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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 417 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 417
Severability of Provisions
Status: in_force

Section 417. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

Section 417. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 7N — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 7N
Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses
Status: in_force

Section 7N. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, acting jointly, may transfer funds, as needed, among the items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses.

Section 7N. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, acting jointly, may transfer funds, as needed, among the items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 32
Liability of commissioners; partition by sale
Status: in_force

Section 32. If the commissioners, after making a sale in accordance with the preceding section, distribute the proceeds in accordance with the order or decree of the court before learning of any conveyance, mortgage, lien or other encumbrance of or upon the share of any of the joint owners, they shall not be liable to such claimant. If they are in doubt as to the existence or the validity of any such claim against the share of any co-tenant in the proceeds they may ask for instructions by the court.

Section 32. If the commissioners, after making a sale in accordance with the preceding section, distribute the proceeds in accordance with the order or decree of the court before learning of any conveyance, mortgage, lien or other encumbrance of or upon the share of any of the joint owners, they shall not be liable to such claimant. If they are in doubt as to the existence or the validity of any such claim against the share of any co-tenant in the proceeds they may ask for instructions by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 86 / Section 5
Removal of gates, rails, bars or fences upon or across ways
Status: in_force

Section 5. Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or fences which are upon or across a public or private way legally laid out, unless they have been placed there to prevent the spread of disease dangerous to the public health, or unless they have been erected or continued by the license of the county commissioners or of the selectmen or road commissioners or of the person for whose use such private way was laid out. A person aggrieved by such removal may apply to the county commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners, respectively, and if upon examination it appears that such gates, rails, bars or fences were erected or continued by such license, they shall order them replaced.

Section 5. Any person may remove gates, rails, bars or fences which are upon or across a public or private way legally laid out, unless they have been placed there to prevent the spread of disease dangerous to the public health, or unless they have been erected or continued by the license of the county commissioners or of the selectmen or road commissioners or of the person for whose use such private way was laid out. A person aggrieved by such removal may apply to the county commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners, respectively, and if upon examination it appears that such gates, rails, bars or fences were erected or continued by such license, they shall order them replaced.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43B / Section 12
Charter and charter amendments and revisions; deposit of certificates; judicial notice; reprints for distribution
Status: in_force

Section 12. Certificates in quadruplicate shall be prepared setting forth any charter that has been adopted or revised and any charter amendments approved and shall be signed by the city or town clerk. One such certificate shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary and shall be kept under the custody of the archivist of the commonwealth, one shall be deposited in the office of the executive office of housing and livable communities, one shall be deposited in the office of the attorney general and the other shall be recorded in the records of the city or town and deposited in its archives. All courts may take judicial notice of charters and charter amendments of cities and towns. The city council of each city, and the board of selectmen of each town, shall, at intervals of not greater than ten years, cause the charter of said city or town as revised or amended to be reprinted for distribution to such registered voters of said city or town as may apply therefor at the office of the city or town clerk. Acts of the general court which are included in such charter may be referred to by appropriate subject headings and statutory citations instead of being set forth at length. Copies of said document may be sold at a price not to exceed the cost of paper, printing and binding thereof, plus mailing charges if any, as determined by said clerk.

Section 12. Certificates in quadruplicate shall be prepared setting forth any charter that has been adopted or revised and any charter amendments approved and shall be signed by the city or town clerk. One such certificate shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary and shall be kept under the custody of the archivist of the commonwealth, one shall be deposited in the office of the executive office of housing and livable communities, one shall be deposited in the office of the attorney general and the other shall be recorded in the records of the city or town and deposited in its archives. All courts may take judicial notice of charters and charter amendments of cities and towns.

The city council of each city, and the board of selectmen of each town, shall, at intervals of not greater than ten years, cause the charter of said city or town as revised or amended to be reprinted for distribution to such registered voters of said city or town as may apply therefor at the office of the city or town clerk. Acts of the general court which are included in such charter may be referred to by appropriate subject headings and statutory citations instead of being set forth at length. Copies of said document may be sold at a price not to exceed the cost of paper, printing and binding thereof, plus mailing charges if any, as determined by said clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 270 / Section 11
Arsenic; samples for analysis
Status: in_force

Section 11. Whoever offers or exposes for sale or exchange any paper, fabric or other article shall furnish a sample thereof sufficient to ascertain by analysis the existence of arsenic therein, if such sample can be obtained without damage to the remaining portion, to any inspector, chemist or other agent or officer of the department of public health who applies therefor and tenders the value thereof; and for a violation of this section shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.

