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MA Gen L ch 128 § 44a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 44a - Suffolk County Annual Budget and Report; Tax Assessment

Section 44A. The trustees in Suffolk county shall annually prepare and submit a budget containing detailed estimates of all sums required by them for carrying out sections forty to forty-five, inclusive, during the ensuing fiscal year. Said trustees in preparing their budget shall indicate estimated expenses for the agricultural, home economics, resource development and youth programs and shall record their expenditures in like manner in their annual report.  To meet the expenses incurred there shall annually be expended from the state treasury, subject to appropriation, sums equal, in the aggregate, to seven cents on each one thousand dollars of the equalized valuations of the town of Winthrop and the cities of Boston, Chelsea and Revere, as most recently reported by the state tax commission to the general court under the provisions of section ten C of chapter fifty-eight of the General Laws, and the state treasurer shall issue his warrant requiring the assessors of said town and cities to assess a tax to the amount of the sums so expended in proportion to their said valuations, and such amounts shall be collected and paid to the state treasury as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine of the General Laws; provided, that such town or any city may in any year anticipate in whole or in part its assessment, and appropriate, raise and deposit the amount thereof with the state treasury, and any sum so deposited shall be credited against such assessment. There may also be expended for the purpose of this act voluntary contributions for such purposes deposited in the state treasury.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 45 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 45 - Acquisition of Land by Towns for Demonstration Work in Agriculture and Homemaking

Section 45. Any town may acquire, by purchase or otherwise, in the manner in which land may be acquired for school purposes, real estate for the purpose of carrying on, under the direction of the agents or instructors of said trustees, demonstration work in agriculture and homemaking, and may appropriate money to be expended by said trustees under sections forty to forty-three, inclusive, or for the purpose of enabling the trustees to acquire necessary real estate, or for the support of demonstration work, under the direction of the agents or instructors or of the trustees, on land owned by the town or by any resident thereof.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 46 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 46 - Agricultural or Horticultural Societies; Exhibitions; Assignment of Police to Preserve Peace

Section 46. Upon the application of the president of an incorporated agricultural or horticultural society to the authorities of a town where an exhibition of such society is to be held, such authorities shall assign for special service at such exhibition all police officers or constables necessary to preserve the peace and enforce the law thereat.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 47 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 47 - Receipt of Department Reports by Farmers' Clubs; Annual Returns; Reports

Section 47. Farmers' clubs which are organized and are holding regular meetings shall, upon application made annually in November to the commissioner, receive copies of the department's report and of its other publications, in proportion to the number of their members and to the applications so made. A club which receives such copies shall annually in October make returns to said commissioner of its agricultural experiments and of the reports of its committees.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 48 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 48 - Regulations for Preservation of Peace at Meetings or Exhibitions; Posting

Section 48. Each agricultural or horticultural society or farmers' club may establish such regulations, not inconsistent with law, as it considers necessary and expedient for the preservation of peace and good order or for the protection of its interests at its regular or annual meetings, shows, fairs or exhibitions, and shall cause at least five copies of such regulations to be posted in public places on its grounds not less than forty-eight hours before the time of holding each meeting, show, fair or exhibition.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 49 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 49 - Vendors, Gaming Activities, Shows or Plays Near Cattle Show, Fair or Exhibition; Gaming

Section 49. No person, during the time of holding a cattle show, fair or exhibition or meeting of a farmers' club and without the consent of the authorities having charge of the same, shall establish within one half mile of the place of holding such show, fair, exhibition or meeting a tent, booth or vehicle of any kind for the purpose of vending any goods, wares, merchandise, provisions or refreshments. No person shall engage in gaming or horse racing or exhibit a show or play during the regular or stated time of holding a cattle show, agricultural fair or meeting of a farmers' club, or engage in pool selling, at or within one half mile of the place of holding the same; but no person having his regular place of business within such limits shall be hereby required to suspend his business.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 50 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 50 - Penalty for Violations of Sec. 49 or Regulations Established Under Sec. 48

Section 50. Whoever violates any provisions of the preceding section, or of a regulation established under section forty-eight, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 51 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 51 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 52 to 63

Section 51. The following words as used in section fifty-two to section sixty-three, inclusive, unless a different meaning is required by the context, or is specifically described, shall have the following meanings:—  ''Brand name'', any word, name, symbol or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others.  ''Commercial feed'', all materials except unmixed seed, whole or processed, when not adulterated within the meaning of section fifty-four which are distributed for use as feed or for mixture in feed; provided, that the commissioner by regulation may exempt from this definition, or from specific provisions of this act, commodities such as hay, straw, stover, silage, cobs, husks, hulls, and individual chemical compounds or substances when such commodities, compounds or substances are not inter-mixed with other materials, and are not adulterated within the meaning of said section fifty-four.  ''Contract feeder'', a person who is an independent contractor, feeds commercial feed to animals pursuant to a contract whereby such commercial feed is supplied, furnished, or otherwise provided to such person and whereby such person's remuneration is determined all or in part by feed consumption, mortality, profits, or amount, or quality of product.  ''Customer-formula feed'', commercial feed which consists of a mixture of the commercial feeds, or feed ingredients, each batch of which is manufactured according to the specific instructions of the final purchaser.  ''Drug'', any article intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in animals other than man, and articles other than feed intended to affect the structure or any function of the animal body.  ''Mineral feed'', a commercial feed intended to supply primarily mineral elements or inorganic nutrients.  ''Official sample'', a sample of feed taken by the commissioner or his agent in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-eight D.  ''Per cent or percentage'', the per cent by weight.  ''Pet food'', any commercial feed prepared and distributed for consumption by pets.  ''Product name'', the name of the commercial feed which identifies it as to kind, class, or specific use.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 52 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 52 - Commercial Feed; Registration; Application; Changes in Guarantees; Hearing; Fee

