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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 13
Records; storage
Status: in_force

Section 13. The records, papers and documents of the district courts may, subject to the approval of the supervisor of public records, be stored and kept in the trial court electronic document management system or in fireproof rooms, vaults and safes, provided by the commonwealth in the towns where the divisions are respectively situated, or in the courthouses.

Section 13. The records, papers and documents of the district courts may, subject to the approval of the supervisor of public records, be stored and kept in the trial court electronic document management system or in fireproof rooms, vaults and safes, provided by the commonwealth in the towns where the divisions are respectively situated, or in the courthouses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 35
Librarian of the state library; compensation, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 35. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and the position of librarian shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty.

Section 35. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and the position of librarian shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 6
Sewage disposal works
Status: in_force

Section 6. A town, with the approval of the department of environmental protection, after a public hearing by said department of all parties interested, of which notice shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers, may purchase land within its limits, or take the same by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage. Towns or persons, owning or operating filter beds or other works for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage shall provide and maintain works adequate for the treatment of the sewage at all times, and shall operate such works in such manner as will prevent a nuisance therefrom or the discharge or escape of unpurified or imperfectly purified sewage or effluent into any stream, pond or other water, or other objectionable result.

Section 6. A town, with the approval of the department of environmental protection, after a public hearing by said department of all parties interested, of which notice shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers, may purchase land within its limits, or take the same by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine, for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage. Towns or persons, owning or operating filter beds or other works for the treatment, purification and disposal of sewage shall provide and maintain works adequate for the treatment of the sewage at all times, and shall operate such works in such manner as will prevent a nuisance therefrom or the discharge or escape of unpurified or imperfectly purified sewage or effluent into any stream, pond or other water, or other objectionable result.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 25H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 25H
Termination of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 25H. (1) The certificate of approval issued by the commissioner of insurance to a workers' compensation self-insurance group authorizes the group to provide workers' compensation benefits. The certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the commissioner of insurance pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-five U. (2) The commissioner of insurance shall not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers' compensation obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by said commissioner. Such obligations shall include both known claims and expenses associated therewith. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of insurance, a group may merge with another group engaged in the same or similar type of business only if the resulting group assumes in full all obligations of the merging groups. A public employer group may only merge with another public employer group. The commissioner of insurance may hold a hearing on the merger and shall do so if any party, including a member of either group, so requests.

Section 25H. (1) The certificate of approval issued by the commissioner of insurance to a workers' compensation self-insurance group authorizes the group to provide workers' compensation benefits. The certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the commissioner of insurance pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-five U.

(2) The commissioner of insurance shall not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred workers' compensation obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by said commissioner. Such obligations shall include both known claims and expenses associated therewith. Subject to the approval of the commissioner of insurance, a group may merge with another group engaged in the same or similar type of business only if the resulting group assumes in full all obligations of the merging groups. A public employer group may only merge with another public employer group. The commissioner of insurance may hold a hearing on the merger and shall do so if any party, including a member of either group, so requests.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 52
Return of alcoholic beverages not forfeited; order; endorsement
Status: in_force

Section 52. If it is not proved on the trial that all or part of the beverages seized was kept or deposited for sale contrary to law, the court shall issue a written order to the officer having the same in custody to return so much thereof as was not proved to be so kept or deposited and the vessels in which it is contained, to the place as nearly as may be from which it was taken, or to deliver it to the person entitled to receive it. After executing such order, the officer shall return it to the court with his doings endorsed thereon.

Section 52. If it is not proved on the trial that all or part of the beverages seized was kept or deposited for sale contrary to law, the court shall issue a written order to the officer having the same in custody to return so much thereof as was not proved to be so kept or deposited and the vessels in which it is contained, to the place as nearly as may be from which it was taken, or to deliver it to the person entitled to receive it. After executing such order, the officer shall return it to the court with his doings endorsed thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 38H — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 38H
Judicial review of final decision on grievance
Status: in_force

Section 38H. A final decision with respect to a grievance shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with section 14 of chapter 30A, in the superior court for the county in which the inmate is incarcerated or otherwise being held, or in Suffolk county. A complaint filed with the court by an inmate in accordance with this section shall be accompanied by a copy of the final decision for which review is sought, if any, and a complaint not so accompanied subject to the exclusion in section 38F shall not be accepted for filing. The availability of review under this section shall not be construed to limit any judicial remedies otherwise available.

