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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176C, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176C / Section 8
Form and content of subscription agreement
Status: in_force

Section 8. A subscription agreement in a form approved by the department of public health shall be issued to each subscribing member of a medical service corporation. In addition to any other requirements such a form must meet the minimum readability standards required by section two B of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. Such agreement shall include a full and accurate statement of the benefits of membership, the medical services excluded if any, and the terms of duration, cancellation and termination. The by-laws, rules and regulations of a medical service corporation may by reference be incorporated in the subscription agreement; provided, that a full and complete copy of said by-laws, rules and regulations shall be available to any subscriber.

Section 8. A subscription agreement in a form approved by the department of public health shall be issued to each subscribing member of a medical service corporation. In addition to any other requirements such a form must meet the minimum readability standards required by section two B of chapter one hundred and seventy-five. Such agreement shall include a full and accurate statement of the benefits of membership, the medical services excluded if any, and the terms of duration, cancellation and termination. The by-laws, rules and regulations of a medical service corporation may by reference be incorporated in the subscription agreement; provided, that a full and complete copy of said by-laws, rules and regulations shall be available to any subscriber.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 10
Reports as to boilers not inspected by insurers
Status: in_force

Section 10. Whoever owns, or uses or causes to be used, any such boiler, unless the same is under the periodically guaranteed inspection of an insurance company authorized to insure boilers in the commonwealth, shall report in writing to the chief the location of such boiler, before the work of installation of such boiler is completed, and annually thereafter; provided, that the owner or user of an insured boiler shall report immediately in writing to the chief whenever the insurance company ceases for any cause to inspect the boiler.

Section 10. Whoever owns, or uses or causes to be used, any such boiler, unless the same is under the periodically guaranteed inspection of an insurance company authorized to insure boilers in the commonwealth, shall report in writing to the chief the location of such boiler, before the work of installation of such boiler is completed, and annually thereafter; provided, that the owner or user of an insured boiler shall report immediately in writing to the chief whenever the insurance company ceases for any cause to inspect the boiler.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 113A / Section 19
Law governing validity; choice of law as to execution of document of gift; presumption of validity
Status: in_force

Section 19. (a) A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with: (1) this chapter; (2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed. (b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, then this chapter shall govern the interpretation of the document of gift. (c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.

Section 19. (a) A document of gift shall be valid if executed in accordance with:

(1) this chapter;

(2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or

(3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence or was a national at the time the document of gift was executed.

(b) If a document of gift is valid under this section, then this chapter shall govern the interpretation of the document of gift.

(c) A person may presume that a document of gift or amendment of an anatomical gift is valid unless that person knows that it was not validly executed or was revoked.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44B, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44B / Section 4
Surcharge on real property; collection
Status: in_force

Section 4. (a) Upon acceptance of sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and upon the assessors' warrant to the tax collector, the accepted surcharge shall be imposed. (b) After receipt of the warrant, the tax collector shall collect the surcharge in the amount and according to the computation specified in the warrant and shall pay the amounts so collected, quarterly or semi-annually, according to the schedule for collection of property taxes for the tax on real property, to the city's or town's treasurer. The tax collector shall cause appropriate books and accounts to be kept with respect to such surcharge, which shall be subject to public examination upon reasonable request from time to time. (c) The remedies provided by chapter 60 for the collection of taxes upon real estate shall apply to the surcharge on real property pursuant to this chapter.

Section 4. (a) Upon acceptance of sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and upon the assessors' warrant to the tax collector, the accepted surcharge shall be imposed.

(b) After receipt of the warrant, the tax collector shall collect the surcharge in the amount and according to the computation specified in the warrant and shall pay the amounts so collected, quarterly or semi-annually, according to the schedule for collection of property taxes for the tax on real property, to the city's or town's treasurer. The tax collector shall cause appropriate books and accounts to be kept with respect to such surcharge, which shall be subject to public examination upon reasonable request from time to time.

(c) The remedies provided by chapter 60 for the collection of taxes upon real estate shall apply to the surcharge on real property pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 14
Dangerous structures removed or rendered safe
Status: in_force

Section 14. If it appears to such inspector that the building or other structure, or anything attached to or connected therewith, is dangerous to life or limb in case of fire or otherwise, he shall cause it to be removed or rendered safe in the manner provided by sections six to eleven, inclusive, and may cause proceedings to be instituted under section twelve.

Section 14. If it appears to such inspector that the building or other structure, or anything attached to or connected therewith, is dangerous to life or limb in case of fire or otherwise, he shall cause it to be removed or rendered safe in the manner provided by sections six to eleven, inclusive, and may cause proceedings to be instituted under section twelve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 61B — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 61B
Compensation for acting as surety prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 61B. No surety under this chapter shall be compensated for acting as surety.

