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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 215 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 215
Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals
Status: in_force

Section 215. There shall be an interagency child welfare task force. The secretary of health and human services shall serve as its chair. The member agencies shall include the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of transitional assistance, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of public health, the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care. The task force shall establish interagency goals each year to coordinate and streamline services to children and families and shall examine, among other issues: interagency collaboration to increase medical and mental health consultation; the availability of health and behavioral health services to children and families; collaboration with law enforcement as it relates to children and families involved with the criminal justice system; the availability of supportive child care for children in the care of the department of children and families; domestic violence awareness programs; children awaiting discharge from psychiatric inpatient units; and interagency training initiatives for staff, communities and providers.

Section 215. There shall be an interagency child welfare task force. The secretary of health and human services shall serve as its chair. The member agencies shall include the department of children and families, the department of youth services, the department of transitional assistance, the department of mental health, the department of developmental services, the department of public health, the department of elementary and secondary education and the department of early education and care.

The task force shall establish interagency goals each year to coordinate and streamline services to children and families and shall examine, among other issues: interagency collaboration to increase medical and mental health consultation; the availability of health and behavioral health services to children and families; collaboration with law enforcement as it relates to children and families involved with the criminal justice system; the availability of supportive child care for children in the care of the department of children and families; domestic violence awareness programs; children awaiting discharge from psychiatric inpatient units; and interagency training initiatives for staff, communities and providers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 77A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 77A
Classification of fish; definition
Status: in_force

Section 77A. All fresh food fish before being offered for sale, placed in cold storage, salted or smoked shall be graded as follows:— ''Prime'', fish in extra fine condition. ''Superior'', fish in suitable condition to stand shipment outside the commonwealth for human consumption as fresh fish. ''Standard'', fish in suitable condition for immediate human consumption as fresh fish. All other fish shall be classified as refuse, shall be deemed unsuitable for human consumption, and may be used only for fish meal, fertilizer or other non-food purposes. No person shall represent, sell, offer for sale or advertise fresh, frozen, salted or smoked fish of any grade under any misleading or other than the truthful and correct name and grade or corresponding term for such fish. The word ''fish'' as used in this section shall be taken to mean only swimming fish or finny fish of the class known as Pisces.

Section 77A. All fresh food fish before being offered for sale, placed in cold storage, salted or smoked shall be graded as follows:—

''Prime'', fish in extra fine condition.

''Superior'', fish in suitable condition to stand shipment outside the commonwealth for human consumption as fresh fish.

''Standard'', fish in suitable condition for immediate human consumption as fresh fish.

All other fish shall be classified as refuse, shall be deemed unsuitable for human consumption, and may be used only for fish meal, fertilizer or other non-food purposes.

No person shall represent, sell, offer for sale or advertise fresh, frozen, salted or smoked fish of any grade under any misleading or other than the truthful and correct name and grade or corresponding term for such fish.

The word ''fish'' as used in this section shall be taken to mean only swimming fish or finny fish of the class known as Pisces.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140D, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140D / Section 18
Model disclosure forms and clauses
Status: in_force

Section 18. The use of model disclosure forms and clauses for common transactions to facilitate compliance with the disclosure requirements and to aid and assist the borrower in understanding the transaction by utilizing readily understandable language to simplify the technical nature of the disclosures, issued by the bureau, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this section may be construed to require a creditor to use any such model form or clause. A creditor shall be deemed to be in compliance with the disclosure provisions of this chapter with respect to other than numerical disclosures if the creditor (1) uses any appropriate model form or clause as published by the bureau, or (2) uses any such model form or clause and changes it by (A) deleting any information that is not required by this chapter, or (B) rearranging the format, if in making such deletion or rearranging the format, the creditor does not affect the substance, clarity or meaningful sequence of the disclosure.

