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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166A / Section 2
Division of community antenna television
Status: in_force

Section 2. There shall be within the department of telecommunications and cable a division of community antenna television. Subject to section 4 of chapter 25C, the commissioner of the department shall have all the powers and duties under this chapter including, but not limited to: presiding at hearings pursuant to section 2A; maintaining or intervening in an action pursuant to section 12; hearing appeals and issuing enforcement orders pursuant to section 14; regulating rates pursuant to section 15; adopting regulations pursuant to section 16; enforcement powers pursuant to section 17; and all other authority to carry out the duties and responsibilities of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, appeals taken from the orders of the department shall be taken in the same manner and according to the same procedure for the department of public utilities established in section 5 of chapter 25. As of December 31, 2001, and annually thereafter, the department shall report to the general court concerning the appeals that came before the division for that particular calendar year. The report shall detail the nature of each appeal and its outcome. Each annual report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall forward the same to the joint committee on energy and the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall be made available to the public by the department.

Section 2. There shall be within the department of telecommunications and cable a division of community antenna television. Subject to section 4 of chapter 25C, the commissioner of the department shall have all the powers and duties under this chapter including, but not limited to: presiding at hearings pursuant to section 2A; maintaining or intervening in an action pursuant to section 12; hearing appeals and issuing enforcement orders pursuant to section 14; regulating rates pursuant to section 15; adopting regulations pursuant to section 16; enforcement powers pursuant to section 17; and all other authority to carry out the duties and responsibilities of this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, appeals taken from the orders of the department shall be taken in the same manner and according to the same procedure for the department of public utilities established in section 5 of chapter 25.

As of December 31, 2001, and annually thereafter, the department shall report to the general court concerning the appeals that came before the division for that particular calendar year. The report shall detail the nature of each appeal and its outcome. Each annual report shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives who shall forward the same to the joint committee on energy and the house and senate committees on ways and means. The report shall be made available to the public by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 83
Credit Union Employees Retirement Association; by-laws; reports
Status: in_force

Section 83. The by-laws of the association shall be submitted to the commissioner and shall prescribe the manner in which, and the officers and agents by whom, the association may be conducted and the manner in which its funds may be invested and paid out. The association shall be formed when its by-laws have been approved and agreed to by a majority of the directors of each of 15 or more credit unions and have been approved by the commissioner. The association shall provide to the commissioner such statements of the membership and financial transactions of the association as the commissioner may from time-to-time require. The commissioner may verify any such statement by an examination of the books and papers of the association. The association shall not be subject to chapter 32 or chapter 175 or to such other provisions of law related to insurance companies or other retirement associations.

Section 83. The by-laws of the association shall be submitted to the commissioner and shall prescribe the manner in which, and the officers and agents by whom, the association may be conducted and the manner in which its funds may be invested and paid out. The association shall be formed when its by-laws have been approved and agreed to by a majority of the directors of each of 15 or more credit unions and have been approved by the commissioner. The association shall provide to the commissioner such statements of the membership and financial transactions of the association as the commissioner may from time-to-time require. The commissioner may verify any such statement by an examination of the books and papers of the association.

The association shall not be subject to chapter 32 or chapter 175 or to such other provisions of law related to insurance companies or other retirement associations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21H, sec. 6N — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21H / Section 6N
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 6N. The department shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

Section 6N. The department shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 8
Requests for applications for category 1 and category 2 licenses
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) The commission shall issue a request for applications for category 1 and category 2 licenses; provided, however, that the commission shall first issue a request for applications for the category 2 licenses. All requests for applications shall include: (i) the time and date for receipt of responses to the request for applications, the manner they are to be received and the address of the office to which the applications shall be delivered; (ii) the form of the application and the method for submission; (iii) a general description of the anticipated schedule for processing the application; (iv) the contact information of commission employees responsible for handling applicant questions; and (v) any other information that the commission determines. (b) Requests for applications pursuant to subsection (a) shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation and on the official internet website of the commission. (c) The commission shall establish deadlines for the receipt of all applications for a gaming license. Applications received after the deadline shall not be reviewed by the commission.

Section 8. (a) The commission shall issue a request for applications for category 1 and category 2 licenses; provided, however, that the commission shall first issue a request for applications for the category 2 licenses. All requests for applications shall include: (i) the time and date for receipt of responses to the request for applications, the manner they are to be received and the address of the office to which the applications shall be delivered; (ii) the form of the application and the method for submission; (iii) a general description of the anticipated schedule for processing the application; (iv) the contact information of commission employees responsible for handling applicant questions; and (v) any other information that the commission determines.

(b) Requests for applications pursuant to subsection (a) shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation and on the official internet website of the commission.

