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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 47
Bill of sale or memorandum
Status: in_force

Section 47. A person who transports equine animals for immediate slaughter upon any public way in connection with the purchase or sale thereof, shall have in his possession a bill of sale or memorandum signed by the owner or vendor of such animals, containing the address of such owner or vendor, the date of purchase or sale, the number of animals and means of identification of each animal. Any such person transporting such equine animals shall on demand exhibit such bill of sale or memorandum to any officer qualified to serve a criminal process. No such person shall accept any such equine animal which has been transported over any such way unless accompanied by such bill of sale or memorandum. Such person accepting such animals shall endorse the bill of sale or memorandum in such manner as will signify his acceptance of such animals. Horses intended for immediate slaughter shall not be required to have a certificate as provided in section forty-four.

Section 47. A person who transports equine animals for immediate slaughter upon any public way in connection with the purchase or sale thereof, shall have in his possession a bill of sale or memorandum signed by the owner or vendor of such animals, containing the address of such owner or vendor, the date of purchase or sale, the number of animals and means of identification of each animal. Any such person transporting such equine animals shall on demand exhibit such bill of sale or memorandum to any officer qualified to serve a criminal process. No such person shall accept any such equine animal which has been transported over any such way unless accompanied by such bill of sale or memorandum. Such person accepting such animals shall endorse the bill of sale or memorandum in such manner as will signify his acceptance of such animals. Horses intended for immediate slaughter shall not be required to have a certificate as provided in section forty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176R, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176R / Section 5
Inclusion of nurse practitioners on publicly accessible list of participating providers
Status: in_force

Section 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a carrier shall ensure that all participating provider nurse practitioners are included on any publicly accessible list of participating providers for the carrier.

Section 5. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a carrier shall ensure that all participating provider nurse practitioners are included on any publicly accessible list of participating providers for the carrier.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22C / Section 56
Agents of Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; appointment as special officers
Status: in_force

Section 56. The colonel may appoint two or more agents of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children as special state police officers for a term of three years, who shall serve without pay and shall have and exercise throughout the commonwealth the powers of state police officers to serve warrants and other criminal processes, except the authority to arrest without warrant.

Section 56. The colonel may appoint two or more agents of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children as special state police officers for a term of three years, who shall serve without pay and shall have and exercise throughout the commonwealth the powers of state police officers to serve warrants and other criminal processes, except the authority to arrest without warrant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part V / Title I / Chapter 281 / Section 5
Punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred; effect of repeal of law by General Laws
Status: in_force

Section 5. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred under such law, except that any provision of the General Laws by which a punishment, penalty or forfeiture is mitigated may be extended and applied to any judgment pronounced after said repeal.

Section 5. The repeal of a law by this act shall not affect any punishment, penalty or forfeiture incurred under such law, except that any provision of the General Laws by which a punishment, penalty or forfeiture is mitigated may be extended and applied to any judgment pronounced after said repeal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175B / Section 5
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 5. If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.

Section 5. If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 19
Payment for stock; cash or instalments; record; transfer
Status: in_force

Section 19. Stock issued for cash may be paid for in full before it is issued or by instalments. If it is paid for by instalments and the shares are certificated, the stock certificate shall be legibly stamped with the words ''per cent paid up, balance payable, stating the manner and time of payment, and shares subject to forfeiture if unpaid,'' the facts being truly stated; and, as each instalment is paid, the certificate shall be stamped accordingly. If it is paid for by instalments, and the shares are uncertificated, the same words shall appear on the initial transaction statement issued with respect to the shares pursuant to Article 8 of chapter one hundred and six, the facts being duly stated; and, as each instalment is paid, a periodic statement shall be issued pursuant to said Article 8 reflecting the payment. Except as provided in section twenty-five, stock shall not be transferred on the books of a corporation if any instalments thereon remain overdue and unpaid.

Section 19. Stock issued for cash may be paid for in full before it is issued or by instalments. If it is paid for by instalments and the shares are certificated, the stock certificate shall be legibly stamped with the words ''per cent paid up, balance payable, stating the manner and time of payment, and shares subject to forfeiture if unpaid,'' the facts being truly stated; and, as each instalment is paid, the certificate shall be stamped accordingly. If it is paid for by instalments, and the shares are uncertificated, the same words shall appear on the initial transaction statement issued with respect to the shares pursuant to Article 8 of chapter one hundred and six, the facts being duly stated; and, as each instalment is paid, a periodic statement shall be issued pursuant to said Article 8 reflecting the payment.

