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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 7T — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 7T
Motorcycle sound levels; testing regulations
Status: in_force

Section 7T. The registrar shall adopt regulations establishing test procedures and instrumentation to be utilized for measuring sound levels of in-use vehicles. Such regulation shall include site criteria and moving and stationary vehicle measurement procedures and shall take into consideration accepted scientific and professional methods for the measurement of vehicular sound levels. The measurement procedures shall include adjustment factors to be applied to the noise limit for measurement distances of other than fifty feet from the center of the lane of travel and shall allow the extent feasible sound level measurement and enforcement action to be accomplished in reasonably confined areas such as residential areas of urban cities and off highway locations. Test procedures established by the registrar shall be in substantial conformance with applicable standards and practices established or recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Section 7T. The registrar shall adopt regulations establishing test procedures and instrumentation to be utilized for measuring sound levels of in-use vehicles. Such regulation shall include site criteria and moving and stationary vehicle measurement procedures and shall take into consideration accepted scientific and professional methods for the measurement of vehicular sound levels. The measurement procedures shall include adjustment factors to be applied to the noise limit for measurement distances of other than fifty feet from the center of the lane of travel and shall allow the extent feasible sound level measurement and enforcement action to be accomplished in reasonably confined areas such as residential areas of urban cities and off highway locations. Test procedures established by the registrar shall be in substantial conformance with applicable standards and practices established or recommended by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 87, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 87 / Section 7
Planting of shade trees
Status: in_force

Section 7. Cities and towns may appropriate money for the purpose of acquiring and planting shade trees in public ways. The tree warden, or a private organization acting with the written consent of the tree warden, may plant shade trees acquired with public or private funds in a public way, or if he deems it expedient, upon adjoining land at a distance not exceeding 20 feet from the layout of such public way for the purpose of improving, protecting, shading or ornamenting the same; provided, however, that the written consent of the owner of such adjoining land shall first be obtained.

Section 7. Cities and towns may appropriate money for the purpose of acquiring and planting shade trees in public ways. The tree warden, or a private organization acting with the written consent of the tree warden, may plant shade trees acquired with public or private funds in a public way, or if he deems it expedient, upon adjoining land at a distance not exceeding 20 feet from the layout of such public way for the purpose of improving, protecting, shading or ornamenting the same; provided, however, that the written consent of the owner of such adjoining land shall first be obtained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255C, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255C / Section 9
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 9. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or knowingly makes any incorrect statement of a material fact in any application, report or statement filed pursuant to this chapter, or knowingly omits to state any material fact necessary to give the commissioner any information lawfully required by him or refuses to permit any lawful investigation or examination, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. A premium finance agency's taking or receiving from or charging an insured a greater charge than authorized in this chapter shall not invalidate the premium finance agreement or the principal balance payable thereunder but may be adjudged a forfeiture of all charges which the premium finance agreement carries with it or which have been agreed to be paid thereon, and if a greater charge has been paid by an insured, the person paying the same or his legal representative may recover from the premium finance agency twice the entire amount of the charges thus paid if action is brought within two years from the time of such payment.

Section 9. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, or knowingly makes any incorrect statement of a material fact in any application, report or statement filed pursuant to this chapter, or knowingly omits to state any material fact necessary to give the commissioner any information lawfully required by him or refuses to permit any lawful investigation or examination, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

A premium finance agency's taking or receiving from or charging an insured a greater charge than authorized in this chapter shall not invalidate the premium finance agreement or the principal balance payable thereunder but may be adjudged a forfeiture of all charges which the premium finance agreement carries with it or which have been agreed to be paid thereon, and if a greater charge has been paid by an insured, the person paying the same or his legal representative may recover from the premium finance agency twice the entire amount of the charges thus paid if action is brought within two years from the time of such payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 28A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 28A
Withholding taxes; internal revenue code of United States
Status: in_force

Section 28A. The state treasurer and other officials having charge of the payment of salaries and wages by the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, respectively, to officers and employees thereof are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to withhold such amount of the salaries or wages of each such officer or employee as may be required by the provisions of the internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and to transmit and pay the amount so withheld to the government of the United States in accordance with said provisions.

Section 28A. The state treasurer and other officials having charge of the payment of salaries and wages by the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, respectively, to officers and employees thereof are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to withhold such amount of the salaries or wages of each such officer or employee as may be required by the provisions of the internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, and to transmit and pay the amount so withheld to the government of the United States in accordance with said provisions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 172A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 172A
Drinking water and sanitary toilet facilities on locomotives or cabooses
Status: in_force

Section 172A. Every railroad corporation shall equip each locomotive used by railroad crewmen with pure refrigerated drinking water with individual, disposable cups; maintain toilet facilities on locomotives or cabooses, if cabooses are used, in a working sanitary condition; and ensure that each such toilet facility provides privacy to a person using such facility. For the purpose of this section ''sanitary condition'' shall mean a condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the reasonable probability of disease transmission.

