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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 44
Designation of preferred stock; filing of record of proceedings; contents of certificate
Status: in_force

Section 44. Each class of preferred stock issued under authority of the preceding section shall be designated by a name approved by the department to distinguish it from all other classes of stock of the corporation. A certified copy of the vote creating, and of the order of the department approving the creation of, any class of preferred stock shall be filed in the office of the department and in the office of the commissioner of revenue. Every certificate of stock issued by a railroad corporation after the approval by the department of the creation by it of preferred stock shall contain a reference to all votes creating preferred stock and a brief description of the respective preferences, rights and restrictions of each class of said stock.

Section 44. Each class of preferred stock issued under authority of the preceding section shall be designated by a name approved by the department to distinguish it from all other classes of stock of the corporation. A certified copy of the vote creating, and of the order of the department approving the creation of, any class of preferred stock shall be filed in the office of the department and in the office of the commissioner of revenue. Every certificate of stock issued by a railroad corporation after the approval by the department of the creation by it of preferred stock shall contain a reference to all votes creating preferred stock and a brief description of the respective preferences, rights and restrictions of each class of said stock.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 223D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 223D
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 223D. (a) If a person is found guilty of committing a fraudulent life settlement act, that person shall also be guilty of committing insurance fraud and shall be subject to additional penalties. (b) The commissioner may levy a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, upon any person, including those persons and their employees licensed pursuant to sections 213 to 223E, inclusive, who is found to have committed a fraudulent life settlement act or violated any other provision of sections 213 to 223E, inclusive. (c) The license of a person licensed under sections 213 to 223E, inclusive, that has committed a fraudulent life settlement act shall be revoked for at least 1 year.

Section 223D. (a) If a person is found guilty of committing a fraudulent life settlement act, that person shall also be guilty of committing insurance fraud and shall be subject to additional penalties.

(b) The commissioner may levy a civil penalty, not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, upon any person, including those persons and their employees licensed pursuant to sections 213 to 223E, inclusive, who is found to have committed a fraudulent life settlement act or violated any other provision of sections 213 to 223E, inclusive.

(c) The license of a person licensed under sections 213 to 223E, inclusive, that has committed a fraudulent life settlement act shall be revoked for at least 1 year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 56
Lien for advancements
Status: in_force

Section 56. The proprietors who advance the money so expended shall have a lien therefor on the rents and profits of the mill and may retain so much thereof as belongs to any proprietor indebted to them for such advance, to be applied to the payment of his debt; or they may maintain an action for the debt or for as much thereof as has not been received from the rents and profits.

Section 56. The proprietors who advance the money so expended shall have a lien therefor on the rents and profits of the mill and may retain so much thereof as belongs to any proprietor indebted to them for such advance, to be applied to the payment of his debt; or they may maintain an action for the debt or for as much thereof as has not been received from the rents and profits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 56
Filing of order; delivery to jail keeper; discharge as bar to civil action
Status: in_force

Section 56. Such order discharging the recognizance, indictment or complaint of the person or the recognizance of witnesses shall be filed in the office of the clerk before the sitting of the court at which they are bound to appear; and such order superseding the commitment of the person charged or of a witness shall be delivered to the keeper of the jail where he is confined, who shall forthwith discharge him; and such order, so filed and delivered, shall forever bar a civil action for such injury.

Section 56. Such order discharging the recognizance, indictment or complaint of the person or the recognizance of witnesses shall be filed in the office of the clerk before the sitting of the court at which they are bound to appear; and such order superseding the commitment of the person charged or of a witness shall be delivered to the keeper of the jail where he is confined, who shall forthwith discharge him; and such order, so filed and delivered, shall forever bar a civil action for such injury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 74
Corporate credit; fraudulent use
Status: in_force

Section 74. An officer, agent, clerk or servant of a corporation organized or doing business in the commonwealth, who wilfully uses the name of such corporation, or his own name as such officer, agent, clerk or servant, to obtain money upon the credit of such corporation for his own use or benefit, without authority from such corporation, or who fraudulently lends, invests or appropriates the money or disposes of the property of such corporation, or fraudulently converts it, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.

Section 74. An officer, agent, clerk or servant of a corporation organized or doing business in the commonwealth, who wilfully uses the name of such corporation, or his own name as such officer, agent, clerk or servant, to obtain money upon the credit of such corporation for his own use or benefit, without authority from such corporation, or who fraudulently lends, invests or appropriates the money or disposes of the property of such corporation, or fraudulently converts it, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268A / Section 6A
Conflict of interest of public official; reporting requirement
Status: in_force

Section 6A. Any public official, as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B, who in the discharge of his official duties would be required knowingly to take an action which would substantially affect such official's financial interests, unless the effect on such an official is no greater than the effect on the general public, shall file a written description of the required action and the potential conflict of interest with the state ethics commission established by said chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B.

