Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 94a - Milk Control
Section 5 - Application for License; Contents; Renewals; Display

Section 5. Each person, before engaging in business as a milk dealer, shall make application to the commissioner for a license hereunder, which the commissioner is hereby authorized to grant. Such application shall state the nature of the business to be conducted, the name and principal business address in the commonwealth of the applicant, and, if a firm or association, the name and address of each member thereof, or if a corporation, the names and addresses of all officers and directors thereof, and the name of each municipality in which business is to be conducted, and such other facts with respect to the business of the applicant as may be required by the commissioner. Licenses issued hereunder shall expire twelve months from the effective date of said license. Any licensee whose application for renewal is made on or before the fifteenth day prior to the expiration date may continue to engage in the milk business pending the action of the commissioner on such application. Every application for a license made by a person other than a licensee shall be acted upon by the commissioner within thirty days after his receipt thereof. Every license issued under any provision of this chapter shall state that it is subject to this chapter and the original license or a certified copy thereof shall be conspicuously displayed by the licensee in each place of business conducted by him in this commonwealth.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XV - Regulation of Trade

Chapter 94a - Milk Control

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner

Section 3 - Enforcement of Chapter by Chief; Appeal; Hearing; Notice

Section 4 - Licensing of Milk Dealers; Exception; Licenses for Schools, Hospitals and Charitable Institutions

Section 5 - Application for License; Contents; Renewals; Display

Section 6 - Licenses; Renewals; Suspension; Revocation; Conditional Licenses; Hearing; Notice

Section 7 - Hearing; Delivery and Return of Revoked or Cancelled License

Section 8 - Appeal by Applicant or Licensee of Decision of Commissioner; Jurisdiction of Superior Court

Section 9 - Annual License Fee

Section 10 - Prices, Terms and Conditions Relative to Milk; Investigations; Hearings; Matters Considered; Minimum Prices

Section 11 - Orders Fixing Minimum Prices to Producers and Consumers; Application of Orders; Rules and Regulations

Section 12 - Declaration of Existence of Emergency; Petition and Order Establishing Minimum Prices; Review; Notice

Section 12a - Payment Less Than Minimum Price; Recovery; Assignment of Claim

Section 13 - Entry on Premises for Inspection; Reports; Results of Inspection; Definitions

Section 14 - Purchase, Sale or Distribution of Milk Below Price Fixed or Below Cost; Rebates

Section 14a - Contracts for the Supplying of Milk for Use in Institutions Supported by Funds of the Commonwealth; Invitations to Bid and Bidding Procedures; Reports; Tests

Section 15 - Sale by Co-Operative Associations; Statement of Deductions

Section 16 - Examinations; Investigations; General or Special Hearings; Opportunity to Appear and Be Heard; Evidence

Section 17 - Time of Notice of Hearings, Orders, Rules and Regulations

Section 18 - Attendance and Testimony of Witnesses; Production of Books and Records; Administration of Oaths; Subpoenas; Excuse From Attendance; Witness Fees

Section 19 - Publication of Notice of Hearings, Orders, Rules and Regulations; Certification of Orders; Service of Subpoena; Service of Attested Copies

Section 21 - Review; Jurisdiction of Superior Court; Injunction; Declaratory Judgment

Section 22 - Penalties; Report of Violation; Investigation; Action; Injunction

Section 22a - Construction and Enforcement of Chapter; Acts or Omissions of Officers or Agents Acting for Principal

Section 23 - Agreements, Licenses, Rules, Regulations or Orders in Conflict With Federal Law

Section 24 - Uniform Milk Control; Co-Operation With United States and Other States; Enactment of Compact by Congress; Delegation Formed

Section 25 - Public Interest; Intention and Purpose of Statute

Section 26 - Partial Invalidity

Section 27 - Short Title