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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 6A
Testimony concerning ownership in cases involving motor vehicle theft or fraudulent claims; preservation of testimony
Status: in_force

Section 6A. At the arraignment of a defendant charged with violating the provisions of sections twenty-seven A, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, one hundred and eleven A and one hundred and thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, the court shall, upon a showing of need by the commonwealth, and after granting adequate time to defense counsel to consult with the defendant, allow testimony from the owner or person in control of such vehicle, solely on the issue of ownership and unauthorized use, and such testimony shall be taken and preserved and shall be admissible at trial. In the prosecution of a person charged with violating the provisions of sections twenty-seven A, twenty-eight, twenty-eight A, twenty-nine, one hundred and eleven A and one hundred and thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, the court shall order, as a condition of granting a continuance, that the testimony of a witness then present in court be taken and preserved for subsequent use at trial or any other proceeding. The witness shall be examined in open court by the party on whose behalf he is present and the adverse party shall have the right to cross-examination. The expenses of taking and preserving the testimony shall be assessed as costs against the party requesting the continuance.

Section 6A. At the arraignment of a defendant charged with violating the provisions of sections twenty-seven A, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, one hundred and eleven A and one hundred and thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, the court shall, upon a showing of need by the commonwealth, and after granting adequate time to defense counsel to consult with the defendant, allow testimony from the owner or person in control of such vehicle, solely on the issue of ownership and unauthorized use, and such testimony shall be taken and preserved and shall be admissible at trial.

In the prosecution of a person charged with violating the provisions of sections twenty-seven A, twenty-eight, twenty-eight A, twenty-nine, one hundred and eleven A and one hundred and thirty-nine of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, the court shall order, as a condition of granting a continuance, that the testimony of a witness then present in court be taken and preserved for subsequent use at trial or any other proceeding. The witness shall be examined in open court by the party on whose behalf he is present and the adverse party shall have the right to cross-examination. The expenses of taking and preserving the testimony shall be assessed as costs against the party requesting the continuance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 16A
Unified session clerk; designation
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county may designate, with the approval of the chief justice of the trial court, 1 assistant clerk appointed under section 5, as the unified session clerk to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, duties pertaining to the statewide unified session for trials and hearings relative to the determination of sexually dangerous persons pursuant to section 9 of chapter 123A. Such clerk shall receive, in addition to the salary paid to an assistant clerk under section 4, a sum equivalent to 10 per cent of the salary of an assistant clerk.

Section 16A. The clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county may designate, with the approval of the chief justice of the trial court, 1 assistant clerk appointed under section 5, as the unified session clerk to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, duties pertaining to the statewide unified session for trials and hearings relative to the determination of sexually dangerous persons pursuant to section 9 of chapter 123A. Such clerk shall receive, in addition to the salary paid to an assistant clerk under section 4, a sum equivalent to 10 per cent of the salary of an assistant clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 93
Fences and gates along length of railroad
Status: in_force

Section 93. Every railroad corporation shall erect and maintain suitable fences, with convenient bars, gates or openings therein, upon both sides of the entire length of its railroad, except at the crossings of a public way or in places where the convenient use of the railroad would be thereby obstructed, and except at places where, and so long as, it is specially exempted from so doing by the department. Such an exemption granted prior to August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two shall not be revoked except upon new proceedings had under this section, notice of which shall be given to the corporation, and published once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper published in each county where the land lies. The corporation shall also construct and maintain sufficient barriers, where necessary and practicable so to do, to prevent the entrance of cattle upon the railroad. A corporation which unreasonably neglects to comply with this and the following section shall, for every such neglect, forfeit not more than two hundred dollars for every month during which the neglect continues, and upon such neglect the supreme judicial court may restrain and prohibit it from crossing a public way, or from using any land until said sections are complied with.

Section 93. Every railroad corporation shall erect and maintain suitable fences, with convenient bars, gates or openings therein, upon both sides of the entire length of its railroad, except at the crossings of a public way or in places where the convenient use of the railroad would be thereby obstructed, and except at places where, and so long as, it is specially exempted from so doing by the department. Such an exemption granted prior to August first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two shall not be revoked except upon new proceedings had under this section, notice of which shall be given to the corporation, and published once in each of three successive weeks in a newspaper published in each county where the land lies. The corporation shall also construct and maintain sufficient barriers, where necessary and practicable so to do, to prevent the entrance of cattle upon the railroad. A corporation which unreasonably neglects to comply with this and the following section shall, for every such neglect, forfeit not more than two hundred dollars for every month during which the neglect continues, and upon such neglect the supreme judicial court may restrain and prohibit it from crossing a public way, or from using any land until said sections are complied with.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 28
Notice to other holders of interests
Status: in_force

Section 28. Upon such petition, the court may order the petitioner to give notice thereof to all the other parties interested, by serving each of them with an attested copy of such petition and the order thereon fourteen days before the next return day, in order that the other parties may appear and become parties to the proceedings under the petition.

