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MA Gen L ch 94a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 18 - Attendance and Testimony of Witnesses; Production of Books and Records; Administration of Oaths; Subpoenas; Excuse From Attendance; Witness Fees

Section 18. (a) The commissioner may compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books and records or any other evidence that relates to the subject matter of any examination, investigation or hearing held under authority of this chapter or of similar provisions of earlier law. The commissioner, the chief, or any hearing agent designated by the commissioner, or any employee designated by the commissioner as clerk, may administer oaths to any witness at any examination, investigation or hearing held under authority of the chapter or of similar provisions of earlier law. Any subpoena issued by the commissioner may require such attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence from any place within the commonwealth, at any designated place of hearing, and may be served in any manner provided in subsection (c) of section nineteen.  (b) In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any person, the superior court, upon application by the commissioner, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear before the commissioner or his agent to produce evidence, if so ordered, or to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.  (c) No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books and records or other evidence in obedience to the subpoena of the commissioner, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for perjury committed in so testifying.  (d) Witnesses summoned before the commissioner or his agent, shall be paid the same fees and mileage as witnesses before the courts, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons taking the same shall severally be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like service in the courts.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 21 - Review; Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunction; Declaratory Judgment

Section 21. Any person aggrieved by any order, rule or regulation adopted by, or other decision of, the commissioner may, by petition filed within twenty days after the publication or service of such order, rule, regulation or decision, obtain a review by the superior court of the proceedings of the commissioner on which such order, rule, regulation or decision was based. A copy of such petition, attested by the clerk of the court, shall be forthwith served upon the commissioner. The petitioner shall file in the court a transcript of the entire record in the proceedings, certified by the commissioner, including the notice, the testimony received and the findings and order or decision of the commissioner. The order, rule, regulation or decision of the commissioner shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (7) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A. No objection not urged before the commissioner shall be considered in review. The court may, in its discretion, remit the record to the commissioner for the correction of errors or for the taking of additional evidence. Prior to the entry of a decree of revision or reversal, no order shall be made to stay or supersede any order, rule, regulation or decision of the commissioner, nor shall any court in any proceeding restrain or enjoin the commissioner or restrain or enjoin enforcement of an order, rule, regulation or decision adopted by the commissioner, except after a hearing of which the commissioner shall have received not less than two days' notice in writing.  Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, a person aggrieved by the adoption of a regulation as defined in clause (5) of section one of chapter thirty A may elect alternative judicial review of such regulation through a proceeding for declaratory relief in the same manner and to the extent provided under chapter two hundred and thirty-one A.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 22 - Penalties; Report of Violation; Investigation; Action; Injunction

Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order of the commissioner made under this chapter or adopted by the former milk control board under any similar provision of earlier law, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and such fine may be imposed for each day during which such violation shall continue. A violation of any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted may be reported by any person to the commissioner, who shall investigate such complaint and may institute such action at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted, and, in addition to any other remedy, may seek relief by injunction, if in the opinion of the commissioner it is necessary to protect the public interest, without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 22a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 22a - Construction and Enforcement of Chapter; Acts or Omissions of Officers or Agents Acting for Principal

Section 22A. When construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter, the act, omission or failure of any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any individual, corporation, company, society or association within the scope of his employment or office, shall in each case be also deemed to be the act, omission or failure of such individual, corporation, company, society or association, as well as that of the officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by him or it.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 23 - Agreements, Licenses, Rules, Regulations or Orders in Conflict With Federal Law

Section 23. When any agreement, license, rule, regulation or order made or issued pursuant to any relevant federal law shall be in effect in any market or geographical area within the commonwealth, any provision of this chapter, inconsistent or in conflict with such agreement, license, rule, regulation or order, shall not apply to such market or area; but, subject to the foregoing, this chapter shall be in effect throughout the commonwealth, including every such market and area.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 25 - Public Interest; Intention and Purpose of Statute

