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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64J, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64J / Section 12
Disposition of moneys received
Status: in_force

Section 12. All sums received under this chapter as excise, penalties or forfeitures, interest, costs of suit and fines shall be paid to the commissioner at the time required for filing required by section sixteen of chapter sixty-two C, and shall at least quarterly, be distributed, credited and paid by the state treasurer upon certification of the commissioner to each city or town that has adopted the provisions of this chapter in accordance with section thirteen in proportion to the amount of such sums received from the sale or use of aircraft fuel in each such city or town. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and the provisions of section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine, the sums distributed, credited, and paid to each of the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect shall be equal to the total of such sums received from the sale or use of aircraft fuel at the Lawrence G. Hanscom Field divided by the number of said towns in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect. Upon a vote of the town meeting in each of the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect, said towns may designate all or a portion of the sums received from the sale of aircraft fuel for the purposes of funding certain planning activities of the four-town regional group known as Hanscom Area Towns II.

Section 12. All sums received under this chapter as excise, penalties or forfeitures, interest, costs of suit and fines shall be paid to the commissioner at the time required for filing required by section sixteen of chapter sixty-two C, and shall at least quarterly, be distributed, credited and paid by the state treasurer upon certification of the commissioner to each city or town that has adopted the provisions of this chapter in accordance with section thirteen in proportion to the amount of such sums received from the sale or use of aircraft fuel in each such city or town.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section and the provisions of section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine, the sums distributed, credited, and paid to each of the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect shall be equal to the total of such sums received from the sale or use of aircraft fuel at the Lawrence G. Hanscom Field divided by the number of said towns in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect.

Upon a vote of the town meeting in each of the towns of Bedford, Concord, Lexington, and Lincoln in which the provisions of this chapter are in effect, said towns may designate all or a portion of the sums received from the sale of aircraft fuel for the purposes of funding certain planning activities of the four-town regional group known as Hanscom Area Towns II.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 15A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 15A
Reciprocal enforcement of laws relating to marine fisheries
Status: in_force

Section 15A. Any game protector, fish and game warden, coastal warden, conservation officer or other person who is empowered to make arrests for violations of the conservation or marine fishing laws of the state of New Hampshire or of the state of Rhode Island may pursue any person found fishing in the coastal waters of such state in violation of the marine fishing laws thereof onto adjacent coastal waters of this commonwealth and there arrest him and take him into such other state for the purpose of prosecuting him for such violation; provided, that such other state shall have enacted legislation giving substantially similar authority to the environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement including deputy environmental police officers and other appropriate officers of this commonwealth relative to persons found fishing in the coastal waters of this commonwealth in violation of the marine fishing laws thereof.

Section 15A. Any game protector, fish and game warden, coastal warden, conservation officer or other person who is empowered to make arrests for violations of the conservation or marine fishing laws of the state of New Hampshire or of the state of Rhode Island may pursue any person found fishing in the coastal waters of such state in violation of the marine fishing laws thereof onto adjacent coastal waters of this commonwealth and there arrest him and take him into such other state for the purpose of prosecuting him for such violation; provided, that such other state shall have enacted legislation giving substantially similar authority to the environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement including deputy environmental police officers and other appropriate officers of this commonwealth relative to persons found fishing in the coastal waters of this commonwealth in violation of the marine fishing laws thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 23
Notices or warrants; defacement or removal
Status: in_force

Section 23. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice or warrant for a primary, caucus or election posted according to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 23. Whoever wilfully defaces or removes a notice or warrant for a primary, caucus or election posted according to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 59
Sessions of the courts; adjournment
Status: in_force

Section 59. A judge of a probate court may adjourn court as occasion requires; and if he is absent at the time appointed for holding court, the register shall adjourn it as he may consider necessary or as the judge may order. The register may also adjourn court when the office of judge is vacant.

Section 59. A judge of a probate court may adjourn court as occasion requires; and if he is absent at the time appointed for holding court, the register shall adjourn it as he may consider necessary or as the judge may order. The register may also adjourn court when the office of judge is vacant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 31A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 31A
Transportation of pupils
Status: in_force

Section 31A. The trustees of the Essex agricultural and technical institute, the Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school may, if in their judgment the circumstances warrant, and it is not otherwise provided for, pay, in whole or in part, the costs of transporting any pupil who resides in a town in the county of Essex, the county of Bristol, or the county of Norfolk, as the case may be, between the town and the school, and such expenditure shall be deemed to be a proper maintenance item.

