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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 16B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 16B
Students of podiatric medicine; limited practice
Status: in_force

Section 16B. A student of podiatric medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a legally chartered medical or podiatric medical school, wherever located, may practice podiatric medicine, but only under the supervision of an instructor in a legally chartered medical, or podiatric medical school, which instructor shall be a registered physician or podiatrist in the commonwealth and a duly appointed field faculty member of a legally chartered medical or podiatric medical college to which the student may be assigned. The board may, in its discretion from time to time designate other facilities or locations in which said student may practice podiatric medicine under the conditions described above. Said student of podiatric medicine shall not prescribe or dispense narcotic drugs as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C.

Section 16B. A student of podiatric medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a legally chartered medical or podiatric medical school, wherever located, may practice podiatric medicine, but only under the supervision of an instructor in a legally chartered medical, or podiatric medical school, which instructor shall be a registered physician or podiatrist in the commonwealth and a duly appointed field faculty member of a legally chartered medical or podiatric medical college to which the student may be assigned. The board may, in its discretion from time to time designate other facilities or locations in which said student may practice podiatric medicine under the conditions described above. Said student of podiatric medicine shall not prescribe or dispense narcotic drugs as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 14A — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 14A
Certification of historic or archeological site; recording of notice
Status: in_force

Section 14A. A notice of certification of an historic or archeological site and a withdrawal of such certification, required to be recorded under the provisions of section twenty-seven of chapter nine, shall be recorded by the register of deeds without the payment of any fee therefor.

Section 14A. A notice of certification of an historic or archeological site and a withdrawal of such certification, required to be recorded under the provisions of section twenty-seven of chapter nine, shall be recorded by the register of deeds without the payment of any fee therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 56A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 56A
Investigations
Status: in_force

Section 56A. Any judge of a probate court may appoint a guardian ad litem to investigate the facts of any proceeding pending in said court relating to or involving questions as to the care, custody or maintenance of minor children and as to any matter involving domestic relations except those for the investigation of which provision is made by section sixteen of chapter two hundred and eight. Said guardian ad litem shall, before final judgment or decree in such proceeding, report in writing to the court the results of the investigation, and such report shall be open to inspection to all the parties in such proceeding or their attorneys. The compensation shall be fixed by the court and shall be paid by the commonwealth, together with any expense approved by the court, upon certificate by the judge to the state treasurer. The state police, local police and probation officers shall assist the guardian ad litem so appointed, upon his request.

Section 56A. Any judge of a probate court may appoint a guardian ad litem to investigate the facts of any proceeding pending in said court relating to or involving questions as to the care, custody or maintenance of minor children and as to any matter involving domestic relations except those for the investigation of which provision is made by section sixteen of chapter two hundred and eight. Said guardian ad litem shall, before final judgment or decree in such proceeding, report in writing to the court the results of the investigation, and such report shall be open to inspection to all the parties in such proceeding or their attorneys. The compensation shall be fixed by the court and shall be paid by the commonwealth, together with any expense approved by the court, upon certificate by the judge to the state treasurer. The state police, local police and probation officers shall assist the guardian ad litem so appointed, upon his request.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 4
Notice before forfeiture of property seized under search warrant
Status: in_force

Section 4. Before a decree of forfeiture of property seized under a search warrant is issued, the court or justice shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, issue a notice under seal, signed by the clerk of the court or by the justice, setting forth the substance of the complaint, and commanding the persons, if any, in whose possession the articles were found, and the owner, if alleged, and all other persons who claim an interest therein, to appear at a time and place therein named to show cause why the articles seized should not be forfeited.

Section 4. Before a decree of forfeiture of property seized under a search warrant is issued, the court or justice shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, issue a notice under seal, signed by the clerk of the court or by the justice, setting forth the substance of the complaint, and commanding the persons, if any, in whose possession the articles were found, and the owner, if alleged, and all other persons who claim an interest therein, to appear at a time and place therein named to show cause why the articles seized should not be forfeited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14K — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14K
Unfair Sales Act; short title applicable to Secs. 14E to 14K
Status: in_force

Section 14K. Sections 14E to 14K, inclusive, shall be known, and may be cited, as the ''Unfair Sales Act''.

Section 14K. Sections 14E to 14K, inclusive, shall be known, and may be cited, as the ''Unfair Sales Act''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 29
Allocation of profits and losses
Status: in_force

Section 29. (a) The profits and losses of a limited liability company shall be allocated among the members, and among classes or groups of members, in the manner provided in the operating agreement. If an operating agreement does not so provide, profits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the agreed value as stated in the records of the limited liability company of the contributions of each member to the extent they have been received by the limited liability company and have not been returned. (b) For purposes of this chapter, a member receives a return of his contribution to the extent that a distribution to him reduces his share of the fair value of the net assets of the limited liability company below the value, as set forth in the records required to be kept under this chapter, of his contribution which has not been distributed to him.

