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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64H, sec. 27A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64H / Section 27A
Trade-in boats and airplanes
Status: in_force

Section 27A. Where a trade-in of a boat is received by a dealer in boats holding a valid vendor's registration, upon the sale of another boat to a consumer or user, the tax shall be imposed only on the difference between the sale price of the boat purchased and the amount allowed on the boat traded in on such purchase. When any such boat traded in is subsequently sold to a consumer or user, the tax provided for in this section shall apply. Where a trade-in of an airplane is received by a dealer in airplanes, who has registered his federal dealer's aircraft registration, upon the sale of another airplane to a consumer or user, the tax shall be imposed only on the difference between the sales price of the airplane purchased and the amount allowed on the airplane traded in on such purchase. When any airplane traded in is subsequently sold to a consumer or user, the tax provided for in this section shall apply.

Section 27A. Where a trade-in of a boat is received by a dealer in boats holding a valid vendor's registration, upon the sale of another boat to a consumer or user, the tax shall be imposed only on the difference between the sale price of the boat purchased and the amount allowed on the boat traded in on such purchase. When any such boat traded in is subsequently sold to a consumer or user, the tax provided for in this section shall apply.

Where a trade-in of an airplane is received by a dealer in airplanes, who has registered his federal dealer's aircraft registration, upon the sale of another airplane to a consumer or user, the tax shall be imposed only on the difference between the sales price of the airplane purchased and the amount allowed on the airplane traded in on such purchase. When any airplane traded in is subsequently sold to a consumer or user, the tax provided for in this section shall apply.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 16
Discharge of persons committed as delinquent child or youthful offender
Status: in_force

Section 16. Every person committed to the department until the age of 18 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's eighteenth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 19 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's nineteenth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 20 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's twentieth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 21 as a youthful offender, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's twenty-first birthday. The department may continue to provide, for any person covered in this chapter under 22 years of age, specific educational, rehabilitative or transitional services and supports, under conditions agreed upon by both the department and such persons and terminable by either. Such services must be offered prior to the person's discharge date as provided herein; however, a person may request and the department shall consider any such request for the services described after the person's effective date of discharge, even where the person has previously declined services or services were terminated for non-compliance, and may reach an agreement with the person, terminable by either, to provide the services described herein until such person attains the age of 22.

Section 16. Every person committed to the department until the age of 18 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's eighteenth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 19 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's nineteenth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 20 as a delinquent child, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's twentieth birthday. Every person committed to the department until the age of 21 as a youthful offender, if not already discharged, shall be discharged upon reaching the person's twenty-first birthday. The department may continue to provide, for any person covered in this chapter under 22 years of age, specific educational, rehabilitative or transitional services and supports, under conditions agreed upon by both the department and such persons and terminable by either. Such services must be offered prior to the person's discharge date as provided herein; however, a person may request and the department shall consider any such request for the services described after the person's effective date of discharge, even where the person has previously declined services or services were terminated for non-compliance, and may reach an agreement with the person, terminable by either, to provide the services described herein until such person attains the age of 22.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12C, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12C / Section 7A
Center for health information and analysis fund
Status: in_force

Section 7A. There shall be a Center for Health Information and Analysis Fund which shall be a separate, nonbudgeted special revenue fund to be administered by the executive director. The fund shall be credited with: (i) any transfers from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E; (ii) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, federal financial participation, grants and donations; and (iv) any interest earned on the assets of the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, without further appropriation, for the expenses of the center and for the other purposes described in this chapter. For the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the fund may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of amounts credited to the fund during the period of the timing discrepancy or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system. Any balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years and shall not be transferred to any other fund or revert to the General Fund.

Section 7A. There shall be a Center for Health Information and Analysis Fund which shall be a separate, nonbudgeted special revenue fund to be administered by the executive director. The fund shall be credited with: (i) any transfers from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund established in section 66 of chapter 118E; (ii) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, federal financial participation, grants and donations; and (iv) any interest earned on the assets of the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended, without further appropriation, for the expenses of the center and for the other purposes described in this chapter. For the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of revenues and related expenditures, the fund may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of amounts credited to the fund during the period of the timing discrepancy or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system. Any balance in the fund at the close of a fiscal year shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years and shall not be transferred to any other fund or revert to the General Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 142A / Section 6
Operation of fund; deposits; interest; use of funds
Status: in_force

Section 6. The fund administrator shall operate the fund in accordance with this chapter and maintain the fund at a level which is commensurate with claims anticipated to be made against it. All monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of the fund into a special interest bearing account to be administered by the fund administrator who shall invest or reinvest the money of the fund. No portion of monies in said account shall be used for the administration of the fund, except as required by this paragraph. Interest accruing from investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund, with a portion of the interest, the amount of which shall be determined by the fund administrator, to be applied to educating consumers, contractors and others as to the requirements of this chapter.

