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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 217 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 217
License without examination; perfusionist applicants licensed in another jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 217. The board may, without examination, license as a perfusionist any applicant who is duly licensed or certified under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico if such applicant substantially meets the requirements for licensing as a perfusionist as set forth in section 213 or holds a current certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, or its successor. At the time of making such application, the applicant shall pay a fee determined by the secretary of administration and finance to the board.

Section 217. The board may, without examination, license as a perfusionist any applicant who is duly licensed or certified under the laws of another state or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico if such applicant substantially meets the requirements for licensing as a perfusionist as set forth in section 213 or holds a current certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, or its successor. At the time of making such application, the applicant shall pay a fee determined by the secretary of administration and finance to the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 56A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 56A
Meals for jurors in accordance with their religious requirements
Status: in_force

Section 56A. The court shall provide, upon request of a juror, meals consisting of food or food products prepared in accordance with the religious requirements of such juror when meals would otherwise be provided during any period in which the jury has been sequestered by the court. The court shall inform the jurors of their rights under this section.

Section 56A. The court shall provide, upon request of a juror, meals consisting of food or food products prepared in accordance with the religious requirements of such juror when meals would otherwise be provided during any period in which the jury has been sequestered by the court. The court shall inform the jurors of their rights under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 224, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 224 / Section 20
Transfer of property pending examination; commitment for contempt; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 20. If at the examination of the debtor it appears that after service of supplementary process, the debtor has made a payment of money or a conveyance, assignment or transfer of property which is not exempt from being taken on execution, with intent to prevent it from being transferred or paid to the creditor or applied to the satisfaction of the judgment, and the court so certifies, the debtor or, in the case of a corporation or trust with transferable shares, its officer, trustee or agent as provided in section sixteen, may in the discretion of the court be committed as for a contempt. The payment by the debtor of a debt for necessaries, or a debt due on any judgment on which he or it has previously been summoned to appear in supplementary proceedings, or a reasonable fee for counsel relative to the proceedings, shall not render him or it liable for contempt.

Section 20. If at the examination of the debtor it appears that after service of supplementary process, the debtor has made a payment of money or a conveyance, assignment or transfer of property which is not exempt from being taken on execution, with intent to prevent it from being transferred or paid to the creditor or applied to the satisfaction of the judgment, and the court so certifies, the debtor or, in the case of a corporation or trust with transferable shares, its officer, trustee or agent as provided in section sixteen, may in the discretion of the court be committed as for a contempt. The payment by the debtor of a debt for necessaries, or a debt due on any judgment on which he or it has previously been summoned to appear in supplementary proceedings, or a reasonable fee for counsel relative to the proceedings, shall not render him or it liable for contempt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 25
Establishment of sidewalks
Status: in_force

Section 25. The aldermen of a city or the selectmen or road commissioners of a town may, if in their judgment the public convenience so requires, establish sidewalks in the public ways thereof and determine the grade of each such sidewalk and the materials with which it shall be constructed, and may order the reconstruction of existing sidewalks. No such sidewalk shall be dug up or obstructed without the consent of the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and repair of public ways in a city, or the selectmen or road commissioners in a town. Each city and town shall provide a slanted curbing on sidewalks in its public ways at pedestrian crosswalks when new or replacement curbing is required at such locations.

Section 25. The aldermen of a city or the selectmen or road commissioners of a town may, if in their judgment the public convenience so requires, establish sidewalks in the public ways thereof and determine the grade of each such sidewalk and the materials with which it shall be constructed, and may order the reconstruction of existing sidewalks. No such sidewalk shall be dug up or obstructed without the consent of the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and repair of public ways in a city, or the selectmen or road commissioners in a town. Each city and town shall provide a slanted curbing on sidewalks in its public ways at pedestrian crosswalks when new or replacement curbing is required at such locations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 16C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 16C
Certification of rate or charge to assessors; commitment as tax
Status: in_force

Section 16C. If a rate or charge for which a lien is in effect under section sixteen B has not been added to or committed as a tax and remains unpaid when the assessors are preparing a real estate tax list and warrant to be committed by them under section fifty-three of chapter fifty-nine, the board or officer in charge of the sewer department, or the town collector of taxes, if applicable under section thirty-eight A of chapter forty-one, shall certify such rate or charge to the assessors, who shall forthwith add such rate or charge to the tax on the property to which it relates and commit it with their warrant to the collector of taxes as a part of such tax. If the property to which such rate or charge relates is tax exempt, such rate or charge shall be committed as the tax.

