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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 65
Acceptance of proposal and award of contract; notice; statement of reasons for acceptance
Status: in_force

Section 65. The chief procurement officer of a governmental unit shall award the contract to the most advantageous proposal from a responsible and responsive offeror taking into consideration price and the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals; provided, however, that such proposal shall be in full compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state and local laws, including section 26 to 27H, inclusive, of chapter 149. The governmental unit shall provide written notice to the selected offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the request for proposals. The governmental unit and the offeror may extend the time for acceptance by mutual agreement. If the contract award is made to an offeror who did not have the lowest overall price proposal, then the chief procurement officer shall publish a timely written statement of reasons for its selection in the central register.

Section 65. The chief procurement officer of a governmental unit shall award the contract to the most advantageous proposal from a responsible and responsive offeror taking into consideration price and the evaluation criteria set forth in the request for proposals; provided, however, that such proposal shall be in full compliance with all applicable requirements of federal, state and local laws, including section 26 to 27H, inclusive, of chapter 149. The governmental unit shall provide written notice to the selected offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the request for proposals. The governmental unit and the offeror may extend the time for acceptance by mutual agreement. If the contract award is made to an offeror who did not have the lowest overall price proposal, then the chief procurement officer shall publish a timely written statement of reasons for its selection in the central register.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 55
Junk dealers; penalty; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 55. Whoever acts as a collector of, dealer in or keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand articles without a license, or in any other place or manner than that designated in his license or after notice to him that his license has been revoked, or violates any such rule, regulation or restriction, shall forfeit twenty dollars. The purchase, sale or barter of books, prints, coins or postage stamps shall not be deemed to be the purchase, sale or barter of second hand articles within the meaning of this and the preceding section.

Section 55. Whoever acts as a collector of, dealer in or keeper of a shop for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand articles without a license, or in any other place or manner than that designated in his license or after notice to him that his license has been revoked, or violates any such rule, regulation or restriction, shall forfeit twenty dollars. The purchase, sale or barter of books, prints, coins or postage stamps shall not be deemed to be the purchase, sale or barter of second hand articles within the meaning of this and the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 37
Register; inspection
Status: in_force

Section 37. In every public lodging house a register shall be kept in which shall be entered the name and address of each lodger, together with the time of his arrival and departure, and such register shall at all times be open to the inspection of the police.

Section 37. In every public lodging house a register shall be kept in which shall be entered the name and address of each lodger, together with the time of his arrival and departure, and such register shall at all times be open to the inspection of the police.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 208 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 208
Dietitians/nutritionists; authority for recognition of licensees from other states
Status: in_force

Section 208. The board may provide reciprocal recognition for registered, certified or licensed dietitians/nutritionists from other jurisdictions, provided that the standards of registration, certification and licensure in the jurisdiction are reasonably equivalent to those set forth in sections 198 and 199.

Section 208. The board may provide reciprocal recognition for registered, certified or licensed dietitians/nutritionists from other jurisdictions, provided that the standards of registration, certification and licensure in the jurisdiction are reasonably equivalent to those set forth in sections 198 and 199.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 94M — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 94M
Unused premium deposits
Status: in_force

Section 94M. All unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits at exchanges returned or credited to subscribers shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating to the payment of dividends by mutual companies including therein the provisions of sections eighty, one hundred and thirteen B, one hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and eighty-three and one hundred and eighty-four of this chapter and section fifty-three of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating to rates of return, classifications and rebates, except that the amount of the unused or unabsorbed portion of the premium deposit credited or returned to the subscriber shall be determined under the terms and conditions of the power of attorney or subscriber's agreement.

Section 94M. All unused or unabsorbed portions of premium deposits at exchanges returned or credited to subscribers shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating to the payment of dividends by mutual companies including therein the provisions of sections eighty, one hundred and thirteen B, one hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and eighty-three and one hundred and eighty-four of this chapter and section fifty-three of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two relating to rates of return, classifications and rebates, except that the amount of the unused or unabsorbed portion of the premium deposit credited or returned to the subscriber shall be determined under the terms and conditions of the power of attorney or subscriber's agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 16
Distribution between registrants; order form
Status: in_force

Section 16. Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to such order form as may be required by the Federal ''Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970'' or any amendment thereof and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Section 16. Controlled substances in Schedules I and II shall be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to such order form as may be required by the Federal ''Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970'' or any amendment thereof and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 7
Form, contents and distribution of street lists
Status: in_force

Section 7. On the lists prepared under section six for delivery to public officers, the registrars shall name or designate all buildings used as residences, in their order on the street where they are located, by giving the number or other definite description of each building so that it can be readily identified, and shall place opposite to or under each number or other description of a building the name, date of birth, occupation and nationality if not a citizen of the United States, of every person who is listed under section four, and his residence on January first of the preceding year and of the current year. Every person so listed shall, if he is a registered voter, be so designated by an asterisk or other symbol. A copy of said lists containing the information required by this section shall be made available to the chairman of each city and each town committee. In cities and towns where the information on such lists is compiled on computer tapes, a copy of the tape or a set of mailing labels shall be made available to the chairman of each city or town committee at a reasonable price to be determined by the state secretary.