Except as provided in section twenty-five, stock shall not be transferred on the books of a corporation if any instalments thereon remain overdue and unpaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 1
Assessment of cost of public improvements
Status: in_force

Section 1. Whenever a limited and determinable area receives benefit or advantage, other than the general advantage to the community, from a public improvement made by or in accordance with the formal vote or order of a board of officers of the commonwealth or of a county, city, town or district, and such order states that betterments are to be assessed for the improvement, such board shall within six months after the completion of the improvement determine the value of such benefit or advantage to the land within such area and assess upon each parcel thereof a proportionate share of the cost of such improvement, and shall include in such cost all damages awarded therefor under chapter seventy-nine; but no such assessment shall exceed the amount of such adjudged benefit or advantage. The board shall in the order of assessment designate as the owner of each parcel the person who was liable to assessment therefor on the preceding January first under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine.

Section 1. Whenever a limited and determinable area receives benefit or advantage, other than the general advantage to the community, from a public improvement made by or in accordance with the formal vote or order of a board of officers of the commonwealth or of a county, city, town or district, and such order states that betterments are to be assessed for the improvement, such board shall within six months after the completion of the improvement determine the value of such benefit or advantage to the land within such area and assess upon each parcel thereof a proportionate share of the cost of such improvement, and shall include in such cost all damages awarded therefor under chapter seventy-nine; but no such assessment shall exceed the amount of such adjudged benefit or advantage. The board shall in the order of assessment designate as the owner of each parcel the person who was liable to assessment therefor on the preceding January first under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 38
Penalties for violation of Secs. 33, 35, 36B and 36C
Status: in_force

Section 38. Whoever violates section 33 or 35 shall be subject to a civil administrative penalty of not more than: (i) $30 for a first violation; (ii) $75 for a second violation; and (iii) $150 for each subsequent violation. Whoever violates section 36B or 36C shall be subject to a civil administrative penalty of not more than: (i) $2,000 for a first violation; (ii) $5,000 for a second violation; and (iii) $10,000 for each subsequent violation.

Section 38. Whoever violates section 33 or 35 shall be subject to a civil administrative penalty of not more than: (i) $30 for a first violation; (ii) $75 for a second violation; and (iii) $150 for each subsequent violation.

Whoever violates section 36B or 36C shall be subject to a civil administrative penalty of not more than: (i) $2,000 for a first violation; (ii) $5,000 for a second violation; and (iii) $10,000 for each subsequent violation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 28A — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 28A
Monies held by banks or similar institutions; exemption; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 28A. Twenty-five hundred dollars of any natural person in an account in a trust company, savings bank, cooperative bank, credit union, national banking association or other banking institution doing business in the commonwealth shall be exempt from attachment by trustee process. A trustee summons served on any such institution shall describe the exemption with reference to this section. Upon service of a trustee summons, the trustee shall answer as subject to attachment only so much money of the defendant that exceeds $2,500. No business, trust or organization shall be entitled to the exemption in this section and no natural person shall be entitled to more than a $2,500 exemption at any one time. In any action, the plaintiff may apply to the court for further attachments upon proof by certified records of a trustee that the defendant has received an exemption not authorized under this section or that the $2,500 exemption of the defendant has been in whole or in part exhausted or exceeded.

Section 28A. Twenty-five hundred dollars of any natural person in an account in a trust company, savings bank, cooperative bank, credit union, national banking association or other banking institution doing business in the commonwealth shall be exempt from attachment by trustee process. A trustee summons served on any such institution shall describe the exemption with reference to this section. Upon service of a trustee summons, the trustee shall answer as subject to attachment only so much money of the defendant that exceeds $2,500.

No business, trust or organization shall be entitled to the exemption in this section and no natural person shall be entitled to more than a $2,500 exemption at any one time. In any action, the plaintiff may apply to the court for further attachments upon proof by certified records of a trustee that the defendant has received an exemption not authorized under this section or that the $2,500 exemption of the defendant has been in whole or in part exhausted or exceeded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8E
Diethylstilbestrol exposure; discrimination
Status: in_force

Section 8E. No contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which shall be delivered or issued in the commonwealth shall be denied, cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions on the length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.

Section 8E. No contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which shall be delivered or issued in the commonwealth shall be denied, cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions on the length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 3
Public health council; hearings, intervention
Status: in_force

Section 3. The council shall make and promulgate rules and regulations, take evidence in appeals, consider plans and appointments required by law, hold hearings, and discharge other duties required by law; but it shall have no administrative or executive functions. Hearings of the department may be held by the commissioner, or his designee or the hearings officer if so authorized by the commissioner, or by the hearings officer as provided in section seventy-one with respect to a refusal to renew or revocation of a license of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home or charitable home for the aged. The secretary of aging and independence or a designee may intervene on behalf of a resident or residents or the owner or administrator of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home, infirmary maintained in a town, or a charitable home for the aged in any proceedings before the council.