Section 29. (a) The profits and losses of a limited liability company shall be allocated among the members, and among classes or groups of members, in the manner provided in the operating agreement. If an operating agreement does not so provide, profits and losses shall be allocated on the basis of the agreed value as stated in the records of the limited liability company of the contributions of each member to the extent they have been received by the limited liability company and have not been returned.

(b) For purposes of this chapter, a member receives a return of his contribution to the extent that a distribution to him reduces his share of the fair value of the net assets of the limited liability company below the value, as set forth in the records required to be kept under this chapter, of his contribution which has not been distributed to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 53
Colors of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 53. Blue, green and cranberry shall be the official colors of the commonwealth.

Section 53. Blue, green and cranberry shall be the official colors of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 19
Suffering or consenting to an escape from a penal institution
Status: in_force

Section 19. An officer or other person, who, being employed in any penal institution, voluntarily suffers a convict confined therein to escape, or in any way consents to such escape, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.

Section 19. An officer or other person, who, being employed in any penal institution, voluntarily suffers a convict confined therein to escape, or in any way consents to such escape, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than twenty years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176J, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176J / Section 5
Exclusion of eligible individuals
Status: in_force

Section 5. No policy shall exclude an eligible individual, eligible employee or eligible dependent on the basis of age, occupation, actual or expected health condition, claims experience, duration of coverage or medical condition.

Section 5. No policy shall exclude an eligible individual, eligible employee or eligible dependent on the basis of age, occupation, actual or expected health condition, claims experience, duration of coverage or medical condition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 59
''Retiring authority'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 59. The words ''retiring authority'', as used in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, shall mean as to the commonwealth, the state board of retirement; as to a county, city, town, district or regional school district, the appropriate retirement board established under section twenty, having jurisdiction in the governmental unit in which a veteran was employed at the time of his retirement or death, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen; or, in the case of a district, the prudential committee; or, in the case of a regional school district, the regional district school committee; or, in the case of a housing authority, the housing authority; or in the case of any redevelopment authority, the redevelopment authority.

Section 59. The words ''retiring authority'', as used in sections fifty-six to sixty, inclusive, shall mean as to the commonwealth, the state board of retirement; as to a county, city, town, district or regional school district, the appropriate retirement board established under section twenty, having jurisdiction in the governmental unit in which a veteran was employed at the time of his retirement or death, or, if there is no such board in the case of a town, the selectmen; or, in the case of a district, the prudential committee; or, in the case of a regional school district, the regional district school committee; or, in the case of a housing authority, the housing authority; or in the case of any redevelopment authority, the redevelopment authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2L — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2L
Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2L. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund, consisting of amounts credited to the fund under chapter 29C. The fund shall be administered under said chapter 29C by the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust created under that chapter and shall be held in trust exclusively for the purposes and the beneficiaries described in that chapter. The state treasurer shall be treasurer-custodian of the fund and shall have the custody of its monies and securities.

Section 2L. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund, consisting of amounts credited to the fund under chapter 29C. The fund shall be administered under said chapter 29C by the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust created under that chapter and shall be held in trust exclusively for the purposes and the beneficiaries described in that chapter. The state treasurer shall be treasurer-custodian of the fund and shall have the custody of its monies and securities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 43E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 43E
New community mausoleums; plans and specifications; approval; construction
Status: in_force

Section 43E. No community mausoleum, the crypts of which are available to the public for burial purposes, shall be erected without the consent and approval of the department of environmental protection. Before commencing the erection of any such structure, full detailed plans and specifications shall be presented to said department for its approval. Such approval shall be evidenced by a certificate in writing, signed by the proper officer of said department. No community mausoleum or any structure intended to hold or contain the bodies of the dead permanently, which is available to the public for said use, shall be erected or added to, and no building not previously used or intended to be used for the permanent disposition of the human dead shall be altered or changed for such use or used for such purposes, unless constructed of such materials and workmanship as will insure its durability and permanence as well as the safety, convenience, comfort and health of the community in which it is located, as dictated and determined at the time by modern mausoleum construction and engineering science.

