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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 19A — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 19A
Special master
Status: in_force

Section 19A. The justices of the superior court may appoint for a term of five years, and may at any time for cause remove, a special master, who shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of five thousand dollars. He shall perform such administrative duties pertaining to the court and shall hear and dispose of such interlocutory matters relating to the assignment, postponement, continuance and order of trial of cases, at such times and places as the chief justice of said court may determine. Every order or decision of said master shall be subject to appeal to the court and the appellant shall be granted an immediate hearing.

Section 19A. The justices of the superior court may appoint for a term of five years, and may at any time for cause remove, a special master, who shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of five thousand dollars. He shall perform such administrative duties pertaining to the court and shall hear and dispose of such interlocutory matters relating to the assignment, postponement, continuance and order of trial of cases, at such times and places as the chief justice of said court may determine. Every order or decision of said master shall be subject to appeal to the court and the appellant shall be granted an immediate hearing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94F, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94F / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Brand family'', all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors including, but not limited to, ''menthol'', ''lights'', ''kings'' and ''100s'', and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes. ''Cigarette'', as defined in chapter 94E. ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's duly authorized representative. ''Nonparticipating manufacturer'', a tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer. ''Master Settlement Agreement'', as defined in chapter 94E. ''Participating manufacturer'', as defined in section II (jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and any amendments thereto. ''Qualified Escrow Fund'', as defined in chapter 94E. ''Stamper'', a person authorized by the commissioner to affix the excise stamp on packages or other containers of cigarettes pursuant to chapter 64C. ''Tobacco product manufacturer'', as defined in chapter 94E. ''Units sold'', as defined in chapter 94E.

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''Brand family'', all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors including, but not limited to, ''menthol'', ''lights'', ''kings'' and ''100s'', and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.

''Cigarette'', as defined in chapter 94E.

''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's duly authorized representative.

''Nonparticipating manufacturer'', a tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.

''Master Settlement Agreement'', as defined in chapter 94E.

''Participating manufacturer'', as defined in section II (jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and any amendments thereto.

''Qualified Escrow Fund'', as defined in chapter 94E.

''Stamper'', a person authorized by the commissioner to affix the excise stamp on packages or other containers of cigarettes pursuant to chapter 64C.

''Tobacco product manufacturer'', as defined in chapter 94E.

''Units sold'', as defined in chapter 94E.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 88C — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 88C
State sponsored life insurance
Status: in_force

Section 88C. The National Guard Association of Massachusetts shall be the designated provider of state sponsored life insurance products offered through insurers licensed to transact insurance business in the commonwealth for military members of the armed forces of the commonwealth and such members' dependents. The military division, through the adjutant general, is hereby designated as the official departmental sponsor of the Massachusetts National Guard State Sponsored Life Insurance Program, and shall allow, facilitate and coordinate all efforts to make the program available to all members of the armed forces of the commonwealth and such members' dependents, and shall allow, facilitate, and coordinate requested allotments with the appropriate United States Property and Fiscal Office.

Section 88C. The National Guard Association of Massachusetts shall be the designated provider of state sponsored life insurance products offered through insurers licensed to transact insurance business in the commonwealth for military members of the armed forces of the commonwealth and such members' dependents. The military division, through the adjutant general, is hereby designated as the official departmental sponsor of the Massachusetts National Guard State Sponsored Life Insurance Program, and shall allow, facilitate and coordinate all efforts to make the program available to all members of the armed forces of the commonwealth and such members' dependents, and shall allow, facilitate, and coordinate requested allotments with the appropriate United States Property and Fiscal Office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 2
Assistants and employees; appointment; duties; compensation; tenure; vacancies
Status: in_force

Section 2. The attorney general shall appoint a first assistant attorney general and may appoint such other assistants and employees as the duties of the department require. The attorney general shall establish the salaries, duties and personnel regulations of all officers and employees within the department of the attorney general; provided, however, that the salaries of said officers and employees shall not exceed the sum annually appropriated therefor by the general court. The provisions of sections nine A and forty-five of chapter thirty, chapter thirty-one and chapter one hundred and fifty E shall not apply to officers and employees within the department of the attorney general. Persons appointed as assistant attorneys general shall, in the event of a vacancy in the office of attorney general, continue in the office until an attorney general is duly qualified.

