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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 1
Corporate status of department of youth services; holding and investing trust funds
Status: in_force

Section 1. The department of youth services shall be a corporation for the purpose of taking, holding and investing in trust for the commonwealth, subject to section fifteen of chapter ten, any grant or devise of land or any gift or bequest made at any time for the use of any institution of which said department has the management, government and care, and it shall succeed to and retain the rights, powers and duties formerly held or acquired by the division of youth service and by the youth service board, except as otherwise provided in said section fifteen and in this chapter.

Section 1. The department of youth services shall be a corporation for the purpose of taking, holding and investing in trust for the commonwealth, subject to section fifteen of chapter ten, any grant or devise of land or any gift or bequest made at any time for the use of any institution of which said department has the management, government and care, and it shall succeed to and retain the rights, powers and duties formerly held or acquired by the division of youth service and by the youth service board, except as otherwise provided in said section fifteen and in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 36
Married person abandoned by spouse; spouse living apart; conveyance and will
Status: in_force

Section 36. A probate court may upon complaint of a person, or if said person is incapacitated by reason of mental illness, of said person's guardian or next friend, enter a judgment that said person has been deserted by said person's spouse or is living apart from such spouse for justifiable cause, and said person may thereafter convey said person's real estate in the same manner and with the same effect as if said person were sole, and the surviving spouse shall not be entitled under section fifteen of chapter one hundred and ninety-one to waive the provisions of a will made by said person or to claim such portion of said person's estate as the spouse would take if said person had died intestate, nor shall such spouse be entitled upon said person's death, if said person leaves a will, to dower in said person's estate, as provided in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine. Section seventeen of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply to proceedings upon such complaint, so far as applicable.

Section 36. A probate court may upon complaint of a person, or if said person is incapacitated by reason of mental illness, of said person's guardian or next friend, enter a judgment that said person has been deserted by said person's spouse or is living apart from such spouse for justifiable cause, and said person may thereafter convey said person's real estate in the same manner and with the same effect as if said person were sole, and the surviving spouse shall not be entitled under section fifteen of chapter one hundred and ninety-one to waive the provisions of a will made by said person or to claim such portion of said person's estate as the spouse would take if said person had died intestate, nor shall such spouse be entitled upon said person's death, if said person leaves a will, to dower in said person's estate, as provided in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine. Section seventeen of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply to proceedings upon such complaint, so far as applicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 13C — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 13C
Sale of other than established grades of milk; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13C. Except as otherwise provided in section thirteen D, whoever sells or offers for sale any milk of any grade other than one established under authority of section twelve, or labels or sells or offers for sale any milk labelled in imitation of any grade so established, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

Section 13C. Except as otherwise provided in section thirteen D, whoever sells or offers for sale any milk of any grade other than one established under authority of section twelve, or labels or sells or offers for sale any milk labelled in imitation of any grade so established, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175C, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175C / Section 6A
Act or omission resulting in damage or injury; liability of director, officer, trustee or agent
Status: in_force

Section 6A. No person who serves as a director, officer, trustee or agent of the association shall be held liable solely by reason of such service as a director, officer, trustee or agent for any act or omission resulting in damage or injury to another, if such person was acting in good faith and within the scope of his official functions and duties, unless such damage or injury was caused by willful or wanton misconduct.

Section 6A. No person who serves as a director, officer, trustee or agent of the association shall be held liable solely by reason of such service as a director, officer, trustee or agent for any act or omission resulting in damage or injury to another, if such person was acting in good faith and within the scope of his official functions and duties, unless such damage or injury was caused by willful or wanton misconduct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 14
Burial lot and monument; allowance
Status: in_force

Section 14. A reasonable amount expended for a burial lot and a monument, or for the repair, improvement or embellishment of a burial lot or monument, may be allowed by the court as part of the funeral expenses of a deceased person; and the court may at any time, upon petition of an executor or administrator, after notice, determine the amount which may be expended.

Section 14. A reasonable amount expended for a burial lot and a monument, or for the repair, improvement or embellishment of a burial lot or monument, may be allowed by the court as part of the funeral expenses of a deceased person; and the court may at any time, upon petition of an executor or administrator, after notice, determine the amount which may be expended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 33
Theft, conversion or recovery of a vehicle, report; dealers' charge for certificates procured
Status: in_force

Section 33. A police officer, as defined in section one of chapter ninety C, who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle whose theft or conversion he knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the registrar, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the registrar. The registrar shall maintain a record of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles reported to it under this section. An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle or its conversion if a crime, to the registrar, but the registrar may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the registrar. Dealers who procure, or assist purchasers to procure, certificates of title for vehicles sold by them, may charge the purchasers for such services not more than five dollars for each transaction.

