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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 109 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 109
Storage of apples; conditions; storage records
Status: in_force

Section 109. No person shall sell or exchange or offer or expose for sale or exchange or transport for sale any apples represented as having been exposed to ''controlled atmosphere'' or ''modified atmosphere'' or shall so use any such term or form of words or symbols of similar import on any container or lot of apples advertised, sold, offered for sale or transported for sale within this state unless such apples have been kept in a room or storage building with not more than five per cent oxygen for a minimum of sixty days. A storage record on a form approved by the commissioner of food and agriculture shall be kept at a convenient location adjacent to said room or storage building from the day of sealing to the day of opening of said room or storage building, and shall be preserved for inspection at any time by said commissioner or his authorized agents for a period of not less than one year after such opening.

Section 109. No person shall sell or exchange or offer or expose for sale or exchange or transport for sale any apples represented as having been exposed to ''controlled atmosphere'' or ''modified atmosphere'' or shall so use any such term or form of words or symbols of similar import on any container or lot of apples advertised, sold, offered for sale or transported for sale within this state unless such apples have been kept in a room or storage building with not more than five per cent oxygen for a minimum of sixty days. A storage record on a form approved by the commissioner of food and agriculture shall be kept at a convenient location adjacent to said room or storage building from the day of sealing to the day of opening of said room or storage building, and shall be preserved for inspection at any time by said commissioner or his authorized agents for a period of not less than one year after such opening.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123B, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 123B / Section 14
Violent or unnatural death of residents; notice to district attorney
Status: in_force

Section 14. Upon the death of any person confined to an institution under the control of the department, the superintendent of such institution shall, if he is of the opinion that the death may have resulted from violence or unnatural causes, immediately notify the district attorney for the district in which the death occurred, giving him the name and address of the person who died and the cause of death.

Section 14. Upon the death of any person confined to an institution under the control of the department, the superintendent of such institution shall, if he is of the opinion that the death may have resulted from violence or unnatural causes, immediately notify the district attorney for the district in which the death occurred, giving him the name and address of the person who died and the cause of death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 105B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 105B
Violation of Secs. 105A to 105C; discharge or discrimination because of complaint, proceedings or testimony; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 105B. Any employer who violates any provision of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made any complaint to his employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to said sections, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 105B. Any employer who violates any provision of sections one hundred and five A to one hundred and five C, inclusive, or who discharges or in any other manner discriminates against any employee because such employee has made any complaint to his employer, the attorney general, or any other person, or instituted, or caused to be instituted, any proceeding under or related to said sections, or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceedings, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 37
Service of orders of department; notification of receipt and acceptance
Status: in_force

Section 37. Every order of the department shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby, either by personal delivery of a certified copy thereof, or by mailing a certified copy thereof, in a sealed package, postage prepaid, to the person to be affected thereby or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent thereof upon whom a summons may be served under the laws of the commonwealth. Every person and corporation shall notify the department forthwith, in writing, of the receipt of the certified copy of every order so served, and in the case of a corporation such notification shall be signed and acknowledged by a person or officer duly authorized by the corporation to admit such service. Within a time specified in the order, every person and corporation upon whom it is served shall, if so required in the order, notify the department in like manner whether the terms of the order are accepted and will be obeyed. Every such order shall take effect at a time therein specified and shall continue in force either for a period designated therein or until changed or abrogated by the department.

Section 37. Every order of the department shall be served upon every person or corporation to be affected thereby, either by personal delivery of a certified copy thereof, or by mailing a certified copy thereof, in a sealed package, postage prepaid, to the person to be affected thereby or, in the case of a corporation, to any officer or agent thereof upon whom a summons may be served under the laws of the commonwealth. Every person and corporation shall notify the department forthwith, in writing, of the receipt of the certified copy of every order so served, and in the case of a corporation such notification shall be signed and acknowledged by a person or officer duly authorized by the corporation to admit such service. Within a time specified in the order, every person and corporation upon whom it is served shall, if so required in the order, notify the department in like manner whether the terms of the order are accepted and will be obeyed. Every such order shall take effect at a time therein specified and shall continue in force either for a period designated therein or until changed or abrogated by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 110A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 110A
Central tabulation facilities
Status: in_force

Section 110A. The returns transmitted under section one hundred and five shall be considered unofficial and shall be in addition to returns required under this chapter, and shall be disseminated as received by the state secretary from the central tabulation facilities established by him under said section one hundred and five. Subject to the approval of the governor and council, the state secretary may make, and from time to time amend, rules governing the establishment of such central tabulation facilities and the administration thereof.