Section 172A. Every railroad corporation shall equip each locomotive used by railroad crewmen with pure refrigerated drinking water with individual, disposable cups; maintain toilet facilities on locomotives or cabooses, if cabooses are used, in a working sanitary condition; and ensure that each such toilet facility provides privacy to a person using such facility.

For the purpose of this section ''sanitary condition'' shall mean a condition of good order and cleanliness which precludes the reasonable probability of disease transmission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 27
Report of violations
Status: in_force

Section 27. Harbor masters shall report to the department of environmental management any violation of section seventeen or of any law relating to tide water in their respective harbors, and of all shipwrecks in the tide waters of their respective harbors and of any obstructions therein.

Section 27. Harbor masters shall report to the department of environmental management any violation of section seventeen or of any law relating to tide water in their respective harbors, and of all shipwrecks in the tide waters of their respective harbors and of any obstructions therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 40
Temporary town officers
Status: in_force

Section 40. If the office of town treasurer, town collector of taxes, town accountant or auditor in a town having but one is vacant or if any such officer, because of disability or absence, is unable to perform his duties, the selectmen may in writing signed by them or by a majority of them, which shall be filed in the office of the town clerk, appoint a temporary officer to hold such office and exercise the powers and perform the duties thereof until another is duly elected or appointed and has qualified according to law or the officer who was disabled or absent resumes his duties. Any such temporary officer shall be sworn and give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in accordance with the provisions of law applying to the officer whose place he fills, and if he fails so to do within ten days after his appointment the selectmen shall rescind the appointment and appoint another. If a tree warden, highway surveyor, or road commissioner in a town having but one road commissioner, because of disability or absence, is unable to perform his duties, the selectmen may, in like manner, appoint a temporary officer to hold his office, who shall have like powers and duties until such tree warden, highway surveyor or road commissioner resumes his duties or his successor is elected or appointed, as the case may be. This section shall not apply to cities.

Section 40. If the office of town treasurer, town collector of taxes, town accountant or auditor in a town having but one is vacant or if any such officer, because of disability or absence, is unable to perform his duties, the selectmen may in writing signed by them or by a majority of them, which shall be filed in the office of the town clerk, appoint a temporary officer to hold such office and exercise the powers and perform the duties thereof until another is duly elected or appointed and has qualified according to law or the officer who was disabled or absent resumes his duties. Any such temporary officer shall be sworn and give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in accordance with the provisions of law applying to the officer whose place he fills, and if he fails so to do within ten days after his appointment the selectmen shall rescind the appointment and appoint another. If a tree warden, highway surveyor, or road commissioner in a town having but one road commissioner, because of disability or absence, is unable to perform his duties, the selectmen may, in like manner, appoint a temporary officer to hold his office, who shall have like powers and duties until such tree warden, highway surveyor or road commissioner resumes his duties or his successor is elected or appointed, as the case may be. This section shall not apply to cities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 10
Town burial places
Status: in_force

Section 10. Each town shall provide one or more suitable places for the interment of persons dying within its limits.

Section 10. Each town shall provide one or more suitable places for the interment of persons dying within its limits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 2
Powers and duties of cemetery corporations
Status: in_force

Section 2. (a) Such corporation: (1) shall be subject to chapter 155 and sections 1 to 13, inclusive, of chapter 179; (2) may take and hold only so much real and personal property as may be necessary for the objects of its organization; (3) may lay out such real property into lots; and (4) may grant and convey the exclusive right of burial in, and of erecting tombs or cenotaphs upon, any lot and of ornamenting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as it shall prescribe. (b) Upon the conveyance of a burial lot, such corporation: (1) shall assign a number to such lot; (2) shall cause a marker to be installed thereon which indicates such number; (3) shall give a written notification to the purchaser of such lot, or his agent, which notification specifies the location and number of such lot; and (4) may charge the purchaser of such lot a reasonable fee for the cost of such marker and its installation. (c) Such corporation shall maintain records concerning the location and numbering of such lots, which records shall be open to the public. Section 34 of chapter 158 shall apply to such corporation.

Section 2. (a) Such corporation: (1) shall be subject to chapter 155 and sections 1 to 13, inclusive, of chapter 179; (2) may take and hold only so much real and personal property as may be necessary for the objects of its organization; (3) may lay out such real property into lots; and (4) may grant and convey the exclusive right of burial in, and of erecting tombs or cenotaphs upon, any lot and of ornamenting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as it shall prescribe.

(b) Upon the conveyance of a burial lot, such corporation: (1) shall assign a number to such lot; (2) shall cause a marker to be installed thereon which indicates such number; (3) shall give a written notification to the purchaser of such lot, or his agent, which notification specifies the location and number of such lot; and (4) may charge the purchaser of such lot a reasonable fee for the cost of such marker and its installation.

