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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176U, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176U / Section 9
Scope of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 9. Nothing in this chapter shall supersede the obligations of entities subject to this chapter to comply with applicable insurance laws insofar as those laws do not conflict with this chapter, except that laws and regulations intended to apply to Medicare supplement insurance policies governed by chapter 176K of the General Laws shall not apply to long-term care insurance.

Section 9. Nothing in this chapter shall supersede the obligations of entities subject to this chapter to comply with applicable insurance laws insofar as those laws do not conflict with this chapter, except that laws and regulations intended to apply to Medicare supplement insurance policies governed by chapter 176K of the General Laws shall not apply to long-term care insurance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278A / Section 11
Effect of proceedings on terms of sentence imposed
Status: in_force

Section 11. Proceedings under this chapter shall not stay or otherwise interfere with a term of incarceration, parole, probation or other sentence imposed.

Section 11. Proceedings under this chapter shall not stay or otherwise interfere with a term of incarceration, parole, probation or other sentence imposed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 89
Exhibition place of fighting animals; entry without warrant; arrests; seizure of animals
Status: in_force

Section 89. Any officer authorized to serve criminal process, or any special police officer duly appointed by the colonel of the state police at the request of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or any municipal officer involved with animal control may, without a warrant, enter any place or building in which there is an exhibition of any fighting birds, dogs or other animals, preparations are being made for such an exhibition, or birds, dogs or other animals are owned, possessed, kept, trained, bred, loaned, sold, exported or otherwise transferred in violation of section 94. Any such officer may arrest all persons there present and take possession of and remove from the place of seizure such animals there found in violation of said section 94, and hold the same in custody subject to the order of court as hereinafter provided.

Section 89. Any officer authorized to serve criminal process, or any special police officer duly appointed by the colonel of the state police at the request of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or any municipal officer involved with animal control may, without a warrant, enter any place or building in which there is an exhibition of any fighting birds, dogs or other animals, preparations are being made for such an exhibition, or birds, dogs or other animals are owned, possessed, kept, trained, bred, loaned, sold, exported or otherwise transferred in violation of section 94. Any such officer may arrest all persons there present and take possession of and remove from the place of seizure such animals there found in violation of said section 94, and hold the same in custody subject to the order of court as hereinafter provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34B / Section 17
Education aid for independent agricultural and technical schools
Status: in_force

Section 17. The amount of state education aid for an independent agricultural and technical school, established pursuant to chapter 74A, shall be supplemented, in the first fiscal year of establishment, with a state appropriation for 50 per cent of the local assessment required of cities and towns with students enrolled in said school, and in the second fiscal year, with a state appropriation for 25 percent of such local assessment.

Section 17. The amount of state education aid for an independent agricultural and technical school, established pursuant to chapter 74A, shall be supplemented, in the first fiscal year of establishment, with a state appropriation for 50 per cent of the local assessment required of cities and towns with students enrolled in said school, and in the second fiscal year, with a state appropriation for 25 percent of such local assessment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 81J — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 81J
Establishment and discontinuance of exterior lines of ways in municipalities with planning boards; damages for injuries
Status: in_force

Section 81J. A city or town which has a planning board under section eighty-one A may establish, in the manner provided for the laying out of city or town ways, the exterior lines of any way, the location of which has been approved under section eighty-one G or the subdivision control law; and thereafter no structure shall be erected or maintained between the exterior lines so established, except that buildings or parts of buildings existing at the time of the establishment of said lines may remain and be maintained to such extent and under such conditions as may be prescribed by such planning board. Lines established under this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway or a city or town way. Lines so established shall be placed on the official map, if any, of the city or town, without further action by the city council or town meeting, and shall be removed therefrom if discontinued. Any person injured in his property by the establishment of exterior lines under this section may recover damages so caused under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 81J. A city or town which has a planning board under section eighty-one A may establish, in the manner provided for the laying out of city or town ways, the exterior lines of any way, the location of which has been approved under section eighty-one G or the subdivision control law; and thereafter no structure shall be erected or maintained between the exterior lines so established, except that buildings or parts of buildings existing at the time of the establishment of said lines may remain and be maintained to such extent and under such conditions as may be prescribed by such planning board. Lines established under this section may be discontinued in the manner provided for the discontinuance of a highway or a city or town way. Lines so established shall be placed on the official map, if any, of the city or town, without further action by the city council or town meeting, and shall be removed therefrom if discontinued. Any person injured in his property by the establishment of exterior lines under this section may recover damages so caused under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 47 / Section 6
Membership of joint board; vacancies
Status: in_force

Section 6. Unless all the towns interested in such infirmary agree to choose a different number, each of them shall choose three members of the joint board; and upon the death of a director, or his removal from the place for which he was chosen, the vacancy may be filled by such town. If a town neglects to choose directors, those chosen by the other towns shall have charge of the infirmary.