Section 52. Each commercial feed shall be registered before being distributed in the commonwealth; provided, however, that customer-formula feeds are exempt from registration. The application for registration shall be submitted on forms furnished by the commissioner or his deputy and if the commissioner so requests, shall also be accompanied by a label or other printed matter describing the product. Upon approval by the commissioner or his deputy a copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations shall expire on December thirty-one of each year. The application shall include the information required by section fifty-three.  A distributor shall not be required to register any brand of commercial feed which is already registered under the provisions of this section by another person.  Changes in the guarantee of either chemical or ingredient composition of a registered commercial feed may be permitted provided there is satisfactory evidence that such changes would not result in a lowering of the feeding value of the product for the purpose for which designed, and provided the commissioner or his deputy is notified of the change.  The commissioner or his deputy is empowered to refuse registration of any application not in compliance with the provisions of sections fifty-two to sixty, inclusive, and to cancel any registration subsequently found not to be in compliance with any provision thereof; provided, however, that no registration shall be refused or cancelled until the registrant shall have been given opportunity to be heard before the commissioner or his duly authorized assistant and to amend his application in order to comply with the law. The registration fee shall be twenty-five dollars.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 55 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 55 - Restrictions on Distribution of Feed

Section 55. No person shall distribute feed if (a) its labeling is false or misleading in any particular manner;  (b) it is distributed under the name of another feed;  (c) it is not labeled as required in section fifty-three and in regulations promulgated by the commissioner;  (d) it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient which does not conform to the definition, if any, prescribed by regulation of the commissioner or his deputy. In the absence of a prescribed definition by the commissioner, conformity to the commonly accepted definitions as those issued by the Association of American Feed Control Officials shall apply;  (e) any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of sections fifty-one through sixty to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness, as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices, in the labeling, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 56 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 56 - Prohibited Acts or Omissions

Section 56. No person shall (a) manufacture or distribute any commercial feed that is adulterated or misbranded;  (b) adulterate or misbrand any commercial feed;  (c) distribute agricultural commodities which are adulterated within the meaning of section fifty-four;  (d) remove or dispose of a commercial feed in violation of an order under section sixty;  (e) fail or refuse to register in accordance with section fifty-two;  (f) fail to pay registration fees and file reports as required by section fifty-two.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 57 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 57 - Enforcement of Secs. 52 to 60; Prosecution of Violations; Hearing; Notice

Section 57. The commissioner and his duly authorized assistants shall have authority to enforce sections fifty-two to sixty, inclusive, and to prosecute all violations thereof. Before any prosecutions by the commissioner or any of his duly authorized assistants, the parties concerned shall be given an opportunity to be heard before the said commissioner or a person designated by him for such purpose. The parties concerned shall be given reasonable notice of hearing specifying the day, hour and place thereof and accompanied by a description of the alleged violation.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 58 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 58 - Inspection of Commercial Feed Facilities and Vehicles; Warrant; Obtaining of Official Samples for Analysis and Forwarding of Results

Section 58. The commissioner either in person or his assistants shall have free access at all reasonable hours to each building or other place in which commercial feeds are manufactured, processed, packed or held for distribution, or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such feeds and to inspect at reasonable times and within reasonable limits and in a reasonable manner such factory, warehouse, establishment or vehicle and all pertinent equipment, finished and unfinished materials, containers, and labeling therein. The inspection may include the verification of only such records, and production and control procedures as may be necessary to determine compliance with section fifty-four.  If the officer or employee making such inspection of a factory, warehouse, or other establishment has obtained a sample in the course of the inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises he shall give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained.  If the owner of any building, factory, warehouse, or establishment, or his agent, refuses to admit the inspector or his agent, the commissioner or his deputy is authorized to obtain from the court a warrant directing such owner or his agent to submit the premises described in such warrant to inspection.  The results of all analyses of official samples shall be forwarded by the commissioner or his deputy to the person named on the label and to the purchaser. When the inspection and analysis of an official sample indicates a commercial feed has been adulterated or misbranded and upon request within thirty days following receipt of the analysis the commissioner or his deputy shall furnish to the registrant a portion of the sample concerned.  The commissioner or his deputy in determining for administrative purposes whether a commercial feed is deficient in any component, shall be guided by the official sample as defined in section fifty-one and obtained and analyzed as provided in this section.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 59 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 59 - Methods for Collection and Delivery of Samples for Analysis