Section 2. The attorney general shall appoint a first assistant attorney general and may appoint such other assistants and employees as the duties of the department require. The attorney general shall establish the salaries, duties and personnel regulations of all officers and employees within the department of the attorney general; provided, however, that the salaries of said officers and employees shall not exceed the sum annually appropriated therefor by the general court. The provisions of sections nine A and forty-five of chapter thirty, chapter thirty-one and chapter one hundred and fifty E shall not apply to officers and employees within the department of the attorney general. Persons appointed as assistant attorneys general shall, in the event of a vacancy in the office of attorney general, continue in the office until an attorney general is duly qualified.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 21B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 21B
Contents of license; coverage; expiration; fee; suspension; revocation
Status: in_force

Section 21B. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and the number if there be any, and if there is no number, then the location of the place of business in which the license is to be exercised, and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so issued shall expire on April thirtieth of each year. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, the fee for a license shall not be more than one dollar, and the license may be suspended or revoked at any time after a hearing by the authorities granting the same, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than twenty-five dollars.

Section 21B. Licenses granted as aforesaid shall specify the street or place and the number if there be any, and if there is no number, then the location of the place of business in which the license is to be exercised, and the license shall not be valid in any other place. Licenses so issued shall expire on April thirtieth of each year. Unless otherwise established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, the fee for a license shall not be more than one dollar, and the license may be suspended or revoked at any time after a hearing by the authorities granting the same, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than twenty-five dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 14C — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 14C
Injury to improvements; penalty; damages
Status: in_force

Section 14C. Whoever obstructs or injures any ditch, tide gate, dike or other structure constructed or used for any purpose authorized by any provision of sections one to fourteen B, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars. The state reclamation board may also recover, in the name of the commonwealth, for any such obstruction or injury, in an action of contract, the amount of the damages sustained by reason thereof, and the provisions of section five A, relative to the disposition of money therein referred to, shall govern the disposition of money recovered in such action.

Section 14C. Whoever obstructs or injures any ditch, tide gate, dike or other structure constructed or used for any purpose authorized by any provision of sections one to fourteen B, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars. The state reclamation board may also recover, in the name of the commonwealth, for any such obstruction or injury, in an action of contract, the amount of the damages sustained by reason thereof, and the provisions of section five A, relative to the disposition of money therein referred to, shall govern the disposition of money recovered in such action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 3
Maintenance of partition fences
Status: in_force

Section 3. The occupants of adjoining lands enclosed with fences shall, so long as both of them improve the same, maintain partition fences in equal shares between their enclosures, unless they otherwise agree.

Section 3. The occupants of adjoining lands enclosed with fences shall, so long as both of them improve the same, maintain partition fences in equal shares between their enclosures, unless they otherwise agree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part V / Title I / Chapter 281 / Section 9
Statutory time periods; effect of repeal of law by General Laws
Status: repealed

Section 9. If a limitation or period of time prescribed in any of the acts repealed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy or any other purpose has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in the General Laws, the time of limitation shall continue to run and shall have like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation of the General Laws. If a shorter period of time is prescribed by the General Laws in any matter relating to wills or to the administration of the estates of deceased persons, and the limitation has begun to run, it shall continue to run for the time fixed by the law in effect at the time when it began to run, notwithstanding the repeal thereof by the General Laws.

Section 9. If a limitation or period of time prescribed in any of the acts repealed for acquiring a right, barring a remedy or any other purpose has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in the General Laws, the time of limitation shall continue to run and shall have like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation of the General Laws. If a shorter period of time is prescribed by the General Laws in any matter relating to wills or to the administration of the estates of deceased persons, and the limitation has begun to run, it shall continue to run for the time fixed by the law in effect at the time when it began to run, notwithstanding the repeal thereof by the General Laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 46D — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 46D
Credit counseling corporations, applicability of Secs. 46 to 46C
Status: in_force

Section 46D. The provisions of sections forty-six, forty-six A, forty-six B and forty-six C shall not apply to a corporation, or its agents, which has been organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty for the purpose of providing credit counseling.

Section 46D. The provisions of sections forty-six, forty-six A, forty-six B and forty-six C shall not apply to a corporation, or its agents, which has been organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty for the purpose of providing credit counseling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 12
Execution of certificate ordered by court
Status: in_force

Section 12. If a person required by section eleven to execute a certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the secretary of state to record an appropriate certificate.

Section 12. If a person required by section eleven to execute a certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the superior court department of the trial court to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the secretary of state to record an appropriate certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 54
Rooms for records; additional space
Status: in_force

Section 54. If in the opinion of the court administrator of the trial court such fireproof rooms are insufficient, he shall certify the need of additional accommodations to the general court.

Section 54. If in the opinion of the court administrator of the trial court such fireproof rooms are insufficient, he shall certify the need of additional accommodations to the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 9
Transitory actions by or against city of Boston
Status: in_force

Section 9. An action by or against the city of Boston, except actions mentioned in section seven and actions by the collector of said city under sections thirty-five and thirty-six of chapter sixty, may be brought in Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex or Norfolk county, or in the county in which the plaintiff lives.

