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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123 / Section 5
Commitment or retention hearings; right to counsel; medical examination; notice
Status: in_force

Section 5. Whenever the provisions of this chapter require that a hearing be conducted in any court for the commitment or further retention of a person to a facility or to the Bridgewater state hospital or for medical treatment including treatment with antipsychotic medication, it shall be held as hereinafter provided. Such person shall have the right to be represented by counsel and shall have the right to present independent testimony. The court shall appoint counsel for such person whom it finds to be indigent and who is not represented by counsel, unless such person refuses the appointment of counsel. The court may provide an independent medical examination for such indigent person upon request of his counsel or upon his request if he is not represented by counsel. The person shall be allowed not less than two days after the appearance of his counsel in which to prepare his case and a hearing shall be conducted forthwith after such period unless counsel requests a delay. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be furnished by the court to the department, the person, his counsel, and his nearest relative or guardian. The court may hold the hearing at the facility or said hospital.

Section 5. Whenever the provisions of this chapter require that a hearing be conducted in any court for the commitment or further retention of a person to a facility or to the Bridgewater state hospital or for medical treatment including treatment with antipsychotic medication, it shall be held as hereinafter provided. Such person shall have the right to be represented by counsel and shall have the right to present independent testimony. The court shall appoint counsel for such person whom it finds to be indigent and who is not represented by counsel, unless such person refuses the appointment of counsel. The court may provide an independent medical examination for such indigent person upon request of his counsel or upon his request if he is not represented by counsel. The person shall be allowed not less than two days after the appearance of his counsel in which to prepare his case and a hearing shall be conducted forthwith after such period unless counsel requests a delay. Notice of the time and place of hearing shall be furnished by the court to the department, the person, his counsel, and his nearest relative or guardian. The court may hold the hearing at the facility or said hospital.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 52
Disqualification of attorney to act in suits previously decided by him
Status: in_force

Section 52. No person shall be employed or allowed to appear as attorney before a court in any proceeding, civil or criminal, which shall have been previously determined before him as a judge of any court or as a trial justice.

Section 52. No person shall be employed or allowed to appear as attorney before a court in any proceeding, civil or criminal, which shall have been previously determined before him as a judge of any court or as a trial justice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 178I — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 178I
Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentiality
Status: in_force

Section 178I. Any person who is 18 years of age or older and who states that he is requesting sex offender registry information for his own protection or for the protection of a child under the age of 18 or another person for whom the requesting person has responsibility, care or custody shall receive at no cost from the board a report to the extent available pursuant to sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, which indicates whether an individual identified by name, date of birth or sufficient personal identifying characteristics is a sex offender with an obligation to register pursuant to this chapter, the offenses for which he was convicted or adjudicated and the dates of such convictions or adjudications. Any records of inquiry shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disseminated to assist or defend in a criminal prosecution. Information about an offender shall be made available pursuant to this section only if the offender is a sex offender who has been finally classified by the board as a level 2 or level 3 sex offender. All reports to persons making inquiries shall include a warning regarding the criminal penalties for use of sex offender registry information to commit a crime or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender and the punishment for threatening to commit a crime under section 4 of chapter 275. The board shall not release information identifying the victim by name, address or relation to the offender.

Section 178I. Any person who is 18 years of age or older and who states that he is requesting sex offender registry information for his own protection or for the protection of a child under the age of 18 or another person for whom the requesting person has responsibility, care or custody shall receive at no cost from the board a report to the extent available pursuant to sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, which indicates whether an individual identified by name, date of birth or sufficient personal identifying characteristics is a sex offender with an obligation to register pursuant to this chapter, the offenses for which he was convicted or adjudicated and the dates of such convictions or adjudications. Any records of inquiry shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disseminated to assist or defend in a criminal prosecution.

Information about an offender shall be made available pursuant to this section only if the offender is a sex offender who has been finally classified by the board as a level 2 or level 3 sex offender.

All reports to persons making inquiries shall include a warning regarding the criminal penalties for use of sex offender registry information to commit a crime or to engage in illegal discrimination or harassment of an offender and the punishment for threatening to commit a crime under section 4 of chapter 275.

The board shall not release information identifying the victim by name, address or relation to the offender.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 23
Board of trustees; estimate for institution's ordinary maintenance and revenues
Status: in_force

Section 23. Each board of trustees shall periodically prepare and submit to the secretary and the council an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance of its institution, including the salaries of all officers and employees of said institution and all revenues therefrom and any other such information as the secretary and the council may require or as provided in section three of chapter twenty-nine. Each board of trustees shall make requests to the council under the provisions of section seven of chapter twenty-nine.