Section 33. A police officer, as defined in section one of chapter ninety C, who learns of the theft of a vehicle not since recovered, or of the recovery of a vehicle whose theft or conversion he knows or has reason to believe has been reported to the registrar, shall forthwith report the theft or recovery to the registrar. The registrar shall maintain a record of stolen, converted, recovered and unclaimed vehicles reported to it under this section.

An owner or a lienholder may report the theft of a vehicle or its conversion if a crime, to the registrar, but the registrar may disregard the report of a conversion unless a warrant has been issued for the arrest of a person charged with the conversion. A person who has so reported the theft or conversion of a vehicle shall, forthwith after learning of its recovery, report the recovery to the registrar.

Dealers who procure, or assist purchasers to procure, certificates of title for vehicles sold by them, may charge the purchasers for such services not more than five dollars for each transaction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 63A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 63A
Admissions to hospital
Status: in_force

Section 63A. Subject to such rules and regulations as the department may provide, the superintendent of any hospital administered by the department shall be authorized to admit to any such hospital any person, including any person who is mentally ill, or suffering from an intellectual disability or suffering from any other mental disability, providing the admitting hospital is suitable for the care and treatment of such person.

Section 63A. Subject to such rules and regulations as the department may provide, the superintendent of any hospital administered by the department shall be authorized to admit to any such hospital any person, including any person who is mentally ill, or suffering from an intellectual disability or suffering from any other mental disability, providing the admitting hospital is suitable for the care and treatment of such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 112 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 112
Drunk on duty
Status: in_force

Article 112. Drunk on duty. A person subject to this code, other than a sentinel or lookout, who is found drunk on duty shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 112. Drunk on duty.

A person subject to this code, other than a sentinel or lookout, who is found drunk on duty shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109A / Section 11
Application of principles of law and equity
Status: in_force

Section 11. Unless otherwise required by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, shall supplement its provisions.

Section 11. Unless otherwise required by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, shall supplement its provisions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 44
Hospital or sanitarium patient; settlement, release or statement; admissibility
Status: in_force

Section 44. Except as provided below, no settlement or general release or statement in writing signed by any person confined in a hospital or sanitarium as a patient with reference to any personal injuries for which said person is confined in said hospital or sanitarium shall be admissible in evidence, used or referred to in any manner at the trial of any action to recover damages for personal injuries or consequential damages, so called, resulting therefrom, which statement, settlement or general release was obtained within fifteen days after the injuries were sustained and such settlement or release shall be null and void unless at least five days prior to the obtaining or procuring of such general release or statement such injured party had signified in writing his willingness that such general release or statement be given. This section shall not apply to statements or releases obtained by police officers or inspectors of motor vehicles in the performance of their duty, members of the family of such person or by or on behalf of his attorney. The provisions of this section shall not apply to chapter one hundred and fifty-two.

Section 44. Except as provided below, no settlement or general release or statement in writing signed by any person confined in a hospital or sanitarium as a patient with reference to any personal injuries for which said person is confined in said hospital or sanitarium shall be admissible in evidence, used or referred to in any manner at the trial of any action to recover damages for personal injuries or consequential damages, so called, resulting therefrom, which statement, settlement or general release was obtained within fifteen days after the injuries were sustained and such settlement or release shall be null and void unless at least five days prior to the obtaining or procuring of such general release or statement such injured party had signified in writing his willingness that such general release or statement be given. This section shall not apply to statements or releases obtained by police officers or inspectors of motor vehicles in the performance of their duty, members of the family of such person or by or on behalf of his attorney. The provisions of this section shall not apply to chapter one hundred and fifty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 18A
Injuries to jail or house of correction employees; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 18A. An employee in a jail or house of correction of a county who, while in the performance of duty, receives bodily injuries resulting from acts of violence of patients or prisoners in his custody, and who as result of such injury is entitled to benefits under chapter one hundred and fifty-two, shall be paid, in addition to the benefits of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two, the difference between the weekly cash benefits to which he is entitled under said chapter one hundred and fifty-two and his regular salary, without such absence being charged against available sick leave credits, even if such absence may be for less than eight calendar days duration.

Section 18A. An employee in a jail or house of correction of a county who, while in the performance of duty, receives bodily injuries resulting from acts of violence of patients or prisoners in his custody, and who as result of such injury is entitled to benefits under chapter one hundred and fifty-two, shall be paid, in addition to the benefits of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two, the difference between the weekly cash benefits to which he is entitled under said chapter one hundred and fifty-two and his regular salary, without such absence being charged against available sick leave credits, even if such absence may be for less than eight calendar days duration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 69
Seed quahaugs, clams or oysters; taking or possession
Status: in_force

Section 69. Whoever takes or has in his possession quahaugs or soft shelled clams or oysters smaller than the minimum size established by the director through regulations, hereinafter referred to as seed quahaugs, seed clams and seed oysters, to the amount of more than five percent of any batch, shall be punished in accordance with section two; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to take seed quahaugs, seed clams or seed oysters or have the same in possession under authority of a permit therefor, which the director is hereby authorized to grant, for a replanting in waters or flats within the commonwealth.

