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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 20
Librarians; appointment; examination; registration
Status: in_force

Section 20. The board may determine by examination or by such rules as it may establish the selection and appointment of supervising librarians and all other library workers who are paid wholly or in part, under the authority of said board, by the commonwealth. Such selection and appointment shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. In order to assist library trustees who seek advice from the board in securing qualified librarians and assistants, the board shall keep a registry of librarians which shall give due credit for experience and successful accomplishment as well as for formal examination.

Section 20. The board may determine by examination or by such rules as it may establish the selection and appointment of supervising librarians and all other library workers who are paid wholly or in part, under the authority of said board, by the commonwealth. Such selection and appointment shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one.

In order to assist library trustees who seek advice from the board in securing qualified librarians and assistants, the board shall keep a registry of librarians which shall give due credit for experience and successful accomplishment as well as for formal examination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 131A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 131A
State supplementary payments; annual increases
Status: in_force

Section 131A. State supplementary payments for the blind shall be maintained at levels which increase annually at the same rate as state supplementary payments for the aged and disabled under section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen A.

Section 131A. State supplementary payments for the blind shall be maintained at levels which increase annually at the same rate as state supplementary payments for the aged and disabled under section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23N, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23N / Section 17
Sports Wagering Fund
Status: in_force

Section 17. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Sports Wagering Fund which shall receive revenues collected pursuant to sections 6 and 14. The fund shall not be subject to appropriation. The commission shall be the trustee of the fund and shall transfer monies from the fund as follows: (1) 45 per cent to the General Fund; (2) 17.5 per cent to the Workforce Investment Trust Fund established in section 18; (3) 27.5 per cent to the Gaming Local Aid Fund established in section 63 of section 23K; (4) 1 per cent to the Youth Development and Achievement Fund established in section 19; and (5) 9 per cent to the Public Health Trust Fund established in section 58 of section 23K.

Section 17. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Sports Wagering Fund which shall receive revenues collected pursuant to sections 6 and 14. The fund shall not be subject to appropriation. The commission shall be the trustee of the fund and shall transfer monies from the fund as follows:

(1) 45 per cent to the General Fund;

(2) 17.5 per cent to the Workforce Investment Trust Fund established in section 18;

(3) 27.5 per cent to the Gaming Local Aid Fund established in section 63 of section 23K;

(4) 1 per cent to the Youth Development and Achievement Fund established in section 19; and

(5) 9 per cent to the Public Health Trust Fund established in section 58 of section 23K.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 68
False statement or report; domestic; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 68. Whoever knowingly makes, executes, files or publishes any report or statement required by law to be made, executed, filed or published by a corporation in this commonwealth, or whoever causes the same to be done, which report or statement is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

Section 68. Whoever knowingly makes, executes, files or publishes any report or statement required by law to be made, executed, filed or published by a corporation in this commonwealth, or whoever causes the same to be done, which report or statement is false in any material representation, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43A / Section 1
Adoption authorized; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 1. Any town in which there has been constituted and established a form of representative town meeting government under a special statute, enacted in conformity with the provisions of the constitution of the commonwealth, may in substitution therefor adopt the standard form of representative town meeting government provided by sections three to twelve, inclusive.

Section 1. Any town in which there has been constituted and established a form of representative town meeting government under a special statute, enacted in conformity with the provisions of the constitution of the commonwealth, may in substitution therefor adopt the standard form of representative town meeting government provided by sections three to twelve, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 5A
Non-custodial parents; indication of status on income tax return
Status: in_force

Section 5A. The commissioner shall require that the information required pursuant to section five shall include, on returns filed pursuant to chapter sixty-two, an indication of whether the individual is a non-custodial parent.