Section 31A. The trustees of the Essex agricultural and technical institute, the Bristol county agricultural school and the Norfolk county agricultural school may, if in their judgment the circumstances warrant, and it is not otherwise provided for, pay, in whole or in part, the costs of transporting any pupil who resides in a town in the county of Essex, the county of Bristol, or the county of Norfolk, as the case may be, between the town and the school, and such expenditure shall be deemed to be a proper maintenance item.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 69, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 69 / Section 39
Educator diversity goals; data collection; reporting
Status: in_force

Section 39. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall set measurable educator diversity goals for the commonwealth and shall collect and publicly report statewide educator diversity data in an online report. The data shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the hiring and retention of diverse educators; (ii) racial and ethnic demographics of educators who complete Massachusetts state educator preparation programs; (iii) teacher qualification data; and (iv) the racial and ethnic demographics of all persons applying for and completing educator certification in the commonwealth. Annually, not later than June 30, the department shall report on state educator diversity data and goals to the board of elementary and secondary education and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the joint committee on education. (b) Each public school district and charter school shall collect and report to the department educator diversity data in a manner prescribed by the department; provided, that the department shall utilize existing reporting mechanisms and schedules to collect educator diversity data and outcomes.

Section 39. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall set measurable educator diversity goals for the commonwealth and shall collect and publicly report statewide educator diversity data in an online report. The data shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the hiring and retention of diverse educators; (ii) racial and ethnic demographics of educators who complete Massachusetts state educator preparation programs; (iii) teacher qualification data; and (iv) the racial and ethnic demographics of all persons applying for and completing educator certification in the commonwealth. Annually, not later than June 30, the department shall report on state educator diversity data and goals to the board of elementary and secondary education and the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the joint committee on education.

(b) Each public school district and charter school shall collect and report to the department educator diversity data in a manner prescribed by the department; provided, that the department shall utilize existing reporting mechanisms and schedules to collect educator diversity data and outcomes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 8A
Applicability of chapter 176V to optometric service corporations governed by this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 8A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to an optometric service corporation governed by this chapter.

Section 8A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to an optometric service corporation governed by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 22K — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 22K
Promulgation of regulations
Status: in_force

Section 22K. The secretary is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.

Section 22K. The secretary is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 416 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 416
Short Title
Status: in_force

Section 416. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Securities Act.

Section 416. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Securities Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 16F — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 16F
Retirement system
Status: in_force

Section 16F. The regional school district shall maintain a contributory retirement system for non-teaching employees of the district, subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of chapter thirty-two.

Section 16F. The regional school district shall maintain a contributory retirement system for non-teaching employees of the district, subject in all respects to the applicable provisions of chapter thirty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15YY — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15YY
Leif Ericson Day
Status: in_force

Section 15YY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October ninth as Leif Ericson Day and recommending a period of special attention to the Norse explorer who ventured across uncharted waters in the year one thousand and three to the continent of North America, and whose courageous exploration recorded in the Icelandic sagas, led others to the shores of our country, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15YY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October ninth as Leif Ericson Day and recommending a period of special attention to the Norse explorer who ventured across uncharted waters in the year one thousand and three to the continent of North America, and whose courageous exploration recorded in the Icelandic sagas, led others to the shores of our country, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255B, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255B / Section 25
Truth-in-lending act; application
Status: in_force

Section 25. A transaction subject to the provisions of this chapter shall also be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty D and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and said chapter one hundred and forty D, the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D shall control.

Section 25. A transaction subject to the provisions of this chapter shall also be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty D and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and said chapter one hundred and forty D, the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D shall control.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 195 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 195
Construction and enforcement of Secs. 186 to 195
Status: in_force

Section 195. When construing and enforcing sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or other individual acting for or employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or association within the scope of his employment or office, shall in each case be also deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such corporation, company, society or association as well as that of the individual.

Section 195. When construing and enforcing sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or other individual acting for or employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or association within the scope of his employment or office, shall in each case be also deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such corporation, company, society or association as well as that of the individual.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 40C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 40C
Adoption, amendment or repeal of airport approach regulations; public hearing
Status: repealed

Section 40C. In a city airport approach regulations may be adopted, amended or repealed only by action of the city council, and in a town only by vote of the town, at a meeting called for the purpose, and in either case only after a public hearing held by the city council of the city or the selectmen of the town, at which hearing all persons who might be affected in their property by the regulations, all inhabitants of the city or town, all persons liable to taxation therein and all inhabitants of adjoining cities and towns shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, if any, in the city or town. Airport approach regulations may be adopted by a city or town although the airport the approaches to which they are designed to protect is located in another city or town.