Section 18. The use of model disclosure forms and clauses for common transactions to facilitate compliance with the disclosure requirements and to aid and assist the borrower in understanding the transaction by utilizing readily understandable language to simplify the technical nature of the disclosures, issued by the bureau, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Nothing in this section may be construed to require a creditor to use any such model form or clause. A creditor shall be deemed to be in compliance with the disclosure provisions of this chapter with respect to other than numerical disclosures if the creditor (1) uses any appropriate model form or clause as published by the bureau, or (2) uses any such model form or clause and changes it by (A) deleting any information that is not required by this chapter, or (B) rearranging the format, if in making such deletion or rearranging the format, the creditor does not affect the substance, clarity or meaningful sequence of the disclosure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 10
Name and address of donor; disclosure; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 10. No person shall, directly or indirectly, make a campaign contribution in any name except his own nor in any manner for the purpose of disguising the true origin of the contribution nor unless he makes his name and residential address known to the person receiving such contribution at the time such contribution is made; nor shall any trust, foundation or association other than a political committee make a campaign contribution unless at the time such contribution is made there is also made known to the person receiving such contribution, the names and addresses of its principal officers. No candidate or political committee or person acting under its authority or in its behalf shall knowingly receive a campaign contribution, or knowingly enter or cause the same to be entered in the accounts or records of such candidate or committee, unless the provisions of this section have been complied with. Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 10. No person shall, directly or indirectly, make a campaign contribution in any name except his own nor in any manner for the purpose of disguising the true origin of the contribution nor unless he makes his name and residential address known to the person receiving such contribution at the time such contribution is made; nor shall any trust, foundation or association other than a political committee make a campaign contribution unless at the time such contribution is made there is also made known to the person receiving such contribution, the names and addresses of its principal officers. No candidate or political committee or person acting under its authority or in its behalf shall knowingly receive a campaign contribution, or knowingly enter or cause the same to be entered in the accounts or records of such candidate or committee, unless the provisions of this section have been complied with.

Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 16A
Pay-roll deductions for governmental employees
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The pertinent provisions of section one hundred and thirty-eight A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five shall apply to deductions on pay-roll schedules from the salary of any state, county or municipal employee for the payment of the amount payable by such an employee under a contract issued to him as a subscribing member by a medical service corporation.

Section 16A. The pertinent provisions of section one hundred and thirty-eight A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five shall apply to deductions on pay-roll schedules from the salary of any state, county or municipal employee for the payment of the amount payable by such an employee under a contract issued to him as a subscribing member by a medical service corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 15
Costs of solicitation of subscribers and administration
Status: in_force

Section 15. Acquisition costs in connection with the solicitation of subscribers, and the cost of administration shall at all times be limited to such amounts as the commissioner of insurance shall approve as adequate and reasonable, but in any event, such acquisition costs shall not exceed in any one year ten per cent of the earned subscription fees during that year, except that during the first five years after the issuance of a certificate of compliance by said commissioner such corporation may disburse not more than twenty per cent of such amount in each year.

Section 15. Acquisition costs in connection with the solicitation of subscribers, and the cost of administration shall at all times be limited to such amounts as the commissioner of insurance shall approve as adequate and reasonable, but in any event, such acquisition costs shall not exceed in any one year ten per cent of the earned subscription fees during that year, except that during the first five years after the issuance of a certificate of compliance by said commissioner such corporation may disburse not more than twenty per cent of such amount in each year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 38LL — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 38LL
Offshore wind tax incentive program; refundable jobs credit
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2033 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Repealed by 2022, 268, Sec. 272. See 2022, 268, Secs. 271 and 273.]

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2033 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2023. Repealed by 2022, 268, Sec. 272. See 2022, 268, Secs. 271 and 273.]

Section 38LL. (a)(1) A corporation subject to tax under this chapter, to the extent authorized by the offshore wind tax incentive program established in subsection (d) of section 8A of chapter 23J, may be allowed a refundable jobs credit against the tax liability imposed under this chapter in an amount determined by the Massachusetts clean energy technology center established in section 2 of said chapter 23J, in consultation with the department of revenue.