Section 6. The fund administrator shall operate the fund in accordance with this chapter and maintain the fund at a level which is commensurate with claims anticipated to be made against it. All monies collected shall be deposited to the credit of the fund into a special interest bearing account to be administered by the fund administrator who shall invest or reinvest the money of the fund. No portion of monies in said account shall be used for the administration of the fund, except as required by this paragraph. Interest accruing from investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund, with a portion of the interest, the amount of which shall be determined by the fund administrator, to be applied to educating consumers, contractors and others as to the requirements of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 37 / Section 3
Deputies; appointment; oath
Status: in_force

Section 3. A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be sworn before performing any official act.

Section 3. A sheriff may appoint deputies, who shall be sworn before performing any official act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15LL — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15LL
Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Status: in_force

Section 15LL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second last full week in April as Licensed Practical Nurse Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15LL. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second last full week in April as Licensed Practical Nurse Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18A / Section 4
Bureaus
Status: in_force

Section 4. There shall be in the department the following bureaus: the bureau of clinical services; the bureau of after-care, delinquency prevention and community services; the bureau of educational services; and the bureau of institutional services. Each bureau shall be under the direction of an assistant commissioner who shall be appointed by the commissioner and who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one and to whom the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply.

Section 4. There shall be in the department the following bureaus: the bureau of clinical services; the bureau of after-care, delinquency prevention and community services; the bureau of educational services; and the bureau of institutional services. Each bureau shall be under the direction of an assistant commissioner who shall be appointed by the commissioner and who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one and to whom the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty shall not apply.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40U, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40U / Section 8
Violation notices
Status: in_force

Section 8. Every officer and inspector who takes notice of a violation of a rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law regulating the housing, sanitary or snow and ice removal requirement shall provide the offender with a notice forthwith, which shall be in tag form, to appear before the municipal hearing officer or the hearings officer's designee during regular office hours, not later than 21 days after the date of such violation. All tags shall be prepared in triplicate or by the use of an automated ticketing device and shall be pre-numbered.

Section 8. Every officer and inspector who takes notice of a violation of a rule, regulation, order, ordinance or by-law regulating the housing, sanitary or snow and ice removal requirement shall provide the offender with a notice forthwith, which shall be in tag form, to appear before the municipal hearing officer or the hearings officer's designee during regular office hours, not later than 21 days after the date of such violation. All tags shall be prepared in triplicate or by the use of an automated ticketing device and shall be pre-numbered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 4
Additional state standards; replacement of weights
Status: in_force

Section 4. The state standards shall also include all weighing and measuring devices received from the United States under the resolution of congress approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and all other weighing and measuring devices received from the United States as standard weights and measures, and such as have been or shall be supplied by the commonwealth and certified by the national bureau of standards. Weighing and measuring devices procured to replace the standards shall be preserved in the same form and of the same dimensions as required of said standards, and the denominations thereof shall be marked thereon.

Section 4. The state standards shall also include all weighing and measuring devices received from the United States under the resolution of congress approved June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, and all other weighing and measuring devices received from the United States as standard weights and measures, and such as have been or shall be supplied by the commonwealth and certified by the national bureau of standards. Weighing and measuring devices procured to replace the standards shall be preserved in the same form and of the same dimensions as required of said standards, and the denominations thereof shall be marked thereon.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 817 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 817
Distribution upon termination
Status: reserved

Section 817. Distribution upon termination (a) Upon termination or partial termination of a trust, the trustee may send to the beneficiaries a proposal for distribution. The right of any beneficiary to object to the proposed distribution shall terminate if the beneficiary does not notify the trustee of an objection within 30 days after the proposal was sent, but only if the proposal: (i) informed the beneficiary of the right to object and of the time allowed for objection; and (ii) provided the beneficiary with sufficient material facts to enable the beneficiary to evaluate the proposal. (b) Upon the occurrence of an event terminating or partially terminating a trust, the trustee shall proceed expeditiously to distribute the trust property to the persons entitled to it, subject to the right of the trustee to retain a reasonable reserve for the payment of debts, expenses and taxes. {HG4}ARTICLE 9 {HG4C}[RESERVED] {HG4}ARTICLE 10 {HG4C}LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEALING WITH TRUSTEE

Section 817. Distribution upon termination

(a) Upon termination or partial termination of a trust, the trustee may send to the beneficiaries a proposal for distribution. The right of any beneficiary to object to the proposed distribution shall terminate if the beneficiary does not notify the trustee of an objection within 30 days after the proposal was sent, but only if the proposal: (i) informed the beneficiary of the right to object and of the time allowed for objection; and (ii) provided the beneficiary with sufficient material facts to enable the beneficiary to evaluate the proposal.

