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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 97A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 97A
Nightclubs, dance halls, discotheques, bars; automatic sprinkler system
Status: in_force

Section 97A. (a) The board of building regulations and standards shall require the owner of any building or structure or portion thereof, that includes a place of business designed or used for occupancy as a nightclub, dance hall, discotheque, bar, or for similar entertainment purposes, with a capacity of 100 persons or more, and which includes 1 or more residential dwellings, to install an adequate system of automatic sprinklers throughout the building including, but not limited to, residential dwellings and in any common areas connected thereto, in accordance with the state building code. This section shall apply to the construction or substantial alteration of buildings or structures, approved by building permit on or after December 1, 2004. This paragraph shall not preclude the board of building regulations and standards from prescribing more stringent sprinkler requirements. (b) Whoever is aggrieved by an interpretation, order, requirement, or direction of the building official under this section, or whoever is aggrieved by a failure of the building official to take action under this section, may, within 45 days after the service of notice of such interpretation, order, requirement, or direction, or after 45 days of such failure to act, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act to the building code appeals board as provided in section 100 of chapter 143.

Section 97A. (a) The board of building regulations and standards shall require the owner of any building or structure or portion thereof, that includes a place of business designed or used for occupancy as a nightclub, dance hall, discotheque, bar, or for similar entertainment purposes, with a capacity of 100 persons or more, and which includes 1 or more residential dwellings, to install an adequate system of automatic sprinklers throughout the building including, but not limited to, residential dwellings and in any common areas connected thereto, in accordance with the state building code. This section shall apply to the construction or substantial alteration of buildings or structures, approved by building permit on or after December 1, 2004. This paragraph shall not preclude the board of building regulations and standards from prescribing more stringent sprinkler requirements.

(b) Whoever is aggrieved by an interpretation, order, requirement, or direction of the building official under this section, or whoever is aggrieved by a failure of the building official to take action under this section, may, within 45 days after the service of notice of such interpretation, order, requirement, or direction, or after 45 days of such failure to act, appeal from such interpretation, order, requirement, direction, or failure to act to the building code appeals board as provided in section 100 of chapter 143.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 45
Stockholders' liability on distribution causing insolvency
Status: in_force

Section 45. Stockholders to whom a corporation makes any distribution, whether by way of dividend, repurchase or redemption of stock, or otherwise, except a distribution of stock of the corporation, if the corporation is, or is thereby rendered, insolvent shall be liable to the corporation for the amount of such distribution made, or for the amount of such distribution which exceeds that which could have been made without rendering the corporation insolvent, but in either event, only to the extent of the amount paid or distributed to them respectively. A stockholder who pays on a judgment, or otherwise, more than his proportionate share of such distribution or excess shall have a claim for contribution against the other stockholders, which, unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization, shall be in proportion to the amounts so paid or distributed to them respectively.

Section 45. Stockholders to whom a corporation makes any distribution, whether by way of dividend, repurchase or redemption of stock, or otherwise, except a distribution of stock of the corporation, if the corporation is, or is thereby rendered, insolvent shall be liable to the corporation for the amount of such distribution made, or for the amount of such distribution which exceeds that which could have been made without rendering the corporation insolvent, but in either event, only to the extent of the amount paid or distributed to them respectively. A stockholder who pays on a judgment, or otherwise, more than his proportionate share of such distribution or excess shall have a claim for contribution against the other stockholders, which, unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization, shall be in proportion to the amounts so paid or distributed to them respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, sec. 1C — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 214 / Section 1C
Right to freedom from sexual harassment
Status: in_force

Section 1C. A person shall have the right to be free from sexual harassment, as defined in chapter one hundred and fifty-one B and one hundred and fifty-one C. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction to enforce this right and to award the damages and other relief provided in the third paragraph of section 9 of chapter 151B. Any such action shall be commenced in the superior court within the time allowed by said section 9 of said chapter 151B. No claim under this section that is also actionable under chapter 151B or chapter 151C shall be brought in superior court unless a complaint was timely filed with the Massachusetts commission against discrimination under said chapter 151B.

Section 1C. A person shall have the right to be free from sexual harassment, as defined in chapter one hundred and fifty-one B and one hundred and fifty-one C. The superior court shall have the jurisdiction to enforce this right and to award the damages and other relief provided in the third paragraph of section 9 of chapter 151B. Any such action shall be commenced in the superior court within the time allowed by said section 9 of said chapter 151B. No claim under this section that is also actionable under chapter 151B or chapter 151C shall be brought in superior court unless a complaint was timely filed with the Massachusetts commission against discrimination under said chapter 151B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55B, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55B / Section 12
Records of decisions; transcripts of hearings
Status: in_force

Section 12. The commission shall be required to keep records of all decisions and an official transcript of all proceedings of the hearings. These documents shall be stored in the office of the state secretary. The commission shall upon written request provide any person appealing a decision by the commission a copy of the transcript from hearings pertaining to his case, in accordance with rules and regulations established in conformance with chapter thirty A. All records and transcripts of the commission shall be open to the public.

