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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19D, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19D / Section 8
Operating without certification; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) Any person operating an assisted living residence without certification under this chapter shall be subject to liability for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each day of such violation assessable by the superior court. Any such violation also shall constitute grounds for refusing to grant or renew, modifying or revoking the certification of the assisted living residence or of any part thereof. Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the commonwealth for an injunction or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the operation of an assisted living residence without certification under this chapter. (b) No person shall knowingly refer an individual for residency to an uncertified assisted living residence. A violation of this subsection shall constitute a violation of chapter 93A and shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation assessable by the superior court.

Section 8. (a) Any person operating an assisted living residence without certification under this chapter shall be subject to liability for a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each day of such violation assessable by the superior court. Any such violation also shall constitute grounds for refusing to grant or renew, modifying or revoking the certification of the assisted living residence or of any part thereof. Notwithstanding the existence or use of any other remedy, the department may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the commonwealth for an injunction or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the operation of an assisted living residence without certification under this chapter.

(b) No person shall knowingly refer an individual for residency to an uncertified assisted living residence. A violation of this subsection shall constitute a violation of chapter 93A and shall be punishable by a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each such violation assessable by the superior court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 14D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 14D
School bus violation detection monitoring systems; review of evidence file by law enforcement officer; issuance of citation; sworn certificate as prima facie evidence; availability of photographic and video images for inspection in proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 14D. (a)(1) An evidence file of an alleged violation under section 14C shall be forwarded to a law enforcement officer in the jurisdiction who is trained to observe and detect a violation of section 14. (2) A law enforcement officer, or law enforcement officer's approved technician, shall review the video images and determine whether a violation occurred. (3) The officer shall issue a citation if satisfied that a violation of section 14 was committed and the vehicle committing the violation can be identified from its registration plate. (b) A certificate, or a facsimile thereof, sworn to or affirmed by a police officer or other law enforcement officer authorized to issue motor vehicle citations for violations of traffic laws stating that based upon inspection of the evidence file produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system the vehicle was in violation of section 14 shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein. (c) Any recorded video images or still photographic images produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system evidencing a violation of section 14 shall be available for inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability for the violation adopted under this section.

Section 14D. (a)(1) An evidence file of an alleged violation under section 14C shall be forwarded to a law enforcement officer in the jurisdiction who is trained to observe and detect a violation of section 14.

(2) A law enforcement officer, or law enforcement officer's approved technician, shall review the video images and determine whether a violation occurred.

(3) The officer shall issue a citation if satisfied that a violation of section 14 was committed and the vehicle committing the violation can be identified from its registration plate.

(b) A certificate, or a facsimile thereof, sworn to or affirmed by a police officer or other law enforcement officer authorized to issue motor vehicle citations for violations of traffic laws stating that based upon inspection of the evidence file produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system the vehicle was in violation of section 14 shall be prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein.

(c) Any recorded video images or still photographic images produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system evidencing a violation of section 14 shall be available for inspection in any proceeding to adjudicate the liability for the violation adopted under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 89
Use at trial of answers to interrogatories
Status: in_force

Section 89. The answers of a party to interrogatories filed may be read by the other party as evidence at the trial. The party interrogated may require the whole of the answers upon any one subject matter inquired of to be read, if a part of them is read; but if no part is read, the party interrogated shall in no way avail himself of his examination or of the fact that he has been examined.

Section 89. The answers of a party to interrogatories filed may be read by the other party as evidence at the trial. The party interrogated may require the whole of the answers upon any one subject matter inquired of to be read, if a part of them is read; but if no part is read, the party interrogated shall in no way avail himself of his examination or of the fact that he has been examined.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 121 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 121
District treasurers; qualifications
Status: in_force

Section 121. The provisions of section thirty-five of chapter forty-one and of section fifty-five A of chapter forty-four, so far as apt, shall apply to the treasurer of districts.

Section 121. The provisions of section thirty-five of chapter forty-one and of section fifty-five A of chapter forty-four, so far as apt, shall apply to the treasurer of districts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278A / Section 9
Time for performing analysis
Status: in_force

Section 9. Upon allowance of a motion under section 3, analysis shall take place as soon as practicable.

Section 9. Upon allowance of a motion under section 3, analysis shall take place as soon as practicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 156 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 156
Killing dogs under certain conditions; wounded dogs
Status: in_force

Section 156. Any person may kill a dog which suddenly assaults him while he is peaceably standing, walking or riding outside the enclosure of its owner or keeper; and any person may kill a dog found out of the enclosure of its owner or keeper and not under his immediate care in the act of worrying, wounding or killing persons, live stock or fowls, and if any person shall kill or attempt to kill a dog so found, and in the act of worrying, wounding or killing persons, live stock or fowls, he shall not be held liable for cruelty to the dog unless it shall be shown that he intended to be cruel to the dog, or that he acted with a wanton and reckless disregard for the suffering of the dog. A person killing or wounding a dog under the conditions set out in this section shall promptly report to the owner, animal control officer or police officer such killing or wounding. Prompt killing of a wounded dog, or a prompt report to the owner or to a dog officer of the wounding of the dog, shall be considered evidence of sufficient regard for the suffering of the dog.

