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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 48
Recordable instruments binding on partnership
Status: in_force

Section 48. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest in real property, including without limitation, any deed, lease, notice of lease, mortgage, discharge or release of mortgage, assignment of mortgage, easement, and certificate of fact, executed in the name of a registered limited liability partnership by any partner who is identified on the registration of the limited liability partnership, as amended, filed with the secretary of the commonwealth as authorized to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record recordable instruments affecting interests in real property, shall be binding on the registered limited liability partnership in favor of a seller, purchaser, lessor, lessee, mortgagor, mortgagee, or other person relying in good faith on such instrument, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the partnership agreement, side agreements among the partners, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the registered liability partnership.

Section 48. Any recordable instrument purporting to affect an interest in real property, including without limitation, any deed, lease, notice of lease, mortgage, discharge or release of mortgage, assignment of mortgage, easement, and certificate of fact, executed in the name of a registered limited liability partnership by any partner who is identified on the registration of the limited liability partnership, as amended, filed with the secretary of the commonwealth as authorized to execute, acknowledge, deliver and record recordable instruments affecting interests in real property, shall be binding on the registered limited liability partnership in favor of a seller, purchaser, lessor, lessee, mortgagor, mortgagee, or other person relying in good faith on such instrument, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the partnership agreement, side agreements among the partners, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the registered liability partnership.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 38
Mortgagees; notice requiring demand for payment
Status: in_force

Section 38. If a mortgagee of land situated in the place of his residence, before July first of the year in which the tax is assessed, gives written notice to the collector that he holds a mortgage on land, with a description of the land, the demand for payment shall be made on the mortgagee instead of the mortgagor.

Section 38. If a mortgagee of land situated in the place of his residence, before July first of the year in which the tax is assessed, gives written notice to the collector that he holds a mortgage on land, with a description of the land, the demand for payment shall be made on the mortgagee instead of the mortgagor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 15
Money awards; payment or security
Status: in_force

Section 15. If money is awarded to make the partition just and equal, the court shall be satisfied, before the partition is confirmed, that the money has been paid or secured to the parties entitled thereto. Money awarded on account of shares in dispute or uncertain may be ordered to be deposited in the manner provided in section thirty-four.

Section 15. If money is awarded to make the partition just and equal, the court shall be satisfied, before the partition is confirmed, that the money has been paid or secured to the parties entitled thereto. Money awarded on account of shares in dispute or uncertain may be ordered to be deposited in the manner provided in section thirty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 44A
Board of registration of architects; membership; appointment; term
Status: in_force

Section 44A. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure a board of registration of architects, in this and the following three sections called the board, to be appointed by the governor, consisting of five members, citizens of the commonwealth, four of whom shall each have been engaged in the practice of architecture for a period of ten years or more prior to his appointment, and shall be registered architects. The fifth member shall be a representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. As the term of office of a member of the board expires, his successor, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the governor, to serve for five years. Each member shall continue to serve until the qualification of his successor. The governor may also fill any vacancy in the board for the unexpired portion of the term.

Section 44A. There shall be in the division of occupational licensure a board of registration of architects, in this and the following three sections called the board, to be appointed by the governor, consisting of five members, citizens of the commonwealth, four of whom shall each have been engaged in the practice of architecture for a period of ten years or more prior to his appointment, and shall be registered architects. The fifth member shall be a representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. As the term of office of a member of the board expires, his successor, qualified as aforesaid, shall be appointed by the governor, to serve for five years. Each member shall continue to serve until the qualification of his successor. The governor may also fill any vacancy in the board for the unexpired portion of the term.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111O, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111O / Section 3
Community EMS programs
Status: in_force

Section 3. The department shall evaluate and approve community EMS programs developed and operated by the primary ambulance service with the approval of the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director to provide community outreach and assistance to residents of the local jurisdiction in order to advance injury and illness prevention within the community. A community EMS program may work with local public health agencies or officials and identify members of the community who use the 911 system or emergency department and connect them to their primary care providers, other health care providers, low-cost medication programs, and other social services. The programs may also utilize EMS providers to provide follow-up and preventive measures including, but not limited to, fall prevention, vaccinations under the direction of local public health agencies or officials, and health screenings, including blood pressure and blood glucose checks. All EMS provider training and activities related to the program shall be approved by the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director. Nothing in this section shall authorize an EMS provider to perform any medical procedures outside their scope of practice.

Section 3. The department shall evaluate and approve community EMS programs developed and operated by the primary ambulance service with the approval of the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director to provide community outreach and assistance to residents of the local jurisdiction in order to advance injury and illness prevention within the community.

A community EMS program may work with local public health agencies or officials and identify members of the community who use the 911 system or emergency department and connect them to their primary care providers, other health care providers, low-cost medication programs, and other social services. The programs may also utilize EMS providers to provide follow-up and preventive measures including, but not limited to, fall prevention, vaccinations under the direction of local public health agencies or officials, and health screenings, including blood pressure and blood glucose checks.

