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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 42F — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 42F
Records of transactions
Status: in_force

Section 42F. To the extent and in such form as the commissioner may require, each person licensed under section forty-two A shall keep a record of his receipts from and payments to producers, and shall furnish to each such producer a statement of the quantity of milk received from him.

Section 42F. To the extent and in such form as the commissioner may require, each person licensed under section forty-two A shall keep a record of his receipts from and payments to producers, and shall furnish to each such producer a statement of the quantity of milk received from him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 18
Counterclaim
Status: in_force

Section 18. The defendant may interpose a counterclaim for the value of such improvements.

Section 18. The defendant may interpose a counterclaim for the value of such improvements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161A, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161A / Section 51
Display acknowledging the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement on buses operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Status: in_force

Section 51. Whenever the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates bus transportation, the authority shall acknowledge the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement using a light-emitting diode display or decal in the front left window of the bus, or in a similar manner approved by the authority.

Section 51. Whenever the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates bus transportation, the authority shall acknowledge the contributions of Rosa Parks to the civil rights movement using a light-emitting diode display or decal in the front left window of the bus, or in a similar manner approved by the authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 67
Days and hours of work for boys or girls under eighteen
Status: in_force

Section 67. Except as limited by section fifty-six, no person shall employ a boy or a girl under eighteen or permit such a boy or girl to work in, about or in connection with any establishment or occupation named in section fifty-six or sixty for more than six days in a week, or more than forty-eight hours in a week, or more than nine hours in a day, and, if the work performed by such boy or girl in a day is not continuous but is divided into two or more periods, the person employing such boy or girl shall so arrange his or her work that all such periods shall fall within a period of twelve consecutive hours.

Section 67. Except as limited by section fifty-six, no person shall employ a boy or a girl under eighteen or permit such a boy or girl to work in, about or in connection with any establishment or occupation named in section fifty-six or sixty for more than six days in a week, or more than forty-eight hours in a week, or more than nine hours in a day, and, if the work performed by such boy or girl in a day is not continuous but is divided into two or more periods, the person employing such boy or girl shall so arrange his or her work that all such periods shall fall within a period of twelve consecutive hours.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 95
Registration of discharge
Status: in_force

Section 95. If proceedings in insolvency or bankruptcy against a registered owner, of which notice has been registered, are vacated by decree, or if the court of insolvency or bankruptcy grants a discharge in composition proceedings and orders a reconveyance of land to the debtor, or bankrupt, a certified copy of the decree, or of such discharge and order, may be filed and registered. If a new certificate has been entered in the name of the assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy as registered owner, the debtor or bankrupt shall be entitled to the entry of a new certificate in his name, and the certificate of the assignee or trustee shall be surrendered.

Section 95. If proceedings in insolvency or bankruptcy against a registered owner, of which notice has been registered, are vacated by decree, or if the court of insolvency or bankruptcy grants a discharge in composition proceedings and orders a reconveyance of land to the debtor, or bankrupt, a certified copy of the decree, or of such discharge and order, may be filed and registered. If a new certificate has been entered in the name of the assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy as registered owner, the debtor or bankrupt shall be entitled to the entry of a new certificate in his name, and the certificate of the assignee or trustee shall be surrendered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203D, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203D / Section 28
Transfers from income to reimburse principal
Status: in_force

Section 28. If an amount chargeable to income is unusually large, a trustee may pay all or any part of such amount from principal and shall reimburse principal by transfers from income over a reasonable period of time.

Section 28. If an amount chargeable to income is unusually large, a trustee may pay all or any part of such amount from principal and shall reimburse principal by transfers from income over a reasonable period of time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 36A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 36A
Cremation and disposal of donated bodies
Status: in_force

Section 36A. The University of Massachusetts medical school in Worcester may cremate the bodies of deceased persons which have been donated to said medical school and which have been used for the promotion of anatomical science, including the teaching thereof, or for any other purpose not inconsistent with chapter one hundred and thirteen, and may dispose of the ashes of such bodies by burial or other appropriate means; provided, that the remains of any bodies received pursuant to section eight of chapter one hundred and thirteen shall be subject to the terms of the donor's gift, if any.

Section 36A. The University of Massachusetts medical school in Worcester may cremate the bodies of deceased persons which have been donated to said medical school and which have been used for the promotion of anatomical science, including the teaching thereof, or for any other purpose not inconsistent with chapter one hundred and thirteen, and may dispose of the ashes of such bodies by burial or other appropriate means; provided, that the remains of any bodies received pursuant to section eight of chapter one hundred and thirteen shall be subject to the terms of the donor's gift, if any.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 23
Costs; avoidance by offer to pay increased compensation
Status: in_force

Section 23. The owner of the mill or dam may, within said month, offer in writing to the owner of the land any increase of said annual compensation; and if the owner of the land does not agree to accept it, but brings an action to obtain an increase, he shall pay the costs, unless he recovers a greater annual compensation than was so offered.

