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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21G, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21G / Section 17
State of water emergency; orders
Status: in_force

Section 17. During a state of water emergency declared under section fifteen, the department, to the extent not in conflict with applicable federal law or regulation but notwithstanding any general or special law, local law or contractual agreement to the contrary, shall be empowered to issue orders, applicable within or outside the area in which a water emergency exists to:— (1) Establish priorities for the distribution of any water or quantity of water use; (2) Permit any person engaged in the operation of a water supply system to reduce or increase by a specified amount or to cease the distribution of that water; to distribute a specified amount of water to certain users as specified by the department; or to share any water with other water supply systems; (3) Direct any person to reduce, by a specified volume, the withdrawal or use of any water; or to cease the withdrawal or use of any water; (4) Require the implementation of specific water conservation measures; and (5) Mandate the denial, for the duration of the state of water emergency, of all applications for withdrawal permits within the areas of the commonwealth to which the state of water emergency applies. The commission shall adopt guidelines for use by the department in issuing orders under this section. The department shall consult with the appropriate executive agency overseeing the activities of any person affected by this section.

Section 17. During a state of water emergency declared under section fifteen, the department, to the extent not in conflict with applicable federal law or regulation but notwithstanding any general or special law, local law or contractual agreement to the contrary, shall be empowered to issue orders, applicable within or outside the area in which a water emergency exists to:—

(1) Establish priorities for the distribution of any water or quantity of water use;

(2) Permit any person engaged in the operation of a water supply system to reduce or increase by a specified amount or to cease the distribution of that water; to distribute a specified amount of water to certain users as specified by the department; or to share any water with other water supply systems;

(3) Direct any person to reduce, by a specified volume, the withdrawal or use of any water; or to cease the withdrawal or use of any water;

(4) Require the implementation of specific water conservation measures; and

(5) Mandate the denial, for the duration of the state of water emergency, of all applications for withdrawal permits within the areas of the commonwealth to which the state of water emergency applies.

The commission shall adopt guidelines for use by the department in issuing orders under this section.

The department shall consult with the appropriate executive agency overseeing the activities of any person affected by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 21
Audit of accounts
Status: in_force

Section 21. The full court, sitting for the commonwealth, shall examine and audit all accounts for services and expenses incident to said court, and they shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 21. The full court, sitting for the commonwealth, shall examine and audit all accounts for services and expenses incident to said court, and they shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5O — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5O
Telehealth
Status: in_force

Section 5O. (a) For purposes of this section ''telehealth'' shall mean the use of synchronous or asynchronous audio, video, electronic media or other telecommunications technology, including, but not limited to: (i) interactive audio-video technology; (ii) remote patient monitoring devices; (iii) audio-only telephone; and (iv) online adaptive interviews, for the purpose of evaluating, diagnosing, consulting, prescribing, treating or monitoring of a patient's physical health, oral health, mental health or substance use disorder condition. (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board shall allow a physician licensed by the board to obtain proxy credentialing and privileging for telehealth services with other health care providers, as defined in section 1 of chapter 111, or facilities that comply with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' conditions of participation for telehealth services.

Section 5O. (a) For purposes of this section ''telehealth'' shall mean the use of synchronous or asynchronous audio, video, electronic media or other telecommunications technology, including, but not limited to: (i) interactive audio-video technology; (ii) remote patient monitoring devices; (iii) audio-only telephone; and (iv) online adaptive interviews, for the purpose of evaluating, diagnosing, consulting, prescribing, treating or monitoring of a patient's physical health, oral health, mental health or substance use disorder condition.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the board shall allow a physician licensed by the board to obtain proxy credentialing and privileging for telehealth services with other health care providers, as defined in section 1 of chapter 111, or facilities that comply with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' conditions of participation for telehealth services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 30
Rules and forms; power of judges to make
Status: in_force

Section 30. The judges of the probate courts or a majority of them shall from time to time make rules for regulating the practice and for conducting the business in their courts in all cases not expressly provided for by law and shall prescribe forms, and, as soon as convenient after making or prescribing them, shall submit a copy of their rules, forms and course of proceedings to the supreme judicial court, which may alter and amend them, and from time to time make such other rules and forms for regulating the proceedings in the probate court as it considers necessary in order to secure regularity and uniformity.

Section 30. The judges of the probate courts or a majority of them shall from time to time make rules for regulating the practice and for conducting the business in their courts in all cases not expressly provided for by law and shall prescribe forms, and, as soon as convenient after making or prescribing them, shall submit a copy of their rules, forms and course of proceedings to the supreme judicial court, which may alter and amend them, and from time to time make such other rules and forms for regulating the proceedings in the probate court as it considers necessary in order to secure regularity and uniformity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 108
Penalties; misbranding of apples
Status: in_force

