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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 41
Minors' accounts
Status: in_force

Section 41. Shares may be issued and deposits received in the name of a minor, and such shares and deposits may, subject to the policy of the credit union, be withdrawn by such minor or by his parent or guardian and, in either case, payment made on such withdrawals shall be valid and shall release the corporation from liability to the such minor, parent or guardian relative to such shares and deposits.

Section 41. Shares may be issued and deposits received in the name of a minor, and such shares and deposits may, subject to the policy of the credit union, be withdrawn by such minor or by his parent or guardian and, in either case, payment made on such withdrawals shall be valid and shall release the corporation from liability to the such minor, parent or guardian relative to such shares and deposits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 50E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 50E
Waters of the commonwealth; areas of special interest
Status: in_force

Section 50E. The secretary of environmental affairs or his designee shall identify specific ''areas of special interest'' within the waters of the commonwealth as defined in section 50B to include or exclude areas based on scientific research and observation regarding areas of critical environmental concern and endangered species habitat or based on economic dependence or public safety concerns. Such areas may be identified by geographic boundaries and may be mapped for use by mariners. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations for the designation of areas of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth.

Section 50E. The secretary of environmental affairs or his designee shall identify specific ''areas of special interest'' within the waters of the commonwealth as defined in section 50B to include or exclude areas based on scientific research and observation regarding areas of critical environmental concern and endangered species habitat or based on economic dependence or public safety concerns. Such areas may be identified by geographic boundaries and may be mapped for use by mariners. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations for the designation of areas of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 23
Intention of marriage; notice; time and situs of receiving
Status: in_force

Section 23. The clerk or registrar need not receive notices of intention of marriage on Sunday or a legal holiday, nor at any place except his office.

Section 23. The clerk or registrar need not receive notices of intention of marriage on Sunday or a legal holiday, nor at any place except his office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 42
Rights of debtors, creditors or purchasers exercisable by heirs, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 42. Everything required in this chapter to be done by or to a debtor or by or to a creditor or purchaser relative to the redemption of an estate taken and set off or sold on execution may be done by or to his heirs, assigns, executor, administrator or by or to any person lawfully claiming under him or them, in like manner and with like effect as if done by or to him; except that if an executor or administrator recovers the land, the recovery shall operate only as a discharge of the lien or encumbrance on the land, and the heir or other person entitled thereto shall be seized thereof under his title.

Section 42. Everything required in this chapter to be done by or to a debtor or by or to a creditor or purchaser relative to the redemption of an estate taken and set off or sold on execution may be done by or to his heirs, assigns, executor, administrator or by or to any person lawfully claiming under him or them, in like manner and with like effect as if done by or to him; except that if an executor or administrator recovers the land, the recovery shall operate only as a discharge of the lien or encumbrance on the land, and the heir or other person entitled thereto shall be seized thereof under his title.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132B / Section 11
Protection of health and environment; regulations
Status: in_force

Section 11. The department shall by regulation establish such restrictions and prohibitions upon the disposal and storage of pesticides, packages and containers of pesticides, and materials used in the testing or application of pesticides as it deems necessary to protect health and the environment.

Section 11. The department shall by regulation establish such restrictions and prohibitions upon the disposal and storage of pesticides, packages and containers of pesticides, and materials used in the testing or application of pesticides as it deems necessary to protect health and the environment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 30
Witness held in jail
Status: in_force

Section 30. A witness who is detained in jail under section forty-nine of chapter two hundred and seventy-six because of his inability to furnish sureties shall be allowed as a witness fee such sum as the court shall order, but not less than one dollar and fifty cents for each day of his detention.

Section 30. A witness who is detained in jail under section forty-nine of chapter two hundred and seventy-six because of his inability to furnish sureties shall be allowed as a witness fee such sum as the court shall order, but not less than one dollar and fifty cents for each day of his detention.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111N, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111N / Section 5
Annual submission of compliance information
Status: in_force

Section 5. A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall annually submit to the department: (i) a description of its training program; (ii) a description of its investigation policies; (iii) the name, title, address, telephone number and electronic mail address of its compliance officer; and (iv) certification that it has conducted its annual audit and is in compliance with the marketing code of conduct.

Section 5. A pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company that employs a person to sell or market prescription drugs or medical devices in the commonwealth shall annually submit to the department: (i) a description of its training program; (ii) a description of its investigation policies; (iii) the name, title, address, telephone number and electronic mail address of its compliance officer; and (iv) certification that it has conducted its annual audit and is in compliance with the marketing code of conduct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228, sec. 5C — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 228 / Section 5C
Prior payment or distribution unaffected by relief authorized by Sec. 5A or Rules of Civil Procedure
Status: in_force

Section 5C. Neither the relief authorized by section five A nor any comparable relief authorized by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure nor the final determination of the action in which the representative is substituted shall affect any payment or distribution not concerned with said action which was made before application was made for such relief pursuant to said section five A or pursuant to any applicable rule of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure.

