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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185a - Resale of Tickets; Necessity, Term and Transfer of License; Information in Application; Definition of Resale; Restrictions

Section 185A. No person shall engage in the business of reselling any ticket or tickets of admission or other evidence of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition required to be licensed under sections one hundred and eighty-one and one hundred and eighty-two of this chapter or under chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A, whether such business is conducted on or off the premises on which such ticket or other evidence is to be used, without being licensed therefor by the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, in this and the six following sections called the commissioner. A license shall be granted only upon a written application setting forth such information as the commissioner may require. Each license issued under this section shall be in force until the first day of January next after its date, unless sooner revoked. No such license may be transferred or assigned except upon written permission of the commissioner. The sale of a ticket or pass, entitling the holder thereof to admission to any such theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition upon payment either of nothing or a sum less than that demanded of the public generally, shall be deemed to be a resale thereof within the meaning of this section.
No person shall engage in or have any interest, as a stockholder or otherwise, in any such business in the conduct of which is or are resold any ticket or tickets of admission or other evidence or evidences of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition of which said person is the owner or in which he has any interest, as a stockholder or otherwise.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185b - Fees For, and for Renewal Of, Licenses to Resell Tickets

Section 185B. The fee for each license granted under section one hundred and eighty-five A and for each annual renewal thereof shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for the filing thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185c - Revocation or Suspension of License

Section 185C. The commissioner, after notice to the licensee and reasonable opportunity for him to be heard, may revoke his license or may suspend the same for such period as the commissioner may deem proper, upon satisfactory proof that the licensee has violated or permitted a violation of any condition of his license or of any rule or regulation of the commissioner under section one hundred and eighty-five E. If the license is revoked, the licensee shall be disqualified to receive a license for one year after the expiration of the term of the license so revoke.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185d - Resale Price

Section 185D. No licensee under section one hundred and eighty-five A shall resell any ticket or other evidence of right of entry to any theatrical exhibition, public show or public amusement or exhibition of any description at a price in excess of two dollars in advance of the price printed on the face of such ticket or other evidence of right of entry as the purchase price thereof; provided, however, that a price in excess of the above maximum shall not be deemed in violation of this section if the amount in excess of the above maximum is solely attributable to service charges. For the purpose of this section, service charges are defined as costs incurred by said licensee related solely to the procuring and selling of such ticket or other evidence of right of entry and not related to the general business operation of said licensee. Service charges include, but are not limited to, charges for messengers, postage, and long distance telephone calls, extensions of credit and costs attributable thereto.
The imposition of a fee, on an annual or per order basis, for customers purchasing tickets other than by immediate payment therefor in cash, which includes a membership fee, office expenses and the cost of processing credit card orders, shall not be deemed a violation of this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185e - Rules and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets; Investigations; Record of Licenses

Section 185E. The commissioner shall establish and may from time to time alter rules and regulations relative to the granting of licenses and the business carried on by persons licensed under section one hundred and eighty-five A. He shall, either personally or by such subordinates as he may designate, as often as he deems it necessary, investigate the affairs of such licensees and for that purpose shall have free access to the books and papers of such licensees and shall ascertain the condition of the business and whether it is being transacted in compliance with law and the rules and regulations made hereunder, and with the terms and conditions of the license. The commissioner shall keep a book or books in which shall be entered in alphabetical order a record of all licenses granted under section one hundred and eighty-five A, which record shall be open to public inspection.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185f - Violation of Statutes and Regulations Relative to Reselling of Tickets

Section 185F. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and eight-five A to section one hundred and eighty-five G, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the commissioner made under section one hundred and eighty-five E, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars; provided, however, that whoever, after being convicted of a second violation of section one hundred and eighty-five A, again violates said section shall, for such third or subsequent offense, be punished by such find and by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185g - Nonapplicability of Statutes to Tickets for Entertainment of Nonprofit Organizations

