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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 40
Resignation or removal of fiduciary; power to compel surrender of property
Status: in_force

Section 40. If an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver resigns or is removed, and neglects or refuses to deliver to his successor all property held by him under the trust, the probate court may, upon application of such successor or any person beneficially interested, order such delivery made, and shall have like powers for enforcing such order as are given to it by section thirty-four.

Section 40. If an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver resigns or is removed, and neglects or refuses to deliver to his successor all property held by him under the trust, the probate court may, upon application of such successor or any person beneficially interested, order such delivery made, and shall have like powers for enforcing such order as are given to it by section thirty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 19
Service of notice
Status: in_force

Section 19. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by the person injured or by some one in his behalf, and may be given, in the case of a county, to one of the county commissioners or the county treasurer; in the case of a city, to the mayor, the city clerk or treasurer; in the case of a town, to one of the selectmen or to the town clerk or treasurer. If the person injured dies within the time required for giving the notice, his executor or administrator may give such notice within thirty days after his appointment. If by reason of physical or mental incapacity it is impossible for the person injured to give the notice within the time required, he may give it within thirty days after such incapacity has been removed, and if he dies within said thirty days his executor or administrator may give the notice within thirty days after his appointment. Any form of written communication signed by the person so injured, or by some person in his behalf, or by his executor or administrator, or by some person in behalf of such executor or administrator, which contains the information that the person was so injured, giving the name and place of residence of the person injured and the time, place and cause of the injury or damage, shall be considered a sufficient notice.

Section 19. Such notice shall be in writing, signed by the person injured or by some one in his behalf, and may be given, in the case of a county, to one of the county commissioners or the county treasurer; in the case of a city, to the mayor, the city clerk or treasurer; in the case of a town, to one of the selectmen or to the town clerk or treasurer. If the person injured dies within the time required for giving the notice, his executor or administrator may give such notice within thirty days after his appointment. If by reason of physical or mental incapacity it is impossible for the person injured to give the notice within the time required, he may give it within thirty days after such incapacity has been removed, and if he dies within said thirty days his executor or administrator may give the notice within thirty days after his appointment. Any form of written communication signed by the person so injured, or by some person in his behalf, or by his executor or administrator, or by some person in behalf of such executor or administrator, which contains the information that the person was so injured, giving the name and place of residence of the person injured and the time, place and cause of the injury or damage, shall be considered a sufficient notice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, sec. 6F — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 229 / Section 6F
Notice of injury; laws applicable
Status: in_force

Section 6F. An action under section two B or section six C shall be subject to all the provisions of section six of chapter one hundred and fifty-three relative to notice to the employer of the time, place and cause of injury, and the time within which the action shall be commenced; provided, however, that the time for bringing an action under either of said sections to recover for the death of an employee who dies within two years after the injury which caused the death shall never be less than one year from the date of death, or such period thereafter as is provided by sections four, four B, nine or ten of chapter two hundred and sixty.

Section 6F. An action under section two B or section six C shall be subject to all the provisions of section six of chapter one hundred and fifty-three relative to notice to the employer of the time, place and cause of injury, and the time within which the action shall be commenced; provided, however, that the time for bringing an action under either of said sections to recover for the death of an employee who dies within two years after the injury which caused the death shall never be less than one year from the date of death, or such period thereafter as is provided by sections four, four B, nine or ten of chapter two hundred and sixty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40B, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40B / Section 25
Council; officers; meetings; rules of procedure; report; treasurer's bond; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 25. The council shall elect annually by and from its members a president, vice-president, secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. Election of said officers shall be held annually in the month of May, and the officers elected shall commence their terms on the fourth Wednesday of May. The council shall meet three times a year at the call of the president and at such other times as the council may determine. It shall establish rules of procedure for its activities and the activities of the executive committee and shall keep a record of its meetings, transactions, resolutions, findings and determinations, all of which shall be a public record. The council shall make an annual report to the general court. The treasurer shall give the council a bond, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and upon such conditions as the council may require. The council shall maintain the fullest cooperation with cities and towns in the district and shall render them all possible assistance in their planning activities, especially when two or more of the municipalities have common problems. The council shall have and exercise the same powers and duties of the regional planning and economic development district as set forth in section fourteen.

