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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23M — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23M
Rules and regulations of board of allied health professions; record of proceedings; roster of licensees
Status: in_force

Section 23M. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry into effect sections twenty-three A to twenty-three P inclusive and may amend and revoke such rules and regulations at its discretion. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a roster of all persons licensed by it under this section. The roster shall include the licensee's name, last known business and residential address; date of licensing, and license number.

Section 23M. The board shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations to carry into effect sections twenty-three A to twenty-three P inclusive and may amend and revoke such rules and regulations at its discretion. The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and a roster of all persons licensed by it under this section. The roster shall include the licensee's name, last known business and residential address; date of licensing, and license number.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 267, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 267 / Section 14
Evidence relative to forged or counterfeited bank or institution bills or notes
Status: in_force

Section 14. In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting notes or bills of the banks or institutions before mentioned, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or for being possessed thereof with intent to utter and pass the same as true, the testimony of the president and cashier of any such bank may be dispensed with, if their place of residence is out of the commonwealth or more than forty miles from the place of trial; and the testimony of any person acquainted with the signature of such president or cashier, or who has knowledge of the difference in the appearance of the true and the counterfeit bills or notes of such banks, may be admitted to prove that such bills or notes are counterfeit.

Section 14. In prosecutions for forging or counterfeiting notes or bills of the banks or institutions before mentioned, or for uttering, publishing or tendering in payment as true forged or counterfeit bank bills or notes, or for being possessed thereof with intent to utter and pass the same as true, the testimony of the president and cashier of any such bank may be dispensed with, if their place of residence is out of the commonwealth or more than forty miles from the place of trial; and the testimony of any person acquainted with the signature of such president or cashier, or who has knowledge of the difference in the appearance of the true and the counterfeit bills or notes of such banks, may be admitted to prove that such bills or notes are counterfeit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 229 / Section 5A
Death of tortfeasor; effect
Status: in_force

Section 5A. The causing of a death under such circumstances as would create liability under section one, two or two B on the part of a person, if alive at the time of such death, shall create a like liability on his part if such death occurs after his own death and such liability may be enforced against the executor or administrator of his estate, subject to all provisions of law otherwise applicable.

Section 5A. The causing of a death under such circumstances as would create liability under section one, two or two B on the part of a person, if alive at the time of such death, shall create a like liability on his part if such death occurs after his own death and such liability may be enforced against the executor or administrator of his estate, subject to all provisions of law otherwise applicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 21
Change of beneficiary; interest of beneficiary; funeral benefits; payment of benefits to personal representative
Status: in_force

Section 21. (a) The owner of a benefit contract shall have the right at all times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in the proceeds of any certificate unless the certificate has become due and payable in conformity with the provision of the benefit contract. (b) A society may make provision for the payment of funeral benefits to the extent of such portion of any payment under a certificate as might reasonably appear to be due to any person equitably entitled thereto by reason of having incurred expense occasioned by the burial of the member. (c) If, at the death of any member, there is no lawful beneficiary to whom the insurance benefits shall be payable, the amount of such benefits, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be paid as provided in subsection (b), shall be payable to the personal representative of the deceased member, but if the owner of the certificate is other than the insured, such proceeds shall be payable to the owner.

Section 21. (a) The owner of a benefit contract shall have the right at all times to change the beneficiary or beneficiaries in accordance with the laws or rules of the society unless the owner waives this right by specifically requesting in writing that the beneficiary designation be irrevocable. A society may, through its laws or rules, limit the scope of beneficiary designations and shall provide that no revocable beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in the proceeds of any certificate unless the certificate has become due and payable in conformity with the provision of the benefit contract.

(b) A society may make provision for the payment of funeral benefits to the extent of such portion of any payment under a certificate as might reasonably appear to be due to any person equitably entitled thereto by reason of having incurred expense occasioned by the burial of the member.

(c) If, at the death of any member, there is no lawful beneficiary to whom the insurance benefits shall be payable, the amount of such benefits, except to the extent that funeral benefits may be paid as provided in subsection (b), shall be payable to the personal representative of the deceased member, but if the owner of the certificate is other than the insured, such proceeds shall be payable to the owner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 51A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 51A
Exemption for special circumstances; days of rest and Sunday business
Status: in_force

Section 51A. The attorney general, if it is proved to his satisfaction that special circumstances require an exemption from section forty-eight, may grant such exemption under such conditions as he deems necessary for a period not exceeding sixty days.

Section 51A. The attorney general, if it is proved to his satisfaction that special circumstances require an exemption from section forty-eight, may grant such exemption under such conditions as he deems necessary for a period not exceeding sixty days.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167B, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167B / Section 6A
Security options
Status: in_force

Section 6A. In order to promote the security of electronic fund transfers, financial institutions shall make available to consumers: (a) Options to limit the total amount of cash which can be withdrawn through the use of an electronic branch, from a consumer's account in a single day; provided, however, that if more than one consumer has been issued an access device to the consumer's account, such options may be made available to each such consumer. The options shall include, but need not be limited to, a limit of fifty dollars. (b) An option to limit access through an electronic branch to one or more specified accounts.

