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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 69
Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund
Status: in_force

Section 69. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund. There shall be credited to the fund all criminal penalties, fines and settlements not intended to compensate victims of securities fraud due the commonwealth collected under chapter 110A and any income derived from investment of amounts credited to the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be received and held in trust for investigations and enforcement of chapter 110A. Revenues and expenditures of the fund shall be reported on the Massachusetts management and accounting and reporting system and maintained by the state treasurer. The Fund shall not exceed a maximum of $500,000. Amounts collected in excess of the maximum shall be deposited in the General Fund. Expenditures from the Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund shall be made without further appropriation but shall be approved in writing by the secretary of the commonwealth for the sole purposes of investigating or enforcing chapter 110A and the dissemination of information about the requirements of said chapter.

Section 69. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund. There shall be credited to the fund all criminal penalties, fines and settlements not intended to compensate victims of securities fraud due the commonwealth collected under chapter 110A and any income derived from investment of amounts credited to the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be received and held in trust for investigations and enforcement of chapter 110A. Revenues and expenditures of the fund shall be reported on the Massachusetts management and accounting and reporting system and maintained by the state treasurer. The Fund shall not exceed a maximum of $500,000. Amounts collected in excess of the maximum shall be deposited in the General Fund.

Expenditures from the Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund shall be made without further appropriation but shall be approved in writing by the secretary of the commonwealth for the sole purposes of investigating or enforcing chapter 110A and the dissemination of information about the requirements of said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 27
Time and manner of service of additional jurors
Status: in_force

Section 27. The office of jury commissioner may summon additional grand and trial jurors to appear for juror service forthwith or at a time certain, with or without the right of postponement of juror service, with or without the opportunity to change the selection of the courthouse to which the juror has been assigned, in order to meet the urgent needs of the court. The office of jury commissioner shall employ whatever means of notice, including telephone notice, that is appropriate under the circumstances.

Section 27. The office of jury commissioner may summon additional grand and trial jurors to appear for juror service forthwith or at a time certain, with or without the right of postponement of juror service, with or without the opportunity to change the selection of the courthouse to which the juror has been assigned, in order to meet the urgent needs of the court. The office of jury commissioner shall employ whatever means of notice, including telephone notice, that is appropriate under the circumstances.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111B, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111B / Section 10
Juvenile patients or juveniles held in protective custody
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any person under the age of eighteen who is a patient at a facility, pursuant to section seven, or held in protective custody at a police station pursuant to section eight shall, upon request of his parent or guardian, be released to the custody of said parent or guardian. All rights afforded any person under this chapter shall apply to juveniles. Any provisions of this chapter requiring the consent of a person shall, if the person is a juvenile, require the consent of both the juvenile and his parent or guardian.

Section 10. Any person under the age of eighteen who is a patient at a facility, pursuant to section seven, or held in protective custody at a police station pursuant to section eight shall, upon request of his parent or guardian, be released to the custody of said parent or guardian. All rights afforded any person under this chapter shall apply to juveniles. Any provisions of this chapter requiring the consent of a person shall, if the person is a juvenile, require the consent of both the juvenile and his parent or guardian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 12
Disputes or controversies; submission to board; review of board's decision
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between an optometric service corporation and any participating optometrist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been canceled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of registration in optometry or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. Such an appeal to said board shall be conducted as an adjudicatory proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed, within ten days after the promulgation of such decision or order in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. Such proceedings in equity for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A.

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between an optometric service corporation and any participating optometrist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been canceled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of registration in optometry or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. Such an appeal to said board shall be conducted as an adjudicatory proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed, within ten days after the promulgation of such decision or order in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. Such proceedings in equity for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 29E — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 29E
Hampden probate court; deputy assistant registers
Status: in_force

Section 29E. The register of the Hampden probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant registers shall receive additional compensation of $6,000.

Section 29E. The register of the Hampden probate court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 6 employees as deputy assistant registers with the same powers as assistant registers and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant registers shall receive additional compensation of $6,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 8
Appropriations
Status: in_force

Section 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the general court shall annually appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the maintenance, operation and support of the university; and such appropriations shall be made available by the appropriate state officials for expenditure through allotment, transfer within and among subsidiary accounts, advances from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter twenty-nine, or for disbursement on certification to the state comptroller in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen of said chapter twenty-nine, as may from time to time be directed by the trustees or an officer of the university designated by the trustees.