Section 185G. The provisions of section one hundred and eighty-two A and the six preceding sections shall not apply to tickets or other evidences of entry to theatrical exhibitions, public shows or public amusements or exhibitions, all the proceeds of the sale or resale of which inure exclusively to the benefit of religious, educational or charitable institutions, societies or organizations or civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare or to associations of veterans of any wars of the United States, or to tickets or other evidences of entry to agricultural fairs, none of the profits of the sale or resale of which are distributed to stockholders or members of the association conducting the same.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185h - Dancing Schools; Grants, Terms, Revocation, Suspension, Contents Coverage and Expiration of License for Dancing Schools; Fees; Inspection and Supervision; Penalty

Section 185H. In Boston, and in any other city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, the mayor or selectmen thereof may grant upon such terms and conditions as he or they may deem reasonable licenses for dancing schools, so called, to be conducted on week days only, and may fix the fee for said licenses within the limit hereinafter provided. He or they may revoke or suspend such licenses for just cause after hearing, due notice whereof shall have been given. The head of the police department in such city or town may cause such dancing schools to be inspected and supervised. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and the number if there be any, or, if there is no number, then the location of the place, in which the license is to be exercised, and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so issued shall expire on April thirtieth of each year. The fee for such license shall not exceed five dollars. Whoever conducts a dancing school in such city or town unless authorized so to do by a license in full force and effect shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 185i - Fortune Tellers; License

Section 185I. No person shall tell fortunes for money unless a license therefor has been issued by the local licensing authority. Said license shall be granted only to applicants who have resided continuously in the city or town in which the license is sought for at least twelve months immediately preceding the date of the application. No such license shall be transferred or assigned. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, the fee for each license granted under this section shall be two dollars, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars. Whoever tells fortunes for money unless licensed under this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 186 - Grant of License for Roller Skating, Carousels, Inclined Railways, Ferris Wheels and Exhibitions of Fire Fighting; Terms, Conditions and Regulations

Section 186. The license commission of Lowell, the mayor of any other city, and the selectmen of any town, may grant a license to any person to establish, keep open and maintain staking rinks to be used for roller skating, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public, for hire, gain or reward, upon such terms, conditions and regulations as they deem proper, subject to sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive, and to the provisions of law relating to the observance of Sunday.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 187 - Maintenance of Rink Without License

Section 187. Whoever, without such license, establishes, keeps open or maintains a skating rink to be used for the amusement of roller skating or any other amusement referred to in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 188 - Grant of License for Picnic Grove; Terms, Conditions and Regulations

Section 188. In a city or town which accepts the provisions of this and the two following sections or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the aldermen, except in Boston and Lowell, or the selectmen may grant a license to any person to establish, let, keep open and maintain a grove to be used for picnics or other lawful gatherings and amusements for hire, gain or reward, upon such conditions and regulations as they deem proper, subject to the provisions of sections two hundred and two to two hundred and five, inclusive. In Lowell the license commission and in Boston the licensing board may grant such licenses.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 189 - Maintenance of Grove Without License

Section 189. Whoever, without such license, establishes, lets, keeps open or maintains, himself or by another, a grove to be used for picnics or other amusements for hire, gain or reward shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 190 - Peddling, Selling, Gaming, Horse Racing or Exhibitions Near Grove

Section 190. Whoever, not having his residence or regular place of business within one half mile of a grove licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, during the time of holding a picnic or other lawful gathering in such licensed grove and within one half mile thereof hawks or peddles goods, wares or merchandise, or establishes or maintains a tent, booth, vehicle or building for vending provisions or refreshments without the consent of the licensee of such grove, or engages in gaming or horse racing, or exhibits or offers to exhibit any show or play, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 191 - Grant of License for Power Propelled Boats

Section 191. The aldermen or selectmen may license any person to run a steamboat or other boat propelled by power other than muscular power for the conveyance for hire of passengers on lakes, ponds or waters not within the maritime jurisdiction of the United States.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 192 - Term; Record; Fee; Contents; Posting; Maximum Number of Passengers

