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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 21A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 21A
Unfair hunting practices prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 21A. It shall be unlawful to pursue or hunt bear or bobcat with the aid of a dog. It shall be unlawful to hunt bear by the aid of baiting or knowingly to hunt bear in a baited area. ''Baiting'' means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of any substance so as to constitute for bears a lure or attraction to areas where hunters are attempting to take them. The prohibition on the use of a dog or baiting may be waived by the director upon written application (1) for the control of individual animals specifically identified as posing a threat to human safety or individual animals that have destroyed livestock, property or crops, and (2) for legitimate scientific research projects that are conducted in a humane manner. Whoever violates the provisions of this section, or any rule or regulation made under the authority thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation. A person found guilty of, or convicted of, or assessed in any manner after a plea of nolo contendere, or penalized for, a second violation of this section shall surrender to an officer authorized to enforce this chapter all hunting and dog training licenses and permits issued to him and shall be barred forever from obtaining any such licenses and permits.

Section 21A. It shall be unlawful to pursue or hunt bear or bobcat with the aid of a dog.

It shall be unlawful to hunt bear by the aid of baiting or knowingly to hunt bear in a baited area. ''Baiting'' means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of any substance so as to constitute for bears a lure or attraction to areas where hunters are attempting to take them.

The prohibition on the use of a dog or baiting may be waived by the director upon written application (1) for the control of individual animals specifically identified as posing a threat to human safety or individual animals that have destroyed livestock, property or crops, and (2) for legitimate scientific research projects that are conducted in a humane manner.

Whoever violates the provisions of this section, or any rule or regulation made under the authority thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment for each violation. A person found guilty of, or convicted of, or assessed in any manner after a plea of nolo contendere, or penalized for, a second violation of this section shall surrender to an officer authorized to enforce this chapter all hunting and dog training licenses and permits issued to him and shall be barred forever from obtaining any such licenses and permits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121F, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121F / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Area median income'', income as determined, from time to time, by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. ''Department,'' the executive office of housing and livable communities. ''Fund'', the Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund established in section 2.

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Area median income'', income as determined, from time to time, by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

''Department,'' the executive office of housing and livable communities.

''Fund'', the Housing Stabilization and Investment Trust Fund established in section 2.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 168, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 168 / Section 16
Board of investment of mutual bank
Status: in_force

Section 16. (a) A mutual bank shall have a board of investment consisting of not less than 5 members, who shall be trustees of the corporation. Only 1 of the persons holding the office or performing the duties of president, executive vice president, senior vice president or treasurer shall at the same time be a member of the board of investment. The board shall elect a clerk who may, but need not be, a member of the board. The board of investment may invite 1 or more trustees who are not members of the board to attend its meetings during the monthly, quarterly or semi-annual periods as the board may determine. (b) At least quarterly, the treasurer or other officer designated by the board of investment shall submit to the board of investment, a written report, over the treasurer or other officer's signature, covering the period for which the report has not yet been submitted.

Section 16. (a) A mutual bank shall have a board of investment consisting of not less than 5 members, who shall be trustees of the corporation. Only 1 of the persons holding the office or performing the duties of president, executive vice president, senior vice president or treasurer shall at the same time be a member of the board of investment. The board shall elect a clerk who may, but need not be, a member of the board. The board of investment may invite 1 or more trustees who are not members of the board to attend its meetings during the monthly, quarterly or semi-annual periods as the board may determine.

(b) At least quarterly, the treasurer or other officer designated by the board of investment shall submit to the board of investment, a written report, over the treasurer or other officer's signature, covering the period for which the report has not yet been submitted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 20
Folk song of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 20. The song ''Massachusetts'', words and music by Arlo Guthrie, shall be the folk song of the commonwealth.

Section 20. The song ''Massachusetts'', words and music by Arlo Guthrie, shall be the folk song of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 38
National Environmental Technology Institute
Status: in_force

Section 38. (a) There shall be a National Environmental Technology Institute, hereinafter referred to as the institute, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, which shall have accredited programs in engineering and public health. (b) The purposes and responsibilities of the institute shall be to: (1) develop and assist in the transfer of existing and new process designs. (2) conduct research, development, and demonstration projects concerning new or modified industrial process design equipment or technologies for waste prevention that can be utilized by business, industry, and government; (3) provide a clearinghouse for the dissemination of information and data on existing and new industrial process design technology for the commonwealth and other companies and governmental entities; and (4) Provide expertise and assistance concerning industrial process design environmental technology to public officials responsible for establishing government policy and regulations.

Section 38. (a) There shall be a National Environmental Technology Institute, hereinafter referred to as the institute, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, which shall have accredited programs in engineering and public health.

(b) The purposes and responsibilities of the institute shall be to:

(1) develop and assist in the transfer of existing and new process designs.

