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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 5
Wood and other property; burning or aiding in burning
Status: in_force

Section 5. Whoever wilfully and maliciously sets fire to, or burns or otherwise destroys or injures by burning, or causes to be burned or otherwise so destroyed or injured, or whoever aids, counsels or procures the burning of, a pile or parcel of wood, boards, timber or other lumber, or any fence, bars or gate, or a stack of grain, hay or other vegetable product, or any vegetable product severed from the soil and not stacked, or any standing tree, grain, grass or other standing product of the soil, or the soil itself, or any personal property of whatsoever class or character exceeding a value of twenty-five dollars, of another, or any boat, motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other conveyance, whether of himself or another, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.

Section 5. Whoever wilfully and maliciously sets fire to, or burns or otherwise destroys or injures by burning, or causes to be burned or otherwise so destroyed or injured, or whoever aids, counsels or procures the burning of, a pile or parcel of wood, boards, timber or other lumber, or any fence, bars or gate, or a stack of grain, hay or other vegetable product, or any vegetable product severed from the soil and not stacked, or any standing tree, grain, grass or other standing product of the soil, or the soil itself, or any personal property of whatsoever class or character exceeding a value of twenty-five dollars, of another, or any boat, motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other conveyance, whether of himself or another, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 33
Bank aggrieved by action of commissioner; application for injunction
Status: in_force

Section 33. Whenever any bank of whose property and business the commissioner has taken possession deems itself aggrieved thereby, it may, at any time within ten days after such taking possession, apply to the supreme judicial court to enjoin further proceedings; said court, after citing the commissioner to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined, and after hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties and determining the facts, may, upon the merits, dismiss such application or may enjoin the commissioner from further proceedings and direct him to surrender the said business and property to the bank.

Section 33. Whenever any bank of whose property and business the commissioner has taken possession deems itself aggrieved thereby, it may, at any time within ten days after such taking possession, apply to the supreme judicial court to enjoin further proceedings; said court, after citing the commissioner to show cause why further proceedings should not be enjoined, and after hearing the allegations and proofs of the parties and determining the facts, may, upon the merits, dismiss such application or may enjoin the commissioner from further proceedings and direct him to surrender the said business and property to the bank.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 17J — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 17J
Coverage for children under age 18 for cleft lip and cleft palate
Status: in_force

Section 17J. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for the cost of treating cleft lip and cleft palate for children under the age of 18 covered by that employee's health plan. The coverage shall include benefits for medical, dental, oral and facial surgery, surgical management and follow-up care by oral and plastic surgeons, orthodontic treatment and management, preventative and restorative dentistry to ensure good health and adequate dental structures for orthodontic treatment or prosthetic management therapy, speech therapy, audiology and nutrition services, if such services are prescribed by the treating physician or surgeon and such physician or surgeon certifies that such services are medically necessary and consequent to the treatment of the cleft lip, cleft palate or both. The coverage required by this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to other benefits. Payment for dental or orthodontic treatment not related to the management of the congenital conditions of cleft lip and cleft palate shall not be covered under this section.

Section 17J. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for the cost of treating cleft lip and cleft palate for children under the age of 18 covered by that employee's health plan. The coverage shall include benefits for medical, dental, oral and facial surgery, surgical management and follow-up care by oral and plastic surgeons, orthodontic treatment and management, preventative and restorative dentistry to ensure good health and adequate dental structures for orthodontic treatment or prosthetic management therapy, speech therapy, audiology and nutrition services, if such services are prescribed by the treating physician or surgeon and such physician or surgeon certifies that such services are medically necessary and consequent to the treatment of the cleft lip, cleft palate or both. The coverage required by this section shall be subject to the terms and conditions applicable to other benefits. Payment for dental or orthodontic treatment not related to the management of the congenital conditions of cleft lip and cleft palate shall not be covered under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 42
Irregular solemnization of marriage; validity
Status: in_force

Section 42. A marriage solemnized by a person professing to have the authority to solemnize marriages under section thirty-eight or thirty-nine shall not be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected by want of authority in such person or society, or by an omission or by informality in the manner of filing the notice of intention, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with a full belief of either of the persons so married that they have been lawfully married.

Section 42. A marriage solemnized by a person professing to have the authority to solemnize marriages under section thirty-eight or thirty-nine shall not be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected by want of authority in such person or society, or by an omission or by informality in the manner of filing the notice of intention, if the marriage is in other respects lawful and is consummated with a full belief of either of the persons so married that they have been lawfully married.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 38
Unauthorized use of excise stamps; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 38. Whoever, not being an authorized agent, sells or offers for sale any stamp or stamps issued under the provisions of this chapter in order to provide evidence of the payment of the excise imposed by this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for five years, or both.