(2) A corporation taking a credit under this section shall commit to the creation of not less than of 10 net new permanent full-time employees in the commonwealth.

(3) A credit allowed under this section shall reduce the liability of the corporation under this chapter for the taxable year. If a credit claimed under this section by a corporation exceeds the corporation's liability as otherwise determined under this chapter for the taxable year, 90 per cent of such excess credit, to the extent authorized by the offshore wind tax incentive program, shall be refundable to the corporation. Excess credit amounts shall not be carried forward to other taxable years.

(4) The department of revenue shall issue the refundable portion of the jobs credit without further appropriation and in accordance with the cumulative amount, including the current year costs of incentives allowed in previous years, which shall not exceed $35,000,000 annually as set forth in subsection (d) of section 8A of chapter 23J

[There is no subsection (b).]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 7B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 7B
Admissibility of, or reference to, statement given insurer or self-insurer by claimant or in his behalf
Status: in_force

Section 7B. In any claim for compensation by an employee, which is denied by an insurer or self-insurer, no statement in writing signed by the claimant, or statement taken on a recording instrument, concerning the facts out of which the claim arose, given by such claimant, or a person in his behalf, to such insurer or self-insurer, or to an agent or attorney of such insurer or self-insurer, shall be admissible in evidence or referred to at the hearing of any such claim, or in any proceeding connected therewith, unless a copy of such statement or verbatim written transcript of such recorded statement has been furnished to the claimant, or to a person acting in his behalf, or to his attorney, within ten days after a written request therefor.

Section 7B. In any claim for compensation by an employee, which is denied by an insurer or self-insurer, no statement in writing signed by the claimant, or statement taken on a recording instrument, concerning the facts out of which the claim arose, given by such claimant, or a person in his behalf, to such insurer or self-insurer, or to an agent or attorney of such insurer or self-insurer, shall be admissible in evidence or referred to at the hearing of any such claim, or in any proceeding connected therewith, unless a copy of such statement or verbatim written transcript of such recorded statement has been furnished to the claimant, or to a person acting in his behalf, or to his attorney, within ten days after a written request therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 80E — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 80E
Putting animal to death by use of decompression chamber
Status: in_force

Section 80E. Whoever puts any animal to death by the use of a decompression chamber shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

Section 80E. Whoever puts any animal to death by the use of a decompression chamber shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 68
Retroactive salary increases
Status: in_force

Section 68. Whenever a city, town or district votes to grant a salary increase to all or any of its employees, such increase may be retroactive to a date not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year prior to the date of such vote.

Section 68. Whenever a city, town or district votes to grant a salary increase to all or any of its employees, such increase may be retroactive to a date not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year prior to the date of such vote.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110 / Section 25
Search warrant
Status: in_force

Section 25. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with section twenty-one, or his agent, to a district court that he has reason to believe and does believe that a person has wrongfully in his possession or is secreting any of his registered cans, tubs or cabinets, said court may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may also cause to be brought before him the person or his agent or employee in whose possession such cans, tubs or cabinets are found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession; and, if said court finds that such person has been guilty of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall impose the penalty prescribed therefor and shall also order the property taken upon such search warrant to be delivered to the owner.

Section 25. Upon complaint of a person who has complied with section twenty-one, or his agent, to a district court that he has reason to believe and does believe that a person has wrongfully in his possession or is secreting any of his registered cans, tubs or cabinets, said court may issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the same, and may also cause to be brought before him the person or his agent or employee in whose possession such cans, tubs or cabinets are found, and shall thereupon inquire into the circumstances of such possession; and, if said court finds that such person has been guilty of a wilful violation of any of the provisions of the three preceding sections, he shall impose the penalty prescribed therefor and shall also order the property taken upon such search warrant to be delivered to the owner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161A, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161A / Section 38
Liability; board supervision of investigation, settlement and defense of all claims
Status: in_force

Section 38. The authority shall be liable for the acts and negligence of the directors on the board and of the servants and employees of the authority in the management and operation of the authority and of the properties owned, leased and operated by it, but the directors shall not be personally liable except for malfeasance in office. The board shall have charge of and supervise the investigation, settlement and defense of all such claims and of all other suits or actions relating to the property or arising out of the construction, maintenance or operation of the authority.