(2) conduct research, development, and demonstration projects concerning new or modified industrial process design equipment or technologies for waste prevention that can be utilized by business, industry, and government;

(3) provide a clearinghouse for the dissemination of information and data on existing and new industrial process design technology for the commonwealth and other companies and governmental entities; and

(4) Provide expertise and assistance concerning industrial process design environmental technology to public officials responsible for establishing government policy and regulations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 18
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 18. This chapter shall not apply to the records of the general court, nor shall declarations, affidavits and other papers filed by claimants in the office of the secretary of veterans' services or records kept by the secretary for reference by the officials of his office, be public records.

Section 18. This chapter shall not apply to the records of the general court, nor shall declarations, affidavits and other papers filed by claimants in the office of the secretary of veterans' services or records kept by the secretary for reference by the officials of his office, be public records.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 11B — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 11B
Studies of state boards, commissions and authorities; notice to city or town affected
Status: in_force

Section 11B. All state boards and commissions and the governing boards or bodies of all such authorities which conduct a study affecting or relating to the use of an area of a city or town shall notify the mayor or city manager, if any, of the city and the presiding officer of the city council, or the chairman of the board of selectmen of the town, of the study and shall invite their participation therein. No determination shall be made and no results of the study shall be released to the public until such notification has been given with a reasonable opportunity to participate in it.

Section 11B. All state boards and commissions and the governing boards or bodies of all such authorities which conduct a study affecting or relating to the use of an area of a city or town shall notify the mayor or city manager, if any, of the city and the presiding officer of the city council, or the chairman of the board of selectmen of the town, of the study and shall invite their participation therein. No determination shall be made and no results of the study shall be released to the public until such notification has been given with a reasonable opportunity to participate in it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 33
Plan of land and muniments of title; filing; withdrawal; further survey
Status: in_force

Section 33. The plaintiff shall file with the complaint a plan of the land, and all original muniments of title within his control. Such original muniments as affect land not included in the complaint may be withdrawn upon filing certified copies thereof. If a complaint is dismissed or discontinued, the plaintiff may, with the consent of the court, withdraw such original muniments of title. The court may, in any case before judgment, require a further survey to be made for the purpose of determining boundaries and may order durable bounds to be set, and referred to in the complaint, by amendment. The expense of survey and bounds shall be taxed in the costs of the case and may be apportioned among the parties as justice may require. If no persons appear to oppose the complaint, such expense shall be borne by the plaintiff.

Section 33. The plaintiff shall file with the complaint a plan of the land, and all original muniments of title within his control. Such original muniments as affect land not included in the complaint may be withdrawn upon filing certified copies thereof. If a complaint is dismissed or discontinued, the plaintiff may, with the consent of the court, withdraw such original muniments of title. The court may, in any case before judgment, require a further survey to be made for the purpose of determining boundaries and may order durable bounds to be set, and referred to in the complaint, by amendment. The expense of survey and bounds shall be taxed in the costs of the case and may be apportioned among the parties as justice may require. If no persons appear to oppose the complaint, such expense shall be borne by the plaintiff.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 89, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 89 / Section 4C
Heavy trucks; driving in right-hand lane on multi-lane highways
Status: in_force

Section 4C. On any highway with more than one passing lane in the same direction, heavy commercial vehicles, except buses, shall be restricted in ordinary operation to the right-hand travel lane, and in overtaking and passing shall be restricted to the next adjacent passing or travel lane, and shall not use any other lanes except in an emergency. For the purpose of this section, heavy commercial vehicles shall be defined as those in excess of two and one half tons used for transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise.

Section 4C. On any highway with more than one passing lane in the same direction, heavy commercial vehicles, except buses, shall be restricted in ordinary operation to the right-hand travel lane, and in overtaking and passing shall be restricted to the next adjacent passing or travel lane, and shall not use any other lanes except in an emergency. For the purpose of this section, heavy commercial vehicles shall be defined as those in excess of two and one half tons used for transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 34
Violation of statutes
Status: in_force

Section 34. Except as otherwise provided, any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, or, in case of a continuing offence after notice of such violation, to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for every day during which the violation continues.

Section 34. Except as otherwise provided, any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars, or, in case of a continuing offence after notice of such violation, to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for every day during which the violation continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 28
Notice of sale
Status: in_force

Section 28. The officer, thirty days at least before the sale, shall deliver to the debtor, if found within his precinct, a written notice of the time and place of sale and shall post such a notice in a public place in the town where the land lies and also in two adjoining towns, if there are so many in the county. The officer shall also publish such a notice once in each of three successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of sale, in a newspaper published in the town where the land lies.

Section 28. The officer, thirty days at least before the sale, shall deliver to the debtor, if found within his precinct, a written notice of the time and place of sale and shall post such a notice in a public place in the town where the land lies and also in two adjoining towns, if there are so many in the county. The officer shall also publish such a notice once in each of three successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than twenty-one days before the day of sale, in a newspaper published in the town where the land lies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15 / Section 60
Reimbursement of costs to cities and towns
Status: in_force

Section 60. The commissioner of administration shall convene a working committee made up of his own designee, a designee of the commissioner of education and a designee of the local government advisory committee to establish guidelines for purposes of reimbursing cities and towns for the reasonable costs associated with the implementation of sections forty-nine and fifty of this chapter and section thirty-eight of chapter seventy-one. Such guidelines shall be filed by the working committee with the house and senate committees on ways and means and shall become effective only upon approval by said committees. Reimbursements of costs made pursuant to such guidelines shall constitute complete satisfaction of the obligation of the commonwealth to assume such costs pursuant to any general or special law.

