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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 8
Income from realty; accounting; manner
Status: in_force

Section 8. If real estate of a deceased person is used, occupied or taken charge of by an executor or administrator, he shall account for the income and management thereof in the same manner as in the case of personal property.

Section 8. If real estate of a deceased person is used, occupied or taken charge of by an executor or administrator, he shall account for the income and management thereof in the same manner as in the case of personal property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 34
Division of State Parks and Recreation Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 34. The state treasurer may, with the approval of the governor and council, receive and hold in trust for the commonwealth, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of lands or rights in land, and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, made for the purposes of the preceding section, and shall preserve and invest the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgage or other securities. Said trust property shall be known as the Division of State Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and shall be used and expended under the direction of the division and subject to its orders. Subject to the terms of any such grant, gift, devise or bequest, the division may expend such funds, whether principal or income.

Section 34. The state treasurer may, with the approval of the governor and council, receive and hold in trust for the commonwealth, exempt from taxation, any grant or devise of lands or rights in land, and any gift or bequest of money or other personal property, made for the purposes of the preceding section, and shall preserve and invest the proceeds thereof in notes or bonds secured by good and sufficient mortgage or other securities. Said trust property shall be known as the Division of State Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and shall be used and expended under the direction of the division and subject to its orders. Subject to the terms of any such grant, gift, devise or bequest, the division may expend such funds, whether principal or income.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21M, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21M / Section 7
Vessels prohibited from commonwealth marine terminals
Status: in_force

Section 7. A vessel that is not in compliance with the time schedules and requirements relating to double hulls set forth in the federal Oil Pollution Prevention, Response, Liability and Compensation Act of 1990 shall be prohibited from docking, loading or unloading at any marine terminal in the commonwealth.

Section 7. A vessel that is not in compliance with the time schedules and requirements relating to double hulls set forth in the federal Oil Pollution Prevention, Response, Liability and Compensation Act of 1990 shall be prohibited from docking, loading or unloading at any marine terminal in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 70A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 70A
Procedure after abatement
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2016, 218, Sec. 249.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2016, 218, Sec. 249.]

Section 70A. Whenever upon application for abatement or otherwise any tax, assessment, rate or charge assessed by a board or officer of a town, or any interest thereon or costs relative thereto, is finally abated in whole or in part by any court or officer, or by any board, which latter term as used in this sentence shall include the county commissioners and the appellate tax board, the officer or the secretary, clerk or similar official of the board assessing such tax, assessment, rate or charge shall forthwith give notice of such abatement to the collector and to the auditor, accountant or similar official. If the assessment was made by a board or officer other than the assessors and the tax, assessment, rate, charge, costs or interest is part of an annual tax, such notice shall also be given to the assessors. Upon receipt of such notice, the collector shall make due entry of the abatement in his books, except where the tax, assessment, rate or charge is an item in a tax title account set up under section fifty of chapter sixty, in which case he shall forthwith transmit such notice to the treasurer, who shall forthwith enter the abatement on the tax title account, and the treasurer shall thereby be relieved of further responsibility with respect to the amount abated. Whenever any tax, assessment, rate, charge, costs or interest constituting an item in a tax title account is abated in whole or in part, the account, if any, set up on the books of the town showing the amount of tax title revenue available when collected shall be reduced accordingly. Whenever any tax, which word as used in this sentence shall be construed to mean the tax assessed under this chapter and not to include any assessment, rate, charge, costs or interest added thereto, is abated in whole or in part, whether or not such tax has been collected and whether or not such tax is secured by a tax title held by the town, the amount of the abatement shall be charged against the overlay.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150 / Section 8
Witnesses and production of books and documents; powers of board member; amount due for travel and attendance
Status: in_force

Section 8. In all investigations, and inquiries or proceedings conducted by the board, any member thereof may summon witnesses, may administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of books and documents. Each witness shall certify in writing the amount of his travel and attendance, and the amount due to him shall be paid forthwith by the board.

Section 8. In all investigations, and inquiries or proceedings conducted by the board, any member thereof may summon witnesses, may administer oaths, take testimony, and require the production of books and documents. Each witness shall certify in writing the amount of his travel and attendance, and the amount due to him shall be paid forthwith by the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 19A — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 19A
Armory commission within military division
Status: in_force

Section 19A. The armory commission established by section 18 of chapter 6 shall be within the military division.

Section 19A. The armory commission established by section 18 of chapter 6 shall be within the military division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 91
Power of probation officers appointed by Boston juvenile court to serve process
Status: in_force

Section 91. Probation officers appointed by the Boston juvenile court may serve such process as may be directed to them by the court.

Section 91. Probation officers appointed by the Boston juvenile court may serve such process as may be directed to them by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 58
Cities and towns; limitation on purchasing powers
Status: in_force

Section 58. No city or town shall pay a bill incurred by any official thereof for wines, liquors or cigars.

