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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40D, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40D / Section 22
Pollution control facilities; financing; findings; financing authority; applicable laws
Status: in_force

Section 22. (a) A municipality acting by and through an authority may finance pollution control facilities in the same manner provided by this chapter for industrial development facilities, except as otherwise hereinafter provided. (b) The requirements of clauses (e), (g), (i), and (k) of subsection (2) of section twelve shall not apply to projects for pollution control. It shall be necessary, however, that the state industrial finance board find that a substantial public benefit will result from the project and in the case of pollution control facilities for water, the division of water pollution control in the department of environmental protection, or, in the case of pollution control facilities for air, the commissioner of environmental protection, has found that the project as designed is in furtherance of the purpose of abating or controlling water pollution or air pollution, as the case may be. (c) An authority having industrial development powers or solid waste disposal powers, heretofore or hereafter organized, shall also have pollution control powers under this section but the provisions of this section shall not affect the power of a municipality, acting by and through an authority, to finance pollution control facilities as a part of an industrial development project or solid waste disposal project.

Section 22. (a) A municipality acting by and through an authority may finance pollution control facilities in the same manner provided by this chapter for industrial development facilities, except as otherwise hereinafter provided.

(b) The requirements of clauses (e), (g), (i), and (k) of subsection (2) of section twelve shall not apply to projects for pollution control. It shall be necessary, however, that the state industrial finance board find that a substantial public benefit will result from the project and in the case of pollution control facilities for water, the division of water pollution control in the department of environmental protection, or, in the case of pollution control facilities for air, the commissioner of environmental protection, has found that the project as designed is in furtherance of the purpose of abating or controlling water pollution or air pollution, as the case may be.

(c) An authority having industrial development powers or solid waste disposal powers, heretofore or hereafter organized, shall also have pollution control powers under this section but the provisions of this section shall not affect the power of a municipality, acting by and through an authority, to finance pollution control facilities as a part of an industrial development project or solid waste disposal project.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 39
Application of Secs. 29 to 39
Status: in_force

Section 39. Nothing in sections twenty-nine to thirty-nine, inclusive, shall affect any of the other provisions of this chapter and all of said other provisions shall continue in full force and effect and shall apply to sections twenty-nine to thirty-nine, inclusive, insofar as they are applicable. Unless the commissioner shall otherwise prescribe, all licensees shall be subject to all the duties, obligations, restraints, prohibitions and provisions which are imposed by this chapter on such licensees, notwithstanding that certain of such licensees may also act as, and be subject to the provisions of, stampers.

Section 39. Nothing in sections twenty-nine to thirty-nine, inclusive, shall affect any of the other provisions of this chapter and all of said other provisions shall continue in full force and effect and shall apply to sections twenty-nine to thirty-nine, inclusive, insofar as they are applicable. Unless the commissioner shall otherwise prescribe, all licensees shall be subject to all the duties, obligations, restraints, prohibitions and provisions which are imposed by this chapter on such licensees, notwithstanding that certain of such licensees may also act as, and be subject to the provisions of, stampers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175B, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175B / Section 3A
Unauthorized companies; non-applicability of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 3A. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any suit, action or proceeding against any foreign company not lawfully admitted to transact business in the commonwealth arising out of any contract of insurance effectuated in accordance with section one hundred and sixty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or to any contract of reinsurance, provided that such contract contains a provision designating the commissioner of insurance or his successor in office its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of such contract of insurance.

Section 3A. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any suit, action or proceeding against any foreign company not lawfully admitted to transact business in the commonwealth arising out of any contract of insurance effectuated in accordance with section one hundred and sixty-eight of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or to any contract of reinsurance, provided that such contract contains a provision designating the commissioner of insurance or his successor in office its true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful process in any action, suit or proceeding instituted by or on behalf of an insured or beneficiary arising out of such contract of insurance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 162, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 162 / Section 14
Common carriers of baggage and freight
Status: in_force

Section 14. An electric railroad company shall act as a common carrier of baggage, express matter and freight in such cases, upon such parts of its railroad, and to such extent, in any city or town as, after public notice and a hearing upon the petition of the president or a majority of the directors of the company or any interested party, the board of aldermen or the selectmen, or those exercising the powers of such board or selectmen, in such city or town, shall by order approve; provided, that a company shall actually engage in the business of a common carrier under this chapter only in such cases, upon such of the parts of its railroad, and to such extent, approved as aforesaid, as the department shall certify, after public notice and a hearing upon said petition, that public necessity and convenience require; and provided, that any company acting under authority hereof shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as may from time to time be made by the local authorities aforesaid, with the approval of the department, and shall also be subject to all laws relating to common carriers so far as consistent herewith and with said regulations and restrictions.

