{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-98b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 98B","heading":"Discrimination in employment on public works or in public relief or transitional assistance","body":"Section 98B. Whoever, knowingly and wilfully, employs discriminatory practices in the administration or giving of employment on public works or projects, or in the dispensing or giving of public relief or transitional assistance or any public benefit, because of race, color, religion or nationality, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 272"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter272/Section98B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:18Z","sha256":"0d4215e95799b9552876770474683a7b6a190f2a6a18b3f03ddf9f94b480a8c0","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-98a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-272-98c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}