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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 9
Advice and aid to general court and committees
Status: in_force

Section 9. He shall, when required by either branch of the general court, attend during its sessions and give his aid and advice in the arrangement and preparation of legislative documents and business, and shall give his opinion upon questions of law submitted to him by the governor and council or by either branch of the general court. He, or some person designated by him, shall, when requested by a vote of a legislative committee, appear before such committee and advise it upon the legal effect of proposed legislation pending before it.

Section 9. He shall, when required by either branch of the general court, attend during its sessions and give his aid and advice in the arrangement and preparation of legislative documents and business, and shall give his opinion upon questions of law submitted to him by the governor and council or by either branch of the general court. He, or some person designated by him, shall, when requested by a vote of a legislative committee, appear before such committee and advise it upon the legal effect of proposed legislation pending before it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 118
Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schools
Status: in_force

Section 118. The municipal police training committee shall approve or disapprove municipal police training schools and shall make rules and regulations subject to the approval of the governor and council, for such schools, relating to courses of study, attendance requirements, equipment and facilities and qualifications of instructors. No municipal police training school shall be approved unless it provides for training members of the rape prevention and prosecution unit established by section ninety-seven B of chapter forty-one. The municipal police training committee may establish a course within the recruit basic training curriculum for regional and municipal police training schools to train law enforcement officers on the application of section 34A of chapter 94C and section 12FF of chapter 112 and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. The committee may periodically include within its in-service training curriculum a course of instruction on the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. Upon request, the executive office of public safety and security, in collaboration with the department of public health, shall facilitate the collection and sharing of resources regarding the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C.

Section 118. The municipal police training committee shall approve or disapprove municipal police training schools and shall make rules and regulations subject to the approval of the governor and council, for such schools, relating to courses of study, attendance requirements, equipment and facilities and qualifications of instructors. No municipal police training school shall be approved unless it provides for training members of the rape prevention and prosecution unit established by section ninety-seven B of chapter forty-one.

The municipal police training committee may establish a course within the recruit basic training curriculum for regional and municipal police training schools to train law enforcement officers on the application of section 34A of chapter 94C and section 12FF of chapter 112 and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. The committee may periodically include within its in-service training curriculum a course of instruction on the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C and the procedures for response to calls for assistance for drug-related overdoses. Upon request, the executive office of public safety and security, in collaboration with the department of public health, shall facilitate the collection and sharing of resources regarding the application of said section 34A of said chapter 94C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 14
Cancellation of certificate of organization
Status: in_force

Section 14. A certificate of organization shall be cancelled upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of a limited liability company, or at any other time there are no members, or upon the filing of a certificate of consolidation or merger if the limited liability company is not the resulting or surviving entity in a consolidation or merger. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed in the office of the state secretary to accomplish the cancellation of a certificate of organization upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of a limited liability company or at any other time there are no members and shall set forth: (1) the name of the limited liability company; (2) the date of filing of its certificate of organization; (3) the reason for filing the certificate of cancellation; (4) the effective date, which shall be a date certain, of cancellation if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate; and (5) any other information the person filing the certificate of cancellation determines.

Section 14. A certificate of organization shall be cancelled upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of a limited liability company, or at any other time there are no members, or upon the filing of a certificate of consolidation or merger if the limited liability company is not the resulting or surviving entity in a consolidation or merger. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed in the office of the state secretary to accomplish the cancellation of a certificate of organization upon the dissolution and the completion of winding up of a limited liability company or at any other time there are no members and shall set forth:

(1) the name of the limited liability company;

(2) the date of filing of its certificate of organization;

(3) the reason for filing the certificate of cancellation;

(4) the effective date, which shall be a date certain, of cancellation if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate; and

(5) any other information the person filing the certificate of cancellation determines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121B / Section 36
Receipt of loans and grants from federal sources or from other sources
Status: in_force

Section 36. The commonwealth shall have power to receive loans and grants from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source, public or private, and to use any such loan or grant or part thereof for any purpose of this chapter, or to act as agent of, or to cooperate in any way with, the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof on any project authorized by this chapter.

Section 36. The commonwealth shall have power to receive loans and grants from the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or from any other source, public or private, and to use any such loan or grant or part thereof for any purpose of this chapter, or to act as agent of, or to cooperate in any way with, the federal government or any agency or instrumentality thereof on any project authorized by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 33A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 33A
Testing of weighing and measuring devices in towns of 5,000 or less inhabitants
Status: in_force

Section 33A. The deputy director or his inspectors, under his direction, shall at least once in each year test all weighing and measuring devices which are used for the purpose of buying or selling goods, wares or merchandise, for public weighing or for hire or reward, in towns of five thousand or less inhabitants, and shall mark them in accordance with the results of such tests. The number of inhabitants shall mean the population as determined by the last preceding federal census.