Section 5A. The commissioner shall require that the information required pursuant to section five shall include, on returns filed pursuant to chapter sixty-two, an indication of whether the individual is a non-custodial parent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 57A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 57A
Venue in cases where crime was committed without county or territorial jurisdiction of court
Status: in_force

Section 57A. A defendant shall not be discharged for want of jurisdiction if the evidence discloses that the crime with which he is charged was actually committed without the county or the territorial jurisdiction of the court in which he is being tried; provided, that the attorney general or the district attorney petitions to the court before proceeding with the trial for leave to proceed, stating that he is in doubt from the state of the evidence then in his possession as to whether or not the crime was committed within the county or the territorial jurisdiction of the court, and the court after hearing said petition orders the trial to proceed.

Section 57A. A defendant shall not be discharged for want of jurisdiction if the evidence discloses that the crime with which he is charged was actually committed without the county or the territorial jurisdiction of the court in which he is being tried; provided, that the attorney general or the district attorney petitions to the court before proceeding with the trial for leave to proceed, stating that he is in doubt from the state of the evidence then in his possession as to whether or not the crime was committed within the county or the territorial jurisdiction of the court, and the court after hearing said petition orders the trial to proceed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162G — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162G
Licensing of insurance producers; Secs. 162H through 162X govern qualifications and procedures
Status: in_force

Section 162G. Sections 162H to 162X, inclusive, shall govern the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of insurance producers. Sections 162H to 162X, inclusive, do not apply to special insurance brokers licensed pursuant to section 168, except as provided in section 162N and subsection B of section 162U.

Section 162G. Sections 162H to 162X, inclusive, shall govern the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of insurance producers.

Sections 162H to 162X, inclusive, do not apply to special insurance brokers licensed pursuant to section 168, except as provided in section 162N and subsection B of section 162U.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64M, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64M / Section 6
Out-of-state service providers; state secretary as agent for service of process
Status: in_force

Section 6. A person not a resident of the commonwealth who engages in the business of providing direct broadcast satellite service to subscribers or customers in the commonwealth shall, as a condition precedent to engaging in such business and by so engaging in such business, be deemed thereby to appoint the state secretary as his agent for the service of process in any judicial proceeding under this chapter. Such process shall be served by delivering a copy of the process in the hands of the state secretary or a deputy or in the office of the state secretary. Such service shall be sufficient service upon the person; provided, however, that such notice of such service and a copy of the process shall, at least 15 days before the return day of such process, be sent by registered mail to such person's last known address, and that the sender's registered mail receipt and the commissioner's affidavit of compliance with this section shall be appended to the process and filed in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process or within such further time as the court may allow. The court in which the action or proceeding is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. Service of process in the foregoing manner shall have the same force and validity as if served upon the taxpayer personally within the commonwealth.

Section 6. A person not a resident of the commonwealth who engages in the business of providing direct broadcast satellite service to subscribers or customers in the commonwealth shall, as a condition precedent to engaging in such business and by so engaging in such business, be deemed thereby to appoint the state secretary as his agent for the service of process in any judicial proceeding under this chapter. Such process shall be served by delivering a copy of the process in the hands of the state secretary or a deputy or in the office of the state secretary. Such service shall be sufficient service upon the person; provided, however, that such notice of such service and a copy of the process shall, at least 15 days before the return day of such process, be sent by registered mail to such person's last known address, and that the sender's registered mail receipt and the commissioner's affidavit of compliance with this section shall be appended to the process and filed in the action or proceeding on or before the return day of the process or within such further time as the court may allow. The court in which the action or proceeding is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. Service of process in the foregoing manner shall have the same force and validity as if served upon the taxpayer personally within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 9
Searches, seizures and arrests without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 9. The director, the deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement and all environmental police officers and deputy environmental police officers or a member of the state police may, without a warrant, search any boat, vessel, fish car, bag, box, locker, package, crate, any building other than a dwelling house, any motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other vehicle, or any other personal property in which he has reasonable cause to believe, and does believe, that fish taken, held, kept, possessed, transported or held for transportation or sale in violation of law, may be found, and may seize any such fish there found, and may seize any boat, vessel, fish car, bag, box, locker, package, crate, any motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other vehicle, or any other personal property used in a violation of the laws relative to marine fisheries and hold the same for forfeiture. Any such person or officer may arrest without a warrant any person found violating any provision of this chapter or of any ordinance, rule or regulation made under authority thereof, or any other provision of law relative to marine fisheries.

