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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186 / Section 19
Notice to landlord of unsafe condition; tort actions for injuries resulting from uncorrected condition
Status: in_force

Section 19. A landlord or lessor of any real estate except an owner-occupied two- or three-family dwelling shall, within a reasonable time following receipt of a written notice from a tenant forwarded by registered or certified mail of an unsafe condition, not caused by the tenant, his invitee, or any one occupying through or under the tenant, exercise reasonable care to correct the unsafe condition described in said notice except that such notice need not be given for unsafe conditions in that portion of the premises not under control of the tenant. The tenant or any person rightfully on said premises injured as a result of the failure to correct said unsafe condition within a reasonable time shall have a right of action in tort against the landlord or lessor for damages. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement for residential use shall be void and unenforceable. The notice requirement of this section shall be satisfied by a notice from a board of health or other code enforcement agency to a landlord or lessor of residential premises not exempted by the provisions of this section of a violation of the state sanitary code or other applicable by-laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.

Section 19. A landlord or lessor of any real estate except an owner-occupied two- or three-family dwelling shall, within a reasonable time following receipt of a written notice from a tenant forwarded by registered or certified mail of an unsafe condition, not caused by the tenant, his invitee, or any one occupying through or under the tenant, exercise reasonable care to correct the unsafe condition described in said notice except that such notice need not be given for unsafe conditions in that portion of the premises not under control of the tenant. The tenant or any person rightfully on said premises injured as a result of the failure to correct said unsafe condition within a reasonable time shall have a right of action in tort against the landlord or lessor for damages. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement for residential use shall be void and unenforceable. The notice requirement of this section shall be satisfied by a notice from a board of health or other code enforcement agency to a landlord or lessor of residential premises not exempted by the provisions of this section of a violation of the state sanitary code or other applicable by-laws, ordinances, rules or regulations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 7
Advertisement of bankrupt, closing out, administrator's and fire sales; statement of character and reasons for special sale
Status: in_force

Section 7. No transient vendor shall advertise, represent or hold forth any sale as an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee's, trustee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, wholesale, manufacturers' wholesale or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods damaged by smoke, fire, water or otherwise or in any similar form, without first making a sworn statement to the deputy director, either in the original application for a state license or in a supplementary application, of all the facts relating to the reasons for and character of such special sale so advertised or represented, and of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares or merchandise were obtained, the date of delivery to the person applying for or holding the license, the place from which said goods, wares or merchandise were last taken, and all details necessary to exactly locate and fully identify all such goods, wares or merchandise.

Section 7. No transient vendor shall advertise, represent or hold forth any sale as an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee's, trustee's, executor's, administrator's, receiver's, wholesale, manufacturers' wholesale or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods damaged by smoke, fire, water or otherwise or in any similar form, without first making a sworn statement to the deputy director, either in the original application for a state license or in a supplementary application, of all the facts relating to the reasons for and character of such special sale so advertised or represented, and of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares or merchandise were obtained, the date of delivery to the person applying for or holding the license, the place from which said goods, wares or merchandise were last taken, and all details necessary to exactly locate and fully identify all such goods, wares or merchandise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12SS — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12SS
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
Status: in_force

Section 12SS. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting July twenty-second as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner to honor the matriarch of the Kennedy family, who inspired generations of Kennedys to serve their country with honor, integrity, and dedication to justice for all.

Section 12SS. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting July twenty-second as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner to honor the matriarch of the Kennedy family, who inspired generations of Kennedys to serve their country with honor, integrity, and dedication to justice for all.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 11
Powers of corporations organized under Sec. 10
Status: in_force

Section 11. Any corporation organized under the preceding section shall have power to mortgage or pledge its real or personal property and to issue promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness. Such corporation shall also have power to establish reserves and invest the funds thereof in such manner as it may deem advisable or as may be provided in its by-laws; and to exercise all other powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which said corporation was organized or to the activities in which it is engaged; provided, however, that no such corporation shall handle the products of any non-member, except for storage.

Section 11. Any corporation organized under the preceding section shall have power to mortgage or pledge its real or personal property and to issue promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness. Such corporation shall also have power to establish reserves and invest the funds thereof in such manner as it may deem advisable or as may be provided in its by-laws; and to exercise all other powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which said corporation was organized or to the activities in which it is engaged; provided, however, that no such corporation shall handle the products of any non-member, except for storage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 8
Map and engineer's report to accompany petition for charter
Status: in_force

Section 8. A petition to the general court for a charter for a railroad corporation shall not be acted upon, unless accompanied by such a map of the route and by such a report of a competent engineer, as is specified in section eighteen.

