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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 2
Duties of parents; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 2. Every person in control of a child described in section one shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, if he fails so to do for seven day sessions or fourteen half day sessions within any period of six months, he shall, on complaint by a supervisor of attendance, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. No physical or mental condition capable of correction, or rendering the child a fit subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions other than public day schools, shall avail as a defence unless it appears that the defendant has employed all reasonable measures for the correction of the condition and the suitable instruction of the child. The Boston juvenile court shall have jurisdiction within the territorial limits described in section fifty-seven of chapter two hundred and eighteen of complaints hereunder. The Worcester juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the central district court of Worcester, of complaints hereunder. The Springfield juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court of Springfield, of complaints hereunder. The Bristol county juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with all of the district courts of Bristol county, of complaints hereunder, and the presiding judge of said court shall establish hearing dates on a circuit basis to be held in such respective courts. Complaints hereunder brought in other district courts shall be heard in the juvenile sessions thereof.

Section 2. Every person in control of a child described in section one shall cause him to attend school as therein required, and, if he fails so to do for seven day sessions or fourteen half day sessions within any period of six months, he shall, on complaint by a supervisor of attendance, be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars. No physical or mental condition capable of correction, or rendering the child a fit subject for special instruction at public charge in institutions other than public day schools, shall avail as a defence unless it appears that the defendant has employed all reasonable measures for the correction of the condition and the suitable instruction of the child. The Boston juvenile court shall have jurisdiction within the territorial limits described in section fifty-seven of chapter two hundred and eighteen of complaints hereunder. The Worcester juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the central district court of Worcester, of complaints hereunder. The Springfield juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with the district court of Springfield, of complaints hereunder. The Bristol county juvenile court shall have jurisdiction, concurrent with all of the district courts of Bristol county, of complaints hereunder, and the presiding judge of said court shall establish hearing dates on a circuit basis to be held in such respective courts. Complaints hereunder brought in other district courts shall be heard in the juvenile sessions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 160B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 160B
Publication of notice by commissioner of unlicensed foreign company or fraternal benefit society
Status: in_force

Section 160B. The commissioner may, if it appears to him that any foreign company or fraternal benefit society not duly licensed to transact business in this commonwealth is issuing policies of insurance, annuity or pure endowment contracts or benefit certificates to residents thereof, or is seeking to induce such residents by advertisements printed, published or distributed therein through the mails or otherwise, or by any other means, to take out its policies, contracts or certificates, or to solicit or act in the solicitation of applications for, or to negotiate, effect or procure, or act or aid in the negotiation, effecting or procurement of, such policies, contracts or certificates or to collect premiums thereon, cause notice to be published in such manner and form as he may deem proper, setting forth the name of the company or society, the location, if known, of its home or principal office, the fact that such company or society is not licensed to transact business in the commonwealth and is not amenable to suit in the courts of this commonwealth to enforce claims under its policies, contracts or certificates, together with any other pertinent facts of which he may be cognizant or information that he may possess relative to the financial standing or stability, business policies, methods, operations, management or reliability of the company or society.

Section 160B. The commissioner may, if it appears to him that any foreign company or fraternal benefit society not duly licensed to transact business in this commonwealth is issuing policies of insurance, annuity or pure endowment contracts or benefit certificates to residents thereof, or is seeking to induce such residents by advertisements printed, published or distributed therein through the mails or otherwise, or by any other means, to take out its policies, contracts or certificates, or to solicit or act in the solicitation of applications for, or to negotiate, effect or procure, or act or aid in the negotiation, effecting or procurement of, such policies, contracts or certificates or to collect premiums thereon, cause notice to be published in such manner and form as he may deem proper, setting forth the name of the company or society, the location, if known, of its home or principal office, the fact that such company or society is not licensed to transact business in the commonwealth and is not amenable to suit in the courts of this commonwealth to enforce claims under its policies, contracts or certificates, together with any other pertinent facts of which he may be cognizant or information that he may possess relative to the financial standing or stability, business policies, methods, operations, management or reliability of the company or society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 26A
High school voter challenge program
Status: in_force

Section 26A. (a) The state secretary, in consultation with the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and the board of elementary and secondary education, shall establish a non-partisan high school voter challenge program and shall promulgate regulations to implement the program in participating high schools in the commonwealth; provided, however, that the regulations shall identify registration time periods that allow eligible students to participate in all municipal and state elections, including primary elections. (b) Superintendents of schools shall ensure that each voter challenge program implemented in their districts provide opportunities for outreach and for all eligible students to register or pre-register to vote on any participating high school campus. An enrolled high school student may apply to serve as a voter outreach coordinator or be selected to serve as a voter outreach coordinator by a peer nomination process.

Section 26A. (a) The state secretary, in consultation with the commissioner of elementary and secondary education and the board of elementary and secondary education, shall establish a non-partisan high school voter challenge program and shall promulgate regulations to implement the program in participating high schools in the commonwealth; provided, however, that the regulations shall identify registration time periods that allow eligible students to participate in all municipal and state elections, including primary elections.