All EMS provider training and activities related to the program shall be approved by the local jurisdiction and the affiliate hospital medical director. Nothing in this section shall authorize an EMS provider to perform any medical procedures outside their scope of practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 30
Fees and expenses
Status: in_force

Section 30. The compensation of the special agents, counsel, employees and assistants, and all expenses of supervision and liquidation, shall be fixed by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, on notice to such bank, and, upon the certificate of the commissioner, shall be paid out of the funds of the bank in his hands.

Section 30. The compensation of the special agents, counsel, employees and assistants, and all expenses of supervision and liquidation, shall be fixed by the commissioner, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, on notice to such bank, and, upon the certificate of the commissioner, shall be paid out of the funds of the bank in his hands.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 42E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 42E
Exemption from filing bond or security
Status: in_force

Section 42E. If a licensee, or an applicant for a license, under section forty-two A is himself a producer and, in addition to his own production, receives from other producers not more than one hundred quarts of milk, and if the commissioner is satisfied from an investigation of the financial condition of the licensee or applicant that he is solvent and possessed of sufficient assets reasonably to assure compensation to his present and future creditors, the commissioner may, by an order filed in the department of agriculture, relieve such applicant or licensee from filing a bond or other security as hereinabove required. No bond or other security shall be required of a cooperative association receiving milk from producers who are also members, by virtue of a membership agreement or contract in full force and effect, of such cooperative association.

Section 42E. If a licensee, or an applicant for a license, under section forty-two A is himself a producer and, in addition to his own production, receives from other producers not more than one hundred quarts of milk, and if the commissioner is satisfied from an investigation of the financial condition of the licensee or applicant that he is solvent and possessed of sufficient assets reasonably to assure compensation to his present and future creditors, the commissioner may, by an order filed in the department of agriculture, relieve such applicant or licensee from filing a bond or other security as hereinabove required. No bond or other security shall be required of a cooperative association receiving milk from producers who are also members, by virtue of a membership agreement or contract in full force and effect, of such cooperative association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 21
Documents related to pensions of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority employees
Status: in_force

Section 21. A document made or received by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Board or any other legal entity, public or private, which receives funds from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the payment or administration of pensions for employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall be considered a public record under this chapter and under clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and subject to all applicable exemptions; provided, however, that subsection (6) of section 23 of chapter 32 shall also apply to these documents.

Section 21. A document made or received by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Retirement Board or any other legal entity, public or private, which receives funds from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority for the payment or administration of pensions for employees of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority shall be considered a public record under this chapter and under clause twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and subject to all applicable exemptions; provided, however, that subsection (6) of section 23 of chapter 32 shall also apply to these documents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 3A
Motion of district attorney for sentence
Status: in_force

Section 3A. Not later than seven days after a plea of guilty or after a verdict of guilty and in any event before adjournment of the sitting at which such plea or verdict has been taken and recorded in a case of felony wherein no question of law has been reported for decision by the supreme judicial court, the district attorney shall move for sentence; provided, that nothing herein shall preclude the district attorney from again making such a motion in any case where the imposition of sentence is delayed under section forty-seven.

Section 3A. Not later than seven days after a plea of guilty or after a verdict of guilty and in any event before adjournment of the sitting at which such plea or verdict has been taken and recorded in a case of felony wherein no question of law has been reported for decision by the supreme judicial court, the district attorney shall move for sentence; provided, that nothing herein shall preclude the district attorney from again making such a motion in any case where the imposition of sentence is delayed under section forty-seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 37
Bond; hearing on sufficiency of sureties
Status: in_force

Section 37. Before the officer serving the writ delivers the goods to the plaintiff he shall take from the plaintiff, or from a person acting in his behalf, a bond payable to the defendant in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the defendant, or as may be approved by a justice of a district court or a master in chancery in the county where the action is brought. If the sureties are to be so approved, the officer who serves the writ shall give written notice to the defendant or to the person from whose custody the property has been taken, stating the time and place of hearing thereon and the names and residences of the proposed sureties, allowing not less than one hour before the time appointed for the hearing and at the rate of one hour additional for each mile of travel. The amount of the bond required shall not exceed twice the sum for which a lien is claimed by the defendant. If the defendant or his agent or attorney does not appear in person, and does not state in writing the amount of his claim, no bond shall be required.

Section 37. Before the officer serving the writ delivers the goods to the plaintiff he shall take from the plaintiff, or from a person acting in his behalf, a bond payable to the defendant in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the defendant, or as may be approved by a justice of a district court or a master in chancery in the county where the action is brought. If the sureties are to be so approved, the officer who serves the writ shall give written notice to the defendant or to the person from whose custody the property has been taken, stating the time and place of hearing thereon and the names and residences of the proposed sureties, allowing not less than one hour before the time appointed for the hearing and at the rate of one hour additional for each mile of travel. The amount of the bond required shall not exceed twice the sum for which a lien is claimed by the defendant. If the defendant or his agent or attorney does not appear in person, and does not state in writing the amount of his claim, no bond shall be required.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 11
Rights of health benefit plans to include as providers religious non-medical providers
Status: in_force

Section 11. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights of health benefit plans to include as providers religious non-medical providers, require such health benefit plans to utilize medically based eligibility standards or criteria in deciding provider status for religious non-medical providers, use medical professionals or criteria to decide insured access to religious non-medical providers, utilize medical professionals or criteria in making decisions in internal appeals from decisions denying or limiting coverage or care by religious non-medical providers, compel an insured to undergo a medical examination or test as a condition of receiving coverage for treatment by a religious non-medical provider, or require such health benefit plans to exclude religious non-medical providers because they do not provide medical or other data otherwise required, if such data is inconsistent with the religious non-medical treatment or nursing care provided by the provider.

