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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 107 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 107
Board of certification of community health workers; meetings; officers; quorum; records; expenses; staffing
Status: in_force

Section 107. The board shall meet at least quarterly or more often upon the call of the chair at such times and places as the chair shall designate. The board shall, at its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect from among its members a vice-chair and a secretary. Such officers shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of the members. The board shall keep records and minutes as are necessary to carry out its duties and as otherwise required by law. Board members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall be supported with a director, administrative assistant and such other professional staff and operating expenses as are required to discharge its duties.

Section 107. The board shall meet at least quarterly or more often upon the call of the chair at such times and places as the chair shall designate. The board shall, at its first meeting and annually thereafter, elect from among its members a vice-chair and a secretary. Such officers shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. A quorum of the board shall consist of a majority of the members. The board shall keep records and minutes as are necessary to carry out its duties and as otherwise required by law. Board members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The board shall be supported with a director, administrative assistant and such other professional staff and operating expenses as are required to discharge its duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 8
Digging up public ways; permits
Status: in_force

Section 8. No person shall dig up or make an excavation in a public way for the laying, altering or repairing of a drain or sewer without obtaining a written permit from the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and repair of sewers in the town in which such way is situated. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any local ordinance or by-law, no such permit shall, except in case of an emergency, be approved or issued by said board or officer until copies of the notices to public utility companies required by section forty of chapter eighty-two have been filed with said board or officer by the applicant for such permit. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.

Section 8. No person shall dig up or make an excavation in a public way for the laying, altering or repairing of a drain or sewer without obtaining a written permit from the board or officer having charge of the maintenance and repair of sewers in the town in which such way is situated. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any local ordinance or by-law, no such permit shall, except in case of an emergency, be approved or issued by said board or officer until copies of the notices to public utility companies required by section forty of chapter eighty-two have been filed with said board or officer by the applicant for such permit. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for the first offense and not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61A / Section 8
Timely filing of application in towns or cities with programs of revaluation; abatement
Status: in_force

Section 8. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in any tax year for which a city or town has undertaken and completed a program of revaluation of all property in that city or town and the commissioner of revenue has certified that the revalued property is assessed by the board of assessors at full and fair cash valuation, applications by landowners for the valuation, assessment and taxation of their lands on the basis of being actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use that are filed with the board of assessors by not later than the last day for filing an application for abatement of the tax assessed on the new valuation, shall be deemed to have been timely made for the tax year of the revaluation program. If the application is approved and the lands qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation as lands maintained for recreational use in that tax year, the portion of any tax assessed for that year which is in excess of the tax that would have been assessed on the lands, if the application had been timely made and approved, shall be abated.

Section 8. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, in any tax year for which a city or town has undertaken and completed a program of revaluation of all property in that city or town and the commissioner of revenue has certified that the revalued property is assessed by the board of assessors at full and fair cash valuation, applications by landowners for the valuation, assessment and taxation of their lands on the basis of being actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use that are filed with the board of assessors by not later than the last day for filing an application for abatement of the tax assessed on the new valuation, shall be deemed to have been timely made for the tax year of the revaluation program. If the application is approved and the lands qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation as lands maintained for recreational use in that tax year, the portion of any tax assessed for that year which is in excess of the tax that would have been assessed on the lands, if the application had been timely made and approved, shall be abated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 59
Assessment of additional taxes
Status: in_force

Section 59. When the commissioner has received notice of an abatement of the taxes of any corporation under section seventy-four of chapter fifty-nine, he shall assess upon such corporation an additional tax upon its corporate franchise value, in such amount as shall make the total franchise tax equal that which would have been assessed had the valuation as established by said abatement been adopted by the commissioner when making his original assessment upon the corporate franchise value of such corporation, which additional tax shall be paid and collected as an addition to the franchise tax next to be assessed upon said corporation after such abatement.

Section 59. When the commissioner has received notice of an abatement of the taxes of any corporation under section seventy-four of chapter fifty-nine, he shall assess upon such corporation an additional tax upon its corporate franchise value, in such amount as shall make the total franchise tax equal that which would have been assessed had the valuation as established by said abatement been adopted by the commissioner when making his original assessment upon the corporate franchise value of such corporation, which additional tax shall be paid and collected as an addition to the franchise tax next to be assessed upon said corporation after such abatement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 68
Acceptance of funds from the United States and other sources
Status: in_force

Section 68. (a)(1) The department may accept from the United States or any of its agencies funds that are available to the commonwealth for carrying out sections 62 to 73, inclusive, whether the funds are made available by grant, loan or other financial assistance. (2) The department may enter into agreements or other arrangements with the United States or any of its agencies as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of sections 62 to 73, inclusive. (b) The department may accept from any source any grant, donation, gift or other form of conveyance of land, money, other real or personal property or other item of value made to the commonwealth or the department for carrying out the purpose of sections 62 to 73, inclusive. (c) Any transportation facility may be financed in whole or in part by contribution of any funds or property made by any private entity or affected jurisdiction that is party to a public-private agreement under sections 62 to 73, inclusive. (d) The department may combine Federal, state, local and private funds to finance a transportation facility under sections 57 to 70, inclusive.