Section 14. An electric railroad company shall act as a common carrier of baggage, express matter and freight in such cases, upon such parts of its railroad, and to such extent, in any city or town as, after public notice and a hearing upon the petition of the president or a majority of the directors of the company or any interested party, the board of aldermen or the selectmen, or those exercising the powers of such board or selectmen, in such city or town, shall by order approve; provided, that a company shall actually engage in the business of a common carrier under this chapter only in such cases, upon such of the parts of its railroad, and to such extent, approved as aforesaid, as the department shall certify, after public notice and a hearing upon said petition, that public necessity and convenience require; and provided, that any company acting under authority hereof shall be subject to such regulations and restrictions as may from time to time be made by the local authorities aforesaid, with the approval of the department, and shall also be subject to all laws relating to common carriers so far as consistent herewith and with said regulations and restrictions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12C / Section 4
Salaries; personnel regulations
Status: in_force

Section 4. The position of executive director shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined under section 46C of said chapter 30. The total amount of all appointee salaries shall not exceed the sum appropriated therefor by the general court. Sections 9A, 45, 46, and 46C of chapter 30, chapter 31 and chapter 150E shall not apply to the executive director of the center. Sections 45, 46 and 46C of chapter 30 shall not apply to any employee of the center. The executive director may establish personnel regulations for the officers and employees of the center. The executive director shall file an annual personnel report not later than the first Wednesday in February with the senate and house committees on ways and means containing the job classifications, duties and salary of each officer and employee within the center together with personnel regulations applicable to said officers and employees. The executive director shall file amendments to such report with the senate and house committees on ways and means whenever any changes become effective.

Section 4. The position of executive director shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined under section 46C of said chapter 30.

The total amount of all appointee salaries shall not exceed the sum appropriated therefor by the general court. Sections 9A, 45, 46, and 46C of chapter 30, chapter 31 and chapter 150E shall not apply to the executive director of the center. Sections 45, 46 and 46C of chapter 30 shall not apply to any employee of the center.

The executive director may establish personnel regulations for the officers and employees of the center. The executive director shall file an annual personnel report not later than the first Wednesday in February with the senate and house committees on ways and means containing the job classifications, duties and salary of each officer and employee within the center together with personnel regulations applicable to said officers and employees. The executive director shall file amendments to such report with the senate and house committees on ways and means whenever any changes become effective.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128A / Section 12
Compliance with chapter
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.] Section 12. No person shall hold or conduct, or assist, aid or abet in holding or conducting, any horse or dog racing meeting within the commonwealth unless such person shall comply with the provisions of this chapter. Any person holding or conducting or any person aiding or abetting in holding or conducting, any horse or dog racing meeting within the commonwealth in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, unless some other penalty for such violation is provided in this chapter, be punished for each such offence by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, each day on which any horse or dog racing meeting shall be held or conducted in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be considered a separate and distinct offence.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.]

Section 12. No person shall hold or conduct, or assist, aid or abet in holding or conducting, any horse or dog racing meeting within the commonwealth unless such person shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.

Any person holding or conducting or any person aiding or abetting in holding or conducting, any horse or dog racing meeting within the commonwealth in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall, unless some other penalty for such violation is provided in this chapter, be punished for each such offence by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this section, each day on which any horse or dog racing meeting shall be held or conducted in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be considered a separate and distinct offence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 5A
Waiting period before administration
Status: in_force

Section 5A. Administration shall not be granted to a public administrator until after the expiration of ten days from the date of death.

Section 5A. Administration shall not be granted to a public administrator until after the expiration of ten days from the date of death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 86
Weighing, sorting and culling fish; certificate of weight; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 86. All fish when landed from a vessel or boat shall be weighed by a public weigher of fish or his deputy, when so requested or demanded by the buyer or seller of such fish or by the master, agent or a majority of the crew of such vessel or boat; and said weigher shall issue a certificate of weight to the seller and a duplicate to the buyer. The director of consumer affairs and business regulation may adopt, amend or repeal, and shall enforce, all such reasonable rules and regulations, and orders thereunder, as may be necessary or suitable in relation to the weighing, sorting and culling of fish when landed from a vessel or boat. Whoever violates said rules or regulations or orders thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 86. All fish when landed from a vessel or boat shall be weighed by a public weigher of fish or his deputy, when so requested or demanded by the buyer or seller of such fish or by the master, agent or a majority of the crew of such vessel or boat; and said weigher shall issue a certificate of weight to the seller and a duplicate to the buyer. The director of consumer affairs and business regulation may adopt, amend or repeal, and shall enforce, all such reasonable rules and regulations, and orders thereunder, as may be necessary or suitable in relation to the weighing, sorting and culling of fish when landed from a vessel or boat. Whoever violates said rules or regulations or orders thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 54
Trustees in possession of railroad; jurisdiction of supreme judicial court
Status: in_force

Section 54. The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity of all cases arising under the two preceding sections, and of all questions arising out of railroad mortgages, and may summarily remove a trustee under a railroad mortgage, whether he is in possession of the railroad or not, and appoint a new trustee in his stead.

