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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, sec. 2B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211D / Section 2B
Appointment of counsel for criminal defendant charged with misdemeanor or municipal ordinance or bylaw violation
Status: in_force

Section 2B. A person charged with a misdemeanor or a violation of a municipal ordinance or bylaw, on motion of the commonwealth, the person or on the court's own motion, shall not be appointed counsel if the judge, at arraignment, informs such person on the record that, if the person is convicted of such offense, the person's sentence shall not include any period of incarceration. For good cause, that judge or another judge of the same court may later revoke such determination on the record and appoint counsel, and on the request such counsel shall be entitled to a continuance to conduct any necessary discovery and to prepare adequately for trial. Any such determination or revocation by a judge shall be endorsed upon the docket of the case.

Section 2B. A person charged with a misdemeanor or a violation of a municipal ordinance or bylaw, on motion of the commonwealth, the person or on the court's own motion, shall not be appointed counsel if the judge, at arraignment, informs such person on the record that, if the person is convicted of such offense, the person's sentence shall not include any period of incarceration. For good cause, that judge or another judge of the same court may later revoke such determination on the record and appoint counsel, and on the request such counsel shall be entitled to a continuance to conduct any necessary discovery and to prepare adequately for trial. Any such determination or revocation by a judge shall be endorsed upon the docket of the case.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 25
Acquisition of real property
Status: in_force

Section 25. The commissioners may, subject to appropriation, acquire by eminent domain, or by purchase or otherwise, the fee or other lesser interest in such real property within their respective counties as may be necessary to maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces, and may control and manage the same; provided that such acquisition has been approved by the department of environmental management and the conservation committee of the city or town within which such land lies, or if such city or town has no conservation committee by a two thirds vote of the city council in the case of a city and by a two thirds vote of the board of selectmen in the case of a town. Land used for farming or agriculture, as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be taken by eminent domain under the authority of this section.

Section 25. The commissioners may, subject to appropriation, acquire by eminent domain, or by purchase or otherwise, the fee or other lesser interest in such real property within their respective counties as may be necessary to maintain, improve, protect, limit the future use of or otherwise conserve and properly utilize open spaces, and may control and manage the same; provided that such acquisition has been approved by the department of environmental management and the conservation committee of the city or town within which such land lies, or if such city or town has no conservation committee by a two thirds vote of the city council in the case of a city and by a two thirds vote of the board of selectmen in the case of a town. Land used for farming or agriculture, as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, shall not be taken by eminent domain under the authority of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 65I — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 65I
Primary liability to pay benefits
Status: in_force

Section 65I. Nothing in sections sixty-five A to sixty-five M, inclusive, shall be construed to affect, in any way, the primary liability of the insurer to which the risk is assigned to pay compensation benefits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Section 65I. Nothing in sections sixty-five A to sixty-five M, inclusive, shall be construed to affect, in any way, the primary liability of the insurer to which the risk is assigned to pay compensation benefits in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 12
Notice to and knowledge of partner; imputation to partnership
Status: in_force

Section 12. Notice to any partner of any matter relating to partnership affairs, and the knowledge of the partner acting in the particular matter, acquired while a partner or then present to his mind, and the knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated it to the acting partner operate as notice to or knowledge of the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.

Section 12. Notice to any partner of any matter relating to partnership affairs, and the knowledge of the partner acting in the particular matter, acquired while a partner or then present to his mind, and the knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated it to the acting partner operate as notice to or knowledge of the partnership, except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 94 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 94
Employment permits, educational certificates and lists of employed minors produced for inspection; evidence of illegal employment
Status: in_force

Section 94. Supervisors of attendance, representatives of the office of the attorney general, agents of the department of education or of the department of labor, or any authorized agent or inspector of either of those departments may require that the permit for employment and lists of minors employed in any establishment or occupation shall be produced for their inspection. A failure so to do upon request shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit for employment or educational certificate is not produced or whose name is not so listed.

Section 94. Supervisors of attendance, representatives of the office of the attorney general, agents of the department of education or of the department of labor, or any authorized agent or inspector of either of those departments may require that the permit for employment and lists of minors employed in any establishment or occupation shall be produced for their inspection. A failure so to do upon request shall be prima facie evidence of the illegal employment of any minor whose permit for employment or educational certificate is not produced or whose name is not so listed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 41
Number of persons admitted; limitation
Status: in_force

Section 41. No licensee under section thirty-three shall sell or cause to be sold or issued more tickets or invitations purporting to admit to any such match or exhibition, or otherwise admit to the same, more persons than are admissible according to the authorized capacity of the building, or part thereof actually used therefor.

Section 41. No licensee under section thirty-three shall sell or cause to be sold or issued more tickets or invitations purporting to admit to any such match or exhibition, or otherwise admit to the same, more persons than are admissible according to the authorized capacity of the building, or part thereof actually used therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 2C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 2C
Pre-adoption birth certificates; access by child of deceased adopted parent
Status: in_force

Section 2C. If an adopted person is deceased, his child, if 18 years or older, or such child's parent or guardian if such child is less than 18 years of age, shall be eligible to apply for the information his adopted parent would have access to under section 2B and to participate in the adoption contact information registry pursuant to section 31.

