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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 70
Recognizance of witnesses
Status: in_force

Section 70. A justice of a court of record may at any time order a witness for the commonwealth in a criminal case or in a case under sections fifty-two to sixty-four, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and nineteen, pending in such court to recognize, with or without sureties, to appear and testify at the next or any succeeding sitting of said court, and may issue a warrant to bring such witness before him to recognize as aforesaid; but a witness unable to procure sureties shall not on that account be committed to jail except in cases of felony.

Section 70. A justice of a court of record may at any time order a witness for the commonwealth in a criminal case or in a case under sections fifty-two to sixty-four, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and nineteen, pending in such court to recognize, with or without sureties, to appear and testify at the next or any succeeding sitting of said court, and may issue a warrant to bring such witness before him to recognize as aforesaid; but a witness unable to procure sureties shall not on that account be committed to jail except in cases of felony.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 10
Medical care assistance program for pregnant women and infants
Status: in_force

Section 10. The division shall establish a program of medical care and assistance for pregnant women and infants who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this chapter and who lack private health insurance coverage or have a health insurance policy which does not cover all medically necessary care which is covered by the program established by this section. The division shall furnish such medical assistance to each such pregnant woman and infants residing in the commonwealth in accordance with the standards of eligibility established pursuant to section 9A, section 16C or Title XIX; provided, however, that the income eligibility standards shall not be less than one hundred and eighty-five per cent of the non-farm income poverty guidelines as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The division may, to the extent permitted by Title XIX or other federal authority, provide medical assistance to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for the period of time prescribed by federal law or other federal authority. The division shall promulgate regulations to implement this section, which shall require health care providers to notify such pregnant women of the need to file an application for Medicaid and which shall set standards to be used by providers in determining presumptive eligibility.

Section 10. The division shall establish a program of medical care and assistance for pregnant women and infants who are not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this chapter and who lack private health insurance coverage or have a health insurance policy which does not cover all medically necessary care which is covered by the program established by this section. The division shall furnish such medical assistance to each such pregnant woman and infants residing in the commonwealth in accordance with the standards of eligibility established pursuant to section 9A, section 16C or Title XIX; provided, however, that the income eligibility standards shall not be less than one hundred and eighty-five per cent of the non-farm income poverty guidelines as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget.

The division may, to the extent permitted by Title XIX or other federal authority, provide medical assistance to pregnant women who are presumptively eligible for the period of time prescribed by federal law or other federal authority. The division shall promulgate regulations to implement this section, which shall require health care providers to notify such pregnant women of the need to file an application for Medicaid and which shall set standards to be used by providers in determining presumptive eligibility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 40
Conspiracy
Status: in_force

Section 40. Whoever conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter shall be punished by imprisonment or fine, or both, which punishment shall not exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.

Section 40. Whoever conspires with another person to violate any provision of this chapter shall be punished by imprisonment or fine, or both, which punishment shall not exceed the maximum punishment prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the conspiracy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 170, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 170 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. (a) As used in sections 1 to 9, inclusive, the words ''board'' or ''board of bank incorporation'' shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, mean a board consisting of the commissioner of banks, the commissioner of revenue and the state treasurer. (b) As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Capital stock'', the sum of the par value of the preferred and common shares of capital stock, issued and outstanding. ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of banks. ''Corporation'' or ''bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in this commonwealth. ''Incorporators'', subscribers to the agreement of association for the purpose of forming a co-operative bank under this chapter. ''Mutual bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in the commonwealth in mutual form. ''Shareholder'' or ''member'', a depositor or holder of any shares or accounts referred to in chapter 167D. ''Shareholders' meeting'' or ''meeting of shareholders'', any annual or special meeting of members of the corporation entitled to vote. ''Stock bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in the commonwealth in stock form which has been chartered or reorganized or converted to a stockholder form of corporation. ''Surplus account'', an account so designated on the books of a stock co-operative bank and consisting of such amounts as shall be required by law or shall be transferred thereto by vote of the board of directors.

Section 1. (a) As used in sections 1 to 9, inclusive, the words ''board'' or ''board of bank incorporation'' shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, mean a board consisting of the commissioner of banks, the commissioner of revenue and the state treasurer.

(b) As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Capital stock'', the sum of the par value of the preferred and common shares of capital stock, issued and outstanding.

''Commissioner'', the commissioner of banks.

''Corporation'' or ''bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in this commonwealth.

''Incorporators'', subscribers to the agreement of association for the purpose of forming a co-operative bank under this chapter.

''Mutual bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in the commonwealth in mutual form.

''Shareholder'' or ''member'', a depositor or holder of any shares or accounts referred to in chapter 167D.

''Shareholders' meeting'' or ''meeting of shareholders'', any annual or special meeting of members of the corporation entitled to vote.

