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MA Gen L ch 128 § 124 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 124 - Enforcement of Federal Standards Related to Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption

Section 124. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:-  ''Farm'', lands that are used by a person for farming or agriculture as defined in section 1A.  ''Federal act'', the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, Public Law No. 111–353, as amended.  ''Federal standards'', the standards adopted under the federal act for the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce for human consumption as set forth in 21 C.F.R. 112, as amended.  ''Produce'', produce as defined in 21 C.F.R. 112.3, as amended.  ''Produce farm'', any farm engaged in the growing, harvesting, packing or holding of produce.  (b) The department may enforce the federal standards in the commonwealth. The department may consult, collaborate and enter into cooperative agreements with the department of public health regarding application and enforcement of the federal act.  (c) (1) The department may enter upon and inspect a produce farm during reasonable hours to ensure compliance with the federal standards or, pursuant to paragraph (2), comparable state standards applicable to produce not meeting the definition of covered produce under 21 C.F.R. 112.3, as amended. The commissioner may promulgate regulations as may be necessary to implement this paragraph.  (2) The department may conduct inspections of produce not meeting the definition of covered produce under 21 C.F.R. 112.3, as amended, or a produce farm not subject to the federal standards under 21 C.F.R. 112.4 and 112.5, as amended, only upon the request of the operator of the produce farm. Such a request for inspection shall subject the produce farm and its operator to the authority of the department as set forth in this section.  (3) After inspection, the department may issue an inspection certificate that shall include the date and place of inspection along with any other information that the department may prescribe. The department may coordinate with other state and federal agencies and organizations to carry out inspections at or near the same time on a particular produce farm.  (d) The department may issue reasonable orders necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section including, but not limited to, orders for the embargo, destruction, quarantine and release of produce. The commissioner may promulgate regulations as may be necessary to implement this subsection.  (e) The operator of a produce farm shall maintain records required by the federal act and rules adopted thereunder and shall make those records available to the department upon request.  [Chapter 128A effective until July 31, 2021. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; and 2020, 106, Sec. 14.]
MA Gen L ch 128a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 4 - Fees; Refund

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 4. The fee for the license provided for in section three shall be three hundred dollars or three-fourths of one-tenth of one per cent of the average daily handle of the previous calendar year for each day of any running horse, harness horse or dog racing meeting, whichever is the greater amount; provided, however, that a reduced fee, applicable to a license to any person holding or conducting a horse or dog racing meeting in connection with a state or county fair, or any exhibition for the encouragement or extension of agriculture, shall not exceed one hundred dollars for each day of such horse or dog racing meeting.  If for any reason or cause, beyond the control of and through no fault or neglect of any licensee and while such licensee is not in default, it should become impossible or impracticable to conduct racing upon any day or successive days specified in a license issued by the commission, the commission at the request of the licensee may, and upon proper showing shall, request the state treasurer to refund to the licensee an amount equal to the license fees paid for days on which such licensee does not hold or conduct a racing meeting under the terms of the license issued for such purpose. Upon receipt of such request, the state treasurer shall forthwith pay such amount to such licensee. The commission may, upon application of any such licensee, and upon the payment of the required license fees, grant an additional license for not more than the number of days on which it was impossible or impracticable to conduct racing, which days shall not be counted in the aggregate of racing days permitted by paragraphs (f), (g) and (j) of section three. The decision of the commission as to such impossibility or impracticability shall be final.  No license fee for the privilege of holding or conducting a horse or dog racing meeting, or for any other purpose peculiarly incidental to the holding or conducting of such a meeting, shall be imposed upon or collected from such a licensee by any city or town.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 5b - Assessment for Operation of Commission; Refund

[Text of section effective until July 31, 2021. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; and 2020, 106, Sec. 14.]  Section 5B. (a) One-quarter of one per cent of the total amount deposited at all racing meetings by the patrons wagering at such meetings shall be used to reimburse the commonwealth for funds appropriated by the general court for the operation and general administration of the commission for the fiscal year next following the calendar year in which said total amount was wagered. Said one-quarter of one per cent shall be retained by the commission from the sums paid daily to the commission pursuant to section five and shall be deposited in the General Fund.  (b) The commission is hereby authorized to make an assessment in each fiscal year against each licensee conducting a racing meeting in the commonwealth. Said assessment shall be made at a rate as shall be determined and certified annually by the commission as sufficient to produce revenue to reimburse the commonwealth for funds appropriated for the operation of the commission, including amounts sufficient to cover the cost of fringe benefits as established by the commissioner of administration pursuant to section six B of chapter twenty-nine; provided, however, that the total assessment for all licensees, not including the revenues received pursuant to paragraph (a), shall not exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Said assessment shall be made proportionately against each licensee on the basis of the amount withheld by each licensee less the sum paid to the commission as determined by section five. Each licensee against whom an assessment is made shall pay over daily to the commission a pro rata share of the assessment determined by dividing the total assessment of that license by the number of dates granted to the licensee pursuant to section three. If the commission fails to expend in any fiscal year the total amount assessed under this paragraph, any amount unexpended shall be credited against the assessment to be made in the following year and the assessment in such following year shall be reduced by such unexpended amount; provided, however that, if no racing dates are granted in the following year to any licensee, the portion of unexpended funds due such licensee as a credit shall, at the request of such licensee to the state treasurer, be refunded.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 6 - Records and Books of Wagers; Access; Financial Statements; Statements of Wagers

