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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 60
Conduct contrary to election laws; remedies
Status: in_force

Section 60. Whenever the state secretary determines, after consulting with the local official involved, that a pattern of conduct, or a standard, practice, or procedure of a city or town clerk, board of registrars of voters, or any other municipal or district officer or board upon whom a duty is imposed is contrary to chapters fifty to fifty-four, inclusive, or any other general or special law concerning administration of elections, he may order such local official to comply with law. The attorney general may enforce the order by civil action. The state secretary may adopt procedural regulations governing administrative proceedings under this section. The remedy provided by this section shall not in any way limit the availability of judicial remedies to any person, official, commission or board.

Section 60. Whenever the state secretary determines, after consulting with the local official involved, that a pattern of conduct, or a standard, practice, or procedure of a city or town clerk, board of registrars of voters, or any other municipal or district officer or board upon whom a duty is imposed is contrary to chapters fifty to fifty-four, inclusive, or any other general or special law concerning administration of elections, he may order such local official to comply with law. The attorney general may enforce the order by civil action. The state secretary may adopt procedural regulations governing administrative proceedings under this section. The remedy provided by this section shall not in any way limit the availability of judicial remedies to any person, official, commission or board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 158 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 158
Scales for vehicles used for retail delivery of ice; list of current prices
Status: in_force

Section 158. A dealer in ice, who refuses or neglects to provide scales for each vehicle used by him for the retail delivery of ice, or who neglects to furnish to the sealer of weights and measures of each city or town in which he conducts business a list of the current prices of ice sold by him at retail, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 158. A dealer in ice, who refuses or neglects to provide scales for each vehicle used by him for the retail delivery of ice, or who neglects to furnish to the sealer of weights and measures of each city or town in which he conducts business a list of the current prices of ice sold by him at retail, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 24
Investigatory powers of department of public health
Status: in_force

Section 24. The working methods of any such corporation and the dairies in which milk is produced under contract with it shall at all times be subject to investigation by the department of public health.

Section 24. The working methods of any such corporation and the dairies in which milk is produced under contract with it shall at all times be subject to investigation by the department of public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 22A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 22A
Absent registration officers; appointment; political representation; physically disabled registrants
Status: in_force

Section 22A. In every city and town the registrars of voters may, before every election at which absent voting is permitted, appoint a sufficient number of absent registration officers who in addition to the registrars and the assistant registrars may attend persons claiming to have the qualifications for voting in their respective cities and towns, but who, by reason of physical disability, are unable to apply in person for registration, to examine such persons relative to their qualifications for voting and to register such of said persons as they find to be qualified. Such absent registration officers shall be appointed from the enrolled voters of their respective cities and towns and shall, as nearly as may be, equally represent the two leading political parties. Absent registration officers appointed under this section shall, in the performance of their duties, have all the powers, and be subject to all the obligations and penalties, of registrars of voters, but their doings shall be under the direction, and subject to the revision and acceptance, of the registrars of voters.

Section 22A. In every city and town the registrars of voters may, before every election at which absent voting is permitted, appoint a sufficient number of absent registration officers who in addition to the registrars and the assistant registrars may attend persons claiming to have the qualifications for voting in their respective cities and towns, but who, by reason of physical disability, are unable to apply in person for registration, to examine such persons relative to their qualifications for voting and to register such of said persons as they find to be qualified. Such absent registration officers shall be appointed from the enrolled voters of their respective cities and towns and shall, as nearly as may be, equally represent the two leading political parties.

Absent registration officers appointed under this section shall, in the performance of their duties, have all the powers, and be subject to all the obligations and penalties, of registrars of voters, but their doings shall be under the direction, and subject to the revision and acceptance, of the registrars of voters.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23B / Section 7
Gifts or grants
Status: in_force

Section 7. The executive office of housing livable communities may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, whether public or private, including but not limited to the United States of America or its agencies, for the purpose of assisting the executive office in the discharge of its duties.

Section 7. The executive office of housing livable communities may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, whether public or private, including but not limited to the United States of America or its agencies, for the purpose of assisting the executive office in the discharge of its duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 72AA — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 72AA
Informational document containing laws and regulations; distribution by long-term care facilities
Status: in_force

Section 72AA. Long-term care facilities shall distribute to each new resident, a resident's family member or health care proxy, at the time of admission, an informational document written by the department of public health in layperson's language about the laws and regulations that govern nursing homes, rest homes and long-term care facilities. Information in the document shall include, but not be limited to, the location of all relevant state and federal laws and regulations relating to long-term care facilities. The nursing home shall be required to maintain a record with the signature as acknowledgment of receipt by the resident, family member or health care proxy. For the purposes of this section, ''long-term care facilities'' shall mean nursing homes or skilled nursing or rehabilitation facilities.