Section 108. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent misbrands apples within the meaning of section one hundred and five or advertises apples for sale in violation of section one hundred and three, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples which are misbranded, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers for sale or distribution apples in closed or open packages so packed or repacked that the faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the color, size or quality of the other apples in the package, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes, offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples otherwise in violation of any provision of section one hundred and one to one hundred and nine, inclusive, or wilfully alters, effaces or removes, or causes to be altered, effaced or removed, wholly or partly, any brands or marks put upon any package of apples under authority of said sections, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars. Whoever obstructs or hinders the commissioner of food and agriculture or any of his assistants in the performance of his duties under sections one hundred and one to one hundred and seven, and section one hundred and nine, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 108. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent misbrands apples within the meaning of section one hundred and five or advertises apples for sale in violation of section one hundred and three, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples which are misbranded, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes or offers for sale or distribution apples in closed or open packages so packed or repacked that the faced or shown surface gives a false representation of the color, size or quality of the other apples in the package, or packs, repacks, sells, distributes, offers or exposes for sale or distribution apples otherwise in violation of any provision of section one hundred and one to one hundred and nine, inclusive, or wilfully alters, effaces or removes, or causes to be altered, effaced or removed, wholly or partly, any brands or marks put upon any package of apples under authority of said sections, shall be punished for the first offence by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars. Whoever obstructs or hinders the commissioner of food and agriculture or any of his assistants in the performance of his duties under sections one hundred and one to one hundred and seven, and section one hundred and nine, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 3
Disposition of fines, penalties and forfeitures
Status: in_force

Section 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in prosecutions under the laws relative to fish, birds and mammals shall be equally divided between the county where such prosecution is made and the city or town where the offence is committed; provided, that if the complaining officer is receiving compensation from the commonwealth, such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paid to the commonwealth and credited to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.

Section 3. All fines, penalties and forfeitures recovered in prosecutions under the laws relative to fish, birds and mammals shall be equally divided between the county where such prosecution is made and the city or town where the offence is committed; provided, that if the complaining officer is receiving compensation from the commonwealth, such fines, penalties and forfeitures shall be paid to the commonwealth and credited to the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15K — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15K
Cystic Fibrosis Week
Status: in_force

Section 15K. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third full week of September as Cystic Fibrosis Week and recommending that it be observed by the people as a period of special attention to the importance of continued research into, and effective therapy for, this tragic disease.

Section 15K. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third full week of September as Cystic Fibrosis Week and recommending that it be observed by the people as a period of special attention to the importance of continued research into, and effective therapy for, this tragic disease.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 18T — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 18T
Regional 911 emergency communication district; duties of board; records; financial statements; annual report; audits
Status: in_force

Section 18T. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall maintain accurate and comprehensive records of services performed, costs incurred and reimbursements and contributions received. The district board shall issue quarterly and annual financial statements to all member municipalities and to the finance advisory subcommittee. The annual report shall include the center's maintenance and operating budget, including the amounts assessed to each member municipality, and any debt and interest incurred by the district under section 18R. The district board shall perform regular audits of the accounts of the records of the district. Upon the completion of each audit, the district board shall forward a copy of the audit to the mayor, the chairman of the board of selectmen or town council of each member municipality, the finance advisory subcommittee, the state auditor, the state 911 department and the division of local services.

Section 18T. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall maintain accurate and comprehensive records of services performed, costs incurred and reimbursements and contributions received. The district board shall issue quarterly and annual financial statements to all member municipalities and to the finance advisory subcommittee. The annual report shall include the center's maintenance and operating budget, including the amounts assessed to each member municipality, and any debt and interest incurred by the district under section 18R. The district board shall perform regular audits of the accounts of the records of the district. Upon the completion of each audit, the district board shall forward a copy of the audit to the mayor, the chairman of the board of selectmen or town council of each member municipality, the finance advisory subcommittee, the state auditor, the state 911 department and the division of local services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 28
Obligation to contribute
Status: in_force

Section 28. (a) No promise by a limited partner to contribute to the limited partnership is enforceable unless set out in a writing signed by the limited partner. (b) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner is obligated to the limited partnership to perform any enforceable promise to contribute cash or property or to perform services, even if he is unable to perform because of death, disability or any other reason. If a partner does not make the required contribution of property or services, he is obligated at the option of the limited partnership to contribute cash equal to that portion of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to section five, of the stated contribution that has not been made. (c) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the obligation of a partner to make a contribution or return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of this chapter may be compromised only by consent of all the partners. Notwithstanding the compromise, a creditor of a limited partnership who extends credit, or otherwise acts in reliance on that obligation after the partner signs a writing which reflects the obligation, and before the amendment or cancellation thereof to reflect the compromise, may enforce the original obligation.

Section 28. (a) No promise by a limited partner to contribute to the limited partnership is enforceable unless set out in a writing signed by the limited partner.

(b) Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner is obligated to the limited partnership to perform any enforceable promise to contribute cash or property or to perform services, even if he is unable to perform because of death, disability or any other reason. If a partner does not make the required contribution of property or services, he is obligated at the option of the limited partnership to contribute cash equal to that portion of the value, as stated in the partnership records required to be kept pursuant to section five, of the stated contribution that has not been made.