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 6. Accurate records and books shall at all times be kept and maintained by each licensee, showing the number, nature and amount of all wagers made in connection with such meeting. The commission, or its duly authorized representatives, shall at all reasonable times have access to the records and books of any licensee for the purpose of examining and checking the same, and ascertaining whether or not the proper amount has been or is being paid to the commission as herein provided.  Within sixty days after the close of a racing meeting, each licensee conducting a horse or dog racing meeting shall submit, on forms prescribed by the commission, financial statements certified to the commission by a certified public accountant; provided, however, that said licensee with the prior written approval of the commission, may submit said statements annually within sixty days after the close of its fiscal year, if any. The commission, or its duly authorized representatives, shall at all reasonable times have access to all records and books of the licensee for the purpose of examining and certifying the same.  The commission may also from time to time require sworn statements of such wagers and may prescribe blanks upon which such reports shall be made. Any licensee failing or refusing to make such report as herein provided, or failing or refusing to pay the amount found to be due as provided in this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of larceny and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one thousand nor more than ten thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 7 - Stewards to Conduct Racing Meetings; Representatives; Access; Authority; Reports; Violations

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 7. The commission shall appoint two stewards to each track licensed to conduct racing meetings, who shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty. The commission shall assign, by regulation, duties to be performed by him. The compensation of the commission-appointed steward shall be fixed by the commission.  The commission may also appoint one or more other representatives to attend each racing meeting held or conducted under a license issued under this chapter, and the appointment of said representatives shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty. The compensation and duties of each such representative shall be fixed by the commission.  Each such representative appointed by the commission to attend a racing meeting shall have full and free access to the space or enclosure where the pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering is conducted or supervised for the purpose only of ascertaining whether or not the provisions of this chapter are being properly observed. He shall also, for the same purpose only, have full and free access to the books, records and papers pertaining to such pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering. All employees of the commission assigned to the tracks for security purposes and all police officers assigned to the commission shall be under the control and authority of one of the representatives of the commission at each track. Said representative shall have full and free access to any other areas used in connection with the conduct of racing. He shall investigate, ascertain and report to the commission in writing under oath as to whether or not he has discovered any violation at such meeting of any of the provisions of this chapter, and, if so, the nature and character of such violations. Such report shall be made within ten days after the termination of the duties of such representative at any racing meeting.  If any such report shows any violation of this chapter, the commission shall transmit a copy of such report to the attorney general for such action as he shall deem proper.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 8 - Assignment of Police Officers at Racing Meetings; Approval; Cost; Employment of Veterinarians, Chemists and Laboratory Technicians

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 8. The commission shall apply to the department of public safety for the assignment of a complement of police officers to the commission on a regular basis and said department shall assign such complement to the commission. The commission shall assign such police officers to guard and protect the lives and safety of the public, property and the animals to be raced at any such meeting, and to perform any such other duties which may be required by said commission in order to maintain fair and honest pari-mutuel racing at any such meeting. The police officers so assigned shall, except in the case of an emergency, and while on duty at any such racing meeting, be subject to the operational authority of the commission; provided, however, that such assignment or reassignment shall not in any way impair any rights to which any officer may be entitled.  The commission shall from funds available pay to the department of public safety the cost of the salaries of the police officers so assigned from funds appropriated to the commission.  All assignments and reassignments to the commission, except as the commissioner of public safety shall determine that an emergency exists or is threatened, shall be subject to the approval of the racing commissioner. Nothing herein shall prevent licensees from applying to the state police if they have jurisdiction in the area where a racing meeting is to be held, or to the police department of a city or town wherein a racing meeting is to be held, in order that such police agency may furnish a police detail for safety or traffic purposes at any racing meeting authorized by this chapter. The total cost for any such police detail shall be a sum equal to the salaries of the police officers comprising such detail, plus a sum to cover the administrative expenses incurred by the department of each such police officer.  The commission shall employ as many veterinarians, chemists and laboratory technicians as it deems necessary to insure the legitimate performance of the animals to be raced at any racing meetings authorized by this chapter and to protect the health of such animals and the department of public safety shall provide that such veterinarians, chemists and laboratory technicians shall have access to the department's laboratory facilities.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 8a - Periodic Inspections of Installations and Facilities Operated by Licensees; Supervision of Stewards, Judges and Starters