(b) Superintendents of schools shall ensure that each voter challenge program implemented in their districts provide opportunities for outreach and for all eligible students to register or pre-register to vote on any participating high school campus. An enrolled high school student may apply to serve as a voter outreach coordinator or be selected to serve as a voter outreach coordinator by a peer nomination process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 143 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 143
Establishment of area
Status: in_force

Section 143. A city or town may establish, or two or more cities or two or more towns, or two or more cities and towns, may unite for the purpose of establishing, transportation areas for the operation of freight or passenger service, or both, on street railways existing therein, and for the operation of bus, demand response and other services for the transportation of passengers and freight within and outside member towns. Upon the approval of such an agreement by the department and by the voters, as provided in section one hundred and forty-five, such a transportation area shall be a body corporate or politic, and may become vested with all the rights and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations hereinafter conferred or imposed. All the laws and penalties relating to privately operated street railways within the commonwealth, and such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the department shall apply to such an area. The area shall be given a distinctive name by the trustees, hereinafter provided for, which shall include the words ''Transportation Area''.

Section 143. A city or town may establish, or two or more cities or two or more towns, or two or more cities and towns, may unite for the purpose of establishing, transportation areas for the operation of freight or passenger service, or both, on street railways existing therein, and for the operation of bus, demand response and other services for the transportation of passengers and freight within and outside member towns. Upon the approval of such an agreement by the department and by the voters, as provided in section one hundred and forty-five, such a transportation area shall be a body corporate or politic, and may become vested with all the rights and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and obligations hereinafter conferred or imposed. All the laws and penalties relating to privately operated street railways within the commonwealth, and such rules and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed by the department shall apply to such an area. The area shall be given a distinctive name by the trustees, hereinafter provided for, which shall include the words ''Transportation Area''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4C
Home care benefits
Status: in_force

Section 4C. Any group health maintenance contract shall provide coverage for home care services as set forth in clause (k) of section one hundred and ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 4C. Any group health maintenance contract shall provide coverage for home care services as set forth in clause (k) of section one hundred and ten of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 91C — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 91C
Access to criminal record offender information; comparison with retirement allowances list
Status: in_force

Section 91C. The public employee retirement administration commission is hereby deemed to be an agency required to have access to criminal record offender information pursuant to clause (b) of section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. On at least an annual basis, the commission shall compare lists of all those receiving retirement allowances pursuant to sections six and seven with the information obtained pursuant to clause (b) of said section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. In the event said comparison gives the commission reason to believe that action should be taken in accordance with sections six or seven of this chapter, the commission shall notify the appropriate retirement board.

Section 91C. The public employee retirement administration commission is hereby deemed to be an agency required to have access to criminal record offender information pursuant to clause (b) of section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. On at least an annual basis, the commission shall compare lists of all those receiving retirement allowances pursuant to sections six and seven with the information obtained pursuant to clause (b) of said section one hundred and seventy-two of chapter six. In the event said comparison gives the commission reason to believe that action should be taken in accordance with sections six or seven of this chapter, the commission shall notify the appropriate retirement board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 8, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 8 / Section 18A
Veteran memorabilia; state house exhibits; records
Status: in_force

Section 18A. The superintendent is hereby authorized to display flags, artifacts, documents, photographs, uniforms, medals and other relics and mementos of veterans on the fourth floor of the state house and may provide space, arrangements and designation for such exhibits and to change such exhibits, from time to time in consultation with the secretary of veterans services. Said secretary shall review such exhibits from time to time. Said secretary may communicate with veterans and veterans organizations, inform them of such exhibits, elicit their interest and contributions and receive such memorabilia as the secretary and the superintendent deem appropriate to properly display and exhibit in a fashion to remember and honor appropriately those veterans who served the nation. Said superintendent shall exercise proper care, custody and preservation of such memorabilia and keep a record of all such items. Such record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.

Section 18A. The superintendent is hereby authorized to display flags, artifacts, documents, photographs, uniforms, medals and other relics and mementos of veterans on the fourth floor of the state house and may provide space, arrangements and designation for such exhibits and to change such exhibits, from time to time in consultation with the secretary of veterans services. Said secretary shall review such exhibits from time to time. Said secretary may communicate with veterans and veterans organizations, inform them of such exhibits, elicit their interest and contributions and receive such memorabilia as the secretary and the superintendent deem appropriate to properly display and exhibit in a fashion to remember and honor appropriately those veterans who served the nation. Said superintendent shall exercise proper care, custody and preservation of such memorabilia and keep a record of all such items. Such record shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 19
Place of imprisonment of females convicted of felony
Status: in_force

Section 19. The sentence to imprisonment of a female convicted of a felony shall be executed in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham; or the court imposing sentence in such a case may impose the sentence in a jail or house of correction provided by law in the case of male prisoners, if it does not exceed two and one half years.