Section 61B. No surety under this chapter shall be compensated for acting as surety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140D, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140D / Section 21
Application of credit cardholder's funds held by issuer; authorization; agreement statement
Status: in_force

Section 21. A person issuing a credit card shall not apply any funds of the cardholder held for any purpose by the issuer of the card in order to satisfy a debt arising from the use of such credit card unless such action was previously authorized by the cardholder in a separately signed agreement whereby the cardholder agrees to pay debts incurred in his open-end-credit account by permitting the card issuer to deduct periodically all or a portion of such debt from the cardholder's deposit account; provided, however, that such action shall not be taken with respect to a disputed item if the cardholder so requests. This agreement shall contain the following statement appearing conspicuously on the face thereof: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A CREDIT CARD.

Section 21. A person issuing a credit card shall not apply any funds of the cardholder held for any purpose by the issuer of the card in order to satisfy a debt arising from the use of such credit card unless such action was previously authorized by the cardholder in a separately signed agreement whereby the cardholder agrees to pay debts incurred in his open-end-credit account by permitting the card issuer to deduct periodically all or a portion of such debt from the cardholder's deposit account; provided, however, that such action shall not be taken with respect to a disputed item if the cardholder so requests. This agreement shall contain the following statement appearing conspicuously on the face thereof:

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN THIS AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A CREDIT CARD.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 28
Decision of board of registration in pharmacy; effect
Status: in_force

Section 28. If the full board sitting at such hearing finds the person guilty, the board may suspend the effect of his certificate of registration as a pharmacist for such term as it fixes. The board may at any time reconsider its action in cases where it has suspended or revoked the license or certificate of registration of a pharmacist, and may change its determination as justice shall require.

Section 28. If the full board sitting at such hearing finds the person guilty, the board may suspend the effect of his certificate of registration as a pharmacist for such term as it fixes. The board may at any time reconsider its action in cases where it has suspended or revoked the license or certificate of registration of a pharmacist, and may change its determination as justice shall require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 108
Removal of sick prisoners
Status: in_force

Section 108. If a prisoner in a jail or house of correction has a disease which, in the opinion of the physician of the board of health or of such other physician as it may consult, is dangerous to the safety and health of other prisoners or of the inhabitants of the town, the board shall, in writing, direct his removal to a hospital or other place of safety, there to be provided for and securely kept until its further order. If he recovers from the disease, he shall be returned to his former place of confinement. If the person so removed has been committed by order of court or under judicial process, the order for his removal, or a copy thereof attested by the presiding member of the board, shall be returned by him, with the doings thereon, into the office of the clerk of the court from which the process of commitment was issued. No prisoner so removed shall thereby commit an escape.

Section 108. If a prisoner in a jail or house of correction has a disease which, in the opinion of the physician of the board of health or of such other physician as it may consult, is dangerous to the safety and health of other prisoners or of the inhabitants of the town, the board shall, in writing, direct his removal to a hospital or other place of safety, there to be provided for and securely kept until its further order. If he recovers from the disease, he shall be returned to his former place of confinement. If the person so removed has been committed by order of court or under judicial process, the order for his removal, or a copy thereof attested by the presiding member of the board, shall be returned by him, with the doings thereon, into the office of the clerk of the court from which the process of commitment was issued. No prisoner so removed shall thereby commit an escape.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 18
Homestead property; levy of execution
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2010, 395, Sec. 3.]

[Text of section applicable as provided by 2010, 395, Sec. 3.]

Section 18. If a judgment creditor requires an execution to be levied on property which is claimed by the debtor to be as a homestead exempt from such levy and if the officer holding such execution is of the opinion that the premises are of greater value than an amount equal to either the automatic homestead exemption or the declared homestead exemption, as applicable, as defined in section 1 of chapter 188, appraisers shall be appointed to appraise the property in the manner provided by section 6. If in the judgment of the appraisers the premises are of greater value than the amount of either the automatic homestead exemption or the declared homestead exemption, as applicable, the appraisers shall set off to the judgment debtor so much of the premises, including the dwelling house, in whole or in part, as shall appear to them to be of the value of the amount of the exemption and the residue of the property shall be levied upon and disposed of in like manner as land not exempt from levy on execution; provided, however, that if the property levied on is subject to a mortgage, it may be set off or sold subject to the mortgage and to the estate of homestead in the same manner as land subject to a mortgage only.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 18
Appraisal of real estate in case of excessive loan
Status: in_force

Section 18. Whenever in the opinion of the commissioner an excessive loan has been made, or is about to be made, upon real estate, by a bank, said commissioner may cause an appraisal of such real estate to be made at the expense of the bank making the loan. One appraiser shall be named by the commissioner, one by the bank, and a third by the two thus named. The appraisers shall determine the value of the real estate and certify the same, in writing, to the commissioner and to the bank. If it appears from the appraisal that the loan is excessive, the commissioner may make such order in relation thereto as he deems advisable.