Section 25. It is hereby declared that the production and distribution of milk is an industry affected with a paramount public interest relating to the public health. The intention and purpose of this chapter is hereby declared to extend to the regulation of said industry and to the control of all milk sold or offered for sale in the commonwealth, to the full extent permitted by the constitutions of the commonwealth and of the United States, respectively.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 26 - Partial Invalidity

Section 26. If any provision of this chapter, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this chapter, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
MA Gen L ch 94a § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94a - Milk Control|Section 27 - Short Title

Section 27. This chapter may be cited as the Milk Control Law.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 2 - Commissioner; General Powers

Section 2. (a) Whenever in the judgment of the commissioner such action will promote the objectives of this chapter by avoiding or resolving uncertainty as to its application, the commissioner may by reasonable rules and regulations declare to be a hazardous substance, for the purpose of this chapter, any substance or mixture of substances which he finds meets the requirements of the same term as defined in section one.  (b) If the commissioner finds that the requirements of section one, as to labeling of a ''misbranded hazardous substance'' are not adequate for the protection of the public health and safety in view of the special hazard presented by any particular hazardous substance, he may by regulation establish such reasonable variations of additional label requirements as he finds necessary for the protection of the public health and safety; and any hazardous substance intended, or packaged in a form suitable, for use in the household or by children, which fails to bear a label in accordance with these regulations shall be deemed to be a misbranded hazardous substance.  (c) If the commissioner finds that, because of the size of the package involved or because of the minor hazard presented by the substance contained therein, or for other good and sufficient reasons, full compliance with the labeling requirements otherwise applicable under this chapter is impracticable or is not necessary for the adequate protection of the public health and safety, he shall promulgate regulations exempting the substance from these requirements, to an extent he determines consistent with adequate protection of the public health and safety.  (d) If the commissioner finds that an article subject to this chapter cannot be labeled adequately to protect the public health and safety, or the article presents an imminent danger to the public health and safety, he may declare the article to be a banned hazardous substance and require its removal from commerce.  The commissioner shall cause the regulations promulgated under this chapter to conform, insofar as practicable, with the regulations established pursuant to the Federal Hazardous Substances Act.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 3 - Prohibited Acts

Section 3. (a) No person shall sell, expose for sale, deliver, give away, have in his possession, introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance.  (b) No person shall alter, mutilate, destroy, obliterate or remove the whole or any part of the label of, or do any other act with respect to, any hazardous substance if such act is done while the substance is in commerce or held for sale, whether or not the first sale, and such act results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance.  (c) No person shall receive in commerce any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance and deliver or proffer delivery thereof for pay or otherwise.  (d) No person shall give a guarantee or undertaking referred to in section four which guarantee or undertaking is false, except in reliance upon a guarantee or undertaking to the same effect signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance.  (e) No person shall sell, expose for sale, deliver, give away, have in his possession, introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce, or receive in commerce and subsequently deliver or proffer delivery for pay or otherwise, any hazardous substance in a reused food, drug or cosmetic container or in a container which though not a reused container, is identifiable as a food, drug, or cosmetic container by its labeling or by other identification. The reuse of a food, drug or cosmetic container as a container for a hazardous substance shall be deemed to be an act which results in the hazardous substance being a misbranded hazardous substance. As used in this paragraph, the terms ''food'', ''drug'', and ''cosmetic'' shall have the same meaning as in section one of chapter ninety-four.  (f) No person shall manufacture any hazardous substance that is misbranded with the intent that the same be distributed or sold in violation of this chapter.  (g) No person shall use to his own advantage, or reveal other than to the commissioner or officers or employees of the department or to the courts when relevant in any judicial proceeding under this chapter or to a physician treating a patient for potential poisoning any information acquired under authority of sections six and seven concerning any method or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 4 - Penalties for Violation of Sec. 3; Exceptions

