of indictments for capital crimes. He shall also consult with and advise district attorneys in all civil actions brought pursuant to chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, and may assist them in the defense of such actions.

Section 6. He shall consult with and advise district attorneys in matters relating to their duties; and, if in his judgment the public interest so requires, he shall assist them by attending the grand jury in the examination of a case in which the accused is charged with a capital crime, and appear for the commonwealth in the trial of indictments for capital crimes.

He shall also consult with and advise district attorneys in all civil actions brought pursuant to chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, and may assist them in the defense of such actions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 53
Massage or baths; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 53. Whoever violates any provision of section fifty-one, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, or prevents or hinders any member of a police force from exercising the authority conferred upon him by section fifty-two, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 53. Whoever violates any provision of section fifty-one, or any rule or regulation made under authority thereof, or prevents or hinders any member of a police force from exercising the authority conferred upon him by section fifty-two, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 39A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 39A
Water supply or distributing system; establishment; maintenance and operation; exception
Status: in_force

Section 39A. A town, by a majority of its voters present and voting thereon at a town meeting at which the voting list shall be used, may establish a water supply or water distributing system and maintain and operate the same, in accordance with sections thirty-nine B to thirty-nine G, inclusive; but no such system shall be established to supply water in any town while the inhabitants of any part thereof are being served directly by a water company or a water supply district, water district, or fire district supplying water to its inhabitants, except in accordance with section thirty-eight or with special law. Any town may vote to authorize its board of selectmen to act as water commissioners, with all the powers and duties of such commissioners, until water commissioners shall be elected as hereinafter provided. A town which has so voted may, at an annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting called for the purpose and held at least thirty days before the next annual town meeting, vote that at such next annual town meeting water commissioners shall be elected.

Section 39A. A town, by a majority of its voters present and voting thereon at a town meeting at which the voting list shall be used, may establish a water supply or water distributing system and maintain and operate the same, in accordance with sections thirty-nine B to thirty-nine G, inclusive; but no such system shall be established to supply water in any town while the inhabitants of any part thereof are being served directly by a water company or a water supply district, water district, or fire district supplying water to its inhabitants, except in accordance with section thirty-eight or with special law. Any town may vote to authorize its board of selectmen to act as water commissioners, with all the powers and duties of such commissioners, until water commissioners shall be elected as hereinafter provided. A town which has so voted may, at an annual town meeting, or at a special town meeting called for the purpose and held at least thirty days before the next annual town meeting, vote that at such next annual town meeting water commissioners shall be elected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 2
Application of chapter; exemption from insurance laws; exemption from practice of medicine provisions
Status: in_force

Section 2. Any medical service plan, and any medical service corporation or medical organization operating in connection with a medical service plan, under the laws of the commonwealth, shall be governed by this chapter and shall, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, be exempt from all provisions of the insurance laws of the commonwealth. Any medical service corporation operating under this chapter shall not be deemed to be practicing medicine and shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter one hundred and twelve relating to the practice of medicine.

Section 2. Any medical service plan, and any medical service corporation or medical organization operating in connection with a medical service plan, under the laws of the commonwealth, shall be governed by this chapter and shall, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, be exempt from all provisions of the insurance laws of the commonwealth. Any medical service corporation operating under this chapter shall not be deemed to be practicing medicine and shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter one hundred and twelve relating to the practice of medicine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 222, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 222 / Section 19
Duty to perform notarial act upon payment of fee; exceptions
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable pursuant to 2016, 289, Sec. 7.]

[Text of section applicable pursuant to 2016, 289, Sec. 7.]

Section 19. A notary public shall perform a notarial act for any person requesting such act who tenders the fee provided for in section 41 of chapter 262 or any other general or special law or executive order, unless:

(i) the notary public knows or has reason to believe that the notarial act or the associated transaction is unlawful;

(ii) the principal has a demeanor that causes the notary public to have a compelling doubt about whether the principal knows the consequences of the transaction or document requiring the notarial act;

(iii) the act is prohibited by this chapter or any other applicable law; or

(iv) the number of notarial acts requested practicably precludes completion of all acts at once, in which case, the notary public shall arrange for later completion of the remaining acts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20K — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20K
Warrant to receive accused and convey him to proper county; proceedings pending in another state
Status: in_force

Section 20K. Whenever the governor shall demand a person charged with crime in this commonwealth, or one charged with having been convicted in this commonwealth and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, from the chief executive of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he may issue a warrant, under the seal of this commonwealth, to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him, and convey him to the proper officer of the county in which the crime was committed. Whenever it is desired to have returned to this commonwealth a person charged herein with a crime, or with having been convicted in this commonwealth and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the governor may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the interstate rendition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or of his term of sentence in such other state, upon such conditions relative to the return of such person to such other state at the expense of this commonwealth as may be agreed upon between the governor and the executive authority of such other state.

Section 20K. Whenever the governor shall demand a person charged with crime in this commonwealth, or one charged with having been convicted in this commonwealth and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, from the chief executive of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he may issue a warrant, under the seal of this commonwealth, to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him, and convey him to the proper officer of the county in which the crime was committed.

Whenever it is desired to have returned to this commonwealth a person charged herein with a crime, or with having been convicted in this commonwealth and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another state, the governor may agree with the executive authority of such other state for the interstate rendition of such person before the conclusion of such proceedings or of his term of sentence in such other state, upon such conditions relative to the return of such person to such other state at the expense of this commonwealth as may be agreed upon between the governor and the executive authority of such other state.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118I, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118I / Section 16
Unauthorized access or disclosure; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 16. Unauthorized access to or disclosure of individually identifiable patient health information by or through the statewide health information exchange or by or through any technology grantees or implementing organizations funded in whole or in part from the from the e–Health Institute Fund established in section 6E of chapter 40J or the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange Fund established in section 10, or any associated businesses managing or in possession of such information, the operator of such exchange or grantee or contractor shall be subject to fines or penalties as determined by the executive office. The executive office shall promulgate regulations to assess fair and reasonable fines or penalties.

Section 16. Unauthorized access to or disclosure of individually identifiable patient health information by or through the statewide health information exchange or by or through any technology grantees or implementing organizations funded in whole or in part from the from the e–Health Institute Fund established in section 6E of chapter 40J or the Massachusetts Health Information Exchange Fund established in section 10, or any associated businesses managing or in possession of such information, the operator of such exchange or grantee or contractor shall be subject to fines or penalties as determined by the executive office. The executive office shall promulgate regulations to assess fair and reasonable fines or penalties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 135 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 135
Stopping of trains at grade crossings
Status: in_force

Section 135. If two railroads cross each other at the same level, the engineer of every freight train and, if both railroads are used for passenger traffic, of every passenger train, upon approaching such crossing, shall stop his engine within five hundred feet therefrom, and shall not resume his course until signalled so to do, when he shall pass slowly over the crossing; but one stop shall be sufficient for all such crossings within six hundred feet of each other upon the same railroad. Every engineer who fails so to stop his engine shall forfeit one hundred dollars; and the corporation on whose railroad the offence is committed shall forfeit the further amount of three hundred dollars.

Section 135. If two railroads cross each other at the same level, the engineer of every freight train and, if both railroads are used for passenger traffic, of every passenger train, upon approaching such crossing, shall stop his engine within five hundred feet therefrom, and shall not resume his course until signalled so to do, when he shall pass slowly over the crossing; but one stop shall be sufficient for all such crossings within six hundred feet of each other upon the same railroad. Every engineer who fails so to stop his engine shall forfeit one hundred dollars; and the corporation on whose railroad the offence is committed shall forfeit the further amount of three hundred dollars.