Section 25. The council shall elect annually by and from its members a president, vice-president, secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified. Election of said officers shall be held annually in the month of May, and the officers elected shall commence their terms on the fourth Wednesday of May.

The council shall meet three times a year at the call of the president and at such other times as the council may determine.

It shall establish rules of procedure for its activities and the activities of the executive committee and shall keep a record of its meetings, transactions, resolutions, findings and determinations, all of which shall be a public record. The council shall make an annual report to the general court.

The treasurer shall give the council a bond, with a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth as surety, for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and upon such conditions as the council may require.

The council shall maintain the fullest cooperation with cities and towns in the district and shall render them all possible assistance in their planning activities, especially when two or more of the municipalities have common problems.

The council shall have and exercise the same powers and duties of the regional planning and economic development district as set forth in section fourteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 32
Horse racing; fraud
Status: in_force

Section 32. Whoever, for the purpose of competing for a purse or premium offered by an agricultural society, or by a person or association in the commonwealth, knowingly and designedly enters or drives a horse that is painted or disguised, or is a different horse from the one that purports to be entered or driven, or knowingly and designedly, for the purpose of competing for a premium or purse, enters or drives a horse in a class to which it does not belong, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 32. Whoever, for the purpose of competing for a purse or premium offered by an agricultural society, or by a person or association in the commonwealth, knowingly and designedly enters or drives a horse that is painted or disguised, or is a different horse from the one that purports to be entered or driven, or knowingly and designedly, for the purpose of competing for a premium or purse, enters or drives a horse in a class to which it does not belong, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 80 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 80
Lack of or inadequate bids; sales without foreclosure
Status: in_force

Section 80. If no person bids at such a sale or if no bid deemed adequate by the treasurer is made thereat and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the treasurer shall then and there make public declaration of the fact, and if no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid is then made he shall give public notice that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed; or if the person to whom the land is sold does not within ten days pay to the treasurer the sum bid by him the sale shall be void and the town shall be deemed to be the purchaser of the land. If the town becomes the purchaser hereunder, the treasurer shall execute to it a deed which shall set forth the fact that no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid was made at the sale or that the purchaser failed to pay the amount bid, as the case may be. Such deed shall not be valid unless recorded within sixty days after the sale under this section; and the title of the town to land conveyed thereby shall be absolute upon the recording of said deed in the proper registry of deeds within such sixty days.

Section 80. If no person bids at such a sale or if no bid deemed adequate by the treasurer is made thereat and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the treasurer shall then and there make public declaration of the fact, and if no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid is then made he shall give public notice that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed; or if the person to whom the land is sold does not within ten days pay to the treasurer the sum bid by him the sale shall be void and the town shall be deemed to be the purchaser of the land. If the town becomes the purchaser hereunder, the treasurer shall execute to it a deed which shall set forth the fact that no bid or no bid deemed adequate as aforesaid was made at the sale or that the purchaser failed to pay the amount bid, as the case may be. Such deed shall not be valid unless recorded within sixty days after the sale under this section; and the title of the town to land conveyed thereby shall be absolute upon the recording of said deed in the proper registry of deeds within such sixty days.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 46A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 46A
Providers; submission of claims for payment not in compliance with policies and procedures of medical assistance program; proof of clerical or administrative error
Status: in_force

Section 46A. Any provider making a claim for payment under any medical assistance program administered by the division, which is not submitted in compliance with the billing policies and procedures of said program, shall not be considered in violation of sections 39 to 46, inclusive, for purposes of eligibility pursuant to section 36, upon submission of proof, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that the submission of the claim was due solely to a clerical or administrative error.