(c) The commission shall establish deadlines for the receipt of all applications for a gaming license. Applications received after the deadline shall not be reviewed by the commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 139 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 139
Regulation by department of use of warning devices
Status: in_force

Section 139. The department, upon petition, and after notice to the railroad corporation and a public hearing, may, for good cause shown, recommend to such railroad corporation such changes as it considers proper in the manner of making up and shifting freight trains or freight cars, and of sounding of whistles on locomotives, and it may by written order forbid or regulate the sounding of whistles on the locomotives of such corporation at any specified grade crossings of the tracks of such corporation with any public way. The corporation which is subject to such order shall, until the order has been modified or annulled by the department, conform in all respects to the terms thereof.

Section 139. The department, upon petition, and after notice to the railroad corporation and a public hearing, may, for good cause shown, recommend to such railroad corporation such changes as it considers proper in the manner of making up and shifting freight trains or freight cars, and of sounding of whistles on locomotives, and it may by written order forbid or regulate the sounding of whistles on the locomotives of such corporation at any specified grade crossings of the tracks of such corporation with any public way. The corporation which is subject to such order shall, until the order has been modified or annulled by the department, conform in all respects to the terms thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 63
Appeals; rehearing; fee; finality of decision
Status: in_force

Section 63. A person who is refused a certificate of competency, or whose certificate is revoked, may appeal from such decision to the issuing authority, who shall grant a rehearing of the case by a board of five examiners, no one of whom shall have acted as an examiner in the former instance; provided, that in the case of a person desiring to appeal from a refusal to issue to him a certificate of competency such appeal is accompanied by a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Their decision shall be final if approved by head of said issuing authority.

Section 63. A person who is refused a certificate of competency, or whose certificate is revoked, may appeal from such decision to the issuing authority, who shall grant a rehearing of the case by a board of five examiners, no one of whom shall have acted as an examiner in the former instance; provided, that in the case of a person desiring to appeal from a refusal to issue to him a certificate of competency such appeal is accompanied by a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Their decision shall be final if approved by head of said issuing authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 32
Letters of attorney; applicability of law
Status: in_force

Section 32. The law relative to the acknowledgment and recording of deeds shall apply to letters of attorney for the conveyance of real estate.

Section 32. The law relative to the acknowledgment and recording of deeds shall apply to letters of attorney for the conveyance of real estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 27
District attorneys; duties; control of attorney general
Status: in_force

Section 27. District attorneys within their respective districts shall appear for the commonwealth in the superior court in all cases, criminal or civil, in which the commonwealth is a party or interested, and in the hearing, in the supreme judicial court, of all questions of law arising in the cases of which they respectively have charge, shall aid the attorney general in the duties required of him, and perform such of his duties as are not required of him personally; but the attorney general, when present, shall have the control of such cases. They may interchange official duties.

Section 27. District attorneys within their respective districts shall appear for the commonwealth in the superior court in all cases, criminal or civil, in which the commonwealth is a party or interested, and in the hearing, in the supreme judicial court, of all questions of law arising in the cases of which they respectively have charge, shall aid the attorney general in the duties required of him, and perform such of his duties as are not required of him personally; but the attorney general, when present, shall have the control of such cases. They may interchange official duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 51
Subdivision; application for new certificates
Status: in_force

Section 51. An owner who subdivides a tract of registered land into lots shall file with the recorder a plan thereof, when applying for a new certificate or certificates, and the court, before issuing the same, shall cause the plan to be verified, and require that all boundaries, streets and passageways shall be distinctly and accurately delineated thereon.

Section 51. An owner who subdivides a tract of registered land into lots shall file with the recorder a plan thereof, when applying for a new certificate or certificates, and the court, before issuing the same, shall cause the plan to be verified, and require that all boundaries, streets and passageways shall be distinctly and accurately delineated thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175F, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175F / Section 7
Standards for proper accounting methods to be used
Status: in_force

Section 7. The commissioner shall, by regulation, prescribe standards for proper accounting methods to be used by a fund. Said standards shall be consistent with customary accounting principles.

Section 7. The commissioner shall, by regulation, prescribe standards for proper accounting methods to be used by a fund. Said standards shall be consistent with customary accounting principles.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 83
Taking of land for purposes other than a railroad
Status: in_force

Section 83. If a railroad corporation requires land for any of the purposes specified in section seventy-eight other than for the location of its railroad not more than five rods wide as provided in the three preceding sections, and is unable to obtain it by agreement with the owner, it may apply to the department, which, after notice to the owner and a hearing, may prescribe the limits within which it may be taken without his permission; and the corporation may, within one year after the decree, take such property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 83. If a railroad corporation requires land for any of the purposes specified in section seventy-eight other than for the location of its railroad not more than five rods wide as provided in the three preceding sections, and is unable to obtain it by agreement with the owner, it may apply to the department, which, after notice to the owner and a hearing, may prescribe the limits within which it may be taken without his permission; and the corporation may, within one year after the decree, take such property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 3A
Hospital administrator's duties; report; verification
Status: in_force