Section 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the general court shall annually appropriate such sums as it deems necessary for the maintenance, operation and support of the university; and such appropriations shall be made available by the appropriate state officials for expenditure through allotment, transfer within and among subsidiary accounts, advances from the state treasury in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter twenty-nine, or for disbursement on certification to the state comptroller in accordance with the provisions of section eighteen of said chapter twenty-nine, as may from time to time be directed by the trustees or an officer of the university designated by the trustees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 85 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 85
Clam bait; contents of barrel
Status: in_force

Section 85. If clam bait is sold by the barrel, ''barrel'' shall mean a fish barrel of not less than twenty-eight nor more than twenty-nine gallons, and containing twenty-six gallons of clams and not more than three gallons of pickle. If the purchaser and seller disagree as to the quantity in a barrel, either party may have it measured by the deputy director of standards or a sealer of weights and measures. If such barrel does not contain the said number of gallons of clams, the seller shall receive payment for the number of gallons of clams it does contain, but shall pay the expense of measuring and coopering; otherwise the purchaser shall pay such expense.

Section 85. If clam bait is sold by the barrel, ''barrel'' shall mean a fish barrel of not less than twenty-eight nor more than twenty-nine gallons, and containing twenty-six gallons of clams and not more than three gallons of pickle. If the purchaser and seller disagree as to the quantity in a barrel, either party may have it measured by the deputy director of standards or a sealer of weights and measures. If such barrel does not contain the said number of gallons of clams, the seller shall receive payment for the number of gallons of clams it does contain, but shall pay the expense of measuring and coopering; otherwise the purchaser shall pay such expense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 21
''Police station'' and ''station'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 21. The words ''police station'' or ''station'' in the three preceding sections shall mean any place in which persons are temporarily confined under arrest.

Section 21. The words ''police station'' or ''station'' in the three preceding sections shall mean any place in which persons are temporarily confined under arrest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 33
Equivalent elimination of substandard dwelling units
Status: in_force

Section 33. No project for low-rent housing involving the construction of new dwellings shall be undertaken by a housing authority unless the city or town has entered into an agreement with the housing authority providing that, subsequent to the initiation of the project and within five years after the completion thereof, there has been or will be elimination by demolition, condemnation, effective closing or compulsory repair or improvement of unsafe or unsanitary dwelling units situated in the locality or metropolitan area substantially equal in number to the number of newly constructed dwelling units provided by such project; provided, that where more than one family is living in an unsafe or unsanitary dwelling unit, the elimination of such unit shall count as the elimination of units equal to the number of families accommodated therein; and provided, further, that such elimination may, in the discretion of the department be deferred in any locality or metropolitan area where there is an acute shortage of decent, safe or sanitary housing available to families of low income; and provided, further, that this requirement shall not apply in the case of any low-rent housing project located in a rural nonfarm area, or to any low-rent housing project undertaken under the provisions of section thirty-four.

Section 33. No project for low-rent housing involving the construction of new dwellings shall be undertaken by a housing authority unless the city or town has entered into an agreement with the housing authority providing that, subsequent to the initiation of the project and within five years after the completion thereof, there has been or will be elimination by demolition, condemnation, effective closing or compulsory repair or improvement of unsafe or unsanitary dwelling units situated in the locality or metropolitan area substantially equal in number to the number of newly constructed dwelling units provided by such project; provided, that where more than one family is living in an unsafe or unsanitary dwelling unit, the elimination of such unit shall count as the elimination of units equal to the number of families accommodated therein; and provided, further, that such elimination may, in the discretion of the department be deferred in any locality or metropolitan area where there is an acute shortage of decent, safe or sanitary housing available to families of low income; and provided, further, that this requirement shall not apply in the case of any low-rent housing project located in a rural nonfarm area, or to any low-rent housing project undertaken under the provisions of section thirty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 44
Actions to reach and apply corporate shares and interests
Status: in_force

Section 44. Nothing in this chapter shall effect clause seven of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen.

Section 44. Nothing in this chapter shall effect clause seven of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 1
Pilot districts
Status: in_force

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the shore line of the commonwealth shall be divided into four districts. District one shall be the harbor of Boston and shall include all places or landings accessible to vessels from the sea within the limits of Egg Rock, now or formerly known as Nahant Rock or Nahant Head, on the north, and Point Allerton on the south. District two shall include all landing places accessible to vessels from the sea situated between the New Hampshire state line on the north and Egg Rock on the south, including rivers, bays and sounds adjacent thereto. District three shall include all landing places accessible to vessels from the sea situated between Point Allerton on the north and the Rhode Island state line on the west, with all such landing places on the Elizabeth Islands and in the counties of Nantucket and Dukes, including rivers, bays and sounds adjacent thereto, and the Cape Cod canal. District four shall include all landing places on Mount Hope bay and the Taunton river situated within the commonwealth.