Section 60. The commissioner of administration shall convene a working committee made up of his own designee, a designee of the commissioner of education and a designee of the local government advisory committee to establish guidelines for purposes of reimbursing cities and towns for the reasonable costs associated with the implementation of sections forty-nine and fifty of this chapter and section thirty-eight of chapter seventy-one. Such guidelines shall be filed by the working committee with the house and senate committees on ways and means and shall become effective only upon approval by said committees. Reimbursements of costs made pursuant to such guidelines shall constitute complete satisfaction of the obligation of the commonwealth to assume such costs pursuant to any general or special law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 41
Failure to meet minimum standards and methods of accounting; expenses of auditing; payment
Status: in_force

Section 41. Whenever it appears to the director that a city, town or district has failed to meet the minimum standards and methods of municipal and district accounting prescribed under section 38, or to provide the information required under section 43 or other statute, the director shall notify the city, town or district of the actions necessary to ensure compliance or to provide the required information. The notice shall contain a statement that failure to comply may result in the director taking action to ensure compliance, including contracting for any services necessary or appropriate to do so. If such city or town fails, within a reasonable time, to comply with the requirements of the director, and continues to fail to comply, the director may contract on behalf of the city or town for any professional or technical services necessary to meet the standards or obtain the necessary information. The costs of the services shall be incurred by the commonwealth, and payment shall be deducted by the state treasurer, pursuant to section 20A of chapter 58, from any amount distributable or payable by the commonwealth to such city or town.

Section 41. Whenever it appears to the director that a city, town or district has failed to meet the minimum standards and methods of municipal and district accounting prescribed under section 38, or to provide the information required under section 43 or other statute, the director shall notify the city, town or district of the actions necessary to ensure compliance or to provide the required information. The notice shall contain a statement that failure to comply may result in the director taking action to ensure compliance, including contracting for any services necessary or appropriate to do so. If such city or town fails, within a reasonable time, to comply with the requirements of the director, and continues to fail to comply, the director may contract on behalf of the city or town for any professional or technical services necessary to meet the standards or obtain the necessary information. The costs of the services shall be incurred by the commonwealth, and payment shall be deducted by the state treasurer, pursuant to section 20A of chapter 58, from any amount distributable or payable by the commonwealth to such city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 138 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 138
Amendment of pleadings; notice and hearing requisite to bind certain persons; appeal
Status: in_force

Section 138. No subsequent attaching creditor or purchaser of property attached, other than parties to the record, shall be bound by an amendment of the pleadings which substantially affects his rights unless he has had due notice of the motion for leave to amend and unless he has had an opportunity to be heard thereon. Such persons shall also have the right of appeal.

Section 138. No subsequent attaching creditor or purchaser of property attached, other than parties to the record, shall be bound by an amendment of the pleadings which substantially affects his rights unless he has had due notice of the motion for leave to amend and unless he has had an opportunity to be heard thereon. Such persons shall also have the right of appeal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47WW — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47WW
Creditable coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings
Status: in_force

Section 47WW. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.

Section 47WW. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for postpartum depression and major depressive disorder screenings conducted pursuant to section 247 of chapter 111.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 48D — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 48D
Blending milk and cream for sale
Status: in_force

Section 48D. No person shall blend milk and cream for sale, nor have any such blend in his custody or possession with intent to sell the same, unless the blending has been done in a pasteurization plant licensed under the provisions of section sixteen K or section forty-eight A. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

Section 48D. No person shall blend milk and cream for sale, nor have any such blend in his custody or possession with intent to sell the same, unless the blending has been done in a pasteurization plant licensed under the provisions of section sixteen K or section forty-eight A. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 134, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 134 / Section 5
Auction of stray beasts; notice
Status: in_force

Section 5. If the owner of stray beasts does not appear within three months after the finding thereof and prove title thereto, the finder may sell them by public auction, first giving notice of such sale, at least four days before the time of sale, in two public places in the town where the beasts were found.

Section 5. If the owner of stray beasts does not appear within three months after the finding thereof and prove title thereto, the finder may sell them by public auction, first giving notice of such sale, at least four days before the time of sale, in two public places in the town where the beasts were found.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 31
Descent of family cemetery lot to heirs
Status: in_force

Section 31. If in a will no express disposition or other mention is made of a cemetery lot owned by the testator at his decease, and wherein he or any member of his family is buried, the ownership of the lot shall not pass from his lawful heirs by any residuary or other general clause of the will, but shall descend to his heirs, as if he had died intestate.

Section 31. If in a will no express disposition or other mention is made of a cemetery lot owned by the testator at his decease, and wherein he or any member of his family is buried, the ownership of the lot shall not pass from his lawful heirs by any residuary or other general clause of the will, but shall descend to his heirs, as if he had died intestate.