Section 2C. If an adopted person is deceased, his child, if 18 years or older, or such child's parent or guardian if such child is less than 18 years of age, shall be eligible to apply for the information his adopted parent would have access to under section 2B and to participate in the adoption contact information registry pursuant to section 31.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 22C — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 22C
Off-street parking lots; installation of parking meters and other devices; use of receipts
Status: in_force

Section 22C. Any city or town, having installed parking meters or coin-operated locking devices for bicycle parking under section 22A, may install parking meters in municipally owned or leased off-street parking lots and other devices for controlling the off-street parking lots. In a city or town that accepts this sentence, the city or town may use any receipts from those parking meters and other devices for the purpose of purchase or lease of additional parking lots, the care and maintenance of the parking lots, the purchase or lease of a commuter shuttle or commuter shuttle services between the parking lots and available public transportation, the care and maintenance of public transportation station accessibility improvements and in general for traffic control or traffic safety purposes, including payment for public liability coverage in connection with the purchase, lease and use of the municipally owned or leased parking lots and commuter shuttles or commuter shuttle services or any of the purposes and uses listed in section 22A.

Section 22C. Any city or town, having installed parking meters or coin-operated locking devices for bicycle parking under section 22A, may install parking meters in municipally owned or leased off-street parking lots and other devices for controlling the off-street parking lots. In a city or town that accepts this sentence, the city or town may use any receipts from those parking meters and other devices for the purpose of purchase or lease of additional parking lots, the care and maintenance of the parking lots, the purchase or lease of a commuter shuttle or commuter shuttle services between the parking lots and available public transportation, the care and maintenance of public transportation station accessibility improvements and in general for traffic control or traffic safety purposes, including payment for public liability coverage in connection with the purchase, lease and use of the municipally owned or leased parking lots and commuter shuttles or commuter shuttle services or any of the purposes and uses listed in section 22A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 68, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 68 / Section 35
Paid solicitations and solicitors; violations; fine
Status: in_force

Section 35. Any person who solicits contributions from the public by door-to-door visitation or in person for any charitable, civic or political cause or purpose, and who receives for such solicitation a wage, salary, percentage of the donations received, or other contractual remuneration or thing of value, but not to include reimbursements for expenses incurred in soliciting, shall inform each person so solicited that the solicitation is a paid solicitation. Such information shall be so provided in writing or in the form of a clearly displayed badge or sign bearing the words ''Paid Solicitor''. Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each such violation. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the finance chairman, accountant, treasurer or auditor of any organization, trust committee, foundation, group, association, partnership, corporation, society, or any combination thereof; provided, however, that such financial officer is not directly soliciting; nor shall such provisions apply to any ordained clergyman, minister, priest, rabbi, officer or any duly authorized member of any religious order or any other tax exempt religious organization.

Section 35. Any person who solicits contributions from the public by door-to-door visitation or in person for any charitable, civic or political cause or purpose, and who receives for such solicitation a wage, salary, percentage of the donations received, or other contractual remuneration or thing of value, but not to include reimbursements for expenses incurred in soliciting, shall inform each person so solicited that the solicitation is a paid solicitation. Such information shall be so provided in writing or in the form of a clearly displayed badge or sign bearing the words ''Paid Solicitor''. Any person who violates this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars for each such violation.

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the finance chairman, accountant, treasurer or auditor of any organization, trust committee, foundation, group, association, partnership, corporation, society, or any combination thereof; provided, however, that such financial officer is not directly soliciting; nor shall such provisions apply to any ordained clergyman, minister, priest, rabbi, officer or any duly authorized member of any religious order or any other tax exempt religious organization.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 57
Books of account and financial records
Status: in_force

Section 57. The town accountant shall keep a complete set of books wherein shall be entered the amount of each specific appropriation, the amounts and purposes of expenditures made therefrom, the receipts from each source of income, the amount of each assessment levied, and the abatements made; and he shall keep his accounts, so far as practicable, in conformity with the classifications and forms prescribed by the director of accounts in accordance with section forty-three of chapter forty-four and in conformity with any systems, classifications, forms and designations prescribed pursuant to regulations of the board of education for use by school committees. The town accountant shall have custody of all contracts of the town, shall keep a register of the sureties on all bonds of indemnity given to the town, shall keep a detailed record of the town debt, showing the purpose for which it was incurred, when incurred, when due, the rate of interest and the provisions made for the payment of the debt.

Section 57. The town accountant shall keep a complete set of books wherein shall be entered the amount of each specific appropriation, the amounts and purposes of expenditures made therefrom, the receipts from each source of income, the amount of each assessment levied, and the abatements made; and he shall keep his accounts, so far as practicable, in conformity with the classifications and forms prescribed by the director of accounts in accordance with section forty-three of chapter forty-four and in conformity with any systems, classifications, forms and designations prescribed pursuant to regulations of the board of education for use by school committees. The town accountant shall have custody of all contracts of the town, shall keep a register of the sureties on all bonds of indemnity given to the town, shall keep a detailed record of the town debt, showing the purpose for which it was incurred, when incurred, when due, the rate of interest and the provisions made for the payment of the debt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 90
Breaking or canning eggs without license
Status: in_force

Section 90. Whoever carries on an establishment for the breaking or canning of eggs without a license as provided in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.