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the shore line of the commonwealth shall be divided into four districts.

District one shall be the harbor of Boston and shall include all places or landings accessible to vessels from the sea within the limits of Egg Rock, now or formerly known as Nahant Rock or Nahant Head, on the north, and Point Allerton on the south.

District two shall include all landing places accessible to vessels from the sea situated between the New Hampshire state line on the north and Egg Rock on the south, including rivers, bays and sounds adjacent thereto.

District three shall include all landing places accessible to vessels from the sea situated between Point Allerton on the north and the Rhode Island state line on the west, with all such landing places on the Elizabeth Islands and in the counties of Nantucket and Dukes, including rivers, bays and sounds adjacent thereto, and the Cape Cod canal.

District four shall include all landing places on Mount Hope bay and the Taunton river situated within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 58
Serving oleomargarine at hotels, restaurants, etc.; notice; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 58. Whoever furnishes oleomargarine or causes it to be furnished, instead of butter, in any hotel, restaurant or boarding house or at any lunch counter, to a guest or patron thereof, without notifying said guest or patron by means of signs or printed notices on menus, such printing to be of not less than twenty-four point type, in the English language, that the substance so furnished is not butter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 58. Whoever furnishes oleomargarine or causes it to be furnished, instead of butter, in any hotel, restaurant or boarding house or at any lunch counter, to a guest or patron thereof, without notifying said guest or patron by means of signs or printed notices on menus, such printing to be of not less than twenty-four point type, in the English language, that the substance so furnished is not butter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 34
Race grounds as nuisance; abatement
Status: in_force

Section 34. Every race ground or trotting park established, laid out, used or continued in use contrary to this chapter is declared a common nuisance and may be abated as such; and all persons owning, keeping, using or permitting to be used such race ground or trotting park, or aiding or abetting therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 34. Every race ground or trotting park established, laid out, used or continued in use contrary to this chapter is declared a common nuisance and may be abated as such; and all persons owning, keeping, using or permitting to be used such race ground or trotting park, or aiding or abetting therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 58
Computation of value of claims
Status: in_force

Section 58. The commissioner of insurance shall compute the present value of outstanding claims on the basis of information furnished by the division, and shall assume a rate of interest not higher than four per cent.

Section 58. The commissioner of insurance shall compute the present value of outstanding claims on the basis of information furnished by the division, and shall assume a rate of interest not higher than four per cent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 43
Prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression; training program
Status: in_force

Section 43. The department shall develop a curriculum and training program on the prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and on improving access to services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults and caregivers. The training program shall be completed by: (i) all providers of services who contract with or receive funding from the department, (ii) aging services access points, (iii) the MassHealth's office of long term care or (iv) whose services are certified by the department. Within 12 months after commencing employment, providers shall complete the training program.

Section 43. The department shall develop a curriculum and training program on the prevention and elimination of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and expression and on improving access to services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender older adults and caregivers. The training program shall be completed by: (i) all providers of services who contract with or receive funding from the department, (ii) aging services access points, (iii) the MassHealth's office of long term care or (iv) whose services are certified by the department. Within 12 months after commencing employment, providers shall complete the training program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 130 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 130
Certain slaughter operations exempt from provisions of Secs. 118 to 131
Status: in_force

Section 130. The commissioner may exempt the following types of operations from any provisions of sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive; (1) slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of his own raising exclusively for use by him and members of his household, and his nonpaying guests and employees, and (2) any other operations which the commissioner may determine would best be exempted to further the purposes of said sections, to the extent such exemptions conform to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and any regulations thereunder.

Section 130. The commissioner may exempt the following types of operations from any provisions of sections one hundred and eighteen to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive; (1) slaughtering and preparation by any person of livestock and poultry of his own raising exclusively for use by him and members of his household, and his nonpaying guests and employees, and (2) any other operations which the commissioner may determine would best be exempted to further the purposes of said sections, to the extent such exemptions conform to the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Federal Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended, and any regulations thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 30F — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 30F
Identification of cases in which vocational rehabilitation services may be required
Status: in_force

Section 30F. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the identification and reporting to the office of education and vocational rehabilitation of cases in which vocational rehabilitation services may be required. The purpose of said rules and regulations shall be to facilitate the earliest possible identification of such cases.

Section 30F. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the identification and reporting to the office of education and vocational rehabilitation of cases in which vocational rehabilitation services may be required.

The purpose of said rules and regulations shall be to facilitate the earliest possible identification of such cases.