Section 33A. The deputy director or his inspectors, under his direction, shall at least once in each year test all weighing and measuring devices which are used for the purpose of buying or selling goods, wares or merchandise, for public weighing or for hire or reward, in towns of five thousand or less inhabitants, and shall mark them in accordance with the results of such tests. The number of inhabitants shall mean the population as determined by the last preceding federal census.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 9J — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 9J
Unauthorized use of title of physician assistant; fraud
Status: in_force

Section 9J. Whoever, not being lawfully registered as a physician assistant in the commonwealth in accordance with sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, holds himself out as a physician assistant or uses the title of physician assistant or whoever impersonates another physician assistant or whoever practices or attempts to practice any fraud in connection with the filing of an application or whoever files an application under a false or assumed name or under a name other than his own or whoever impersonates or attempts to impersonate another applicant for registration during an examination, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars. The board may also bring a petition in superior court to enjoin such actions or any other violation of this chapter or regulations of the board.

Section 9J. Whoever, not being lawfully registered as a physician assistant in the commonwealth in accordance with sections nine C to nine K, inclusive, holds himself out as a physician assistant or uses the title of physician assistant or whoever impersonates another physician assistant or whoever practices or attempts to practice any fraud in connection with the filing of an application or whoever files an application under a false or assumed name or under a name other than his own or whoever impersonates or attempts to impersonate another applicant for registration during an examination, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars. The board may also bring a petition in superior court to enjoin such actions or any other violation of this chapter or regulations of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151D, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151D / Section 15
Violations by trustee or plan administrator; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

Section 15. The attorney general may at the request of the board, maintain and prosecute an action against a trustee or plan administrator subject to this chapter for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining such persons from doing any act in violation of this chapter. If the court finds that a defendant is threatening or is likely to do any act in violation of this chapter, and that such violation will cause irreparable injury to the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth or the beneficiaries of the trust or fund involved or any employer contributing to such fund, the court may grant an injunction restraining such violation. The court may, on motion and affidavits, grant a preliminary injunction and in interlocutory injunction, upon such terms as may be just, but the citizens of the commonwealth shall not be required to give security before the issuance of any such injunction.

Section 15. The attorney general may at the request of the board, maintain and prosecute an action against a trustee or plan administrator subject to this chapter for the purpose of obtaining an injunction restraining such persons from doing any act in violation of this chapter. If the court finds that a defendant is threatening or is likely to do any act in violation of this chapter, and that such violation will cause irreparable injury to the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth or the beneficiaries of the trust or fund involved or any employer contributing to such fund, the court may grant an injunction restraining such violation. The court may, on motion and affidavits, grant a preliminary injunction and in interlocutory injunction, upon such terms as may be just, but the citizens of the commonwealth shall not be required to give security before the issuance of any such injunction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79A / Section 11
Expenditure of funds by public agency or municipality; state financial assistance
Status: in_force

Section 11. Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any public agency for the acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this act as applied to that program or project. If a municipality acquires, rehabilitates, or demolishes real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay the cost, in whole or part, of the acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition of such real property, or of the improvement for which such property is acquired, the cost to the unit of local government of providing the payments and services prescribed by this act shall be included as part of the costs of the project for which state financial assistance is available to such municipality, and shall be eligible for state financial assistance in the same manner and in the same ratio as other project costs.

Section 11. Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any public agency for the acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall be available also for obligation and expenditure to carry out the provisions of this act as applied to that program or project.

If a municipality acquires, rehabilitates, or demolishes real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay the cost, in whole or part, of the acquisition, rehabilitation, or demolition of such real property, or of the improvement for which such property is acquired, the cost to the unit of local government of providing the payments and services prescribed by this act shall be included as part of the costs of the project for which state financial assistance is available to such municipality, and shall be eligible for state financial assistance in the same manner and in the same ratio as other project costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 16S — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 16S
Coordination of purchase of behavioral health services for children
Status: in_force

Section 16S. The secretary of health and human services shall coordinate the purchase of behavioral health services for children to promote economy and efficiency and improve service delivery, thereby integrating services provided by the executive office of health and human services into a comprehensive, community-based behavioral health delivery system. The secretary shall establish guidelines for the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, the department of developmental services and the office of Medicaid for the delivery of behavioral health services to children, including children subject to proceedings under sections 39E to 39J, inclusive, of chapter 119, pursuant to which the commissioner of mental health shall be consulted in the design and implementation of the commonwealth's behavioral health services for children; and the secretary shall consult with the commissioner of early education and care and the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to establish similar guidelines for those respective departments.