Section 16C. If a rate or charge for which a lien is in effect under section sixteen B has not been added to or committed as a tax and remains unpaid when the assessors are preparing a real estate tax list and warrant to be committed by them under section fifty-three of chapter fifty-nine, the board or officer in charge of the sewer department, or the town collector of taxes, if applicable under section thirty-eight A of chapter forty-one, shall certify such rate or charge to the assessors, who shall forthwith add such rate or charge to the tax on the property to which it relates and commit it with their warrant to the collector of taxes as a part of such tax. If the property to which such rate or charge relates is tax exempt, such rate or charge shall be committed as the tax.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 69
Enforcement by supreme judicial court
Status: in_force

Section 69. The supreme judicial court for the county where the town is situated shall have jurisdiction on petition of the department or of twenty taxable inhabitants of the town to compel the fixing of prices by the town in compliance with sections fifty-seven and fifty-eight, to prevent any town from purchasing, operating or selling a gas or electric plant in violation of any provision of this chapter, and generally to enforce compliance with the terms and provisions thereof relative to the manufacture or distribution of gas or electricity by a town.

Section 69. The supreme judicial court for the county where the town is situated shall have jurisdiction on petition of the department or of twenty taxable inhabitants of the town to compel the fixing of prices by the town in compliance with sections fifty-seven and fifty-eight, to prevent any town from purchasing, operating or selling a gas or electric plant in violation of any provision of this chapter, and generally to enforce compliance with the terms and provisions thereof relative to the manufacture or distribution of gas or electricity by a town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 6
Writs of attachment and executions
Status: in_force

Section 6. Writs of attachment and executions against executors or administrators for debts due from the testator or intestate shall run only against the goods and estate of the deceased in their hands, and not against their bodies, goods or estate.

Section 6. Writs of attachment and executions against executors or administrators for debts due from the testator or intestate shall run only against the goods and estate of the deceased in their hands, and not against their bodies, goods or estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 13
Redemption of shares
Status: in_force

Section 13. The proprietor of the share or part sold may, within one year after the sale, redeem it by paying to the purchaser or his assigns the purchase price with interest at the rate of twelve per cent a year from the time of the sale.

Section 13. The proprietor of the share or part sold may, within one year after the sale, redeem it by paying to the purchaser or his assigns the purchase price with interest at the rate of twelve per cent a year from the time of the sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 104 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 104
Marketing agreements; approval
Status: in_force

Section 104. Pursuant to section two of this chapter, and in order to promote and develop the agricultural resources of the commonwealth and encourage the marketing of fresh and processed apples, and to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the commissioner may, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, approve marketing agreements, which marketing agreements shall thereupon be binding upon the signatories thereto exclusively.

Section 104. Pursuant to section two of this chapter, and in order to promote and develop the agricultural resources of the commonwealth and encourage the marketing of fresh and processed apples, and to effectuate the declared policy of this chapter, the commissioner may, after due notice and opportunity for hearing, approve marketing agreements, which marketing agreements shall thereupon be binding upon the signatories thereto exclusively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 16FF — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 16FF
Statewide program to assist in implementing behavior health services and supports in school districts
Status: in_force

Section 16FF. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services, in coordination with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall develop and implement a statewide program to assist in implementing behavioral health services and supports in each school district which shall include, but not be limited to, consultation, coaching and technical assistance. (b) The program shall provide web-based, in-person and remote supports to administrators, teachers and school behavioral health staff related to planning, administering and managing behavioral health promotion, prevention and intervention services and supports, including: (i) engagement of families and guardians, with a focus on ensuring equitable, linguistically-competent, culturally-competent and developmentally appropriate responses, and (ii) access to services. (c) The executive office, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall establish a central base of operations within the University of Massachusetts, as well as regional sites, to carry out the program; provided, that there shall be a preference for existing locations providing similar services, such as the state center on child wellbeing and trauma within the University of Massachusetts medical school and the Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for Children Project within the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Section 16FF. (a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services, in coordination with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall develop and implement a statewide program to assist in implementing behavioral health services and supports in each school district which shall include, but not be limited to, consultation, coaching and technical assistance.

(b) The program shall provide web-based, in-person and remote supports to administrators, teachers and school behavioral health staff related to planning, administering and managing behavioral health promotion, prevention and intervention services and supports, including: (i) engagement of families and guardians, with a focus on ensuring equitable, linguistically-competent, culturally-competent and developmentally appropriate responses, and (ii) access to services.

(c) The executive office, in consultation with the department of elementary and secondary education, shall establish a central base of operations within the University of Massachusetts, as well as regional sites, to carry out the program; provided, that there shall be a preference for existing locations providing similar services, such as the state center on child wellbeing and trauma within the University of Massachusetts medical school and the Behavioral Health Integrated Resources for Children Project within the University of Massachusetts at Boston.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 1
State treasurer; supervision of department; salary; other sources of income
Status: in_force

Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state treasurer, under the supervision and control of the state treasurer, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state treasurer shall receive a salary of $175,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce. (b) The state treasurer shall not receive earned income from any other source but may receive unearned or passive income.

Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state treasurer, under the supervision and control of the state treasurer, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state treasurer shall receive a salary of $175,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.

(b) The state treasurer shall not receive earned income from any other source but may receive unearned or passive income.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 41
Personation
Status: in_force

Section 41. Whoever falsely personates another or wilfully and fraudulently procures a person so to do, or fraudulently procures false testimony to be given, or makes a false or fraudulent return of service of process in an action for divorce or in any proceeding connected therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.

