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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 38
Farmers; permit to trap and kill birds
Status: in_force

Section 38. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may, upon application of a farmer, as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, grant a permit to trap live, and thereafter destroy, birds that are destroying agricultural crops or endangering the health of livestock, poultry or fur bearing animals. Each applicant shall state the type of trap to be used, the location of each such trap and the period within which he intends to use such trap, and such other information as the director may deem necessary. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. The farmer shall mark each trap with his name and address and the number of the permit issued to him by the director, and the farmer or his agent shall check each such trap twice daily. The director shall issue rules and regulations relative to the type of traps and kinds of birds which may be trapped, and such other rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the protection of song and game birds. The director and his agents may, for the purpose of inspecting such traps, enter upon or pass through or over private lands and property whether or not covered by water.

Section 38. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may, upon application of a farmer, as defined in section one A of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight, grant a permit to trap live, and thereafter destroy, birds that are destroying agricultural crops or endangering the health of livestock, poultry or fur bearing animals. Each applicant shall state the type of trap to be used, the location of each such trap and the period within which he intends to use such trap, and such other information as the director may deem necessary. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof. The farmer shall mark each trap with his name and address and the number of the permit issued to him by the director, and the farmer or his agent shall check each such trap twice daily. The director shall issue rules and regulations relative to the type of traps and kinds of birds which may be trapped, and such other rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the protection of song and game birds. The director and his agents may, for the purpose of inspecting such traps, enter upon or pass through or over private lands and property whether or not covered by water.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 323E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 323E
Reimbursements to bottlers or distributors
Status: in_force

Section 323E. If in any month the authorized payments from the Deposit Transaction Fund by a bottler or distributor pursuant to paragraph (h) of section three hundred and twenty-three exceed the funds that are or should be in its Deposit Transaction Fund, the commonwealth shall reimburse said bottler or distributor, from amounts received pursuant to section three hundred and twenty-three D, for those refunds paid by the bottler or distributor for non-reusable beverage containers for which the funds that are or should be in its Deposit Transaction Fund are insufficient; provided, however, that such reimbursements to a bottler or distributor for a month shall not exceed the excess of (a) amounts paid by said bottler or distributor to the commonwealth pursuant to said section three hundred and twenty-three D in the preceding twenty-four months over (b) amounts paid by the commonwealth to said bottler or distributor pursuant to this section during said twenty-four months.

Section 323E. If in any month the authorized payments from the Deposit Transaction Fund by a bottler or distributor pursuant to paragraph (h) of section three hundred and twenty-three exceed the funds that are or should be in its Deposit Transaction Fund, the commonwealth shall reimburse said bottler or distributor, from amounts received pursuant to section three hundred and twenty-three D, for those refunds paid by the bottler or distributor for non-reusable beverage containers for which the funds that are or should be in its Deposit Transaction Fund are insufficient; provided, however, that such reimbursements to a bottler or distributor for a month shall not exceed the excess of (a) amounts paid by said bottler or distributor to the commonwealth pursuant to said section three hundred and twenty-three D in the preceding twenty-four months over (b) amounts paid by the commonwealth to said bottler or distributor pursuant to this section during said twenty-four months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 36
Definitions applicable to Secs. 41 to 56
Status: in_force

Section 36. As used in sections 41 to 56, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Division'', the division of highways. ''Administrator'', the administrator of transportation for highways.

Section 36. As used in sections 41 to 56, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Division'', the division of highways.

''Administrator'', the administrator of transportation for highways.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 42
Traveling expenses
Status: in_force

Section 42. Judges, registers, judicial case managers, assistant judicial case managers, first assistant registers and assistant registers shall receive from the commonwealth their actual and proper traveling expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in holding and attending court at a place other than that where the registry of probate is situated and any expenses actually incurred in transporting official papers from the registry of probate to another probate office within the same county for court purposes, upon an itemized statement of such expenses being certified to, and approved by, the chief justice, but a justice appointed to the probate and family court in Dukes county or Nantucket county shall receive his actual expenses for travel by land, sea or air from his residence on the mainland to such county and from such county to his residence on the mainland. The traveling expenses necessarily incurred by judges of probate sitting at the direction of the chief justice in counties other than the counties in which they are appointed shall be paid by the commonwealth, upon the certificate of the chief justice.

Section 42. Judges, registers, judicial case managers, assistant judicial case managers, first assistant registers and assistant registers shall receive from the commonwealth their actual and proper traveling expenses incurred by them in the performance of their official duties in holding and attending court at a place other than that where the registry of probate is situated and any expenses actually incurred in transporting official papers from the registry of probate to another probate office within the same county for court purposes, upon an itemized statement of such expenses being certified to, and approved by, the chief justice, but a justice appointed to the probate and family court in Dukes county or Nantucket county shall receive his actual expenses for travel by land, sea or air from his residence on the mainland to such county and from such county to his residence on the mainland. The traveling expenses necessarily incurred by judges of probate sitting at the direction of the chief justice in counties other than the counties in which they are appointed shall be paid by the commonwealth, upon the certificate of the chief justice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 31
Notice of assessment in excess of amount on return
Status: in_force

Section 31. If the assessment of any tax is in excess of the amount shown on the return as the tax due, the commissioner shall, as soon as may be, give written notice to the taxpayer of the amount of the assessment, the amount of any balance due and the time when the same is required to be paid. Failure to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of the tax. In the case of 1 or more corporations that participated in or are required to participate in a filing through the means of a combined report under section 32B of chapter 63, the commissioner may issue a single notice directed to the principal reporting corporation on its own behalf and as the agent for each corporation that is being assessed. This single notice shall state the net cumulative liability of all such assessed corporations.

