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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 32
Mortgaged land; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 32. If property which is taken in whole or in part by eminent domain or receives injury, for which damages are recoverable under this chapter, is mortgaged, both the mortgagor and the mortgagee, in addition to their rights under the mortgage, shall have the same powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities and duties, as are provided in this chapter for owners of property so taken or injured, and all petitions for the award or assessment of such damages shall state all mortgages which are known by the petitioner to exist upon the property. Mortgagors and mortgagees may join in any such petition, or become parties to any proceedings for the award or assessment of damages under this chapter, and, if the petition is filed by a mortgagor or mortgagee of property taken or injured, the tribunal to which it is presented shall order the petitioner to give notice thereof to all other mortgagors or mortgagees of the same property by serving on each of them, fourteen days at least before the time of hearing, an attested copy thereof and of the order thereon, that they may become parties to the proceedings.

Section 32. If property which is taken in whole or in part by eminent domain or receives injury, for which damages are recoverable under this chapter, is mortgaged, both the mortgagor and the mortgagee, in addition to their rights under the mortgage, shall have the same powers, rights and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities and duties, as are provided in this chapter for owners of property so taken or injured, and all petitions for the award or assessment of such damages shall state all mortgages which are known by the petitioner to exist upon the property. Mortgagors and mortgagees may join in any such petition, or become parties to any proceedings for the award or assessment of damages under this chapter, and, if the petition is filed by a mortgagor or mortgagee of property taken or injured, the tribunal to which it is presented shall order the petitioner to give notice thereof to all other mortgagors or mortgagees of the same property by serving on each of them, fourteen days at least before the time of hearing, an attested copy thereof and of the order thereon, that they may become parties to the proceedings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 118
Domestic animals; trespass on land
Status: in_force

Section 118. Whoever, having the charge or custody of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, swine or fowl, wilfully suffers or permits them to enter or remain on or pass over any orchard, garden, mowing land or other improved or enclosed land of another, after being forbidden so to do in writing or by notice posted thereon by the owner or occupant thereof, or by the authorized agent of such owner or occupant, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.

Section 118. Whoever, having the charge or custody of sheep, goats, cattle, horses, swine or fowl, wilfully suffers or permits them to enter or remain on or pass over any orchard, garden, mowing land or other improved or enclosed land of another, after being forbidden so to do in writing or by notice posted thereon by the owner or occupant thereof, or by the authorized agent of such owner or occupant, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 80 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 80
Lunch period for teachers
Status: in_force

Section 80. Every teacher employed in any public school whose duties commence prior to twelve o'clock noon, shall be allowed a thirty-minute lunch period between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and one o'clock in the afternoon, and shall not be required to perform any duties during said lunch period; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall apply only in a city or town which accepts this section by vote of its school committee.

Section 80. Every teacher employed in any public school whose duties commence prior to twelve o'clock noon, shall be allowed a thirty-minute lunch period between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and one o'clock in the afternoon, and shall not be required to perform any duties during said lunch period; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall apply only in a city or town which accepts this section by vote of its school committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 58
Juror service certificates; tender to employer for compensation
Status: in_force

Section 58. The office of jury commissioner shall provide juror service certificates to all grand and trial jurors who perform juror service. Such certificates shall be provided not later than 14 days after the last business day of each week in which a grand or trial juror performs jury service. A juror who seeks compensation from his employer for juror service shall tender the employer's copy of the service certificate to his employer as soon as practical after its receipt. A notice of this duty shall appear prominently on the certificate.

Section 58. The office of jury commissioner shall provide juror service certificates to all grand and trial jurors who perform juror service. Such certificates shall be provided not later than 14 days after the last business day of each week in which a grand or trial juror performs jury service. A juror who seeks compensation from his employer for juror service shall tender the employer's copy of the service certificate to his employer as soon as practical after its receipt. A notice of this duty shall appear prominently on the certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22C, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22C / Section 22
Evaluation reports; annual filing
Status: in_force

Section 22. Except as otherwise provided by a collective bargaining agreement in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, evaluation reports of the performance of each member of the state police shall be submitted annually to the colonel by the supervisor to whom such member has directly reported for said annum; provided, however, that whenever possible, if the supervisor of such member shall be changed by transfer of said supervisor or by transfer of such member, such evaluation report be completed prior to such change in supervision. Such evaluation reports shall be filed annually.

Section 22. Except as otherwise provided by a collective bargaining agreement in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, evaluation reports of the performance of each member of the state police shall be submitted annually to the colonel by the supervisor to whom such member has directly reported for said annum; provided, however, that whenever possible, if the supervisor of such member shall be changed by transfer of said supervisor or by transfer of such member, such evaluation report be completed prior to such change in supervision. Such evaluation reports shall be filed annually.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 12C — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 12C
Widow and children survivor benefits; manner of payment; contributions
Status: in_force

Section 12C. The benefits provided for a widow and children under section twelve B shall be paid in like manner to the widow and children of a deceased employee who had completed two years of creditable service and had been married to such widow for one year at the time of his death and who having had the right to become a member of the retirement system failed to become or elected not to become such a member; provided, that there is paid into the annuity savings fund of the appropriate retirement system an amount equal to the deductions that would have been made from his annual compensation had he become a member of the retirement system at the time of his entry into service together with accumulated interest to the date of such payment.