Section 23. Each board of trustees shall periodically prepare and submit to the secretary and the council an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance of its institution, including the salaries of all officers and employees of said institution and all revenues therefrom and any other such information as the secretary and the council may require or as provided in section three of chapter twenty-nine. Each board of trustees shall make requests to the council under the provisions of section seven of chapter twenty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94A, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94A / Section 15
Sale by co-operative associations; statement of deductions
Status: in_force

Section 15. (a) No sale of milk by a co-operative association to a milk dealer in any market shall be made at less than the applicable minimum prices, terms and conditions of sale as set forth in the orders of the commissioner for milk bought directly from producers who are nonmembers of a co-operative association. (b) When the net return to be made for milk by a co-operative association to its members is below the net applicable return for milk as fixed by the orders of the commissioner for a nonmember of a co-operative association, said co-operative association shall submit in writing to the commission a full and complete statement in detail, setting forth the amount of the deductions which have been made from the fixed minimum prices of the commissioner and, in addition, a detailed statement of such deductions shall accompany every such payment to the member.

Section 15. (a) No sale of milk by a co-operative association to a milk dealer in any market shall be made at less than the applicable minimum prices, terms and conditions of sale as set forth in the orders of the commissioner for milk bought directly from producers who are nonmembers of a co-operative association.

(b) When the net return to be made for milk by a co-operative association to its members is below the net applicable return for milk as fixed by the orders of the commissioner for a nonmember of a co-operative association, said co-operative association shall submit in writing to the commission a full and complete statement in detail, setting forth the amount of the deductions which have been made from the fixed minimum prices of the commissioner and, in addition, a detailed statement of such deductions shall accompany every such payment to the member.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 39B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 39B
Insurance on contestants
Status: in_force

Section 39B. A person licensed under section 33 to conduct boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sports events, sparring matches or exhibitions, except those persons to whom a special license may be granted thereunder without the requirement of a bond or payment of the annual fee, shall take out a policy of accident insurance on each contestant participating in the match or exhibition in an amount determined by the commission, but not less than $10,000, to compensate the contestant for medical and hospital expenses incurred as the result of injuries received in such match or exhibition and a policy in an amount determined by the commission, but not less than $100,000, to be paid to the estate of a deceased contestant in the event of the death of the contestant resulting from participation in the match or exhibition. The premiums on the policies shall be paid by the licensee.

Section 39B. A person licensed under section 33 to conduct boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts or other unarmed combative sports events, sparring matches or exhibitions, except those persons to whom a special license may be granted thereunder without the requirement of a bond or payment of the annual fee, shall take out a policy of accident insurance on each contestant participating in the match or exhibition in an amount determined by the commission, but not less than $10,000, to compensate the contestant for medical and hospital expenses incurred as the result of injuries received in such match or exhibition and a policy in an amount determined by the commission, but not less than $100,000, to be paid to the estate of a deceased contestant in the event of the death of the contestant resulting from participation in the match or exhibition. The premiums on the policies shall be paid by the licensee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110G, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110G / Section 4
Electronic records or electronic signatures governed by chapter
Status: in_force

Section 4. This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this chapter.

Section 4. This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 3
Divisions and administrative units; directors; description of organization, filing
Status: in_force

Section 3. The secretary may from time to time, subject to appropriation, establish within the department such divisions and such administrative units within such divisions as may be necessary for the efficient and economical administration of the department, and, when necessary for such purpose, the secretary may abolish any such division or merge any of them and may abolish or merge any such other administrative units within divisions as the secretary may deem advisable. The secretary shall prepare and keep current a statement of the organization of the department, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, offices, and employees, and of the places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as the department's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be kept on file in the office of the state secretary and in the office of the secretary of administration. Each division shall be under the supervision of a director who shall have skill and experience in the field of the director's appointment.

Section 3. The secretary may from time to time, subject to appropriation, establish within the department such divisions and such administrative units within such divisions as may be necessary for the efficient and economical administration of the department, and, when necessary for such purpose, the secretary may abolish any such division or merge any of them and may abolish or merge any such other administrative units within divisions as the secretary may deem advisable. The secretary shall prepare and keep current a statement of the organization of the department, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, offices, and employees, and of the places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as the department's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be kept on file in the office of the state secretary and in the office of the secretary of administration.

Each division shall be under the supervision of a director who shall have skill and experience in the field of the director's appointment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 26
Jurisdiction and proceedings to enforce Secs. 23 to 25
Status: in_force

Section 26. The supreme judicial court or any justice thereof, and the superior court or any justice thereof, shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce sections twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five. Proceedings to enforce the same may be instituted and prosecuted by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner.

