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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 228 / Section 7
Death of joint plaintiff or defendant
Status: in_force

Section 7. If any of several plaintiffs or defendants in a personal action, the cause of which survives, dies before final judgment, the action may be prosecuted by the surviving plaintiff or against the surviving defendant, as the case may be. If all the plaintiffs or defendants die, the action may be prosecuted or defended by or against the executor or administrator of the last surviving plaintiff or defendant, respectively.

Section 7. If any of several plaintiffs or defendants in a personal action, the cause of which survives, dies before final judgment, the action may be prosecuted by the surviving plaintiff or against the surviving defendant, as the case may be. If all the plaintiffs or defendants die, the action may be prosecuted or defended by or against the executor or administrator of the last surviving plaintiff or defendant, respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 38
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 38. In any proceeding under this chapter, whether original or subsidiary, the court may, in its discretion, award costs and expenses, or either, to either party, whether or not the marital relation has terminated. In any case wherein costs and expenses, or either, may be awarded hereunder to a party, they may be awarded to his or her counsel, or may be apportioned between them.

Section 38. In any proceeding under this chapter, whether original or subsidiary, the court may, in its discretion, award costs and expenses, or either, to either party, whether or not the marital relation has terminated. In any case wherein costs and expenses, or either, may be awarded hereunder to a party, they may be awarded to his or her counsel, or may be apportioned between them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 24
Short title
Status: in_force

Section 24. This chapter may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Uniform Transfers to Minors Act''.

Section 24. This chapter may be cited as the ''Massachusetts Uniform Transfers to Minors Act''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 29
Award to persons holding different interests; apportionment
Status: in_force

Section 29. If, on such petition, the court or jury find any of the parties entitled to damages, there shall first be found and set forth the total amount of damages sustained by the owners of such property, estimating the same as an entire estate and as if it were the sole property of one owner in fee simple; and such damages shall then be apportioned among the several parties who are found to be entitled thereto, in proportion to their several interests and to the damages sustained by them, respectively, and such apportionment shall be set forth in the finding or verdict; and if it is found that any party has not sustained damage, it shall be set forth in the finding or verdict that he is awarded no damages. The finding or verdict shall be conclusive upon all parties interested who have become parties to the petition.

Section 29. If, on such petition, the court or jury find any of the parties entitled to damages, there shall first be found and set forth the total amount of damages sustained by the owners of such property, estimating the same as an entire estate and as if it were the sole property of one owner in fee simple; and such damages shall then be apportioned among the several parties who are found to be entitled thereto, in proportion to their several interests and to the damages sustained by them, respectively, and such apportionment shall be set forth in the finding or verdict; and if it is found that any party has not sustained damage, it shall be set forth in the finding or verdict that he is awarded no damages. The finding or verdict shall be conclusive upon all parties interested who have become parties to the petition.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 116A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 116A
Hospitalization of persons suffering from chronic rheumatism; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 116A. The department, subject to rules and regulations approved by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office, may provide for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic rheumatism for a period not exceeding six months in case of any one such person, and said department may enter into contracts with one or more existing hospitals within any metropolitan district for the care and treatment of such patients; provided, that not more than twenty-five such patients may be cared for or treated under this section at any one time.

Section 116A. The department, subject to rules and regulations approved by the executive office of health and human services or a governmental unit designated by the executive office, may provide for the care and treatment of persons suffering from chronic rheumatism for a period not exceeding six months in case of any one such person, and said department may enter into contracts with one or more existing hospitals within any metropolitan district for the care and treatment of such patients; provided, that not more than twenty-five such patients may be cared for or treated under this section at any one time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 3, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 2
Admission of persons listed to take seats as representatives
Status: in_force

Section 2. The persons named on the lists delivered to the sergeant-at-arms shall be admitted to take seats as members in the representatives' chamber on said first Wednesday of January or thereafter during the terms for which they are elected.

Section 2. The persons named on the lists delivered to the sergeant-at-arms shall be admitted to take seats as members in the representatives' chamber on said first Wednesday of January or thereafter during the terms for which they are elected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 56 / Section 18
Failure to make and transmit election records
Status: in_force

Section 18. A city or town clerk or an election commissioner who fails to make a record of votes cast at an election and to make and transmit copies of any such record, as required by chapter fifty-four, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; but if a copy of the records is deposited in the post office within the time fixed for transmission or delivery, postpaid and properly addressed, it shall be a bar to any complaint for delinquency.

