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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 14
Delivery of offenders to civil authorities
Status: in_force

Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities. (a) A person subject to this code accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial or confinement. (b) When delivery under this article is made to a civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial and the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for the offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for the completion of the person's sentence.

Article 14. Delivery of offenders to civil authorities.

(a) A person subject to this code accused of an offense against civil authority may be delivered, upon request, to the civil authority for trial or confinement.

(b) When delivery under this article is made to a civil authority of a person undergoing sentence of a court-martial, the delivery, if followed by conviction in a civil tribunal, interrupts the execution of the sentence of the court-martial and the offender, after having answered to the civil authorities for the offense shall, upon the request of competent military authority, be returned to the place of original custody for the completion of the person's sentence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 118
Easy ascertainment of electric meter reading
Status: in_force

Section 118. Meters for measuring electricity for lighting purposes supplied to consumers shall register the quantity of electricity passing through them in kilowatt hours, so that the number of kilowatt hours consumed may easily be ascertained by the consumer.

Section 118. Meters for measuring electricity for lighting purposes supplied to consumers shall register the quantity of electricity passing through them in kilowatt hours, so that the number of kilowatt hours consumed may easily be ascertained by the consumer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19D, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19D / Section 17
Assisted living advisory council
Status: in_force

Section 17. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established an assisted living advisory council within the executive office of aging and independence. Said advisory council shall advise the secretary of aging and independence relating to the regulations authorized under this chapter. Said advisory council shall be comprised of the secretary of aging and independence or a designee who shall serve as chairperson, the secretary of housing and livable communities or a designee; the secretary of health and human services or a designee, and six members to be appointed by the governor upon nomination by the secretary of aging and independence, three of whom shall represent resident consumer interests and two of whom shall represent sponsors and managers of assisted living residences. The advisory council shall by majority vote establish its own rules and procedures. Members of the council shall be appointed for terms of one year each. The council shall meet not less than on a quarterly basis, and it shall prepare a report of its activities, not less than annually, that shall be made available to the public and the general court.

Section 17. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established an assisted living advisory council within the executive office of aging and independence. Said advisory council shall advise the secretary of aging and independence relating to the regulations authorized under this chapter. Said advisory council shall be comprised of the secretary of aging and independence or a designee who shall serve as chairperson, the secretary of housing and livable communities or a designee; the secretary of health and human services or a designee, and six members to be appointed by the governor upon nomination by the secretary of aging and independence, three of whom shall represent resident consumer interests and two of whom shall represent sponsors and managers of assisted living residences. The advisory council shall by majority vote establish its own rules and procedures. Members of the council shall be appointed for terms of one year each. The council shall meet not less than on a quarterly basis, and it shall prepare a report of its activities, not less than annually, that shall be made available to the public and the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 46
Organization of engineers
Status: in_force

Section 46. They shall, immediately after such appointment, notify each of said engineers to meet at a time and place designated. At such meeting the engineers shall choose a chief engineer, a clerk and other necessary officers.

Section 46. They shall, immediately after such appointment, notify each of said engineers to meet at a time and place designated. At such meeting the engineers shall choose a chief engineer, a clerk and other necessary officers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 20D — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 20D
Crimes subject to immunity
Status: in_force

Section 20D. A witness who is called or who may be called to testify before a grand jury or in a criminal proceeding in the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court may, in the manner provided in section twenty E, be granted immunity in any proceeding or investigation involving the following crimes: abortion, arson, assault and battery to collect a loan, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault to murder, breaking and entering a dwelling house or a building, bribery, burning of a building or dwelling house or other property, burglary, counterfeiting, deceptive advertising, electronic eavesdropping, embezzlement, extortion, firearm violations, forgery, fraudulent personal injury and property damage claims, violation of the gaming laws, gun registration violations, intimidation of a witness or of a juror, insurance law violations, kidnapping, larceny, lending of money or thing of value in violation of the general laws, liquor law violations, mayhem, murder, violation of the narcotic or harmful drug laws, perjury, prostitution, violations of environmental control laws (pollution), violations of conflicts of interest laws, consumer protection laws, pure food and drug law violations, receiving stolen property, robbery, subornation of perjury, uttering, or any felony, being an accessory to any of the foregoing offenses and conspiracy or attempt or solicitation to commit any of the foregoing offenses.

Section 20D. A witness who is called or who may be called to testify before a grand jury or in a criminal proceeding in the supreme judicial court, appeals court or superior court may, in the manner provided in section twenty E, be granted immunity in any proceeding or investigation involving the following crimes: abortion, arson, assault and battery to collect a loan, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, assault to murder, breaking and entering a dwelling house or a building, bribery, burning of a building or dwelling house or other property, burglary, counterfeiting, deceptive advertising, electronic eavesdropping, embezzlement, extortion, firearm violations, forgery, fraudulent personal injury and property damage claims, violation of the gaming laws, gun registration violations, intimidation of a witness or of a juror, insurance law violations, kidnapping, larceny, lending of money or thing of value in violation of the general laws, liquor law violations, mayhem, murder, violation of the narcotic or harmful drug laws, perjury, prostitution, violations of environmental control laws (pollution), violations of conflicts of interest laws, consumer protection laws, pure food and drug law violations, receiving stolen property, robbery, subornation of perjury, uttering, or any felony, being an accessory to any of the foregoing offenses and conspiracy or attempt or solicitation to commit any of the foregoing offenses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 43
Interrogatories
Status: in_force

