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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35FFF — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35FFF
Nickerson State Park Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35FFF. (a) There shall be a Nickerson State Park Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Nickerson state park in the town of Brewster. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year. (b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $5 upon each fee charged and collected for admission to camping in Nickerson state park for out-of-state residents. The additional money collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund. (c) An annual report, which shall include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund, shall be submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31.

Section 35FFF. (a) There shall be a Nickerson State Park Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Nickerson state park in the town of Brewster. Any balance remaining in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.

(b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $5 upon each fee charged and collected for admission to camping in Nickerson state park for out-of-state residents. The additional money collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund.

(c) An annual report, which shall include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund, shall be submitted to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than December 31.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18B / Section 17
Centers for children and families
Status: in_force

Section 17. The department may establish centers for children and families in any facility owned or rented by the commonwealth other than state schools, hospitals or prisons, in any area if space is available or suitable for the purpose and shall, if feasible, locate these centers in a facility utilized by an agency of the commonwealth providing human services. If suitable space is not available, the department may acquire adequate space for such centers by renting, leasing or other available means. Each area shall be responsible for the delivery of services within its area. The centers shall be of sufficient number and so located as to be readily accessible to the people throughout the commonwealth.

Section 17. The department may establish centers for children and families in any facility owned or rented by the commonwealth other than state schools, hospitals or prisons, in any area if space is available or suitable for the purpose and shall, if feasible, locate these centers in a facility utilized by an agency of the commonwealth providing human services. If suitable space is not available, the department may acquire adequate space for such centers by renting, leasing or other available means. Each area shall be responsible for the delivery of services within its area. The centers shall be of sufficient number and so located as to be readily accessible to the people throughout the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 187D — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 187D
Evasion of Secs. 186, 187 and 188 to 195; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 187D. Whoever for the purpose of evading or assisting in the evasion of any provision of sections one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty-eight to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, falsely represents that he is a physician, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian, or that he is a manufacturer or jobber in drugs, or a licensed wholesale druggist, or that he is a pharmacist actively engaged in the business as such, or that he is a superintendent or official in immediate charge of an incorporated hospital, college or scientific institution shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years or both.

Section 187D. Whoever for the purpose of evading or assisting in the evasion of any provision of sections one hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and eighty-eight to one hundred and ninety-five, inclusive, falsely represents that he is a physician, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian, or that he is a manufacturer or jobber in drugs, or a licensed wholesale druggist, or that he is a pharmacist actively engaged in the business as such, or that he is a superintendent or official in immediate charge of an incorporated hospital, college or scientific institution shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two years or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 3, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 19
Authorized number of certain legislative employees
Status: in_force

Section 19. The number of chief general court officers, assistant chief general court officers, general court officers and pages of the senate and of the house shall not exceed 92 in all.

Section 19. The number of chief general court officers, assistant chief general court officers, general court officers and pages of the senate and of the house shall not exceed 92 in all.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111E, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111E / Section 16
Supervision of patients
Status: in_force

Section 16. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the division.

Section 16. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 7A
Registration as participant in prescription monitoring program
Status: in_force

Section 7A. Upon obtaining or renewing a registration under section 7, a practitioner who prescribes controlled substances shall automatically and without further action be registered as a participant in the prescription monitoring program established in section 24A. The department shall provide each participant with a unique user name and access code for the program. For the purposes of this section, a practitioner shall not include a veterinarian; provided, however, that a practitioner shall include a physician assistant, nurse anesthetist or a registered nurse authorized by the board of registration in nursing to practice in an advanced practice nursing role.

Section 7A. Upon obtaining or renewing a registration under section 7, a practitioner who prescribes controlled substances shall automatically and without further action be registered as a participant in the prescription monitoring program established in section 24A. The department shall provide each participant with a unique user name and access code for the program. For the purposes of this section, a practitioner shall not include a veterinarian; provided, however, that a practitioner shall include a physician assistant, nurse anesthetist or a registered nurse authorized by the board of registration in nursing to practice in an advanced practice nursing role.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 27A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 27A
Duties of judicial case managers
Status: in_force

Section 27A. A judicial case manager and an assistant judicial case manager shall perform his duties under the direction of the first justice and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duties as are not performed by the register, at the direction of the first justice.