Section 192. Such licenses shall be granted for a term of not more than one year, and shall be recorded by the clerk of the city or town where they are granted, who shall receive a fee of one dollar for recording each license, unless a different fee is otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than twenty dollars. Every such license shall set forth the name of the steamboat or other boat, of the master and owner, and the number of passengers it is permitted to carry at any one time, with the number of life preservers that shall be carried. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place therein, and the number of passengers specified in such license shall in no case be exceeded.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 193 - Running of Boats Without License

Section 193. Whoever runs a steamboat or other boat propelled by power other than muscular power for the conveyance of passengers for hire on such waters without first obtaining such license from the aldermen of every city and the selectmen of every town within which such steamboat or other boat lands or receives passengers for hire shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 194 - Prohibition of Business of Renting of Boats or Bathing Suits Without a License

Section 194. Cities and towns which accept this and the two following sections or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws by a vote of the city council or of the town at a town meeting called for the purpose may prohibit any person from carrying on the business of renting boats or bathing suits, for use upon or in so much of the waters of any great pond as is situated within the town, without first obtaining a license so to do from the aldermen or selectmen.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 195 - Posting of Notices Relative to Statutes

Section 195. The aldermen of such cities and the selectmen of such towns shall cause to be posted in the immediate vicinity of such ponds notices stating that sections one hundred and ninety-four to one hundred and ninety-six, inclusive, have been accepted by the city or town.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 197 - Admission of Children to Entertainments

Section 197. Whoever, himself or by his servant or agent, admits a child under fourteen to any licensed show or place of amusement unless such child is accompanied by a person who has attained the age of eighteen, shall, on complaint of a parent or guardian of the child or of any police officer or of a supervisor of attendance of the town in which the child is so admitted, be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars; but he shall not be liable to said fine if a child apparently fourteen years old has obtained admission by any written misrepresentation or by any unauthorized entrance to said place of amusement, or has entered with and apparently in the company of a person over eighteen but does not remain with such person, provided the person in charge of said place of amusement shall remove such child immediately therefrom upon knowledge that the child is under fourteen and not then accompanied by a person eighteen years or older. This section shall not apply to shows or entertainments which take place before six o'clock in the afternoon and during the hours that the school of which the child attending such show or entertainment is a pupil is not in session. It shall be prima facie evidence that such school is in session if the public schools are in session in the town where said show or entertainment takes place.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 198 - Admission of Young Persons to Dance Halls

Section 198. No proprietor, lessee or manager and no employee of a proprietor, lessee or manager of any public hall or room in which dancing is practiced, and for admission to which money or other valuable thing is accepted, shall admit, while dancing is practiced therein between six in the afternoon and six in the forenoon, any person fifteen years of age or under, unless such person is accompanied by a parent, guardian or adult member of the family with whom such person is residing; and any minor may be refused admission to or be excluded from any such hall or room while a dance is being carried on therein, unless such minor produces evidence satisfactory to the proprietor or his agent that he is over the age of fifteen years. This section shall not apply to a dance given by any charitable or religious society, or by any public or private school, or by any class, society or club the membership of which is restricted to some particular charitable or religious society or to some particular public or private school.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 201 - Right of Officers to Enter Premises; Obstruction of Entrance

Section 201. A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable or police officer may at any time enter a billiard, pool or sippio room, bowling alley, skating rink, the licensed premises of a common victualler or room connected therewith, or a grove required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, or any building therein, for the purpose of enforcing any law; and whoever obstructs or hinders the entrance of such officer shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 202 - Signature On, Record, Contents and Term of Licenses; Fees