Section 110A. The returns transmitted under section one hundred and five shall be considered unofficial and shall be in addition to returns required under this chapter, and shall be disseminated as received by the state secretary from the central tabulation facilities established by him under said section one hundred and five. Subject to the approval of the governor and council, the state secretary may make, and from time to time amend, rules governing the establishment of such central tabulation facilities and the administration thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 10
Execution of sentence
Status: in_force

Section 10. A sentence to a house of correction shall be executed in any house of correction in the county.

Section 10. A sentence to a house of correction shall be executed in any house of correction in the county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167B / Section 7
Prohibitions
Status: in_force

Section 7. No person may: (1) condition the extension of credit to a consumer on such consumer's repayment by means of preauthorized electronic fund transfers; (2) require a consumer to accept an electronic fund transfer service or to establish an account for receipt of electronic fund transfers with a financial institution as a condition of employment or receipt of a government benefit; provided, however, that where a consumer's account is to be credited by a preauthorized electronic fund transfer, the consumer shall have the choice of selecting the financial institution to which the transfer shall be made if such institution is technically capable of receiving such a transfer; or (3) condition the sale of goods or services to a consumer on such consumer's payment by means of an electronic fund transfer.

Section 7. No person may:

(1) condition the extension of credit to a consumer on such consumer's repayment by means of preauthorized electronic fund transfers;

(2) require a consumer to accept an electronic fund transfer service or to establish an account for receipt of electronic fund transfers with a financial institution as a condition of employment or receipt of a government benefit; provided, however, that where a consumer's account is to be credited by a preauthorized electronic fund transfer, the consumer shall have the choice of selecting the financial institution to which the transfer shall be made if such institution is technically capable of receiving such a transfer; or

(3) condition the sale of goods or services to a consumer on such consumer's payment by means of an electronic fund transfer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 4
Filing of applications; records; inspection
Status: in_force

Section 4. The deputy director shall keep on file all applications for such licenses and a record of all licenses issued thereon. All files and records of the deputy director and of the respective town clerks shall be in convenient form and open to public inspection.

Section 4. The deputy director shall keep on file all applications for such licenses and a record of all licenses issued thereon. All files and records of the deputy director and of the respective town clerks shall be in convenient form and open to public inspection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40L, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40L / Section 8
Eligibility of area for purchase of agricultural preservation restrictions; priority
Status: in_force

Section 8. Land in an agricultural incentive area shall receive priority for a determination of eligibility for the purchase of agricultural preservation restrictions by the commonwealth pursuant to the program established by section eleven A to eleven D, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.

Section 8. Land in an agricultural incentive area shall receive priority for a determination of eligibility for the purchase of agricultural preservation restrictions by the commonwealth pursuant to the program established by section eleven A to eleven D, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 8
Receipt for custodial property
Status: in_force

Section 8. A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this chapter.

Section 8. A written acknowledgment of delivery by a custodian constitutes a sufficient receipt and discharge for custodial property transferred to the custodian pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 57
Board of registration of real estate brokers and salesmen; compensation and reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 57. Each member of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid by the commonwealth the expenses necessarily incurred by him in the discharge of his official duties.

Section 57. Each member of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid by the commonwealth the expenses necessarily incurred by him in the discharge of his official duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 6
Powers of commander-in-chief; increase in forces
Status: in_force

Section 6. The commander-in-chief may raise volunteer units when they are needed to maintain the military forces of the commonwealth at the strength and of the composition required or permitted by law.

Section 6. The commander-in-chief may raise volunteer units when they are needed to maintain the military forces of the commonwealth at the strength and of the composition required or permitted by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15OO — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15OO
Saint Jean de Baptiste Day
Status: in_force

Section 15OO. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Sunday of June as Saint Jean de Baptiste Day, recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.

Section 15OO. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Sunday of June as Saint Jean de Baptiste Day, recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2Q — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2Q
Intragovernmental Service Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2Q. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Intragovernmental Service Fund. There shall be credited to such fund all revenues generated through the charging of any state agency for services provided by another state agency including, but not limited to, charges levied by the human resources division for workers' compensation chargeback. Amounts credited to said fund shall be expended subject to appropriation.

Section 2Q. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Intragovernmental Service Fund. There shall be credited to such fund all revenues generated through the charging of any state agency for services provided by another state agency including, but not limited to, charges levied by the human resources division for workers' compensation chargeback.

Amounts credited to said fund shall be expended subject to appropriation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 11
Ceasing to be subject to statute on application
Status: in_force

Section 11. No employer shall cease to be subject to this chapter except upon a finding by the commissioner, after having made such investigation as he may deem necessary, that such employer has not on any day after the first day of the then last completed calendar year employed one or more individuals in employment subject to this chapter, whereupon such employer shall cease to be subject hereto as of January first of the year in which such finding is made.