Section 40C. In a city airport approach regulations may be adopted, amended or repealed only by action of the city council, and in a town only by vote of the town, at a meeting called for the purpose, and in either case only after a public hearing held by the city council of the city or the selectmen of the town, at which hearing all persons who might be affected in their property by the regulations, all inhabitants of the city or town, all persons liable to taxation therein and all inhabitants of adjoining cities and towns shall have an opportunity to be heard. At least fifteen days' notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation, if any, in the city or town. Airport approach regulations may be adopted by a city or town although the airport the approaches to which they are designed to protect is located in another city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 159 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 159
Sheriffs
Status: in_force

Section 159. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and in every sixth year thereafter, a sheriff shall be chosen by the voters in each county.

Section 159. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-six, and in every sixth year thereafter, a sheriff shall be chosen by the voters in each county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 47
Publication of unclaimed dividend list
Status: in_force

Section 47. Every corporation shall, once in every five years, publish three times successively in a newspaper in Boston, and also in a newspaper in the county where the corporation is established, a list of all dividends which have remained unclaimed for two years or more and the names of the persons to whose credit such dividends stand.

Section 47. Every corporation shall, once in every five years, publish three times successively in a newspaper in Boston, and also in a newspaper in the county where the corporation is established, a list of all dividends which have remained unclaimed for two years or more and the names of the persons to whose credit such dividends stand.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 25
Jurisdiction of district court over bridges
Status: in_force

Section 25. District courts in the towns in which the bridge terminates, shall have jurisdiction of complaints for the violation, on such bridges, of the five preceding sections.

Section 25. District courts in the towns in which the bridge terminates, shall have jurisdiction of complaints for the violation, on such bridges, of the five preceding sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 21
Inapplicability of certain sections to cities
Status: in_force

Section 21. Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and sections sixteen to eighteen, inclusive, shall not apply to cities.

Section 21. Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and sections sixteen to eighteen, inclusive, shall not apply to cities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 17
Loss by guest; negligence and violation of regulations as defense
Status: in_force

Section 17. An innholder against whom a claim is made for loss sustained by a guest may show that such loss is attributable to the negligence of the guest or to his failure to comply with the regulations of the inn, if they are reasonable and proper and are shown to have been duly brought to the notice of the guest by the innholder.

Section 17. An innholder against whom a claim is made for loss sustained by a guest may show that such loss is attributable to the negligence of the guest or to his failure to comply with the regulations of the inn, if they are reasonable and proper and are shown to have been duly brought to the notice of the guest by the innholder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 74
Scrubwomen in state house
Status: in_force

Section 74. Any woman who entered the continuous employ of the superintendent of buildings or the sergeant-at-arms as a cleaner and scrubwoman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if she has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than fifteen years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or any such employee if she has been in such employ for not less than ten years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury received in the performance of her duties, may, with the approval of the superintendent, be retired from service, and if so retired she shall receive from the commonwealth for the remainder of her life the sum of three dollars per week.

Section 74. Any woman who entered the continuous employ of the superintendent of buildings or the sergeant-at-arms as a cleaner and scrubwoman prior to July first, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, if she has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than fifteen years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or any such employee if she has been in such employ for not less than ten years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor by reason of any injury received in the performance of her duties, may, with the approval of the superintendent, be retired from service, and if so retired she shall receive from the commonwealth for the remainder of her life the sum of three dollars per week.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 6C — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 6C
Failure to comply with Sec. 6B; report
Status: in_force

Section 6C. If the state secretary finds that any agency fails to comply with any provision of section six B, he shall report the matter to the governor and the attorney general.

Section 6C. If the state secretary finds that any agency fails to comply with any provision of section six B, he shall report the matter to the governor and the attorney general.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 13
Public cemeteries; adjudication by commissioners; taking
Status: in_force

Section 13. The commissioners shall hear the parties at the time and place appointed or at an adjournment thereof, shall adjudicate upon the necessity of such taking, upon the quantity and boundaries of any land adjudged necessary to be taken, and may take in fee under chapter seventy-nine on behalf of the town such land as is adjudged necessary.

Section 13. The commissioners shall hear the parties at the time and place appointed or at an adjournment thereof, shall adjudicate upon the necessity of such taking, upon the quantity and boundaries of any land adjudged necessary to be taken, and may take in fee under chapter seventy-nine on behalf of the town such land as is adjudged necessary.