Section 6A. In order to promote the security of electronic fund transfers, financial institutions shall make available to consumers:

(a) Options to limit the total amount of cash which can be withdrawn through the use of an electronic branch, from a consumer's account in a single day; provided, however, that if more than one consumer has been issued an access device to the consumer's account, such options may be made available to each such consumer. The options shall include, but need not be limited to, a limit of fifty dollars.

(b) An option to limit access through an electronic branch to one or more specified accounts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 56
Payment of pensions to employees of society
Status: in_force

Section 56. Any society operating on the lodge system with a representative form of government whose rates are on a basis of mortality not lower than the national fraternal congress table as adopted by the national fraternal congress, August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, if its constitution and by-laws so provide, may pay a pension to any employee who has been continuously in the service of the society for ten years or more and who has become incapacitated for further service by reason of physical or mental disability, and may pay a pension to any employee who has been continuously in the service of the society for fifteen years or more and who is retired by reason of the infirmities of age or has attained the age of sixty-five years. All moneys expended for the purposes of this section shall be paid from the expense fund of the society.

Section 56. Any society operating on the lodge system with a representative form of government whose rates are on a basis of mortality not lower than the national fraternal congress table as adopted by the national fraternal congress, August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, if its constitution and by-laws so provide, may pay a pension to any employee who has been continuously in the service of the society for ten years or more and who has become incapacitated for further service by reason of physical or mental disability, and may pay a pension to any employee who has been continuously in the service of the society for fifteen years or more and who is retired by reason of the infirmities of age or has attained the age of sixty-five years. All moneys expended for the purposes of this section shall be paid from the expense fund of the society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 157 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 157
Penalty for violation of Secs. 155 and 156
Status: in_force

Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections or of a regulation or order made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such violation continues.

Section 157. Whoever violates any provision of the two preceding sections or of a regulation or order made thereunder shall be punished by a fine of five dollars for each day such violation continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121G, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121G / Section 5
Annual report; contents
Status: in_force

Section 5. The department shall annually file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets detailing all expenditures from the fund, including, but not limited to, the recipient of the funds, the cost of administration, and the number of units constructed, acquired and rehabilitated.

Section 5. The department shall annually file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets detailing all expenditures from the fund, including, but not limited to, the recipient of the funds, the cost of administration, and the number of units constructed, acquired and rehabilitated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 6
Assignee of claim assigned by executor or administrator, proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 6. In an action for the recovery of an outstanding debt or claim sold or assigned by an executor or administrator under a license of the probate court costs shall be recovered by or against the plaintiff but not against the executor or administrator. Any such action which is not governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure shall be brought in the names of the purchaser or assignee, and the fact of the sale shall be set forth in the pleadings. The defendant may avail himself of any defense which would have been open to him upon an action or proceeding brought by an executor or administrator.

Section 6. In an action for the recovery of an outstanding debt or claim sold or assigned by an executor or administrator under a license of the probate court costs shall be recovered by or against the plaintiff but not against the executor or administrator. Any such action which is not governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure shall be brought in the names of the purchaser or assignee, and the fact of the sale shall be set forth in the pleadings. The defendant may avail himself of any defense which would have been open to him upon an action or proceeding brought by an executor or administrator.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 143C — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 143C
Manufacture, rental, or sale of recorded devices in packaging not bearing reproducer's name and address
Status: in_force

Section 143C. Whoever for commercial advantage or private financial gain knowingly manufactures, rents, sells, transports, or causes to be manufactured, rented, sold or transported, or possesses for purposes of sale, rental or transport, any recorded device the outside packaging of which does not clearly and conspicuously bear the true name and address of the transferor of the sounds or images contained thereon shall be punished as provided in section 143E.

Section 143C. Whoever for commercial advantage or private financial gain knowingly manufactures, rents, sells, transports, or causes to be manufactured, rented, sold or transported, or possesses for purposes of sale, rental or transport, any recorded device the outside packaging of which does not clearly and conspicuously bear the true name and address of the transferor of the sounds or images contained thereon shall be punished as provided in section 143E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 60B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 60B
Application for registration as architect; fees; examinations
Status: in_force

Section 60B. Any person who is at least twenty-one years of age and of good moral character may apply to the board for registration. Every applicant for registration as an architect shall pay to the board, upon filing his original application or an additional application, a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Every applicant for registration by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, who is required by said council to submit to a standard junior or senior examination to be conducted by the board, shall pay to the board a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision.