Section 72AA. Long-term care facilities shall distribute to each new resident, a resident's family member or health care proxy, at the time of admission, an informational document written by the department of public health in layperson's language about the laws and regulations that govern nursing homes, rest homes and long-term care facilities. Information in the document shall include, but not be limited to, the location of all relevant state and federal laws and regulations relating to long-term care facilities. The nursing home shall be required to maintain a record with the signature as acknowledgment of receipt by the resident, family member or health care proxy.

For the purposes of this section, ''long-term care facilities'' shall mean nursing homes or skilled nursing or rehabilitation facilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 73G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 73G
Dispensing optician license fees
Status: in_force

Section 73G. Every licensed dispensing optician shall, biennially, on or before his birthday, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, in default of which the board may, after a hearing, revoke or suspend his license; but the payment of said fee at or before the time of hearing, with an additional sum as determined under the aforementioned provision shall remove the default, revocation or suspension. A licensed dispensing optician whose license has not been revoked but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the commonwealth for not exceeding five years but who shall have notified the board of such retirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed annual license fees and filing with the board his affidavit as to the facts aforesaid.

Section 73G. Every licensed dispensing optician shall, biennially, on or before his birthday, pay to the board a license fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, in default of which the board may, after a hearing, revoke or suspend his license; but the payment of said fee at or before the time of hearing, with an additional sum as determined under the aforementioned provision shall remove the default, revocation or suspension. A licensed dispensing optician whose license has not been revoked but who shall have temporarily retired from practice or removed from the commonwealth for not exceeding five years but who shall have notified the board of such retirement or removal, may register upon paying the lapsed annual license fees and filing with the board his affidavit as to the facts aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 14B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 14B
Liability for payments; credits; adjustments
Status: in_force

Section 14B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary: (a)(1) Each employer liable to make payments in lieu of contributions shall not be liable for such payments after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six with respect to any benefits paid, to the extent that the commonwealth is entitled to payments with respect to such benefits under section six of P.L. 94–444. (2) Each such employer shall receive credit against liability existing on or after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six for payments in lieu of contributions for any such payments made on or before said date, to the extent that such payments were made with respect to benefits for which the commonwealth is entitled to receive payments under section six of P.L. 94–444. (b) The account of any employer liable for payment of contributions under section fourteen or section fourteen C which employer has paid public service wages, as defined in section six of P.L. 94–444, shall be adjusted to reflect payments to which the commonwealth is entitled under section six of P.L. 94–444.

Section 14B. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary:

(a)(1) Each employer liable to make payments in lieu of contributions shall not be liable for such payments after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six with respect to any benefits paid, to the extent that the commonwealth is entitled to payments with respect to such benefits under section six of P.L. 94–444.

(2) Each such employer shall receive credit against liability existing on or after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six for payments in lieu of contributions for any such payments made on or before said date, to the extent that such payments were made with respect to benefits for which the commonwealth is entitled to receive payments under section six of P.L. 94–444.

(b) The account of any employer liable for payment of contributions under section fourteen or section fourteen C which employer has paid public service wages, as defined in section six of P.L. 94–444, shall be adjusted to reflect payments to which the commonwealth is entitled under section six of P.L. 94–444.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 123 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 123
Inspections relative to apparatus for emery and buffing machinery; complaint; prosecution
Status: in_force

Section 123. Inspectors, upon receipt of a notice signed by any person having knowledge of the facts that any factory or workshop subject to sections one hundred and nineteen and one hundred and twenty is not provided with the apparatus prescribed thereby, shall visit and inspect such factory or workshop, and for that purpose may enter therein during working hours; and if they ascertain that the owner, proprietor or manager thereof has failed to comply with said sections, they shall make complaint to a court or trial justice having jurisdiction, and cause such owner, proprietor or manager to be prosecuted.

