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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 20, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 20 / Section 6B
Equine advisory committee; members; terms
Status: in_force

Section 6B. There shall be in the department a committee to be known as the equine advisory committee which shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the commissioner. Two members shall be nominated by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, one by the Massachusetts Association of Stable Owners, Operators and Instructors, one by the Massachusetts Horsemen's Council, one by the Yankee Draft Horse Association, and one each representing the standardbred and thoroughbred breeding industry in the commonwealth. Of the members first appointed hereunder, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, two for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years, and until the qualification of their respective successors. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of five years. The committee shall elect its own chairman and clerk, and shall keep accurate records of its meetings. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation and shall meet at least annually to advise the commissioner on matters related to the viability of equine agriculture in the commonwealth.

Section 6B. There shall be in the department a committee to be known as the equine advisory committee which shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the commissioner. Two members shall be nominated by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, one by the Massachusetts Association of Stable Owners, Operators and Instructors, one by the Massachusetts Horsemen's Council, one by the Yankee Draft Horse Association, and one each representing the standardbred and thoroughbred breeding industry in the commonwealth. Of the members first appointed hereunder, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, two for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years, and until the qualification of their respective successors. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner for a term of five years. The committee shall elect its own chairman and clerk, and shall keep accurate records of its meetings. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation and shall meet at least annually to advise the commissioner on matters related to the viability of equine agriculture in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111H, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111H / Section 44
Active observation and maintenance of facility
Status: in_force

Section 44. Upon completion of site closure activities, the operator shall, for no less than five years thereafter, engage in active observation and maintenance of the facility in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section sixteen and the conditions of the facility license. By the end of such time, the operator shall transfer all records of its development, operation, closure and post-closure observation and maintenance of the facility to the board.

Section 44. Upon completion of site closure activities, the operator shall, for no less than five years thereafter, engage in active observation and maintenance of the facility in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section sixteen and the conditions of the facility license. By the end of such time, the operator shall transfer all records of its development, operation, closure and post-closure observation and maintenance of the facility to the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 47
Disclosure of political contributions by applicant for a gaming license to municipality or municipal employee of host community of applicant's proposed gaming establishment
Status: in_force

Section 47. All political contributions or contributions in kind made by an applicant for a gaming license to a municipality or a municipal employee, as defined in section 1 of chapter 268A, of the host community of the applicant's proposed gaming establishment shall be disclosed by the applicant to the commission and the city or town clerk of the host community. Such disclosure shall be made by the applicant biannually, on or before July 15 for the period covering January 1 to June 30, inclusive, of that year and on or before January 15 for the period covering July 1 to December 31, inclusive, of the preceding year. The office of campaign and political finance shall promulgate regulations to provide for timely and expeditious public reporting, which shall include electronic means or public posting in a city or town hall and post office, by city and town clerks of the contribution disclosures they receive from applicants.

Section 47. All political contributions or contributions in kind made by an applicant for a gaming license to a municipality or a municipal employee, as defined in section 1 of chapter 268A, of the host community of the applicant's proposed gaming establishment shall be disclosed by the applicant to the commission and the city or town clerk of the host community. Such disclosure shall be made by the applicant biannually, on or before July 15 for the period covering January 1 to June 30, inclusive, of that year and on or before January 15 for the period covering July 1 to December 31, inclusive, of the preceding year. The office of campaign and political finance shall promulgate regulations to provide for timely and expeditious public reporting, which shall include electronic means or public posting in a city or town hall and post office, by city and town clerks of the contribution disclosures they receive from applicants.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221C / Section 4
Oath; verification of testimony; privileged communications
Status: in_force

Section 4. (a) Before beginning to interpret in any proceeding an interpreter shall swear or affirm that he will make true and impartial interpretation using his best skill and judgment in accordance with the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession. (b) In any proceeding, the judge may order all of the testimony of a non–English speaker and its interpretation to be electronically recorded for use in audio or visual verification of the official transcript of the proceedings. (c) Disclosures made out of court by communications of a non–English speaker through an interpreter to another person shall be a privileged communication and said interpreter shall not disclose such communication without permission of said non–English speaker; provided, however, that such non–English speaker had a reasonable expectation or intent that such communication would not be so disclosed.

Section 4. (a) Before beginning to interpret in any proceeding an interpreter shall swear or affirm that he will make true and impartial interpretation using his best skill and judgment in accordance with the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession.

(b) In any proceeding, the judge may order all of the testimony of a non–English speaker and its interpretation to be electronically recorded for use in audio or visual verification of the official transcript of the proceedings.

(c) Disclosures made out of court by communications of a non–English speaker through an interpreter to another person shall be a privileged communication and said interpreter shall not disclose such communication without permission of said non–English speaker; provided, however, that such non–English speaker had a reasonable expectation or intent that such communication would not be so disclosed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 73J — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 73J
Application of Secs. 73C to 73L to registered physicians or optometrists
Status: in_force

Section 73J. The provisions of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, shall not apply to registered physicians or optometrists.