Section 38H. A final decision with respect to a grievance shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with section 14 of chapter 30A, in the superior court for the county in which the inmate is incarcerated or otherwise being held, or in Suffolk county. A complaint filed with the court by an inmate in accordance with this section shall be accompanied by a copy of the final decision for which review is sought, if any, and a complaint not so accompanied subject to the exclusion in section 38F shall not be accepted for filing. The availability of review under this section shall not be construed to limit any judicial remedies otherwise available.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 72I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 72I
Filing of reports; confidentiality
Status: in_force

Section 72I. The department shall, subject to appropriation, maintain a file of the written reports prepared pursuant to sections 72G and 72H. The report submitted by the mandatory or nonmandatory reporter to the department and the report prepared by the department following its investigation shall be confidential. The patient or resident or counsel therefor, the reporting person or agency, the appropriate professional board of registration or a social worker assigned to the case may, upon written request and the approval of the commissioner, receive a copy of the department's written report. The department's written report shall not be made available to any person other than those authorized herein without the written, informed consent of the patient or resident or the written approval of the commissioner or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction. The reports prepared by the department shall contain no identifying information relating to a patient or resident. A person who causes any information which is contained in the department's files maintained pursuant to section 72I to be released without authorization to persons or agencies other than those specified in this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 72I. The department shall, subject to appropriation, maintain a file of the written reports prepared pursuant to sections 72G and 72H. The report submitted by the mandatory or nonmandatory reporter to the department and the report prepared by the department following its investigation shall be confidential.

The patient or resident or counsel therefor, the reporting person or agency, the appropriate professional board of registration or a social worker assigned to the case may, upon written request and the approval of the commissioner, receive a copy of the department's written report.

The department's written report shall not be made available to any person other than those authorized herein without the written, informed consent of the patient or resident or the written approval of the commissioner or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

The reports prepared by the department shall contain no identifying information relating to a patient or resident.

A person who causes any information which is contained in the department's files maintained pursuant to section 72I to be released without authorization to persons or agencies other than those specified in this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 150 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 150
Lists of dogs; refusal to answer person listing dogs; false answers
Status: in_force

Section 150. Persons authorized or directed by section 4 of chapter 51 or by a special law, to make lists of residents 3 years of age or older shall make a list of all dogs owned by the inhabitants at the time of making such lists and shall annually return the same, in duplicate, to the city or town clerk or to the police commissioner in the city of Boston. An owner or keeper of a dog who refuses to answer or answers falsely to a person directed or authorized to make such a list shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 which shall be paid to the city or town.

Section 150. Persons authorized or directed by section 4 of chapter 51 or by a special law, to make lists of residents 3 years of age or older shall make a list of all dogs owned by the inhabitants at the time of making such lists and shall annually return the same, in duplicate, to the city or town clerk or to the police commissioner in the city of Boston. An owner or keeper of a dog who refuses to answer or answers falsely to a person directed or authorized to make such a list shall be punished by a fine of not less than $20 which shall be paid to the city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25C / Section 4
Supervision of department; presiding officer
Status: in_force

Section 4. The commissioner shall have and exercise supervision and control over all the affairs of the department. He shall preside at all hearings at which he is present, and shall designate an employee of the department to act as presiding officer in his absence.

Section 4. The commissioner shall have and exercise supervision and control over all the affairs of the department. He shall preside at all hearings at which he is present, and shall designate an employee of the department to act as presiding officer in his absence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 29
Replacement of defective, lost or destroyed ballot boxes
Status: in_force

Section 29. If a state ballot box becomes defective or is lost or destroyed, the state secretary, upon application by the city or town clerk, shall provide another ballot box at the expense of such city or town.

Section 29. If a state ballot box becomes defective or is lost or destroyed, the state secretary, upon application by the city or town clerk, shall provide another ballot box at the expense of such city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123A / Section 16
Annual reports describing treatments offered
Status: in_force

Section 16. The department of correction and the department of youth services shall annually prepare reports describing the treatment offered to each person who has been committed to the treatment center or the department of youth services as a sexually dangerous person and, without disclosing the identity of such persons, describe the treatment provided. The annual reports shall be submitted, on or before January 1, 2000 and every November 1 thereafter, to the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate, who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on criminal justice. The treatment center shall submit on or before December 12, 1999 its plan for the administration and management of the treatment center to the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate, who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on criminal justice. The treatment center shall promptly notify said committees of any modifications to said plan.

