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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203D, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203D / Section 9
Apportionment when income interest ends
Status: in_force

Section 9. (a) When a mandatory income interest ends, the trustee shall pay to a mandatory income beneficiary who survives that date, or the estate of a deceased mandatory income beneficiary whose death causes the interest to end, the beneficiary's share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust unless the beneficiary has an unqualified power to revoke more than 5 per cent of the trust immediately before the income interest ends. In the latter case, the undistributed income from the portion of the trust that may be revoked shall be added to principal. (b) When a trustee's obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust's assets ends, the trustee shall prorate the final payment if required by applicable law to accomplish a purpose of the trust or its settlor relating to income, gift, estate or other tax requirements.

Section 9. (a) When a mandatory income interest ends, the trustee shall pay to a mandatory income beneficiary who survives that date, or the estate of a deceased mandatory income beneficiary whose death causes the interest to end, the beneficiary's share of the undistributed income that is not disposed of under the terms of the trust unless the beneficiary has an unqualified power to revoke more than 5 per cent of the trust immediately before the income interest ends. In the latter case, the undistributed income from the portion of the trust that may be revoked shall be added to principal.

(b) When a trustee's obligation to pay a fixed annuity or a fixed fraction of the value of the trust's assets ends, the trustee shall prorate the final payment if required by applicable law to accomplish a purpose of the trust or its settlor relating to income, gift, estate or other tax requirements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 188, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 188 / Section 9
Subordination of estate of homestead to mortgage executed by all owners
Status: in_force

Section 9. An estate of homestead shall be subordinate to a mortgage encumbering the home executed by all the owners of the home. For the purposes of this chapter, a mortgage shall include an instrument granting a security interest in a manufactured home or cooperative housing unit. The subordination shall not require the signature of a spouse who is not an owner. A mortgage executed by fewer than all of the owners of a home that is subject to an estate of homestead shall be superior only to the homestead estate of the owners who are parties to the mortgage and their non-titled spouses and minor children, if any. No statement that a homestead estate shall be subordinate to the mortgage shall be required in the mortgage instrument and nothing contained in a mortgage or any document executed in connection with the mortgage shall affect or be construed to create, modify or terminate a homestead estate, other than to subordinate it to the mortgage as aforesaid. A mortgage lender shall not require or record a release of homestead in connection with the making and recording of a mortgage.

Section 9. An estate of homestead shall be subordinate to a mortgage encumbering the home executed by all the owners of the home. For the purposes of this chapter, a mortgage shall include an instrument granting a security interest in a manufactured home or cooperative housing unit. The subordination shall not require the signature of a spouse who is not an owner. A mortgage executed by fewer than all of the owners of a home that is subject to an estate of homestead shall be superior only to the homestead estate of the owners who are parties to the mortgage and their non-titled spouses and minor children, if any.

No statement that a homestead estate shall be subordinate to the mortgage shall be required in the mortgage instrument and nothing contained in a mortgage or any document executed in connection with the mortgage shall affect or be construed to create, modify or terminate a homestead estate, other than to subordinate it to the mortgage as aforesaid. A mortgage lender shall not require or record a release of homestead in connection with the making and recording of a mortgage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 1, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Chapter 1 / Section 7A
Massachusetts General Laws - Legislative jurisdiction over property previously ceded to federal government; acceptance of retrocession; procedure - Chapter 1, Section 7A
Status: in_force

Section 7A. The governor, if he finds that the public interest will benefit thereby, may accept on behalf of the commonwealth retrocession of all or part of the legislative jurisdiction over property within the commonwealth over which such jurisdiction has been ceded to the United States by the commonwealth. Such acceptance of retrocession shall take effect in each case upon the written acceptance by the governor of a notice of retrocession signed by the duly authorized officer or agent of the United States having supervision and control over the property being retroceded. A copy of the notice of retrocession and the written acceptance thereof shall be filed with the state secretary and the city or town clerk of the city or town in which the affected property is located, and in the case of property located in more than one city or town, with the clerk of each municipality in which the property is located.

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 22E — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 22E
Abandoned vehicles; removal of parts; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 22E. Whoever takes any part or accessory from an abandoned motor vehicle standing upon a public or private way or standing upon any property without the permission of the owner or lessee thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.

Section 22E. Whoever takes any part or accessory from an abandoned motor vehicle standing upon a public or private way or standing upon any property without the permission of the owner or lessee thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 214 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 214
Violations; fines
Status: in_force

Section 214. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the department promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.

Section 214. Whoever violates any provision of sections two hundred and seven to two hundred and thirteen, inclusive, or any rule or regulation of the department promulgated thereunder shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4J — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4J
Infertility diagnosis and treatment benefits
Status: in_force

Section 4J. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in the commonwealth while this section is effective shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, to the same extent that benefits are provided for other pregnancy-related procedures and subject to the other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate, coverage for medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Said infertility benefits shall meet all other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate. For purposes of this section, ''infertility' shall mean the condition of an individual who is unable to conceive or produce conception during a period of 1 year if the female is age 35 or younger or during a period of 6 months if the female is over the age of 35. For purposes of meeting the criteria for infertility in this section, if a person conceives but is unable to carry that pregnancy to live birth, the period of time she attempted to conceive prior to achieving that pregnancy shall be included in the calculation of the 1 year or 6 month period, as applicable.