Section 9. The director, the deputy directors of enforcement, chiefs of enforcement, deputy chiefs of enforcement and all environmental police officers and deputy environmental police officers or a member of the state police may, without a warrant, search any boat, vessel, fish car, bag, box, locker, package, crate, any building other than a dwelling house, any motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other vehicle, or any other personal property in which he has reasonable cause to believe, and does believe, that fish taken, held, kept, possessed, transported or held for transportation or sale in violation of law, may be found, and may seize any such fish there found, and may seize any boat, vessel, fish car, bag, box, locker, package, crate, any motor vehicle as defined in section one of chapter ninety, or other vehicle, or any other personal property used in a violation of the laws relative to marine fisheries and hold the same for forfeiture.

Any such person or officer may arrest without a warrant any person found violating any provision of this chapter or of any ordinance, rule or regulation made under authority thereof, or any other provision of law relative to marine fisheries.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 3
Surrender of land assessed
Status: in_force

Section 3. An owner of land abutting on a public improvement and liable to assessment therefor under this chapter may give notice in writing to the board, within three months after the award of damages is made, that he elects to surrender his land; and if said board adjudge that the public convenience and necessity require the taking of such abutting estate for the improvement named, they may take the whole thereof, and shall thereupon estimate its value, excluding the benefit or advantage accruing from such improvement; and such owner shall convey the estate to the body politic or corporate on behalf of which the assessment was made and may recover therefrom in contract the value so estimated. The commonwealth, county, city, town or district may sell any portion of said land which is not needed for such improvement.

Section 3. An owner of land abutting on a public improvement and liable to assessment therefor under this chapter may give notice in writing to the board, within three months after the award of damages is made, that he elects to surrender his land; and if said board adjudge that the public convenience and necessity require the taking of such abutting estate for the improvement named, they may take the whole thereof, and shall thereupon estimate its value, excluding the benefit or advantage accruing from such improvement; and such owner shall convey the estate to the body politic or corporate on behalf of which the assessment was made and may recover therefrom in contract the value so estimated. The commonwealth, county, city, town or district may sell any portion of said land which is not needed for such improvement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 8
Statutory forms; alteration or substitution; ''incorporation by reference'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 8. The forms set forth in the appendix to this chapter may be used and shall be sufficient for their respective purposes. They shall be known as ''Statutory Forms'' and may be referred to as such. They may be altered as circumstances require, and the authorization of such forms shall not prevent the use of other forms. Wherever the phrase ''incorporation by reference'' is used in the following sections, the method of incorporation as indicated in said forms shall be sufficient, but shall not preclude other methods.

Section 8. The forms set forth in the appendix to this chapter may be used and shall be sufficient for their respective purposes. They shall be known as ''Statutory Forms'' and may be referred to as such. They may be altered as circumstances require, and the authorization of such forms shall not prevent the use of other forms. Wherever the phrase ''incorporation by reference'' is used in the following sections, the method of incorporation as indicated in said forms shall be sufficient, but shall not preclude other methods.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 106B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 106B
Capital planning committee; establishment; duties
Status: in_force

Section 106B. A town at its annual town meeting may by by-law establish a capital planning committee. Said by-law shall prescribe the composition, mode of appointment or election and terms of the members of said capital planning committee. Said committee shall annually review the capital improvement program, if any, and proposals for the construction of municipal buildings, acquisition of land or personal property and make recommendations to the appropriate officer, board, agency or department. Such recommendations may be included within the annual budget or the annual report required by section sixty-one if authorized by a by-law of the town. Other duties and responsibilities of said capital planning committee may be specified by by-law. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.