Section 90. Whoever carries on an establishment for the breaking or canning of eggs without a license as provided in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 5P — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 5P
Use, manufacture, production, transfer, receipt, acquisition, ownership or possession of radiation sources; license or registration requirement; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 5P. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess any source of radiation unless licensed, registered or exempted from licensing or registration requirements by the department pursuant to section five N. Any person who violates said section five N or five O, or any rule, regulation, license, registration or order adopted or issued under said section five N or five O shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for a period of not more than two years, or both. Any person who continues to violate the provisions of this section after due notice by the department shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not more than twenty years, or both. After due notice has been issued by the department, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.

Section 5P. It shall be unlawful for any person to use, manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, acquire, own, or possess any source of radiation unless licensed, registered or exempted from licensing or registration requirements by the department pursuant to section five N. Any person who violates said section five N or five O, or any rule, regulation, license, registration or order adopted or issued under said section five N or five O shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than two thousand dollars, or be imprisoned for a period of not more than two years, or both. Any person who continues to violate the provisions of this section after due notice by the department shall be fined not less than one thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not more than twenty years, or both. After due notice has been issued by the department, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 93
Remedies on bond
Status: in_force

Section 93. The town clerk shall note upon every bond given by a constable the time of filing. Any person injured by a breach of the condition thereof may, at his own expense, sue thereon in the name of the town, and the proceedings shall be the same as in an action by a creditor on an administrator's bond. The writ shall be endorsed by him and, if he is not a resident of the commonwealth, it shall also be endorsed by a responsible resident thereof. If judgment is for the defendant, execution shall issue for costs against the endorser as if he were a plaintiff of record.

Section 93. The town clerk shall note upon every bond given by a constable the time of filing. Any person injured by a breach of the condition thereof may, at his own expense, sue thereon in the name of the town, and the proceedings shall be the same as in an action by a creditor on an administrator's bond. The writ shall be endorsed by him and, if he is not a resident of the commonwealth, it shall also be endorsed by a responsible resident thereof. If judgment is for the defendant, execution shall issue for costs against the endorser as if he were a plaintiff of record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 14
First meeting; holders of privileges prior to organization
Status: in_force

Section 14. The first meeting of such corporation, unless otherwise provided in its act of incorporation, shall be called by a notice, signed by the person or by a majority of the persons named in such act, setting forth the time, place and purposes of the meeting, and delivered seven days at least before the meeting to each member or published in a newspaper of the county where the corporation is established. If all the persons so named shall, in writing, upon the charter or a certified copy thereof, waive such notice and fix the time and place of the meeting, no notice shall be required. The persons so named and their associate subscribers to stock before the date of the act shall hold the franchise or privileges granted until the corporation is organized.

Section 14. The first meeting of such corporation, unless otherwise provided in its act of incorporation, shall be called by a notice, signed by the person or by a majority of the persons named in such act, setting forth the time, place and purposes of the meeting, and delivered seven days at least before the meeting to each member or published in a newspaper of the county where the corporation is established. If all the persons so named shall, in writing, upon the charter or a certified copy thereof, waive such notice and fix the time and place of the meeting, no notice shall be required. The persons so named and their associate subscribers to stock before the date of the act shall hold the franchise or privileges granted until the corporation is organized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 20
Powers and duties of assistants
Status: in_force

Section 20. Such assistants shall be subject to the direction and control of the harbor master of their town, and shall have all the powers given to, and be subject to all the duties required of, harbor masters by law.

Section 20. Such assistants shall be subject to the direction and control of the harbor master of their town, and shall have all the powers given to, and be subject to all the duties required of, harbor masters by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21B, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21B / Section 14
Inspections by public officials
Status: in_force

Section 14. Any public official authorized by the commissioner of any municipality in which coal mining is occurring shall have the right to inspect any of the mined or affected areas in the course of the normal performance of his duties.

Section 14. Any public official authorized by the commissioner of any municipality in which coal mining is occurring shall have the right to inspect any of the mined or affected areas in the course of the normal performance of his duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 3A
Automatically renewable abandonment periods
Status: in_force

Section 3A. The abandonment period of any property set forth in section three that is automatically renewable shall commence upon the expiration of its initial time period except that, in the case of any renewal to which the owner consents at or about the time of renewal by communicating in writing with the person holding the property or otherwise indicating such consent as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee, the abandonment period shall commence upon the expiration of the last time period for which consent was given.

Section 3A. The abandonment period of any property set forth in section three that is automatically renewable shall commence upon the expiration of its initial time period except that, in the case of any renewal to which the owner consents at or about the time of renewal by communicating in writing with the person holding the property or otherwise indicating such consent as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee, the abandonment period shall commence upon the expiration of the last time period for which consent was given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 17
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 17. If any section or clause of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction the remainder shall not be affected thereby.

Section 17. If any section or clause of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction the remainder shall not be affected thereby.