{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-141","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 141","heading":"Retention of records by state departments and commissions","body":"Section 141. Every state department and commission shall keep a record of its proceedings in any matter considered by it under any laws affecting street railways in which it shall enter every request, made by any party before it, for a ruling of law and of its action upon such request, and the neglect either to grant or refuse such request shall, subject to section five of chapter twenty-five, be taken in any judicial review of such proceedings as a refusal.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section141","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:50Z","sha256":"718be7920659cd3c85579e73a191e9464b13309c06009a997b71fa93f09cb406","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-140","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}