Section 73J. The provisions of sections seventy-three C to seventy-three L, inclusive, shall not apply to registered physicians or optometrists.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 1B
Pupil absence notification program
Status: in_force

Section 1B. The school committee of each city, town or regional school district shall have a pupil absence notification program in each of its schools. The program shall be designed to ensure that each school notifies a parent or guardian of the child's absence if the school has not received notification of the absence from the parent or guardian within 3 days of the absence. Each school committee shall have a policy of notifying the parent or guardian of a student who has at least 5 days in which the student has missed 2 or more periods unexcused in a school year or who has missed 5 or more school days unexcused in a school year. The notification policy shall require that the school principal or headmaster, or a designee, make a reasonable effort to meet with the parent or guardian of a student who has 5 or more unexcused absences to develop action steps for student attendance. The action steps shall be developed jointly and agreed upon by the school principal or headmaster, or a designee, the student and the student's parent or guardian and with input from other relevant school personnel and officials from relevant public safety, health and human service, housing and nonprofit agencies.

Section 1B. The school committee of each city, town or regional school district shall have a pupil absence notification program in each of its schools. The program shall be designed to ensure that each school notifies a parent or guardian of the child's absence if the school has not received notification of the absence from the parent or guardian within 3 days of the absence.

Each school committee shall have a policy of notifying the parent or guardian of a student who has at least 5 days in which the student has missed 2 or more periods unexcused in a school year or who has missed 5 or more school days unexcused in a school year. The notification policy shall require that the school principal or headmaster, or a designee, make a reasonable effort to meet with the parent or guardian of a student who has 5 or more unexcused absences to develop action steps for student attendance. The action steps shall be developed jointly and agreed upon by the school principal or headmaster, or a designee, the student and the student's parent or guardian and with input from other relevant school personnel and officials from relevant public safety, health and human service, housing and nonprofit agencies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40M, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40M / Section 11
Rating plan; annual audit
Status: in_force

Section 11. (A) A group shall file with the commissioner its rating plan. (B) Each group shall be audited at least annually by an auditor acceptable to the commissioner to verify proper rating. A report of the audit shall be filed with the commissioner in a form prescribed by the commissioner. A group or any member thereof may request a hearing on any objections to the rating. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium contribution is insufficient, he shall order the group to assess that member an amount equal to the deficiency. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium is excessive, he shall order the group to refund to the member the excess collected. The audit shall be at the expense of the group.

Section 11. (A) A group shall file with the commissioner its rating plan.

(B) Each group shall be audited at least annually by an auditor acceptable to the commissioner to verify proper rating. A report of the audit shall be filed with the commissioner in a form prescribed by the commissioner. A group or any member thereof may request a hearing on any objections to the rating. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium contribution is insufficient, he shall order the group to assess that member an amount equal to the deficiency. If the commissioner determines that as a result of an improper rating a member's premium is excessive, he shall order the group to refund to the member the excess collected. The audit shall be at the expense of the group.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 18
Time for filing petition when validity of taking is contested
Status: in_force

Section 18. If a suit, in which the right of a body politic or corporate to effect a particular public improvement or to make a particular taking is drawn in question, is brought within the time for filing a petition to the proper tribunal for an award or assessment of the damages caused by such improvement or taking, or within six months after the determination of an earlier suit involving the same question, brought within the time for filing such petition, which failed for want of jurisdiction, defect of form or other like cause not decisive of the merits of the controversy, the petition may be filed within six months after the final determination of such suit.

Section 18. If a suit, in which the right of a body politic or corporate to effect a particular public improvement or to make a particular taking is drawn in question, is brought within the time for filing a petition to the proper tribunal for an award or assessment of the damages caused by such improvement or taking, or within six months after the determination of an earlier suit involving the same question, brought within the time for filing such petition, which failed for want of jurisdiction, defect of form or other like cause not decisive of the merits of the controversy, the petition may be filed within six months after the final determination of such suit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 44
Deposit of penalties collected under chapter
Status: in_force

Section 44. All penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59.

Section 44. All penalties collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 29
Non-use of land; liability for maintenance or assessment on fence
Status: in_force

Section 29. A proprietor shall not, so long as he declines to cultivate his land or use it for pasturing, for the growth of wood or otherwise, be required to maintain any part of the fence or to pay any assessment on account of his land.

Section 29. A proprietor shall not, so long as he declines to cultivate his land or use it for pasturing, for the growth of wood or otherwise, be required to maintain any part of the fence or to pay any assessment on account of his land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 17
Disposition of slash cut near highways
Status: in_force

Section 17. Any person who cuts or causes to be cut trees, brush or undergrowth within the limits of any highway, shall dispose of the slash and brush then and there resulting from such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within the limits of said highway.