Section 58. No city or town shall pay a bill incurred by any official thereof for wines, liquors or cigars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 14
Soliciting contributions in public buildings prohibited; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 14. No person shall in any building or part thereof occupied for state, county or municipal purposes demand, solicit or receive any payment or gift of money or other thing of value for the purposes set forth in section thirteen. Any appointed officer or employee convicted of violating any provision of this section may be removed by the appointing authority without a hearing. Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

Section 14. No person shall in any building or part thereof occupied for state, county or municipal purposes demand, solicit or receive any payment or gift of money or other thing of value for the purposes set forth in section thirteen.

Any appointed officer or employee convicted of violating any provision of this section may be removed by the appointing authority without a hearing.

Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 60
Duties of city and town clerks; delivery to polls; receipts
Status: in_force

Section 60. The city or town clerk, on the day of every state or city election, before the opening of the polls, shall transmit to the election officers of each polling place therein, all things mentioned in the preceding section which have been provided for such polling place; and the presiding election officer at the polling place shall receipt therefor to the clerk, and such receipt, with a record of the number of ballots transmitted, shall be kept in the clerk's office for one year. At town elections, the town clerk shall, on the day of the election, before the opening of the polls, deliver the ballots at the polling place to the ballot clerks, who shall receipt therefor, and their receipt shall be preserved in the office of the clerk for one year. If a moderator presides at such election, no such ballots shall be delivered to voters until he has been chosen. The town clerk shall also deliver the specimen ballots, cards of instruction and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters at the same time and place. No ballots or specimen ballots shall be delivered by city or town clerks except as provided herein and in section thirty-five A.

Section 60. The city or town clerk, on the day of every state or city election, before the opening of the polls, shall transmit to the election officers of each polling place therein, all things mentioned in the preceding section which have been provided for such polling place; and the presiding election officer at the polling place shall receipt therefor to the clerk, and such receipt, with a record of the number of ballots transmitted, shall be kept in the clerk's office for one year. At town elections, the town clerk shall, on the day of the election, before the opening of the polls, deliver the ballots at the polling place to the ballot clerks, who shall receipt therefor, and their receipt shall be preserved in the office of the clerk for one year. If a moderator presides at such election, no such ballots shall be delivered to voters until he has been chosen. The town clerk shall also deliver the specimen ballots, cards of instruction and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters at the same time and place. No ballots or specimen ballots shall be delivered by city or town clerks except as provided herein and in section thirty-five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 20
Charges or collections of excess compensation
Status: in_force

Section 20. No physician or other provider of services, who treats or provides services to an individual covered by hospital, surgical, medical or catastrophic illness coverage offered by the commission under section four, four A, ten B, twelve or fifteen, shall charge to or collect from any insured or other beneficiary any amount in excess of that amount of compensation determined or allowed for a particular service by the insurer or by the administrator. For purposes of this section the words insurer and administrator shall include any insurance carrier, nonprofit hospital or medical service corporation or third-party health care administrator operating within the scope of its license. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the collection of any copayments or deductibles allowed for in the plan design.

Section 20. No physician or other provider of services, who treats or provides services to an individual covered by hospital, surgical, medical or catastrophic illness coverage offered by the commission under section four, four A, ten B, twelve or fifteen, shall charge to or collect from any insured or other beneficiary any amount in excess of that amount of compensation determined or allowed for a particular service by the insurer or by the administrator. For purposes of this section the words insurer and administrator shall include any insurance carrier, nonprofit hospital or medical service corporation or third-party health care administrator operating within the scope of its license. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the collection of any copayments or deductibles allowed for in the plan design.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 121A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 121A
Identification of firearms; certificate by ballistics expert as prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 121A. A certificate by a ballistics expert of the department of the state police or of the city of Boston of the result of an examination made by him of an item furnished him by any police officer, signed and sworn to by such expert, shall be prima facie evidence of his findings as to whether or not the item furnished is a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, sawed off shotgun or ammunition, as defined by section one hundred and twenty-one, provided that in order to qualify as an expert under this section he shall have previously qualified as an expert in a court proceeding.

Section 121A. A certificate by a ballistics expert of the department of the state police or of the city of Boston of the result of an examination made by him of an item furnished him by any police officer, signed and sworn to by such expert, shall be prima facie evidence of his findings as to whether or not the item furnished is a firearm, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, sawed off shotgun or ammunition, as defined by section one hundred and twenty-one, provided that in order to qualify as an expert under this section he shall have previously qualified as an expert in a court proceeding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7C, sec. 35A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7C / Section 35A
Termination of lease for nonappropriation or nonallotment; renegotiation of lease
Status: in_force

Section 35A. (a) The commissioner, after consulting with the head of the leasing state agency or the court administrator, may exercise any contractual right to terminate a lease for nonappropriation or nonallotment if, in the determination of the agency head or the court administrator, insufficient funds are available within the agency's or the court's appropriation or allotment to maintain the lease consistent with maintaining core governmental functions. (b) The commissioner may, on behalf of a state agency or the administrative office of the trial court, renegotiate an existing facility's lease by that agency or office, which was procured pursuant to this chapter, to obtain a reduced lease rate or other valuable consideration in consideration of an extension of that lease beyond the 10–year limitation in section 35; provided, however, that no lease shall be extended to a date that is more than 15 years after the original commencement date of the lease. Before executing an extension of the lease under this section, the commissioner shall make a written determination that the renegotiated lease provisions are favorable to the commonwealth based on a cost-benefit analysis.

