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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 10
Reports of fraud, embezzlement or misconduct by bank officers or employees
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any violation of sections fifty-two to fifty-three A, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-six shall be reported, in writing, within a reasonable time after discovery, to the commissioner and to the district attorney of the district in which the bank does business, by the president and treasurer of the bank in, or with respect to which, such violation occurs or, in the absence of either of said officers, by the officer performing the duties of such office.

Section 10. Any violation of sections fifty-two to fifty-three A, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-six shall be reported, in writing, within a reasonable time after discovery, to the commissioner and to the district attorney of the district in which the bank does business, by the president and treasurer of the bank in, or with respect to which, such violation occurs or, in the absence of either of said officers, by the officer performing the duties of such office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 25S — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 25S
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 25S. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner of insurance may impose a monetary penalty on any person or group found to be in violation of any of the provisions of sections twenty-five E to twenty-five U, inclusive, or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. The monetary penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars for each act or violation, not to exceed an aggregate monetary penalty of ten thousand dollars. The amount of any such monetary penalty shall be paid to said commissioner for the use of the department of insurance.

Section 25S. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner of insurance may impose a monetary penalty on any person or group found to be in violation of any of the provisions of sections twenty-five E to twenty-five U, inclusive, or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. The monetary penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars for each act or violation, not to exceed an aggregate monetary penalty of ten thousand dollars. The amount of any such monetary penalty shall be paid to said commissioner for the use of the department of insurance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 39
Certificate of increase of capital stock; filing
Status: in_force

Section 39. A corporation shall, upon an increase of its capital stock, within thirty days after the payment or collection of the last instalment thereof, file a certificate of the amount of such increase and the fact of such payment, signed and sworn to by its president or vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, and a majority of its directors, in the office of the state secretary and also, if the corporation is subject to chapter one hundred and sixty-four or one hundred and sixty-five, in the office of the department of telecommunications and energy. If such a certificate is not filed as aforesaid within said period of thirty days, it may thereafter be received by the secretary for examination in accordance with section forty-one upon payment to him of such sum, to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, and be filed as hereinbefore provided, subject to the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three to the same extent as if such certificate had been filed as aforesaid within said period.

Section 39. A corporation shall, upon an increase of its capital stock, within thirty days after the payment or collection of the last instalment thereof, file a certificate of the amount of such increase and the fact of such payment, signed and sworn to by its president or vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, and a majority of its directors, in the office of the state secretary and also, if the corporation is subject to chapter one hundred and sixty-four or one hundred and sixty-five, in the office of the department of telecommunications and energy. If such a certificate is not filed as aforesaid within said period of thirty days, it may thereafter be received by the secretary for examination in accordance with section forty-one upon payment to him of such sum, to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, and be filed as hereinbefore provided, subject to the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three to the same extent as if such certificate had been filed as aforesaid within said period.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 95A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 95A
Projecting signs, marquees, awnings or devices; permits
Status: in_force

Section 95A. The commission may grant permits, upon such terms and conditions and for such considerations or rentals as the commission may deem proper, for the projection of signs, marquees, awnings and other devices over its property or over property under its care and control, and for that purpose may adopt, reasonable rules and regulations and assess penalties for violations thereof. Before the issue of a permit hereunder, the applicant shall file with the commission a bond running to the commission, in such penal sum as the commission shall determine, to indemnify and save harmless the commission and its agents and employees from all claims, loss, damage and expense in any way relating to or connected with such permit. This section shall not apply to signs or other structures projecting into or over the way a distance of less than six inches, nor to poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances of railroad, railway, telegraph and telephone, water, gas, electric light, heat and power companies.

Section 95A. The commission may grant permits, upon such terms and conditions and for such considerations or rentals as the commission may deem proper, for the projection of signs, marquees, awnings and other devices over its property or over property under its care and control, and for that purpose may adopt, reasonable rules and regulations and assess penalties for violations thereof. Before the issue of a permit hereunder, the applicant shall file with the commission a bond running to the commission, in such penal sum as the commission shall determine, to indemnify and save harmless the commission and its agents and employees from all claims, loss, damage and expense in any way relating to or connected with such permit. This section shall not apply to signs or other structures projecting into or over the way a distance of less than six inches, nor to poles, wires, conduits and appurtenances of railroad, railway, telegraph and telephone, water, gas, electric light, heat and power companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 3, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 50
Sections inapplicable to public employees or agents or other persons requested to appear before committee or commission
Status: in_force

Section 50. Sections thirty-nine to forty-nine, inclusive, shall not apply to employees or agents of the commonwealth or of a city, town, district or regional school district who are acting in their capacity as such employees or agents or to any person requested to appear before any committee or commission of the general court by a majority of the members of such committee or commission; provided, that such person performs no other act to influence legislation; and provided further, that the name of such person be recorded in the official records of such committee or commission.

