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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 242 / Section 7A
Agricultural or horticultural land; theft or destruction; treble damages
Status: in_force

Section 7A. Any person who, without permission, willfully enters the agricultural or horticultural land of another, including, but not limited to, an orchard, garden, nursery, cranberry bog, field, or vineyard, and carries away, takes, steals, mutilates, destroys, damages, causes to be damaged, or cuts any tree, shrub, fruit, berry, vegetable, grain, grass, hay, vine, plant, flower, or any other agricultural commodity defined pursuant to section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be liable to the owner of said land in tort for three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.

Section 7A. Any person who, without permission, willfully enters the agricultural or horticultural land of another, including, but not limited to, an orchard, garden, nursery, cranberry bog, field, or vineyard, and carries away, takes, steals, mutilates, destroys, damages, causes to be damaged, or cuts any tree, shrub, fruit, berry, vegetable, grain, grass, hay, vine, plant, flower, or any other agricultural commodity defined pursuant to section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight shall be liable to the owner of said land in tort for three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 9
Depositary for plans and profiles
Status: in_force

Section 9. Plans and profiles presented to a committee of the general court in the hearing of a petition for such a charter shall be deposited by it in the state library.

Section 9. Plans and profiles presented to a committee of the general court in the hearing of a petition for such a charter shall be deposited by it in the state library.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 213 / Section 8
Accounts and expenses; allowance
Status: in_force

Section 8. The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings and order payment thereof out of the state treasury.

Section 8. The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings and order payment thereof out of the state treasury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 63
Delay in execution of death sentence; consideration of pardon
Status: in_force

Section 63. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may from time to time respite the execution of a sentence of death for stated periods so long as he may consider it necessary to afford him, with the advice and consent of the council, an opportunity to investigate and consider the facts of the case for the purpose of considering whether or not to pardon the prisoner.

Section 63. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may from time to time respite the execution of a sentence of death for stated periods so long as he may consider it necessary to afford him, with the advice and consent of the council, an opportunity to investigate and consider the facts of the case for the purpose of considering whether or not to pardon the prisoner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150A, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150A / Section 6B
Review of order of commission
Status: in_force

Section 6B. Any person aggrieved by a final order of the commission under section six A granting or denying relief, may obtain a review of such order in the manner provided in section six.

Section 6B. Any person aggrieved by a final order of the commission under section six A granting or denying relief, may obtain a review of such order in the manner provided in section six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 81
Double compensation prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 81. No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary from the county shall be designated to attend, for compensation by the day, upon the sessions of the supreme judicial or superior court, and no deputy sheriff or constable shall receive compensation for attendance upon the sessions of more than one court, or upon more than one session of the same court, on the same day.

Section 81. No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary from the county shall be designated to attend, for compensation by the day, upon the sessions of the supreme judicial or superior court, and no deputy sheriff or constable shall receive compensation for attendance upon the sessions of more than one court, or upon more than one session of the same court, on the same day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 34B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 34B
Review of contempt order prior to order of confinement
Status: in_force

Section 34B. A judge of the probate court who has found a party to be in civil or criminal contempt for failure to obey any order or judgment of the probate court relative to support of a spouse or children or relative to the custody of children shall, before ordering such person to be confined in a jail, review such order or judgment to determine that such order or judgment was issued by a court of competent jurisdiction and was not obtained by fraud.

Section 34B. A judge of the probate court who has found a party to be in civil or criminal contempt for failure to obey any order or judgment of the probate court relative to support of a spouse or children or relative to the custody of children shall, before ordering such person to be confined in a jail, review such order or judgment to determine that such order or judgment was issued by a court of competent jurisdiction and was not obtained by fraud.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 24
Penalty for unauthorized marking
Status: in_force

Section 24. Whoever violates any provision of sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and whoever marks a container or other measure, or procures the same to be marked or has printed thereon or procures to have marked or printed thereon, a mark, number or designation without the approval or authority of the deputy director, except as provided in section twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

Section 24. Whoever violates any provision of sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and whoever marks a container or other measure, or procures the same to be marked or has printed thereon or procures to have marked or printed thereon, a mark, number or designation without the approval or authority of the deputy director, except as provided in section twenty, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 1E — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1E
Meetings
Status: in_force

Section 1E. The members of the board shall meet in the commonwealth, within thirty days after their appointment, and once a month thereafter at such times and places in the commonwealth as they may from time to time determine. They shall at least annually choose a chairman and a secretary from among their members, and shall make the appointments required to be made by them in the manner herein provided. Four board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except in the case of the appointment or removal of the director of the division or the approval of the appointment or removal of the superintendent of the bureau of wildlife research and management as hereinafter provided for. No appointment or removal of any person as director or superintendent shall be valid unless written notice of the meeting for such appointment or removal or approval thereof, setting forth the business to be transacted thereat, shall have been sent by registered mail, to each board member, at least twenty-one days prior to such meeting, and then only by the affirmative vote of three or more members present and voting.