Section 28. Upon such petition, the court may order the petitioner to give notice thereof to all the other parties interested, by serving each of them with an attested copy of such petition and the order thereon fourteen days before the next return day, in order that the other parties may appear and become parties to the proceedings under the petition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 70
Appointment; security of John Adams courthouse
Status: in_force

Section 70. Subject to appropriation, the court administrator may appoint for attendance upon the several sessions of the trial court such officers as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of said court. If a trial court department shall locate to the John Adams courthouse, the court administrator shall assign such security personnel, who may be court officers or associate court officers, as are sufficient to meet the security needs in the areas of the John Adams courthouse occupied by any such trial court department.

Section 70. Subject to appropriation, the court administrator may appoint for attendance upon the several sessions of the trial court such officers as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of said court.

If a trial court department shall locate to the John Adams courthouse, the court administrator shall assign such security personnel, who may be court officers or associate court officers, as are sufficient to meet the security needs in the areas of the John Adams courthouse occupied by any such trial court department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 19
Time for filing petition if improvement delayed by law
Status: in_force

Section 19. If the time for locating or constructing a public improvement by a private corporation shall be extended by statute, all unsettled claims against the corporation for damages to land shall be revived, and the claimants for such damages may petition to the proper tribunal within one year after the taking effect of such statute. This section shall not apply to cases in which, by reason of a defect in the original location of a public improvement already constructed, there has been a new location thereof.

Section 19. If the time for locating or constructing a public improvement by a private corporation shall be extended by statute, all unsettled claims against the corporation for damages to land shall be revived, and the claimants for such damages may petition to the proper tribunal within one year after the taking effect of such statute. This section shall not apply to cases in which, by reason of a defect in the original location of a public improvement already constructed, there has been a new location thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43E, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43E / Section 3
Grant of permit upon failure of issuing authority to take final action or approve within time period for completion of review and issuance of final decision
Status: in_force

Section 3. Failure by any issuing authority to take final action on a permit or approval within the 180–day or 210–day period or extended time, if applicable, shall be considered a grant of the permit requested of that authority. In that event, within 3 days after the date of expiration of the time period, the applicant shall file a notice with the issuing authority, attaching the application, setting forth the facts giving rise to the grant and stating that notice of the grant has been mailed, by certified mail, to all parties to the proceedings and all persons entitled to notice of hearing in connection with the application.

Section 3. Failure by any issuing authority to take final action on a permit or approval within the 180–day or 210–day period or extended time, if applicable, shall be considered a grant of the permit requested of that authority. In that event, within 3 days after the date of expiration of the time period, the applicant shall file a notice with the issuing authority, attaching the application, setting forth the facts giving rise to the grant and stating that notice of the grant has been mailed, by certified mail, to all parties to the proceedings and all persons entitled to notice of hearing in connection with the application.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 17
Power to make, amend and repeal by-laws
Status: repealed

Section 17. The power to make, amend or repeal by-laws shall be in the stockholders; provided that if authorized by the articles of organization, the by-laws may provide that the directors may also make, amend or repeal the by-laws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by law, the articles of organization or the by-laws requires action by the stockholders. Not later than the time of giving notice of the meeting of stockholders next following the making, amending or repealing by the directors of any by-law, notice thereof stating the substance of such change shall be given to all stockholders entitled to vote on amending the by-laws. Any by-law adopted by the directors may be amended or repealed by the stockholders.

Section 17. The power to make, amend or repeal by-laws shall be in the stockholders; provided that if authorized by the articles of organization, the by-laws may provide that the directors may also make, amend or repeal the by-laws in whole or in part, except with respect to any provision thereof which by law, the articles of organization or the by-laws requires action by the stockholders. Not later than the time of giving notice of the meeting of stockholders next following the making, amending or repealing by the directors of any by-law, notice thereof stating the substance of such change shall be given to all stockholders entitled to vote on amending the by-laws. Any by-law adopted by the directors may be amended or repealed by the stockholders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22A / Section 4
Entry of information relative to missing children; access to data
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whenever a parent, guardian, or governmental unit responsible for a child, reports to any police officer or law enforcement official that a child is missing, such police officer or official shall immediately cause to be entered into the central register relevant information relative to said missing child. Such police officer or law enforcement official shall also immediately undertake to locate such missing child. Police officers, law enforcement officials and others so designated by the colonel of state police solely for the purpose of locating a missing child shall have access to the fingerprints and other data and information concerning the missing child on file with the central register.

Section 4. Whenever a parent, guardian, or governmental unit responsible for a child, reports to any police officer or law enforcement official that a child is missing, such police officer or official shall immediately cause to be entered into the central register relevant information relative to said missing child. Such police officer or law enforcement official shall also immediately undertake to locate such missing child.

Police officers, law enforcement officials and others so designated by the colonel of state police solely for the purpose of locating a missing child shall have access to the fingerprints and other data and information concerning the missing child on file with the central register.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175L, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175L / Section 3
False or misleading information on certificate
Status: in_force

Section 3. (a) No person shall: (i) knowingly prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference; or (ii) prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that purports to affirmatively or negatively alter, amend or extend the coverage provided by the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference. (b) A certificate of insurance may not warrant that the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate comply with the insurance or indemnification requirements of a contract and the inclusion of a contract number or description within a certificate of insurance may not be interpreted as doing so.

