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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 2A
Agriculture and farming
Status: in_force

Section 2A. It is hereby declared to be against public policy for any employer to employ any person in agriculture and farming in this commonwealth at an oppressive and unreasonable wage and any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be null and void. A wage of less than $8.00 per hour in agriculture and farming shall be conclusively presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, wherever the term ''minimum wage'' is used in this chapter, except when such wage is paid to a child seventeen years of age or under, or to a parent, spouse, child or other member of the employer's immediate family. The cost of board, lodging or other facilities shall not be included as a part of the wage paid to any employee to the extent it is excluded therefrom; provided, however, that the commissioner may determine the fair value of such board, lodging or other facilities for defined classes of employees and in defined areas, based on average cost to the employer or to groups of employers similarly situated, or average value to groups of employees, or other appropriate measures of fair value. Such evaluations, where applicable and pertinent, shall be used in lieu of actual measure of cost in determining the wage paid to any employee.

Section 2A. It is hereby declared to be against public policy for any employer to employ any person in agriculture and farming in this commonwealth at an oppressive and unreasonable wage and any contract, agreement or understanding for or in relation to such employment shall be null and void. A wage of less than $8.00 per hour in agriculture and farming shall be conclusively presumed to be oppressive and unreasonable, wherever the term ''minimum wage'' is used in this chapter, except when such wage is paid to a child seventeen years of age or under, or to a parent, spouse, child or other member of the employer's immediate family. The cost of board, lodging or other facilities shall not be included as a part of the wage paid to any employee to the extent it is excluded therefrom; provided, however, that the commissioner may determine the fair value of such board, lodging or other facilities for defined classes of employees and in defined areas, based on average cost to the employer or to groups of employers similarly situated, or average value to groups of employees, or other appropriate measures of fair value. Such evaluations, where applicable and pertinent, shall be used in lieu of actual measure of cost in determining the wage paid to any employee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 24E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 24E
Person acting as pharmacy technician without being registered; misdemeanor; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 24E. No person shall hold himself out as a pharmacy technician registered by the board of pharmacy unless that person is registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Any person acting or purporting to act as a pharmacy technician registered by the board of pharmacy without being registered to practice under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year or both. Upon conviction of a subsequent violation, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by two years imprisonment or both.

Section 24E. No person shall hold himself out as a pharmacy technician registered by the board of pharmacy unless that person is registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Any person acting or purporting to act as a pharmacy technician registered by the board of pharmacy without being registered to practice under this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year or both. Upon conviction of a subsequent violation, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by two years imprisonment or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183A, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183A / Section 18
Improvements; costs
Status: in_force

Section 18. (a) If fifty per cent or more but less than seventy-five per cent of the unit owners agree to make an improvement to the common areas and facilities, the cost of such improvement shall be borne solely by the owners so agreeing. (b) Seventy-five per cent or more of the unit owners may agree to make an improvement to the common areas and facilities and assess the cost thereof to all unit owners as a common expense, but if such improvement shall cost in excess of ten per cent of the then value of the condominium, any unit owner not so agreeing may apply to the superior court of the county in which the property is located, on such notice to the organization of unit owners as the court shall direct, for an order directing the purchase of his unit by the organization of unit owners at fair market value thereof as approved by the court. The cost of any such purchase shall be a common expense.

Section 18. (a) If fifty per cent or more but less than seventy-five per cent of the unit owners agree to make an improvement to the common areas and facilities, the cost of such improvement shall be borne solely by the owners so agreeing.

(b) Seventy-five per cent or more of the unit owners may agree to make an improvement to the common areas and facilities and assess the cost thereof to all unit owners as a common expense, but if such improvement shall cost in excess of ten per cent of the then value of the condominium, any unit owner not so agreeing may apply to the superior court of the county in which the property is located, on such notice to the organization of unit owners as the court shall direct, for an order directing the purchase of his unit by the organization of unit owners at fair market value thereof as approved by the court. The cost of any such purchase shall be a common expense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 1
Direction signs; erection and maintenance by cities and towns
Status: in_force

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in section two, every city and town shall erect and maintain on the ways therein, except state highways and ways under the control of the department of conservation and recreation, at such places as are convenient for the direction of travelers and at forks or intersections of ways which lead to adjoining cities or towns, direction signs, upon which shall be stated the name of the city, town or place to which each such way leads, and the distance to the same.

Section 1. Except as otherwise provided in section two, every city and town shall erect and maintain on the ways therein, except state highways and ways under the control of the department of conservation and recreation, at such places as are convenient for the direction of travelers and at forks or intersections of ways which lead to adjoining cities or towns, direction signs, upon which shall be stated the name of the city, town or place to which each such way leads, and the distance to the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 112B — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 112B
Objections to rulings or orders
Status: in_force

Section 112B. In civil actions, formal exceptions to rulings or orders of any court are unnecessary; but for all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take or his objection to the action of the court and his grounds therefor; and, if a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order at the time it is made, the absence of an objection shall not thereafter prejudice him.