Section 17. Any person who cuts or causes to be cut trees, brush or undergrowth within the limits of any highway, shall dispose of the slash and brush then and there resulting from such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within the limits of said highway.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 62
Loans to insiders; liability of officers and directors
Status: in_force

Section 62. The directors who vote for, and the officers who knowingly participate in, any loan of any assets of a corporation to any of its officers or directors shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for any portion of such loan which is not repaid unless a majority of the directors who are not direct or indirect recipients of such loan or the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors which holders are not direct or indirect recipients of such loan, shall have approved or ratified the making of such loan as one which in the judgment of such directors or such holders may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation.

Section 62. The directors who vote for, and the officers who knowingly participate in, any loan of any assets of a corporation to any of its officers or directors shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for any portion of such loan which is not repaid unless a majority of the directors who are not direct or indirect recipients of such loan or the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote for directors which holders are not direct or indirect recipients of such loan, shall have approved or ratified the making of such loan as one which in the judgment of such directors or such holders may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 57
Domestic stock companies; directors; quorum
Status: in_force

Section 57. The board of directors of each domestic stock company shall consist of not less than five members, and not less than four shall constitute a quorum.

Section 57. The board of directors of each domestic stock company shall consist of not less than five members, and not less than four shall constitute a quorum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18B / Section 21
Adoption subsidy program
Status: in_force

Section 21. The department shall establish an adoption subsidy program for the purpose of facilitating the adoption of children with special needs who are in substitute care and who would not otherwise be placed in an appropriate adoptive home or be adopted. The department acting under such program shall take into consideration the circumstances of the adopting parents and the needs of the child being adopted and the department shall determine the amount to be paid by the department to the adoptive parents. The department shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

Section 21. The department shall establish an adoption subsidy program for the purpose of facilitating the adoption of children with special needs who are in substitute care and who would not otherwise be placed in an appropriate adoptive home or be adopted. The department acting under such program shall take into consideration the circumstances of the adopting parents and the needs of the child being adopted and the department shall determine the amount to be paid by the department to the adoptive parents.

The department shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 15
Libels for divorce; mentally ill defendant; appointment and compensation of guardian
Status: in_force

Section 15. If during the pendency of an action for divorce the defendant is incapacitated by reason of mental illness, the court shall appoint a suitable guardian to appear and answer in like manner as a guardian for an infant defendant in any civil action may be appointed. The compensation of such guardian shall be determined by the court, and, together with his necessary expenses, shall be paid by the plaintiff if the court so orders.

Section 15. If during the pendency of an action for divorce the defendant is incapacitated by reason of mental illness, the court shall appoint a suitable guardian to appear and answer in like manner as a guardian for an infant defendant in any civil action may be appointed. The compensation of such guardian shall be determined by the court, and, together with his necessary expenses, shall be paid by the plaintiff if the court so orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176I, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176I / Section 8
Powers of commissioner; standardized claim form
Status: in_force

Section 8. In addition to other powers specified in this chapter, the commissioner may, after due hearing: (a) promulgate appropriate rules and regulations necessary to the administration and enforcement of this chapter; (b) issue an order requiring any person or organization to cease and desist from violating any provision of this chapter or any rules, regulations, or order hereunder; (c) require any person or organization found to have violated any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order hereunder to forfeit an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for any single violation; and (d) institute a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and eighty A through one hundred and eighty L of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. The commissioner of insurance is hereby directed to produce a standardized claim form to be utilized by all health insurance companies licensed to do business in the commonwealth for billing purposes. Said form shall be made available to said companies no later than July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.

Section 8. In addition to other powers specified in this chapter, the commissioner may, after due hearing:

(a) promulgate appropriate rules and regulations necessary to the administration and enforcement of this chapter;

(b) issue an order requiring any person or organization to cease and desist from violating any provision of this chapter or any rules, regulations, or order hereunder;

(c) require any person or organization found to have violated any provision of this chapter or any rule, regulation or order hereunder to forfeit an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for any single violation; and

(d) institute a rehabilitation or liquidation proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred and eighty A through one hundred and eighty L of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

The commissioner of insurance is hereby directed to produce a standardized claim form to be utilized by all health insurance companies licensed to do business in the commonwealth for billing purposes.

Said form shall be made available to said companies no later than July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 98 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 98
Over-passes and under-passes; height
Status: in_force

Section 98. If the railroad is constructed to pass over the way, a sufficient space shall be left under the railroad conveniently to accommodate the travel on the way. If the railroad is constructed to pass under the way, the railroad corporation shall build such bridges, with their abutments and suitable approaches thereto, as will accommodate the travel upon the way; but no bridge for any purpose shall be constructed over a railroad at a height less than twenty-two feet six inches above the track of such railroad, except with the written consent of the department.

Section 98. If the railroad is constructed to pass over the way, a sufficient space shall be left under the railroad conveniently to accommodate the travel on the way. If the railroad is constructed to pass under the way, the railroad corporation shall build such bridges, with their abutments and suitable approaches thereto, as will accommodate the travel upon the way; but no bridge for any purpose shall be constructed over a railroad at a height less than twenty-two feet six inches above the track of such railroad, except with the written consent of the department.