Section 59. Samples for analysis as stipulated in section fifty-eight shall be collected by the commissioner or his duly authorized deputy and shall be delivered to the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Massachusetts for analysis according to methods approved by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists or other approved methods.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 60 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 60 - Withdrawal of Commercial Feed From Sale; Release; Condemnation Proceedings; Seizure; Disposition

Section 60. When the commissioner or his deputy has reasonable cause to believe any lot of commercial feed is being distributed in violation of any of the provisions of sections fifty-two to fifty-eight, inclusive, or of any of the prescribed regulations promulgated thereunder, he, or his deputy may order, in writing, that it be withheld from sale. The commissioner or his deputy may release the lot of commercial feed, or customer-formula feed so withdrawn when said provisions and regulations have been complied with. If compliance is not obtained within thirty days, the commissioner or his deputy may begin, or upon request of the distributor shall begin, proceedings for condemnation.  Any lot of commercial feed not in compliance with said provisions and regulations shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the commissioner or his deputy to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which said commercial feed is located. In the event the court finds the said commercial feed to be in violation of sections fifty-two to fifty-eight, inclusive, and orders the condemnation of said commercial feed, it shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the quality of the commercial feed and the laws of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 61 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 61 - Penalties; Certified Copy of Official Analysis as Prima Facie Evidence

Section 61. Whoever sells, offers or exposes for sale any commercial feed or mixture thereof without complying with the requirements of sections fifty-two to sixty, inclusive, applicable thereto, or in violation of any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or whoever falsely marks, or labels any such feed or mixture, or impedes, or obstructs, or hinders the commissioner or any of his duly authorized agents in the discharge of the authority or duties conferred or imposed by any provisions of said section, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars for the first violation, or not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars for a subsequent violation. In all prosecutions involving the composition of a lot of commercial feed, a certified copy of the official analysis signed by the commissioner or his agent shall be accepted as prima facie evidence of the composition.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 62 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 62 - Publication of Pertinent Information and Data Concerning Commercial Feed; Results of Analysis; Confidential Status

Section 62. The commissioner or his deputy may publish annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds; together with such data on their production, composition and use as he may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the commonwealth as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label; but any information relating to the general business of any applicant or licensee shall be treated by the commissioner as confidential.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 63 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 63 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Sale of Commercial Feed

Section 63. The commissioner may prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations relative to the sale of commercial feed as he deems necessary to enforce sections fifty-two to sixty-two, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 65 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 65 - Plant Nutrients or Beneficial Substances; Guarantees; Sources; Inspection and Analysis

Section 65. The total phosphoric acid and the degree of fineness of unacidulated mineral phosphatic materials and basic slag, bone, tankage, and other organic phosphate materials may be guaranteed. Guarantees for plant nutrients other than nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium may be permitted or required by regulation of the commissioner. The guarantees for such other nutrients shall be expressed in the form of the element.  The sources of other nutrients may be required to be stated on the application for registration and may be included as a parenthetical statement on the label.  Other beneficial substances or compounds, determinable by laboratory methods also may be guaranteed by permission of the commissioner with the advice of the director of the agricultural experiment station.  When any plant nutrients or other substances or compounds are guaranteed, they shall be subject to inspection and analysis in accord with the methods and regulations prescribed by the commissioner.  Potential basicity or acidity expressed in terms of calcium carbonate equivalent in multiples of one hundred pounds per ton shall be guaranteed when required by regulations.
MA Gen L ch 128 § 65a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation|Chapter 128 - Agriculture|Section 65a - Limitation on the Purchase and Application of Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer; Additional Regulations for the Limitation of Non-Point Source Pollution From Plant Nutrients

Section 65A. (a) No person shall purchase and apply or authorize any person, by way of service contract or other arrangement, to apply in the commonwealth any phosphorus containing fertilizer on lawn or non-agricultural turf, except when:  (1) a soil test indicates that additional phosphorus is needed for growth of that lawn or non-agricultural turf; or  (2) the phosphorus fertilizer is confirmed to be used for establishing a new lawn or new non-agricultural turf area.  (b) The department shall promulgate regulations to implement subsection (a) and may, consistent with subsection (a) and in consultation with the department of environmental protection, develop additional regulations designed to limit non-point source pollution from plant nutrients including, but not limited to, phosphorous and nitrogen. Such regulations may require retailers of phosphorus containing fertilizer to display such fertilizers separately and post signs specifying when and where phosphorus containing fertilizer may be applied.  (c) Regulations promulgated under this section shall be designed to maximize credits provided to municipalities by the United States Environmental Protection Agency relative to stormwater discharge and similar permits, which the Environmental Protection Agency may require of municipalities.  (d) Violations of any regulations promulgated under this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (k) of section 2.