Section 11. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights of health benefit plans to include as providers religious non-medical providers, require such health benefit plans to utilize medically based eligibility standards or criteria in deciding provider status for religious non-medical providers, use medical professionals or criteria to decide insured access to religious non-medical providers, utilize medical professionals or criteria in making decisions in internal appeals from decisions denying or limiting coverage or care by religious non-medical providers, compel an insured to undergo a medical examination or test as a condition of receiving coverage for treatment by a religious non-medical provider, or require such health benefit plans to exclude religious non-medical providers because they do not provide medical or other data otherwise required, if such data is inconsistent with the religious non-medical treatment or nursing care provided by the provider.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 20, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 20 / Section 32
Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 32. There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth an Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund, consisting of: (i) fee revenues from apiary inspections under sections 32 and 35 of chapter 128, poultry inspections under section 124 of chapter 94, registration of animal rescue and shelter operations under section 39A of chapter 129 and registration of pesticide companies; (ii) interest or investment earnings on such monies; and (iii) all other monies credited or transferred to the fund by law. The commissioner shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend monies in the fund without further appropriation for programs and costs related to the following: (1) sections 32 to 38, inclusive, and sections 64 and 65 inclusive of chapter 128; (2) the integrated pest management program established in chapter 132B and in chapter 85 of the acts of 2000; (3) spay and neuter programs and animal rescue and shelter programs established under section 139A of chapter 140; (4) poultry testing programs established in 330 CMR 5.00 seq; and (5) the Agricultural Innovation Center. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, not to exceed $200,000, shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.

Section 32. There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth an Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund, consisting of: (i) fee revenues from apiary inspections under sections 32 and 35 of chapter 128, poultry inspections under section 124 of chapter 94, registration of animal rescue and shelter operations under section 39A of chapter 129 and registration of pesticide companies; (ii) interest or investment earnings on such monies; and (iii) all other monies credited or transferred to the fund by law.

The commissioner shall be the trustee of the fund and may expend monies in the fund without further appropriation for programs and costs related to the following: (1) sections 32 to 38, inclusive, and sections 64 and 65 inclusive of chapter 128; (2) the integrated pest management program established in chapter 132B and in chapter 85 of the acts of 2000; (3) spay and neuter programs and animal rescue and shelter programs established under section 139A of chapter 140; (4) poultry testing programs established in 330 CMR 5.00 seq; and (5) the Agricultural Innovation Center.

Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year, not to exceed $200,000, shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 45
Winding up affairs of dissolved limited liability company
Status: in_force

Section 45. (a) Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, a manager who has not wrongfully dissolved a limited liability company or, if none, the members or a person approved by the members pursuant to the operating agreement, or if there is no operating agreement, pursuant to section twenty-one, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs; but the superior court department of the trial court, upon cause shown, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs upon application of any member or manager, his legal representative or assignee, and in connection therewith, may appoint a liquidating trustee. (b) Upon dissolution and notwithstanding the filing of a certificate of cancellation pursuant to section 14, a limited liability company may continue its existence but shall not carry on any business except as necessary to wind up its affairs or distribute its assets which may include, but shall not be limited to, prosecuting and defending suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, gradually settling and closing the limited liability company's business, disposing of and conveying the limited liability company's property, discharging or making reasonable provision for the limited liability company's liabilities and distributing to members any remaining assets of the limited liability company, without affecting the liability of members and managers and without imposing liability on a liquidating trustee.

Section 45. (a) Unless otherwise provided in an operating agreement, a manager who has not wrongfully dissolved a limited liability company or, if none, the members or a person approved by the members pursuant to the operating agreement, or if there is no operating agreement, pursuant to section twenty-one, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs; but the superior court department of the trial court, upon cause shown, may wind up the limited liability company's affairs upon application of any member or manager, his legal representative or assignee, and in connection therewith, may appoint a liquidating trustee.

(b) Upon dissolution and notwithstanding the filing of a certificate of cancellation pursuant to section 14, a limited liability company may continue its existence but shall not carry on any business except as necessary to wind up its affairs or distribute its assets which may include, but shall not be limited to, prosecuting and defending suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, gradually settling and closing the limited liability company's business, disposing of and conveying the limited liability company's property, discharging or making reasonable provision for the limited liability company's liabilities and distributing to members any remaining assets of the limited liability company, without affecting the liability of members and managers and without imposing liability on a liquidating trustee.