Section 18. A city or town clerk or an election commissioner who fails to make a record of votes cast at an election and to make and transmit copies of any such record, as required by chapter fifty-four, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars; but if a copy of the records is deposited in the post office within the time fixed for transmission or delivery, postpaid and properly addressed, it shall be a bar to any complaint for delinquency.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 25A
Manufactured housing communities operators
Status: in_force

Section 25A. Persons maintaining manufactured housing communities for the rental of sites to be occupied by manufactured homes and vehicles, for the furnishing of facilities in connection therewith, and for the storage and care of manufactured homes brought to their premises or placed in their care by and with the consent of the owners thereof, shall have a lien upon such manufactured homes and the contents thereof for proper charges due them for such rental, facilities, storage and care, and any tax assessed by reason of such manufactured home having occupied a site in such manufactured housing community.

Section 25A. Persons maintaining manufactured housing communities for the rental of sites to be occupied by manufactured homes and vehicles, for the furnishing of facilities in connection therewith, and for the storage and care of manufactured homes brought to their premises or placed in their care by and with the consent of the owners thereof, shall have a lien upon such manufactured homes and the contents thereof for proper charges due them for such rental, facilities, storage and care, and any tax assessed by reason of such manufactured home having occupied a site in such manufactured housing community.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 8
Handling of ballots
Status: in_force

Section 8. At any meeting for the choice of town officers in a town not using official ballots, no ballots shall be received by the moderator unless presented for deposit in the ballot box, open and unfolded, by the voter in person, and so that the moderator can know that only one ballot is presented. No moderator or other election officer shall, before the polls are closed, read, examine, or permit to be read or examined, the names contained upon any ballot.

Section 8. At any meeting for the choice of town officers in a town not using official ballots, no ballots shall be received by the moderator unless presented for deposit in the ballot box, open and unfolded, by the voter in person, and so that the moderator can know that only one ballot is presented. No moderator or other election officer shall, before the polls are closed, read, examine, or permit to be read or examined, the names contained upon any ballot.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 16
Procedure for accepting law requiring playgrounds for minors
Status: in_force

Section 16. In towns which have a population of more than five thousand and which have not already satisfied the provisions of the preceding section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, upon petition to the selectmen by ten per cent of the voters filed fifteen days before the day of the annual election of town officers, the following question shall be submitted to the town at the next annual meeting or shall be placed on the official ballot, if any, at the next town election: ''Shall section fifteen of chapter forty-five of the General Laws, requiring certain towns to provide public playgrounds, be accepted by this town?'' Said section shall take effect in any town to which it applies upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting as aforesaid.

Section 16. In towns which have a population of more than five thousand and which have not already satisfied the provisions of the preceding section or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, upon petition to the selectmen by ten per cent of the voters filed fifteen days before the day of the annual election of town officers, the following question shall be submitted to the town at the next annual meeting or shall be placed on the official ballot, if any, at the next town election: ''Shall section fifteen of chapter forty-five of the General Laws, requiring certain towns to provide public playgrounds, be accepted by this town?'' Said section shall take effect in any town to which it applies upon its acceptance by a majority of the voters voting as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 25, sec. 12S — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 25 / Section 12S
Department of Public Utilities and Energy Facilities Siting Board Intervenor Support Fund
Status: in_force

Section 12S. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities and Energy Facilities Siting Board Intervenor Support Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) a portion of assessments, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 18; (iii) a portion of application fees, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to sections 69J1/2, 69T, 69U, 69V and 69W of chapter 164; (iv) any non-ratepayer funded sources obtained through gifts, grants, contributions and bequests of funds from any department, agency or subdivision of federal, state or municipal government or any individual, foundation, corporation, association or public authority; and (v) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be expended solely, without further appropriation, for the purposes set forth in section 149 of chapter 164, consistent with the requirements set forth in said section 149 of said chapter 164 and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.

Section 12S. There shall be a Department of Public Utilities and Energy Facilities Siting Board Intervenor Support Fund. The department shall credit to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) a portion of assessments, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to section 18; (iii) a portion of application fees, as determined by the department, collected pursuant to sections 69J1/2, 69T, 69U, 69V and 69W of chapter 164; (iv) any non-ratepayer funded sources obtained through gifts, grants, contributions and bequests of funds from any department, agency or subdivision of federal, state or municipal government or any individual, foundation, corporation, association or public authority; and (v) income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. All amounts credited to the fund shall be held in trust and shall be expended solely, without further appropriation, for the purposes set forth in section 149 of chapter 164, consistent with the requirements set forth in said section 149 of said chapter 164 and any regulations promulgated thereunder. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 34
Fiscal analysis prior to expending of funds or final approval of transportation infrastructure project
Status: in_force

Section 34. Prior to the final approval of a transportation infrastructure project, including mass transit expansion or the construction of new roadways with a projected capital cost of more than $15,000,000, and prior to expending any funds for the planning, design and construction of any such project, the secretary of transportation shall request that the administrator of the appropriate division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation prepare a fiscal analysis, including life cycle costs, demonstrating that sufficient revenues exist or will be generated to operate and maintain in good repair a new transportation asset. This analysis shall be also be submitted to any advisory boards to the respective divisions of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. If a project for the expansion of mass transit has a projected total cost in excess of $200,000,000, the secretary of transportation shall submit the analysis to the secretary of administration and finance for a determination as to which costs, if any, will become part of the commonwealth's plan of capital expenditures.