Section 43E. No community mausoleum, the crypts of which are available to the public for burial purposes, shall be erected without the consent and approval of the department of environmental protection. Before commencing the erection of any such structure, full detailed plans and specifications shall be presented to said department for its approval. Such approval shall be evidenced by a certificate in writing, signed by the proper officer of said department. No community mausoleum or any structure intended to hold or contain the bodies of the dead permanently, which is available to the public for said use, shall be erected or added to, and no building not previously used or intended to be used for the permanent disposition of the human dead shall be altered or changed for such use or used for such purposes, unless constructed of such materials and workmanship as will insure its durability and permanence as well as the safety, convenience, comfort and health of the community in which it is located, as dictated and determined at the time by modern mausoleum construction and engineering science.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 60
Co-operative education programs; employment of students
Status: in_force

Section 60. The personnel administrator shall cooperate with public and private colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education, which grant degrees and which provide facilities for educating students on the so-called ''co-operative plan'' of education whereby work-study programs are so developed and maintained that students enrolled therein may be employed in the service of the commonwealth in positions appropriate to their major academic interests. The employment of such students in positions classified under section forty-five shall be approved by the personnel administrator. The employment of such students in said positions shall, upon certification to the said administrator by a representative of such a college, university or institution that such student is enrolled therein under a ''co-operative plan'' of education, not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one; provided that employment by the commonwealth of a student under such plan is for a stated and limited time.

Section 60. The personnel administrator shall cooperate with public and private colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education, which grant degrees and which provide facilities for educating students on the so-called ''co-operative plan'' of education whereby work-study programs are so developed and maintained that students enrolled therein may be employed in the service of the commonwealth in positions appropriate to their major academic interests. The employment of such students in positions classified under section forty-five shall be approved by the personnel administrator. The employment of such students in said positions shall, upon certification to the said administrator by a representative of such a college, university or institution that such student is enrolled therein under a ''co-operative plan'' of education, not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one; provided that employment by the commonwealth of a student under such plan is for a stated and limited time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 88, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 88 / Section 5
Keeping ferry without license; liability
Status: in_force

Section 5. Whoever without license keeps a ferry and demands or receives pay or toll therefor shall forfeit not more than five dollars for each day during which he keeps such ferry, and shall be liable for all damages caused thereby to any person authorized to keep a ferry.

Section 5. Whoever without license keeps a ferry and demands or receives pay or toll therefor shall forfeit not more than five dollars for each day during which he keeps such ferry, and shall be liable for all damages caused thereby to any person authorized to keep a ferry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 44
Former jeopardy
Status: in_force

Article 44. Former jeopardy. (a) No person shall, without the person's consent, be tried a second time for the same offense. (b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial for the purposes of this article until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed. (c) A proceeding that, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused shall be considered to be a trial in the sense of this article.

Article 44. Former jeopardy.

(a) No person shall, without the person's consent, be tried a second time for the same offense.

(b) No proceeding in which an accused has been found guilty by a court-martial upon any charge or specification is a trial for the purposes of this article until the finding of guilty has become final after review of the case has been fully completed.

(c) A proceeding that, after the introduction of evidence but before a finding, is dismissed or terminated by the convening authority or on motion of the prosecution for failure of available evidence or witnesses without any fault of the accused shall be considered to be a trial in the sense of this article.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 9
Destruction or disposal of records, etc.; payment of proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 9. Returns to the commissioner under section twenty-two A of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, records of examinations of banks made under section two of this chapter, certificates or other form of acknowledgment filed with the commissioner under section three of this chapter, reports made under section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, and reports made under section eighteen of chapter one hundred and seventy, may, after six years from the date of their receipt, be destroyed or disposed of by order of their lawful custodian with the approval of the commissioner, and any proceeds received in the course of their disposal shall be paid to the commonwealth; provided, however, that if the commissioner shall have received actual notice, in writing, of any pending judicial proceeding in which such returns, records, certificates or other form of acknowledgment or reports are to be offered as evidence thereat, such returns, records, certificates, or other form of acknowledgment or reports shall not be destroyed or disposed of until after the final determination of such judicial proceeding.

Section 9. Returns to the commissioner under section twenty-two A of chapter one hundred and seventy-two, records of examinations of banks made under section two of this chapter, certificates or other form of acknowledgment filed with the commissioner under section three of this chapter, reports made under section twenty-six of chapter one hundred and sixty-eight, and reports made under section eighteen of chapter one hundred and seventy, may, after six years from the date of their receipt, be destroyed or disposed of by order of their lawful custodian with the approval of the commissioner, and any proceeds received in the course of their disposal shall be paid to the commonwealth; provided, however, that if the commissioner shall have received actual notice, in writing, of any pending judicial proceeding in which such returns, records, certificates or other form of acknowledgment or reports are to be offered as evidence thereat, such returns, records, certificates, or other form of acknowledgment or reports shall not be destroyed or disposed of until after the final determination of such judicial proceeding.