Section 202. Licenses granted elsewhere than in Boston to dealers in junk, old metals and second hand articles, junk collectors, pawnbrokers and keepers of billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys, roller skating rinks, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels, outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public and picnic groves shall be signed by the clerk of the city or town where they are granted. Every such license shall, before being delivered to the licensee, be recorded by such clerk, in a book kept for that purpose. Such license shall set forth the name of the licensee, the nature of the business, and the building or place in such city or town in which it is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until May first following unless sooner revoked. The board or officer issuing such a license shall, except as provided in section seventy-seven, receive for the use of the city or town such amount, not less than two dollars for each license, as the board or officer considers reasonable. In Boston licenses for billiard saloons, pool or sippio rooms or tables, bowling alleys and picnic groves shall be signed by the licensing board and recorded by its clerk and licenses for roller skating rinks, carousels, inclined railways, Ferris wheels and outdoor exhibitions of fire fighting for the amusement of the public shall be signed by the mayor and recorded by his clerk; the other licenses referred to in this section shall be signed by the police commissioner and recorded by his clerk.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 205 - Revocation of License; Record; Notice

Section 205. Upon the revocation of such a license, such clerk shall note the revocation upon the face of the record thereof, and shall give written notice to the licensee by delivering it to him in person or by leaving it at the place of business designated in the license.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140 - Licenses › Section 206 - Public and Semipublic Outdoor Inground Swimming Pools; Enclosures; Safety Equipment; Inspection; Violations; Penalty

Section 206. Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall be enclosed by a fence six feet in height and firmly secured at ground level provided that any board or stockade fence or structure shall be at least five feet in height, but if over five feet in height, the fence shall be chain link. Such enclosure, including gates therein, shall not be less than six feet above the ground, and any gate shall be self-latching with latches placed four feet above the ground or otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to children up to eight years of age. Such enclosure shall be constructed of such material and maintained so as not to permit any opening in said enclosure, other than a gate, wider than three inches at any point along the enclosure. Any such pool shall be equipped with at least one life ring and a rescue hook.
Every outdoor inground swimming pool open to the public, other than a public inground swimming pool fed by a spring or stream shall be drained or covered within seven days of closing.
For the purposes of this section, ''semipublic outdoor inground pool'' shall mean a swimming or wading pool on the premises of, or used in connection with, a hotel, motel, trailer court, apartment house, country club, youth club, school, camp, or similar establishment where the primary purpose of the establishment is not the operation of the swimming facilities. Semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall also mean a pool constructed and maintained by groups for the purposes of providing bathing facilities for members and guests only.
Every public and semipublic outdoor inground swimming pool shall be inspected annually by the inspector of buildings of each city and town in which said pool is located.
Any owner or manager of such public or semipublic pool who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings:
(a) ''Junk'', old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, trash, rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked automobiles, or parts thereof, iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous material.
(b) ''Automobile graveyard'', any establishment or place of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.
(c) ''Junkyard'', an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and the term shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills.
(d) ''Interstate system'', that portion of the national system of interstate and defense highways located within the commonwealth, as officially designated or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state department of highways, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code.
(e) ''Primary system'', that portion of connected main highways, as officially designated, or as may hereafter be so designated, by the state department of highways, and approved by the Secretary of Commerce, pursuant to the provisions of Title 23, United States Code.
(f) ''Department'', the state department of highways.
(g) ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of the state department of highways.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 2 - Establishment or Maintenance of Junkyards; Locations

Section 2. No person shall establish, operate or maintain a junkyard, any portion of which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of any interstate or primary highway, unless such junkyard is:
(a) screened by natural objects, plantings, fences, or other appropriate means so as not to be visible from the main traveled way of the system, or otherwise removed from sight, or
(b) located within an area which is zoned for industrial use under authority of law, or
(c) located within an unzoned industrial area, which area shall be determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations promulgated by the administrator, or
(d) is not visible from the main traveled way of the system.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 4 - Screening or Relocation of Junkyards

Section 4. If the department determines that the topography of the area adjoining the highway does not permit adequate screening of such junkyards or that the screening of such junkyards is not economically feasible, it may acquire by purchase or otherwise or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such land or interests in land as it deems necessary to secure the relocation, removal or disposal of the junkyards. The department shall pay the costs of such relocation, removal or disposal as approved by said department. If the department determines it to be in the best interests of the commonwealth, it may acquire by purchase or otherwise or take by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine such land or interests in land as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of such junkyards.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 5 - Entry and Inspection of Junkyards