Section 12C. The benefits provided for a widow and children under section twelve B shall be paid in like manner to the widow and children of a deceased employee who had completed two years of creditable service and had been married to such widow for one year at the time of his death and who having had the right to become a member of the retirement system failed to become or elected not to become such a member; provided, that there is paid into the annuity savings fund of the appropriate retirement system an amount equal to the deductions that would have been made from his annual compensation had he become a member of the retirement system at the time of his entry into service together with accumulated interest to the date of such payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 21
Criminal cases; allowance of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 21. In the service of precepts in criminal cases, the officer shall be allowed the actual, reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in going or returning with the prisoner, and if he necessarily uses his own conveyance, he shall be allowed therefor twenty cents a mile for the distance traveled with the prisoner, except that in the service of such precepts of the district court of Chelsea, if he necessarily uses his own conveyance, he shall be allowed, if the distance traveled is less than ten miles, thirty cents a mile for the distance traveled, both ways; and if he uses the conveyance of another person, he shall be allowed the amount actually expended by him therefor; but no allowance for the use of a conveyance shall be made unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for him to use a conveyance and that he actually used it for the distance, and, if the conveyance of another was used, that he paid therefor the amount, stated in his certificate. If, in the service of a mittimus, the journey from the town where the prisoner is held to the town where he is to be committed can be made by railroad, no allowance shall be made for the use of any other conveyance, unless the court from which the mittimus is issued by general or special order has authorized the use thereof.

Section 21. In the service of precepts in criminal cases, the officer shall be allowed the actual, reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in going or returning with the prisoner, and if he necessarily uses his own conveyance, he shall be allowed therefor twenty cents a mile for the distance traveled with the prisoner, except that in the service of such precepts of the district court of Chelsea, if he necessarily uses his own conveyance, he shall be allowed, if the distance traveled is less than ten miles, thirty cents a mile for the distance traveled, both ways; and if he uses the conveyance of another person, he shall be allowed the amount actually expended by him therefor; but no allowance for the use of a conveyance shall be made unless the officer certifies that it was necessary for him to use a conveyance and that he actually used it for the distance, and, if the conveyance of another was used, that he paid therefor the amount, stated in his certificate. If, in the service of a mittimus, the journey from the town where the prisoner is held to the town where he is to be committed can be made by railroad, no allowance shall be made for the use of any other conveyance, unless the court from which the mittimus is issued by general or special order has authorized the use thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 22
Approval of plans for police station houses, houses of detention or lockups; enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 22. No station house, house of detention or lockup shall be built until the department has approved, in writing, the plans for the provisions for lighting, heating, ventilation and plumbing, the dimensions and form of construction and the location of the cells. The commissioner may cause any facility failing to comply with the provisions of this section to close until such time as the department has approved the plans of such facility and has inspected the facility in accordance with the provisions of section twenty.

Section 22. No station house, house of detention or lockup shall be built until the department has approved, in writing, the plans for the provisions for lighting, heating, ventilation and plumbing, the dimensions and form of construction and the location of the cells. The commissioner may cause any facility failing to comply with the provisions of this section to close until such time as the department has approved the plans of such facility and has inspected the facility in accordance with the provisions of section twenty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 6H — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 6H
Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund; voluntary contributions
Status: in_force

Section 6H. Every individual who files a separate return and every husband and wife filing a return jointly may voluntarily contribute all or part of any refund to which they are entitled, or may voluntarily add an amount onto any amount due, to be credited to the Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund established pursuant to section thirty-five O of chapter ten. A contribution made under this section may be with respect to any taxable year at the time of filing a return of the tax established by this chapter for such taxable year; provided, however, that the commissioner shall prescribe the manner in which such contribution shall be made on the face of the return required by section five of chapter sixty-two C; provided, further, that the commissioner shall assure that taxpayers filing any such forms are made clearly aware of their ability to make the contributions provided for by this section. The commissioner shall annually report the total amount designated under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amount to said Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund.

Section 6H. Every individual who files a separate return and every husband and wife filing a return jointly may voluntarily contribute all or part of any refund to which they are entitled, or may voluntarily add an amount onto any amount due, to be credited to the Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund established pursuant to section thirty-five O of chapter ten.

A contribution made under this section may be with respect to any taxable year at the time of filing a return of the tax established by this chapter for such taxable year; provided, however, that the commissioner shall prescribe the manner in which such contribution shall be made on the face of the return required by section five of chapter sixty-two C; provided, further, that the commissioner shall assure that taxpayers filing any such forms are made clearly aware of their ability to make the contributions provided for by this section.

The commissioner shall annually report the total amount designated under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit such amount to said Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 17C — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 17C
Required coverage for abortion, abortion-related care, prenatal care, childbirth, and postpartum care
Status: in_force

[First paragraph applicable as provided by 2022, 127, Sec. 44.]

[First paragraph applicable as provided by 2022, 127, Sec. 44.]