Section 38. Whoever, not being an authorized agent, sells or offers for sale any stamp or stamps issued under the provisions of this chapter in order to provide evidence of the payment of the excise imposed by this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for five years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140B, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140B / Section 2
Establishment or maintenance of junkyards; locations
Status: in_force

Section 2. No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, unless such junkyard is: (a) screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight, or (b) located within an area which is zoned for industrial use under authority of law, or (c) located within an unzoned industrial area, which area shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations promulgated by the administrator, or (d) is not visible from the main traveled way of the system.

Section 2. No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, unless such junkyard is:

(a) screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight, or

(b) located within an area which is zoned for industrial use under authority of law, or

(c) located within an unzoned industrial area, which area shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations promulgated by the administrator, or

(d) is not visible from the main traveled way of the system.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 41
Investigations or hearings; accidents
Status: in_force

Section 41. The commission, or the director if so designated by it, may hold investigations or hearings relative to matters covered by any provision of sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and shall hold investigations relative to any accident involving personal injury occurring in connection with aeronautics within the commonwealth. The commission shall report to the civil aeronautics board aeronautical accidents within the commonwealth, and so far as possible shall preserve, protect and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft involved in any such accident being investigated by it.

Section 41. The commission, or the director if so designated by it, may hold investigations or hearings relative to matters covered by any provision of sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or of any order, rule or regulation of the commission, and shall hold investigations relative to any accident involving personal injury occurring in connection with aeronautics within the commonwealth.

The commission shall report to the civil aeronautics board aeronautical accidents within the commonwealth, and so far as possible shall preserve, protect and prevent the removal of the component parts of any aircraft involved in any such accident being investigated by it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 99B — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 99B
Sale of fruit, vegetables or turkeys; designation as ''native''; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 99B. No person shall sell or offer to sell or pack for sale or distribution in the commonwealth fruit, vegetables or turkeys in containers bearing the label or designation ''native'' nor cause fruit, vegetables or turkeys to be advertised as ''native'' unless the name of state in which such fruit, vegetables or turkeys were grown appears immediately after the word ''native''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 99B. No person shall sell or offer to sell or pack for sale or distribution in the commonwealth fruit, vegetables or turkeys in containers bearing the label or designation ''native'' nor cause fruit, vegetables or turkeys to be advertised as ''native'' unless the name of state in which such fruit, vegetables or turkeys were grown appears immediately after the word ''native''. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 79J — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 79J
Business records required to be produced in court; certification, admissibility and inspection; copies
Status: in_force

Section 79J. A record kept by any business which is required to be produced in court by any party shall be certified by the affidavit of the person in custody thereof to be a true and complete record and shall be delivered by such business to the clerk of such court who shall keep the same in his custody until its production is called for at the trial or hearing by the party requiring the said record. Such record, so certified and delivered shall be deemed to be sufficiently identified to be admissible in evidence if admissible in all other respects. The party requiring the production of said record and, in the discretion of the court, any other party may examine said record in the custody of the clerk at any time before it is produced in court. The clerk upon completion of such trial or hearing shall notify such business that said record is no longer required and will be returned by mail unless an authorized representative of the business calls for the same at the office of said clerk within seven days of said notice. A copy of such record made by the photographic process may be delivered to the clerk of such court in place of the original and, if certified as hereinbefore provided, shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original.

Section 79J. A record kept by any business which is required to be produced in court by any party shall be certified by the affidavit of the person in custody thereof to be a true and complete record and shall be delivered by such business to the clerk of such court who shall keep the same in his custody until its production is called for at the trial or hearing by the party requiring the said record. Such record, so certified and delivered shall be deemed to be sufficiently identified to be admissible in evidence if admissible in all other respects. The party requiring the production of said record and, in the discretion of the court, any other party may examine said record in the custody of the clerk at any time before it is produced in court. The clerk upon completion of such trial or hearing shall notify such business that said record is no longer required and will be returned by mail unless an authorized representative of the business calls for the same at the office of said clerk within seven days of said notice.

A copy of such record made by the photographic process may be delivered to the clerk of such court in place of the original and, if certified as hereinbefore provided, shall be admitted in evidence equally with the original.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 66
Obtaining information from consumer reporting agency under false pretenses; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 66. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information relative to a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 66. Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information relative to a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 258 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 258
Grounds for denial, refusal to renew, revocation, suspension or cancellation of genetic counselor license
Status: in_force

Section 258. The board may deny or refuse to renew a license or, after a hearing pursuant to section 105 of chapter 13, revoke, suspend or cancel the license or place on probation, reprimand, censure or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof satisfactory to a majority of the board that the person has: (a) obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception; (b) been convicted of a felony under state or federal law or committed any other offense involving moral turpitude; (c) been adjudged mentally ill or incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction; (d) used illicit drugs or intoxicating liquors to the extent which adversely affects his practice; (e) engaged in unethical or unprofessional conduct including, but not limited to, willful acts, negligence or incompetence in the course of professional practice; (f) violated any lawful order, rule or regulation rendered or adopted by the board; or (g) been refused issuance or been disciplined in connection with a license issued by any other state or country.

