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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221C / Section 5
Removal of interpreter
Status: in_force

Section 5. Any of the following actions shall be good cause for a judge to remove an interpreter: (a) knowingly and willfully making false interpretation while serving in an official capacity; (b) knowingly and willfully disclosing confidential or privileged information obtained while serving in an official capacity; (c) failing to follow the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession; or (d) being unable to interpret adequately, including where the interpreter self-reports such inability.

Section 5. Any of the following actions shall be good cause for a judge to remove an interpreter:

(a) knowingly and willfully making false interpretation while serving in an official capacity;

(b) knowingly and willfully disclosing confidential or privileged information obtained while serving in an official capacity;

(c) failing to follow the standards prescribed by law and the ethics of the interpreter profession; or

(d) being unable to interpret adequately, including where the interpreter self-reports such inability.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 16
Escape or attempt to escape, or failure to return from temporary release or furlough
Status: in_force

Section 16. A prisoner of any penal institution including a prisoner who is held in custody for a court appearance or a person committed under the provisions of section five or six of chapter one hundred and twenty-three A to a treatment center or branch thereof described in sections two and four of said chapter one hundred and twenty-three A, or a prisoner committed to any jail or correctional institution under a lawful order of a court, who escapes or attempts to escape from any such institution or from land appurtenant thereto, or from any courthouse or from land appurtenant thereto or from the custody of any officer thereof while being conveyed to or from said institution, center or branch, or who knowingly disables or attempts to disable or defeat electronic monitoring of the prisoner, or fails to return from any temporary release from said institution under the provisions of section ninety A of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, or fails to return from any temporary release from said institution, center or branch, may be pursued and recaptured and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years.

Section 16. A prisoner of any penal institution including a prisoner who is held in custody for a court appearance or a person committed under the provisions of section five or six of chapter one hundred and twenty-three A to a treatment center or branch thereof described in sections two and four of said chapter one hundred and twenty-three A, or a prisoner committed to any jail or correctional institution under a lawful order of a court, who escapes or attempts to escape from any such institution or from land appurtenant thereto, or from any courthouse or from land appurtenant thereto or from the custody of any officer thereof while being conveyed to or from said institution, center or branch, or who knowingly disables or attempts to disable or defeat electronic monitoring of the prisoner, or fails to return from any temporary release from said institution under the provisions of section ninety A of chapter one hundred and twenty-seven, or fails to return from any temporary release from said institution, center or branch, may be pursued and recaptured and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 31
Admission of persons to beneficial membership
Status: in_force

Section 31. Except as provided in sections 23 to 28, inclusive, a society may admit to beneficial membership any person, not less than 16 and not more than 60 years of age, who has been examined by a legally qualified physician, if the examination has been supervised and approved in accordance with the by-laws of the society. A member of such society under 40 years of age who shall apply for a certificate providing for death benefits not exceeding the total sum of $500, and a member of such society who shall apply for a certificate providing for benefits on account of disability from sickness or injury, hospitalization, medical service or death by accident only, need not be required to pass a medical examination therefore. Such society may accept, without medical examination, for a face amount of life insurance not more than $3,000 on any one life, any person not more than 45 years of age who shall make acceptable declaration of the person's insurability. This section shall not prevent such society from accepting general or social members.

Section 31. Except as provided in sections 23 to 28, inclusive, a society may admit to beneficial membership any person, not less than 16 and not more than 60 years of age, who has been examined by a legally qualified physician, if the examination has been supervised and approved in accordance with the by-laws of the society. A member of such society under 40 years of age who shall apply for a certificate providing for death benefits not exceeding the total sum of $500, and a member of such society who shall apply for a certificate providing for benefits on account of disability from sickness or injury, hospitalization, medical service or death by accident only, need not be required to pass a medical examination therefore. Such society may accept, without medical examination, for a face amount of life insurance not more than $3,000 on any one life, any person not more than 45 years of age who shall make acceptable declaration of the person's insurability. This section shall not prevent such society from accepting general or social members.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 31
Effects of Secs. 24 to 29
Status: in_force

Section 31. Sections twenty-four to twenty-nine, inclusive, shall not restrict the right of a person who has a lien upon property to hold or dispose of it in any other lawful manner.

Section 31. Sections twenty-four to twenty-nine, inclusive, shall not restrict the right of a person who has a lien upon property to hold or dispose of it in any other lawful manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161D, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161D / Section 1
Declaration of need and intent
Status: in_force

Section 1. It is hereby declared that intercity bus transportation services offer economic and environmental advantages with respect to energy conservation and efficiency, air and noise pollution, public safety and costs per passenger mile of movement to the extent that the preservation, development, promotion and maintenance of such services is a public purpose and in the public interest; that essential intercity or intrastate bus transportation services for the movement of passengers are threatened by a crisis within the commonwealth's intercity bus carriers industry brought about a rapid inflation of the cost of intercity bus equipment and severe fluctuations in the interest rates of our national financial market, hence, these economic conditions have severely retarded the ability of intercity carriers to purchase new vehicular equipment in order to maintain modern fleets attractive to the general public and accrue adequate returns of investment, consequently limiting said carriers from expanding these critical transportation services to the travelling public; these needs cannot be met without constructive action by the commonwealth; and that is the intent of the general court to provide for such actions through an act which authorizes a public agency to ensure intercity bus carriers with the necessary capital equipment to improve and further develop these essential public transportation services within the commonwealth.