Section 60B. Any person who is at least twenty-one years of age and of good moral character may apply to the board for registration.

Every applicant for registration as an architect shall pay to the board, upon filing his original application or an additional application, a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Every applicant for registration by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, who is required by said council to submit to a standard junior or senior examination to be conducted by the board, shall pay to the board a fee as determined under the aforementioned provision.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 87
Keeping or using birds to be shot at; shooting them; permitting premises to be used for shooting
Status: in_force

Section 87. Whoever keeps or uses any live bird, to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship, or shoots at a bird kept or used as aforesaid, or is a party to such shooting, or lets any building, room, field or premises, or knowingly permits the use thereof, for the purpose of such shooting, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both. Nothing herein contained shall apply to the shooting of wild game.

Section 87. Whoever keeps or uses any live bird, to be shot at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship, or shoots at a bird kept or used as aforesaid, or is a party to such shooting, or lets any building, room, field or premises, or knowingly permits the use thereof, for the purpose of such shooting, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both. Nothing herein contained shall apply to the shooting of wild game.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 62A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 62A
Fees for inspections and safety tests
Status: in_force

Section 62A. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall pay fees to be determined annually by the secretary of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven for inspection and safety tests by an inspector assigned by the commissioner; provided, however, that said fees shall be set at a rate sufficient to meet the cost of the division of occupational licensure for providing said inspections and safety tests; and, provided further, that each city and town may annually set a reasonable fee, and may collect such fee, for elevator registration of each elevator within such city or town. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall be subject to the following inspections and safety tests: (1) For the inspection of a new installation, repair, or replacement of power passenger and freight elevators, hydraulic and electric passenger and freight elevators, hand power operated service elevators and temporary workmen's elevators. (2) For each safety test and inspection of elevators and devices as described in paragraph (1). (3) For the inspection of a new installation of a private residence elevator or an inclined lift.

Section 62A. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall pay fees to be determined annually by the secretary of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven for inspection and safety tests by an inspector assigned by the commissioner; provided, however, that said fees shall be set at a rate sufficient to meet the cost of the division of occupational licensure for providing said inspections and safety tests; and, provided further, that each city and town may annually set a reasonable fee, and may collect such fee, for elevator registration of each elevator within such city or town. The owner or person in control of a building in which an elevator is operated shall be subject to the following inspections and safety tests:

(1) For the inspection of a new installation, repair, or replacement of power passenger and freight elevators, hydraulic and electric passenger and freight elevators, hand power operated service elevators and temporary workmen's elevators.

(2) For each safety test and inspection of elevators and devices as described in paragraph (1).

(3) For the inspection of a new installation of a private residence elevator or an inclined lift.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 70B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 70B / Section 19
Notification of actual interest rate for bond issuance
Status: in_force

Section 19. Municipalities and school districts shall notify the authority no later than 14 days before refinancing any bond for which the municipality or district will receive state reimbursement under chapter 645 of the acts of 1948 or other law. The authority shall reimburse municipalities or districts at the actual interest rate obtained. The authority shall encourage municipalities and school districts to refinance any bond for which the municipality or district will receive state reimbursement where the refinancing would result in savings for the commonwealth or the municipality or school district and where the refinancing is otherwise in accordance with the law.

Section 19. Municipalities and school districts shall notify the authority no later than 14 days before refinancing any bond for which the municipality or district will receive state reimbursement under chapter 645 of the acts of 1948 or other law. The authority shall reimburse municipalities or districts at the actual interest rate obtained. The authority shall encourage municipalities and school districts to refinance any bond for which the municipality or district will receive state reimbursement where the refinancing would result in savings for the commonwealth or the municipality or school district and where the refinancing is otherwise in accordance with the law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176Q, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176Q / Section 10
Seal of approval
Status: in_force

Section 10. The connector seal of approval shall be assigned to health benefit plans or stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans, as applicable, that the board determines: (i) meet the requirements of subsection (d) of section 5; (ii) provide good value to consumer; (iii) offer high quality; and (iv) are offered through the connector.

Section 10. The connector seal of approval shall be assigned to health benefit plans or stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans, as applicable, that the board determines: (i) meet the requirements of subsection (d) of section 5; (ii) provide good value to consumer; (iii) offer high quality; and (iv) are offered through the connector.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 81
Inspection of books
Status: in_force

Section 81. Said book shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the mayor, of the members of the board of police, of the superintendent of police and deputy superintendents, of the chief inspector of police, of any officer of the state police or of any person authorized by them in writing for that purpose who exhibits such written authority to such pawnbroker.

Section 81. Said book shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the mayor, of the members of the board of police, of the superintendent of police and deputy superintendents, of the chief inspector of police, of any officer of the state police or of any person authorized by them in writing for that purpose who exhibits such written authority to such pawnbroker.