Section 11. Whoever offers or exposes for sale or exchange any paper, fabric or other article shall furnish a sample thereof sufficient to ascertain by analysis the existence of arsenic therein, if such sample can be obtained without damage to the remaining portion, to any inspector, chemist or other agent or officer of the department of public health who applies therefor and tenders the value thereof; and for a violation of this section shall be punished as provided in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7D, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7D / Section 4C
Chief digital officer
Status: in_force

Section 4C. The secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as chief digital officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief digital officer is directed to lead an effort to improve the public facing web presence and related services for executive department offices and agencies.

Section 4C. The secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, appoint a qualified individual to serve as chief digital officer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary. The chief digital officer is directed to lead an effort to improve the public facing web presence and related services for executive department offices and agencies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 10
Cities exempt from operation of six preceding sections; residency requirement of board or commission members
Status: in_force

Section 10. The following cities shall be exempt from the operation of the six preceding sections: First, cities having a licensing board or commission created by special statute or under the provisions of a charter. Second, other cities not having a board appointed under the earlier provisions of law antecedent to and corresponding with the provisions of section four or under section three of chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, but if any such city hereafter, at a biennial state election, votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverage the board shall, thereupon, not later than the thirty-first day of December following said election, be appointed for such city as above provided, and the provisions of the six preceding sections shall thereafter apply to said city. Members of such licensing boards or commissions shall be residents of the city in which they serve.

Section 10. The following cities shall be exempt from the operation of the six preceding sections: First, cities having a licensing board or commission created by special statute or under the provisions of a charter. Second, other cities not having a board appointed under the earlier provisions of law antecedent to and corresponding with the provisions of section four or under section three of chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, but if any such city hereafter, at a biennial state election, votes to authorize the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverage the board shall, thereupon, not later than the thirty-first day of December following said election, be appointed for such city as above provided, and the provisions of the six preceding sections shall thereafter apply to said city. Members of such licensing boards or commissions shall be residents of the city in which they serve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5J — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5J
Annual report to special commission on medical malpractice
Status: in_force

Section 5J. The board shall file annually, but not later than March first of each succeeding year after the effective date of this section, a report of all matters referred to the board under section five to five H, inclusive, to the special commission on medical malpractice established under section twelve of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five and the clerks of both branches of the general court.

Section 5J. The board shall file annually, but not later than March first of each succeeding year after the effective date of this section, a report of all matters referred to the board under section five to five H, inclusive, to the special commission on medical malpractice established under section twelve of chapter three hundred and sixty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and seventy-five and the clerks of both branches of the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 59
Executive director of supplier diversity office
Status: in_force

Section 59. SDO shall have an executive director and such other specialists as may be authorized. The executive director shall have all necessary authority, subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary of the executive office for administration and finance, to appoint and utilize existing staff within the SDO and to direct the supplier diversity activities within state agencies to effect the purposes of sections 57 to 61, inclusive, and shall have the authority to seek such funds, public or private, as may be available and needed to carry out the intent of those sections.

Section 59. SDO shall have an executive director and such other specialists as may be authorized. The executive director shall have all necessary authority, subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary of the executive office for administration and finance, to appoint and utilize existing staff within the SDO and to direct the supplier diversity activities within state agencies to effect the purposes of sections 57 to 61, inclusive, and shall have the authority to seek such funds, public or private, as may be available and needed to carry out the intent of those sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 251, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 251 / Section 7
Witnesses; production of documents and things; entry on land for inspection
Status: in_force

Section 7. (a) The arbitrators may cause to be issued subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action. (b) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing. (c) All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable. (d) Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the superior court. (e) Any party in an arbitration proceeding may serve upon any other party a request for the production of documents and things and for entry upon land for inspection and other purpose as permitted by and in accordance with the procedure set forth in rule thirty-four of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure in effect at the time the request is made. The enforcement and objections of such request shall be made to the arbitrators and the arbitrators only shall issue such orders as they deem necessary on objections and on requests for enforcement of production both prior to and after the commencement of the hearing.

Section 7. (a) The arbitrators may cause to be issued subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and for the production of books, records, documents and other evidence, and shall have the power to administer oaths. Subpoenas so issued shall be served, and upon application to the court by a party or the arbitrators, enforced, in the manner provided by law for the service and enforcement of subpoenas in a civil action.

(b) On application of a party and for use as evidence, the arbitrators may permit a deposition to be taken, in the manner and upon the terms designated by the arbitrators, of a witness who cannot be subpoenaed or is unable to attend the hearing.