Section 8. A petition to the general court for a charter for a railroad corporation shall not be acted upon, unless accompanied by such a map of the route and by such a report of a competent engineer, as is specified in section eighteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150A, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150A / Section 3A
Domestic service employee defined; violations; discharge; presumption; damages; costs
Status: in_force

Section 3A. Anything contained in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding as regards sections one, two, three, four (1), four (4), ten, eleven and twelve, the term ''employee'' shall include any individual, over the age of seventeen, employed in the domestic service of any family or person at his home for not less than sixteen hours per week. In the event of a violation of section four (1) or four (4) by an employer of any such individual, the department of labor relations shall have all necessary and appropriate powers to conduct an investigation of such violation. The discharge of any such individual, within three months after the making of a report or complaint of any violation of section four (1) or four (4), known to the employer, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such discharge is a reprisal against such individual. In such case, the employer of such individual shall be liable for damages which shall not be less than one month's wages nor more than two months' wages of such individual, and the costs of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.

Section 3A. Anything contained in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding as regards sections one, two, three, four (1), four (4), ten, eleven and twelve, the term ''employee'' shall include any individual, over the age of seventeen, employed in the domestic service of any family or person at his home for not less than sixteen hours per week. In the event of a violation of section four (1) or four (4) by an employer of any such individual, the department of labor relations shall have all necessary and appropriate powers to conduct an investigation of such violation. The discharge of any such individual, within three months after the making of a report or complaint of any violation of section four (1) or four (4), known to the employer, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such discharge is a reprisal against such individual. In such case, the employer of such individual shall be liable for damages which shall not be less than one month's wages nor more than two months' wages of such individual, and the costs of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44A / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue. ''Debt service'', payments of principal and interest upon qualified bonds issued pursuant to this chapter. ''Director'', the director of the bureau of accounts. ''Distributable aid'', distributions to the several cities, towns, and regional school districts under the provisions of section eighteen A and eighteen C of chapter fifty-eight. ''Municipal finance oversight board'' or ''Board'' shall mean a board composed of the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the director of accounts in the department of revenue, or their designees. ''Qualified bonds'', those bonds of a city, town or regional school district authorized and issued in accordance with the Qualified Bond Act. ''Qualified Bond Act'', chapter forty-four A of the General Laws.

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue.

''Debt service'', payments of principal and interest upon qualified bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.

''Director'', the director of the bureau of accounts.

''Distributable aid'', distributions to the several cities, towns, and regional school districts under the provisions of section eighteen A and eighteen C of chapter fifty-eight.

''Municipal finance oversight board'' or ''Board'' shall mean a board composed of the attorney general, the state treasurer, the state auditor, and the director of accounts in the department of revenue, or their designees.

''Qualified bonds'', those bonds of a city, town or regional school district authorized and issued in accordance with the Qualified Bond Act.

''Qualified Bond Act'', chapter forty-four A of the General Laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 155
Clerks of courts
Status: in_force

Section 155. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, the clerk of the courts in counties other than Suffolk, and in Suffolk the clerk of the supreme judicial court for that county and the clerks of the superior court for civil and for criminal business therein, shall be chosen by the voters of their respective counties.

Section 155. At the biennial state election in nineteen hundred and twenty-two, and in every sixth year thereafter, the clerk of the courts in counties other than Suffolk, and in Suffolk the clerk of the supreme judicial court for that county and the clerks of the superior court for civil and for criminal business therein, shall be chosen by the voters of their respective counties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 25
Authority of attorney general to promulgate rules and regulations, letter rulings and advisory opinions
Status: in_force

Section 25. (a) The attorney general shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out enforcement of the open meeting law. (b) The attorney general shall have the authority to interpret the open meeting law and to issue written letter rulings or advisory opinions according to rules established under this section.

Section 25. (a) The attorney general shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out enforcement of the open meeting law.

(b) The attorney general shall have the authority to interpret the open meeting law and to issue written letter rulings or advisory opinions according to rules established under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63B / Section 5
Credit against taxes
Status: in_force

Section 5. All payments of the estimated tax, or any installment thereof, for any taxable year shall be allowed as a credit to the corporation against the tax imposed upon such corporation for such taxable year under the provisions of chapter sixty-three or any act in lieu thereof, and under any act in addition thereto.

