{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-18-5d","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, § 5D","heading":"Vendors; violations","body":"Section 5D. Any vendor procuring a payment under any assistance program administered by the department who violates any of the provisions of section five B or of sections twenty-one A to twenty-one G, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eighteen E shall be ineligible to participate further in the program for a period of three years next subsequent to the date of conviction for said violation; provided, however, that a vendor shall not be considered in violation of said section five B or of said sections twenty-one A to twenty-one G, inclusive, upon submission of proof, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that such violation was due solely to a clerical or administrative error.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 18"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter18/Section5D","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:19:55Z","sha256":"0fee36435e3f1e3cf11fe8cb0c931bad116aa22ef3a6b8921d2cea4f25666dcc","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-18-5c","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-18-5e"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}