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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32J — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32J
Controlled substances violations in, on or near school property or public parks or playgrounds
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 237.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 237.]

Section 32J. Any person who violates the provisions of section 32, 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 32E, 32F or 32I while in, on or within 300 feet of the real property comprising a public or private accredited preschool, accredited headstart facility, elementary, vocational or secondary school if the violation occurs between 5:00a.m. and midnight, whether or not in session, or within 100 feet of a public park or playground and who during the commission of the offense: (i) used violence or threats of violence or possessed a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun or a weapon described in paragraph (b) of section 10 of chapter 269, or induced another participant to do so during the commission of the offense; or (ii) engaged in a course of conduct whereby the person directed the activities of another person who committed any felony in violation of this chapter; or (iii) committed or attempted to commit a violation of section 32F or section 32K shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 21/2 nor more than 15 years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not less than 2 nor more than 21/2 years. No sentence imposed pursuant to this section shall be for less than a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 2 years. A fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000 may be imposed but not in lieu of the mandatory minimum 2 year term of imprisonment as established herein. In accordance with section 8A of chapter 279 such sentence shall begin from and after the expiration of the sentence for violation of section 32, 32A, 32B, 32C, 32D, 32E, 32F or 32I.

Lack of knowledge of school boundaries shall not be a defense to any person who violates this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 23
Refusal or delay to execute process resulting in escape
Status: in_force

Section 23. An officer who, being authorized to serve process, wilfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process directed to him and requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of or charged with crime, or wilfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 23. An officer who, being authorized to serve process, wilfully and corruptly refuses to execute a lawful process directed to him and requiring him to apprehend or confine a person convicted of or charged with crime, or wilfully and corruptly omits or delays to execute such process, whereby such person escapes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 39
Place of taking deposition of nonresident found within commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 39. A person not a resident of but found within the commonwealth may be summoned and compelled to give his deposition at any place within ten miles of the place at which the summons is served upon him, in like manner and under the same penalties as he may be summoned and compelled to attend as a witness before a court.

Section 39. A person not a resident of but found within the commonwealth may be summoned and compelled to give his deposition at any place within ten miles of the place at which the summons is served upon him, in like manner and under the same penalties as he may be summoned and compelled to attend as a witness before a court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 44
Service of notice
Status: in_force

Section 44. Notice to the debtor under this chapter may be served upon him personally or left at his last and usual place of abode. If the debtor does not reside within the precinct of the officer serving the execution, and is not found by him therein, such officer shall, in addition to any other service required by law, send by mail, postpaid and addressed to the debtor at his residence as described in the execution, a copy of any notice service of which upon him would be required if he were found within such precinct.

Section 44. Notice to the debtor under this chapter may be served upon him personally or left at his last and usual place of abode. If the debtor does not reside within the precinct of the officer serving the execution, and is not found by him therein, such officer shall, in addition to any other service required by law, send by mail, postpaid and addressed to the debtor at his residence as described in the execution, a copy of any notice service of which upon him would be required if he were found within such precinct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 194, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 194 / Section 10
Unclaimed balance of estate; deposit with treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 10. When an estate has been fully administered by a public administrator, or by the executor or administrator with the will annexed of a person who died leaving no known heirs, he shall deposit any balance in his hands with the state treasurer as abandoned property to be held by him subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred A.

Section 10. When an estate has been fully administered by a public administrator, or by the executor or administrator with the will annexed of a person who died leaving no known heirs, he shall deposit any balance in his hands with the state treasurer as abandoned property to be held by him subject to the provisions of chapter two hundred A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 29
Application
Status: in_force

Section 29. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable on or after January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one to all non-profit hospital service corporations heretofore or hereafter formed, except as otherwise herein provided and except that as to existing corporations those provisions of section two relating to the composition of the board of directors shall take effect as of the next annual meeting of any such corporation.

Section 29. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable on or after January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one to all non-profit hospital service corporations heretofore or hereafter formed, except as otherwise herein provided and except that as to existing corporations those provisions of section two relating to the composition of the board of directors shall take effect as of the next annual meeting of any such corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176D, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176D / Section 9
Petition of an intervenor for review by supreme judicial court
Status: in_force

Section 9. If after any hearing under sections six or ten the report of the commissioner does not charge a violation of this chapter, then any intervenor in the proceedings may within thirty days after the service of such report, cause a petition to be filed in the supreme judicial court for a review of such report. Upon such review, the court shall have authority to issue appropriate orders and decrees in connection therewith, including, if the court finds that it is to the interest of the public, orders enjoining and restraining the continuance of any method of competition, act or practice which it finds, notwithstanding such report of the commissioner, constitutes a violation of this chapter and containing penalties pursuant to section seven.