Section 1E. The members of the board shall meet in the commonwealth, within thirty days after their appointment, and once a month thereafter at such times and places in the commonwealth as they may from time to time determine. They shall at least annually choose a chairman and a secretary from among their members, and shall make the appointments required to be made by them in the manner herein provided. Four board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except in the case of the appointment or removal of the director of the division or the approval of the appointment or removal of the superintendent of the bureau of wildlife research and management as hereinafter provided for.

No appointment or removal of any person as director or superintendent shall be valid unless written notice of the meeting for such appointment or removal or approval thereof, setting forth the business to be transacted thereat, shall have been sent by registered mail, to each board member, at least twenty-one days prior to such meeting, and then only by the affirmative vote of three or more members present and voting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150E / Section 15
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 15. Whoever wilfully assaults, physically resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with a mediator, fact-finder, or arbitrator, or any member of the commission or any of the agents or employees of the commission in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Whoever knowingly files a statement or report under section fourteen of this chapter, which report is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars. No compensation shall be paid by an employer to an employee with respect to any day or part thereof when such employee is engaged in a strike against said employer. No such employee shall be eligible for such compensation at a later date in the event that such employee is required to work additional days to fulfill the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, except in the instance when a regional or local school district does not receive authorization for a shortened school year from the department of education, in which case such employee shall be eligible for compensation at his regular rate for such additional days worked. Any employee who engages in a strike shall be subject to discipline and discharge proceedings by the employer.

Section 15. Whoever wilfully assaults, physically resists, prevents, impedes, or interferes with a mediator, fact-finder, or arbitrator, or any member of the commission or any of the agents or employees of the commission in the performance of duties pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Whoever knowingly files a statement or report under section fourteen of this chapter, which report is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars.

No compensation shall be paid by an employer to an employee with respect to any day or part thereof when such employee is engaged in a strike against said employer. No such employee shall be eligible for such compensation at a later date in the event that such employee is required to work additional days to fulfill the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, except in the instance when a regional or local school district does not receive authorization for a shortened school year from the department of education, in which case such employee shall be eligible for compensation at his regular rate for such additional days worked.

Any employee who engages in a strike shall be subject to discipline and discharge proceedings by the employer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 273 / Section 8
Lack of custody as defence; duty to support child
Status: in_force

Section 8. In proceedings under sections one or fifteen against a parent, relative to any minor child, it shall not of itself be a defence that the defendant has ceased to have custody or the right to custody of such child on his own acquiescence or by judicial action. The legal duty of the parent or parents to support a minor child shall continue notwithstanding the absence of a court decree ordering them or either of them to pay for the support of said child and notwithstanding any court decree granting custody of such child to another.

Section 8. In proceedings under sections one or fifteen against a parent, relative to any minor child, it shall not of itself be a defence that the defendant has ceased to have custody or the right to custody of such child on his own acquiescence or by judicial action. The legal duty of the parent or parents to support a minor child shall continue notwithstanding the absence of a court decree ordering them or either of them to pay for the support of said child and notwithstanding any court decree granting custody of such child to another.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 17
Hearing prerequisite to exclusion
Status: in_force

Section 17. A school committee shall not permanently exclude a pupil from the public schools for alleged misconduct without first giving him and his parent or guardian an opportunity to be heard.

Section 17. A school committee shall not permanently exclude a pupil from the public schools for alleged misconduct without first giving him and his parent or guardian an opportunity to be heard.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 25F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 25F
Rules and regulations; effective date
Status: in_force

Section 25F. The department and the health facilities appeals board are hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of sections twenty-five C to twenty-five G, inclusive; provided, however, that no new promulgated rule or regulation shall take effect before the thirtieth day next following the date which a copy of the rule or regulation shall have been filed with the joint committee on health care financing of the general court.