''Stock bank'', a co-operative bank incorporated as such in the commonwealth in stock form which has been chartered or reorganized or converted to a stockholder form of corporation.

''Surplus account'', an account so designated on the books of a stock co-operative bank and consisting of such amounts as shall be required by law or shall be transferred thereto by vote of the board of directors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40G, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40G / Section 6
Annual report of activities
Status: in_force

Section 6. The MTDC shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the corporation's activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives and to the clerk of the senate. The report shall contain the number of additional jobs created and the number of persons hired as a result of the activities of the corporation who were recipients of programs provided for in chapter 115, 117A, or 118. The report shall detail the corporation's experience over the previous year in meeting the requirements of clause (2) of the fifth paragraph of section 4.

Section 6. The MTDC shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the corporation's activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives and to the clerk of the senate. The report shall contain the number of additional jobs created and the number of persons hired as a result of the activities of the corporation who were recipients of programs provided for in chapter 115, 117A, or 118. The report shall detail the corporation's experience over the previous year in meeting the requirements of clause (2) of the fifth paragraph of section 4.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295Q
Cost survey as evidence of cost
Status: in_force

Section 295Q. Where the retail dealers or any part thereof in a trading area have caused to be made by an independent agency a cost survey of doing retail business in such area in accordance with generally accepted methods of accounting in which survey all retail dealers in said area have been given an opportunity to furnish to the surveyor information from their books and records with respect to their cost of doing business and the said retail dealers have thereafter been given an opportunity to adopt or reject said survey by written approval, such cost-survey shall be deemed competent evidence in proving the cost to any such retailer.

Section 295Q. Where the retail dealers or any part thereof in a trading area have caused to be made by an independent agency a cost survey of doing retail business in such area in accordance with generally accepted methods of accounting in which survey all retail dealers in said area have been given an opportunity to furnish to the surveyor information from their books and records with respect to their cost of doing business and the said retail dealers have thereafter been given an opportunity to adopt or reject said survey by written approval, such cost-survey shall be deemed competent evidence in proving the cost to any such retailer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 2
Authorization to adopt a plan of government
Status: in_force

Section 2. Any city, except Boston, which shall adopt, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, one of the plans of government provided in this chapter shall thereafter be governed by the provisions thereof; and the inhabitants of such city shall continue to be a municipal corporation under the name existing at the time of such adoption, and shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and obligations provided for in this chapter, or otherwise pertaining to or incumbent upon said city as a municipal corporation; provided, however, that sections one hundred and twenty-eight to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, shall apply to all cities of one hundred and fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as enumerated by the most recent federal decennial census except any city which has adopted the Plan E method of city government.

Section 2. Any city, except Boston, which shall adopt, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, one of the plans of government provided in this chapter shall thereafter be governed by the provisions thereof; and the inhabitants of such city shall continue to be a municipal corporation under the name existing at the time of such adoption, and shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and obligations provided for in this chapter, or otherwise pertaining to or incumbent upon said city as a municipal corporation; provided, however, that sections one hundred and twenty-eight to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, shall apply to all cities of one hundred and fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as enumerated by the most recent federal decennial census except any city which has adopted the Plan E method of city government.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 25
Manager's membership in company
Status: in_force

Section 25. A manager need not be a member of the limited liability company.

Section 25. A manager need not be a member of the limited liability company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 94G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 94G
Petition for release; order of release
Status: in_force

Section 94G. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may petition the district court which committed him to release him therefrom. Such petition shall not be made until six months after the original court commitment. If such petition is denied, another such petition shall not be filed until six months after the date of denial of a previous petition. The court may order the person released from the treatment center if it finds such person is no longer affected with active tuberculosis, or is willing and able to accept proper medical treatment, and is thereby no longer a danger to the public health.

Section 94G. Any person hospitalized at the treatment center may petition the district court which committed him to release him therefrom. Such petition shall not be made until six months after the original court commitment. If such petition is denied, another such petition shall not be filed until six months after the date of denial of a previous petition.

The court may order the person released from the treatment center if it finds such person is no longer affected with active tuberculosis, or is willing and able to accept proper medical treatment, and is thereby no longer a danger to the public health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4E
Diethylstilbestrol exposure; discrimination
Status: in_force

Section 4E. No subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall be denied or cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions on the length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.

Section 4E. No subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall be denied or cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions on the length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 7
Notice
Status: in_force

Section 7. If in such action the court finds that actual service cannot be, or has not been, made upon a defendant, it may at the request of the plaintiff order notice of the action to be posted in a conspicuous place on the land or to be published in a newspaper within or without the commonwealth, or both, or to be given in such other manner as it considers most effectual, and may also require personal notice to be given. Notice given under this section shall be constructive service on all the defendants.