Section 1. It is hereby declared that intercity bus transportation services offer economic and environmental advantages with respect to energy conservation and efficiency, air and noise pollution, public safety and costs per passenger mile of movement to the extent that the preservation, development, promotion and maintenance of such services is a public purpose and in the public interest; that essential intercity or intrastate bus transportation services for the movement of passengers are threatened by a crisis within the commonwealth's intercity bus carriers industry brought about a rapid inflation of the cost of intercity bus equipment and severe fluctuations in the interest rates of our national financial market, hence, these economic conditions have severely retarded the ability of intercity carriers to purchase new vehicular equipment in order to maintain modern fleets attractive to the general public and accrue adequate returns of investment, consequently limiting said carriers from expanding these critical transportation services to the travelling public; these needs cannot be met without constructive action by the commonwealth; and that is the intent of the general court to provide for such actions through an act which authorizes a public agency to ensure intercity bus carriers with the necessary capital equipment to improve and further develop these essential public transportation services within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110H, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110H / Section 11
Fraudulent procurement of registration; damages
Status: in_force

Section 11. A person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the secretary under this chapter, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means, shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of the filing or registration, to be recovered by or on behalf of the party injured thereby in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 11. A person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the secretary under this chapter, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means, shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of the filing or registration, to be recovered by or on behalf of the party injured thereby in a court of competent jurisdiction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 51G — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 51G
Acquisition of property to establish airport; eminent domain; purchase; lease
Status: in_force

Section 51G. For the purpose of establishing an airport, the airport commission of a city or town, whenever appropriations have been made therefor, may take property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of the General Laws, or may acquire property by purchase, lease or otherwise, both within and without its territorial limits for airport purposes and may so take or acquire such easements in airport hazards outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site as may be necessary for the removal or the prevention of the establishment of any airport hazard. For the purpose of making surveys or examinations relative to any proposed taking by eminent domain, such airport commission or its authorized agent may make a reasonable entry upon land.

Section 51G. For the purpose of establishing an airport, the airport commission of a city or town, whenever appropriations have been made therefor, may take property by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine or chapter eighty A of the General Laws, or may acquire property by purchase, lease or otherwise, both within and without its territorial limits for airport purposes and may so take or acquire such easements in airport hazards outside the boundaries of an airport or airport site as may be necessary for the removal or the prevention of the establishment of any airport hazard. For the purpose of making surveys or examinations relative to any proposed taking by eminent domain, such airport commission or its authorized agent may make a reasonable entry upon land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 28
Annual assessments for deposits with state treasurer; trust funds
Status: in_force

Section 28. The commissioner shall annually assess upon every corporation or organization required by law to make deposits in trust with the state treasurer one twentieth of one per cent of the average of such deposits by it for the year last preceding such assessment. Such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as taxes upon corporations.

Section 28. The commissioner shall annually assess upon every corporation or organization required by law to make deposits in trust with the state treasurer one twentieth of one per cent of the average of such deposits by it for the year last preceding such assessment. Such assessment shall be collected in the same manner as taxes upon corporations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 50, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 50 / Section 2
Results of election; determination
Status: in_force

Section 2. In elections, the person receiving the highest number of votes for an office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office; and if two or more are to be elected to the same office, the several persons, to the number to be chosen to such office, receiving the highest number of votes, shall be deemed and declared to be elected; but persons receiving the same number of votes shall not be deemed to be elected if thereby a greater number would be elected than are to be chosen. Except as otherwise provided, this section shall apply to all nominations and elections by ballot at primaries or caucuses. Nothing herein shall derogate from the provisions of chapter fifty-four A.

Section 2. In elections, the person receiving the highest number of votes for an office shall be deemed and declared to be elected to such office; and if two or more are to be elected to the same office, the several persons, to the number to be chosen to such office, receiving the highest number of votes, shall be deemed and declared to be elected; but persons receiving the same number of votes shall not be deemed to be elected if thereby a greater number would be elected than are to be chosen. Except as otherwise provided, this section shall apply to all nominations and elections by ballot at primaries or caucuses. Nothing herein shall derogate from the provisions of chapter fifty-four A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 163, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 163 / Section 8
Application of laws governing street railways
Status: in_force

Section 8. Every corporation doing business under this chapter shall be subject to general laws governing street railway companies in respect to the future issue of stocks and bonds, consolidation, leases, revocation of permits and locations; and shall also be subject to the same regulation and supervision, and shall file with the department the same reports and information required of street railway companies, so far as such regulation, supervision and requirements are applicable to corporations doing business under this chapter and are consistent with its provisions.