Section 34. Prior to the final approval of a transportation infrastructure project, including mass transit expansion or the construction of new roadways with a projected capital cost of more than $15,000,000, and prior to expending any funds for the planning, design and construction of any such project, the secretary of transportation shall request that the administrator of the appropriate division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation prepare a fiscal analysis, including life cycle costs, demonstrating that sufficient revenues exist or will be generated to operate and maintain in good repair a new transportation asset. This analysis shall be also be submitted to any advisory boards to the respective divisions of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

If a project for the expansion of mass transit has a projected total cost in excess of $200,000,000, the secretary of transportation shall submit the analysis to the secretary of administration and finance for a determination as to which costs, if any, will become part of the commonwealth's plan of capital expenditures.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 37 / Section 7
Failure to post bond; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 7. A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond as required in section eighteen of chapter thirty shall forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars for each month's neglect, at the suit of the attorney general. The superior court shall forthwith certify the fact of such neglect or refusal to the governor and council and to the attorney general, and, unless the sheriff satisfies the governor and council that there was reasonable cause for such neglect and gives security to their satisfaction within twenty days after the receipt of such certificate, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall remove him from office.

Section 7. A sheriff neglecting or refusing to give bond as required in section eighteen of chapter thirty shall forfeit one hundred and fifty dollars for each month's neglect, at the suit of the attorney general. The superior court shall forthwith certify the fact of such neglect or refusal to the governor and council and to the attorney general, and, unless the sheriff satisfies the governor and council that there was reasonable cause for such neglect and gives security to their satisfaction within twenty days after the receipt of such certificate, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall remove him from office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 177R — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 177R
Reinsurance intermediary broker license required; employment restrictions; annual financial statements
Status: in_force

Section 177R. (A) An insurer shall not engage the services of any person, firm, association or corporation to act as a reinsurance intermediary broker on its behalf unless such person is licensed as required by section one hundred and seventy-seven O. (B) An insurer may not employ an individual who is employed by a reinsurance intermediary broker with which it transacts business, unless such reinsurance intermediary broker is under common control with the insurer and subject to sections two hundred and six to two hundred and six D, inclusive. (C) The insurer shall obtain a copy of the current annual statement of financial condition or documents providing similar information for each reinsurance intermediary broker with which it transacts business.

Section 177R. (A) An insurer shall not engage the services of any person, firm, association or corporation to act as a reinsurance intermediary broker on its behalf unless such person is licensed as required by section one hundred and seventy-seven O.

(B) An insurer may not employ an individual who is employed by a reinsurance intermediary broker with which it transacts business, unless such reinsurance intermediary broker is under common control with the insurer and subject to sections two hundred and six to two hundred and six D, inclusive.

(C) The insurer shall obtain a copy of the current annual statement of financial condition or documents providing similar information for each reinsurance intermediary broker with which it transacts business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 31
European corn borer infestation; hearing; order; publication
Status: in_force

Section 31. Whenever the director finds that any town or part thereof is infested with the European corn borer or other insect pest, except the gypsy and brown tail moth, or with a plant disease which in his opinion is likely to spread to other parts of the commonwealth or to other states, he may, after a duly advertised public hearing, and with the approval of the commissioner, issue an order stating the insect pest or plant disease to be guarded against, and prohibiting, for such periods and under such conditions as he deems necessary, the transportation to or from such town or part thereof, of any specified trees, plants, shrubs or other vegetable growths or products, and any specified containers or other articles by means of which such an insect pest or plant disease is or is likely to be carried. The order aforesaid shall be advertised in a newspaper published in each town where it is to be effective or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the town is situated. Whoever violates any order issued under this section or whoever offers any hindrance to the carrying out of such order shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than three hundred dollars.

Section 31. Whenever the director finds that any town or part thereof is infested with the European corn borer or other insect pest, except the gypsy and brown tail moth, or with a plant disease which in his opinion is likely to spread to other parts of the commonwealth or to other states, he may, after a duly advertised public hearing, and with the approval of the commissioner, issue an order stating the insect pest or plant disease to be guarded against, and prohibiting, for such periods and under such conditions as he deems necessary, the transportation to or from such town or part thereof, of any specified trees, plants, shrubs or other vegetable growths or products, and any specified containers or other articles by means of which such an insect pest or plant disease is or is likely to be carried. The order aforesaid shall be advertised in a newspaper published in each town where it is to be effective or in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the town is situated. Whoever violates any order issued under this section or whoever offers any hindrance to the carrying out of such order shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than three hundred dollars.