Section 54. The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity of all cases arising under the two preceding sections, and of all questions arising out of railroad mortgages, and may summarily remove a trustee under a railroad mortgage, whether he is in possession of the railroad or not, and appoint a new trustee in his stead.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 127 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 127
Fraudulently conveyed realty
Status: in_force

Section 127. If an attachment of real property is made under sections sixty-seven and sixty-eight, the person in whose name the record title of the property attached stands, or a person in his behalf, may, before final judgment, dissolve the attachment by giving bond to the plaintiff, with sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay him, if he establishes his title to the land in a civil action against the person having the record title thereto at the time of the attachment, the ascertained value of the land, or so much thereof as shall satisfy the amount, if any, which the plaintiff shall recover upon final judgment, or upon a special judgment under chapter two hundred and thirty-five, in the action in which such attachment was made. All proceedings required in the two preceding sections shall apply to the dissolution of an attachment under this section. In the trial of such action to establish title, the record of the attachment and of final or special judgment, as the case may be, in the action in which the attachment was made shall be conclusive evidence of a momentary seisin of the land in the plaintiff to enable him to maintain an action therefor upon his own seisin; but no such action to establish title shall be brought after the expiration of one year from the date of such final or special judgment. If the plaintiff recovers judgment on such action he shall not have an execution for possession, but may have an execution for costs.

Section 127. If an attachment of real property is made under sections sixty-seven and sixty-eight, the person in whose name the record title of the property attached stands, or a person in his behalf, may, before final judgment, dissolve the attachment by giving bond to the plaintiff, with sufficient sureties, conditioned to pay him, if he establishes his title to the land in a civil action against the person having the record title thereto at the time of the attachment, the ascertained value of the land, or so much thereof as shall satisfy the amount, if any, which the plaintiff shall recover upon final judgment, or upon a special judgment under chapter two hundred and thirty-five, in the action in which such attachment was made. All proceedings required in the two preceding sections shall apply to the dissolution of an attachment under this section. In the trial of such action to establish title, the record of the attachment and of final or special judgment, as the case may be, in the action in which the attachment was made shall be conclusive evidence of a momentary seisin of the land in the plaintiff to enable him to maintain an action therefor upon his own seisin; but no such action to establish title shall be brought after the expiration of one year from the date of such final or special judgment. If the plaintiff recovers judgment on such action he shall not have an execution for possession, but may have an execution for costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 172, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 172 / Section 3
Use of words ''trust company''
Status: in_force

Section 3. No person, other than a trust company, shall use the words ''trust company'', even though said words may be separated by 1 or more other words, as part of the person's or its name or in any representation describing the person's or its business, powers, services or functions. Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of $100 for each day during which such violation continues.

Section 3. No person, other than a trust company, shall use the words ''trust company'', even though said words may be separated by 1 or more other words, as part of the person's or its name or in any representation describing the person's or its business, powers, services or functions. Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of $100 for each day during which such violation continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 162 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 162
Expenditure of institutional funds for welfare of released prisoners
Status: in_force

Section 162. The superintendent of any correctional institution of the commonwealth may pay from the treasury of the institution not more than fifty dollars to every prisoner leaving the institution. A prisoner who leaves the institution shall be provided with decent clothing.

Section 162. The superintendent of any correctional institution of the commonwealth may pay from the treasury of the institution not more than fifty dollars to every prisoner leaving the institution. A prisoner who leaves the institution shall be provided with decent clothing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 22
Contents of prescription written by practitioner
Status: in_force

Section 22. (a) A practitioner who dispenses a controlled substance by issuing a written or electronic prescription shall state on the prescription the name, address and registration number of the practitioner, the date of delivery of the prescription, the name, dosage and strength per dosage unit of the controlled substance, the name and address of the patient unless it is a veterinary prescription, the directions for use and any cautionary statements required, and a statement indicating the number of times to be refilled. (b) A practitioner who dispenses by delivering to an ultimate user a controlled substance which is not for immediate administration shall package the controlled substance in a container, affixing to the container a label bearing the practitioner's name and address, the date of dispensing, the name of the patient unless it is a veterinary prescription, the name, dosage and strength per dosage unit, of the controlled substance, directions for use and any necessary cautionary statements. (c) Any prescription issued by a practitioner for an opioid substance contained in Schedule II of section 3 shall include a notation on the prescription that the patient may fill, upon request, the prescription in compliance with subsection (d3/4) of section 18 in an amount not to exceed the full prescribed quantity.

Section 22. (a) A practitioner who dispenses a controlled substance by issuing a written or electronic prescription shall state on the prescription the name, address and registration number of the practitioner, the date of delivery of the prescription, the name, dosage and strength per dosage unit of the controlled substance, the name and address of the patient unless it is a veterinary prescription, the directions for use and any cautionary statements required, and a statement indicating the number of times to be refilled.

(b) A practitioner who dispenses by delivering to an ultimate user a controlled substance which is not for immediate administration shall package the controlled substance in a container, affixing to the container a label bearing the practitioner's name and address, the date of dispensing, the name of the patient unless it is a veterinary prescription, the name, dosage and strength per dosage unit, of the controlled substance, directions for use and any necessary cautionary statements.

(c) Any prescription issued by a practitioner for an opioid substance contained in Schedule II of section 3 shall include a notation on the prescription that the patient may fill, upon request, the prescription in compliance with subsection (d3/4) of section 18 in an amount not to exceed the full prescribed quantity.