(b) Upon the occurrence of an event terminating or partially terminating a trust, the trustee shall proceed expeditiously to distribute the trust property to the persons entitled to it, subject to the right of the trustee to retain a reasonable reserve for the payment of debts, expenses and taxes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 55
Filing of other amendments, certificates, statements and reports; fees
Status: in_force

Section 55. The fees for filing all other amendments, certificates, statements or reports required by law of corporations shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for each amendment, certificate, statement or report, but no fee shall be paid for filing the certificate of change of officers or of annual meeting required by section twenty-four or twenty-nine or the annual tax return required by sections thirty-five and forty of chapter sixty-three.

Section 55. The fees for filing all other amendments, certificates, statements or reports required by law of corporations shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven for each amendment, certificate, statement or report, but no fee shall be paid for filing the certificate of change of officers or of annual meeting required by section twenty-four or twenty-nine or the annual tax return required by sections thirty-five and forty of chapter sixty-three.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 116B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 116B
Hate crimes; police instruction
Status: in_force

Section 116B. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter twenty-two C. The municipal police training committee shall include such instruction in all curricula for recruits and in-service trainees and in all police schools, academies and programs operated or certified by said committee.

Section 116B. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter twenty-two C. The municipal police training committee shall include such instruction in all curricula for recruits and in-service trainees and in all police schools, academies and programs operated or certified by said committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 20A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 20A
Copies of reports of medical examinations furnished employees; reports as evidence
Status: in_force

Section 20A. Any employer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or hospital for the treatment of injured employees and any insurer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or hospital for the treatment of injured employees of any insured shall, upon request of any injured employee attending such a clinic, dispensary or hospital, or of his attorney, furnish such employee or his attorney, at cost, with copies of reports of all medical examinations of the injured employee made while at such clinic, dispensary or hospital, showing the history obtained, the nature of the treatment given or prescribed, the diagnosis and the prognosis. No such medical report shall upon objection by the claimant be admissible in evidence in any proceeding under this chapter, unless a copy thereof has been furnished to the claimant, or a person acting in his behalf, or to his attorney, within twenty days after a written request therefor.

Section 20A. Any employer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or hospital for the treatment of injured employees and any insurer who maintains a clinic, dispensary or hospital for the treatment of injured employees of any insured shall, upon request of any injured employee attending such a clinic, dispensary or hospital, or of his attorney, furnish such employee or his attorney, at cost, with copies of reports of all medical examinations of the injured employee made while at such clinic, dispensary or hospital, showing the history obtained, the nature of the treatment given or prescribed, the diagnosis and the prognosis. No such medical report shall upon objection by the claimant be admissible in evidence in any proceeding under this chapter, unless a copy thereof has been furnished to the claimant, or a person acting in his behalf, or to his attorney, within twenty days after a written request therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200 / Section 7
Receiver; power to hold additional property; debts
Status: in_force

Section 7. Such receiver upon petition filed by him may be authorized and directed to take possession of any additional property within the commonwealth which belongs to such absentee and to demand and collect all debts due such absentee from any person within the commonwealth.

Section 7. Such receiver upon petition filed by him may be authorized and directed to take possession of any additional property within the commonwealth which belongs to such absentee and to demand and collect all debts due such absentee from any person within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 5
Petition for abatement; filing, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 5. The owner of any real estate upon which betterments have been assessed may, within six months after notice of such assessment has been sent out by the collector, file with the board a petition for an abatement thereof, and the board shall grant such abatement as may be necessary to make such assessment conform to section one. Such petition may be filed with the clerk or secretary of the board, or delivered by mail or otherwise at their office. The board shall within ten days after their decision upon the petition give written notice thereof to the petitioner. If an assessment is abated by the board the assessment so determined shall stand as the assessment upon the land, and if it has not been paid shall be collected in the same manner as the original assessment. If the assessment has been paid, the person by whom it was paid shall be reimbursed by the body politic on behalf of which it was assessed to the amount of the abatement allowed, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time of payment.

Section 5. The owner of any real estate upon which betterments have been assessed may, within six months after notice of such assessment has been sent out by the collector, file with the board a petition for an abatement thereof, and the board shall grant such abatement as may be necessary to make such assessment conform to section one. Such petition may be filed with the clerk or secretary of the board, or delivered by mail or otherwise at their office. The board shall within ten days after their decision upon the petition give written notice thereof to the petitioner. If an assessment is abated by the board the assessment so determined shall stand as the assessment upon the land, and if it has not been paid shall be collected in the same manner as the original assessment. If the assessment has been paid, the person by whom it was paid shall be reimbursed by the body politic on behalf of which it was assessed to the amount of the abatement allowed, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the time of payment.