Section 7. If in such action the court finds that actual service cannot be, or has not been, made upon a defendant, it may at the request of the plaintiff order notice of the action to be posted in a conspicuous place on the land or to be published in a newspaper within or without the commonwealth, or both, or to be given in such other manner as it considers most effectual, and may also require personal notice to be given. Notice given under this section shall be constructive service on all the defendants.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 19
Fines imposed on members by unions
Status: in_force

Section 19. No fine or notice of intention to impose a fine by any union or any other association, incorporated or unincorporated, or by any authorized representative thereof, upon any member, according to the rules to which such member has agreed to conform, shall be held to be unlawful or coercive as to such member or as to any other person; provided, that such fine is reasonable in amount and is for a legal purpose.

Section 19. No fine or notice of intention to impose a fine by any union or any other association, incorporated or unincorporated, or by any authorized representative thereof, upon any member, according to the rules to which such member has agreed to conform, shall be held to be unlawful or coercive as to such member or as to any other person; provided, that such fine is reasonable in amount and is for a legal purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 125A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 125A
Further report of material facts in equity and probate appeals
Status: in_force

Section 125A. Upon appeal in any case, in equity or probate, where the evidence is not reported, the full court, if of opinion that a report of material facts required by or made under section fifteen A of chapter one hundred and eighty-five, section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and fourteen, or section eleven of chapter two hundred and fifteen, is not sufficient to enable the court properly to adjudicate the subject matter involved, may in its discretion, by order transmitted to the trial court, direct the justice, or judge, to make such further report of facts as the full court shall deem necessary. Upon compliance with such direction, seven typewritten copies of such further report shall be filed by the clerk or register with the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for the use of the full court.

Section 125A. Upon appeal in any case, in equity or probate, where the evidence is not reported, the full court, if of opinion that a report of material facts required by or made under section fifteen A of chapter one hundred and eighty-five, section twenty-three of chapter two hundred and fourteen, or section eleven of chapter two hundred and fifteen, is not sufficient to enable the court properly to adjudicate the subject matter involved, may in its discretion, by order transmitted to the trial court, direct the justice, or judge, to make such further report of facts as the full court shall deem necessary. Upon compliance with such direction, seven typewritten copies of such further report shall be filed by the clerk or register with the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for the use of the full court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150C / Section 14
Hearings in superior court; time; service of notice
Status: in_force

Section 14. Except as otherwise provided, an application to the superior court under this chapter shall be heard upon fourteen days' notice in the manner provided by law or rule of court for the hearing of motions. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, notice of an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of an original writ of summons.

Section 14. Except as otherwise provided, an application to the superior court under this chapter shall be heard upon fourteen days' notice in the manner provided by law or rule of court for the hearing of motions. Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, notice of an initial application for an order shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of an original writ of summons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 1A
Search warrants for articles belonging to subversive organizations
Status: in_force

Section 1A. A justice of the superior court, upon application of the attorney general or a district attorney, and upon complaint on oath that the complainant believes that any of the property or articles hereinafter named are concealed in a particular house or place, if satisfied that there is a reasonable cause for such belief, may issue a warrant to search for the following property or articles: books, records, files, membership lists, funds, referred to in sections eighteen and twenty-one of chapter two hundred and sixty-four, or written or printed documents, paper or pictorial representations, referred to in section eleven of said chapter two hundred and sixty-four, belonging to a subversive organization as defined in said section eighteen, or used, provided for, or intended to be used for, the purposes specified in said section eleven.

Section 1A. A justice of the superior court, upon application of the attorney general or a district attorney, and upon complaint on oath that the complainant believes that any of the property or articles hereinafter named are concealed in a particular house or place, if satisfied that there is a reasonable cause for such belief, may issue a warrant to search for the following property or articles: books, records, files, membership lists, funds, referred to in sections eighteen and twenty-one of chapter two hundred and sixty-four, or written or printed documents, paper or pictorial representations, referred to in section eleven of said chapter two hundred and sixty-four, belonging to a subversive organization as defined in said section eighteen, or used, provided for, or intended to be used for, the purposes specified in said section eleven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 73
Methods of action; itemization of appropriations
Status: in_force

Section 73. In legislative session, the city council shall act by ordinance, resolution, order or vote. The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and entered upon the journal of its proceedings. Upon request of any member, the yeas and nays shall be taken and recorded upon any order or vote. Every ordinance, resolution, order or vote passed by the city council shall, except as is hereinafter provided, require on final passage the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the city council. All votes making appropriations of money or authorizing loans shall be in itemized form.

Section 73. In legislative session, the city council shall act by ordinance, resolution, order or vote.

The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions, and entered upon the journal of its proceedings. Upon request of any member, the yeas and nays shall be taken and recorded upon any order or vote. Every ordinance, resolution, order or vote passed by the city council shall, except as is hereinafter provided, require on final passage the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the city council.

All votes making appropriations of money or authorizing loans shall be in itemized form.