Section 11. No employer shall cease to be subject to this chapter except upon a finding by the commissioner, after having made such investigation as he may deem necessary, that such employer has not on any day after the first day of the then last completed calendar year employed one or more individuals in employment subject to this chapter, whereupon such employer shall cease to be subject hereto as of January first of the year in which such finding is made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 169, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 169 / Section 16
Penalties
Status: repealed

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

[Text of section effective until January 1, 2026. Repealed by 2024, 312, Sec. 2. See 2024, 312, Sec. 5.]

Section 16. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation made hereunder by the commissioner shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 89D — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 89D
Annuities to widows of employees of cities and towns killed in line of duty
Status: in_force

Section 89D. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section the widow of any employee who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of two thousand dollars so long as she remains unmarried. The provisions of section eighty-nine C shall not apply to any city or town which accepts this section.

Section 89D. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section the widow of any employee who was killed, or who died from injuries received, or died as the natural and proximate result of undergoing a hazard peculiar to his employment, while in the performance of his duty, and whose death occurred prior to the effective date of any law providing benefits to his widow, shall be paid an annuity in the amount of two thousand dollars so long as she remains unmarried.

The provisions of section eighty-nine C shall not apply to any city or town which accepts this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111N, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111N / Section 3
Violations of marketing code of conduct prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 3. No pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer company or pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer agent shall knowingly and willfully violate the marketing code of conduct as adopted by the department.

Section 3. No pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer company or pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturer agent shall knowingly and willfully violate the marketing code of conduct as adopted by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 60
Delinquent children; admissibility of adjudication in subsequent proceeding; disqualification for public service
Status: in_force

Section 60. An adjudication of any child as a delinquent child under sections fifty-two to fifty-nine, inclusive, or any disposition thereunder of any child so adjudicated, or any evidence given in any case arising against any child under said sections fifty-two to fifty-nine, or any records in cases arising against any child under said sections fifty-two to fifty-nine shall not be received in evidence or used against such child for any purpose in any proceedings in any court except in subsequent delinquency or criminal proceedings against the same person; nor shall such adjudication or disposition or evidence operate to disqualify a child in any future examination, appointment, or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that adjudication of delinquency by reason of the child having committed an offense against the commonwealth may be used for impeachment purposes in subsequent delinquency or criminal proceedings in the same manner and to the same extent as prior criminal convictions.

Section 60. An adjudication of any child as a delinquent child under sections fifty-two to fifty-nine, inclusive, or any disposition thereunder of any child so adjudicated, or any evidence given in any case arising against any child under said sections fifty-two to fifty-nine, or any records in cases arising against any child under said sections fifty-two to fifty-nine shall not be received in evidence or used against such child for any purpose in any proceedings in any court except in subsequent delinquency or criminal proceedings against the same person; nor shall such adjudication or disposition or evidence operate to disqualify a child in any future examination, appointment, or application for public service under the government either of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof; provided, however, that adjudication of delinquency by reason of the child having committed an offense against the commonwealth may be used for impeachment purposes in subsequent delinquency or criminal proceedings in the same manner and to the same extent as prior criminal convictions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 94I — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 94I
Cost-allocation method for determining base distribution rates
Status: in_force

Section 94I. In each base distribution rate proceeding conducted by the department under section 94, the department shall design base distribution rates using a cost-allocation method that is based on equalized rates of return for each customer class; provided, however, that if the resulting impact of employing this cost-allocation method for any 1 customer class would be more than 10 per cent, the department shall phase in the elimination of any cross subsidies between rate classes on a revenue neutral basis phased in over a reasonable period as determined by the department.

Section 94I. In each base distribution rate proceeding conducted by the department under section 94, the department shall design base distribution rates using a cost-allocation method that is based on equalized rates of return for each customer class; provided, however, that if the resulting impact of employing this cost-allocation method for any 1 customer class would be more than 10 per cent, the department shall phase in the elimination of any cross subsidies between rate classes on a revenue neutral basis phased in over a reasonable period as determined by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 102
Unit clothing and equipment; regulation of use
Status: in_force

Section 102. Individual and unit clothing and equipment so provided shall be used only for military purposes, under regulations promulgated by the commander-in-chief, who shall provide how and where such property shall be kept and used, and shall be returned when directed by the adjutant general.

Section 102. Individual and unit clothing and equipment so provided shall be used only for military purposes, under regulations promulgated by the commander-in-chief, who shall provide how and where such property shall be kept and used, and shall be returned when directed by the adjutant general.