Section 16. The department of correction and the department of youth services shall annually prepare reports describing the treatment offered to each person who has been committed to the treatment center or the department of youth services as a sexually dangerous person and, without disclosing the identity of such persons, describe the treatment provided. The annual reports shall be submitted, on or before January 1, 2000 and every November 1 thereafter, to the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate, who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on criminal justice. The treatment center shall submit on or before December 12, 1999 its plan for the administration and management of the treatment center to the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate, who shall forward the same to the house and senate committees on ways and means and to the joint committee on criminal justice. The treatment center shall promptly notify said committees of any modifications to said plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 35B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 35B
Structures within airport approaches; permits for erection or addition
Status: in_force

Section 35B. No person shall erect or add to the height of any structure within a rectangular area lying fifteen hundred feet on either side of the extended center line of a runway or landing strip of an airport approved by the commission for a distance of two miles from the end of such runway or landing strip so that the height thereof will be more than one hundred and fifty feet above the level of such runway or landing strip, nor, within that portion of such area which is within a distance of three thousand feet from the end of such runway or landing strip, so that the height thereof will be greater than a height above the level of such runway or landing strip determined by the ratio of one foot vertically to every twenty feet horizontally measured from the end of such runway or landing strip, unless a permit therefor has been granted by the commission. The provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to areas subject to airport approach regulations adopted pursuant to sections forty A to forty I, inclusive, (2) to air approaches to the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, nor (3) to structures which will be thirty feet or less in height above ground.

Section 35B. No person shall erect or add to the height of any structure within a rectangular area lying fifteen hundred feet on either side of the extended center line of a runway or landing strip of an airport approved by the commission for a distance of two miles from the end of such runway or landing strip so that the height thereof will be more than one hundred and fifty feet above the level of such runway or landing strip, nor, within that portion of such area which is within a distance of three thousand feet from the end of such runway or landing strip, so that the height thereof will be greater than a height above the level of such runway or landing strip determined by the ratio of one foot vertically to every twenty feet horizontally measured from the end of such runway or landing strip, unless a permit therefor has been granted by the commission.

The provisions of this section shall not apply (1) to areas subject to airport approach regulations adopted pursuant to sections forty A to forty I, inclusive, (2) to air approaches to the General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport, nor (3) to structures which will be thirty feet or less in height above ground.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 5
District trustees; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 5. District trustees under the preceding section shall adopt, for one year or more, plans or organization, administration and support of such schools, which shall be binding on the towns made parties thereto, and shall not be altered or annulled except by two-thirds votes of such trustees, with the consent of the commissioner under the direction of the state board.

Section 5. District trustees under the preceding section shall adopt, for one year or more, plans or organization, administration and support of such schools, which shall be binding on the towns made parties thereto, and shall not be altered or annulled except by two-thirds votes of such trustees, with the consent of the commissioner under the direction of the state board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 133 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 133
Humane society; injury to property
Status: in_force

Section 133. Whoever unlawfully enters a house, boat house or hut which is the property of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and wilfully injures, removes or carries away any property belonging to said society, or wilfully injures or unlawfully uses or commits any trespass upon the property of said society which is intended or kept for the purpose of saving or preserving human life, or commits any trespass upon such house, hut or boat house, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months; but the penalties of this section shall not apply to persons for whose use said boats, houses and other property are intended and kept. Pilots, sheriffs and their deputies, and constables shall make complaint against all persons guilty of a violation of this section. One half of any fine paid hereunder shall be paid to the person who gives information upon which a conviction is obtained.

Section 133. Whoever unlawfully enters a house, boat house or hut which is the property of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and wilfully injures, removes or carries away any property belonging to said society, or wilfully injures or unlawfully uses or commits any trespass upon the property of said society which is intended or kept for the purpose of saving or preserving human life, or commits any trespass upon such house, hut or boat house, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months; but the penalties of this section shall not apply to persons for whose use said boats, houses and other property are intended and kept. Pilots, sheriffs and their deputies, and constables shall make complaint against all persons guilty of a violation of this section. One half of any fine paid hereunder shall be paid to the person who gives information upon which a conviction is obtained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 47
Jurisdiction of superior court in equity
Status: in_force

Section 47. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, to restrain all violations of this chapter and to endorse compliance with the provisions thereof and payment of all fines, forfeitures or penalties provided thereby. The remedy herein provided shall be in addition to all other remedies otherwise provided by law or by this chapter, and not in substitution thereof.

Section 47. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, to restrain all violations of this chapter and to endorse compliance with the provisions thereof and payment of all fines, forfeitures or penalties provided thereby. The remedy herein provided shall be in addition to all other remedies otherwise provided by law or by this chapter, and not in substitution thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 55
Warrants; form; contents
Status: in_force

Section 55. The warrant shall specify the duties of the collector as prescribed by law in the collection of taxes, the times when and the person to whom he shall pay them, shall be substantially in the form heretofore used, and need not be under seal.

Section 55. The warrant shall specify the duties of the collector as prescribed by law in the collection of taxes, the times when and the person to whom he shall pay them, shall be substantially in the form heretofore used, and need not be under seal.