Section 6A. Any public official, as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B, who in the discharge of his official duties would be required knowingly to take an action which would substantially affect such official's financial interests, unless the effect on such an official is no greater than the effect on the general public, shall file a written description of the required action and the potential conflict of interest with the state ethics commission established by said chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7C, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7C / Section 41
Unauthorized occupancy, expenditure for maintenance or use of land, buildings or other state-owned or state occupied facilities prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 41. No department of the commonwealth shall occupy, or make any expenditure for the maintenance of, any land, buildings or other state-owned or state-occupied facilities or other property other than that under its control or jurisdiction. No department of the commonwealth shall authorize or otherwise allow the use by any private agency of such land, buildings or facilities under its control or jurisdiction unless such use or expenditure shall have been approved by the general court after recommendation by the secretary of administration and finance. Use without such approval shall be deemed to be a violation of this section, and the user shall pay a civil penalty at the rate of $10 per square foot annually for the period of such use.

Section 41. No department of the commonwealth shall occupy, or make any expenditure for the maintenance of, any land, buildings or other state-owned or state-occupied facilities or other property other than that under its control or jurisdiction. No department of the commonwealth shall authorize or otherwise allow the use by any private agency of such land, buildings or facilities under its control or jurisdiction unless such use or expenditure shall have been approved by the general court after recommendation by the secretary of administration and finance. Use without such approval shall be deemed to be a violation of this section, and the user shall pay a civil penalty at the rate of $10 per square foot annually for the period of such use.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 32
Discharge or retirement for disability
Status: in_force

Section 32. The commander-in-chief may order any member of the military forces of the commonwealth before a medical board, consisting of at least 3 medical officers, and if the board reports such member of the military forces of the commonwealth to be physically unable to perform the assigned military duties, the commander-in-chief may order the member of the military forces of the commonwealth discharged or placed on the retired list.

Section 32. The commander-in-chief may order any member of the military forces of the commonwealth before a medical board, consisting of at least 3 medical officers, and if the board reports such member of the military forces of the commonwealth to be physically unable to perform the assigned military duties, the commander-in-chief may order the member of the military forces of the commonwealth discharged or placed on the retired list.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 6
Money paid into court; presumption of abandonment
Status: in_force

Section 6. Monies paid into any court within the commonwealth for distribution, and the increments thereof, shall be presumed abandoned if not claimed within three years after the date of payment into court, or as soon after the three year period as all claims filed in connection with it have been disallowed or settled by the court.

Section 6. Monies paid into any court within the commonwealth for distribution, and the increments thereof, shall be presumed abandoned if not claimed within three years after the date of payment into court, or as soon after the three year period as all claims filed in connection with it have been disallowed or settled by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 86 / Section 2
Buildings or fences as boundaries
Status: in_force

Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and continued for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town way, private way, training field, burying place, landing place, street, lane or alley, or other land appropriated for the general use or convenience of the inhabitants of the commonwealth, or of a county, city, town or parish, and from the length of time or otherwise the boundaries thereof are not known and cannot be made certain by the records or by monuments, such buildings or fences shall be taken to be the true boundaries thereof.

Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and continued for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town way, private way, training field, burying place, landing place, street, lane or alley, or other land appropriated for the general use or convenience of the inhabitants of the commonwealth, or of a county, city, town or parish, and from the length of time or otherwise the boundaries thereof are not known and cannot be made certain by the records or by monuments, such buildings or fences shall be taken to be the true boundaries thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 52G — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 52G
Partial invalidity of statute
Status: in_force

Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of said sections fifty-two C to fifty-two F, inclusive, is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of said sections.

Section 52G. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of said sections fifty-two C to fifty-two F, inclusive, is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 50
Creation and priority of lien on commercial property owned by gaming licensee in the commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 50. Any liability to the commonwealth under this chapter shall constitute a debt to the commonwealth. Once a statement naming a gaming licensee is recorded, registered or filed, any such debt shall constitute a lien on all commercial property owned by a gaming licensee in the commonwealth and shall have priority over an encumbrance recorded, registered or filed with respect to any site.