Section 25F. The department and the health facilities appeals board are hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of sections twenty-five C to twenty-five G, inclusive; provided, however, that no new promulgated rule or regulation shall take effect before the thirtieth day next following the date which a copy of the rule or regulation shall have been filed with the joint committee on health care financing of the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7F — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7F
Entry on private land for purpose of surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations
Status: in_force

Section 7F. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations to obtain information for or to expedite the construction of state highways or other projects under its jurisdiction, the department, its authorized agents or employees may, after due notice by registered or certified mail, enter upon any lands, waters and premises, not including buildings, in the commonwealth for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as they may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass nor shall an entry for such purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The department shall make reimbursement for any injury or actual damage resulting to such lands, waters and premises caused by any act of its authorized agents or employees and shall so far as possible restore such lands to the same condition as prior to the making of such surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations.

Section 7F. Whenever the department deems it necessary to make surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations to obtain information for or to expedite the construction of state highways or other projects under its jurisdiction, the department, its authorized agents or employees may, after due notice by registered or certified mail, enter upon any lands, waters and premises, not including buildings, in the commonwealth for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as they may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of this act, and such entry shall not be deemed a trespass nor shall an entry for such purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The department shall make reimbursement for any injury or actual damage resulting to such lands, waters and premises caused by any act of its authorized agents or employees and shall so far as possible restore such lands to the same condition as prior to the making of such surveys, soundings, drillings or examinations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 115
Railway service provided at cost; acceptance of Secs. 115 to 128
Status: in_force

Section 115. Any company, except the Boston Elevated Railway Company and the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, and the successors of either of the said companies, which accepts sections one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty-eight, inclusive, as provided in section one hundred and twenty-six, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, shall thereafter furnish service to the public at cost, and shall be subject to said sections, inclusive, with reference to the matters specified therein, but in all other respects shall be subject to the general laws relating to street railway companies. The words ''the company'' as used in said sections, inclusive, shall mean any street railway company which has accepted said sections or corresponding provisions of earlier laws.

Section 115. Any company, except the Boston Elevated Railway Company and the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company, and the successors of either of the said companies, which accepts sections one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and twenty-eight, inclusive, as provided in section one hundred and twenty-six, or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, shall thereafter furnish service to the public at cost, and shall be subject to said sections, inclusive, with reference to the matters specified therein, but in all other respects shall be subject to the general laws relating to street railway companies. The words ''the company'' as used in said sections, inclusive, shall mean any street railway company which has accepted said sections or corresponding provisions of earlier laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211D / Section 10
Committee monitoring of standards compliance; review of client complaints
Status: in_force

Section 10. The committee shall monitor and evaluate compliance with the standards and the performance of counsel in its divisions in order to insure competent representation of defendants in all courts of the commonwealth and shall establish a procedure for the review and disposition of client complaints. The committee shall also establish procedures whereby comments on the standard of performance of counsel in its divisions may be submitted by the justice hearing a particular matter.

Section 10. The committee shall monitor and evaluate compliance with the standards and the performance of counsel in its divisions in order to insure competent representation of defendants in all courts of the commonwealth and shall establish a procedure for the review and disposition of client complaints. The committee shall also establish procedures whereby comments on the standard of performance of counsel in its divisions may be submitted by the justice hearing a particular matter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62E, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62E / Section 11
Reporting system information sharing program
Status: in_force

Section 11. The commissioner, in cooperation with the IV–D agency, shall share reporting system information with other states, as required by federal law. The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to share lists of obligors who owe support payments to the IV–D agency. Such reciprocal agreements shall only be made with states which administer programs that are substantially similar to the reporting systems. The reporting system information sharing program shall apply only to states which have similar prohibitions and penalties for disclosure of information as provided in this chapter and only if such prohibitions and penalties apply to information which is transmitted by the commissioner or the IV–D agency to the other states. The prohibitions and penalties imposed by said section forty-three of said chapter two hundred and seventy-one shall also apply to any such information received from any other state under a reciprocal agreement.

Section 11. The commissioner, in cooperation with the IV–D agency, shall share reporting system information with other states, as required by federal law. The commissioner is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to share lists of obligors who owe support payments to the IV–D agency. Such reciprocal agreements shall only be made with states which administer programs that are substantially similar to the reporting systems. The reporting system information sharing program shall apply only to states which have similar prohibitions and penalties for disclosure of information as provided in this chapter and only if such prohibitions and penalties apply to information which is transmitted by the commissioner or the IV–D agency to the other states. The prohibitions and penalties imposed by said section forty-three of said chapter two hundred and seventy-one shall also apply to any such information received from any other state under a reciprocal agreement.