Section 68. (a)(1) The department may accept from the United States or any of its agencies funds that are available to the commonwealth for carrying out sections 62 to 73, inclusive, whether the funds are made available by grant, loan or other financial assistance.

(2) The department may enter into agreements or other arrangements with the United States or any of its agencies as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of sections 62 to 73, inclusive.

(b) The department may accept from any source any grant, donation, gift or other form of conveyance of land, money, other real or personal property or other item of value made to the commonwealth or the department for carrying out the purpose of sections 62 to 73, inclusive.

(c) Any transportation facility may be financed in whole or in part by contribution of any funds or property made by any private entity or affected jurisdiction that is party to a public-private agreement under sections 62 to 73, inclusive.

(d) The department may combine Federal, state, local and private funds to finance a transportation facility under sections 57 to 70, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 5
Trustee summons; service
Status: in_force

Section 5. The trustee summons shall be served in accordance with the applicable rule of court.

Section 5. The trustee summons shall be served in accordance with the applicable rule of court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 103 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 103
Petition for distribution; notice
Status: in_force

Section 103. At any time within the period of three years or the extension of such period by reason of the pendency of any suit, as provided in section one hundred and two, such corporation may petition the supreme judicial or superior court for leave to distribute the whole or part of its assets to the stockholders entitled thereto, and, after notice by certified or registered mail to the state secretary and the commissioner of corporations and taxation and to all known creditors and by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or town in which the principal office of the corporation is located, or in the county if no such newspaper is published in said city or town, the court may, after hearing, upon a finding that the interests of creditors, if any, and those of the commonwealth, if any, are reasonably protected, enter a decree permitting such distribution; and the directors shall not be subject to the liability set forth in section sixty-one on account of their declaration or assent to a dividend, including one or more liquidating dividends, to the stockholders entitled thereto, in accordance with said decree.

Section 103. At any time within the period of three years or the extension of such period by reason of the pendency of any suit, as provided in section one hundred and two, such corporation may petition the supreme judicial or superior court for leave to distribute the whole or part of its assets to the stockholders entitled thereto, and, after notice by certified or registered mail to the state secretary and the commissioner of corporations and taxation and to all known creditors and by publication once a week for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city or town in which the principal office of the corporation is located, or in the county if no such newspaper is published in said city or town, the court may, after hearing, upon a finding that the interests of creditors, if any, and those of the commonwealth, if any, are reasonably protected, enter a decree permitting such distribution; and the directors shall not be subject to the liability set forth in section sixty-one on account of their declaration or assent to a dividend, including one or more liquidating dividends, to the stockholders entitled thereto, in accordance with said decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 4II — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 4II
Coverage for prescription eye drops
Status: in_force

Section 4II. An individual or group health maintenance contract that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall provide coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in accordance with the Medicare Part D guidelines on early refills of topical ophthalmic products when: (i) the prescribing health care practitioner indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities of the prescription eye drops are needed; (ii) the refill requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities indicated on the original prescription by the prescribing health care practitioner; and (iii) the prescription eye drops prescribed by the health care practitioner are a covered benefit under the policy or contract of the insured.

Section 4II. An individual or group health maintenance contract that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall provide coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in accordance with the Medicare Part D guidelines on early refills of topical ophthalmic products when: (i) the prescribing health care practitioner indicates on the original prescription that additional quantities of the prescription eye drops are needed; (ii) the refill requested by the insured does not exceed the number of additional quantities indicated on the original prescription by the prescribing health care practitioner; and (iii) the prescription eye drops prescribed by the health care practitioner are a covered benefit under the policy or contract of the insured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 9A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 9A
Medical students; limited practice of medicine under supervision
Status: in_force

Section 9A. A student of medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a legally chartered medical school wherever located may practice medicine, but only under the supervision of an instructor in a legally chartered medical school, which instructor shall be a registered physician in the commonwealth and a duly appointed staff physician in the duly licensed hospital of not less than twenty-five beds, or an associated clinic, to which the student may be assigned. The board may, in its discretion from time to time, designate other facilities or locations in which said student may practice medicine under the conditions described above. Said students of medicine shall not sign certificates of births or deaths, nor prescribe or dispense narcotic drugs as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C.