Section 18. Whenever in the opinion of the commissioner an excessive loan has been made, or is about to be made, upon real estate, by a bank, said commissioner may cause an appraisal of such real estate to be made at the expense of the bank making the loan. One appraiser shall be named by the commissioner, one by the bank, and a third by the two thus named. The appraisers shall determine the value of the real estate and certify the same, in writing, to the commissioner and to the bank. If it appears from the appraisal that the loan is excessive, the commissioner may make such order in relation thereto as he deems advisable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 28C — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 28C
Amendment of judgment; resentencing or other disposition
Status: in_force

Section 28C. If the judgment is amended by an order substituting a different sentence or sentences or disposition of the case, the appellate division or any member thereof shall resentence the defendant or make any other disposition of the case in accordance with the order of said appellate division. Time served on a sentence appealed from shall be deemed to have been served on a substituted sentence.

Section 28C. If the judgment is amended by an order substituting a different sentence or sentences or disposition of the case, the appellate division or any member thereof shall resentence the defendant or make any other disposition of the case in accordance with the order of said appellate division. Time served on a sentence appealed from shall be deemed to have been served on a substituted sentence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 42
Locations for common sewers and drains across reservations or boulevards
Status: in_force

Section 42. The commission may grant to towns locations for common sewers and drains in and across reservations or boulevards under its care and control. Whenever a drain or sewer is laid in locations so granted, the board of town officers respectively authorized to levy and collect assessments for the laying of drains and sewers in such town shall have the same power to levy and collect assessments for drains and sewers laid in said reservations or boulevards as is given to them by law in the case of drains and sewers laid in the public ways of such town; provided, that no such assessment shall be levied upon any lands belonging to the commonwealth.

Section 42. The commission may grant to towns locations for common sewers and drains in and across reservations or boulevards under its care and control. Whenever a drain or sewer is laid in locations so granted, the board of town officers respectively authorized to levy and collect assessments for the laying of drains and sewers in such town shall have the same power to levy and collect assessments for drains and sewers laid in said reservations or boulevards as is given to them by law in the case of drains and sewers laid in the public ways of such town; provided, that no such assessment shall be levied upon any lands belonging to the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 69
Surrender of principal after default; remission of penalty
Status: in_force

Section 69. Bail may surrender their principal at any time after default made upon the recognizance, or the principal may surrender himself, in the manner provided in the preceding section; and the court where the default is recorded may, upon application, remit the whole or any part of the penalty, if satisfied that the default of the principal was not with the connivance or consent of the bail.

Section 69. Bail may surrender their principal at any time after default made upon the recognizance, or the principal may surrender himself, in the manner provided in the preceding section; and the court where the default is recorded may, upon application, remit the whole or any part of the penalty, if satisfied that the default of the principal was not with the connivance or consent of the bail.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 46A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 46A
Transmittal of duplicate certificate of registration to place of voter's last registration
Status: in_force

Section 46A. Except as provided in section forty-seven, the registrars, upon receipt of an affidavit of registration, shall transmit a duplicate copy thereof to the registrars in the city or town where the person last registered to vote, if within the commonwealth, or to the state secretary of the state where the person last registered to vote, if the person had indicated that his previous residence was in that state.

Section 46A. Except as provided in section forty-seven, the registrars, upon receipt of an affidavit of registration, shall transmit a duplicate copy thereof to the registrars in the city or town where the person last registered to vote, if within the commonwealth, or to the state secretary of the state where the person last registered to vote, if the person had indicated that his previous residence was in that state.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 76, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 76 / Section 14
Island children; transportation
Status: in_force

Section 14. The department of education may provide transportation to and from school, or board in place thereof, for such children of school age as live upon islands within the commonwealth that are without schools, in cases where the local authorities are not required by law to provide such transportation.

Section 14. The department of education may provide transportation to and from school, or board in place thereof, for such children of school age as live upon islands within the commonwealth that are without schools, in cases where the local authorities are not required by law to provide such transportation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 4
First day of sitting; designation
Status: in_force

Section 4. In writs, processes, records and judicial proceedings, civil or criminal, the day on which any sitting is to commence may be designated as the first, second or other Monday, or other day in the week, as the case may be, of the month in which the sitting commences.

Section 4. In writs, processes, records and judicial proceedings, civil or criminal, the day on which any sitting is to commence may be designated as the first, second or other Monday, or other day in the week, as the case may be, of the month in which the sitting commences.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 1I — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 1I
Service quality standards reports to be filed by investor-owned electric distribution, transmission, and natural gas distribution companies; penalty for failure to meet service quality standards
Status: in_force

Section 1I. Each investor-owned electric distribution, transmission, and natural gas distribution company shall file a report with the department by March first of each year comparing its performance during the previous calendar year to the department's service quality standards and any applicable national standards as may be adopted by the department. The department shall be authorized to levy a penalty against any distribution, transmission, or gas company which fails to meet the service quality standards in an amount up to and including the equivalent of 2.5 per cent of such company's transmission and distribution service revenues for the previous calendar year.

Section 1I. Each investor-owned electric distribution, transmission, and natural gas distribution company shall file a report with the department by March first of each year comparing its performance during the previous calendar year to the department's service quality standards and any applicable national standards as may be adopted by the department. The department shall be authorized to levy a penalty against any distribution, transmission, or gas company which fails to meet the service quality standards in an amount up to and including the equivalent of 2.5 per cent of such company's transmission and distribution service revenues for the previous calendar year.