Section 9. If after any hearing under sections six or ten the report of the commissioner does not charge a violation of this chapter, then any intervenor in the proceedings may within thirty days after the service of such report, cause a petition to be filed in the supreme judicial court for a review of such report. Upon such review, the court shall have authority to issue appropriate orders and decrees in connection therewith, including, if the court finds that it is to the interest of the public, orders enjoining and restraining the continuance of any method of competition, act or practice which it finds, notwithstanding such report of the commissioner, constitutes a violation of this chapter and containing penalties pursuant to section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 65
Hunting from motor vehicle, snowmobile, aircraft or watercraft
Status: in_force

Section 65. Except as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not hunt any bird or mammal by the aid or use of any motor vehicle, including a snowmobile, helicopter or other aircraft, or any bird by the aid or use of any boat or floating device propelled by sail, steam, naphtha, gasoline, electricity, compressed air or similar motive power, unless such boat or floating device is beached, resting at anchor, or fastened within or tied immediately alongside of any type of fixed hunting blind; nor shall he, for the purpose of taking or killing a wild bird, place or cause to be placed upon the shores or foreshores of or in or upon any waters within the commonwealth, grain of any kind. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the shooting of wounded or crippled migratory game birds from a powered craft in coastal waters seaward of the first upstream bridge, or the picking up or retrieving of dead or injured migratory game birds by means of a motorboat, sailboat or other water craft. Paraplegics issued a hunting license under the provisions of section eleven may use a motor vehicle, or a recreational vehicle or snow vehicle as defined in section twenty of chapter ninety B, as an aid to hunting birds or mammals, provided that said person shall not shoot or have in his possession or under his control a loaded rifle or shotgun while said vehicle is in motion.

Section 65. Except as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not hunt any bird or mammal by the aid or use of any motor vehicle, including a snowmobile, helicopter or other aircraft, or any bird by the aid or use of any boat or floating device propelled by sail, steam, naphtha, gasoline, electricity, compressed air or similar motive power, unless such boat or floating device is beached, resting at anchor, or fastened within or tied immediately alongside of any type of fixed hunting blind; nor shall he, for the purpose of taking or killing a wild bird, place or cause to be placed upon the shores or foreshores of or in or upon any waters within the commonwealth, grain of any kind.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the shooting of wounded or crippled migratory game birds from a powered craft in coastal waters seaward of the first upstream bridge, or the picking up or retrieving of dead or injured migratory game birds by means of a motorboat, sailboat or other water craft.

Paraplegics issued a hunting license under the provisions of section eleven may use a motor vehicle, or a recreational vehicle or snow vehicle as defined in section twenty of chapter ninety B, as an aid to hunting birds or mammals, provided that said person shall not shoot or have in his possession or under his control a loaded rifle or shotgun while said vehicle is in motion.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22A / Section 7
Report of missing child to central register
Status: in_force

Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general law to the contrary, the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, and the department of mental health shall report a missing child under its custody to the central register and shall provide said central register with available identifying data relating to said missing child.

Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of any special or general law to the contrary, the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of public health, and the department of mental health shall report a missing child under its custody to the central register and shall provide said central register with available identifying data relating to said missing child.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 85I — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 85I
Emergency care, etc. of injured persons by members of ski patrols; exemption from civil liability
Status: in_force

Section 85I. No member of a ski patrol duly registered in the National Ski Patrol system, who, in good faith, renders emergency care or treatment to a person who has become injured or incapacitated at a place or in an area where an emergency rescue can be best accomplished by the members of such a ski patrol together with their special equipment, shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of his acts or omissions, either for such care or treatment or as a result of providing emergency transportation to a place of safety, nor shall he be liable to a hospital for its expenses if, under such emergency conditions, he causes the admission of such injured or incapacitated person.

Section 85I. No member of a ski patrol duly registered in the National Ski Patrol system, who, in good faith, renders emergency care or treatment to a person who has become injured or incapacitated at a place or in an area where an emergency rescue can be best accomplished by the members of such a ski patrol together with their special equipment, shall be liable in a suit for damages as a result of his acts or omissions, either for such care or treatment or as a result of providing emergency transportation to a place of safety, nor shall he be liable to a hospital for its expenses if, under such emergency conditions, he causes the admission of such injured or incapacitated person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 2B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 2B
Removal of registration upon transfer of ownership
Status: in_force

Section 2B. The owner of a motor vehicle who transfers the ownership thereof to another or who terminates the registration thereof shall thereupon remove from the vehicle any visible evidence furnished to him by the registrar under the provisions of section two relative to the validity of the plates in use on said vehicle.

Section 2B. The owner of a motor vehicle who transfers the ownership thereof to another or who terminates the registration thereof shall thereupon remove from the vehicle any visible evidence furnished to him by the registrar under the provisions of section two relative to the validity of the plates in use on said vehicle.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 36
Water rights; other incorporeal hereditaments; division
Status: in_force

Section 36. Joint tenants or tenants in common of a mill privilege, water right, or other incorporeal hereditament may be compelled to divide the same in the manner hereinbefore provided for the division of land. The commissioners appointed to make partition shall set forth in their return the best method of setting off to the several parties their respective shares, and thereupon the court may make such orders and decrees as might be made in equity. If any one of the joint owners so requests, the court shall order a sale, provided that a sale is feasible.