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2107, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 8A. The commission shall make periodic inspections of all of the installations and facilities operated by its licensees, including stable areas and the office of the racing secretary during the time that entries are being filed. Each member shall from time to time personally visit the jockeys' room to observe the activity of the custodians and valets, and the operation of the clerk of the scales, weighing procedures and security provisions. The activities of stewards, placing judges, patrol judges and starters shall be closely supervised by said commission and the calculating and tote control room of the various tracks shall be regularly spot-checked to insure fair and equitable results for the wagering public.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 9 - Power of Commission to Make Rules and Regulations

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 9. The commission shall have full power to prescribe rules, regulations and conditions under which all horse or dog races at horse or dog racing meetings shall be conducted in the commonwealth and may by rule or regulation prohibit licensees from admitting minors to dog or horse racing meetings.  The commission shall have power to prescribe special rules, regulations and conditions applicable to horse and dog racing meetings held under licenses granted hereunder in connection with a state or county fair, or any exhibition for the encouragement or extension of agriculture.  The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations under which dog race track licensees shall be required to provide access to schooling races and participation in pari-mutuel dog races conducted by said licensees for Massachusetts bred greyhounds.[ Fourth paragraph effective until July 31, 2022. See 2001, 139, Sec. 45 as amended by 2005, 176, Sec. 13; 2006, 54, Sec. 12; 2006, 449, Secs. 19 and 21; 2008, 290, Sec. 12; 2009, 167, Sec. 12; 2010, 203, Sec. 12; 2011, 77, Sec. 12; 2011, 194, Sec. 84; 2014, 264, Sec. 11; 2016, 176, Sec. 11; 2017, 56, Sec. 11; 2018, 159, Sec. 11; 2019, 47, Sec. 11; 2020, 1, Sec. 11; 2020, 106, Sec. 11; and 2021, 27, Sec. 11.]  The commission shall prescribe rules and regulations under which betting accounts for account wagering, as provided in section 5C, shall be established, maintained and operated.  Rules and regulations so prescribed shall be printed by the commission and furnished in reasonable numbers to any one who may request them.  Any person violating any such rule or regulation shall, upon a complaint brought by the commission, be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 9b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 9b - Rules and Regulations of the Commission; Emergency Rules and Regulations

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 9B. Notwithstanding the provisions of section five of chapter thirty A, no rule, regulation or condition of the commission promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall take effect except as hereinafter provided.  A copy of every such rule, regulation or condition shall be filed with the clerk of the senate and shall be forthwith referred by him to the joint committee on government regulations.  Said committee shall file a written report with the clerk of the senate within thirty days after the filing of the copy thereof with said clerk, stating whether said rules, regulations and conditions are consistent with the statutory provisions under which they were promulgated.  Said rules, regulations and conditions shall take effect unless disapproved by a majority vote of both branches of the general court within sixty days after the filing of the copy thereof with the clerk of the senate unless the general court has prorogued within said sixty days.  If the general court prorogues within sixty days of the filing, with the clerk of the senate of such rules, regulations and conditions, the clerk of the senate shall refer the same to the committee on government regulations the next session of the general court.  Said committee shall report as hereinbefore provided within thirty days of the first day of such session and such rules, regulations and conditions shall take effect unless disapproved by a majority vote of both branches of the general court within sixty days of the first day of such session.  The clerk of the senate shall notify the commission of the action taken thereon by the general court.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the commission may adopt emergency rules or regulations to protect the health or safety of the public, participants, or animals; provided, however, that no emergency rule or regulation shall attempt to regulate the dates, manner of wagering, or economic terms or conditions of horse and dog racing within the commonwealth; and provided, further, that such emergency rules and regulations shall expire within ninety days.
MA Gen L ch 128a § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128a - Horse and Dog Racing Meetings|Section 10 - Wagering at Racing Meetings by Minors; Citizenship Requirement for Employees of Licensees

[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2022. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; and 2021, 27, Sec. 14.]  Section 10. Any licensee permitting any minor to participate in the pari-mutuel or certificate system of wagering at a racing meeting held or conducted by such licensee shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. At least eighty-five per cent of the persons employed by a licensee at a racing meeting held or conducted by him shall be citizens of the commonwealth and shall have been such citizens for at least two years immediately prior to such employment.