Section 5C. Neither the relief authorized by section five A nor any comparable relief authorized by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure nor the final determination of the action in which the representative is substituted shall affect any payment or distribution not concerned with said action which was made before application was made for such relief pursuant to said section five A or pursuant to any applicable rule of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20F — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20F
Forfeiture of bail
Status: in_force

Section 20F. If the accused is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond or undertaking, such court or justice, by proper order, shall declare the bond or undertaking forfeited and order his immediate arrest without warrant if he be within this commonwealth. Recovery may be had on such bonds or undertakings in the name of the commonwealth as in the case of other bonds or undertakings given by persons accused in criminal proceedings within this commonwealth.

Section 20F. If the accused is admitted to bail, and fails to appear and surrender himself according to the conditions of his bond or undertaking, such court or justice, by proper order, shall declare the bond or undertaking forfeited and order his immediate arrest without warrant if he be within this commonwealth. Recovery may be had on such bonds or undertakings in the name of the commonwealth as in the case of other bonds or undertakings given by persons accused in criminal proceedings within this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 18
Responsibility of carrier for behavioral health services compliance
Status: in_force

Section 18. A carrier for whom a behavioral health manager is administering behavioral health services shall be responsible for the behavioral health manager's failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter in the same manner as if the carrier failed to comply.

Section 18. A carrier for whom a behavioral health manager is administering behavioral health services shall be responsible for the behavioral health manager's failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter in the same manner as if the carrier failed to comply.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 5D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 5D
Establishment of base fee schedule for evaluation and management services for behavioral health providers
Status: in_force

Section 5D. For the purposes of this section, the term ''base fee schedule'' shall mean the minimum rates, typically set forth in fee schedules, paid by the carrier to an in-network health care provider who is not paid under an alternative payment arrangement for covered health care services; provided, however, that final rates may be subject to negotiations or adjustments that may result in payments to in-network providers that are different from the base fee schedule. A carrier, directly or through any entity that manages or administers mental health or substance use disorder benefits for the carrier, shall establish a base fee schedule for evaluation and management services for behavioral health providers that is not less than the base fee schedule used for evaluation and management services for primary care providers of the same or similar licensure type and in the same geographic region; provided, however, that a carrier shall not lower its base fee schedule for primary care providers to comply with this section. The division shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.

Section 5D. For the purposes of this section, the term ''base fee schedule'' shall mean the minimum rates, typically set forth in fee schedules, paid by the carrier to an in-network health care provider who is not paid under an alternative payment arrangement for covered health care services; provided, however, that final rates may be subject to negotiations or adjustments that may result in payments to in-network providers that are different from the base fee schedule.

A carrier, directly or through any entity that manages or administers mental health or substance use disorder benefits for the carrier, shall establish a base fee schedule for evaluation and management services for behavioral health providers that is not less than the base fee schedule used for evaluation and management services for primary care providers of the same or similar licensure type and in the same geographic region; provided, however, that a carrier shall not lower its base fee schedule for primary care providers to comply with this section.

The division shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 120 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 120
Fiscal year of districts
Status: in_force

Section 120. The fiscal year of all districts shall begin with July first and end with the following June thirtieth, notwithstanding the provisions of special laws or district by-laws to the contrary; provided that the district treasurer shall until July tenth enter on his books all items for the payment of bills incurred and salaries and wages earned during the previous fiscal year, and expenditures therefor shall be deemed to be as of the preceding June thirtieth.

Section 120. The fiscal year of all districts shall begin with July first and end with the following June thirtieth, notwithstanding the provisions of special laws or district by-laws to the contrary; provided that the district treasurer shall until July tenth enter on his books all items for the payment of bills incurred and salaries and wages earned during the previous fiscal year, and expenditures therefor shall be deemed to be as of the preceding June thirtieth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 163 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 163
Appeal
Status: in_force

Section 163. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and sixty or section one hundred and sixty-two may appeal therefrom as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven; but such notice as the court shall order shall also be given to the board of water commissioners and mayor, or chairman of the selectmen, or president or other officer of the water or ice company interested in such order. While the appeal is pending the order of the department shall be complied with, unless otherwise authorized by it.

Section 163. Whoever is aggrieved by an order made under section one hundred and sixty or section one hundred and sixty-two may appeal therefrom as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven; but such notice as the court shall order shall also be given to the board of water commissioners and mayor, or chairman of the selectmen, or president or other officer of the water or ice company interested in such order. While the appeal is pending the order of the department shall be complied with, unless otherwise authorized by it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 26, sec. 8D — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 26 / Section 8D
Certification and collection of assessment
Status: in_force

Section 8D. On or before October first in any fiscal year, the commissioner of insurance shall certify to the commissioner of corporations and taxation the amount of assessment to be made and the name and address of each company against whom such assessment is to be made. Such assessment shall be collected by the commissioner of corporations and taxation in accordance with applicable provisions of chapter sixty-three; provided, however, that each company shall pay the amount assessed against it within thirty days from the receipt of notice of assessment from the commissioner of corporations and taxation. The amount so collected shall be credited to the funds to which the appropriations for the division of insurance are charged, and in the same proportion as such appropriations are charged.