Section 5. The administrator, or an agent authorized by him, may at any time enter upon any premises used by any person licensed to carry on business under section fifty-four or fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty to ascertain if such person is conducting said business in conformity with the provisions of section two.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 6 - Penalty for Refusal to Allow Administrator to Enter

Section 6. A licensee under section fifty-four or fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, or any other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to allow the administrator or his authorized agent to enter said premises, or any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents the administrator or his authorized agent from entering said premises or from making the examination authorized by section five shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 7 - Non-Conforming Junkyard as Nuisance; Abatement

Section 7. Any junkyard which does not conform to the requirements of this chapter shall be deemed a nuisance and the department may make application to the superior court for the county in which such junkyard is established or maintained for an injunction to abate such nuisances.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 8 - Violation; Enforcement Penalties

Section 8. No person shall operate or maintain a junkyard in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
The state police and the police of the cities and towns shall enforce this chapter. Any person violating any provision of this chapter the punishment for which is not otherwise provided shall, upon conviction of the first offense, be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, or both such fine and imprisonment; and shall upon conviction of a second or subsequent offense be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that any person who violates the provisions of this chapter and of section sixty-eight of chapter one hundred and forty shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of said section sixty-eight and upon conviction be subject to the penalty provided in said section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 9 - Agreements With Federal Government

Section 9. The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Commerce of the United States as provided by Title 23, United States Code, relative to the control of junkyards in areas adjacent to the interstate and primary systems, and to take action in the name of the commonwealth to comply with the terms of such agreement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140b - Control of Certain Junkyards › Section 10 - Expenditure of Federal Funds

Section 10. In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter and of Title II of the Federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965, the department may expend any funds made available for the laying out, construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, relocation or improvement of highways notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 2 - Exempt Transactions

Section 2. This chapter shall not apply to the following:
(a) Credit transactions involving extensions of credit primarily for business, commercial, or agricultural purposes, or to government or governmental agencies or instrumentalities, or to organizations.
(b) Transactions in securities or commodities accounts with a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(c) Credit transactions, other than those in which a security interest is or will be acquired in real property, or in personal property used or expected to be used as the principal dwelling of the consumer, in which the total amount financed exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars.
(d) Transactions under public utility tariffs, if the commissioner determines that the public utilities commission regulates the charges for such public utility services involved, the charges for delayed payment, and any discount allowed for early payment.
(e) Loans made, insured, or guaranteed pursuant to a program authorized by 20 USC 1070, et seq. of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 3 - Rules and Regulations

Section 3. (a) The commissioner shall prescribe from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary or proper in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Such rules and regulations may contain such classifications, differentiations or other provisions, and may provide for such adjustments and exceptions for any class of transactions, as in the judgement of the commissioner are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter, to prevent circumvention or evasion thereof, or to facilitate compliance therewith; provided, however, that no such rule or regulation shall contain any classification, differentiation or other provision with respect to, or provide for any judgement or exception for, any class of transaction which would result in less stringent disclosure requirements than afforded that class of transaction under the Federal Consumer Protection Act and Regulation Z issued by the bureau.
If a provision of the federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1601 et seq., the bureau's Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. section 1026 et seq., the official staff commentary or a disclosure or model form provided by a creditor thereunder is in conflict with a provision of this chapter or 209 CMR 32.00 et seq. and if the commissioner does not deem said federal provision to be substantially less consumer protective, the commissioner may waive, in writing, the provision of this chapter or 209 CMR 32.00 et seq. The waiver shall be filed with the state secretary and shall, unless otherwise provided by law, become effective on the sixtieth day following the date of the filing. A copy of the waiver shall be filed simultaneously with the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on financial services.
Creditors in the commonwealth shall comply with the federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1601 et seq., and regulations implemented by the bureau unless and until the commissioner promulgates regulations that are substantially similar to or afford more protection to consumers than those issued by the bureau.
(b) The commissioner may issue from time to time advisory rulings under section eight of chapter thirty A<\/centy>;00004;;LQ;MAST30AS8;1000042;<\/centr> interpreting any provision or the regulations issued hereunder. Each official bureau interpretation or official staff interpretation that interprets a provision of the regulations issued under the Truth-in-Lending Act (15 USC 1601 et seq.) (Title VI of Public Law 96–221) that is similar in substance to a provision of this chapter or the regulation issued thereunder, shall, until rescinded by the bureau, be deemed by the commissioner to be an advisory ruling issued under said section eight of said chapter thirty A;<\/centy>;00007;;LQ;MAST30AS8;1000042;<\/centr> provided, however, that the commissioner may reject a bureau or staff interpretation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 5 - Annual Percentage Rate; Determination

