Section 7–103. (a) This article is subject to any treaty or statute of the United States or regulatory statute of the commonwealth to the extent the treaty, statute or regulatory statute is applicable.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 106 sec. 7-103

  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(b) This article does not modify or repeal any law prescribing the form or content of a document of title or the services or facilities to be afforded by a bailee, or otherwise regulating a bailee’s business in respects not specifically treated in this article. However, violation of such a law does not affect the status of a document of title that otherwise is within the definition of a document of title.

(c) This article modifies, limits and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, sections 101 through 107 of Title 1 of Public Law 106–229, 15 U.S.C. § 7001, et. seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede section 101(c) of said act at 15 U.S.C. § 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of said act at 15 U.S.C. § 7003(b).

(d) To the extent there is a conflict between the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, in sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of chapter 110G and this article, this article governs.