Section 23. The owner of the mill or dam may, within said month, offer in writing to the owner of the land any increase of said annual compensation; and if the owner of the land does not agree to accept it, but brings an action to obtain an increase, he shall pay the costs, unless he recovers a greater annual compensation than was so offered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 269, sec. 10H — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 269 / Section 10H
Carrying loaded firearm while under influence of liquor, marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants, stimulant or toxic vapor substances; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 10H. Whoever, having in effect a license to carry firearms issued under section 131 or 131F of chapter 140, carries on his person, or has under his control in a vehicle, a loaded firearm, as defined in section 121 of said chapter 140, while with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants or stimulant substances, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 94C, or from smelling or inhaling the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors as defined in section 18 of chapter 270 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 10H. Whoever, having in effect a license to carry firearms issued under section 131 or 131F of chapter 140, carries on his person, or has under his control in a vehicle, a loaded firearm, as defined in section 121 of said chapter 140, while with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or marijuana, narcotic drugs, depressants or stimulant substances, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 94C, or from smelling or inhaling the fumes of any substance having the property of releasing toxic vapors as defined in section 18 of chapter 270 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 19
Bonds and notes deemed investment securities
Status: in_force

Section 19. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds and notes issued under this chapter, all such bonds and notes shall be deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code.

Section 19. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter or any recitals in any bonds and notes issued under this chapter, all such bonds and notes shall be deemed to be investment securities under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 80 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 80
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 80. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters'' when used in sections seventy-nine to ninety-two A, inclusive, shall have the respective meanings given them by section one of chapter fifty.

Section 80. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters'' when used in sections seventy-nine to ninety-two A, inclusive, shall have the respective meanings given them by section one of chapter fifty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 3
Application
Status: in_force

Section 3. Railroad corporations established in the commonwealth shall be subject to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine which, so far as inconsistent with charters granted since March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall be an alteration and amendment thereof; but this section shall not impair the validity of any special power heretofore conferred by charter or other special act upon a particular railroad corporation which had exercised such power before February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, or prevent the continued exercise thereof conformably, so far as may be, to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 3. Railroad corporations established in the commonwealth shall be subject to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine which, so far as inconsistent with charters granted since March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall be an alteration and amendment thereof; but this section shall not impair the validity of any special power heretofore conferred by charter or other special act upon a particular railroad corporation which had exercised such power before February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, or prevent the continued exercise thereof conformably, so far as may be, to this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 85A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 85A
Apprentice sprinkler fitters
Status: in_force

Section 85A. Every apprentice sprinkler fitter shall before starting his apprenticeship file an application, accompanied by the appropriate fee, with the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, requesting that he be issued an apprentice license. Said application shall be made on a form to be furnished by said office, and shall require the applicant to state his age, the date on which he is to commence his apprenticeship, the name and address of his employer, and such other information as said office may require. Upon receipt thereof said office shall forthwith mail to him a certificate to that effect. A person may be employed as an apprentice sprinkler fitter by a fire protection sprinkler contractor only. Such apprentices shall work under the direct supervision of a fire protection sprinkler contractor or journeyman sprinkler fitter. A fire protection sprinkler contractor may employ one or more apprentices but not more than one apprentice may be so employed for each journeyman sprinkler fitter.

Section 85A. Every apprentice sprinkler fitter shall before starting his apprenticeship file an application, accompanied by the appropriate fee, with the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, requesting that he be issued an apprentice license. Said application shall be made on a form to be furnished by said office, and shall require the applicant to state his age, the date on which he is to commence his apprenticeship, the name and address of his employer, and such other information as said office may require. Upon receipt thereof said office shall forthwith mail to him a certificate to that effect. A person may be employed as an apprentice sprinkler fitter by a fire protection sprinkler contractor only. Such apprentices shall work under the direct supervision of a fire protection sprinkler contractor or journeyman sprinkler fitter. A fire protection sprinkler contractor may employ one or more apprentices but not more than one apprentice may be so employed for each journeyman sprinkler fitter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 143 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 143
Applicability of forfeiture laws to policies of life insurance and deferred annuity contracts
Status: in_force

Section 143. All policies of life insurance and deferred annuity contracts shall be subject to the laws limiting forfeiture applicable and in force at the date of their issue.

Section 143. All policies of life insurance and deferred annuity contracts shall be subject to the laws limiting forfeiture applicable and in force at the date of their issue.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 86 / Section 4
Removal of encroachments
Status: in_force

Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is adjudged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold at auction and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses of the prosecution and removal, and, if insufficient, the court may order the remainder to be raised and levied upon the property of the defendant.

Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is adjudged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold at auction and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses of the prosecution and removal, and, if insufficient, the court may order the remainder to be raised and levied upon the property of the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 19
Discrimination against abuse victims in terms of health maintenance contract
Status: in_force

Section 19. No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall cancel, refuse to issue or renew, or in any way make or permit any distinction or discrimination in the amount or payment of premiums or rates charged, in the length of coverage, or in any other of the terms and conditions of a health maintenance contract based on information that an individual has been a victim of abuse, as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and nine A. No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall seek information that such person has been a victim of abuse as defined by said section one of said chapter two hundred and nine A. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a special class of insureds who have been victims of abuse as defined by said section one of said chapter two hundred and nine A. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapters ninety-three A and one hundred and seventy-six D.

Section 19. No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall cancel, refuse to issue or renew, or in any way make or permit any distinction or discrimination in the amount or payment of premiums or rates charged, in the length of coverage, or in any other of the terms and conditions of a health maintenance contract based on information that an individual has been a victim of abuse, as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and nine A. No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall seek information that such person has been a victim of abuse as defined by said section one of said chapter two hundred and nine A. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice. Nothing in this section shall be construed as creating a special class of insureds who have been victims of abuse as defined by said section one of said chapter two hundred and nine A. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapters ninety-three A and one hundred and seventy-six D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 6
Formation of corporation; purposes; association agreement
Status: in_force

Section 6. Seven or more persons, residents of the commonwealth, may form a corporation for the purposes set forth in this chapter. The agreement of association shall state that the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intentions of forming a corporation, the corporate name assumed, the purpose for which it is formed, and the city or town, which shall be in the commonwealth, in which it is established or situated. The name shall not so closely resemble the name of any corporation or insurance company already transacting business in the commonwealth so as to mislead the public or lead to confusion. Any lawful social, intellectual, education, charitable, benevolent, moral or religious advantages may be set forth among the purposes of the corporation. If the corporation limits its membership as provided in section 4, the agreement of association shall state the maximum amounts of benefits to be paid, and shall designate to which one of the classes mentioned in said section its membership is restricted.

Section 6. Seven or more persons, residents of the commonwealth, may form a corporation for the purposes set forth in this chapter. The agreement of association shall state that the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intentions of forming a corporation, the corporate name assumed, the purpose for which it is formed, and the city or town, which shall be in the commonwealth, in which it is established or situated. The name shall not so closely resemble the name of any corporation or insurance company already transacting business in the commonwealth so as to mislead the public or lead to confusion. Any lawful social, intellectual, education, charitable, benevolent, moral or religious advantages may be set forth among the purposes of the corporation. If the corporation limits its membership as provided in section 4, the agreement of association shall state the maximum amounts of benefits to be paid, and shall designate to which one of the classes mentioned in said section its membership is restricted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 13
Forum for disputes
Status: in_force

Section 13. Without regard to whether a borrower is acting individually or on behalf of others similarly situated, any provision of a high cost home mortgage loan that allows a party to require a borrower to assert any claim or defense in a forum that is less convenient, more costly, or more dilatory for the resolution of a dispute than a judicial forum established in the commonwealth where the borrower may otherwise properly bring a claim or defense or limits in any way any claim or defense the borrower may have is unconscionable and void.

Section 13. Without regard to whether a borrower is acting individually or on behalf of others similarly situated, any provision of a high cost home mortgage loan that allows a party to require a borrower to assert any claim or defense in a forum that is less convenient, more costly, or more dilatory for the resolution of a dispute than a judicial forum established in the commonwealth where the borrower may otherwise properly bring a claim or defense or limits in any way any claim or defense the borrower may have is unconscionable and void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6D / Section 21
Standard release form for exchange of confidential mental health and substance use disorder information
Status: in_force

Section 21. The commission shall develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance use disorder information. The standard release form shall be available in electronic and paper format and shall be accepted and used by all public and private agencies, departments, corporations, provider organizations and licensed professionals involved with the medical or behavioral health treatment of an individual experiencing mental illness, serious emotional disturbance or substance use disorder. The commission shall promulgate regulations for the proper use of the standard release form that shall comply with federal and state laws relating to the protection of individually identifiable health information.

Section 21. The commission shall develop a standard release form for exchanging confidential mental health and substance use disorder information. The standard release form shall be available in electronic and paper format and shall be accepted and used by all public and private agencies, departments, corporations, provider organizations and licensed professionals involved with the medical or behavioral health treatment of an individual experiencing mental illness, serious emotional disturbance or substance use disorder. The commission shall promulgate regulations for the proper use of the standard release form that shall comply with federal and state laws relating to the protection of individually identifiable health information.