Section 35A. (a) The commissioner, after consulting with the head of the leasing state agency or the court administrator, may exercise any contractual right to terminate a lease for nonappropriation or nonallotment if, in the determination of the agency head or the court administrator, insufficient funds are available within the agency's or the court's appropriation or allotment to maintain the lease consistent with maintaining core governmental functions.

(b) The commissioner may, on behalf of a state agency or the administrative office of the trial court, renegotiate an existing facility's lease by that agency or office, which was procured pursuant to this chapter, to obtain a reduced lease rate or other valuable consideration in consideration of an extension of that lease beyond the 10–year limitation in section 35; provided, however, that no lease shall be extended to a date that is more than 15 years after the original commencement date of the lease. Before executing an extension of the lease under this section, the commissioner shall make a written determination that the renegotiated lease provisions are favorable to the commonwealth based on a cost-benefit analysis.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 162, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 162 / Section 7
Certificate of public convenience and necessity
Status: in_force

Section 7. After compliance with section three and the two preceding sections, and within thirty days after the first publication of notice of the agreement of association therein required, the directors therein named shall apply to the department for a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the construction of a railroad as proposed in such agreement. With such application said directors shall file a map of the railroad showing the cities and towns through which it will pass, the principal highways, railways, railroads, navigable streams and tide waters to be crossed, and the extent to which the route of the railroad will be fixed upon private land or will be located longitudinally upon public ways and places, together with a general profile of the railroad showing the grades, and an estimate showing in reasonable detail the cost of construction. The directors shall also furnish such additional maps and information as the department may require. Prior to the decision of the department the directors may change or modify the route in any city or town in whole or in part either at the suggestion of the department or otherwise. If the department refuses to issue such certificate, no further proceedings shall be had, but the application may be renewed after one year from the date of such refusal.

Section 7. After compliance with section three and the two preceding sections, and within thirty days after the first publication of notice of the agreement of association therein required, the directors therein named shall apply to the department for a certificate that public convenience and necessity require the construction of a railroad as proposed in such agreement. With such application said directors shall file a map of the railroad showing the cities and towns through which it will pass, the principal highways, railways, railroads, navigable streams and tide waters to be crossed, and the extent to which the route of the railroad will be fixed upon private land or will be located longitudinally upon public ways and places, together with a general profile of the railroad showing the grades, and an estimate showing in reasonable detail the cost of construction. The directors shall also furnish such additional maps and information as the department may require. Prior to the decision of the department the directors may change or modify the route in any city or town in whole or in part either at the suggestion of the department or otherwise. If the department refuses to issue such certificate, no further proceedings shall be had, but the application may be renewed after one year from the date of such refusal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 86G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 86G
Work release programs; Suffolk county
Status: in_force

Section 86G. In Suffolk county the penal institutions commissioner of Boston shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the house of correction at Deer Island, and the sheriff of Suffolk county shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the Suffolk County Jail, as are vested in the sheriff of any county, except the sheriff of Suffolk county, under the provisions of section eighty-six F, and the exercise of such powers and duties, in each instance, shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are provided in said section eighty-six F. The work release supervisor or supervisors in Suffolk county shall be placed in such grade of the classification and pay plan for said county as the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of the charter of said city, shall from time to time determine.

Section 86G. In Suffolk county the penal institutions commissioner of Boston shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the house of correction at Deer Island, and the sheriff of Suffolk county shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the Suffolk County Jail, as are vested in the sheriff of any county, except the sheriff of Suffolk county, under the provisions of section eighty-six F, and the exercise of such powers and duties, in each instance, shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as are provided in said section eighty-six F. The work release supervisor or supervisors in Suffolk county shall be placed in such grade of the classification and pay plan for said county as the city council of the city of Boston, subject to the provisions of the charter of said city, shall from time to time determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 150 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 150
Expiration of term on Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday
Status: in_force

Section 150. A prisoner whose term expires on Saturday, Sunday or on a legal holiday shall be discharged on the preceding day.

Section 150. A prisoner whose term expires on Saturday, Sunday or on a legal holiday shall be discharged on the preceding day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 118
Rentals
Status: in_force

Section 118. For each armory, air installation or adequate facility maintained by a city or town, or privately owned, there shall annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth such rental as has been mutually agreed upon.

Section 118. For each armory, air installation or adequate facility maintained by a city or town, or privately owned, there shall annually be allowed and paid by the commonwealth such rental as has been mutually agreed upon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203C, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203C / Section 5
Review of assets
Status: in_force

Section 5. Within a reasonable time after accepting a trusteeship or receiving trust assets, a trustee shall review the trust assets and make and implement decisions concerning the retention and disposition of assets, in order to bring the trust portfolio into compliance with the purposes, terms, and the other circumstances of the trust, and with the requirements of this chapter.

Section 5. Within a reasonable time after accepting a trusteeship or receiving trust assets, a trustee shall review the trust assets and make and implement decisions concerning the retention and disposition of assets, in order to bring the trust portfolio into compliance with the purposes, terms, and the other circumstances of the trust, and with the requirements of this chapter.