Section 7. On the lists prepared under section six for delivery to public officers, the registrars shall name or designate all buildings used as residences, in their order on the street where they are located, by giving the number or other definite description of each building so that it can be readily identified, and shall place opposite to or under each number or other description of a building the name, date of birth, occupation and nationality if not a citizen of the United States, of every person who is listed under section four, and his residence on January first of the preceding year and of the current year. Every person so listed shall, if he is a registered voter, be so designated by an asterisk or other symbol. A copy of said lists containing the information required by this section shall be made available to the chairman of each city and each town committee. In cities and towns where the information on such lists is compiled on computer tapes, a copy of the tape or a set of mailing labels shall be made available to the chairman of each city or town committee at a reasonable price to be determined by the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 12
Payment of damages and costs of construction
Status: in_force

Section 12. When a highway has been finally laid out, altered, relocated, discontinued or maintenance discontinued, or when specific repairs are ordered on an existing highway by the county commissioners, the county shall be primarily liable for all damages thereby caused, or for all amounts awarded or assessed as indemnity. The commissioners shall determine what proportion if any of the expenses of the proceedings, cost of construction, damages and indemnity shall be assessed upon the land benefited under chapter eighty and whether the remainder, if any, shall be borne by the county, or by the towns in which the parts of the highway are respectively located. The commissioners shall notify each such town of any balance due from such town to the county under this section and may enforce payment as provided in section fifteen.

Section 12. When a highway has been finally laid out, altered, relocated, discontinued or maintenance discontinued, or when specific repairs are ordered on an existing highway by the county commissioners, the county shall be primarily liable for all damages thereby caused, or for all amounts awarded or assessed as indemnity. The commissioners shall determine what proportion if any of the expenses of the proceedings, cost of construction, damages and indemnity shall be assessed upon the land benefited under chapter eighty and whether the remainder, if any, shall be borne by the county, or by the towns in which the parts of the highway are respectively located. The commissioners shall notify each such town of any balance due from such town to the county under this section and may enforce payment as provided in section fifteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 77A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 77A
Sale by municipalities; land acquired through foreclosure; recording deeds
Status: in_force

Section 77A. In case of the sale of land acquired by a city or town through foreclosure under any provision of this chapter, the purchaser shall be required as a condition of the sale to authorize the official or officials executing the deed on behalf of the city or town to record the same, and the expense of such recording shall be paid by such purchaser. Such official or officials shall cause such deed to be recorded in the proper registry of deeds within fifteen days after the execution thereof.

Section 77A. In case of the sale of land acquired by a city or town through foreclosure under any provision of this chapter, the purchaser shall be required as a condition of the sale to authorize the official or officials executing the deed on behalf of the city or town to record the same, and the expense of such recording shall be paid by such purchaser. Such official or officials shall cause such deed to be recorded in the proper registry of deeds within fifteen days after the execution thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 46
License plates for vehicles transporting equine animals
Status: in_force

Section 46. Each vehicle used for the transportation of equine animals by any person engaged in the business of dealing with such animals, when operated on any way, shall bear a metal license plate, attached to the side of the vehicle to the left of the person operating or driving the same, such plate to be furnished by the director on the payment of a fee of five dollars. Said plate shall be valid for the term for which the license is granted, but shall be returned to the director on revocation of said license. The use of multiple deck vehicles or the so-called ''possum belly'' vehicle used in the transportation of equine animals is prohibited.

Section 46. Each vehicle used for the transportation of equine animals by any person engaged in the business of dealing with such animals, when operated on any way, shall bear a metal license plate, attached to the side of the vehicle to the left of the person operating or driving the same, such plate to be furnished by the director on the payment of a fee of five dollars. Said plate shall be valid for the term for which the license is granted, but shall be returned to the director on revocation of said license. The use of multiple deck vehicles or the so-called ''possum belly'' vehicle used in the transportation of equine animals is prohibited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 157 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 157
Execution of warrant of pardon; return
Status: in_force

Section 157. If a prisoner is pardoned or his punishment is commuted, the officer to whom the warrant for such purpose is issued shall, as soon as may be after executing it, make return thereof, signed by him, with his doings thereon, to the secretary's office, and shall file in the office of the clerk of the court in which the offender was convicted an attested copy of the warrant and return, and the clerk shall subjoin a brief abstract thereof to the record of the conviction and sentence.