Section 31. If the assessment of any tax is in excess of the amount shown on the return as the tax due, the commissioner shall, as soon as may be, give written notice to the taxpayer of the amount of the assessment, the amount of any balance due and the time when the same is required to be paid. Failure to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of the tax. In the case of 1 or more corporations that participated in or are required to participate in a filing through the means of a combined report under section 32B of chapter 63, the commissioner may issue a single notice directed to the principal reporting corporation on its own behalf and as the agent for each corporation that is being assessed. This single notice shall state the net cumulative liability of all such assessed corporations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64I, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64I / Section 4
Collection of tax; status of tax; sales of motor vehicles
Status: in_force

[First paragraph applicable as provided by 2019, 41, Sec. 106.]

[First paragraph applicable as provided by 2019, 41, Sec. 106.]

Section 4. Every vendor, including a remote retailer, engaged in business in the commonwealth and making sales of tangible personal property or services for storage, use or other consumption in the commonwealth not exempted under this chapter, shall at the time of making the sales, or, if the storage, use or other consumption of the tangible personal property or services is not then taxable hereunder, at the time the storage, use or other consumption becomes taxable, collect the tax from the purchaser and give the purchaser a receipt therefor in the manner and form prescribed by the commissioner. The tax required to be collected by the vendor shall constitute a debt owed by the vendor to the commonwealth. Such vendor shall collect from the purchaser the full amount of the tax imposed by this chapter, or an amount equal as nearly as possible or practicable to the average equivalent thereof; and such tax shall be a debt from the purchaser to the vendor, when so added to the sales price, and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the excise imposed by section two upon the storage, use or other consumption of motor vehicles or trailers shall be paid by the purchaser to the registrar of motor vehicles in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. The vendor thereof shall not add the tax to the sales price and shall not collect the tax from the purchaser. The vendor thereof shall, however, furnish to the purchaser, the registrar and the commissioner a sworn statement of the sale upon a form prescribed by the commissioner, giving such information as the commissioner may require for the determination of such tax. For purposes of such determination, the sales price of any motor vehicle, except a motor vehicle purchased from a vendor registered under this chapter who is regularly engaged in the business of making sales at retail of such motor vehicles, shall be the actual amount paid by the purchaser to the vendor for the motor vehicle or the clean trade-in value of the motor vehicle, whichever is greater, regardless of the actual condition of the vehicle. ''Clean trade-in value'' for a motor vehicle shall mean the clean trade-in value or equivalent or successor values listed in the National Automobile Dealers Association used car guide or other value guides, whether published in print or electronically, or default values as determined jointly by the commissioner and registrar. The commissioner may establish rules and regulations for accepting values below these values based on the condition of the vehicle at the time of sale or other factors as may be appropriate.

For the purpose of this section, the term ''motor vehicle'' means any self-propelled vehicle designed for use and used primarily upon the highways.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 41
Laying out or constructing public ways in, upon or through burial places; authority
Status: in_force

Section 41. A public way shall not be laid out or constructed in, upon or through an enclosure used or appropriated for a burial place except by special authority from the general court or with the previous consent of the inhabitants of the town where such enclosure is situated; or, if such enclosure belongs to private proprietors, with their previous consent.

Section 41. A public way shall not be laid out or constructed in, upon or through an enclosure used or appropriated for a burial place except by special authority from the general court or with the previous consent of the inhabitants of the town where such enclosure is situated; or, if such enclosure belongs to private proprietors, with their previous consent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 40
Public sessions; inspection of records
Status: in_force

Section 40. The registrars shall perform their duties in open session. They shall distinctly announce the name of every person registering to vote. Their records shall at suitable times be open to public inspection.

Section 40. The registrars shall perform their duties in open session. They shall distinctly announce the name of every person registering to vote. Their records shall at suitable times be open to public inspection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 3
Secretary; appointment of undersecretary
Status: in_force

Section 3. Each of said executive offices shall be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall receive such salary as the governor may determine, and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Each secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, subject to the approval of the governor and subject to appropriation, appoint 1 or more undersecretaries for the executive office, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of her appointing secretary. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or functions of such position, shall receive such salary as the secretary shall determine, subject to the approval of the governor, and shall devote his full time to the duties of the office.