Section 5. (a) The annual percentage rate applicable to any extension of consumer credit shall be determined in accordance with the regulations of the commissioner.
(1) In the case of any extension of credit other than an open-end-credit plan, as
(A) that nominal annual percentage rate which will yield a sum equal to the amount of the finance charge when it is applied to the unpaid balances of the amount financed, calculated according to the actuarial method of allocating payments made on a debt between the amount financed and the amount of the finance charge, pursuant to which a payment is applied first to the accumulated finance charge and the balance is applied to the unpaid amount financed; or
(B) the rate determined by any method prescribed by the commissioner as a method which materially simplifies computation while retaining reasonable accuracy as compared with the rate determined under subclause (A).
(2) In the case of an extension of credit under an open-end-credit plan, as the quotient, expressed as a percentage, of the total finance charge for the period to which it relates divided by the amount upon which the finance charge for that period is based, multiplied by the number of such periods in a year.
(b) Where a creditor imposes the same finance charge for balances within a specified range, the annual percentage rate shall be computed on the median balance within the range, except that if the commissioner determines that a rate so computed would not be meaningful, or would be materially misleading, the annual percentage rate shall be computed on such other basis as the commissioner may by regulation require.
(c) The disclosure of an annual percentage rate is accurate for the purpose of this chapter if the rate disclosed is within a tolerance not greater than one-eighth of one per centum more or less than the actual rate or rounded to the nearest one-fourth of one per centum. The commissioner may allow a greater tolerance to simplify compliance where irregular payments are involved.
(d) The commissioner may authorize the use of rate tables or charts which may provide for the disclosure of annual percentage rates which vary from the rate determined in accordance with subclause (A) of clause (1) of subsection (a) by not more than such tolerances as the commissioner may allow. The commissioner may not allow a tolerance greater then eight percentum of that rate except to simplify compliance where irregular payments are involved.
(e) In the case of creditors determining the annual percentage rate in a manner other than as described in subsection (d), the commissioner may authorize other reasonable tolerances.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 7 - Disclosure of Information; Multiple Creditors or Obligors; Estimates

Section 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a creditor shall disclose to the person who is obligated on a consumer credit transaction the information required under this chapter. In a transaction involving more than one obligor, a creditor, except in a transaction under section ten, need not disclose to more than one of such obligors if the obligor given disclosure is a primary obligor.
(b) If a transaction involves one creditor as defined in subsection (f) of section one, such creditor shall make the disclosures. If a transaction involves more than one creditor, only one creditor shall be required to make the disclosures. The commissioner shall by regulation specify which creditor shall make the disclosures.
(c) The commissioner may provide by regulation that any portion of the information required to be disclosed by this chapter may be given in the form of estimates where the provider of such information is not in a position to know exact information. In the case of any consumer credit transaction, a portion of the interest on which is determined on a per diem basis and is to be collected upon the consummation of such transaction, any disclosure with respect to such portion of interest shall be deemed to be accurate for the purposes of this chapter if the disclosure is based on information actually known to the creditor at the time that the disclosure documents are being prepared for the consummation of the transaction.
(d) The commissioner shall determine whether tolerances for numerical disclosures other than the annual percentage rate are necessary to facilitate compliance with this chapter, and if he determines that such tolerances are necessary to facilitate compliance, he shall by regulation permit disclosures within such tolerances.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 8 - Disclosure of Information; Clear and Conspicuous Statements