Section 123. Inspectors, upon receipt of a notice signed by any person having knowledge of the facts that any factory or workshop subject to sections one hundred and nineteen and one hundred and twenty is not provided with the apparatus prescribed thereby, shall visit and inspect such factory or workshop, and for that purpose may enter therein during working hours; and if they ascertain that the owner, proprietor or manager thereof has failed to comply with said sections, they shall make complaint to a court or trial justice having jurisdiction, and cause such owner, proprietor or manager to be prosecuted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 16D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 16D
Application of other law; powers of tax collectors
Status: in_force

Section 16D. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of chapters fifty-nine and sixty shall apply, so far as pertinent, to all rates and charges certified to the assessors under section sixteen C. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon commitment as a tax or part of a tax under said section sixteen C, all such rates and charges shall be subject to the provisions of law relative to interest on the taxes of which they become, or, if the property were not tax exempt would become, a part; and the collector of taxes shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to such rates and charges as in the case of annual taxes upon real estate, and the provisions of law relative to the collection of such annual taxes, the sale or taking of land for the nonpayment thereof and the redemption of land so sold or taken shall, except as otherwise provided, apply to such rates and charges.

Section 16D. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of chapters fifty-nine and sixty shall apply, so far as pertinent, to all rates and charges certified to the assessors under section sixteen C. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon commitment as a tax or part of a tax under said section sixteen C, all such rates and charges shall be subject to the provisions of law relative to interest on the taxes of which they become, or, if the property were not tax exempt would become, a part; and the collector of taxes shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to such rates and charges as in the case of annual taxes upon real estate, and the provisions of law relative to the collection of such annual taxes, the sale or taking of land for the nonpayment thereof and the redemption of land so sold or taken shall, except as otherwise provided, apply to such rates and charges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 146 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 146
License valid throughout state; removal of dog into another town or city
Status: in_force

Section 146. A license duly recorded shall be valid throughout the commonwealth, except that, in the case of the permanent removal of a dog into another town within the commonwealth, the owner or keeper thereof shall, within thirty days after such removal, present the original license and tag of such dog to the clerk of the town or city to which such dog has been removed and the clerk shall take up the same and issue to such owner or keeper a transfer license and a tag for such dog upon payment of an amount to be determined by the city or town which shall be retained by the clerk unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions of section one hundred and thirty-seven relative to the form and furnishing of licenses and tags shall apply to licenses and tags issued under this section.

Section 146. A license duly recorded shall be valid throughout the commonwealth, except that, in the case of the permanent removal of a dog into another town within the commonwealth, the owner or keeper thereof shall, within thirty days after such removal, present the original license and tag of such dog to the clerk of the town or city to which such dog has been removed and the clerk shall take up the same and issue to such owner or keeper a transfer license and a tag for such dog upon payment of an amount to be determined by the city or town which shall be retained by the clerk unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions of section one hundred and thirty-seven relative to the form and furnishing of licenses and tags shall apply to licenses and tags issued under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 8
Indemnification of member or manager
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) Subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its certificate of organization or a written operating agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Such indemnification may include payment by the limited liability company of expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such payment if he shall be adjudicated to be not entitled to indemnification under this section which undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to make repayment. Any such indemnification may be provided although the person to be indemnified is no longer a member or manager. No indemnification shall be provided for any person with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the limited liability company. (b) The certificate of organization or a written operating agreement may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or manager for breach of any duty to the limited liability company or to another member or manager.

Section 8. (a) Subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth in its certificate of organization or a written operating agreement, a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever. Such indemnification may include payment by the limited liability company of expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by the person indemnified to repay such payment if he shall be adjudicated to be not entitled to indemnification under this section which undertaking may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to make repayment. Any such indemnification may be provided although the person to be indemnified is no longer a member or manager.

No indemnification shall be provided for any person with respect to any matter as to which he shall have been adjudicated in any proceeding not to have acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest of the limited liability company.

(b) The certificate of organization or a written operating agreement may eliminate or limit the personal liability of a member or manager for breach of any duty to the limited liability company or to another member or manager.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174A, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174A / Section 13
Joint reinsurance; regulation
Status: in_force

Section 13. (a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen and sixteen to eighteen, inclusive. (b) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.

Section 13. (a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance, shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen and sixteen to eighteen, inclusive.

(b) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 8
Selling without license; false statements in license application
Status: in_force

Section 8. No transient vendor shall sell or expose for sale, at public or private sale, any goods, wares or merchandise without state and local licenses therefor, properly endorsed, nor shall any person, either principal or agent, advertise by circular, handbill, newspaper or in any other manner any such unlicensed sales. No transient vendor shall file any application, original or supplementary, containing any false statement.

Section 8. No transient vendor shall sell or expose for sale, at public or private sale, any goods, wares or merchandise without state and local licenses therefor, properly endorsed, nor shall any person, either principal or agent, advertise by circular, handbill, newspaper or in any other manner any such unlicensed sales. No transient vendor shall file any application, original or supplementary, containing any false statement.