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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 4E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 4E
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 4E. As used in sections 4F to 4I, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''CDC workforce council'', ''workforce council'' or ''the council'', the home care program consumer directed care workforce council established pursuant to section 4F. ''Consumer'', a person to whom a CDC worker provides consumer directed care services and who is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and managing a CDC worker. ''Consumer directed care'' or ''CDC'', the service delivery option within the state home care program, established by the department pursuant to section 4, that provides eligible consumers with consumer directed care services and the option to select, hire, manage and dismiss consumer directed care workers providing such services. ''Consumer directed care worker'' or ''CDC worker'', a person who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide consumer directed care to the consumer under the department's home care program CDC service delivery option. ''Surrogate'', a consumer's legal guardian or a person identified in a written agreement signed by the consumer or consumer's legal guardian granting the surrogate the authority to act on behalf of the consumer to select, hire, manage and dismiss CDC workers; provided, however, that a surrogate shall not serve as the CDC worker for the same consumer they serve as a surrogate.

Section 4E. As used in sections 4F to 4I, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''CDC workforce council'', ''workforce council'' or ''the council'', the home care program consumer directed care workforce council established pursuant to section 4F.

''Consumer'', a person to whom a CDC worker provides consumer directed care services and who is responsible for recruiting, hiring, training and managing a CDC worker.

''Consumer directed care'' or ''CDC'', the service delivery option within the state home care program, established by the department pursuant to section 4, that provides eligible consumers with consumer directed care services and the option to select, hire, manage and dismiss consumer directed care workers providing such services.

''Consumer directed care worker'' or ''CDC worker'', a person who has been selected by a consumer or the consumer's surrogate to provide consumer directed care to the consumer under the department's home care program CDC service delivery option.

''Surrogate'', a consumer's legal guardian or a person identified in a written agreement signed by the consumer or consumer's legal guardian granting the surrogate the authority to act on behalf of the consumer to select, hire, manage and dismiss CDC workers; provided, however, that a surrogate shall not serve as the CDC worker for the same consumer they serve as a surrogate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 58
Prosecutions; trial and judgments; motions for other dispositions
Status: in_force

Section 58. A prosecution for the violation of any provision of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, shall not, unless the purposes of justice require such disposition, be placed on file or disposed of except by trial and judgment according to the regular course of criminal proceedings. It shall be disposed of otherwise only upon written motion stating specifically the reasons therefor and verified by affidavit if facts are relied on. If the court or magistrate certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the cause relied on exists and that the interests of public justice require the allowance of the motion, the motion shall be allowed and the certificate of the court or magistrate shall be filed in the case. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the suspension of the execution of the sentence of a person convicted of a violation of any provision of section twenty-six or twenty-eight of chapter fifty-six.

Section 58. A prosecution for the violation of any provision of chapters fifty to fifty-six, inclusive, shall not, unless the purposes of justice require such disposition, be placed on file or disposed of except by trial and judgment according to the regular course of criminal proceedings. It shall be disposed of otherwise only upon written motion stating specifically the reasons therefor and verified by affidavit if facts are relied on. If the court or magistrate certifies in writing that he is satisfied that the cause relied on exists and that the interests of public justice require the allowance of the motion, the motion shall be allowed and the certificate of the court or magistrate shall be filed in the case. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit the suspension of the execution of the sentence of a person convicted of a violation of any provision of section twenty-six or twenty-eight of chapter fifty-six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 39
Division of general field; court order
Status: in_force

Section 39. The committee shall, as soon as may be after their appointment, make return of their doings under their hands to the court; and after its acceptance by the court, the fields so divided shall be deemed separate general fields and the proprietors of the field set off, and the remaining proprietors of the original field, respectively, shall be distinct and separate proprietary bodies, having like powers and privileges and subject to like duties and liabilities as the proprietors of the original general field before the division; but no order for such division shall be made, and no such committee appointed, until the other proprietors have had notice of the petition for such division. Such notice shall be given by serving upon the clerk of the proprietors a copy of the petition at least thirty days before such order or appointment is made.

Section 39. The committee shall, as soon as may be after their appointment, make return of their doings under their hands to the court; and after its acceptance by the court, the fields so divided shall be deemed separate general fields and the proprietors of the field set off, and the remaining proprietors of the original field, respectively, shall be distinct and separate proprietary bodies, having like powers and privileges and subject to like duties and liabilities as the proprietors of the original general field before the division; but no order for such division shall be made, and no such committee appointed, until the other proprietors have had notice of the petition for such division. Such notice shall be given by serving upon the clerk of the proprietors a copy of the petition at least thirty days before such order or appointment is made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 30
Attaching exempt wages; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 30. Whoever wilfully causes, or aids and abets in causing, wages for personal services exempt from attachment to be attached by trustee process in order to unlawfully hinder or delay their payment to the person to whom they belong shall, on complaint of the person injured thereby or of the guardian or other person having the lawful custody of any such person incompetent to act, be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, to the use of the person injured thereby.