Section 5. All payments of the estimated tax, or any installment thereof, for any taxable year shall be allowed as a credit to the corporation against the tax imposed upon such corporation for such taxable year under the provisions of chapter sixty-three or any act in lieu thereof, and under any act in addition thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12YY — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12YY
International Education Week
Status: in_force

Section 12YY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of November, or such other week if in conjunction with a federally recognized international education week, to be International Education Week for the purpose of encouraging schools to participate in programs of international education, and recommend that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12YY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of November, or such other week if in conjunction with a federally recognized international education week, to be International Education Week for the purpose of encouraging schools to participate in programs of international education, and recommend that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 27
Disposition of proceeds of foreclosure sale; itemized accounting provided to mortgagor
Status: in_force

Section 27. The holder of a mortgage of real estate, or his representatives, out of the money arising from a sale under the power of sale shall be entitled to retain all sums then secured by the mortgage, whether then or thereafter payable, including all costs, charges or expenses incurred or sustained by him or them by reason of any default in the performance or observance of the condition of the mortgage or of any prior mortgage, rendering the surplus, if any, to the mortgagor, or his heirs, successors or assigns, unless otherwise stated in the mortgage. No person other than the holder of the mortgage shall be bound to see to the application of the money arising from such sale. The holder of a mortgage of real estate, or the holder's representatives, shall provide to the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs, successors or assigns a written notice containing an itemized accounting of the disposition of the proceeds arising from a sale under the power of sale including, but not limited to, the sale price, legal fees, auctioneer fees, publication costs and other fees, and any surplus due to the mortgagor, within 60 days after the receipt of such funds provided, that if such sale is subject to further legal proceedings, such accounting shall be stayed until the conclusion of such proceedings.

Section 27. The holder of a mortgage of real estate, or his representatives, out of the money arising from a sale under the power of sale shall be entitled to retain all sums then secured by the mortgage, whether then or thereafter payable, including all costs, charges or expenses incurred or sustained by him or them by reason of any default in the performance or observance of the condition of the mortgage or of any prior mortgage, rendering the surplus, if any, to the mortgagor, or his heirs, successors or assigns, unless otherwise stated in the mortgage. No person other than the holder of the mortgage shall be bound to see to the application of the money arising from such sale.

The holder of a mortgage of real estate, or the holder's representatives, shall provide to the mortgagor or the mortgagor's heirs, successors or assigns a written notice containing an itemized accounting of the disposition of the proceeds arising from a sale under the power of sale including, but not limited to, the sale price, legal fees, auctioneer fees, publication costs and other fees, and any surplus due to the mortgagor, within 60 days after the receipt of such funds provided, that if such sale is subject to further legal proceedings, such accounting shall be stayed until the conclusion of such proceedings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 104 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 104
Definitions applicable to Secs. 104 and 105
Status: in_force

Section 104. For purposes of this section and section one hundred and five, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires or specifically prescribes a different meaning: ''Check'', an instrument, draft or order issued or made for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository institution. ''Credit Card'', any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the card holder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit. Credit card shall not include a check guarantee card.

Section 104. For purposes of this section and section one hundred and five, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires or specifically prescribes a different meaning:

''Check'', an instrument, draft or order issued or made for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository institution.

''Credit Card'', any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the card holder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit. Credit card shall not include a check guarantee card.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 4Q — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 4Q
Website forms; grant program applications
Status: in_force

Section 4Q. A state agency or state authority which administers a grant program shall publish on the commonwealth's official internet website, in a format that is retrievable and printable all forms necessary for an application, including a grant program reference.

Section 4Q. A state agency or state authority which administers a grant program shall publish on the commonwealth's official internet website, in a format that is retrievable and printable all forms necessary for an application, including a grant program reference.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 270, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 270 / Section 4
Wood alcohol contained in food or drink; sale or possession
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whoever, himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another, sells or exchanges, or has in his possession with intent to sell or exchange, or knowingly delivers or has in his possession with intent to deliver, any article of food or drink, or any drug intended for internal use, containing any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol, either crude or refined, under or by whatever name or trade mark the same may be called or known, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or in the state prison for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. Whoever, himself, or by his servant or agent, or as the servant or agent of another, sells or exchanges, or has in his possession with intent to sell or exchange, or knowingly delivers or has in his possession with intent to deliver, any article of food or drink, or any drug intended for internal use, containing any wood alcohol, otherwise known as methyl alcohol, either crude or refined, under or by whatever name or trade mark the same may be called or known, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or in the state prison for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 189 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 189
Maintenance of grove without license
Status: in_force

Section 189. Whoever, without such license, establishes, lets, keeps open or maintains, himself or by another, a grove to be used for picnics or other amusements for hire, gain or reward shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 189. Whoever, without such license, establishes, lets, keeps open or maintains, himself or by another, a grove to be used for picnics or other amusements for hire, gain or reward shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 19A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 19A
Unauthorized reproduction of records; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 19A. Reproductions of certificates or records referred to in section nineteen by any person other than the town clerk, assistant clerk, commissioner of public health shall be prohibited, except that a register of deeds, register of probate or other county, state, municipal or federal official keeper of public records may, in the course of his official duties, reproduce such certificates or records as are required in his office. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 19A. Reproductions of certificates or records referred to in section nineteen by any person other than the town clerk, assistant clerk, commissioner of public health shall be prohibited, except that a register of deeds, register of probate or other county, state, municipal or federal official keeper of public records may, in the course of his official duties, reproduce such certificates or records as are required in his office. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.