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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 10
Investment of funds; acquisition of realty; special contingent surplus
Status: in_force

Section 10. The funds of an optometric service corporation shall be invested only in such securities as are permitted by chapter one hundred and seventy-five for the investment of the capital of insurance companies, or it may deposit the whole or any portion of its funds in any savings bank or savings account in a trust company organized under the laws of the commonwealth or a national banking association. It shall have the right to acquire and own real estate to be occupied by itself in the transaction of its business. The commissioner may require any such corporation after the first full calendar year of doing business to accumulate and maintain a special contingent surplus, over and above its reserves and liabilities, in such amount as the commissioner may deem proper.

Section 10. The funds of an optometric service corporation shall be invested only in such securities as are permitted by chapter one hundred and seventy-five for the investment of the capital of insurance companies, or it may deposit the whole or any portion of its funds in any savings bank or savings account in a trust company organized under the laws of the commonwealth or a national banking association. It shall have the right to acquire and own real estate to be occupied by itself in the transaction of its business. The commissioner may require any such corporation after the first full calendar year of doing business to accumulate and maintain a special contingent surplus, over and above its reserves and liabilities, in such amount as the commissioner may deem proper.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 108
Dissolution of prior attachment; finding of court
Status: in_force

Section 108. If the court finds that a part of the amount demanded in the prior action is not justly due, or was not payable when the action was commenced, it shall order the attachment dissolved in whole or in part as justice requires; but such order shall have no other effect on the prior action. If the hearing is in the supreme judicial or superior court, the court shall, upon motion, order a jury trial of any question of fact.

Section 108. If the court finds that a part of the amount demanded in the prior action is not justly due, or was not payable when the action was commenced, it shall order the attachment dissolved in whole or in part as justice requires; but such order shall have no other effect on the prior action. If the hearing is in the supreme judicial or superior court, the court shall, upon motion, order a jury trial of any question of fact.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21J, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21J / Section 13
Violations; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 13. Any owner or operator who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder (1) shall be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for each such violation; or (2) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each such violation. Each day each such violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separated offense. These penalties shall be in addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law.

Section 13. Any owner or operator who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated hereunder (1) shall be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, for each such violation; or (2) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for each such violation. Each day each such violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separated offense. These penalties shall be in addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 43
Instructors in agriculture, homemaking and country life
Status: in_force

Section 43. The trustees shall maintain one or more agents or instructors in agriculture, homemaking and country life, who shall meet the residents of the county individually and in groups for the purpose of teaching and demonstrating better practice in agriculture and homemaking, the benefits to be derived from co-operative efforts, better methods of marketing farm products and the organization of communities to build up country life.

Section 43. The trustees shall maintain one or more agents or instructors in agriculture, homemaking and country life, who shall meet the residents of the county individually and in groups for the purpose of teaching and demonstrating better practice in agriculture and homemaking, the benefits to be derived from co-operative efforts, better methods of marketing farm products and the organization of communities to build up country life.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 245, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 245 / Section 8
Judgments; conclusiveness
Status: in_force

Section 8. The judgment shall be conclusive between the commonwealth and the defendants who appear and answer, and against every person named as a defendant and duly served and against all persons claiming under such defendants.

Section 8. The judgment shall be conclusive between the commonwealth and the defendants who appear and answer, and against every person named as a defendant and duly served and against all persons claiming under such defendants.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 29
Publication of records; exhibition of records
Status: in_force

Section 29. The record required by the preceding section shall not be published except so far as may be necessary for the identification of persons convicted of larceny or any felony after their release from prison; but the officer in charge of a prison shall exhibit the record to any person upon the order of a justice of the superior court or of a district attorney. A copy of the descriptions including copies of finger prints, photographs and criminal histories shall upon request be furnished by the officer in charge of any prison to the colonel of state police or to the principal officer of a prison in any other state which requires by law the finger printing and description of convicts and has provided for furnishing information concerning criminals to other states. However, publication of any records required by section twenty-eight which are kept on systems operated by the department of criminal justice information services shall be in accordance with the regulations of said board.

Section 29. The record required by the preceding section shall not be published except so far as may be necessary for the identification of persons convicted of larceny or any felony after their release from prison; but the officer in charge of a prison shall exhibit the record to any person upon the order of a justice of the superior court or of a district attorney. A copy of the descriptions including copies of finger prints, photographs and criminal histories shall upon request be furnished by the officer in charge of any prison to the colonel of state police or to the principal officer of a prison in any other state which requires by law the finger printing and description of convicts and has provided for furnishing information concerning criminals to other states. However, publication of any records required by section twenty-eight which are kept on systems operated by the department of criminal justice information services shall be in accordance with the regulations of said board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15UU — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15UU
Practical Nursing Education Week
Status: in_force

Section 15UU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of March as Practical Nursing Education Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15UU. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of March as Practical Nursing Education Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 147C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 147C
Work in violation of statutes; removal, retention and disposition of articles; notice
Status: in_force