Section 30. Whoever wilfully causes, or aids and abets in causing, wages for personal services exempt from attachment to be attached by trustee process in order to unlawfully hinder or delay their payment to the person to whom they belong shall, on complaint of the person injured thereby or of the guardian or other person having the lawful custody of any such person incompetent to act, be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, to the use of the person injured thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 84 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 84
License requirement
Status: in_force

Section 84. No person shall engage in the business of a master pipefitter, work as a journeyman or apprentice pipefitter, work as a refrigeration technician or work on a fire protection sprinkler system as a fire protection sprinkler system contractor or as a sprinkler fitter or apprentice sprinkler fitter, unless that person is lawfully licensed under section 85 or section 85A.

Section 84. No person shall engage in the business of a master pipefitter, work as a journeyman or apprentice pipefitter, work as a refrigeration technician or work on a fire protection sprinkler system as a fire protection sprinkler system contractor or as a sprinkler fitter or apprentice sprinkler fitter, unless that person is lawfully licensed under section 85 or section 85A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94G, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94G / Section 22
Social equity program
Status: repealed

Section 22. The commission shall administer a social equity program to encourage and enable full participation in the marijuana industry of people from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition and enforcement and to positively impact those communities. The program shall offer: (i) technical assistance and training; and (ii) guidance on how to access funds available through the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund, established in section 14A, to individuals certified by the commission as economic empowerment priority applicants and that meet other criteria determined by the commission. [Chapter 94H effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2016, 52, Sec. 55 as amended by 2016, 351, Sec. 6. See 2016, 52, Sec. 77 as amended by 2021, 102, Sec. 45.]

Section 22. The commission shall administer a social equity program to encourage and enable full participation in the marijuana industry of people from communities that have been disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition and enforcement and to positively impact those communities. The program shall offer: (i) technical assistance and training; and (ii) guidance on how to access funds available through the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund, established in section 14A, to individuals certified by the commission as economic empowerment priority applicants and that meet other criteria determined by the commission.

[Chapter 94H effective until December 31, 2026. Repealed by 2016, 52, Sec. 55 as amended by 2016, 351, Sec. 6. See 2016, 52, Sec. 77 as amended by 2021, 102, Sec. 45.]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 19
Rebates, concessions or discrimination; rates at less than required; evasion of regulation
Status: in_force

Section 19. No person, whether carrier, shipper, consignee, or broker, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, shall (1) knowingly offer, grant or give, or solicit, accept or receive, any rebate, concession or discrimination in violation of any provision of this chapter, or (2) by means of any false statement or representation, or by the use of any false or fictitious bill, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, deposition, lease or bill of sale, or by any other means or device, knowingly or wilfully assist, suffer or permit any person to obtain transportation of property subject to this chapter for less than the applicable rate or charge, or (3) by any such means, or otherwise, fraudulently seek to evade or defeat regulation as in this chapter provided.

Section 19. No person, whether carrier, shipper, consignee, or broker, or any officer, employee, agent, or representative thereof, shall (1) knowingly offer, grant or give, or solicit, accept or receive, any rebate, concession or discrimination in violation of any provision of this chapter, or (2) by means of any false statement or representation, or by the use of any false or fictitious bill, bill of lading, receipt, voucher, roll, account, claim, certificate, affidavit, deposition, lease or bill of sale, or by any other means or device, knowingly or wilfully assist, suffer or permit any person to obtain transportation of property subject to this chapter for less than the applicable rate or charge, or (3) by any such means, or otherwise, fraudulently seek to evade or defeat regulation as in this chapter provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32B, sec. 9B — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32B / Section 9B
Death of employee or retired employee; continuation of insurance coverage by spouse
Status: in_force

Section 9B. Upon the death of an employee or a retired employee, his surviving spouse may continue the group general or blanket insurance coverage for himself or his dependents providing hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health benefits, until the remarriage or death of said surviving spouse; provided, that application for such insurance coverage shall be filed with the appropriate public authority and a method for the payment of premiums shall be determined in accordance with its rules and regulations; and provided, further, that said surviving spouse shall pay the entire cost of such premiums without any contribution by the governmental unit. Said appropriate public authority shall determine the amount of said premium which may be the entire average group premium for hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health benefits applicable to an employee, an employee and his dependents, or a premium computed on a basis considered by said authority to be equitable in relation to all insured employees and all former employees who have retired and who have continued such coverage.

Section 9B. Upon the death of an employee or a retired employee, his surviving spouse may continue the group general or blanket insurance coverage for himself or his dependents providing hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health benefits, until the remarriage or death of said surviving spouse; provided, that application for such insurance coverage shall be filed with the appropriate public authority and a method for the payment of premiums shall be determined in accordance with its rules and regulations; and provided, further, that said surviving spouse shall pay the entire cost of such premiums without any contribution by the governmental unit.