Section 3. (a) No person shall: (i) knowingly prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that contains any false or misleading information concerning the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference; or (ii) prepare, issue, request or require the issuance of a certificate of insurance that purports to affirmatively or negatively alter, amend or extend the coverage provided by the policy of insurance to which the certificate of insurance makes reference.

(b) A certificate of insurance may not warrant that the policy of insurance referenced in the certificate comply with the insurance or indemnification requirements of a contract and the inclusion of a contract number or description within a certificate of insurance may not be interpreted as doing so.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 107
Landscape architects; penalty for illegal representation or practice
Status: in_force

Section 107. It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) hold himself as a landscape architect unless he is registered under the provisions of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and six, inclusive; (b) present as his own the certificate of registration of another; (c) give false or forged evidence to the board of registration or any member thereof in obtaining a certificate; (d) falsely impersonate any other registrant of like or different name; (e) use or attempt to use a certificate of registration that has been revoked; or (f) otherwise violate any of the provisions of said sections. Each such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 107. It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(a) hold himself as a landscape architect unless he is registered under the provisions of sections ninety-eight to one hundred and six, inclusive;

(b) present as his own the certificate of registration of another;

(c) give false or forged evidence to the board of registration or any member thereof in obtaining a certificate;

(d) falsely impersonate any other registrant of like or different name;

(e) use or attempt to use a certificate of registration that has been revoked; or

(f) otherwise violate any of the provisions of said sections.

Each such violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 26
Exemption of portion of province lands from certain provisions of law
Status: in_force

Section 26. Section two of this chapter, chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, chapter one hundred and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, so much of section one of chapter eleven of the province laws of seventeen hundred and twenty-seven as is contained in the following words ''saving always the right and title of this province to the said lands which is to be in no wise prejudiced'', and all other acts or parts of acts which refer to the province lands at Provincetown, except the act incorporating said town, shall not apply to that portion of said province lands lying east and south of the line fixed in the preceding section.

Section 26. Section two of this chapter, chapter two hundred and sixty-one of the acts of eighteen hundred and fifty-four, chapter one hundred and forty-four of the acts of eighteen hundred and eighty-six, so much of section one of chapter eleven of the province laws of seventeen hundred and twenty-seven as is contained in the following words ''saving always the right and title of this province to the said lands which is to be in no wise prejudiced'', and all other acts or parts of acts which refer to the province lands at Provincetown, except the act incorporating said town, shall not apply to that portion of said province lands lying east and south of the line fixed in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 6B
Skilo and similar games
Status: in_force

Section 6B. Whoever, except as provided in section twenty-two B, sets up or promotes the game commonly known as skilo or any similar game regardless of name, shall be held to have set up and promoted a lottery and shall be punished as provided in section seven.

Section 6B. Whoever, except as provided in section twenty-two B, sets up or promotes the game commonly known as skilo or any similar game regardless of name, shall be held to have set up and promoted a lottery and shall be punished as provided in section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 13
Report of unsanitary condition
Status: in_force

Section 13. The bureau of dairying in the division of regulatory services shall report to the director of animal health each case brought to its attention where any barn, stable or other enclosure, where neat cattle, other ruminants or swine are kept, is found in an unsanitary condition.

Section 13. The bureau of dairying in the division of regulatory services shall report to the director of animal health each case brought to its attention where any barn, stable or other enclosure, where neat cattle, other ruminants or swine are kept, is found in an unsanitary condition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 31E — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 31E
Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salaries
Status: in_force

Section 31E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a state employee, during working hours and at such times as are approved by the employee's supervisor and under regulations promulgated hereunder, may, without loss of salary, provide voluntary services at a public elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical school to assist the improvement of a student's or school's educational program; provided, however, that said voluntary services do not exceed the equivalent of 1 work day per month. There shall be no requirement that the employee have a child as a student in the school or school district. Said services shall not be compensated by a school.

Section 31E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a state employee, during working hours and at such times as are approved by the employee's supervisor and under regulations promulgated hereunder, may, without loss of salary, provide voluntary services at a public elementary, secondary, or vocational-technical school to assist the improvement of a student's or school's educational program; provided, however, that said voluntary services do not exceed the equivalent of 1 work day per month. There shall be no requirement that the employee have a child as a student in the school or school district. Said services shall not be compensated by a school.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 147E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 147E
Regulations; violations; inspections and investigations
Status: in_force

Section 147E. The attorney general shall make rules and regulations for the enforcement of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, and to maintain existing wage, hour and other labor standards established by law or regulation for workers in the industry. Violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punished as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven G. The attorney general or his authorized representatives shall make all inspections and investigations necessary for the enforcement of said sections.

Section 147E. The attorney general shall make rules and regulations for the enforcement of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, and to maintain existing wage, hour and other labor standards established by law or regulation for workers in the industry. Violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punished as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven G. The attorney general or his authorized representatives shall make all inspections and investigations necessary for the enforcement of said sections.