Section 4J. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in the commonwealth while this section is effective shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, to the same extent that benefits are provided for other pregnancy-related procedures and subject to the other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate, coverage for medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Said infertility benefits shall meet all other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate. For purposes of this section, ''infertility' shall mean the condition of an individual who is unable to conceive or produce conception during a period of 1 year if the female is age 35 or younger or during a period of 6 months if the female is over the age of 35. For purposes of meeting the criteria for infertility in this section, if a person conceives but is unable to carry that pregnancy to live birth, the period of time she attempted to conceive prior to achieving that pregnancy shall be included in the calculation of the 1 year or 6 month period, as applicable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 14
Uses and trusts
Status: in_force

Section 14. When a conveyance or devise of real estate is made to a grantee or devisee to a use intended to be executed by the statute of uses, the word ''use'' shall be employed in declaring the use; and provisions introduced by the words ''in trust'', or other expressions that might otherwise create uses, shall be deemed to create trusts and not uses. If no use is declared in a conveyance or devise of real estate, the same shall take effect as if it were expressed to be for the use of the grantee or devisee.

Section 14. When a conveyance or devise of real estate is made to a grantee or devisee to a use intended to be executed by the statute of uses, the word ''use'' shall be employed in declaring the use; and provisions introduced by the words ''in trust'', or other expressions that might otherwise create uses, shall be deemed to create trusts and not uses. If no use is declared in a conveyance or devise of real estate, the same shall take effect as if it were expressed to be for the use of the grantee or devisee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111B, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111B / Section 9
Powers of administrator
Status: in_force

Section 9. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations of the department; however, if the facility is operated by a department or agency of the commonwealth other than the department of public health, the administrator shall exercise his supervisory powers subject to the rules and regulations of the department which operates the facility.

Section 9. Each person who receives treatment at a facility shall be subject to the supervisory powers of the administrator exercised in accordance with rules and regulations of the department; however, if the facility is operated by a department or agency of the commonwealth other than the department of public health, the administrator shall exercise his supervisory powers subject to the rules and regulations of the department which operates the facility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 53B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 53B
Towns within a superintendency district or union; exemption from appointment requirement
Status: in_force

Section 53B. The towns comprised in a superintendency district or union employing, to the satisfaction of the department, one or more school physicians and registered nurses in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-three A shall be exempt from the provisions of section fifty-three requiring the appointment of such persons.

Section 53B. The towns comprised in a superintendency district or union employing, to the satisfaction of the department, one or more school physicians and registered nurses in accordance with the provisions of section fifty-three A shall be exempt from the provisions of section fifty-three requiring the appointment of such persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 112A — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 112A
Wrongful use, possession, manufacturing, distribution, and importing of controlled substances
Status: in_force

Article 112A. Wrongful use, possession, manufacturing, distribution, and importing of controlled substances. (a) A person subject to this code who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States or introduces into an installation, vessel, vehicle or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces of the United States or of any state military force a substance described in subsection (b) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) The following substances shall be subject to the punishment referred to in subsection (a): (1) opium, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, barbituric acid and marijuana and any compound or derivative of any such substance; (2) any substance not specified in clause (i) that is listed on a schedule of controlled substances prescribed by the President of the United States for the purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the Armed Forces of the United States in 10 U.S.C. section 801, et seq.; and (3) any other substance not specified in clause (i) or contained on a list prescribed by the President of the United States under clause (ii) that is listed in schedules I to V, inclusive, in the schedules of controlled substances under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. section 812.

Article 112A. Wrongful use, possession, manufacturing, distribution, and importing of controlled substances.

(a) A person subject to this code who wrongfully uses, possesses, manufactures, distributes, imports into the customs territory of the United States, exports from the United States or introduces into an installation, vessel, vehicle or aircraft used by or under the control of the armed forces of the United States or of any state military force a substance described in subsection (b) shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

(b) The following substances shall be subject to the punishment referred to in subsection (a):

(1) opium, heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, lysergic acid diethylamide, methamphetamine, phencyclidine, barbituric acid and marijuana and any compound or derivative of any such substance;

(2) any substance not specified in clause (i) that is listed on a schedule of controlled substances prescribed by the President of the United States for the purposes of the Uniform Code of Military Justice of the Armed Forces of the United States in 10 U.S.C. section 801, et seq.; and

(3) any other substance not specified in clause (i) or contained on a list prescribed by the President of the United States under clause (ii) that is listed in schedules I to V, inclusive, in the schedules of controlled substances under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. section 812.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93B / Section 11
Franchise relationship; written or oral agreements; applicability
Status: in_force

Section 11. This chapter shall apply to all actions by a manufacturer or distributor which relate to the franchise relationship and which arise under any written or oral agreement between the manufacturer or distributor with a motor vehicle dealer including, but not limited to, the franchise offering, the franchise agreement, sales of goods, services or advertising, leases or mortgages of real or personal property, promises to pay, security interests, pledges, insurance contracts, advertising contracts, construction or installation contracts, servicing contracts, and all other such agreements in which said manufacturer or distributor has any direct or indirect interest.