Section 3. The council shall make and promulgate rules and regulations, take evidence in appeals, consider plans and appointments required by law, hold hearings, and discharge other duties required by law; but it shall have no administrative or executive functions. Hearings of the department may be held by the commissioner, or his designee or the hearings officer if so authorized by the commissioner, or by the hearings officer as provided in section seventy-one with respect to a refusal to renew or revocation of a license of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home or charitable home for the aged. The secretary of aging and independence or a designee may intervene on behalf of a resident or residents or the owner or administrator of a convalescent or nursing home, rest home, infirmary maintained in a town, or a charitable home for the aged in any proceedings before the council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108 / Section 43
False statement in bill
Status: in_force

Section 43. An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill for goods, knowing that it contains a false statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 43. An officer, agent, or servant of a carrier, who with intent to defraud issues, or aids in issuing, a bill for goods, knowing that it contains a false statement, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 12
Powers and duties of division of regulatory services
Status: in_force

Section 12. The division of regulatory services shall investigate all dairy products bought or sold, enforce the laws for the manufacture, transfer and sale of such products, and take such action as will tend to produce better quality thereof and to improve the dairy industry. It may co-operate with the department of public health and with inspectors of milk, but it shall not interfere with the duties of such department or officers.

Section 12. The division of regulatory services shall investigate all dairy products bought or sold, enforce the laws for the manufacture, transfer and sale of such products, and take such action as will tend to produce better quality thereof and to improve the dairy industry. It may co-operate with the department of public health and with inspectors of milk, but it shall not interfere with the duties of such department or officers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 94C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 94C
Domestic exchange; organization; preliminary certificate
Status: in_force

Section 94C. Domestic exchanges may be organized by three or more individuals, residents of the commonwealth, or partnerships or corporations doing business therein, who shall apply to the commissioner for a preliminary certificate, in such form as he may prescribe, authorizing the applicants or their duly authorized representatives to solicit subscribers under the proposed name of the exchange designated in the application for the preliminary certificate. No preliminary certificate shall be issued until a copy of the form of subscription agreement and of the receipt to be issued in connection therewith have been filed with, and approved by, the commissioner. All moneys collected from such subscribers to such domestic exchange shall be held in trust in a bank approved by the commissioner upon the condition that such money so deposited shall not be withdrawn except with the written approval of the commissioner. Upon the issuance to such an exchange of a certificate of authority to transact business, the commissioner shall release such money on deposit to the exchange, but, if such certificate of authority to transact business is not issued within one year from the date of the preliminary certificate, such money on deposit shall, under the direction of the commissioner, be refunded in full to the subscribers.

Section 94C. Domestic exchanges may be organized by three or more individuals, residents of the commonwealth, or partnerships or corporations doing business therein, who shall apply to the commissioner for a preliminary certificate, in such form as he may prescribe, authorizing the applicants or their duly authorized representatives to solicit subscribers under the proposed name of the exchange designated in the application for the preliminary certificate. No preliminary certificate shall be issued until a copy of the form of subscription agreement and of the receipt to be issued in connection therewith have been filed with, and approved by, the commissioner. All moneys collected from such subscribers to such domestic exchange shall be held in trust in a bank approved by the commissioner upon the condition that such money so deposited shall not be withdrawn except with the written approval of the commissioner. Upon the issuance to such an exchange of a certificate of authority to transact business, the commissioner shall release such money on deposit to the exchange, but, if such certificate of authority to transact business is not issued within one year from the date of the preliminary certificate, such money on deposit shall, under the direction of the commissioner, be refunded in full to the subscribers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 65
Liability insurance
Status: in_force

Section 65. The regulating boards, as defined in subsection (c) of section two of chapter one hundred and fifty-six A, shall adopt regulations requiring the designated amount of required liability insurance to be maintained by limited liability companies and members subject to their jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (c) of section six. The term designated amount shall be the amount deemed appropriate by the regulating board to cover negligence, wrongful acts, errors and omissions and that insures the company and its members.

Section 65. The regulating boards, as defined in subsection (c) of section two of chapter one hundred and fifty-six A, shall adopt regulations requiring the designated amount of required liability insurance to be maintained by limited liability companies and members subject to their jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (c) of section six. The term designated amount shall be the amount deemed appropriate by the regulating board to cover negligence, wrongful acts, errors and omissions and that insures the company and its members.