Section 3A. The administrator or person in charge of a hospital shall be required to obtain, within twenty-four hours after a birth occurring therein or the admittance thereto of a mother and child for post-natal care, the report required by section three. If the hospital in which such birth occurred delivers more than 99 births per year, such report shall be prepared on an electronic system of birth registration approved by the commissioner of public health and transmitted to the state registrar. Said administrator or person in charge shall then forthwith make, or cause to be made, a copy of such report on forms prepared and furnished by the commissioner of public health and shall, within ten days after obtaining such report, file such copies with the town clerk of the city or town wherein the birth occurred. Such copies shall be signed or otherwise verified by the mother in a manner developed pursuant to regulations promulgated pursuant to section 4 of chapter 17, or, if she is not able, then by the father or other responsible adult, attesting to the truth and accuracy of the facts appearing in the report. Such copies shall also be signed or otherwise verified, in a manner specified under regulations promulgated pursuant to section 4 of chapter 17, by the physician, certified nurse midwife or hospital medical officer in charge of such birth or by an administrator designated by the hospital as overseeing birth registration.

Section 3A. The administrator or person in charge of a hospital shall be required to obtain, within twenty-four hours after a birth occurring therein or the admittance thereto of a mother and child for post-natal care, the report required by section three. If the hospital in which such birth occurred delivers more than 99 births per year, such report shall be prepared on an electronic system of birth registration approved by the commissioner of public health and transmitted to the state registrar. Said administrator or person in charge shall then forthwith make, or cause to be made, a copy of such report on forms prepared and furnished by the commissioner of public health and shall, within ten days after obtaining such report, file such copies with the town clerk of the city or town wherein the birth occurred. Such copies shall be signed or otherwise verified by the mother in a manner developed pursuant to regulations promulgated pursuant to section 4 of chapter 17, or, if she is not able, then by the father or other responsible adult, attesting to the truth and accuracy of the facts appearing in the report. Such copies shall also be signed or otherwise verified, in a manner specified under regulations promulgated pursuant to section 4 of chapter 17, by the physician, certified nurse midwife or hospital medical officer in charge of such birth or by an administrator designated by the hospital as overseeing birth registration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 44
Certificate of divorce; unlawful issuance
Status: in_force

Section 44. Whoever, except in compliance with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, gives, signs or issues any writing purporting to grant a divorce to persons who are husband and wife according to the laws of the commonwealth, or purporting to be a certificate that a divorce has been granted to such persons, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

Section 44. Whoever, except in compliance with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, gives, signs or issues any writing purporting to grant a divorce to persons who are husband and wife according to the laws of the commonwealth, or purporting to be a certificate that a divorce has been granted to such persons, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2FFFF — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2FFFF
Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2FFFF. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund.

Section 2FFFF. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 9A
Public officers or employees; solicitations regarding testimonial dinners
Status: in_force

Section 9A. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or accept payment for, tickets or admissions to, nor solicit or accept contributions for, a testimonial dinner or function, or any affair, by whatever name it may be called, having a purpose similar to that of a testimonial dinner or function, for any person, other than a person holding elective public office, whose office or employment is in any law enforcement, regulatory or investigatory body or agency of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 9A. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or accept payment for, tickets or admissions to, nor solicit or accept contributions for, a testimonial dinner or function, or any affair, by whatever name it may be called, having a purpose similar to that of a testimonial dinner or function, for any person, other than a person holding elective public office, whose office or employment is in any law enforcement, regulatory or investigatory body or agency of the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 75
Calling of caucuses; notice
Status: in_force

Section 75. Every caucus of a political party shall be called by a written or printed notice. No caucus or meeting of a political party not so called shall be recognized as valid under sections seventy-one to eighty-one, inclusive. The presiding officer at a caucus shall open it at the hour appointed therefor in the notice thereof.

Section 75. Every caucus of a political party shall be called by a written or printed notice. No caucus or meeting of a political party not so called shall be recognized as valid under sections seventy-one to eighty-one, inclusive. The presiding officer at a caucus shall open it at the hour appointed therefor in the notice thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 35
Determination of amount of damages in dispute
Status: in_force

Section 35. If the owner or keeper of the beasts is dissatisfied with the claim of the person impounding them, he may have the amount for which he is liable determined by two disinterested persons, who shall be appointed and sworn by a justice of the peace or by the town clerk.

Section 35. If the owner or keeper of the beasts is dissatisfied with the claim of the person impounding them, he may have the amount for which he is liable determined by two disinterested persons, who shall be appointed and sworn by a justice of the peace or by the town clerk.