Section 258. The board may deny or refuse to renew a license or, after a hearing pursuant to section 105 of chapter 13, revoke, suspend or cancel the license or place on probation, reprimand, censure or otherwise discipline a licensee upon proof satisfactory to a majority of the board that the person has:

(a) obtained or attempted to obtain a license by fraud or deception;

(b) been convicted of a felony under state or federal law or committed any other offense involving moral turpitude;

(c) been adjudged mentally ill or incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(d) used illicit drugs or intoxicating liquors to the extent which adversely affects his practice;

(e) engaged in unethical or unprofessional conduct including, but not limited to, willful acts, negligence or incompetence in the course of professional practice;

(f) violated any lawful order, rule or regulation rendered or adopted by the board; or

(g) been refused issuance or been disciplined in connection with a license issued by any other state or country.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 20
Sidewalks
Status: in_force

Section 20. The department shall from time to time construct sidewalks along such parts of the state highways as it determines public convenience and necessity require. Sidewalks may also be constructed along state highways and maintained in accordance with sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter eighty-three.

Section 20. The department shall from time to time construct sidewalks along such parts of the state highways as it determines public convenience and necessity require. Sidewalks may also be constructed along state highways and maintained in accordance with sections twenty-five and twenty-six of chapter eighty-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 46
Conveyance in fee by life tenant and vested remainderman in tail
Status: in_force

Section 46. If land is held by one person for life with a vested remainder in tail in another, the tenant for life and the remainderman may convey such land in fee simple by their deed or deeds in common form, as if the remainder had been limited in fee simple; and such deed or deeds shall bar the estate tail and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon.

Section 46. If land is held by one person for life with a vested remainder in tail in another, the tenant for life and the remainderman may convey such land in fee simple by their deed or deeds in common form, as if the remainder had been limited in fee simple; and such deed or deeds shall bar the estate tail and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 270 / Section 14
Spitting
Status: in_force

Section 14. Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the purpose, in or upon any part of any city or town hall, any court house or court room, any public library or museum, any church or theatre, any lecture or music hall, any mill or factory, any hall of any tenement building occupied by five or more families, any school building, any ferry boat or steamboat, any railroad car or elevated railroad car, except a smoking car, any street railway car, any railroad or railway station or waiting room, or on any track, platform or sidewalk connected therewith, and included within the limits thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Section 14. Whoever expectorates or spits upon any public sidewalk, or upon any place used exclusively or principally by pedestrians, or, except in receptacles provided for the purpose, in or upon any part of any city or town hall, any court house or court room, any public library or museum, any church or theatre, any lecture or music hall, any mill or factory, any hall of any tenement building occupied by five or more families, any school building, any ferry boat or steamboat, any railroad car or elevated railroad car, except a smoking car, any street railway car, any railroad or railway station or waiting room, or on any track, platform or sidewalk connected therewith, and included within the limits thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Secretary'', the head of an executive office established under section two. ''State agency'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.

Section 1. The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Secretary'', the head of an executive office established under section two.

''State agency'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 10
Special examinations and reports on matters affecting management or finances
Status: in_force

Section 10. The secretary may make a special examination of the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money from the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assessments, and may report on the management or finances to the governor and to the general court.

Section 10. The secretary may make a special examination of the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money from the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assessments, and may report on the management or finances to the governor and to the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94G, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94G / Section 6
Expiration and renewal
Status: in_force

Section 6. Expiration and renewal (a) License term. Unless the commission authorizes the renewal of a license for a longer period, all licenses under this chapter shall be effective for 1 year from the date of issuance. (b) Renewal. The commission shall issue a renewal license within 30 days of receipt of a renewal application and renewal license fee from a marijuana establishment to licensees in good standing and who have filed any tax returns required pursuant to chapter 64N of the General Laws.

Section 6. Expiration and renewal

(a) License term. Unless the commission authorizes the renewal of a license for a longer period, all licenses under this chapter shall be effective for 1 year from the date of issuance.

(b) Renewal. The commission shall issue a renewal license within 30 days of receipt of a renewal application and renewal license fee from a marijuana establishment to licensees in good standing and who have filed any tax returns required pursuant to chapter 64N of the General Laws.