Section 50. Sections thirty-nine to forty-nine, inclusive, shall not apply to employees or agents of the commonwealth or of a city, town, district or regional school district who are acting in their capacity as such employees or agents or to any person requested to appear before any committee or commission of the general court by a majority of the members of such committee or commission; provided, that such person performs no other act to influence legislation; and provided further, that the name of such person be recorded in the official records of such committee or commission.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 16
Sale proceeds; payment to owner by state treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 16. If, within three years after such sale, the owner of any such property claims it and proves his ownership thereof, the said proceeds, after deducting all reasonable charges and expenses, shall be paid over to him by the state treasurer.

Section 16. If, within three years after such sale, the owner of any such property claims it and proves his ownership thereof, the said proceeds, after deducting all reasonable charges and expenses, shall be paid over to him by the state treasurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 22
Notice by insured to new employees; notice of cessation of insurance; filing copy
Status: in_force

Section 22. Every insured person shall give written or printed notice to every person with whom he is about to enter into a contract of hire that he has provided for payment to injured employees by the insurer or by means of self-insurance as provided in this chapter. An employer ceasing to be insured by an insurance company shall, on or before the day on which his policy expires, give written or printed notice thereof to all persons under contract with him. In case of the renewal of the policy no notice shall be required. He shall file a copy of said notice with the department. The notices required by this and the preceding section may be given in the manner therein provided or in such other manner as may be approved by the department.

Section 22. Every insured person shall give written or printed notice to every person with whom he is about to enter into a contract of hire that he has provided for payment to injured employees by the insurer or by means of self-insurance as provided in this chapter. An employer ceasing to be insured by an insurance company shall, on or before the day on which his policy expires, give written or printed notice thereof to all persons under contract with him. In case of the renewal of the policy no notice shall be required. He shall file a copy of said notice with the department. The notices required by this and the preceding section may be given in the manner therein provided or in such other manner as may be approved by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 19
Consolidation of appeals by appellant
Status: in_force

Section 19. An appellant from decrees of a probate court settling different accounts of an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may unite his appeals in one notice of appeal, and they shall thereupon be entered as one appeal in the supreme judicial court; and an appeal taken by another appellant from any of the same decrees, or from another decree made at the same time or earlier, settling any other account of such fiduciary, may be entered in the supreme judicial court as part of the matter comprised in the appeal previously entered. The court may, upon appeal, deal with such different accounts as if they formed one continuous account, and may give effect to any alterations which it may make in any account by altering the balance of the last account without altering the balance of any previous account.

Section 19. An appellant from decrees of a probate court settling different accounts of an executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or receiver may unite his appeals in one notice of appeal, and they shall thereupon be entered as one appeal in the supreme judicial court; and an appeal taken by another appellant from any of the same decrees, or from another decree made at the same time or earlier, settling any other account of such fiduciary, may be entered in the supreme judicial court as part of the matter comprised in the appeal previously entered. The court may, upon appeal, deal with such different accounts as if they formed one continuous account, and may give effect to any alterations which it may make in any account by altering the balance of the last account without altering the balance of any previous account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 4
Undevised realty; priority of disposition
Status: in_force

Section 4. Real estate not devised shall be first chargeable with the payment of debts, legacies or charges of administration in exoneration of real estate devised, unless a different intention appears by the will.

Section 4. Real estate not devised shall be first chargeable with the payment of debts, legacies or charges of administration in exoneration of real estate devised, unless a different intention appears by the will.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 75G — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 75G
Marking of location of underground line
Status: in_force

Section 75G. Any natural gas pipe line company which lays pipes or other underground equipment or structures on any land on which it does not have a fee, shall, within sixty days after laying such pipe, equipment or structure, mark on the land, in such manner as not to interfere with the use of such land, the actual location of such pipe, equipment or structure and furnish the owner of the land, within thirty days after the owner makes a written request therefor, with an accurate plan, suitable for recording or registration, showing the exact location of the pipe line easement with reference to the bounds and boundaries of the land. This obligation shall be specifically enforceable in equity by the supreme judicial or superior court upon application of the owner of the land, and in such proceeding the owner may recover the damages occasioned by or resulting from the failure or delay of the company in complying with the provisions of this section.