Section 46A. Any provider making a claim for payment under any medical assistance program administered by the division, which is not submitted in compliance with the billing policies and procedures of said program, shall not be considered in violation of sections 39 to 46, inclusive, for purposes of eligibility pursuant to section 36, upon submission of proof, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that the submission of the claim was due solely to a clerical or administrative error.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22A / Section 3
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 3. The director with the advice and consent of the colonel of state police shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall (1) insure the accuracy of the data contained in the central register; (2) prescribe the manner in which reports to the central register shall be made; (3) prescribe the manner which inquiries to the central register shall be made and processed; (4) prescribe the manner and extent of dissemination of the data contained in the central register to law enforcement personnel, other interested parties and the public; and (5) insure the prompt removal of all obsolete data from the central register. The department shall not charge a fee for providing information in response to inquiries made pursuant to this section.

Section 3. The director with the advice and consent of the colonel of state police shall promulgate rules and regulations which shall (1) insure the accuracy of the data contained in the central register; (2) prescribe the manner in which reports to the central register shall be made; (3) prescribe the manner which inquiries to the central register shall be made and processed; (4) prescribe the manner and extent of dissemination of the data contained in the central register to law enforcement personnel, other interested parties and the public; and (5) insure the prompt removal of all obsolete data from the central register.

The department shall not charge a fee for providing information in response to inquiries made pursuant to this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 45
Books and records of assessors furnished by municipalities; electronic format
Status: in_force

Section 45. Each city or town shall provide, on or before January first, annually, suitable books for the use of its assessors in the assessment of taxes, which shall contain blank columns with uniform headings for a valuation list, in the form the commissioner shall, from time to time, determine. Any books or records required to be furnished to the assessors, or to be kept or maintained by them, under this section, or any section of chapters 59 to 60B, inclusive, may be created, completed or maintained electronically.

Section 45. Each city or town shall provide, on or before January first, annually, suitable books for the use of its assessors in the assessment of taxes, which shall contain blank columns with uniform headings for a valuation list, in the form the commissioner shall, from time to time, determine.

Any books or records required to be furnished to the assessors, or to be kept or maintained by them, under this section, or any section of chapters 59 to 60B, inclusive, may be created, completed or maintained electronically.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 134 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 134
Necessary changes; action for proportion of expense
Status: in_force

Section 134. The owner, lessee or occupant of every such establishment shall make the changes necessary to conform thereto. If such changes are made upon the order of an inspector by the occupant or lessee, he may, within thirty days after completion, bring an action against any other person having an interest in such premises, and may recover such proportion of the expense of making such changes as the court adjudges should justly and equitably be borne by the defendant.

Section 134. The owner, lessee or occupant of every such establishment shall make the changes necessary to conform thereto. If such changes are made upon the order of an inspector by the occupant or lessee, he may, within thirty days after completion, bring an action against any other person having an interest in such premises, and may recover such proportion of the expense of making such changes as the court adjudges should justly and equitably be borne by the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 23A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 23A
Applicability of approved rules, regulations or orders
Status: in_force

Section 23A. Rules, regulations and orders adopted under clause (17) of section twenty-two shall, so far as may be approved by the governor and council, apply to the purchase by contractors of supplies and materials in the execution of any contract to which the commonwealth is a party for the construction, reconstruction or repair of any public work; and there shall be inserted in any such contract a stipulation to such effect. Any appointed officer or agent of the commonwealth entering into such a contract in its behalf who fails to insert such a stipulation in such a contract as required by such a rule, regulation or order may, after a hearing before the governor and council, be removed by them.