Section 19. The sentence to imprisonment of a female convicted of a felony shall be executed in the Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Framingham; or the court imposing sentence in such a case may impose the sentence in a jail or house of correction provided by law in the case of male prisoners, if it does not exceed two and one half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 60D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 60D
Forfeiture for failure to comply with order requiring deposit; issuance of policy while in default; enforcement of order, fine or forfeiture
Status: in_force

Section 60D. Any company failing to comply with any lawful order of the commissioner under section fifty-seven shall, in addition, forfeit one hundred dollars for each day of its default. Any forfeiture recovered under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall be held and expended by him in like manner as a deposit made under said section fifty-seven. Any company issuing any policy of workers' compensation insurance while in default of such compliance shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and any officer or agent thereof issuing any such policy on the company's behalf during such default shall be punished by such fine or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both. The supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the relation of the commissioner of insurance, to enforce compliance with any order of the commissioner made under section fifty-seven, and the payment of any fine, forfeiture or penalty prescribed by this section.

Section 60D. Any company failing to comply with any lawful order of the commissioner under section fifty-seven shall, in addition, forfeit one hundred dollars for each day of its default. Any forfeiture recovered under this section shall be paid to the state treasurer and shall be held and expended by him in like manner as a deposit made under said section fifty-seven. Any company issuing any policy of workers' compensation insurance while in default of such compliance shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and any officer or agent thereof issuing any such policy on the company's behalf during such default shall be punished by such fine or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.

The supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the relation of the commissioner of insurance, to enforce compliance with any order of the commissioner made under section fifty-seven, and the payment of any fine, forfeiture or penalty prescribed by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 131A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 131A
Application of business corporation to acquire, own and operate terminal facilities; notice; hearing; approval
Status: in_force

Section 131A. Any corporation organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-six may apply to the department for an order qualifying the corporation to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to own and operate terminal facilities for steam, electric or other types of railroad. The corporation shall agree that its operations, when qualified hereunder, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the department, and any operating agreements entered into in connection therewith shall be subject to the approval of the department as to their reasonableness. If the department finds, after a public hearing of which notice shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers in the city wherein the terminal is to be located, that the granting of the petition is in the public interest, it shall so certify by order which shall be filed with the state secretary and the corporation shall thereupon be qualified to own and operate the land, buildings and other property used for such railroad terminal facilities.

Section 131A. Any corporation organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-six may apply to the department for an order qualifying the corporation to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to own and operate terminal facilities for steam, electric or other types of railroad. The corporation shall agree that its operations, when qualified hereunder, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the department, and any operating agreements entered into in connection therewith shall be subject to the approval of the department as to their reasonableness. If the department finds, after a public hearing of which notice shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers in the city wherein the terminal is to be located, that the granting of the petition is in the public interest, it shall so certify by order which shall be filed with the state secretary and the corporation shall thereupon be qualified to own and operate the land, buildings and other property used for such railroad terminal facilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 128H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 128H
Migrant workers; educational and recreational opportunities; locomotion; visitation rights; regulations; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

Section 128H. The department of public health shall, as a part of its inspection of a site for a farm labor camp, determine what educational and recreational opportunities may be available for migrant workers, and shall, as far as is practical, encourage the development of such opportunities in cooperation with local and state agencies. The department shall protect the right of the migrant worker to enter and leave the premises of the employer during the period of his employment, and shall include in its certificate of occupancy a notification to the worker that such right exists, notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary. A worker living in quarters apart from the living quarters of his employer shall have reasonable rights of visitation in his living quarters outside of regular working hours and the certificate of occupancy issued by the department shall include notification, in English and in Spanish, of said rights. The department shall establish, by promulgation of regulations, such minimum standards relating to the rights of visitation under this section as will ensure the adequate protection of said rights. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon petition brought by the department in the name of the commonwealth to restrain and enjoin violations of this, or of section one hundred and twenty-eight G, or regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 128H. The department of public health shall, as a part of its inspection of a site for a farm labor camp, determine what educational and recreational opportunities may be available for migrant workers, and shall, as far as is practical, encourage the development of such opportunities in cooperation with local and state agencies. The department shall protect the right of the migrant worker to enter and leave the premises of the employer during the period of his employment, and shall include in its certificate of occupancy a notification to the worker that such right exists, notwithstanding any contract provision to the contrary. A worker living in quarters apart from the living quarters of his employer shall have reasonable rights of visitation in his living quarters outside of regular working hours and the certificate of occupancy issued by the department shall include notification, in English and in Spanish, of said rights. The department shall establish, by promulgation of regulations, such minimum standards relating to the rights of visitation under this section as will ensure the adequate protection of said rights. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon petition brought by the department in the name of the commonwealth to restrain and enjoin violations of this, or of section one hundred and twenty-eight G, or regulations promulgated thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 179 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 179
Placards posted to inform employees
Status: in_force

Section 179. The department may require employers to post in conspicuous positions in any place of employment such placards, posters or signs for the information of employees as it may issue.

Section 179. The department may require employers to post in conspicuous positions in any place of employment such placards, posters or signs for the information of employees as it may issue.