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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 108N — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 108N
Disability insurance policies; discrimination based upon race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 108N. An insurer or producer authorized to issue policies against disability from injury or disease in the commonwealth shall not make a distinction or otherwise discriminate between persons, reject an applicant, cancel a policy or demand or require a higher rate of premium for a group or individual disability contract issued or delivered in the commonwealth to 1 or more residents of the commonwealth for reasons based solely upon an applicant's or insured's race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status. A violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapter 176D.

Section 108N. An insurer or producer authorized to issue policies against disability from injury or disease in the commonwealth shall not make a distinction or otherwise discriminate between persons, reject an applicant, cancel a policy or demand or require a higher rate of premium for a group or individual disability contract issued or delivered in the commonwealth to 1 or more residents of the commonwealth for reasons based solely upon an applicant's or insured's race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status.

A violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapter 176D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 18
Taxation; filing fees
Status: in_force

Section 18. A corporation organized under the provisions of section ten, and any corporation, association or organization now or hereafter established, organized or chartered without capital stock for a similar purpose under laws other than those of this commonwealth, shall not be liable to taxation under the provisions of chapter sixty-three, but shall be taxable under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine, in the same manner and to the same extent as an individual or partnership. The fee for filing the articles of organization required by section ten, including the issuing by the state secretary of the certificate of incorporation, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 18. A corporation organized under the provisions of section ten, and any corporation, association or organization now or hereafter established, organized or chartered without capital stock for a similar purpose under laws other than those of this commonwealth, shall not be liable to taxation under the provisions of chapter sixty-three, but shall be taxable under the provisions of chapter fifty-nine, in the same manner and to the same extent as an individual or partnership. The fee for filing the articles of organization required by section ten, including the issuing by the state secretary of the certificate of incorporation, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 163 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 163
Management engineering task force
Status: in_force

Section 163. There shall be a board to be known as the Management Engineering Task Force to consist of not more than forty-five members, the number of which shall vary from time to time based on the magnitude of the work and number of departments to be surveyed as determined by the governor. Said members shall be representatives of the business and professional community of the commonwealth and shall be appointed annually by the governor for terms of one year. Said board shall make survey reports and recommendations on the operation of those departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth as the governor shall designate, shall study the management techniques and procedures used by the commonwealth and recommend any changes which improve the utilization of manpower and eliminate inefficiency and waste and shall make such other studies as it may deem to be in the best interest of the commonwealth. Said board shall make its reports and recommendations to the secretary of the executive office which includes the departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth surveyed by such board, on or before October the thirtieth of each year. The secretary shall report to the governor on the findings of said task force, together with his recommendations on those findings, by the fourth Wednesday in December, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate.

Section 163. There shall be a board to be known as the Management Engineering Task Force to consist of not more than forty-five members, the number of which shall vary from time to time based on the magnitude of the work and number of departments to be surveyed as determined by the governor. Said members shall be representatives of the business and professional community of the commonwealth and shall be appointed annually by the governor for terms of one year. Said board shall make survey reports and recommendations on the operation of those departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth as the governor shall designate, shall study the management techniques and procedures used by the commonwealth and recommend any changes which improve the utilization of manpower and eliminate inefficiency and waste and shall make such other studies as it may deem to be in the best interest of the commonwealth.

Said board shall make its reports and recommendations to the secretary of the executive office which includes the departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth surveyed by such board, on or before October the thirtieth of each year. The secretary shall report to the governor on the findings of said task force, together with his recommendations on those findings, by the fourth Wednesday in December, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4GG — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4GG
Coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to contracts that take effect or are renewed on or after January 1, 2022. See 2020, 260, Sec. 74.]

[Text of section applicable to contracts that take effect or are renewed on or after January 1, 2022. See 2020, 260, Sec. 74.]

Section 4GG. Any individual or group health maintenance contract shall provide coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome including, but not limited to, the use of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 21
Preparation of boiler for inspection; notice; forbidding operation of boiler
Status: in_force

Section 21. The owner or user of a boiler required by this chapter to be inspected shall prepare the boiler for inspection as directed by the inspector. The inspector shall, if requested, give the owner or user at least fourteen days' notice to prepare a boiler for inspection; provided, that no notice shall be required of an external inspection under steam, nor if the boiler is being installed or has not been inspected within one year and a certificate of inspection issued. If, in the judgment of an inspector of the division, any such boiler or its appurtenances is in a defective or dangerous condition, he may immediately forbid the operation of the boiler, whether or not it is under the inspection of an insurance company; and no person shall again operate such boiler, or cause it to be operated, until a certificate of inspection has been issued by an inspector of the division.