Section 112B. In civil actions, formal exceptions to rulings or orders of any court are unnecessary; but for all purposes for which an exception has heretofore been necessary it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take or his objection to the action of the court and his grounds therefor; and, if a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order at the time it is made, the absence of an objection shall not thereafter prejudice him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8NN — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8NN
Coverage for tobacco use cessation counseling and tobacco cessation products
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2020. See 2019, 133, Sec. 26.]

[Text of section applicable to policies, contracts and subscription certificates delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth on or after January 1, 2020. See 2019, 133, Sec. 26.]

Section 8NN. (a) Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan that is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for: (i) tobacco use cessation counseling; and (ii) all generic United States Food and Drug Administration-approved tobacco cessation products without cost sharing when prescribed by a health care provider.

(b) Carriers shall be permitted to employ reasonable managed care techniques consistent with state and federal law to determine the frequency, method, treatment or setting for the recommended item or service; provided, however, that covered persons shall have access to at least 1 tobacco cessation product without preauthorization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 9
Tonnage of vessel; deduction
Status: in_force

Section 9. In taking the tonnage of every such vessel, a deduction may be made of one ton for every inch that the light water marks are under water after such vessel has discharged its cargo.

Section 9. In taking the tonnage of every such vessel, a deduction may be made of one ton for every inch that the light water marks are under water after such vessel has discharged its cargo.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 12C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 12C
Board of registration in podiatry; compensation and reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 12C. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 12C. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93G, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93G / Section 11
Assumption of obligation by successor
Status: in_force

Section 11. The obligation of any supplier or dealer shall be applied to and made an obligation of any successor in interest or assignee of such supplier or dealer. A successor in interest shall include, but not be limited to, any purchaser of the assets or stock, and surviving entity resulting from merger or liquidation, any receiver or any trustee of the original supplier or dealer.

Section 11. The obligation of any supplier or dealer shall be applied to and made an obligation of any successor in interest or assignee of such supplier or dealer. A successor in interest shall include, but not be limited to, any purchaser of the assets or stock, and surviving entity resulting from merger or liquidation, any receiver or any trustee of the original supplier or dealer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 41
Description in case of change of local name
Status: in_force

Section 41. If land to be sold is situated in a town the name of which has been changed by law within three years preceding the sale, the collector shall designate such town in his notices of the sale by both its former and existing name.

Section 41. If land to be sold is situated in a town the name of which has been changed by law within three years preceding the sale, the collector shall designate such town in his notices of the sale by both its former and existing name.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 150 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 150
Sale of unwholesome food
Status: in_force

Section 150. Whoever, himself or by his agent, sells or offers for sale for food or drink any diseased animal or product thereof or any tainted, diseased, corrupt, decayed or unwholesome carcass, meat, vegetable, produce, fruit or provisions of any kind, except when packed in such a container that upon reasonable inspection the condition of the contents thereof cannot be ascertained, without making the condition of the thing sold or offered for sale fully known to the buyer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 150. Whoever, himself or by his agent, sells or offers for sale for food or drink any diseased animal or product thereof or any tainted, diseased, corrupt, decayed or unwholesome carcass, meat, vegetable, produce, fruit or provisions of any kind, except when packed in such a container that upon reasonable inspection the condition of the contents thereof cannot be ascertained, without making the condition of the thing sold or offered for sale fully known to the buyer, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 14
Mayhem; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 14. Whoever, with malicious intent to maim or disfigure, cuts out or maims the tongue, puts out or destroys an eye, cuts or tears off an ear, cuts, slits or mutilates the nose or lip, or cuts off or disables a limb or member, of another person, and whoever is privy to such intent, or is present and aids in the commission of such crime, or whoever, with intent to maim or disfigure, assaults another person with a dangerous weapon, substance or chemical, and by such assault disfigures, cripples or inflicts serious or permanent physical injury upon such person, and whoever is privy to such intent, or is present and aids in the commission of such crime, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.

Section 14. Whoever, with malicious intent to maim or disfigure, cuts out or maims the tongue, puts out or destroys an eye, cuts or tears off an ear, cuts, slits or mutilates the nose or lip, or cuts off or disables a limb or member, of another person, and whoever is privy to such intent, or is present and aids in the commission of such crime, or whoever, with intent to maim or disfigure, assaults another person with a dangerous weapon, substance or chemical, and by such assault disfigures, cripples or inflicts serious or permanent physical injury upon such person, and whoever is privy to such intent, or is present and aids in the commission of such crime, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 12A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 12A
License for structures in rivers or streams where expenditures for channel improvement and flood control already made
Status: in_force

Section 12A. The department may license and prescribe the terms for the construction or extension of a dam, road, bridge or other structure, or the filling of land, the driving of piles, or the making of excavations, in, over or upon the waters below high water mark of any river or stream within the commonwealth with respect to which expenditures from federal, state or municipal funds have been made for stream clearance, channel improvement or any form of flood control or prevention work, and the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all such licenses. Section twenty shall apply to any person authorized by the general court to build structures or do other work in said rivers and streams. Every erection made, and all work done on or within the banks of said rivers and streams, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, without a license as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. The attorney general and the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance. This section and any such license shall not impair the legal rights or remedies of any person.