Section 50. Any liability to the commonwealth under this chapter shall constitute a debt to the commonwealth. Once a statement naming a gaming licensee is recorded, registered or filed, any such debt shall constitute a lien on all commercial property owned by a gaming licensee in the commonwealth and shall have priority over an encumbrance recorded, registered or filed with respect to any site.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 38O — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 38O
Sex education advisory committees
Status: in_force

Section 38O. In any city, town or regional school district which accepts this section, the school committee shall meet at least once every other month with an advisory committee which shall advise said school committee concerning reading, visual aid and all other material pertaining to sex education. Said committee shall consist of eleven members, one of whom shall be a physician and seven of whom shall be parents of children attending a school of such city, town or regional school district. The school committee in June of each year shall appoint said committee.

Section 38O. In any city, town or regional school district which accepts this section, the school committee shall meet at least once every other month with an advisory committee which shall advise said school committee concerning reading, visual aid and all other material pertaining to sex education. Said committee shall consist of eleven members, one of whom shall be a physician and seven of whom shall be parents of children attending a school of such city, town or regional school district. The school committee in June of each year shall appoint said committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 25
Refusal to elect and contract with blind teaching candidates
Status: in_force

Section 25. The council or a board of trustees shall not refuse to elect and contract with a candidate for a teaching position in any public institution of higher education because of the blindness of such candidate.

Section 25. The council or a board of trustees shall not refuse to elect and contract with a candidate for a teaching position in any public institution of higher education because of the blindness of such candidate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 52, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 52 / Section 5
Lists of officers, members and associate members; acceptance of office of treasurer; filing
Status: in_force

Section 5. The secretary of each city, ward and town committee shall, within ten days after its organization, file with the state secretary, with the city or town clerk and with the secretary of the state committee of the political party which it represents, a list of the officers and members of the committee, together with the addresses of such officers. In the case of a city, the secretary of each ward committee shall also file a copy of such list within such time with the chairman of the city committee of the political party which it represents. Within a like period after the appointment of associate members, said secretary shall likewise file a list of such associate members. The treasurer of such committee shall qualify for his office by filing a written acceptance thereof with the director of campaign and political finance, as provided in section five of chapter fifty-five. The secretary of such committee shall file with the director of the office of campaign and political finance a list of the officers of the committee, together with the addresses of such officers, within ten days after organization of such committee, or within ten days, of any change in the list of officers of such committee.

Section 5. The secretary of each city, ward and town committee shall, within ten days after its organization, file with the state secretary, with the city or town clerk and with the secretary of the state committee of the political party which it represents, a list of the officers and members of the committee, together with the addresses of such officers. In the case of a city, the secretary of each ward committee shall also file a copy of such list within such time with the chairman of the city committee of the political party which it represents. Within a like period after the appointment of associate members, said secretary shall likewise file a list of such associate members. The treasurer of such committee shall qualify for his office by filing a written acceptance thereof with the director of campaign and political finance, as provided in section five of chapter fifty-five. The secretary of such committee shall file with the director of the office of campaign and political finance a list of the officers of the committee, together with the addresses of such officers, within ten days after organization of such committee, or within ten days, of any change in the list of officers of such committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 15A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 15A
Redetermination of assessment
Status: in_force

Section 15A. Any city at any meeting of the proper municipal authority, or any town at a town meeting, may, from time to time, redetermine the uniform rate or uniform unit fixed under section 15, or under any special law, and charged to abutters for, or to the existing and potential sewer units to be served by, the construction of sewers, but this section shall not apply to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.

Section 15A. Any city at any meeting of the proper municipal authority, or any town at a town meeting, may, from time to time, redetermine the uniform rate or uniform unit fixed under section 15, or under any special law, and charged to abutters for, or to the existing and potential sewer units to be served by, the construction of sewers, but this section shall not apply to the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 73, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 73 / Section 4
Bonds of university presidents
Status: in_force

Section 4. Presidents of state universities shall give bonds in such penal sums as the comptroller may prescribe, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties.

Section 4. Presidents of state universities shall give bonds in such penal sums as the comptroller may prescribe, conditioned on the faithful performance of their duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8ZZ — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8ZZ
Coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services
Status: in_force

Section 8ZZ. Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services, in accordance with operational standards set by the department of public health pursuant to section 248 of chapter 111. Such coverage shall not be subject to any cost-sharing, including co-payments and co-insurance, and shall not be subject to any deductible; provided, however, that co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status due to the prohibition on co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles for these services.

Section 8ZZ. Any contract between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual or group hospital service plan which is delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide coverage for universal postpartum home visiting services, in accordance with operational standards set by the department of public health pursuant to section 248 of chapter 111. Such coverage shall not be subject to any cost-sharing, including co-payments and co-insurance, and shall not be subject to any deductible; provided, however, that co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles shall be required if the applicable plan is governed by the Internal Revenue Code and would lose its tax-exempt status due to the prohibition on co-payments, coinsurance or deductibles for these services.