Section 16S. The secretary of health and human services shall coordinate the purchase of behavioral health services for children to promote economy and efficiency and improve service delivery, thereby integrating services provided by the executive office of health and human services into a comprehensive, community-based behavioral health delivery system. The secretary shall establish guidelines for the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, the department of developmental services and the office of Medicaid for the delivery of behavioral health services to children, including children subject to proceedings under sections 39E to 39J, inclusive, of chapter 119, pursuant to which the commissioner of mental health shall be consulted in the design and implementation of the commonwealth's behavioral health services for children; and the secretary shall consult with the commissioner of early education and care and the commissioner of elementary and secondary education to establish similar guidelines for those respective departments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 38Y — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 38Y
Unrelated business taxable income for certain exempt corporations
Status: in_force

Section 38Y. (a) Every business corporation which is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Code shall be subject to tax under section 39 on its unrelated business taxable income, as defined in section 512 of the Code. The property or net worth of those corporations shall not be subject to tax under this chapter, and the minimum excise under section 39 shall not apply. If a corporation has unrelated business taxable income that is taxable both within and without the commonwealth, it may apportion its net income to the commonwealth under section 38, but its apportionment factors shall be determined by reference only to the unrelated business activity of the corporation. The credits allowed under this chapter shall be determined only with respect to the unrelated business activity of the corporation. (b) An entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Code shall not be considered to be a business corporation for purposes of chapter 59.

Section 38Y. (a) Every business corporation which is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Code shall be subject to tax under section 39 on its unrelated business taxable income, as defined in section 512 of the Code. The property or net worth of those corporations shall not be subject to tax under this chapter, and the minimum excise under section 39 shall not apply. If a corporation has unrelated business taxable income that is taxable both within and without the commonwealth, it may apportion its net income to the commonwealth under section 38, but its apportionment factors shall be determined by reference only to the unrelated business activity of the corporation. The credits allowed under this chapter shall be determined only with respect to the unrelated business activity of the corporation.

(b) An entity that is exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Code shall not be considered to be a business corporation for purposes of chapter 59.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 61A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 61A
Cheddar or American cheese; cheese made from milk of sheep or goats
Status: in_force

Section 61A. The kind of cheese known as Cheddar cheese, American cheese or American Cheddar cheese, may be sold under the designation ''cheese'', without qualification, and, unless its definition and standard is otherwise fixed by the laws of the commonwealth or by the department of public health under section one hundred and ninety-two, shall comply with the definitions and standards promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Cheese made from the milk of sheep or goats shall be labelled as being so made, unless it bears a name designated by the laws of the commonwealth or by said department under said section one hundred and ninety-two, or, if not bearing a name as aforesaid, by the definitions and standards of said Food and Drug Administration.

Section 61A. The kind of cheese known as Cheddar cheese, American cheese or American Cheddar cheese, may be sold under the designation ''cheese'', without qualification, and, unless its definition and standard is otherwise fixed by the laws of the commonwealth or by the department of public health under section one hundred and ninety-two, shall comply with the definitions and standards promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Cheese made from the milk of sheep or goats shall be labelled as being so made, unless it bears a name designated by the laws of the commonwealth or by said department under said section one hundred and ninety-two, or, if not bearing a name as aforesaid, by the definitions and standards of said Food and Drug Administration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 90A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 90A
Suspended or revoked foreign licenses; penalties for hunting, trapping or fishing or failing to return license upon suspension or revocation of license
Status: in_force

Section 90A. A person whose privilege to hunt, trap or fish has been suspended or revoked in any other jurisdiction in the United States or Canada for an offense in that jurisdiction shall not be issued a license for such activity in the commonwealth, or, if such a license has been issued in the commonwealth at the time, such license shall be suspended and not renewed during the period of the suspension or revocation in the other jurisdiction if, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the director determines that the offense carrying the suspension or revocation would constitute a violation of section 5, 10, 13, 21A, 22, 61, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 73, to 75A, inclusive, 79 to 80A, inclusive, or 82. Upon the suspension of a license pursuant to this section, the director shall send prompt notice of such suspension to the person's last known address. A person whose license is suspended shall immediately return the license to the division. A person who hunts, traps or fishes in the commonwealth after suspension of a license pursuant to this section shall be punished in accordance with the penalties assessed under section 90 for hunting, trapping or fishing without a license in violation of section 11. A person who fails to immediately return a license in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 but not more than $500.

Section 90A. A person whose privilege to hunt, trap or fish has been suspended or revoked in any other jurisdiction in the United States or Canada for an offense in that jurisdiction shall not be issued a license for such activity in the commonwealth, or, if such a license has been issued in the commonwealth at the time, such license shall be suspended and not renewed during the period of the suspension or revocation in the other jurisdiction if, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the director determines that the offense carrying the suspension or revocation would constitute a violation of section 5, 10, 13, 21A, 22, 61, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69, 73, to 75A, inclusive, 79 to 80A, inclusive, or 82.

Upon the suspension of a license pursuant to this section, the director shall send prompt notice of such suspension to the person's last known address. A person whose license is suspended shall immediately return the license to the division.

A person who hunts, traps or fishes in the commonwealth after suspension of a license pursuant to this section shall be punished in accordance with the penalties assessed under section 90 for hunting, trapping or fishing without a license in violation of section 11. A person who fails to immediately return a license in violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $200 but not more than $500.