Section 17C. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission coverage for abortion as defined in section 12K of chapter 112, abortion-related care, prenatal care, childbirth and postpartum care, with a minimum of forty-eight hours of in-patient care following a vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety-six hours of in-patient care following a caesarean section for a mother and her newly born child. Any decision to shorten these minimum coverages shall be made by the attending physician in consultation with the mother. Any such decision shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department of public health. Said regulations shall be relative to early discharge, defined as less than forty-eight hours for a vaginal delivery and ninety-six hours for a caesarean delivery and post-delivery care and shall include, but not be limited to, home visits, parent education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding and the performance of any necessary and appropriate clinical tests; provided, however, that the first home visit shall be conducted by a registered nurse, physician, or certified nurse midwife; and provided, further, that any subsequent home visit determined to be clinically necessary shall be provided by a licensed health care provider.

For the purposes of this section, attending physician shall include the attending obstetrician, pediatrician, or certified nurse midwife attending the mother and newly born child.

[Third and fourth paragraphs applicable as provided by 2022, 127, Sec. 44.]

Coverage provided under this section for abortion or abortion-related care shall not be subject to any deductible, coinsurance, copayment or any other cost-sharing requirement; provided, however, that deductibles, coinsurance or copayments shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the federal Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status as a result of the prohibition on deductibles, coinsurance or copayments for these services. Coverage for abortion or abortion-related care offered under this section shall not impose unreasonable restrictions or delays in the coverage.

Benefits for an enrollee under this section shall be the same for the enrollee's covered spouse and covered dependents.

Any subscriber or member who is aggrieved by a denial of benefits to be provided under this section may appeal said denial in accordance with regulations of the department of public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 47, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 47 / Section 5
Joint management
Status: in_force

Section 5. The management and repair of such infirmary shall be vested in a joint board of directors, who shall be chosen annually by the several towns interested.

Section 5. The management and repair of such infirmary shall be vested in a joint board of directors, who shall be chosen annually by the several towns interested.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 93
Reference to special master
Status: in_force

Section 93. The court in its discretion may refer the bill or any question arising thereunder to a special master to hear the parties, make findings and report the same to the court, all in accordance with the usual practice in suits in equity in the superior court.

Section 93. The court in its discretion may refer the bill or any question arising thereunder to a special master to hear the parties, make findings and report the same to the court, all in accordance with the usual practice in suits in equity in the superior court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 24
Promulgation of regulations by commission; approval
Status: in_force

Section 24. The commission shall, in accordance with chapter thirty A and with the approval of the treasurer, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for clarifying, carrying out, enforcing and preventing violation of, all and any of its provisions for inspection of the premises and method of carrying on the business of any licensee, for insuring the purity, and penalizing the adulteration, or in any way changing the quality or content, of any alcoholic beverage, for the proper and orderly conduct of the licensed business, for establishing maximum prices chargeable by licensees under this chapter, and regulating all advertising of alcoholic beverages, except such advertising as appears in publications which are circulated to the liquor trade and not to the general public, or such advertising wherein licensees jointly or cooperatively advertise product prices; provided, however, that the number of licensees participating in any such advertisement shall not exceed seven, and shall, with like approval, make regulations governing the labelling of packages of alcoholic beverages as to their ingredients and the respective quantities thereof.

Section 24. The commission shall, in accordance with chapter thirty A and with the approval of the treasurer, make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter for clarifying, carrying out, enforcing and preventing violation of, all and any of its provisions for inspection of the premises and method of carrying on the business of any licensee, for insuring the purity, and penalizing the adulteration, or in any way changing the quality or content, of any alcoholic beverage, for the proper and orderly conduct of the licensed business, for establishing maximum prices chargeable by licensees under this chapter, and regulating all advertising of alcoholic beverages, except such advertising as appears in publications which are circulated to the liquor trade and not to the general public, or such advertising wherein licensees jointly or cooperatively advertise product prices; provided, however, that the number of licensees participating in any such advertisement shall not exceed seven, and shall, with like approval, make regulations governing the labelling of packages of alcoholic beverages as to their ingredients and the respective quantities thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 114C — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 114C
Annual fee; notice; cancellation of agreement; reports
Status: in_force

Section 114C. A card issuer as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty D, whether located within or without the commonwealth, may assess an annual fee provided that the cardholder as defined by said section one, is notified of the amount of any such fee on or with the billing statement for the billing period prior to that in which the annual fee is billed to the cardholder's account. A cardholder may cancel his credit card agreement at any time during this period without penalty. If the cardholder cancels the agreement at any other time during the year, he shall receive a refund on a pro-rata basis of two-thirds of the annual fee.

Section 114C. A card issuer as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and forty D, whether located within or without the commonwealth, may assess an annual fee provided that the cardholder as defined by said section one, is notified of the amount of any such fee on or with the billing statement for the billing period prior to that in which the annual fee is billed to the cardholder's account. A cardholder may cancel his credit card agreement at any time during this period without penalty. If the cardholder cancels the agreement at any other time during the year, he shall receive a refund on a pro-rata basis of two-thirds of the annual fee.