(c) All provisions of law compelling a person under subpoena to testify are applicable.

(d) Fees for attendance as a witness shall be the same as for a witness in the superior court.

(e) Any party in an arbitration proceeding may serve upon any other party a request for the production of documents and things and for entry upon land for inspection and other purpose as permitted by and in accordance with the procedure set forth in rule thirty-four of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure in effect at the time the request is made. The enforcement and objections of such request shall be made to the arbitrators and the arbitrators only shall issue such orders as they deem necessary on objections and on requests for enforcement of production both prior to and after the commencement of the hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 98A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 98A
Persons with physical disabilities with dog guides; public places or conveyances; charges or fares; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 98A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped person, or other physically handicapped person accompanied by a dog guide, shall be entitled to any and all accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, public amusements and places of public accommodation, within the commonwealth, to which persons not accompanied by dogs are entitled, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not accompanied by dogs, and no such blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped, or other physically handicapped person shall be required to pay any charge or fare for or on account of the transportation on any public conveyance for himself and such dog so accompanying him in addition to the charge or fare lawfully chargeable for his own transportation. Whoever deprives any blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped person, or other physically handicapped person of any right conferred by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars and shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby for such damages as are set forth in section five of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B; provided, however, that such civic forfeiture shall be of an amount not less than one hundred dollars.

Section 98A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped person, or other physically handicapped person accompanied by a dog guide, shall be entitled to any and all accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all public conveyances, public amusements and places of public accommodation, within the commonwealth, to which persons not accompanied by dogs are entitled, subject only to the conditions and limitations applicable to all persons not accompanied by dogs, and no such blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped, or other physically handicapped person shall be required to pay any charge or fare for or on account of the transportation on any public conveyance for himself and such dog so accompanying him in addition to the charge or fare lawfully chargeable for his own transportation. Whoever deprives any blind person, or deaf or hearing handicapped person, or other physically handicapped person of any right conferred by this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars and shall be liable to any person aggrieved thereby for such damages as are set forth in section five of chapter one hundred and fifty-one B; provided, however, that such civic forfeiture shall be of an amount not less than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 33
Violations of rule, regulation, etc., established under Sec. 29; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 33. Whoever violates any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law established or adopted under section twenty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and whoever after conviction of such violation unlawfully maintains such a billboard, sign or other device for twenty days thereafter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 33. Whoever violates any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law established or adopted under section twenty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, and whoever after conviction of such violation unlawfully maintains such a billboard, sign or other device for twenty days thereafter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 205, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 205 / Section 14
Insufficiency of sureties; new bond
Status: in_force

Section 14. If the sureties or the penal sum in a probate bond are insufficient, the supreme judicial court or the probate court may, after notice to the principal in such bond, require a new bond with such surety or sureties and in such penal sum as the court orders.

Section 14. If the sureties or the penal sum in a probate bond are insufficient, the supreme judicial court or the probate court may, after notice to the principal in such bond, require a new bond with such surety or sureties and in such penal sum as the court orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 257, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 257 / Section 3
Libel; jurisdiction and venue
Status: in_force

Section 3. A libel may be brought either in the superior court in the county where the offence was committed, or in a district court having jurisdiction of the offence.

Section 3. A libel may be brought either in the superior court in the county where the offence was committed, or in a district court having jurisdiction of the offence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 9
Certificate authorizing employment at less than minimum fair wage rates
Status: in_force

Section 9. For any occupation within the scope of the minimum fair wage law, the commissioner may cause to be issued to an employer of any learner, or of an employee under an approved apprentice training program, or of an employee whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, or of an employee who is certified by the secretary of health and human services or his designee as a handicapped person, a special certificate authorizing employment at such wages, less than the established minimum fair wage rates, and for such period of time, as shall be fixed by the commissioner and stated in the certificate.

Section 9. For any occupation within the scope of the minimum fair wage law, the commissioner may cause to be issued to an employer of any learner, or of an employee under an approved apprentice training program, or of an employee whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, or of an employee who is certified by the secretary of health and human services or his designee as a handicapped person, a special certificate authorizing employment at such wages, less than the established minimum fair wage rates, and for such period of time, as shall be fixed by the commissioner and stated in the certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176L, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176L / Section 14
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 14. The commissioner may in accordance with provisions of chapter thirty A, after notice of hearing, promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 14. The commissioner may in accordance with provisions of chapter thirty A, after notice of hearing, promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.