Section 43. In any proceeding in a probate court, the petitioner or respondent may at any time after the filing of the petition file interrogatories in the registry of probate for the discovery of facts and documents material to the support or defence of the proceeding. All provisions of chapter two hundred and thirty-one relative to interrogatories in civil actions shall, so far as applicable, apply to such interrogatories. If a party neglects or refuses to expunge, amend or answer according to said chapter, the petition shall be dismissed or its prayer granted, or such other order or decree entered as may be required.

Section 43. In any proceeding in a probate court, the petitioner or respondent may at any time after the filing of the petition file interrogatories in the registry of probate for the discovery of facts and documents material to the support or defence of the proceeding. All provisions of chapter two hundred and thirty-one relative to interrogatories in civil actions shall, so far as applicable, apply to such interrogatories. If a party neglects or refuses to expunge, amend or answer according to said chapter, the petition shall be dismissed or its prayer granted, or such other order or decree entered as may be required.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 9A
Recital giving unsealed instrument effect of sealed instrument; ''person'' defined
Status: in_force

Section 9A. In any written instrument, a recital that such instrument is sealed by or bears the seal of the person signing the same or is given under the hand and seal of the person signing the same, or that such instrument is intended to take effect as a sealed instrument, shall be sufficient to give such instrument the legal effect of a sealed instrument without the addition of any seal of wax, paper or other substance or any semblance of a seal by scroll, impression or otherwise; but the foregoing shall not apply in any case where the seal of a court, public office or public officer is expressly required by the constitution or by statute to be affixed to a paper, nor shall it apply in the case of certificates of stock of corporations. The word ''person'' as used in this section shall include a corporation, association, trust or partnership.

Section 9A. In any written instrument, a recital that such instrument is sealed by or bears the seal of the person signing the same or is given under the hand and seal of the person signing the same, or that such instrument is intended to take effect as a sealed instrument, shall be sufficient to give such instrument the legal effect of a sealed instrument without the addition of any seal of wax, paper or other substance or any semblance of a seal by scroll, impression or otherwise; but the foregoing shall not apply in any case where the seal of a court, public office or public officer is expressly required by the constitution or by statute to be affixed to a paper, nor shall it apply in the case of certificates of stock of corporations. The word ''person'' as used in this section shall include a corporation, association, trust or partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29C, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29C / Section 17
Annual reports
Status: in_force

Section 17. The board, in cooperation with the state treasurer, shall, at all times keep full and accurate accounts of all receipts, expenditures and disbursements from the fund and all assets and liabilities of the trust which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the commonwealth. The trust shall submit an annual report, in writing, to the governor, the department and the clerk of the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate committee on ways and means and the chairman of the house committee on ways and means. Said report shall include financial statements relating to the operations, properties, and expenditures of the trust maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles so far as applicable and audited by an independent certified public accountant firm.

Section 17. The board, in cooperation with the state treasurer, shall, at all times keep full and accurate accounts of all receipts, expenditures and disbursements from the fund and all assets and liabilities of the trust which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the commonwealth. The trust shall submit an annual report, in writing, to the governor, the department and the clerk of the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate committee on ways and means and the chairman of the house committee on ways and means. Said report shall include financial statements relating to the operations, properties, and expenditures of the trust maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles so far as applicable and audited by an independent certified public accountant firm.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 39A — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 39A
Conformity of units to regulations
Status: in_force

Section 39A. The units created or constructed under this chapter shall conform to the regulations promulgated pursuant to section thirteen A of chapter twenty-two.

Section 39A. The units created or constructed under this chapter shall conform to the regulations promulgated pursuant to section thirteen A of chapter twenty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 5
Transfer authorized by will or trust
Status: in_force

Section 5. (a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to section nine to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust. (b) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under section three to receive the custodial property, the transfer shall be made to such custodian. (c) If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under said section three, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under subsection (a) of section nine.

Section 5. (a) A personal representative or trustee may make an irrevocable transfer pursuant to section nine to a custodian for the benefit of a minor as authorized in the governing will or trust.

(b) If the testator or settlor has nominated a custodian under section three to receive the custodial property, the transfer shall be made to such custodian.

(c) If the testator or settlor has not nominated a custodian under said section three, or all persons so nominated as custodian die before the transfer or are unable, decline, or are ineligible to serve, the personal representative or the trustee, as the case may be, shall designate the custodian from among those eligible to serve as custodian for property of that kind under subsection (a) of section nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 18
Map; engineer's report
Status: in_force

Section 18. The directors shall prepare a map of the route on an appropriate scale, with a profile thereof on a vertical scale of ten to one as compared with the horizontal scale, and shall procure the report of a competent engineer, based on actual examination and survey, showing the kind and amount of excavation, filling, bridging and masonry required, the grades, the number of public ways and of other railroads, and of navigable streams and tide waters, to be crossed, and the manner of crossing the same, the general profile of the surface of the country through which the railroad is to pass, the feasibility of the route, the manner of constructing the railroad, and a detailed estimate of the cost of construction.