Section 6. Unless all the towns interested in such infirmary agree to choose a different number, each of them shall choose three members of the joint board; and upon the death of a director, or his removal from the place for which he was chosen, the vacancy may be filled by such town. If a town neglects to choose directors, those chosen by the other towns shall have charge of the infirmary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 22P — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 22P
Procurement of electric vehicles and installation of charging stations; contracts
Status: repealed

[Text of section added effective until June 30, 2029. Repealed by 2024, 206, Sec. 61. See 2024, 206, Sec. 64.]

[Text of section added effective until June 30, 2029. Repealed by 2024, 206, Sec. 61. See 2024, 206, Sec. 64.]

Section 22P. (a) Notwithstanding section 39M of chapter 30 or any other general or special law to the contrary, governmental bodies may procure electric vehicles and the installation of charging stations for said electric vehicles under this chapter. The electric vehicles and the installation of charging stations may be procured separately or in 1 procurement. For the purposes of this section, electric vehicles shall be considered supplies and charging stations, and the installation thereof shall be considered services.

(b) A contract under this section shall only be awarded to a bidder who: (i) possesses the skill, ability and integrity necessary for the faithful performance of the work; (ii) certifies that it is able to furnish labor that can work in harmony with all other elements of labor employed or to be employed in the work; (iii) certifies that all employees to be employed at the worksite will have successfully completed a course in construction safety and health approved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that is not less than 10 hours in duration at the time the employee begins work and furnishes documentation of successful completion of said course with the first certified payroll report for each employee; and (iv) obtains the security by bond required under section 29 of chapter 149 within 10 days of the notification of contract award; provided, however, that for the purposes of this section, the term ''security by bond'' shall mean the bond of a surety company qualified to do business under the laws of the commonwealth and satisfactory to the awarding authority; and provided further, that if there is more than 1 surety company, the surety companies shall be jointly and severally liable. Sections 26 to 27D, inclusive, of said chapter 149 shall apply to any contract entered into under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 9H — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 9H
Public employees who are veterans; participation in Veterans or Memorial Day exercise; time off granted; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 9H. Any employee of the commonwealth, who is a veteran as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four or is a member of a department of war veterans listed in section seventeen of chapter eight, and who desires to participate in a Veterans Day or Memorial Day exercise, parade or service, shall be granted a reasonable and sufficient period of time off from his duties to attend and participate in such services or exercises. This section shall not apply to employees whose services are essential and critical to public health or public safety, including but not limited to those employees whose regular and major duties require them to have the care, custody, instruction or supervision of inmates in correctional facilities and institutions or of persons who are mentally ill or mentally defective or defective delinquents, firefighters, police officers, guards and other persons who are determined to be essential and critical to the effective delivery of public services to the commonwealth. Any time off taken by an employee of the commonwealth under this section shall be without pay; provided, however, that any such employee may elect to apply accrued vacation or personal leave time to such time off.

Section 9H. Any employee of the commonwealth, who is a veteran as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four or is a member of a department of war veterans listed in section seventeen of chapter eight, and who desires to participate in a Veterans Day or Memorial Day exercise, parade or service, shall be granted a reasonable and sufficient period of time off from his duties to attend and participate in such services or exercises.

This section shall not apply to employees whose services are essential and critical to public health or public safety, including but not limited to those employees whose regular and major duties require them to have the care, custody, instruction or supervision of inmates in correctional facilities and institutions or of persons who are mentally ill or mentally defective or defective delinquents, firefighters, police officers, guards and other persons who are determined to be essential and critical to the effective delivery of public services to the commonwealth. Any time off taken by an employee of the commonwealth under this section shall be without pay; provided, however, that any such employee may elect to apply accrued vacation or personal leave time to such time off.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 122C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 122C
Illegal sale or possession of self-defense spray; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Section 122C. (a) Whoever, not being licensed as provided in section 122, sells self-defense spray shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years. (b) Whoever licensed under section 122 sells self-defense spray to a person younger than 18 years of age, if the person younger than 18 years of age does not have a self-defense spray permit, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300. (c) A person under 18 years of age who possesses self-defense spray and who does not have a self-defense spray permit shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.

Section 122C. (a) Whoever, not being licensed as provided in section 122, sells self-defense spray shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years.

(b) Whoever licensed under section 122 sells self-defense spray to a person younger than 18 years of age, if the person younger than 18 years of age does not have a self-defense spray permit, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.

(c) A person under 18 years of age who possesses self-defense spray and who does not have a self-defense spray permit shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258B, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 258B / Section 2
Eligibility of victim for services
Status: in_force

Section 2. Prosecutors shall not be precluded from providing, subject to appropriation, services under this chapter to any natural person or family member of such natural person who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional or financial harm as the result of the commission or attempted commission of a crime or delinquency offense in which complaints or indictments have not been issued.