Section 9. An action by or against the city of Boston, except actions mentioned in section seven and actions by the collector of said city under sections thirty-five and thirty-six of chapter sixty, may be brought in Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex or Norfolk county, or in the county in which the plaintiff lives.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 143 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 143
Definitions applicable to Secs. 143A to 143H
Status: in_force

Section 143. As used in sections 143A to 143H, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Article'' or ''recorded device'', the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and shall include any original phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, audio or video cassette, film or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original. ''Audiovisual recording function'', the capability to record or transmit visual images or soundtrack, including any portion thereof, from a motion picture. ''Motion picture theater'', movie theater, screening room, or other venue if used primarily for the exhibition of motion pictures. ''Owner'', the person or other entity who owns a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded visual images or sounds on a phonograph record, disc, tape, film, video cassette or other article on which visual images or sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded images or sounds are directly or indirectly derived.

Section 143. As used in sections 143A to 143H, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:

''Article'' or ''recorded device'', the tangible medium upon which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored, and shall include any original phonograph record, disc, wire, tape, audio or video cassette, film or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or otherwise stored, or any copy or reproduction which duplicates, in whole or in part, the original.

''Audiovisual recording function'', the capability to record or transmit visual images or soundtrack, including any portion thereof, from a motion picture.

''Motion picture theater'', movie theater, screening room, or other venue if used primarily for the exhibition of motion pictures.

''Owner'', the person or other entity who owns a master phonograph record, master disc, master tape, master film or other device used for reproducing recorded visual images or sounds on a phonograph record, disc, tape, film, video cassette or other article on which visual images or sound is recorded, and from which the transferred recorded images or sounds are directly or indirectly derived.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 1012 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 1012
Protection of person dealing with trustee
Status: in_force

Section 1012. Protection of person dealing with trustee (a) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a trustee, without knowledge that the trustee is exceeding or improperly exercising the trustee's powers shall be protected from liability as if the trustee properly exercised the power. (b) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee shall not be required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers or the propriety of their exercise. (c) A person who in good faith delivers assets to a trustee need not ensure their proper application. (d) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a former trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a former trustee, without knowledge that the trusteeship has terminated shall be protected from liability as if the former trustee were still a trustee. (e) Comparable protective provisions of other laws relating to commercial transactions or transfer of securities by fiduciaries shall prevail over the protection provided by this section.

Section 1012. Protection of person dealing with trustee

(a) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a trustee, without knowledge that the trustee is exceeding or improperly exercising the trustee's powers shall be protected from liability as if the trustee properly exercised the power.

(b) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith deals with a trustee shall not be required to inquire into the extent of the trustee's powers or the propriety of their exercise.

(c) A person who in good faith delivers assets to a trustee need not ensure their proper application.

(d) A person other than a beneficiary who in good faith assists a former trustee or who in good faith and for value deals with a former trustee, without knowledge that the trusteeship has terminated shall be protected from liability as if the former trustee were still a trustee.

(e) Comparable protective provisions of other laws relating to commercial transactions or transfer of securities by fiduciaries shall prevail over the protection provided by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 42B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 42B
Modification or reversal of decision; recovery of payments
Status: in_force

Section 42B. If any determination under section thirty-nine, or any decision under section thirty-nine, forty-one or forty-two, is finally modified or reversed, any benefits which have been paid but to which the claimant was not entitled under such final decision shall be deemed to be erroneous payments recoverable under section sixty-nine.

Section 42B. If any determination under section thirty-nine, or any decision under section thirty-nine, forty-one or forty-two, is finally modified or reversed, any benefits which have been paid but to which the claimant was not entitled under such final decision shall be deemed to be erroneous payments recoverable under section sixty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 4G — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 4G
Verification of applicant driving history prior to issuing private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to all policies issued on or after January 1, 2021. See 2020, 358, Sec. 105.]

[Text of section applicable to all policies issued on or after January 1, 2021. See 2020, 358, Sec. 105.]

Section 4G. (a) An insurer that utilizes an applicant's Massachusetts driving history as a rating or underwriting factor for private passenger motor vehicle insurance in the commonwealth, a licensed insurance producer or third-party representative shall verify the applicant's Massachusetts driving history through the use of the registry of motor vehicles database or a reliable third-party database prior to processing payment or issuing a policy, unless the driving history is unavailable at the time of the initial inquiry due to a temporary website outage, service interruption or other circumstances beyond the control of the insurer, producer or third-party representative. When providing a private passenger automobile insurance quote, an insurer, licensed insurance producer or third-party representative shall provide a disclosure regarding the verification of an applicant's Massachusetts driving history.

[There is no subsection (b).]