Section 3. Each of said executive offices shall be headed by a secretary, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The secretary shall receive such salary as the governor may determine, and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Each secretary may, notwithstanding section 45 of chapter 30 and chapter 31, subject to the approval of the governor and subject to appropriation, appoint 1 or more undersecretaries for the executive office, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of her appointing secretary. Each person appointed as an undersecretary shall have experience and shall know the field or functions of such position, shall receive such salary as the secretary shall determine, subject to the approval of the governor, and shall devote his full time to the duties of the office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 94 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 94
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 94. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters'' when used in sections ninety-three to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive, shall have the respective meanings given them by section one of chapter fifty.

Section 94. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters'' when used in sections ninety-three to one hundred and sixteen, inclusive, shall have the respective meanings given them by section one of chapter fifty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 25K — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 25K
Educational insert accompanying sale of hypodermic syringes and needles
Status: in_force

Section 25K. The department shall develop an educational insert to accompany the sale of hypodermic syringes and needles. This educational insert shall include, but not be limited to: (1) information on the proper use of hypodermic syringes and needles; (2) the risk of blood-borne diseases that may result from the use of hypodermic syringes and needles and methods for preventing contracting or transmitting such diseases; (3) proper hypodermic syringe and needle disposal practices; and (4) the toll-free telephone numbers of the commonwealth's AIDS and Hepatitis C hotlines and the Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline. This educational insert shall be provided to purchasers of hypodermic syringes or needles at the point of sale.

Section 25K. The department shall develop an educational insert to accompany the sale of hypodermic syringes and needles. This educational insert shall include, but not be limited to: (1) information on the proper use of hypodermic syringes and needles; (2) the risk of blood-borne diseases that may result from the use of hypodermic syringes and needles and methods for preventing contracting or transmitting such diseases; (3) proper hypodermic syringe and needle disposal practices; and (4) the toll-free telephone numbers of the commonwealth's AIDS and Hepatitis C hotlines and the Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline. This educational insert shall be provided to purchasers of hypodermic syringes or needles at the point of sale.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 13D — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 13D
Sale of milk not conforming to standard grade; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13D. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, offers for sale, exchanges or delivers or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, offer for sale, exchange or deliver any milk designated as any grade established under authority of section twelve, and not conforming to any standard adopted for such grade, or any milk in any city or town, the board of health whereof has adopted under authority of section thirteen E bacterial standards for any grade of milk, and not conforming to such standards, or in any way violates any rule or regulation adopted and approved, or amended, under said section twelve, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; provided, that for a subsequent offence within one year thereafter the punishment shall be by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 13D. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, offers for sale, exchanges or delivers or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, offer for sale, exchange or deliver any milk designated as any grade established under authority of section twelve, and not conforming to any standard adopted for such grade, or any milk in any city or town, the board of health whereof has adopted under authority of section thirteen E bacterial standards for any grade of milk, and not conforming to such standards, or in any way violates any rule or regulation adopted and approved, or amended, under said section twelve, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars; provided, that for a subsequent offence within one year thereafter the punishment shall be by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 17
Examinations
Status: in_force

Section 17. Examinations shall be in English and shall be wholly or partly written, oral or clinical, as the board may determine, and shall include, and be limited to, subjects taught in recognized schools of podiatry.

Section 17. Examinations shall be in English and shall be wholly or partly written, oral or clinical, as the board may determine, and shall include, and be limited to, subjects taught in recognized schools of podiatry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 38
Disturbance of assembly for worship
Status: in_force

Section 38. Whoever wilfully interrupts or disturbs an assembly of people met for worship of God shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 38. Whoever wilfully interrupts or disturbs an assembly of people met for worship of God shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 44
Testing of devices for determining measurement of leather; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 44. Devices used for determining the measurement of leather bought, sold or offered for sale shall be tested as to the correctness of measures indicated by them by a sealer of the town where they are used, and the deputy director may make such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to insure the greatest possible accuracy in the use of said devices.

Section 44. Devices used for determining the measurement of leather bought, sold or offered for sale shall be tested as to the correctness of measures indicated by them by a sealer of the town where they are used, and the deputy director may make such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to insure the greatest possible accuracy in the use of said devices.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 5H — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 5H
Payments to municipalities for certain watershed land; difference in assessment
Status: in_force

Section 5H. The state treasurer, acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth, shall on July first of each year pay to the municipality in which land regulated under section one hundred and seven A of chapter ninety-two is located, and which is not held by the division or by the Authority, the difference between the current assessment for such year and the assessment of such land, not taking into consideration the effect of said section.

Section 5H. The state treasurer, acting for and on behalf of the commonwealth, shall on July first of each year pay to the municipality in which land regulated under section one hundred and seven A of chapter ninety-two is located, and which is not held by the division or by the Authority, the difference between the current assessment for such year and the assessment of such land, not taking into consideration the effect of said section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 211 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 211
Discrimination in rates
Status: in_force

Section 211. A railroad corporation shall not in its charges for the transportation of freight or in the conduct of its freight business, make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favor of any person, nor subject any person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.

Section 211. A railroad corporation shall not in its charges for the transportation of freight or in the conduct of its freight business, make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favor of any person, nor subject any person to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.