Section 69. Whoever takes or has in his possession quahaugs or soft shelled clams or oysters smaller than the minimum size established by the director through regulations, hereinafter referred to as seed quahaugs, seed clams and seed oysters, to the amount of more than five percent of any batch, shall be punished in accordance with section two; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to take seed quahaugs, seed clams or seed oysters or have the same in possession under authority of a permit therefor, which the director is hereby authorized to grant, for a replanting in waters or flats within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167A / Section 5
Registration of certain companies with commissioner; reports; examinations; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 5. (a) Each bank holding company shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by him which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition, operations, management and intercompany relationships of the bank holding company and its affiliates and related matters as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner may, in his discretion, extend the time within which a bank holding company shall register and file the requisite information. (b) The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep him informed as to whether the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with, and, except in the case of a national banking association, he may make examinations of each bank holding company and each affiliate thereof, the cost of which shall be assessed against and paid by such holding company. (c) The commissioner may establish such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

Section 5. (a) Each bank holding company shall register with the commissioner on forms prescribed by him which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition, operations, management and intercompany relationships of the bank holding company and its affiliates and related matters as he may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner may, in his discretion, extend the time within which a bank holding company shall register and file the requisite information.

(b) The commissioner, from time to time, may require reports under oath to keep him informed as to whether the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations established thereunder have been complied with, and, except in the case of a national banking association, he may make examinations of each bank holding company and each affiliate thereof, the cost of which shall be assessed against and paid by such holding company.

(c) The commissioner may establish such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21A, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21A / Section 4A
Coastal zone management office
Status: in_force

Section 4A. There is hereby established within the executive office of environmental affairs a coastal zone management office which shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary. The director shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of coastal zone management. The director shall appoint all necessary employees within his office, except as may be otherwise provided by law. The positions of director and of any employees of the office shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty. The secretary shall direct the coastal zone management office, consistent with state law, to adopt, and from time to time amend rules, regulations, procedures, standards, guidelines, and policies which shall constitute the Massachusetts coastal zone management program. The purpose of the program shall be to secure for the inhabitants of the commonwealth the objectives and benefits of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 USC 1451 et seq.

Section 4A. There is hereby established within the executive office of environmental affairs a coastal zone management office which shall be administered by a director who shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary. The director shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of coastal zone management. The director shall appoint all necessary employees within his office, except as may be otherwise provided by law. The positions of director and of any employees of the office shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty.

The secretary shall direct the coastal zone management office, consistent with state law, to adopt, and from time to time amend rules, regulations, procedures, standards, guidelines, and policies which shall constitute the Massachusetts coastal zone management program. The purpose of the program shall be to secure for the inhabitants of the commonwealth the objectives and benefits of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 USC 1451 et seq.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 4C — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 4C
Surcharge on filing fees
Status: in_force

Section 4C. Any party entering a complaint, petition or other civil action in any court of the commonwealth, except small claims cases, in which an initial filing fee is payable, and to which a separate docket number is assigned shall pay to the clerk of said court a surcharge of $15 in addition to the fee otherwise required by this chapter. A party entering a small claims action shall pay a surcharge of $10. All such charges collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted monthly by the clerk of court to the treasurer and shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 4C. Any party entering a complaint, petition or other civil action in any court of the commonwealth, except small claims cases, in which an initial filing fee is payable, and to which a separate docket number is assigned shall pay to the clerk of said court a surcharge of $15 in addition to the fee otherwise required by this chapter. A party entering a small claims action shall pay a surcharge of $10. All such charges collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted monthly by the clerk of court to the treasurer and shall be credited to the General Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 1
Issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors; attendance at sittings of court
Status: in_force

Section 1. The clerk of the courts for each county, except Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the commencement of the first sitting of the superior court for criminal business in each year, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen, from whose numbers the court shall select twenty-three grand jurors who shall serve in said court until the first regular sitting in the year next after they have been impanelled and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead. In counties where sittings of the court are established for the transaction of criminal business, they shall be required to attend only at such sittings.

Section 1. The clerk of the courts for each county, except Suffolk, Middlesex, Essex, Hampden, Norfolk, Plymouth and Worcester shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the commencement of the first sitting of the superior court for criminal business in each year, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen, from whose numbers the court shall select twenty-three grand jurors who shall serve in said court until the first regular sitting in the year next after they have been impanelled and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead. In counties where sittings of the court are established for the transaction of criminal business, they shall be required to attend only at such sittings.