Section 21. The owner or user of a boiler required by this chapter to be inspected shall prepare the boiler for inspection as directed by the inspector. The inspector shall, if requested, give the owner or user at least fourteen days' notice to prepare a boiler for inspection; provided, that no notice shall be required of an external inspection under steam, nor if the boiler is being installed or has not been inspected within one year and a certificate of inspection issued. If, in the judgment of an inspector of the division, any such boiler or its appurtenances is in a defective or dangerous condition, he may immediately forbid the operation of the boiler, whether or not it is under the inspection of an insurance company; and no person shall again operate such boiler, or cause it to be operated, until a certificate of inspection has been issued by an inspector of the division.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 9A
Physicians engaged to testify or depose for employee; fees paid by insurer
Status: in_force

Section 9A. Whenever a medical question is in dispute in any case, and an impartial physician has not, prior to seven days before the date assigned for each hearing thereof, been appointed by the administrative judge, the employee may engage his own physician, and one additional physician if the administrative judge finds that justice and equity require the same, to appear and testify or be deposed, in his behalf, and, if the decision of the administrative judge or reviewing board is in favor of the employee, a reasonable fee shall be allowed by the administrative judge or reviewing board for the services of each such physician and shall be added to the amount so awarded and be paid by the insurer under the provisions of this chapter; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in every case wherein the decision of the administrative judge or reviewing board is in favor of the employee, if more than one physician appeared and testified in behalf of the insurer a reasonable fee shall be allowed for the services of each of the physicians, up to a like number, who appeared and testified or were deposed in behalf of the employee, which fees shall be added to the amount so awarded and be paid by the insurer under the provisions of this chapter.

Section 9A. Whenever a medical question is in dispute in any case, and an impartial physician has not, prior to seven days before the date assigned for each hearing thereof, been appointed by the administrative judge, the employee may engage his own physician, and one additional physician if the administrative judge finds that justice and equity require the same, to appear and testify or be deposed, in his behalf, and, if the decision of the administrative judge or reviewing board is in favor of the employee, a reasonable fee shall be allowed by the administrative judge or reviewing board for the services of each such physician and shall be added to the amount so awarded and be paid by the insurer under the provisions of this chapter; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in every case wherein the decision of the administrative judge or reviewing board is in favor of the employee, if more than one physician appeared and testified in behalf of the insurer a reasonable fee shall be allowed for the services of each of the physicians, up to a like number, who appeared and testified or were deposed in behalf of the employee, which fees shall be added to the amount so awarded and be paid by the insurer under the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 1
Foreclosure by entry or action; continued possession
Status: in_force

Section 1. A mortgagee may, after breach of condition of a mortgage of land, recover possession of the land mortgaged by an open and peaceable entry thereon, if not opposed by the mortgagor or other person claiming it, or by action under this chapter; and possession so obtained, if continued peaceably for three years from the date of recording of the memorandum or certificate as provided in section two, shall forever foreclose the right of redemption.

Section 1. A mortgagee may, after breach of condition of a mortgage of land, recover possession of the land mortgaged by an open and peaceable entry thereon, if not opposed by the mortgagor or other person claiming it, or by action under this chapter; and possession so obtained, if continued peaceably for three years from the date of recording of the memorandum or certificate as provided in section two, shall forever foreclose the right of redemption.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 2
Property; presumption of abandonment
Status: in_force

Section 2. (a) Property which has been bequeathed to any person, shall be presumed abandoned, if not claimed by that person or his heirs, legatees or distributees within three years after the death of the testator unless the will makes provision in case of a lapse, failure or rejection of the bequest for the disposition of the property. (b) When a person, owning property, is not known for three successive years to be living and neither he nor his heirs or distributees can be located or proved for three successive years to have been living, he shall be presumed to have died without heirs or distributees, and his property shall be presumed abandoned.

Section 2. (a) Property which has been bequeathed to any person, shall be presumed abandoned, if not claimed by that person or his heirs, legatees or distributees within three years after the death of the testator unless the will makes provision in case of a lapse, failure or rejection of the bequest for the disposition of the property.

(b) When a person, owning property, is not known for three successive years to be living and neither he nor his heirs or distributees can be located or proved for three successive years to have been living, he shall be presumed to have died without heirs or distributees, and his property shall be presumed abandoned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 15
Rebuilding of fence on true boundary; duties of adjoining owners
Status: in_force

Section 15. If it is determined that the true division line is in another place, each occupant shall remove his part of the fence to, and rebuild the same on such line; and in case of neglect or refusal by either to remove and rebuild his share thereof, the other may apply to the fence viewers, who shall view the premises and assign a time within which the fence shall be removed and rebuilt, and shall give the delinquent party notice thereof; and if such party does not remove and rebuild the fence within the time so assigned, the other party may remove and rebuild the same and recover double the expense thereof, with the fees of the fence viewers, to be ascertained and recovered in the manner provided in section five.