(c) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the obligation of a partner to make a contribution or return money or other property paid or distributed in violation of this chapter may be compromised only by consent of all the partners. Notwithstanding the compromise, a creditor of a limited partnership who extends credit, or otherwise acts in reliance on that obligation after the partner signs a writing which reflects the obligation, and before the amendment or cancellation thereof to reflect the compromise, may enforce the original obligation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 65
Hours and days of, and time for, work of minors under sixteen; time in continuation school or courses of instruction
Status: in_force

Section 65. No person shall employ a minor under sixteen, or permit him to work, in any occupation for which a permit for employment is required, for more than six days in any one week, or more than forty-eight hours in any one week, or more than eight hours in any one day, or, except as provided in section sixty-nine, before half past six o'clock in the morning, or after seven o'clock in the evening, except from July first through Labor Day, when evening hours shall be extended to nine o'clock in the evening. If the work performed by any such minor in a day is not continuous, but is divided into two or more periods, the person employing such minor shall so arrange such minor's work that all such periods of work shall fall within a period of nine consecutive hours. The time spent by such a minor in a continuation school or course of instruction as required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one shall be reckoned as a part of the time he is permitted to work.

Section 65. No person shall employ a minor under sixteen, or permit him to work, in any occupation for which a permit for employment is required, for more than six days in any one week, or more than forty-eight hours in any one week, or more than eight hours in any one day, or, except as provided in section sixty-nine, before half past six o'clock in the morning, or after seven o'clock in the evening, except from July first through Labor Day, when evening hours shall be extended to nine o'clock in the evening. If the work performed by any such minor in a day is not continuous, but is divided into two or more periods, the person employing such minor shall so arrange such minor's work that all such periods of work shall fall within a period of nine consecutive hours. The time spent by such a minor in a continuation school or course of instruction as required by section twenty-two of chapter seventy-one shall be reckoned as a part of the time he is permitted to work.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203 / Section 2
Record of trust; notice
Status: in_force

Section 2. If a trust concerning land is created or declared by such instrument, the recording of the instrument, or of a certificate conforming to the requirements of section 35 of chapter 184, in the registry of deeds or the registration office of the land court, in either case for the county or district where the land lies, shall be equivalent to actual notice to every person claiming under a conveyance, attachment or execution thereafter made or levied.

Section 2. If a trust concerning land is created or declared by such instrument, the recording of the instrument, or of a certificate conforming to the requirements of section 35 of chapter 184, in the registry of deeds or the registration office of the land court, in either case for the county or district where the land lies, shall be equivalent to actual notice to every person claiming under a conveyance, attachment or execution thereafter made or levied.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 20
Applications; signatures; identification; certification; submission
Status: in_force

Section 20. The provisions of law relative to the signing of nomination papers of candidates for state office, and to the identification and certification of names thereon and submission to the registrars therefor, shall apply, so far as apt, to applications submitted under section nineteen. Petition forms for such applications submitted under section nineteen shall be made available for use on or before the fifteenth Tuesday preceding the final date for filing as provided in section twenty-one.

Section 20. The provisions of law relative to the signing of nomination papers of candidates for state office, and to the identification and certification of names thereon and submission to the registrars therefor, shall apply, so far as apt, to applications submitted under section nineteen. Petition forms for such applications submitted under section nineteen shall be made available for use on or before the fifteenth Tuesday preceding the final date for filing as provided in section twenty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64D, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64D / Section 6A
Failure to affix stamps; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 6A. Whoever signs and delivers to a purchaser or purchasers, or to any person or persons designated by such purchaser or purchasers, a deed, instrument or writing which does not have the stamps required by this chapter affixed thereto or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed, or whoever leaves or causes to be left for recording or registration in any registry of deeds within the commonwealth an original deed, instrument or writing which does not have the stamps required by this chapter affixed thereto or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed, or a duplicate deed, instrument or writing without first having left or caused to be left for recording or registration in a registry of deeds within the commonwealth the original thereof, shall be subject to such penalty, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as the commissioner may determine. Such penalty shall be payable upon notice from the commissioner and shall be collected in the same manner as the excise imposed by this chapter. For good and sufficient cause, the commissioner may abate such penalty in whole or in part. In no event shall the provisions of this section operate to impair the validity of any deed, instrument or writing or the validity of its recording or registration.

Section 6A. Whoever signs and delivers to a purchaser or purchasers, or to any person or persons designated by such purchaser or purchasers, a deed, instrument or writing which does not have the stamps required by this chapter affixed thereto or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed, or whoever leaves or causes to be left for recording or registration in any registry of deeds within the commonwealth an original deed, instrument or writing which does not have the stamps required by this chapter affixed thereto or to the vellum, parchment or paper upon which it is written or printed, or a duplicate deed, instrument or writing without first having left or caused to be left for recording or registration in a registry of deeds within the commonwealth the original thereof, shall be subject to such penalty, not exceeding one hundred dollars, as the commissioner may determine. Such penalty shall be payable upon notice from the commissioner and shall be collected in the same manner as the excise imposed by this chapter. For good and sufficient cause, the commissioner may abate such penalty in whole or in part.

In no event shall the provisions of this section operate to impair the validity of any deed, instrument or writing or the validity of its recording or registration.