Section 41. Whoever falsely personates another or wilfully and fraudulently procures a person so to do, or fraudulently procures false testimony to be given, or makes a false or fraudulent return of service of process in an action for divorce or in any proceeding connected therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223A / Section 9
Documents issued in proceedings outside commonwealth; service within commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 9. ( a ) A court of this commonwealth may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can be found within this commonwealth of any document issued in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this commonwealth. The order may be made upon application of any interested person or in response to a letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this commonwealth and shall direct the manner of service. ( b ) Service in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this commonwealth may be made within this commonwealth without an order of court. ( c ) Service under this section shall not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement of an order, judgment or decree rendered outside this commonwealth.

Section 9. ( a ) A court of this commonwealth may order service upon any person who is domiciled or can be found within this commonwealth of any document issued in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this commonwealth. The order may be made upon application of any interested person or in response to a letter rogatory issued by a tribunal outside this commonwealth and shall direct the manner of service.

( b ) Service in connection with a proceeding in a tribunal outside this commonwealth may be made within this commonwealth without an order of court.

( c ) Service under this section shall not, of itself, require the recognition or enforcement of an order, judgment or decree rendered outside this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161B, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161B / Section 14
Establishment of authorities by vote of advisory board; nonparticipation by city or town; later joining
Status: in_force

Section 14. An authority described in section two of this chapter shall be deemed to be established (a) after twenty per cent of the votes on the advisory board have recorded themselves in favor of calling a meeting to vote on the establishment of the authority, (b) notice of the meeting has been sent by a member municipality of the authority to every other member municipality at least two weeks prior to said meeting and (c) the advisory board has sent the governor written notification that the advisory board has voted to establish the authority; provided that such notification shall not be given except after a majority of municipalities have voted to establish the authority. The membership of the authority upon its establishment as provided in this section shall consist of those cities and towns which affirmatively vote for the formation of the authority as provided in the first paragraph. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any city or town, including a city or town which did not vote for the formation of the authority under the first paragraph from joining an authority subsequent to the formation thereof.

Section 14. An authority described in section two of this chapter shall be deemed to be established (a) after twenty per cent of the votes on the advisory board have recorded themselves in favor of calling a meeting to vote on the establishment of the authority, (b) notice of the meeting has been sent by a member municipality of the authority to every other member municipality at least two weeks prior to said meeting and (c) the advisory board has sent the governor written notification that the advisory board has voted to establish the authority; provided that such notification shall not be given except after a majority of municipalities have voted to establish the authority.

The membership of the authority upon its establishment as provided in this section shall consist of those cities and towns which affirmatively vote for the formation of the authority as provided in the first paragraph. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent any city or town, including a city or town which did not vote for the formation of the authority under the first paragraph from joining an authority subsequent to the formation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5L — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5L
Standards for physicians who read and interpret mammography
Status: in_force

Section 5L. The board shall by regulation establish qualifications, standards and criteria no less stringent than the most current standards of the American College of Radiology, which shall apply to all physicians who read and interpret mammography.

Section 5L. The board shall by regulation establish qualifications, standards and criteria no less stringent than the most current standards of the American College of Radiology, which shall apply to all physicians who read and interpret mammography.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 2E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 2E
Ultrasound services pertaining to a possible or actual pregnancy
Status: in_force

Section 2E. A person shall not provide ultrasound services pertaining to a possible or actual pregnancy except under the supervision of a provider or other licensed health care professional who, acting within their scope of practice, provides medical care for people who are pregnant or may become pregnant.

Section 2E. A person shall not provide ultrasound services pertaining to a possible or actual pregnancy except under the supervision of a provider or other licensed health care professional who, acting within their scope of practice, provides medical care for people who are pregnant or may become pregnant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 12
Custody of books, etc.; demand
Status: in_force

Section 12. A town clerk or an assessor, having knowledge of any accounts, records or papers relating to taxes in his town which should be in his custody, shall demand them of any person having them, who shall forthwith deliver them to him.

Section 12. A town clerk or an assessor, having knowledge of any accounts, records or papers relating to taxes in his town which should be in his custody, shall demand them of any person having them, who shall forthwith deliver them to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 11
Public cemeteries; taking of land for burial purposes; application to county commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 11. If there is necessity for a new cemetery in a town, or for the enlargement of an existing cemetery in and belonging to a town, and the owner or any person interested in the land needed for either purpose refuses to sell the same, or demands therefor a price which the selectmen consider unreasonable, or is unable to convey it, the selectmen may, with the approval of the town, make application therefor by written petition to the county commissioners of the county where the land lies.

Section 11. If there is necessity for a new cemetery in a town, or for the enlargement of an existing cemetery in and belonging to a town, and the owner or any person interested in the land needed for either purpose refuses to sell the same, or demands therefor a price which the selectmen consider unreasonable, or is unable to convey it, the selectmen may, with the approval of the town, make application therefor by written petition to the county commissioners of the county where the land lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21B, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21B / Section 13
Zoning regulations
Status: in_force

Section 13. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to supercede any local zoning regulations.

Section 13. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to supercede any local zoning regulations.