Section 15. If it is determined that the true division line is in another place, each occupant shall remove his part of the fence to, and rebuild the same on such line; and in case of neglect or refusal by either to remove and rebuild his share thereof, the other may apply to the fence viewers, who shall view the premises and assign a time within which the fence shall be removed and rebuilt, and shall give the delinquent party notice thereof; and if such party does not remove and rebuild the fence within the time so assigned, the other party may remove and rebuild the same and recover double the expense thereof, with the fees of the fence viewers, to be ascertained and recovered in the manner provided in section five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 34
Violations; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 34. Whoever violates any provision of sections 21 to 24, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500. Whoever violates subsections (e) to (h), inclusive, of section 26 shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000. Whoever violates any provision of section 25 or subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 26 shall be punished for a first offense, by a fine of $250, and for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,500, and the snow vehicle or recreation vehicle in use at the time of such second or subsequent offense shall be subject to forfeiture under section 26C.

Section 34. Whoever violates any provision of sections 21 to 24, inclusive, or any rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $500.

Whoever violates subsections (e) to (h), inclusive, of section 26 shall be punished by a fine of not less than $250 nor more than $1,000.

Whoever violates any provision of section 25 or subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, of section 26 shall be punished for a first offense, by a fine of $250, and for a second or subsequent offense, by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,500, and the snow vehicle or recreation vehicle in use at the time of such second or subsequent offense shall be subject to forfeiture under section 26C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 160E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 160E
Analysis of drinking water by uncertified person; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 160E. A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars shall be assessed on any person who is not certified by the department to perform drinking water quality testing who tests or analyzes drinking water, except for those tests allowed under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty D for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting or promoting a home water treatment device.

Section 160E. A civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars shall be assessed on any person who is not certified by the department to perform drinking water quality testing who tests or analyzes drinking water, except for those tests allowed under the provisions of section one hundred and sixty D for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting or promoting a home water treatment device.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 56C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 56C
Contracts of commission; filing with city or town auditor; preservation; public inspection; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 56C. Every municipal light commission or manager thereof, who makes or executes a contract on behalf of a municipal lighting plant, where the amount involved is five thousand dollars or more, shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof to the city or town auditor within one week after its execution. Said city or town auditor shall keep such contract or copy on file, open to public inspection during business hours. Such contracts or copies shall be kept in a separate book, arranged according to the subject of the contract, or in other convenient form. An index of the subject matter of the contracts and to the names of the contractors shall be made semi-annually, and shall also be open to public inspection in some convenient form. All allowances under and additions to such contracts, or copies thereof, shall be filed with the city or town auditor, together with a sworn statement of the officer making such allowances or additions that the same are correct and in accordance with the contract. A city or town auditor, municipal light commissioner or manager wilfully failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 56C. Every municipal light commission or manager thereof, who makes or executes a contract on behalf of a municipal lighting plant, where the amount involved is five thousand dollars or more, shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof to the city or town auditor within one week after its execution. Said city or town auditor shall keep such contract or copy on file, open to public inspection during business hours. Such contracts or copies shall be kept in a separate book, arranged according to the subject of the contract, or in other convenient form. An index of the subject matter of the contracts and to the names of the contractors shall be made semi-annually, and shall also be open to public inspection in some convenient form. All allowances under and additions to such contracts, or copies thereof, shall be filed with the city or town auditor, together with a sworn statement of the officer making such allowances or additions that the same are correct and in accordance with the contract. A city or town auditor, municipal light commissioner or manager wilfully failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 45
Appeals
Status: in_force

Section 45. Any person aggrieved by any rule or approach or other regulation made under sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or by any ruling, decision or order under any provision of said sections or of any such rule or regulation may, within thirty days after the effective date of such rule or regulation or within thirty days after such ruling, decision or order, appeal to the superior court sitting in equity for the purpose of having the lawfulness thereof inquired into and determined. Upon such appeals, said court may make such orders and decrees as justice and equity may require and parties to such appeals shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.

Section 45. Any person aggrieved by any rule or approach or other regulation made under sections thirty-five to fifty-two, inclusive, or by any ruling, decision or order under any provision of said sections or of any such rule or regulation may, within thirty days after the effective date of such rule or regulation or within thirty days after such ruling, decision or order, appeal to the superior court sitting in equity for the purpose of having the lawfulness thereof inquired into and determined. Upon such appeals, said court may make such orders and decrees as justice and equity may require and parties to such appeals shall have all rights of appeal and exception as in other equity cases.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 18A
Illegible signatures
Status: in_force

Section 18A. The register or an assistant register may print or type the name of any person whose signature appears on any instrument filed for recording and is not clearly legible, such name to be printed or typed directly below such signature.

Section 18A. The register or an assistant register may print or type the name of any person whose signature appears on any instrument filed for recording and is not clearly legible, such name to be printed or typed directly below such signature.