Section 8. (a) Information required by this chapter shall be disclosed clearly and conspicuously, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner. The terms annual percentage rate and finance charge shall be disclosed more conspicuously than other terms, data or information provided in connection with a transaction, except information relating to the identity of the creditor. Regulations of the commissioner need not require that disclosures pursuant to this chapter be made in the order set forth in this chapter and, except as otherwise provided, may permit the use of terminology different from that employed in this chapter if it conveys substantially the same meaning.
(b) Any creditor may supply additional information or explanation with any disclosures required under this chapter, or regulations promulgated thereunder, except as provided under clause (1) of subsection (b) of section twelve.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 9 - Information Rendered Inaccurate

Section 9. If information disclosed in accordance with this chapter is subsequently rendered inaccurate as the result of any act, occurrence, or agreement subsequent to the delivery of the required disclosures, the inaccuracy resulting therefrom does not constitute a violation of this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 14 - Multiple-Page Advertisements; Contents; Open-End-Credit Plan

Section 14. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, or rules or regulations issued thereunder, a catalog or other multiple-page advertisement shall be considered a single advertisement if it clearly and conspicuously displays a credit terms table on which the information required to be stated under this chapter is clearly set forth.
(b) No advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly any extension of consumer credit may state:
(1) That a specific periodic consumer credit amount or installment amount can be arranged, unless the creditor usually and customarily arranges credit payments or installments for that period and in that amount;
(2) That a specified down payment is required in connection with any extension of consumer credit, unless the creditor usually and customarily arranges down payments in that amount.
(c) No advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly the extension of consumer credit under an open-end-credit plan may set forth any of the specific terms of that plan unless it also clearly and conspicuously sets forth all of the following items:
(1) Any minimum or fixed amount which could be imposed.
(2) In any case in which periodic rates may be used to compute the finance charge, the periodic rates expressed as annual percentage rates.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 15 - Advertisements; Other Than Open-End-Credit Plans; Contents

Section 15. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this section applies to any advertisement to aid, promote, or assist directly or indirectly any consumer credit sale, loan, or other extension of credit subject to the provisions of this chapter, other than an open-end-credit plan.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to advertisements of residential real estate except to the extent that the commissioner may by regulation require.
(c) If any advertisement to which this section applies states the rate of finance charge, the advertisement shall state the rate of that charge expressed as an annual percentage rate.
(d) If any advertisement to which this section applies states the amount of the down payment, if any, the amount of any installment payment, the dollar amount of any finance charge, or the number of installments or the period of repayment, then the advertisement shall state all of the following items:
(1) The down payment, if any;
(2) The terms of repayment; and
(3) The rate of the finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XX - Public Safety and Good Order › Chapter 140d - Consumer Credit Cost Disclosure › Section 15a - Application Form or Pre-Approved Written Solicitation for Open-End Credit Plan; Contents

Section 15A. Any application form or pre-approved written solicitation for an open-end credit plan and any printed advertisement which contains such application form or pre-approved written solicitation which is mailed or distributed on or after July first, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, to a consumer residing in the commonwealth by or on behalf of a card issuer, whether such issuer is located within or without the commonwealth, and which is intended to aid, promote or assist directly or indirectly in the issuance of a credit card by any issuer, shall prominently disclose in easily understood language: the current annual percentage rate for finance charges and, if the rate may vary, a statement to that effect and of the circumstances under which the rate may increase and whether there are any limitations on any such increase, as well as the effects of any such increase; the conditions under which a finance charge may be imposed, including the time period within which any credit extended may be repaid without incurring a finance charge; whether any annual fee is charged and the amount of any such fee; and whether any other charges or fees may be assessed, the purposes for which they are assessed, and the amounts of any such charges or fees.
The card issuer may submit examples of application forms, pre-approved written solicitations, and printed advertisements containing such application forms and pre-approved written solicitations to the commissioner for a determination as to whether they satisfy the requirements of this section. Approval by the commissioner shall constitute prima facie evidence of compliance with this section.