(c) Such corporation shall maintain records concerning the location and numbering of such lots, which records shall be open to the public. Section 34 of chapter 158 shall apply to such corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268B / Section 8
Retribution for engaging in commission proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 8. No officer or employee of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town shall discharge an officer or employee, or change his official rank, grade or compensation, or deny him a promotion, or threaten so to do, for filing a complaint with or providing information to the commission or testifying in any commission proceeding.

Section 8. No officer or employee of the commonwealth or of any county, city or town shall discharge an officer or employee, or change his official rank, grade or compensation, or deny him a promotion, or threaten so to do, for filing a complaint with or providing information to the commission or testifying in any commission proceeding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43D, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43D / Section 12
Priority consideration for municipality containing priority development site
Status: in_force

Section 12. A municipality containing a priority development site shall receive priority consideration for: (i) grant programs administered by the executive office of economic development; (ii) state resources for business development including, but not limited to, quasi-public financing and training programs; (iii) brownfields remediation assistance administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency; and (iv) technical assistance provided by the regional planning council. Such state financial or technical assistance shall be used to facilitate development within the priority development site. Priority consideration for such grants and other financial assistance shall apply only to a municipality that is in compliance with the multi-family zoning requirements under section 3A of chapter 40A, if applicable.

Section 12. A municipality containing a priority development site shall receive priority consideration for: (i) grant programs administered by the executive office of economic development; (ii) state resources for business development including, but not limited to, quasi-public financing and training programs; (iii) brownfields remediation assistance administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency; and (iv) technical assistance provided by the regional planning council. Such state financial or technical assistance shall be used to facilitate development within the priority development site. Priority consideration for such grants and other financial assistance shall apply only to a municipality that is in compliance with the multi-family zoning requirements under section 3A of chapter 40A, if applicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176H, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176H / Section 3
Insurer of insured legal services plans
Status: in_force

Section 3. Insurance corporations may be insurers of insured legal services plans, and such companies shall be subject to the insurance laws of the commonwealth except insofar as any provision of the insurance laws may be in conflict with applicable provisions of this chapter. An insurer may also be a sponsor of an insured legal services plan.

Section 3. Insurance corporations may be insurers of insured legal services plans, and such companies shall be subject to the insurance laws of the commonwealth except insofar as any provision of the insurance laws may be in conflict with applicable provisions of this chapter. An insurer may also be a sponsor of an insured legal services plan.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 94H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 94H
Condominiums; common areas; rates
Status: in_force

Section 94H. No gas or electric company shall furnish gas or electricity to the common areas and facilities which are for the exclusive use of the owners of a condominium, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and eight-three A, at a rate higher than that charged for gas and electricity furnished to individual units of the condominium which rate shall be set forth in the schedules of such gas or electric company applicable to residential use. The department may establish regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Section 94H. No gas or electric company shall furnish gas or electricity to the common areas and facilities which are for the exclusive use of the owners of a condominium, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and eight-three A, at a rate higher than that charged for gas and electricity furnished to individual units of the condominium which rate shall be set forth in the schedules of such gas or electric company applicable to residential use. The department may establish regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 44
Completion of affidavit of voter registration form
Status: in_force

Section 44. A person seeking to register shall complete an affidavit of voter registration form as prescribed in section thirty-six, and shall sign the affidavit under the penalty of perjury. A person registering as a voter may, at the same time, establish his enrollment in a political party or political designation, as provided in section thirty-eight of chapter fifty-three, by indicating his desire to be so enrolled on the affidavit of voter registration. The affidavit of any person who provides the registrars with a copy of a court order granting protection, or evidence of residence in a protective shelter, or an affidavit signed by a chief of police or his designee that said person is entitled to have certain information withheld from the public under section 24C of chapter 265, or a program participant in the address confidentiality program established under section 2 of chapter 9A shall not be a public record.

Section 44. A person seeking to register shall complete an affidavit of voter registration form as prescribed in section thirty-six, and shall sign the affidavit under the penalty of perjury. A person registering as a voter may, at the same time, establish his enrollment in a political party or political designation, as provided in section thirty-eight of chapter fifty-three, by indicating his desire to be so enrolled on the affidavit of voter registration. The affidavit of any person who provides the registrars with a copy of a court order granting protection, or evidence of residence in a protective shelter, or an affidavit signed by a chief of police or his designee that said person is entitled to have certain information withheld from the public under section 24C of chapter 265, or a program participant in the address confidentiality program established under section 2 of chapter 9A shall not be a public record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176E, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176E / Section 12
Disputes or controversies; submission to board; review
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between a dental service corporation and any participating dentist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of dental examiners or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. Such an appeal to said board shall be conducted as an adjudicatory proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. Such proceedings in equity for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A.

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between a dental service corporation and any participating dentist, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of dental examiners or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. Such an appeal to said board shall be conducted as an adjudicatory proceeding in accordance with the provisions of section eleven of chapter thirty A. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. Such proceedings in equity for judicial review shall be conducted in accordance with section fourteen of chapter thirty A.