Section 8D. On or before October first in any fiscal year, the commissioner of insurance shall certify to the commissioner of corporations and taxation the amount of assessment to be made and the name and address of each company against whom such assessment is to be made. Such assessment shall be collected by the commissioner of corporations and taxation in accordance with applicable provisions of chapter sixty-three; provided, however, that each company shall pay the amount assessed against it within thirty days from the receipt of notice of assessment from the commissioner of corporations and taxation. The amount so collected shall be credited to the funds to which the appropriations for the division of insurance are charged, and in the same proportion as such appropriations are charged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 104A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 104A
Goal posts; penalty for destruction
Status: in_force

Section 104A. Whoever wilfully and without right destroys, injures or removes a goal post on a football field shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 104A. Whoever wilfully and without right destroys, injures or removes a goal post on a football field shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 13A
Bond of city clerk
Status: in_force

Section 13A. Each city clerk, except in Boston, shall, within ten days after his qualification, give bond to his city with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less than the amount established by said commissioner, as shall be fixed by the mayor and aldermen, conditioned faithfully to account for all fees received by him for licenses and duplicates thereof for which he is required by law to account, and for the payment over in accordance with law of all such fees, less such sums, if any, as he is allowed by law to retain therefrom.

Section 13A. Each city clerk, except in Boston, shall, within ten days after his qualification, give bond to his city with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue and in such sum, not less than the amount established by said commissioner, as shall be fixed by the mayor and aldermen, conditioned faithfully to account for all fees received by him for licenses and duplicates thereof for which he is required by law to account, and for the payment over in accordance with law of all such fees, less such sums, if any, as he is allowed by law to retain therefrom.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 44B — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 44B
Petroleum pipe line; laying on state lands
Status: in_force

Section 44B. A commissioner or head of a state department having control of any land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway of the commonwealth or of any metropolitan district may, in the name of the commonwealth, subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable and subject also to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the department of fire services, grant to any person the right to lay, construct, maintain and operate pipe lines for conveying petroleum or the products or by-products thereof through, over, across or under such land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway, and in connection therewith may grant permission to any such person to dig up, open or tunnel under such land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway.

Section 44B. A commissioner or head of a state department having control of any land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway of the commonwealth or of any metropolitan district may, in the name of the commonwealth, subject to such terms and conditions as he may deem advisable and subject also to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the department of fire services, grant to any person the right to lay, construct, maintain and operate pipe lines for conveying petroleum or the products or by-products thereof through, over, across or under such land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway, and in connection therewith may grant permission to any such person to dig up, open or tunnel under such land, water, park, reservation, boulevard, parkway or highway.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 21
Official letters
Status: in_force

Section 21. The provisions of section thirty of chapter thirty relative to the dimensions of official letters shall apply to letters from county officials.

Section 21. The provisions of section thirty of chapter thirty relative to the dimensions of official letters shall apply to letters from county officials.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 5A
Leasing of concessions; bids
Status: in_force

Section 5A. Whenever the board or officer having charge of the public parks in a city or town having a population of more than fifty thousand determines to lease concessions in any such park, said board or officer shall invite sealed proposals for such leasing which shall be publicly opened and read and shall award the contract for any such concession to the highest responsible bidder who, in the opinion of said board or officer, would be the most suitable from the standpoint of character, reputation and experience to operate such concession, provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to an award of such a lease to a nonprofit organization or group organized for the purpose of promoting the assistance of youth programs.

Section 5A. Whenever the board or officer having charge of the public parks in a city or town having a population of more than fifty thousand determines to lease concessions in any such park, said board or officer shall invite sealed proposals for such leasing which shall be publicly opened and read and shall award the contract for any such concession to the highest responsible bidder who, in the opinion of said board or officer, would be the most suitable from the standpoint of character, reputation and experience to operate such concession, provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to an award of such a lease to a nonprofit organization or group organized for the purpose of promoting the assistance of youth programs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148A / Section 4
Standardized notice of violation forms
Status: in_force

Section 4. The state fire marshal, commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, the chief administrative justices of the district and housing court departments, respectively, and the president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association board of directors shall jointly prescribe standardized notice of violation forms provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this chapter which shall be uniform throughout the commonwealth. The forms, which may be modified periodically, shall clearly state the procedures, rights and obligations of alleged violators who receive such notices. The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure shall provide such forms to be used by local code enforcement officers to each municipality throughout the commonwealth. The charge for each such form shall be no greater than the actual cost incurred by the commissioner to produce such form.

Section 4. The state fire marshal, commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, the chief administrative justices of the district and housing court departments, respectively, and the president of the Massachusetts Municipal Association board of directors shall jointly prescribe standardized notice of violation forms provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this chapter which shall be uniform throughout the commonwealth. The forms, which may be modified periodically, shall clearly state the procedures, rights and obligations of alleged violators who receive such notices. The commissioner of the division of occupational licensure shall provide such forms to be used by local code enforcement officers to each municipality throughout the commonwealth. The charge for each such form shall be no greater than the actual cost incurred by the commissioner to produce such form.