Section 12. The commission shall be required to keep records of all decisions and an official transcript of all proceedings of the hearings. These documents shall be stored in the office of the state secretary. The commission shall upon written request provide any person appealing a decision by the commission a copy of the transcript from hearings pertaining to his case, in accordance with rules and regulations established in conformance with chapter thirty A. All records and transcripts of the commission shall be open to the public.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 15
Discharge of surety on bond; notice
Status: in_force

Section 15. A surety upon the bond of a pilot desiring to be discharged from liability thereon shall give notice thereof to the commissioners, and shall also give written notice to such pilot, which may be served by a constable, and shall, with the return of the constable thereon, be filed with the state treasurer, and at the expiration of thirty days therefrom, the liability of such surety for the subsequent acts of said pilot shall cease. If a pilot so notified fails to furnish a new bond before the expiration of said thirty days, his commission shall be void.

Section 15. A surety upon the bond of a pilot desiring to be discharged from liability thereon shall give notice thereof to the commissioners, and shall also give written notice to such pilot, which may be served by a constable, and shall, with the return of the constable thereon, be filed with the state treasurer, and at the expiration of thirty days therefrom, the liability of such surety for the subsequent acts of said pilot shall cease. If a pilot so notified fails to furnish a new bond before the expiration of said thirty days, his commission shall be void.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 32
Payment of sums owed to subscriber's estate
Status: in_force

Section 32. A nonprofit hospital service corporation which, upon the death of a subscriber, owes the subscriber's estate an aggregate sum not exceeding two thousand dollars under any contract for hospital care or reimbursement for other health services, may, at any time not less than sixty days after the subscriber's death, pay such sum to the husband, wife and next of kin of the subscriber and any such payment made in good faith shall fully discharge the corporation to the extent thereof; provided, however, that this section shall not apply if, prior to the time of such payment, the corporation has received a written claim under the subscriber's contract from any executor, administrator, or special administrator of the subscriber's estate.

Section 32. A nonprofit hospital service corporation which, upon the death of a subscriber, owes the subscriber's estate an aggregate sum not exceeding two thousand dollars under any contract for hospital care or reimbursement for other health services, may, at any time not less than sixty days after the subscriber's death, pay such sum to the husband, wife and next of kin of the subscriber and any such payment made in good faith shall fully discharge the corporation to the extent thereof; provided, however, that this section shall not apply if, prior to the time of such payment, the corporation has received a written claim under the subscriber's contract from any executor, administrator, or special administrator of the subscriber's estate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 70, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 70 / Section 14
Exemption of certain districts from chapter
Status: in_force

Section 14. For any district in which fewer than twenty percent of the students scored below the state average on the assessment tests required by chapter sixty-nine, the city or town, or all cities and towns comprising a regional school district, may exempt the district from the provisions of this chapter by accepting this section in the manner prescribed by section four of chapter four. Any district so exempted shall continue to receive fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-three base aid, but shall not receive any additional state aid and shall not be required to meet the local obligation requirements of this chapter. If, in any future year, a district so exempted fails to meet the assessment standards described above, or for any other reason is not exempt from this chapter, it shall, in that and future years, be subject to the same obligations and entitled to the same aid under this chapter in each year as districts that were never so exempted.

Section 14. For any district in which fewer than twenty percent of the students scored below the state average on the assessment tests required by chapter sixty-nine, the city or town, or all cities and towns comprising a regional school district, may exempt the district from the provisions of this chapter by accepting this section in the manner prescribed by section four of chapter four. Any district so exempted shall continue to receive fiscal year nineteen hundred and ninety-three base aid, but shall not receive any additional state aid and shall not be required to meet the local obligation requirements of this chapter.

If, in any future year, a district so exempted fails to meet the assessment standards described above, or for any other reason is not exempt from this chapter, it shall, in that and future years, be subject to the same obligations and entitled to the same aid under this chapter in each year as districts that were never so exempted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 24
Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
Status: in_force

Section 24. If a person refuses or neglects to pay his tax for fourteen days after demand, and after a warrant to collect and a warrant to distrain or commit is issued pursuant to section twenty-nine, the collector may without unnecessary delay levy the same by distress, or seizure and sale of his goods, except tools or implements necessary for his trade or occupation, beasts of the plough necessary for the cultivation of his improved land, military arms, uniforms and equipment, utensils for housekeeping necessary for upholding life, and bedding and apparel necessary for himself and family.

Section 24. If a person refuses or neglects to pay his tax for fourteen days after demand, and after a warrant to collect and a warrant to distrain or commit is issued pursuant to section twenty-nine, the collector may without unnecessary delay levy the same by distress, or seizure and sale of his goods, except tools or implements necessary for his trade or occupation, beasts of the plough necessary for the cultivation of his improved land, military arms, uniforms and equipment, utensils for housekeeping necessary for upholding life, and bedding and apparel necessary for himself and family.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 47
Disobeying election, caucus or primary officers
Status: in_force

Section 47. Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of an election, caucus or primary officer shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.