Section 2. Prosecutors shall not be precluded from providing, subject to appropriation, services under this chapter to any natural person or family member of such natural person who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional or financial harm as the result of the commission or attempted commission of a crime or delinquency offense in which complaints or indictments have not been issued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90C, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90C / Section 10
Penalty for falsification or disposal of citation, copy or record of issuance
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever knowingly falsifies a citation or copies thereof or a record of the issuance of same, or disposes of such citation, copy, or record, in a manner other than as required by the provisions of this chapter, or attempts so to falsify or dispose, or attempts to incite or procure another so to falsify or dispose shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 10. Whoever knowingly falsifies a citation or copies thereof or a record of the issuance of same, or disposes of such citation, copy, or record, in a manner other than as required by the provisions of this chapter, or attempts so to falsify or dispose, or attempts to incite or procure another so to falsify or dispose shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 64
Taking securities of other corporations
Status: in_force

Section 64. A railroad corporation, unless authorized by the general court or by the six following sections, shall not directly or indirectly subscribe for, take or hold the stock or bonds of or guarantee the bonds or dividends of any other corporation; and the amount of the bonds of one or more other corporations subscribed for and held by a railroad corporation, or guaranteed by it conformably to special authority of the general court or the authority given in said sections, with the amount of its own bonds issued in conformity with sections forty-seven and forty-nine, shall not exceed at any time the amount authorized by said section forty-seven, computed as provided in section fifty-three of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 64. A railroad corporation, unless authorized by the general court or by the six following sections, shall not directly or indirectly subscribe for, take or hold the stock or bonds of or guarantee the bonds or dividends of any other corporation; and the amount of the bonds of one or more other corporations subscribed for and held by a railroad corporation, or guaranteed by it conformably to special authority of the general court or the authority given in said sections, with the amount of its own bonds issued in conformity with sections forty-seven and forty-nine, shall not exceed at any time the amount authorized by said section forty-seven, computed as provided in section fifty-three of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 128 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 128
Milk cans; defacement
Status: in_force

Section 128. Whoever, without the consent of the owner thereof, knowingly and wilfully effaces, alters or covers over, or procures to be effaced, altered or covered over, the name, initial or device of any dealer in milk, marked or stamped upon a milk can, or whoever, with intent to defraud and without such consent, detains or uses in his business any such can having the name, initial or device of any dealer in milk so marked or stamped thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

Section 128. Whoever, without the consent of the owner thereof, knowingly and wilfully effaces, alters or covers over, or procures to be effaced, altered or covered over, the name, initial or device of any dealer in milk, marked or stamped upon a milk can, or whoever, with intent to defraud and without such consent, detains or uses in his business any such can having the name, initial or device of any dealer in milk so marked or stamped thereon, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 5
Office of jury commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 5. There shall be an office of jury commissioner for the commonwealth, hereinafter called the office. The office shall have authority to implement the provisions of this chapter in the participating counties. It shall be a department within the judicial branch and under the supervision and control of the supreme judicial court. The office, with the approval of the supreme judicial court, may establish branch offices for all regions of the commonwealth.

Section 5. There shall be an office of jury commissioner for the commonwealth, hereinafter called the office. The office shall have authority to implement the provisions of this chapter in the participating counties. It shall be a department within the judicial branch and under the supervision and control of the supreme judicial court. The office, with the approval of the supreme judicial court, may establish branch offices for all regions of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 17
''Quitclaim covenants'' or ''limited covenants''
Status: in_force

Section 17. In a conveyance of real estate the words ''quitclaim covenants'' or the words ''limited covenants'' shall have the full force, meaning and effect of the following words: ''The grantor, for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, covenants with the grantee, his heirs, successors and assigns, that the granted premises are free from all encumbrances made by the grantor, and that he will, and his heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and his heirs, successors and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under the grantor, but against none other''.

Section 17. In a conveyance of real estate the words ''quitclaim covenants'' or the words ''limited covenants'' shall have the full force, meaning and effect of the following words: ''The grantor, for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators and successors, covenants with the grantee, his heirs, successors and assigns, that the granted premises are free from all encumbrances made by the grantor, and that he will, and his heirs, executors, administrators and successors shall, warrant and defend the same to the grantee and his heirs, successors and assigns forever against the lawful claims and demands of all persons claiming by, through or under the grantor, but against none other''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 69
Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance
Status: in_force

Section 69. Clerks of the divisions of the district court department shall be allowed annually for clerical assistance such amounts as shall be approved by the chief justice for said department.

Section 69. Clerks of the divisions of the district court department shall be allowed annually for clerical assistance such amounts as shall be approved by the chief justice for said department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 25A
Coverage for treatment of Down syndrome through speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and applied behavior analysis services
Status: in_force

[Text of section added by 2024, 388, Sec. 1 effective January 1, 2026. See 2024, 388, Sec. 7.]

[Text of section added by 2024, 388, Sec. 1 effective January 1, 2026. See 2024, 388, Sec. 7.]

Section 25A. For purposes of this section, ''Down syndrome'' shall mean a chromosomal condition caused by an error in cell division that results in the presence of an extra whole or partial copy of chromosome 21.

The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for the treatment of Down syndrome through speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and applied behavior analysis services.