Section 11. This chapter shall apply to all actions by a manufacturer or distributor which relate to the franchise relationship and which arise under any written or oral agreement between the manufacturer or distributor with a motor vehicle dealer including, but not limited to, the franchise offering, the franchise agreement, sales of goods, services or advertising, leases or mortgages of real or personal property, promises to pay, security interests, pledges, insurance contracts, advertising contracts, construction or installation contracts, servicing contracts, and all other such agreements in which said manufacturer or distributor has any direct or indirect interest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 34I — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 34I
Records and books of registrar
Status: in_force

Section 34I. The registrar shall keep such records and books and publish and distribute such forms and information as will facilitate the operation of the provisions of the eight preceding sections, and shall, upon the request of any person, furnish the name of the insurance or surety company issuing the policy or executing as surety the bond covering any particular motor vehicle or of any particular person appearing on his records as registrant of the same.

Section 34I. The registrar shall keep such records and books and publish and distribute such forms and information as will facilitate the operation of the provisions of the eight preceding sections, and shall, upon the request of any person, furnish the name of the insurance or surety company issuing the policy or executing as surety the bond covering any particular motor vehicle or of any particular person appearing on his records as registrant of the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 13
State treasurer; death; vacancy; inventory of property and funds
Status: in_force

Section 13. As soon thereafter as may be, and after like notice, the state secretary and the two persons so appointed shall cause the packages to be examined, and a true inventory to be taken of the money and of all bonds, notes, securities, books and such other things pertaining to said office as shall be required by the former treasurer or by his representatives or sureties. A copy of such inventory shall be deposited in the state secretary's office, and copies shall be given on request to any of said persons. The state secretary and said two persons shall safely keep all property so inventoried until a treasurer is duly qualified, to whom they shall deliver the same, taking duplicate receipts from him therefor, one of which shall be deposited with the state secretary and the other with the former treasurer or his legal representatives or sureties.

Section 13. As soon thereafter as may be, and after like notice, the state secretary and the two persons so appointed shall cause the packages to be examined, and a true inventory to be taken of the money and of all bonds, notes, securities, books and such other things pertaining to said office as shall be required by the former treasurer or by his representatives or sureties. A copy of such inventory shall be deposited in the state secretary's office, and copies shall be given on request to any of said persons. The state secretary and said two persons shall safely keep all property so inventoried until a treasurer is duly qualified, to whom they shall deliver the same, taking duplicate receipts from him therefor, one of which shall be deposited with the state secretary and the other with the former treasurer or his legal representatives or sureties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15LLL — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15LLL
Lupus Awareness Month
Status: in_force

Section 15LLL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of May as Lupus Awareness Month and recommending that said month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15LLL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of May as Lupus Awareness Month and recommending that said month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 257, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 257 / Section 13
Appraisal; application of person making seizure
Status: in_force

Section 13. The person who makes the seizure shall forthwith, unless an application for an appraisal has been made by a claimant, apply to a justice of the peace, who shall appoint three disinterested persons to make an inventory and appraisal of the property seized. Such appraisers shall be sworn and shall return their inventory and appraisal to the court before whom the libel is pending.

Section 13. The person who makes the seizure shall forthwith, unless an application for an appraisal has been made by a claimant, apply to a justice of the peace, who shall appoint three disinterested persons to make an inventory and appraisal of the property seized. Such appraisers shall be sworn and shall return their inventory and appraisal to the court before whom the libel is pending.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 61
Eminent domain; construction of Secs. 58 to 60
Status: in_force

Section 61. The three preceding sections shall not enlarge the extent or purposes for which a street railway may be constructed or operated outside the limits of public ways as defined and limited in sections fifty-four and fifty-five.

Section 61. The three preceding sections shall not enlarge the extent or purposes for which a street railway may be constructed or operated outside the limits of public ways as defined and limited in sections fifty-four and fifty-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 3
Estate created without instrument in writing
Status: in_force

Section 3. An estate or interest in land created without an instrument in writing signed by the grantor or by his attorney shall have the force and effect of an estate at will only, and no estate or interest in land shall be assigned, granted or surrendered unless by such writing or by operation of law.

Section 3. An estate or interest in land created without an instrument in writing signed by the grantor or by his attorney shall have the force and effect of an estate at will only, and no estate or interest in land shall be assigned, granted or surrendered unless by such writing or by operation of law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 20
Births and deaths in Tewksbury Hospital; records
Status: in_force

Section 20. Records of birth and death previously held by the superintendent of Tewksbury Hospital shall be transferred to the town clerk of Tewksbury. No certified copies of these records shall be issued by the superintendent of Tewksbury Hospital.

Section 20. Records of birth and death previously held by the superintendent of Tewksbury Hospital shall be transferred to the town clerk of Tewksbury. No certified copies of these records shall be issued by the superintendent of Tewksbury Hospital.