Section 27A. A judicial case manager and an assistant judicial case manager shall perform his duties under the direction of the first justice and shall pay over to the register all fees and amounts received as such assistant. He may authenticate papers and perform such other duties as are not performed by the register, at the direction of the first justice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 14
Removal of officers using intoxicating liquor to excess
Status: in_force

Section 14. The sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston may remove any officer appointed by them, respectively, to any position of trust or authority in a jail or house of correction who is known to use intoxicating liquor to excess.

Section 14. The sheriffs of the several counties and the penal institutions commissioner of Boston may remove any officer appointed by them, respectively, to any position of trust or authority in a jail or house of correction who is known to use intoxicating liquor to excess.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201D / Section 12
Suicide or mercy killing
Status: in_force

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end one's own life other than to permit the natural process of dying.

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to constitute, condone, authorize, or approve suicide or mercy killing, or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end one's own life other than to permit the natural process of dying.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 61
Bond for foreign company; other security
Status: in_force

Section 61. Every foreign insurance company transacting the business of workers' compensation insurance in the commonwealth shall furnish a bond running to the commonwealth, with some surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, for such term and such amount and in such form as may be approved by the commissioner of insurance, the bond being conditioned upon the making of the deposits required by the following section. The annual license of such a company shall not be issued or renewed until it has filed with the commissioner a bond as aforesaid covering a future period at least as long as that covered by the license. In place of a bond as aforesaid the company may furnish other security, upon a like condition, satisfactory to the commissioner.

Section 61. Every foreign insurance company transacting the business of workers' compensation insurance in the commonwealth shall furnish a bond running to the commonwealth, with some surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, for such term and such amount and in such form as may be approved by the commissioner of insurance, the bond being conditioned upon the making of the deposits required by the following section. The annual license of such a company shall not be issued or renewed until it has filed with the commissioner a bond as aforesaid covering a future period at least as long as that covered by the license. In place of a bond as aforesaid the company may furnish other security, upon a like condition, satisfactory to the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 83
Corporations having capital stock divided into shares; returns by assessors
Status: in_force

Section 83. The assessors shall, upon request of the commissioner for detailed information concerning corporations named by the commissioner, except banks of issue and deposit, having a capital stock divided into shares, organized for the purposes of business or profit and established in their respective towns or owning real estate therein, provide a detailed statement of the works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes owned by each of said corporations and situated in such town, with the value thereof, on January first preceding, and the amount at which the same is assessed in said town for the then current year. The assessors shall also, when requested, return to the commissioner a detailed statement of all motor vehicles and trailers owned by each such corporation and the amount at which each such vehicle or trailer is assessed under chapter sixty A for said year. An assessor neglecting to comply with this section within thirty days after said request shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.

Section 83. The assessors shall, upon request of the commissioner for detailed information concerning corporations named by the commissioner, except banks of issue and deposit, having a capital stock divided into shares, organized for the purposes of business or profit and established in their respective towns or owning real estate therein, provide a detailed statement of the works, structures, real estate, machinery, poles, underground conduits, wires and pipes owned by each of said corporations and situated in such town, with the value thereof, on January first preceding, and the amount at which the same is assessed in said town for the then current year.

The assessors shall also, when requested, return to the commissioner a detailed statement of all motor vehicles and trailers owned by each such corporation and the amount at which each such vehicle or trailer is assessed under chapter sixty A for said year. An assessor neglecting to comply with this section within thirty days after said request shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61A, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61A / Section 20
Valuation and assessment for purposes other than provisions of this chapter; equalization
Status: in_force

Section 20. For any purpose, other than the provisions of this chapter, for which the assessed value of land is relevant, including exemptions under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine, land qualifying for taxation under this chapter shall be valued and deemed to have been assessed by the same standards, methods and procedures as other taxable property. In determining the equalization required by section nine of chapter fifty-eight, the commissioner of revenue shall determine the value of such land on the basis of its agricultural and horticultural use.

Section 20. For any purpose, other than the provisions of this chapter, for which the assessed value of land is relevant, including exemptions under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine, land qualifying for taxation under this chapter shall be valued and deemed to have been assessed by the same standards, methods and procedures as other taxable property.