Section 4. Any person who violates any of the provisions of section three shall be punished for a first offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both; and for a second and subsequent offenses, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or a fine of not less than six hundred dollars not more than three thousand dollars, or both; provided, however, that no person shall be subject to such penalties for having violated the provisions of paragraph (c) of section three if the receipt, delivery, or proffered delivery of the hazardous substance, was made in good faith, unless he refused to furnish on request of an officer or employer duly designated by the commissioner the name and address of the person from whom he purchased or received such hazardous substance, and copies of all documents, if any there be, pertaining to the delivery of the hazardous substances to him; or for having violated paragraph (d) of section three if he establishes a guarantee or undertaking signed by, and containing the name and address of, the person residing in the United States from whom he received in good faith the hazardous substance, to the effect that the hazardous substance is not a misbranded hazardous substance or a banned hazardous substance within the meaning of those terms in this chapter, or for having violated paragraph (a) of section three in respect to any hazardous substance shipped or delivered for shipment for export to any foreign country, in a package marked for export on the outside of the shipping container and labeled in accordance with the specifications of the purchaser and in accordance with the laws of the United States or of the foreign country.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 6 - Inspection; Access to Premises; Penalties

Section 6. (a) For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the director and inspectors shall have access and entry at reasonable times to any premises pursuant to a search warrant duly issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that no sample of an alleged hazardous substance obtained in the course of such inspection and no result of any analysis or test of any such sample shall be received in evidence in any criminal proceeding under this chapter unless the sample shall have been taken and the analysis or test conducted in accordance with the procedure provided in sections one hundred and eighty-eight and one hundred and eighty-nine of chapter ninety-four.  (b) Any person who obstructs the director or an inspector from entering premises under a valid search warrant where a hazardous substance is kept as provided in section six, or any person who does not comply with the provisions of section seven, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 7 - Examination of Records

Section 7. For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter, carriers engaged in commerce, and persons storing or receiving hazardous substances in commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the commissioner acting under authority of a search warrant duly issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, permit such officer or employee at reasonable times, to have access to and to copy all records showing the movement in commerce of any such hazardous substances, or the holding thereof during or after such movement, and the quantity, shipper, and consignee thereof.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 8 - Repurchase of Banned Hazardous Substances

Section 8. In the case of any article or substance sold by its manufacturer, distributor, or dealer which is a banned hazardous substance, whether or not it was such at the time of its sale, such article or substance shall, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner, be repurchased as follows:  (a) The manufacturer of any such article or substance shall repurchase it from the person to whom he sold it, and shall refund to that person the purchase price paid for such article or substance. If that person repurchased such article or substance pursuant to the provisions in this section, the manufacturer shall reimburse him for any amounts paid in connection with its repurchase, and reimburse such person for any reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in returning it to the manufacturer.  (b) The distributor of any such article or substance shall repurchase it from the person to whom he sold it, and shall refund to that person the purchase price paid for such article or substance. If that person has repurchased such article or substance pursuant to the provisions of this section, the distributor shall reimburse him for any amounts paid for the return of such article or substance in connection with its repurchase and reimburse that person for any reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in returning it to the distributor.  (c) In the case of any such article or substance sold at retail by a dealer, if the person who purchased it from the dealer returns it to him, the dealer shall refund the purchase price paid for it and reimburse him for any reasonable and necessary transportation charges incurred in its return.  For the purpose of this section, (1) the term ''manufacturer'' includes an importer for resale, and (2) a dealer who sells at wholesale an article or substance shall with respect to that sale be considered the distributor of that article or substance.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 9 - Publication of Reports and Dissemination of Information Pertaining to Hazardous Substances

Section 9. (a) The commissioner may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing any judgments, decrees or court orders which have been rendered under this chapter including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof.  (b) The commissioner may also cause to be disseminated information regarding hazardous substances in situations involving, in the opinion of the commission, possible danger to health. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the commissioner from collecting, reporting and illustrating the results of his investigations.
MA Gen L ch 94b § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 94b - Hazardous Substances|Section 10 - Short Title

Section 10. Sections one to nine, inclusive, may be cited and referred to as the hazardous substances labeling law.