Section 156. Any person may kill a dog which suddenly assaults him while he is peaceably standing, walking or riding outside the enclosure of its owner or keeper; and any person may kill a dog found out of the enclosure of its owner or keeper and not under his immediate care in the act of worrying, wounding or killing persons, live stock or fowls, and if any person shall kill or attempt to kill a dog so found, and in the act of worrying, wounding or killing persons, live stock or fowls, he shall not be held liable for cruelty to the dog unless it shall be shown that he intended to be cruel to the dog, or that he acted with a wanton and reckless disregard for the suffering of the dog. A person killing or wounding a dog under the conditions set out in this section shall promptly report to the owner, animal control officer or police officer such killing or wounding. Prompt killing of a wounded dog, or a prompt report to the owner or to a dog officer of the wounding of the dog, shall be considered evidence of sufficient regard for the suffering of the dog.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15VV — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15VV
Presidents Day
Status: in_force

Section 15VV. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-ninth day of May as Presidents Day in memory of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, former presidents of the United States from the commonwealth, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15VV. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-ninth day of May as Presidents Day in memory of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, former presidents of the United States from the commonwealth, and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44A / Section 8
Covenant by commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 8. The commonwealth hereby covenants with the purchasers, holders and owners, from time to time, of qualified bonds that it will not repeal, revoke, rescind, modify, or amend the provisions of section seven so as to create any lien or charge on or pledge, assignment, diversion, withholding of payment, or other use of or deduction from any distributable aid or other amounts to be paid to any holder of qualified bonds which is prior in time or superior in right to the payment required by said section; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to require the commonwealth to continue to make payments of distributable aid or other amounts or to limit or prohibit the commonwealth from repealing or amending any law heretofore or hereafter enacted for the payment or apportionment of such aid or other amounts, of the manner, time, or amount thereof.

Section 8. The commonwealth hereby covenants with the purchasers, holders and owners, from time to time, of qualified bonds that it will not repeal, revoke, rescind, modify, or amend the provisions of section seven so as to create any lien or charge on or pledge, assignment, diversion, withholding of payment, or other use of or deduction from any distributable aid or other amounts to be paid to any holder of qualified bonds which is prior in time or superior in right to the payment required by said section; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to require the commonwealth to continue to make payments of distributable aid or other amounts or to limit or prohibit the commonwealth from repealing or amending any law heretofore or hereafter enacted for the payment or apportionment of such aid or other amounts, of the manner, time, or amount thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23D, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23D / Section 27
State-wide advisory council on displaced homemakers
Status: in_force

Section 27. The director of the industrial service program shall appoint members of a state-wide advisory council on displaced homemakers hereafter referred to as the advisory council established for the purpose of making recommendations relative to the implementation and monitoring of a state-wide plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council, from time to time, shall suggest to said director new programs for displaced homemakers and report its evaluations of existing displaced homemaker programs, services and activities together with recommendations for any necessary changes for the purpose of assisting said director in coordinating, promoting and establishing a state plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the funding and emergency assistance of regional multi-purpose service centers; shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the coordination of state, the division of occupational education, the job training partnership act and other available funding. The advisory council shall be composed of representatives from social service agencies, community based organizations, education, business and training agencies. Membership should also include displaced homemakers, ethnic minorities and a geographic distribution. The director or his designee shall be the executive secretary of said advisory council and a non-voting member.

Section 27. The director of the industrial service program shall appoint members of a state-wide advisory council on displaced homemakers hereafter referred to as the advisory council established for the purpose of making recommendations relative to the implementation and monitoring of a state-wide plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council, from time to time, shall suggest to said director new programs for displaced homemakers and report its evaluations of existing displaced homemaker programs, services and activities together with recommendations for any necessary changes for the purpose of assisting said director in coordinating, promoting and establishing a state plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the funding and emergency assistance of regional multi-purpose service centers; shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the coordination of state, the division of occupational education, the job training partnership act and other available funding.

The advisory council shall be composed of representatives from social service agencies, community based organizations, education, business and training agencies. Membership should also include displaced homemakers, ethnic minorities and a geographic distribution. The director or his designee shall be the executive secretary of said advisory council and a non-voting member.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 24E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 24E
Annual or periodic report of debt collector or third party loan servicer; failure to file; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 24E. The commissioner may from time to time on an annual or periodic basis require each licensee and registrant to file a report with the commissioner containing information as the commissioner may require concerning the business and operations conducted by a licensee or registrant in the commonwealth. A licensee or registrant neglecting to file the report or failing to amend the same within 15 days of notice from the commissioner directing the same, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, shall pay to the commonwealth $5 for each day during which the neglect or failure continues.