Section 9A. A student of medicine who has creditably completed not less than two years of study in a legally chartered medical school wherever located may practice medicine, but only under the supervision of an instructor in a legally chartered medical school, which instructor shall be a registered physician in the commonwealth and a duly appointed staff physician in the duly licensed hospital of not less than twenty-five beds, or an associated clinic, to which the student may be assigned. The board may, in its discretion from time to time, designate other facilities or locations in which said student may practice medicine under the conditions described above. Said students of medicine shall not sign certificates of births or deaths, nor prescribe or dispense narcotic drugs as defined in section one of chapter ninety-four C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 201 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 201
Right of officers to enter premises; obstruction of entrance
Status: in_force

Section 201. A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable or police officer may at any time enter a billiard, pool or sippio room, bowling alley, skating rink, the licensed premises of a common victualler or room connected therewith, or a grove required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, or any building therein, for the purpose of enforcing any law; and whoever obstructs or hinders the entrance of such officer shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.

Section 201. A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable or police officer may at any time enter a billiard, pool or sippio room, bowling alley, skating rink, the licensed premises of a common victualler or room connected therewith, or a grove required to be licensed under section one hundred and eighty-eight, or any building therein, for the purpose of enforcing any law; and whoever obstructs or hinders the entrance of such officer shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 99 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 99
Emergency tools and lifting jack
Status: in_force

Section 99. All street railway cars operated in the commonwealth shall be equipped with an emergency lifting jack and with such other emergency tools as may be approved by the department. Any company, its officers or employees, operating a street railway car in the use of which this section is violated, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 99. All street railway cars operated in the commonwealth shall be equipped with an emergency lifting jack and with such other emergency tools as may be approved by the department. Any company, its officers or employees, operating a street railway car in the use of which this section is violated, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 5
Appropriation of money for exercise of corporate powers
Status: in_force

Section 5. A town may at any town meeting appropriate money for the exercise of any of its corporate powers; provided, however, that a town shall not appropriate or expend money for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.

Section 5. A town may at any town meeting appropriate money for the exercise of any of its corporate powers; provided, however, that a town shall not appropriate or expend money for any purpose, on any terms, or under any conditions inconsistent with any applicable provision of any general or special law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176W, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176W / Section 7
Sanctions
Status: in_force

Section 7. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the CGAD as required pursuant to this chapter shall, after notice and hearing, be subject to a penalty of $500 for each day of delay, to be recovered by the commissioner. The maximum penalty under this section shall be $10,000. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.

Section 7. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the CGAD as required pursuant to this chapter shall, after notice and hearing, be subject to a penalty of $500 for each day of delay, to be recovered by the commissioner. The maximum penalty under this section shall be $10,000. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35II — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35II
RGGI Auction Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35II. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the RGGI Auction Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of amounts credited to the fund in accordance with section 22 of chapter 21A and expended exclusively for the purposes of said section 22 of said chapter 21A. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner of energy resources, subject to the approval of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs. The fund shall be an expendable trust fund and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment. The commissioner shall report monthly by source all amounts credited to the fund and all expenditures by subsidiary made from the fund on the Massachusetts management and accounting reporting system. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the next fiscal year and thereafter.

Section 35II. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the RGGI Auction Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of amounts credited to the fund in accordance with section 22 of chapter 21A and expended exclusively for the purposes of said section 22 of said chapter 21A. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner of energy resources, subject to the approval of the secretary of energy and environmental affairs. The fund shall be an expendable trust fund and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment. The commissioner shall report monthly by source all amounts credited to the fund and all expenditures by subsidiary made from the fund on the Massachusetts management and accounting reporting system. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the next fiscal year and thereafter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23G, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23G / Section 37
Monies credited to Government Land Bank Fund; reversion upon termination of agency
Status: in_force

Section 37. Upon the termination of the Agency's existence, all monies credited to the Government Land Bank Fund shall, after payments, other than the interest on or the principal of any bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter, due on account of the Agency shall have been made, revert to the treasury of the commonwealth and shall be used solely toward meeting the debt service obligations of the General Fund.

Section 37. Upon the termination of the Agency's existence, all monies credited to the Government Land Bank Fund shall, after payments, other than the interest on or the principal of any bonds and notes issued pursuant to this chapter, due on account of the Agency shall have been made, revert to the treasury of the commonwealth and shall be used solely toward meeting the debt service obligations of the General Fund.