Section 38. The authority shall be liable for the acts and negligence of the directors on the board and of the servants and employees of the authority in the management and operation of the authority and of the properties owned, leased and operated by it, but the directors shall not be personally liable except for malfeasance in office.

The board shall have charge of and supervise the investigation, settlement and defense of all such claims and of all other suits or actions relating to the property or arising out of the construction, maintenance or operation of the authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 5
Assistant clerks; appointment
Status: in_force

Section 5. In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in section four, the clerks of the courts for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint assistant clerks with the same powers and duties. Said appointments shall be as follows: Barnstable, 2 assistant clerks Bristol, 9 assistant clerks Essex, 11 assistant clerks Hampden, 12 assistant clerks Nantucket, 1 assistant clerk Norfolk, 11 assistant clerks Middlesex, 26 assistant clerks Plymouth, 6 assistant clerks Worcester, 11 assistant clerks Suffolk, (a) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for criminal business, 22 assistants; (b) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for civil business, 26 assistants; (c) supreme judicial court, by the clerk of the supreme judicial court for said county, a second assistant clerk, designated from his office force and a third assistant clerk, designated from his office force.

Section 5. In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in section four, the clerks of the courts for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint assistant clerks with the same powers and duties. Said appointments shall be as follows:

Barnstable, 2 assistant clerks

Bristol, 9 assistant clerks

Essex, 11 assistant clerks

Hampden, 12 assistant clerks

Nantucket, 1 assistant clerk

Norfolk, 11 assistant clerks

Middlesex, 26 assistant clerks

Plymouth, 6 assistant clerks

Worcester, 11 assistant clerks

Suffolk, (a) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for criminal business, 22 assistants; (b) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for civil business, 26 assistants; (c) supreme judicial court, by the clerk of the supreme judicial court for said county, a second assistant clerk, designated from his office force and a third assistant clerk, designated from his office force.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 62B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 62B
Clerks of courts as magistrates
Status: in_force

Section 62B. Clerks of court for the several counties, the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, the clerk of the superior court for civil business in Suffolk county, clerks of the housing courts, registers of the probate courts, clerks of district courts, clerks of juvenile courts, and clerks of the Boston municipal court department; shall hereafter also have the title of magistrate for their particular department, or division as the case may be, of the trial court. Magistrates herein provided shall continue to have and exercise all the powers, duties and responsibilities of clerks and registers and shall also have those provided for in section sixty-two C. An assistant clerk, temporary clerk, temporary assistant clerk, or assistant register, shall also have and exercise the powers, duties and responsibilities of magistrate, subject to specific authorization by the clerk, or register, and specific approval of such authorization by the first justice of the division wherein he serves, or in the case of the superior court department or Boston municipal court department by the administrative justice therefor. Said first justice or administrative justice may place such restrictions on such authorization as is conducive to the effective administration of justice.

Section 62B. Clerks of court for the several counties, the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, the clerk of the superior court for civil business in Suffolk county, clerks of the housing courts, registers of the probate courts, clerks of district courts, clerks of juvenile courts, and clerks of the Boston municipal court department; shall hereafter also have the title of magistrate for their particular department, or division as the case may be, of the trial court.

Magistrates herein provided shall continue to have and exercise all the powers, duties and responsibilities of clerks and registers and shall also have those provided for in section sixty-two C.

An assistant clerk, temporary clerk, temporary assistant clerk, or assistant register, shall also have and exercise the powers, duties and responsibilities of magistrate, subject to specific authorization by the clerk, or register, and specific approval of such authorization by the first justice of the division wherein he serves, or in the case of the superior court department or Boston municipal court department by the administrative justice therefor. Said first justice or administrative justice may place such restrictions on such authorization as is conducive to the effective administration of justice.