Said appropriate public authority shall determine the amount of said premium which may be the entire average group premium for hospital, surgical, medical, dental and other health benefits applicable to an employee, an employee and his dependents, or a premium computed on a basis considered by said authority to be equitable in relation to all insured employees and all former employees who have retired and who have continued such coverage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4O — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4O
Medical service agreement coverage for bone marrow transplants
Status: in_force

Section 4O. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for a bone marrow transplant or transplants for persons who have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has progressed to metastatic disease; provided, however, that said person shall meet the criteria established by the department of public health. The department of public health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing criteria for eligibility for coverage hereunder which shall be consistent with medical research protocols reviewed and approved by the National Cancer Institute.

Section 4O. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for a bone marrow transplant or transplants for persons who have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has progressed to metastatic disease; provided, however, that said person shall meet the criteria established by the department of public health. The department of public health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing criteria for eligibility for coverage hereunder which shall be consistent with medical research protocols reviewed and approved by the National Cancer Institute.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 40
Discontinuance of a common field
Status: in_force

Section 40. A majority in interest of the proprietors of a common field, whether established by consent or by order of court, may discontinue it at a legal meeting warned for the purpose; but the discontinuance shall not take effect until the expiration of six months after such vote.

Section 40. A majority in interest of the proprietors of a common field, whether established by consent or by order of court, may discontinue it at a legal meeting warned for the purpose; but the discontinuance shall not take effect until the expiration of six months after such vote.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 105, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 105 / Section 61
Fraudulent negotiation or transfer of receipt
Status: in_force

Section 61. Whoever, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a receipt, knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms thereof appear to have been received for storage by the warehouseman issuing the receipt, are not in the possession or control of such warehouseman, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and a half years, or both.

Section 61. Whoever, with intent to deceive, negotiates or transfers for value a receipt, knowing that any or all of the goods which by the terms thereof appear to have been received for storage by the warehouseman issuing the receipt, are not in the possession or control of such warehouseman, without disclosing this fact, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and a half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 85 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 85
Enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 85. If railroad corporations, railway companies, counties, cities, towns, or any of them, jointly or severally, are charged with the duty of maintaining or repairing any such bridge under any provision of law, agreement, or decree of court, and if the parties so charged with such duty refuse or neglect to carry into effect such decision within a reasonable time, any other such party may apply to the superior court, which may in equity enforce such decision.

Section 85. If railroad corporations, railway companies, counties, cities, towns, or any of them, jointly or severally, are charged with the duty of maintaining or repairing any such bridge under any provision of law, agreement, or decree of court, and if the parties so charged with such duty refuse or neglect to carry into effect such decision within a reasonable time, any other such party may apply to the superior court, which may in equity enforce such decision.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255D, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255D / Section 11A
Merchandise certificates or coupons; right to return
Status: in_force

Section 11A. The buyer shall have the right to return to the seller at any time all merchandise certificates or coupons which have not been exchanged for goods or services, and the seller shall thereupon credit the buyer with the full face amount thereof and all finance charges and any insurance charges thereon.

Section 11A. The buyer shall have the right to return to the seller at any time all merchandise certificates or coupons which have not been exchanged for goods or services, and the seller shall thereupon credit the buyer with the full face amount thereof and all finance charges and any insurance charges thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 401 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 401
Methods of creating trust
Status: in_force

Section 401. Methods of creating trust A trust may be created by: (1) transfer of property to another person as trustee during the settlor's lifetime or by will or other disposition taking effect upon the settlor's death; (2) declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds identifiable property as trustee; or (3) exercise of a power of appointment in favor of a trustee.

Section 401. Methods of creating trust

A trust may be created by:

(1) transfer of property to another person as trustee during the settlor's lifetime or by will or other disposition taking effect upon the settlor's death;

(2) declaration by the owner of property that the owner holds identifiable property as trustee; or

(3) exercise of a power of appointment in favor of a trustee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 10
Liability of executor or administrator for unsatisfied judgment
Status: in_force

Section 10. Upon the return unsatisfied of an execution upon a judgment rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator for a debt due from the estate of the deceased, the creditor may, by motion or by action in the court which rendered the original judgment, charge the executor or administrator with waste and seek to hold the executor or administrator personally liable for the amount thereof if it can be ascertained, otherwise for the amount due on the original judgment, with interest from the time when it was rendered, and judgment and execution shall be awarded as for his own debt.

Section 10. Upon the return unsatisfied of an execution upon a judgment rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator for a debt due from the estate of the deceased, the creditor may, by motion or by action in the court which rendered the original judgment, charge the executor or administrator with waste and seek to hold the executor or administrator personally liable for the amount thereof if it can be ascertained, otherwise for the amount due on the original judgment, with interest from the time when it was rendered, and judgment and execution shall be awarded as for his own debt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 8
Method of election of officers
Status: in_force

Section 8. Moderators for meetings held for the choice of officers shall be elected by ballot. Clerks, assessors, treasurers and collectors shall be elected by ballot, and shall be sworn. Other officers may be elected in such manner as the society determines.

Section 8. Moderators for meetings held for the choice of officers shall be elected by ballot. Clerks, assessors, treasurers and collectors shall be elected by ballot, and shall be sworn. Other officers may be elected in such manner as the society determines.