Section 12A. The department may license and prescribe the terms for the construction or extension of a dam, road, bridge or other structure, or the filling of land, the driving of piles, or the making of excavations, in, over or upon the waters below high water mark of any river or stream within the commonwealth with respect to which expenditures from federal, state or municipal funds have been made for stream clearance, channel improvement or any form of flood control or prevention work, and the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all such licenses. Section twenty shall apply to any person authorized by the general court to build structures or do other work in said rivers and streams. Every erection made, and all work done on or within the banks of said rivers and streams, below high water mark, not authorized by the general court or by the department, or made or done in a manner not sanctioned by the department, without a license as hereinbefore provided, shall be considered a public nuisance. The attorney general and the district attorneys within their respective districts shall, at the request of the department, institute proceedings to enjoin or abate any such nuisance. This section and any such license shall not impair the legal rights or remedies of any person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 37
Certificate accompanying sample of beverages to be analyzed; contents
Status: in_force

Section 37. A certificate shall accompany each sample of beverages sent for analysis by an officer to the department of state police stating from whom the beverages were seized, the date of the seizure and the name and residence of the officer who seized said beverages. Said department shall note upon said certificate the date of the receipt and the analysis of said alcoholic beverages and the percentage of the alcohol or the composition and quality of said beverages, as the case may be, as required by section thirty-six on a form prescribed by said department of state police.

Section 37. A certificate shall accompany each sample of beverages sent for analysis by an officer to the department of state police stating from whom the beverages were seized, the date of the seizure and the name and residence of the officer who seized said beverages. Said department shall note upon said certificate the date of the receipt and the analysis of said alcoholic beverages and the percentage of the alcohol or the composition and quality of said beverages, as the case may be, as required by section thirty-six on a form prescribed by said department of state police.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 27
Kidnapping; venue
Status: in_force

Section 27. A crime described in section twenty-six may be tried in the county where committed or in any county in or to which the person so seized, inveigled or kidnapped is confined, held, carried or brought; and upon the trial of any such crime, the consent thereto of the person so seized, inveigled, kidnapped or confined shall not be a defence unless the jury finds that such consent was not obtained by fraud or extorted by duress or threats.

Section 27. A crime described in section twenty-six may be tried in the county where committed or in any county in or to which the person so seized, inveigled or kidnapped is confined, held, carried or brought; and upon the trial of any such crime, the consent thereto of the person so seized, inveigled, kidnapped or confined shall not be a defence unless the jury finds that such consent was not obtained by fraud or extorted by duress or threats.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15KKKKKK — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15KKKKKK
United States Navy Day
Status: in_force

Section 15KKKKKK. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October 13 as United States Navy Day in commemoration of the establishment of the Continental Navy on October 13, 1775.

Section 15KKKKKK. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October 13 as United States Navy Day in commemoration of the establishment of the Continental Navy on October 13, 1775.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 54
Completion of business on expiration of commission
Status: in_force

Section 54. A master may complete any unfinished proceedings and processes pending before him or commenced under his direction notwithstanding the expiration of his commission.

Section 54. A master may complete any unfinished proceedings and processes pending before him or commenced under his direction notwithstanding the expiration of his commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 38A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 38A
Construction and maintenance of trails for certain uses; voluntary services; payment of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 38A. The department of environmental management shall construct and maintain trails for horseback riding, hiking, ski touring, snowmobiling and other uses on land within its control in accordance with a plan for each area which will minimize conflicting uses. The department is authorized to prepare and publish trail maps and other informational material to inform the public of the location and nature of such trails. To the extent practicable, the voluntary services of trail-using organizations and individuals shall be utilized in carrying out the work authorized hereunder. Expenses authorized by this section and by section thirty-eight, including the acquisition of land or easements therein, surveying and mapping, and the cost of development and construction and expenses incidental thereto, may be paid out of funds theretofore or hereafter made available for the purpose of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.

Section 38A. The department of environmental management shall construct and maintain trails for horseback riding, hiking, ski touring, snowmobiling and other uses on land within its control in accordance with a plan for each area which will minimize conflicting uses. The department is authorized to prepare and publish trail maps and other informational material to inform the public of the location and nature of such trails. To the extent practicable, the voluntary services of trail-using organizations and individuals shall be utilized in carrying out the work authorized hereunder. Expenses authorized by this section and by section thirty-eight, including the acquisition of land or easements therein, surveying and mapping, and the cost of development and construction and expenses incidental thereto, may be paid out of funds theretofore or hereafter made available for the purpose of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.