Section 8. Every corporation doing business under this chapter shall be subject to general laws governing street railway companies in respect to the future issue of stocks and bonds, consolidation, leases, revocation of permits and locations; and shall also be subject to the same regulation and supervision, and shall file with the department the same reports and information required of street railway companies, so far as such regulation, supervision and requirements are applicable to corporations doing business under this chapter and are consistent with its provisions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 20
Fixing of route by local officials; certificate fee
Status: in_force

Section 20. If the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town named in the agreement of association, after such notice, exhibition of the map and the hearing, agree with the directors as to the said route or as to any route of the railroad in said city or town, they shall in such agreement fix the route, and sign and give to the directors a certificate setting it forth. The board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town will also set a fee for such a certificate.

Section 20. If the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town named in the agreement of association, after such notice, exhibition of the map and the hearing, agree with the directors as to the said route or as to any route of the railroad in said city or town, they shall in such agreement fix the route, and sign and give to the directors a certificate setting it forth. The board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town will also set a fee for such a certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, sec. 1B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 214 / Section 1B
Right of privacy
Status: in_force

Section 1B. A person shall have a right against unreasonable, substantial or serious interference with his privacy. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce such right and in connection therewith to award damages.

Section 1B. A person shall have a right against unreasonable, substantial or serious interference with his privacy. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to enforce such right and in connection therewith to award damages.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 55
Railroad police
Status: in_force

Section 55. Railroad police shall not be entitled to any fees for attendance upon a trial as witnesses for the commonwealth, but they may be allowed their necessary expenses therefor.

Section 55. Railroad police shall not be entitled to any fees for attendance upon a trial as witnesses for the commonwealth, but they may be allowed their necessary expenses therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 58
Redemption of property
Status: in_force

Section 58. (a) Any person whose property has been levied upon shall have the right to pay the amount due, together with the expenses of the proceeding, if any, to the commissioner at any time prior to the sale thereof, and upon such payment the commissioner shall restore such property to him, and all further proceedings in connection with the levy of such property shall cease from the time of such payment. (b)(1) The owners of any real property sold as provided in section fifty-six their heirs, executors, or administrators, or any person having any interest therein, or a lien thereon, or any person in their behalf, shall be permitted to redeem the property sold, or any particular tract of such property, at any time within one hundred and eighty days after the sale thereof. (2) Such property or tract of property shall be permitted to be redeemed upon payment to the purchaser, or in case he cannot be found in the county in which the property to be redeemed is situated, then to the commissioner for the use of the purchaser, his heirs, or assigns, the amount paid by such purchaser and interest thereon at the rate of twenty per cent per annum. (c) When any lands sold are redeemed as provided in this section, the commissioner shall cause entry of the fact to be made upon record mentioned in section sixty-one and such entry shall be evidence of such redemption.

Section 58. (a) Any person whose property has been levied upon shall have the right to pay the amount due, together with the expenses of the proceeding, if any, to the commissioner at any time prior to the sale thereof, and upon such payment the commissioner shall restore such property to him, and all further proceedings in connection with the levy of such property shall cease from the time of such payment.

(b)(1) The owners of any real property sold as provided in section fifty-six their heirs, executors, or administrators, or any person having any interest therein, or a lien thereon, or any person in their behalf, shall be permitted to redeem the property sold, or any particular tract of such property, at any time within one hundred and eighty days after the sale thereof.

(2) Such property or tract of property shall be permitted to be redeemed upon payment to the purchaser, or in case he cannot be found in the county in which the property to be redeemed is situated, then to the commissioner for the use of the purchaser, his heirs, or assigns, the amount paid by such purchaser and interest thereon at the rate of twenty per cent per annum.

(c) When any lands sold are redeemed as provided in this section, the commissioner shall cause entry of the fact to be made upon record mentioned in section sixty-one and such entry shall be evidence of such redemption.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47JJ — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47JJ
Filling of remaining portion of prescription for covered drug that is a narcotic substance earlier filled in lesser quantity
Status: in_force

Section 47JJ. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide, for any covered drug that is a narcotic substance contained in schedule II pursuant to chapter 94C and subject to cost sharing, that if a person receives a prescription filled in a lesser quantity pursuant to section 18 of said chapter 94C, said person shall not be subject to an additional payment obligation, including, but not limited to, co-payments, if said person fills the remaining portion of the prescription.

Section 47JJ. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide, for any covered drug that is a narcotic substance contained in schedule II pursuant to chapter 94C and subject to cost sharing, that if a person receives a prescription filled in a lesser quantity pursuant to section 18 of said chapter 94C, said person shall not be subject to an additional payment obligation, including, but not limited to, co-payments, if said person fills the remaining portion of the prescription.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 42G — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 42G
Trade secrets; uniformity of application and construction
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 228, Sec. 70.]

Section 42G. Sections 42 to 42F, inclusive, shall be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect trade secrets.