Section 24E. The commissioner may from time to time on an annual or periodic basis require each licensee and registrant to file a report with the commissioner containing information as the commissioner may require concerning the business and operations conducted by a licensee or registrant in the commonwealth. A licensee or registrant neglecting to file the report or failing to amend the same within 15 days of notice from the commissioner directing the same, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, shall pay to the commonwealth $5 for each day during which the neglect or failure continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 15
Appropriation for enclosing and improving public cemetery; sale or conveyance of burial rights; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

Section 15. Towns may appropriate money for enclosing any cemetery lawfully provided by them or for constructing paths and avenues and embellishing the grounds therein, and may establish all necessary rules relative thereto consistent with law. They may lay out such cemetery into lots, and shall set apart a suitable portion as a public burial place for the use of the inhabitants, free of charge. They may sell and convey to any person, resident or non-resident, the exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs and cenotaphs upon any lot and of ornamenting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as they shall prescribe. Upon the conveyance of a burial lot, a town: (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. Towns shall maintain records concerning the location and numbering of such lots, which records shall be open to the public. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the town treasuries, be kept separate from other funds, and be appropriated to reimburse the towns for the cost of the land, its care, improvement and embellishment, or the enlargement of the cemetery.

Section 15. Towns may appropriate money for enclosing any cemetery lawfully provided by them or for constructing paths and avenues and embellishing the grounds therein, and may establish all necessary rules relative thereto consistent with law. They may lay out such cemetery into lots, and shall set apart a suitable portion as a public burial place for the use of the inhabitants, free of charge. They may sell and convey to any person, resident or non-resident, the exclusive right of burial and of erecting tombs and cenotaphs upon any lot and of ornamenting the same, upon such terms and conditions and subject to such regulations as they shall prescribe. Upon the conveyance of a burial lot, a town: (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. Towns shall maintain records concerning the location and numbering of such lots, which records shall be open to the public. The proceeds of such sales shall be paid into the town treasuries, be kept separate from other funds, and be appropriated to reimburse the towns for the cost of the land, its care, improvement and embellishment, or the enlargement of the cemetery.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 16
Custody and control of jails and houses of correction; jailer; assistants; bond
Status: in_force

Section 16. The sheriff shall have custody and control of the jails in his county, and, except in Suffolk county, of the houses of correction therein, and of all prisoners committed thereto, and shall keep the same himself or by his deputy as jailer, superintendent or keeper, and shall be responsible for them. The jailer, superintendent or keeper shall appoint subordinate assistants, employees and officers and shall be responsible for them. In Suffolk county the penal institutions commissioner shall appoint a superintendent of the house of correction, who shall hold office at the pleasure of said commissioner. A sheriff, who acts as jailer, superintendent or keeper, or a jailer, superintendent or keeper appointed by the sheriff, before entering upon the performance of his duties as such, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues so to act or to hold such office, as the case may be, shall give to the state treasurer a bond, with such sureties as the superior court shall order and approve, conditioned faithfully to perform his duties.

Section 16. The sheriff shall have custody and control of the jails in his county, and, except in Suffolk county, of the houses of correction therein, and of all prisoners committed thereto, and shall keep the same himself or by his deputy as jailer, superintendent or keeper, and shall be responsible for them. The jailer, superintendent or keeper shall appoint subordinate assistants, employees and officers and shall be responsible for them. In Suffolk county the penal institutions commissioner shall appoint a superintendent of the house of correction, who shall hold office at the pleasure of said commissioner. A sheriff, who acts as jailer, superintendent or keeper, or a jailer, superintendent or keeper appointed by the sheriff, before entering upon the performance of his duties as such, and thereafter, at intervals of not more than one year, so long as he continues so to act or to hold such office, as the case may be, shall give to the state treasurer a bond, with such sureties as the superior court shall order and approve, conditioned faithfully to perform his duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 1A
Organization of cemetery corporations
Status: in_force

Section 1A. Five or more persons desirous of procuring, establishing and preparing a cemetery, or who are the majority in interest of the proprietors of an existing cemetery, may organize as a corporation, not for profit, in the manner provided in chapter 179; provided, however, that the corporation shall not sell or impair the right of a proprietor of an existing cemetery.

Section 1A. Five or more persons desirous of procuring, establishing and preparing a cemetery, or who are the majority in interest of the proprietors of an existing cemetery, may organize as a corporation, not for profit, in the manner provided in chapter 179; provided, however, that the corporation shall not sell or impair the right of a proprietor of an existing cemetery.