Section 106B. A town at its annual town meeting may by by-law establish a capital planning committee. Said by-law shall prescribe the composition, mode of appointment or election and terms of the members of said capital planning committee. Said committee shall annually review the capital improvement program, if any, and proposals for the construction of municipal buildings, acquisition of land or personal property and make recommendations to the appropriate officer, board, agency or department. Such recommendations may be included within the annual budget or the annual report required by section sixty-one if authorized by a by-law of the town. Other duties and responsibilities of said capital planning committee may be specified by by-law. Any vacancy occurring shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 2
Effective date of resolves
Status: in_force

Section 2. A resolve, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, shall take effect as soon as it has the force of a law conformably to the constitution.

Section 2. A resolve, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, shall take effect as soon as it has the force of a law conformably to the constitution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 73
Application of Secs. 66 to 72A
Status: in_force

Section 73. Sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, shall not apply to physicians and surgeons lawfully entitled to practice medicine in the commonwealth, or to persons who neither practice nor profess to practice optometry, but who sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses, either on prescription from such physicians or surgeons, or from optometrists authorized to practice in the commonwealth, or as merchandise from permanently located and established places of business when not sold for the purpose of correcting defective vision; nor shall said sections prevent the widow or widower of a registered optometrist, or the wife or husband of a registered optometrist who is incapacitated, from continuing the practice of optometry under a registered optometrist. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any such physician or surgeon from taking an examination and receiving a certificate of registration under section sixty-eight, nor shall this section and sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, authorize any person to administer drugs in any form, to practice or claim to practice medicine or surgery in any sense, or to use any title or appellation intended or calculated to indicate the practice of medicine or surgery.

Section 73. Sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, shall not apply to physicians and surgeons lawfully entitled to practice medicine in the commonwealth, or to persons who neither practice nor profess to practice optometry, but who sell spectacles, eyeglasses or lenses, either on prescription from such physicians or surgeons, or from optometrists authorized to practice in the commonwealth, or as merchandise from permanently located and established places of business when not sold for the purpose of correcting defective vision; nor shall said sections prevent the widow or widower of a registered optometrist, or the wife or husband of a registered optometrist who is incapacitated, from continuing the practice of optometry under a registered optometrist. Nothing herein contained shall prevent any such physician or surgeon from taking an examination and receiving a certificate of registration under section sixty-eight, nor shall this section and sections sixty-six to seventy-two A, inclusive, authorize any person to administer drugs in any form, to practice or claim to practice medicine or surgery in any sense, or to use any title or appellation intended or calculated to indicate the practice of medicine or surgery.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 59
Forms used in prosecutions
Status: in_force

Section 59. The forms heretofore in use may continue to be used in prosecutions under this chapter, and if substantially followed shall be deemed sufficient to fully and plainly, substantially and formally describe the several offences in each of them set forth, and to authorize the lawful doings of the officers acting by virtue of the warrants issued in substantial conformity therewith; but this section shall not exclude the use of other suitable forms.

Section 59. The forms heretofore in use may continue to be used in prosecutions under this chapter, and if substantially followed shall be deemed sufficient to fully and plainly, substantially and formally describe the several offences in each of them set forth, and to authorize the lawful doings of the officers acting by virtue of the warrants issued in substantial conformity therewith; but this section shall not exclude the use of other suitable forms.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23L — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23L
Practice of medicine or other form of healing by athletic trainer, occupational therapist, physical therapist or assistants or licensed lactation consultant
Status: in_force

Section 23L. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing an athletic trainer, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant or licensed lactation consultant to practice medicine or any other form or method of healing not specified in said section.

Section 23L. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing an athletic trainer, occupational therapist, occupational therapy assistant, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant or licensed lactation consultant to practice medicine or any other form or method of healing not specified in said section.