Section 147C. Any article which is being manufactured or worked upon in a home in violation of any provision of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, may be removed by the attorney general or his authorized representative and may be retained by him until claimed by the employer. The attorney general shall give notice, by registered mail, of such removal to the person whose name and address are affixed to the article, package or container as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven B. Unless the article so removed is claimed within thirty days following the giving of such notice, it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

Section 147C. Any article which is being manufactured or worked upon in a home in violation of any provision of sections one hundred and forty-four to one hundred and forty-seven H, inclusive, may be removed by the attorney general or his authorized representative and may be retained by him until claimed by the employer. The attorney general shall give notice, by registered mail, of such removal to the person whose name and address are affixed to the article, package or container as provided in section one hundred and forty-seven B. Unless the article so removed is claimed within thirty days following the giving of such notice, it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 144, sec. 95A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 144 / Section 95A
Nonresidents owning tenements, attorney for service of process; code violators, registration of true names
Status: in_force

Section 95A. Any person owning a tenement within the definition of section two of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the General Laws and including tenements within the city of Boston and including rooming houses, who does not reside therein, shall file in writing with the city or town clerk in the city or town where any such structure may be found the name and address of an individual residing in such city or town to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against him may be served. The owner of any such tenement which is posted for a code violation shall forthwith register his true name with the city or town clerk.

Section 95A. Any person owning a tenement within the definition of section two of chapter one hundred and forty-four of the General Laws and including tenements within the city of Boston and including rooming houses, who does not reside therein, shall file in writing with the city or town clerk in the city or town where any such structure may be found the name and address of an individual residing in such city or town to be his true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful processes in any action or proceeding against him may be served. The owner of any such tenement which is posted for a code violation shall forthwith register his true name with the city or town clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 54
Disposition of cash or prizes of a person under 21 years of age
Status: in_force

Section 54. If the person entitled to the cash or prize is under 21 years of age, the cash or prize shall be remitted to the commission and deposited into the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59.

Section 54. If the person entitled to the cash or prize is under 21 years of age, the cash or prize shall be remitted to the commission and deposited into the Gaming Revenue Fund established in section 59.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 20
Fee for use of sewers
Status: in_force

Section 20. The owners of land or parts thereof not liable to assessment, or not in fact assessed, may use the common sewers for the disposal of their sewage from such land only on payment of such reasonable amount as the aldermen or the sewer commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners shall determine.

Section 20. The owners of land or parts thereof not liable to assessment, or not in fact assessed, may use the common sewers for the disposal of their sewage from such land only on payment of such reasonable amount as the aldermen or the sewer commissioners, selectmen or road commissioners shall determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60A / Section 6
Where excise laid and collected
Status: in_force

Section 6. The excise locally assessable under this chapter shall be laid and collected at the residential address of the owner, if an individual, or at the principal place of business in this commonwealth, if a partnership, voluntary association or corporation, as determined by the owner's registration, except that if a motor vehicle or trailer is customarily kept in some other municipality, the excise shall be laid and collected in such other municipality.

Section 6. The excise locally assessable under this chapter shall be laid and collected at the residential address of the owner, if an individual, or at the principal place of business in this commonwealth, if a partnership, voluntary association or corporation, as determined by the owner's registration, except that if a motor vehicle or trailer is customarily kept in some other municipality, the excise shall be laid and collected in such other municipality.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15YYY — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15YYY
Clara Barton Week
Status: in_force

Section 15YYY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week commencing on December 25 as Clara Barton Week, in recognition of her countless humanitarian efforts in the cause of peace and in aiding the victims of wartime and natural disasters, and in further recognition of her founding of the American Red Cross, and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15YYY. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week commencing on December 25 as Clara Barton Week, in recognition of her countless humanitarian efforts in the cause of peace and in aiding the victims of wartime and natural disasters, and in further recognition of her founding of the American Red Cross, and recommending that said week be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 70B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 70B / Section 1
School building assistance program; establishment
Status: in_force

Section 1. Whereas the school building assistance program is the largest capital grant program operated by the commonwealth and is necessary for the establishment of public school buildings in the commonwealth; and whereas the costs of the school building assistance program are increasing at an unsustainable rate and local governments need flexibility in school building assistance to ensure that local needs for school facility space, downtown development, open space and community space are met; and to promote the thoughtful planning and construction of school facility space in order to insure safe and adequate plant facilities for the public schools, and to assist towns in meeting the cost thereof, there is hereby established a school building assistance program. It is in the best interests of the commonwealth and its citizens to create an authority to achieve the objectives of effective management and planning of the commonwealth's investments in school building assets, promoting positive educational outcomes, ensuring the health, safety, security and well-being of students, easing and preventing overcrowding, maintaining good repair, efficient and economical construction and maintenance, financial sustainability of the school building assistance program, thoughtful community development, smart growth and accessibility.