Section 23A. Rules, regulations and orders adopted under clause (17) of section twenty-two shall, so far as may be approved by the governor and council, apply to the purchase by contractors of supplies and materials in the execution of any contract to which the commonwealth is a party for the construction, reconstruction or repair of any public work; and there shall be inserted in any such contract a stipulation to such effect. Any appointed officer or agent of the commonwealth entering into such a contract in its behalf who fails to insert such a stipulation in such a contract as required by such a rule, regulation or order may, after a hearing before the governor and council, be removed by them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 15
Benefits other than insurance benefits
Status: in_force

Section 15. A society may pay benefits, other than insurance benefits, to its members from any special account or fund maintained for such purpose; provided, that if such benefits are of such a nature that they could constitute benefits within the classes of insurance set forth in section seventeen, a society making such payments may not— (a) Make any separate charge therefor; (b) Issue any certificate, policy or other document promising such payments; (c) Provide in its constitution, laws or any other document that such payments may be received by the member as a matter of right; or (d) Advertise such payments as insurance or as payments to which the member has any right. The society shall maintain a separate accounting of all disbursements made under this section and report them in its annual statement.

Section 15. A society may pay benefits, other than insurance benefits, to its members from any special account or fund maintained for such purpose; provided, that if such benefits are of such a nature that they could constitute benefits within the classes of insurance set forth in section seventeen, a society making such payments may not—

(a) Make any separate charge therefor;

(b) Issue any certificate, policy or other document promising such payments;

(c) Provide in its constitution, laws or any other document that such payments may be received by the member as a matter of right; or

(d) Advertise such payments as insurance or as payments to which the member has any right.

The society shall maintain a separate accounting of all disbursements made under this section and report them in its annual statement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 219 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 219
Loitering in station
Status: in_force

Section 219. Whoever without right loiters or remains within a station house of a railroad corporation, or of the Boston Terminal Corporation, or upon the platform or grounds adjacent to such station, after being requested to leave the same by a police officer or by a railroad police officer, shall forfeit not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.

Section 219. Whoever without right loiters or remains within a station house of a railroad corporation, or of the Boston Terminal Corporation, or upon the platform or grounds adjacent to such station, after being requested to leave the same by a police officer or by a railroad police officer, shall forfeit not less than two nor more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 35A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 35A
Removal of parked vehicles
Status: in_force

Section 35A. The division may authorize the removal to some convenient place, through the agency of a person in the employ of the division, or by an independent contractor selected on the basis of competitive bids, any vehicle, except a vehicle owned by the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof or by the United States or an instrumentality thereof or registered by a member of a foreign diplomatic corps or by a foreign consular officer who is not a citizen of the United States and bearing a distinctive number plate or otherwise conspicuously marked as so owned or registered, parked or standing on any part of a parkway, boulevard or roadway in such a manner as to impede in any way the removal or plowing of snow or ice, or parked or standing in violation of any rule or regulation adopted under section 37 which prohibits the parking or standing of all vehicles on such parkway, boulevard or roadway or portion thereof at such time and which recites that whoever violates such regulation shall be liable to charge for the removal and storage of the vehicle as well as subject to punishment by fine. Liability may be imposed for the reasonable cost of such removal, and for the storage charges, if any, resulting therefrom, upon the owner of such vehicle.

Section 35A. The division may authorize the removal to some convenient place, through the agency of a person in the employ of the division, or by an independent contractor selected on the basis of competitive bids, any vehicle, except a vehicle owned by the commonwealth or a political subdivision thereof or by the United States or an instrumentality thereof or registered by a member of a foreign diplomatic corps or by a foreign consular officer who is not a citizen of the United States and bearing a distinctive number plate or otherwise conspicuously marked as so owned or registered, parked or standing on any part of a parkway, boulevard or roadway in such a manner as to impede in any way the removal or plowing of snow or ice, or parked or standing in violation of any rule or regulation adopted under section 37 which prohibits the parking or standing of all vehicles on such parkway, boulevard or roadway or portion thereof at such time and which recites that whoever violates such regulation shall be liable to charge for the removal and storage of the vehicle as well as subject to punishment by fine. Liability may be imposed for the reasonable cost of such removal, and for the storage charges, if any, resulting therefrom, upon the owner of such vehicle.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 104 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 104
Exorbitant redemption charges
Status: in_force

Section 104. Violation by any person of the last sentence of the second paragraph of section sixty-two shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 104. Violation by any person of the last sentence of the second paragraph of section sixty-two shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.