Section 18. The directors shall prepare a map of the route on an appropriate scale, with a profile thereof on a vertical scale of ten to one as compared with the horizontal scale, and shall procure the report of a competent engineer, based on actual examination and survey, showing the kind and amount of excavation, filling, bridging and masonry required, the grades, the number of public ways and of other railroads, and of navigable streams and tide waters, to be crossed, and the manner of crossing the same, the general profile of the surface of the country through which the railroad is to pass, the feasibility of the route, the manner of constructing the railroad, and a detailed estimate of the cost of construction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 158 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 158
Parole board agents; duties
Status: in_force

Section 158. The agents employed by the parole board shall, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, supervise, counsel and advise prisoners released on parole from the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, or from any institution to which they were removed therefrom, and shall assist them in securing employment. They shall also render assistance and counsel to discharged prisoners who are in need of such help, and perform such other duties relative to discharged or released prisoners as the parole board requires. They shall obtain information for the use of the parole board relative to prisoners sentenced to correctional institutions of the commonwealth, especially as to the details of their offences and their previous character and history. They may for that purpose require of the police authorities any facts in their possession relative to such prisoners if the communication thereof will not, in the opinion of said authorities, be detrimental to the public interest.

Section 158. The agents employed by the parole board shall, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the board, supervise, counsel and advise prisoners released on parole from the correctional institutions of the commonwealth, or from any institution to which they were removed therefrom, and shall assist them in securing employment. They shall also render assistance and counsel to discharged prisoners who are in need of such help, and perform such other duties relative to discharged or released prisoners as the parole board requires.

They shall obtain information for the use of the parole board relative to prisoners sentenced to correctional institutions of the commonwealth, especially as to the details of their offences and their previous character and history. They may for that purpose require of the police authorities any facts in their possession relative to such prisoners if the communication thereof will not, in the opinion of said authorities, be detrimental to the public interest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 11A
Department of labor standards; creation; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 11A. In addition to such staff and facilities as may be necessary in the efficient performance of its duties, there shall be employed in the department of labor standards persons having special knowledge of the causes and prevention of occupational diseases. It shall be the duty of the department to investigate conditions of occupation with reference to hazards to health and to determine the degree of such hazards, to investigate and evaluate methods for the control of such hazards, to assist in the preparation of rules and regulations for the preventing of occupational accidents and diseases, and, in co-operation with the department of public health or otherwise, to promote occupational health and safety education.

Section 11A. In addition to such staff and facilities as may be necessary in the efficient performance of its duties, there shall be employed in the department of labor standards persons having special knowledge of the causes and prevention of occupational diseases. It shall be the duty of the department to investigate conditions of occupation with reference to hazards to health and to determine the degree of such hazards, to investigate and evaluate methods for the control of such hazards, to assist in the preparation of rules and regulations for the preventing of occupational accidents and diseases, and, in co-operation with the department of public health or otherwise, to promote occupational health and safety education.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 7
Taking by eminent domain
Status: in_force

Section 7. The commonwealth may, at any time after one year's written notice to a railroad corporation, take its railroad, franchise and other property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine; provided, however, that said notice shall not be required if the corporation does not conduct railroad operations in the commonwealth.

Section 7. The commonwealth may, at any time after one year's written notice to a railroad corporation, take its railroad, franchise and other property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine; provided, however, that said notice shall not be required if the corporation does not conduct railroad operations in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 50, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 50 / Section 3A
Written acceptance of candidates
Status: in_force

Section 3A. Wherever the written acceptance of a candidate upon a nomination paper or a signature and place of residence of the person filing the same is required by law, it shall be sufficient if such acceptance or signature and place of residence is placed upon one nomination paper only of the group of nomination papers required to secure the nomination.

Section 3A. Wherever the written acceptance of a candidate upon a nomination paper or a signature and place of residence of the person filing the same is required by law, it shall be sufficient if such acceptance or signature and place of residence is placed upon one nomination paper only of the group of nomination papers required to secure the nomination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 26A
Extended school services for children; establishment; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 26A. If the school committee of a city, town or regional school district determines that sufficient need exists therein for extended school services for children, the school committee, subject to section 26B, may establish and maintain such services.

Section 26A. If the school committee of a city, town or regional school district determines that sufficient need exists therein for extended school services for children, the school committee, subject to section 26B, may establish and maintain such services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 112 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 112
Meter provers
Status: in_force

Section 112. Every gas company with a capital paid in of one hundred thousand dollars or more, and every other gas company, if required by the department, and all makers and vendors of meters shall set up at some convenient place upon their premises one or more meter provers of a size and type approved, tested and calibrated by the department, by means of which meters may be tested.

Section 112. Every gas company with a capital paid in of one hundred thousand dollars or more, and every other gas company, if required by the department, and all makers and vendors of meters shall set up at some convenient place upon their premises one or more meter provers of a size and type approved, tested and calibrated by the department, by means of which meters may be tested.