Section 47. Whoever wilfully disobeys any lawful command of an election, caucus or primary officer shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 118
Liability of creditor for proceeds paid over to him
Status: in_force

Section 118. If the officer in such case has, before such demand, paid over the proceeds of the sale to the judgment creditor, he shall not be liable therefor, but the executor or administrator, if appointed as before provided, may recover in a civil action from the judgment creditor the amount so paid to him.

Section 118. If the officer in such case has, before such demand, paid over the proceeds of the sale to the judgment creditor, he shall not be liable therefor, but the executor or administrator, if appointed as before provided, may recover in a civil action from the judgment creditor the amount so paid to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 37
Indemnity provision in motor carrier transportation contracts void and unenforceable
Status: in_force

Section 37. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any provision, clause, covenant or agreement contained in a motor carrier transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending or holding harmless, an indemnitee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from such indemnitee's negligence or intentional acts or omissions shall be void and unenforceable. For the purposes of this section, ''motor carrier transportation contract'' shall mean a contract, agreement or understanding entered into, renewed, modified or extended on or after July 1, 2012, concerning (i) the transportation of property for compensation or hire; (ii) the entry on public or private property for the purpose of loading, unloading or transporting property for compensation or hire; or (iii) a service incidental to the activities under clauses (i) and (ii); provided however, that ''motor carrier transportation contract'' shall not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use or possession of intermodal chassis or containers or other intermodal equipment.

Section 37. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any provision, clause, covenant or agreement contained in a motor carrier transportation contract that purports to indemnify, defend or hold harmless, or has the effect of indemnifying, defending or holding harmless, an indemnitee from or against any liability for loss or damage resulting from such indemnitee's negligence or intentional acts or omissions shall be void and unenforceable. For the purposes of this section, ''motor carrier transportation contract'' shall mean a contract, agreement or understanding entered into, renewed, modified or extended on or after July 1, 2012, concerning (i) the transportation of property for compensation or hire; (ii) the entry on public or private property for the purpose of loading, unloading or transporting property for compensation or hire; or (iii) a service incidental to the activities under clauses (i) and (ii); provided however, that ''motor carrier transportation contract'' shall not include the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement administered by the Intermodal Association of North America or other agreements providing for the interchange, use or possession of intermodal chassis or containers or other intermodal equipment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 7C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 7C
Priority in allotment of public lands
Status: in_force

Section 7C. Priority in the allotment of vacant public land for garden and arbor purposes shall be given to elderly persons of low income, families of low income and children between the ages of 7 and 16. Products grown in gardens and arbors shall not be sold.

Section 7C. Priority in the allotment of vacant public land for garden and arbor purposes shall be given to elderly persons of low income, families of low income and children between the ages of 7 and 16. Products grown in gardens and arbors shall not be sold.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 16A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 16A
Factors in ordering discontinuance or abandonment of railway service
Status: in_force

Section 16A. The department before authorizing any railroad to discontinue or abandon any of its lines, stations or other service, may consider, in addition to other facts, the revenues of said railroad from all sources.

Section 16A. The department before authorizing any railroad to discontinue or abandon any of its lines, stations or other service, may consider, in addition to other facts, the revenues of said railroad from all sources.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15D / Section 21
Early education and care career ladder
Status: in_force

Section 21. (a) The department shall maintain an early education and care career ladder as considered under clause (11) of the second paragraph of section 5. (b) The career ladder shall include, but not be limited to: (i) minimum recommended salaries and compensation for each level of the career ladder that are commensurate with the salaries of public school teachers with equivalent education, credentials and training required for a position; (ii) minimum recommended benefits for early education and care provider staff including, but not limited to, health insurance, retirement benefits, paid vacation and other leave time; and (iii) recommendations for linking professional development and educational credentials to increased compensation and leadership opportunities in early education and care. Prior to establishing or revising the career ladder, the department shall solicit public input. (c) The department shall review the career ladder's compensation structure and benefits guidelines annually and update them, as needed, based on increased cost of living or any other factors deemed relevant by the department to determine appropriate compensation for the field.

Section 21. (a) The department shall maintain an early education and care career ladder as considered under clause (11) of the second paragraph of section 5.

(b) The career ladder shall include, but not be limited to: (i) minimum recommended salaries and compensation for each level of the career ladder that are commensurate with the salaries of public school teachers with equivalent education, credentials and training required for a position; (ii) minimum recommended benefits for early education and care provider staff including, but not limited to, health insurance, retirement benefits, paid vacation and other leave time; and (iii) recommendations for linking professional development and educational credentials to increased compensation and leadership opportunities in early education and care. Prior to establishing or revising the career ladder, the department shall solicit public input.

(c) The department shall review the career ladder's compensation structure and benefits guidelines annually and update them, as needed, based on increased cost of living or any other factors deemed relevant by the department to determine appropriate compensation for the field.