In determining the equalization required by section nine of chapter fifty-eight, the commissioner of revenue shall determine the value of such land on the basis of its agricultural and horticultural use.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 17
Practice of law by clerks or housing specialists
Status: in_force

Section 17. No clerk, temporary clerk, assistant clerk or housing specialist shall be retained or employed as an attorney in any complaint, action or suit in any court of the commonwealth.

Section 17. No clerk, temporary clerk, assistant clerk or housing specialist shall be retained or employed as an attorney in any complaint, action or suit in any court of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 44
Exercise of stockholders' rights by incorporators prior to stock issuance
Status: in_force

Section 44. Prior to the initial issue of stock by a corporation, the incorporators may exercise all rights of stockholders and take any action required or permitted by law, the articles of organization or the by-laws to be taken by stockholders.

Section 44. Prior to the initial issue of stock by a corporation, the incorporators may exercise all rights of stockholders and take any action required or permitted by law, the articles of organization or the by-laws to be taken by stockholders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32K — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32K
Inducing or abetting minor to distribute or sell controlled substances
Status: in_force

Section 32K. Any person who knowingly causes, induces or abets a person under the age of eighteen to distribute, dispense or possess with the intent to distribute or dispense any controlled substance as defined herein, or to accept, deliver or possess money used or intended for use in the procurement, manufacture, compounding, processing, delivery, distribution or sale of any such controlled substance shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. No sentence imposed under the provisions of this section shall be for less than a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than one hundred thousand dollars may be imposed but not in lieu of the mandatory minimum five year term of imprisonment established herein.

Section 32K. Any person who knowingly causes, induces or abets a person under the age of eighteen to distribute, dispense or possess with the intent to distribute or dispense any controlled substance as defined herein, or to accept, deliver or possess money used or intended for use in the procurement, manufacture, compounding, processing, delivery, distribution or sale of any such controlled substance shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years nor more than fifteen years. No sentence imposed under the provisions of this section shall be for less than a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than one hundred thousand dollars may be imposed but not in lieu of the mandatory minimum five year term of imprisonment established herein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 18
Exemption from responsibility of estates of less than $700
Status: in_force

Section 18. A public administrator, upon making such deposit, shall file with the state treasurer an itemized account, on oath, of all his dealings, receipts, payments and charges on account of the property from which the money so deposited proceeds, including the name of the intestate, if known to him, and the state treasurer shall thereupon deliver to him a receipt for such money. Such deposit shall exempt the public administrator from all responsibility for or on account of the money so deposited.

Section 18. A public administrator, upon making such deposit, shall file with the state treasurer an itemized account, on oath, of all his dealings, receipts, payments and charges on account of the property from which the money so deposited proceeds, including the name of the intestate, if known to him, and the state treasurer shall thereupon deliver to him a receipt for such money. Such deposit shall exempt the public administrator from all responsibility for or on account of the money so deposited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 34
Ascertainment of amount due; tender
Status: in_force

Section 34. The debtor may in all cases cause the amount due for redemption to be ascertained at his own expense by three justices of the peace in the manner following: one of the justices shall be chosen by the debtor, one by the creditor, and one by the two first chosen; or if the creditor neglects to choose one, the justice chosen by the debtor shall appoint the other two. After a hearing before the three justices, they or two of them shall make and sign a certificate of the amount which they adjudge to be due for the redemption of the land, which certificate shall be final and conclusive between the parties. A tender by the debtor of the amount so adjudged to be due shall be a sufficient tender notwithstanding any previous tender.

Section 34. The debtor may in all cases cause the amount due for redemption to be ascertained at his own expense by three justices of the peace in the manner following: one of the justices shall be chosen by the debtor, one by the creditor, and one by the two first chosen; or if the creditor neglects to choose one, the justice chosen by the debtor shall appoint the other two. After a hearing before the three justices, they or two of them shall make and sign a certificate of the amount which they adjudge to be due for the redemption of the land, which certificate shall be final and conclusive between the parties. A tender by the debtor of the amount so adjudged to be due shall be a sufficient tender notwithstanding any previous tender.