Section 36. Joint tenants or tenants in common of a mill privilege, water right, or other incorporeal hereditament may be compelled to divide the same in the manner hereinbefore provided for the division of land. The commissioners appointed to make partition shall set forth in their return the best method of setting off to the several parties their respective shares, and thereupon the court may make such orders and decrees as might be made in equity. If any one of the joint owners so requests, the court shall order a sale, provided that a sale is feasible.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 3
Neglect of duty; registrars or assistants, listing board members, or police officers
Status: in_force

Section 3. A registrar, assistant registrar or a member of a listing board or a police officer in a city or town having a listing board upon whom a duty is imposed by any law relating to the listing or registration of voters, who refuses or wilfully fails to perform such duty, or who wilfully performs it contrary to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 3. A registrar, assistant registrar or a member of a listing board or a police officer in a city or town having a listing board upon whom a duty is imposed by any law relating to the listing or registration of voters, who refuses or wilfully fails to perform such duty, or who wilfully performs it contrary to law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 94C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 94C
Dealings between gas or electric affiliated company; burden of proof
Status: in_force

Section 94C. Whenever, in any proceeding before the department under section fourteen, ninety-two, ninety-two A, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-four A or ninety-four B, the reasonableness of any payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement between a gas or electric company and a company related to it as an affiliated company, as defined in section eighty-five, shall come into question, the burden of establishing and proving the reasonableness of such payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement shall be upon such gas or electric company. For purposes of determining the value of an investment in an affiliated company, as defined by section eighty-five, in any proceeding before the department under the above named sections, the valuation shall be the lesser of the actual cost of the investment, as defined by the uniform system of accounts adopted by the department, or the net original cost of the property of the affiliate used and useful in providing service to the customers of the investing company. Whenever the rates and charges of the affiliated company are regulated by the Federal Power Commission the department shall not establish rates and charges for the investing company which provide a higher return on the investment than that found to be fair and reasonable by the Federal Power Commission.

Section 94C. Whenever, in any proceeding before the department under section fourteen, ninety-two, ninety-two A, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-four A or ninety-four B, the reasonableness of any payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement between a gas or electric company and a company related to it as an affiliated company, as defined in section eighty-five, shall come into question, the burden of establishing and proving the reasonableness of such payment, charge, contract, purchase, sale, obligation or other arrangement shall be upon such gas or electric company.

For purposes of determining the value of an investment in an affiliated company, as defined by section eighty-five, in any proceeding before the department under the above named sections, the valuation shall be the lesser of the actual cost of the investment, as defined by the uniform system of accounts adopted by the department, or the net original cost of the property of the affiliate used and useful in providing service to the customers of the investing company.

Whenever the rates and charges of the affiliated company are regulated by the Federal Power Commission the department shall not establish rates and charges for the investing company which provide a higher return on the investment than that found to be fair and reasonable by the Federal Power Commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64M, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64M / Section 3
Reimbursement to direct broadcast satellite service provider by subscriber
Status: in_force

Section 3. Reimbursement for the excise imposed in this chapter shall be paid by the subscriber or customer to the direct broadcast satellite service provider and each direct broadcast satellite service provider providing direct broadcast satellite service to subscribers or customers shall collect from such subscriber or customer the full amount of the excise imposed with respect to gross revenues derived from or attributable to such customer or subscriber and such excise shall be a debt from the subscriber or customer to the direct broadcast satellite service provider when added to the subscriber or customer's invoice for video programming service and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts.

Section 3. Reimbursement for the excise imposed in this chapter shall be paid by the subscriber or customer to the direct broadcast satellite service provider and each direct broadcast satellite service provider providing direct broadcast satellite service to subscribers or customers shall collect from such subscriber or customer the full amount of the excise imposed with respect to gross revenues derived from or attributable to such customer or subscriber and such excise shall be a debt from the subscriber or customer to the direct broadcast satellite service provider when added to the subscriber or customer's invoice for video programming service and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 146 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 146
Short title
Status: in_force

Article 146. Short Title. This chapter may be cited as the Massachusetts Code of Military Justice.

Article 146. Short Title.

This chapter may be cited as the Massachusetts Code of Military Justice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 39
Amount due from remainderman; determination
Status: in_force

Section 39. If the amount due from the remainderman or reversioner is not agreed on by the parties, it may be determined in a civil action brought by the remainderman or reversioner; and the proceedings shall be the same as in a suit for the redemption of a mortgage.

Section 39. If the amount due from the remainderman or reversioner is not agreed on by the parties, it may be determined in a civil action brought by the remainderman or reversioner; and the proceedings shall be the same as in a suit for the redemption of a mortgage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 19
Reports of cancellation and refusal of insurance
Status: in_force

Section 19. Every insurance company shall report immediately to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every boiler required by this chapter to be inspected, upon which they have cancelled or refused insurance, giving the reasons therefor.

Section 19. Every insurance company shall report immediately to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every boiler required by this chapter to be inspected, upon which they have cancelled or refused insurance, giving the reasons therefor.