Section 75G. Any natural gas pipe line company which lays pipes or other underground equipment or structures on any land on which it does not have a fee, shall, within sixty days after laying such pipe, equipment or structure, mark on the land, in such manner as not to interfere with the use of such land, the actual location of such pipe, equipment or structure and furnish the owner of the land, within thirty days after the owner makes a written request therefor, with an accurate plan, suitable for recording or registration, showing the exact location of the pipe line easement with reference to the bounds and boundaries of the land. This obligation shall be specifically enforceable in equity by the supreme judicial or superior court upon application of the owner of the land, and in such proceeding the owner may recover the damages occasioned by or resulting from the failure or delay of the company in complying with the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 11
Prevention of forest fires
Status: in_force

Section 11. A town may appropriate money for the prevention of forest fires to an amount not exceeding one tenth of one per cent of its equalized valuation as defined in section one of chapter forty-four. Every such town with a valuation of one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less which appropriates and expends money, with the approval of the director of the division of forests and parks in the department of environmental management, for apparatus to be used in preventing or extinguishing forest fires, or for making protective belts or zones and building or maintaining water holes or cisterns for fire protection purposes as a defense against forest fires, shall, upon the recommendation of said director, approved by the governor, receive from the commonwealth a sum equal to one half of the said expenditure; but no town shall receive more than five hundred dollars. A sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars may annually be expended by the commonwealth for this purpose. Whenever it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of said director that such equipment has been destroyed or has become unfit for use, the town shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth one half the cost of replacing the same; provided that the amount paid to any one town in any one year shall not exceed one hundred dollars. All equipment purchased under this section shall be in the custody and care of the town forest warden. Said director or his deputies may inspect such equipment at such times as they may deem necessary.

Section 11. A town may appropriate money for the prevention of forest fires to an amount not exceeding one tenth of one per cent of its equalized valuation as defined in section one of chapter forty-four. Every such town with a valuation of one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars or less which appropriates and expends money, with the approval of the director of the division of forests and parks in the department of environmental management, for apparatus to be used in preventing or extinguishing forest fires, or for making protective belts or zones and building or maintaining water holes or cisterns for fire protection purposes as a defense against forest fires, shall, upon the recommendation of said director, approved by the governor, receive from the commonwealth a sum equal to one half of the said expenditure; but no town shall receive more than five hundred dollars. A sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars may annually be expended by the commonwealth for this purpose. Whenever it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of said director that such equipment has been destroyed or has become unfit for use, the town shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth one half the cost of replacing the same; provided that the amount paid to any one town in any one year shall not exceed one hundred dollars. All equipment purchased under this section shall be in the custody and care of the town forest warden. Said director or his deputies may inspect such equipment at such times as they may deem necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 13
Duration of plan adopted
Status: in_force

Section 13. Should any plan provided for in this chapter be adopted, it shall continue in force for at least four years from the beginning of the terms of office of the officials elected thereunder; and no petition proposing a different plan shall be filed until after three years and six months from such adoption.

Section 13. Should any plan provided for in this chapter be adopted, it shall continue in force for at least four years from the beginning of the terms of office of the officials elected thereunder; and no petition proposing a different plan shall be filed until after three years and six months from such adoption.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 12
Affirmation of judgment on non-entry of appeal
Status: in_force

Section 12. If, upon an appeal in a civil action authorized by law, the appellant fails to enter and prosecute his appeal, the court may, upon complaint of the appellee, affirm the former judgment or render such other judgment as law and justice require.

Section 12. If, upon an appeal in a civil action authorized by law, the appellant fails to enter and prosecute his appeal, the court may, upon complaint of the appellee, affirm the former judgment or render such other judgment as law and justice require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 223 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 223
Home inspectors;establishment of licensure requirements; applicant qualifications
Status: in_force

Section 223. The board shall establish the requirements for licensure as an associate home inspector and shall promulgate such rules and regulations to establish the associate training program and duties and responsibilities of the supervisor and otherwise as may be necessary pursuant to the provisions of this section. Said board shall license as an associate an applicant who has shown to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant: (1) is of good moral character; (2) has successfully completed high school or its equivalent; (3) has successfully completed a board-approved training program; (4) has performed not less than 25 home inspections in the presence of a licensed home inspector; (5) has passed a written or electronic competency examination offered or approved by the board; (6) has an identified supervisor who is a person licensed in good standing in the commonwealth as a home inspector; and (7) has paid the appropriate fee, which shall be set by the secretary of administration and finance.

Section 223. The board shall establish the requirements for licensure as an associate home inspector and shall promulgate such rules and regulations to establish the associate training program and duties and responsibilities of the supervisor and otherwise as may be necessary pursuant to the provisions of this section. Said board shall license as an associate an applicant who has shown to the satisfaction of the board that the applicant:

(1) is of good moral character;

(2) has successfully completed high school or its equivalent;

(3) has successfully completed a board-approved training program;

(4) has performed not less than 25 home inspections in the presence of a licensed home inspector;

(5) has passed a written or electronic competency examination offered or approved by the board;

(6) has an identified supervisor who is a person licensed in good standing in the commonwealth as a home inspector; and

(7) has paid the appropriate fee, which shall be set by the secretary of administration and finance.