Section 1. Whereas the school building assistance program is the largest capital grant program operated by the commonwealth and is necessary for the establishment of public school buildings in the commonwealth; and whereas the costs of the school building assistance program are increasing at an unsustainable rate and local governments need flexibility in school building assistance to ensure that local needs for school facility space, downtown development, open space and community space are met; and to promote the thoughtful planning and construction of school facility space in order to insure safe and adequate plant facilities for the public schools, and to assist towns in meeting the cost thereof, there is hereby established a school building assistance program. It is in the best interests of the commonwealth and its citizens to create an authority to achieve the objectives of effective management and planning of the commonwealth's investments in school building assets, promoting positive educational outcomes, ensuring the health, safety, security and well-being of students, easing and preventing overcrowding, maintaining good repair, efficient and economical construction and maintenance, financial sustainability of the school building assistance program, thoughtful community development, smart growth and accessibility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161A, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161A / Section 23
Biennial report by state auditor
Status: in_force

Section 23. The department of the state auditor shall biennially make an audit of the accounts of the authority and make a report thereon to the directors, the governor and the general court. In making said audits, said department of the state auditor may call upon any of the departments, commissions, officers and agencies of the commonwealth for such information as may be needed in the course of making such audits. The state auditor may employ such auditors, accountants and other assistants as he deems necessary for carrying out said duties, and chapter 31 and the rules made thereunder shall not apply to such employees. The commonwealth shall be reimbursed by the authority for the cost of the audit.

Section 23. The department of the state auditor shall biennially make an audit of the accounts of the authority and make a report thereon to the directors, the governor and the general court. In making said audits, said department of the state auditor may call upon any of the departments, commissions, officers and agencies of the commonwealth for such information as may be needed in the course of making such audits. The state auditor may employ such auditors, accountants and other assistants as he deems necessary for carrying out said duties, and chapter 31 and the rules made thereunder shall not apply to such employees. The commonwealth shall be reimbursed by the authority for the cost of the audit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 48
Insufficient bids; municipality as purchaser; collector's duties
Status: in_force

Section 48. If at the time and place of sale no person bids for the land offered for sale an amount equal to the tax and charges, and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the collector shall then and there make public declaration of the fact; and, if no bid equal to the tax and charges is then made, he shall give public notice that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed said land as offered for sale at the amount of the tax and the charges and expenses of the levy and sale. Said amount, together with the cost of recording the deed of purchase, shall be allowed him in his settlement with such town, provided he has caused the deed to be duly recorded within sixty days after the purchase and to be delivered to the town treasurer.

Section 48. If at the time and place of sale no person bids for the land offered for sale an amount equal to the tax and charges, and if the sale has been adjourned one or more times, the collector shall then and there make public declaration of the fact; and, if no bid equal to the tax and charges is then made, he shall give public notice that he purchases for the town by which the tax is assessed said land as offered for sale at the amount of the tax and the charges and expenses of the levy and sale. Said amount, together with the cost of recording the deed of purchase, shall be allowed him in his settlement with such town, provided he has caused the deed to be duly recorded within sixty days after the purchase and to be delivered to the town treasurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 12E — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 12E
Third party verification service providers; registration
Status: in_force

Section 12E. (a) (1) A company that provides third party verification services pursuant to section 109 of chapter 93 shall apply for registration with the department. (2) The department shall allow a company to register as a third party verification service provider only if it: (i) operates in a location physically separate from the IXC, LEC or telemarketing representative who has obtained the customer's oral authorization to submit a change order for an IXC or LEC; (ii) is not directly or indirectly managed, controlled, directed, or owned wholly or partially, by an IXC or LEC; and (iii) does not receive commissions or compensation based upon the number of customer authorizations confirmed or sales confirmed. (3) A company seeking to register shall file a registration application with the department. (b) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying the form and content of such application necessary to demonstrate satisfaction of the requirements of clause (ii) of subsection (a).

Section 12E. (a) (1) A company that provides third party verification services pursuant to section 109 of chapter 93 shall apply for registration with the department.

(2) The department shall allow a company to register as a third party verification service provider only if it:

(i) operates in a location physically separate from the IXC, LEC or telemarketing representative who has obtained the customer's oral authorization to submit a change order for an IXC or LEC;

(ii) is not directly or indirectly managed, controlled, directed, or owned wholly or partially, by an IXC or LEC; and

(iii) does not receive commissions or compensation based upon the number of customer authorizations confirmed or sales confirmed.

(3) A company seeking to register shall file a registration application with the department.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying the form and content of such application necessary to demonstrate satisfaction of the requirements of clause (ii) of subsection (a).
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 16
Leased land; levy upon
Status: in_force

Section 16. If the land levied upon is under lease to a third person, and the reversion of the whole is taken on the execution, the lessee shall pay to the creditor the rent accruing after the levy, except such part as he has paid before notice of the levy.

Section 16. If the land levied upon is under lease to a third person, and the reversion of the whole is taken on the execution, the lessee shall pay to the creditor the rent accruing after the levy, except such part as he has paid before notice of the levy.