Section 26. The supreme judicial court or any justice thereof, and the superior court or any justice thereof, shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce sections twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five. Proceedings to enforce the same may be instituted and prosecuted by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 17G — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 17G
Five day forty-hour week; overtime pay
Status: in_force

Section 17G. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the services of all regular or permanent police officers of every city and town which accepts this section shall be restricted to five days and to forty hours in any one week; provided, that service in excess of the aforesaid days and hours may be authorized by the police commissioner, chief, superintendent or other officer or board at the head of the police department of any such city or town and the officer performing such additional service shall be compensated at an hourly rate equal to one and one half times the hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty or such higher rate as may be determined by the person or persons authorized to establish pay scales in the respective police departments. The compensation payable to any such police officer shall not be reduced by reason of the acceptance of this section. This section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E or Plan D charter when accepted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the city council and in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at the annual town meeting.

Section 17G. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the services of all regular or permanent police officers of every city and town which accepts this section shall be restricted to five days and to forty hours in any one week; provided, that service in excess of the aforesaid days and hours may be authorized by the police commissioner, chief, superintendent or other officer or board at the head of the police department of any such city or town and the officer performing such additional service shall be compensated at an hourly rate equal to one and one half times the hourly rate of his regular compensation for his average weekly hours of regular duty or such higher rate as may be determined by the person or persons authorized to establish pay scales in the respective police departments. The compensation payable to any such police officer shall not be reduced by reason of the acceptance of this section. This section shall take effect in a city having a Plan E or Plan D charter when accepted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the city council and in the case of other cities by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at the annual town meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186A / Section 6
Penalties for illegal eviction; jurisdiction; defenses
Status: in_force

Section 6. A foreclosing owner that evicts a tenant in violation of this chapter or any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5,000. Each such illegal eviction shall constitute a separate offense. The district and superior courts and the housing court shall have jurisdiction over an action arising from a violation of this chapter or of any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain any such violation. It shall be a defense to an eviction proceeding that the foreclosing owner attempted to evict a tenant in violation of this chapter or any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter.

Section 6. A foreclosing owner that evicts a tenant in violation of this chapter or any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5,000. Each such illegal eviction shall constitute a separate offense.

The district and superior courts and the housing court shall have jurisdiction over an action arising from a violation of this chapter or of any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter, and shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain any such violation. It shall be a defense to an eviction proceeding that the foreclosing owner attempted to evict a tenant in violation of this chapter or any ordinance or by-law adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 74
Appointment of new trustee; proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 74. If a new trustee of registered land is appointed by the supreme judicial court, the superior court or the probate court, a new certificate shall be entered to him upon presentation to the assistant recorder of a certified copy of the decree.

Section 74. If a new trustee of registered land is appointed by the supreme judicial court, the superior court or the probate court, a new certificate shall be entered to him upon presentation to the assistant recorder of a certified copy of the decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 2
Enforcement of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 2. The attorney general shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall have all necessary powers therefor.

Section 2. The attorney general shall, except as otherwise specifically provided, enforce the provisions of this chapter, and shall have all necessary powers therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186 / Section 21
Disclosure of insurance information by lessor; violations; waiver
Status: in_force

Section 21. The landlord or lessor of any residential or commercial property, upon the written request of any tenant or lawful occupant, of any code or other law enforcement official or of any official of the municipality in which the property is situated, shall disclose in writing within fifteen days of such request the name of the company insuring the property against loss or damage by fire and the amount of insurance provided by each such company and the name of any person who would receive payment for a loss covered by such insurance. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. A waiver of this section in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 21. The landlord or lessor of any residential or commercial property, upon the written request of any tenant or lawful occupant, of any code or other law enforcement official or of any official of the municipality in which the property is situated, shall disclose in writing within fifteen days of such request the name of the company insuring the property against loss or damage by fire and the amount of insurance provided by each such company and the name of any person who would receive payment for a loss covered by such insurance. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars. A waiver of this section in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 36
Closing portions of streams flowing into coastal waters during spawning season
Status: in_force

Section 36. For the purpose of protecting smelt and their spawn the director may close such portions of streams flowing into the coastal waters during the spawning season of such fish as he may deem necessary and may forbid the entrance into such portions of said streams by posting on or near such closed areas notices of such closing, giving the bounds thereof; provided however, that such closing and such prohibition of entrance shall not be for a period longer than sixty days in any one year. No person shall molest or disturb smelt or their spawn within such closed areas.

Section 36. For the purpose of protecting smelt and their spawn the director may close such portions of streams flowing into the coastal waters during the spawning season of such fish as he may deem necessary and may forbid the entrance into such portions of said streams by posting on or near such closed areas notices of such closing, giving the bounds thereof; provided however, that such closing and such prohibition of entrance shall not be for a period longer than sixty days in any one year. No person shall molest or disturb smelt or their spawn within such closed areas.