Section 157. If a prisoner is pardoned or his punishment is commuted, the officer to whom the warrant for such purpose is issued shall, as soon as may be after executing it, make return thereof, signed by him, with his doings thereon, to the secretary's office, and shall file in the office of the clerk of the court in which the offender was convicted an attested copy of the warrant and return, and the clerk shall subjoin a brief abstract thereof to the record of the conviction and sentence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 49
Sale and conveyance or mortgage by trustee appointed by probate court
Status: in_force

Section 49. If land is subject to a vested or contingent remainder, executory devise, conditional limitation, reversion or power of appointment, the probate court for the county where such land is situated may, upon the petition of any person having an estate or interest therein, either present or future, vested or contingent, and after notice and other proceedings as hereinafter required, appoint one or more trustees and authorize him or them to sell and convey such land or any part thereof in fee simple, if such sale and conveyance appears to the court to be necessary or expedient, or to mortgage the same for such an amount, on such terms and for such purposes as may seem to the court judicious or expedient; and such conveyance or mortgage shall be valid and binding upon all parties.

Section 49. If land is subject to a vested or contingent remainder, executory devise, conditional limitation, reversion or power of appointment, the probate court for the county where such land is situated may, upon the petition of any person having an estate or interest therein, either present or future, vested or contingent, and after notice and other proceedings as hereinafter required, appoint one or more trustees and authorize him or them to sell and convey such land or any part thereof in fee simple, if such sale and conveyance appears to the court to be necessary or expedient, or to mortgage the same for such an amount, on such terms and for such purposes as may seem to the court judicious or expedient; and such conveyance or mortgage shall be valid and binding upon all parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 2A
Minors, application for registration of motor vehicle or trailer
Status: in_force

Section 2A. An application for the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer owned by a minor shall, if not made by the minor, be made by his parent or legal guardian for registration in the name of the minor as owner. In addition to the pertinent provisions of this chapter the application shall contain a statement of the name, age, place of residence, and address of such minor and also of the applicant.

Section 2A. An application for the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer owned by a minor shall, if not made by the minor, be made by his parent or legal guardian for registration in the name of the minor as owner. In addition to the pertinent provisions of this chapter the application shall contain a statement of the name, age, place of residence, and address of such minor and also of the applicant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 37
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 37. The costs of proceedings under the preceding four sections shall be paid by the petitioners, who may be required by the commissioner to give bond with sufficient sureties for the payment thereof.

Section 37. The costs of proceedings under the preceding four sections shall be paid by the petitioners, who may be required by the commissioner to give bond with sufficient sureties for the payment thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32A
Class B controlled substances; unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing or possession with intent to manufacture, etc.
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2018, 69, Sec. 238.]

Section 32A. (a) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance in Class B of section 31 shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or in a jail or house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $10,000, or both such fine and imprisonment.

(b) Any person convicted of violating this section after 1 or more prior convictions of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance as defined by section 31 under this or any other prior law of this jurisdiction or of any offense of any other jurisdiction, federal, state or territorial, which is the same as or necessarily includes the elements of said offense shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years and by a fine of not less than $2,500 and not more than $25,000, or by a fine of not more than $25,000.

(c) Any person who knowingly or intentionally manufactures, distributes, dispenses or possesses with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense phencyclidine or a controlled substance defined in clause (4) of paragraph (a) or in clause (2) of paragraph (c) of Class B of section 31 shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 21/2 years and a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, or by a fine of not more than $10,000.

(d) Any person convicted of violating the provisions of subsection (c) after 1 or more prior convictions of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing or possessing with the intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, as defined in section 31 or of any offense of any other jurisdiction, either federal, state or territorial, which is the same as or necessarily includes, the elements of said offense, shall be punished by a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years, a term of imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 15 years and a fine of not less than $2,500 nor more than $25,000 or a fine of not more than $25,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, sec. 6E — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 229 / Section 6E
Death or death and conscious suffering of employee; assessment of damages; amount
Status: in_force

Section 6E. If under section two B or section six C damages are awarded for death or for injury and death, they shall be assessed with reference to the degree of culpability of the employer or of the person for whose negligence the employer is liable. The amount of damages which may be awarded in an action brought under section two B shall not be less than two thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars. The amount of damages which may be awarded for injury and death in an action brought under section six C shall be apportioned by the jury between the legal representatives of the employee and the persons who would have been entitled under section two B to bring an action for his death.

Section 6E. If under section two B or section six C damages are awarded for death or for injury and death, they shall be assessed with reference to the degree of culpability of the employer or of the person for whose negligence the employer is liable.

The amount of damages which may be awarded in an action brought under section two B shall not be less than two thousand nor more than twenty thousand dollars.

The amount of damages which may be awarded for injury and death in an action brought under section six C shall be apportioned by the jury between the legal representatives of the employee and the persons who would have been entitled under section two B to bring an action for his death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 4
New divisions of cities into wards, when effective; congressional districts
Status: in_force

Section 4. All regular municipal elections and primaries held in any city after it has been redivided into wards or into any districts for electing city officers shall be held in such city as redivided. In the division of wards into voting precincts under this chapter, no voting precinct shall be so formed that it will be partly in one congressional district and partly in another congressional district.

Section 4. All regular municipal elections and primaries held in any city after it has been redivided into wards or into any districts for electing city officers shall be held in such city as redivided.

In the division of wards into voting precincts under this chapter, no voting precinct shall be so formed that it will be partly in one congressional district and partly in another congressional district.