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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21N, sec. 3B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21N / Section 3B
Goal for succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit and sublimit
Status: in_force

Section 3B. Not later than March 1 of every third year of each plan approved under section 21 of chapter 25, the secretary shall set a goal, expressed in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, for the succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit and sublimit adopted pursuant to this chapter.

Section 3B. Not later than March 1 of every third year of each plan approved under section 21 of chapter 25, the secretary shall set a goal, expressed in tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, for the succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit and sublimit adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 107, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 107 / Section 8
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 8. Violations of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Any such violation, if by a domestic corporation, shall operate as a forfeiture of its franchise and, if by a foreign corporation, association or organization, as a discontinuance of its right to do business in the commonwealth; and the supreme judicial or superior court, upon the application of the state secretary, may enjoin such foreign corporation, association or organization from further continuing its business in the commonwealth. The court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the property of such corporation, association or organization, and to close up the business, subject to the order of the court.

Section 8. Violations of the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year. Any such violation, if by a domestic corporation, shall operate as a forfeiture of its franchise and, if by a foreign corporation, association or organization, as a discontinuance of its right to do business in the commonwealth; and the supreme judicial or superior court, upon the application of the state secretary, may enjoin such foreign corporation, association or organization from further continuing its business in the commonwealth. The court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the property of such corporation, association or organization, and to close up the business, subject to the order of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 8BB — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 8BB
Coverage for eligible dependents under 26 years of age or dependents mentally or physically incapable of earning their own living due to disability
Status: in_force

Section 8BB. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group nonprofit hospital service agreement, except certificates which provide stand-alone dental services, supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, that is delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth, shall provide, as benefits to all individuals or to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage to eligible dependents under 26 years of age or without regard to age, so long as the dependent, who is covered under the membership of their parent as a member of a family group, is mentally or physically incapable of earning their own living due to disability.

Section 8BB. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group nonprofit hospital service agreement, except certificates which provide stand-alone dental services, supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, that is delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth, shall provide, as benefits to all individuals or to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage to eligible dependents under 26 years of age or without regard to age, so long as the dependent, who is covered under the membership of their parent as a member of a family group, is mentally or physically incapable of earning their own living due to disability.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 65
Register; duty; fees
Status: in_force

Section 65. The register of deeds shall note on such copy the day, hour and minute of its receipt, and shall record it in his office. He shall also enter in the indexes provided for in chapter thirty-six the name or names of each defendant whose land is attached as appears in said copy, the name of the plaintiff, and the court where the writ under which such attachment was made is returnable. The recording fees may be taxed as a part of the plaintiff's costs.

Section 65. The register of deeds shall note on such copy the day, hour and minute of its receipt, and shall record it in his office. He shall also enter in the indexes provided for in chapter thirty-six the name or names of each defendant whose land is attached as appears in said copy, the name of the plaintiff, and the court where the writ under which such attachment was made is returnable. The recording fees may be taxed as a part of the plaintiff's costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15FFFFF — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15FFFFF
Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
Status: in_force

Section 15FFFFF. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May 24 as Phenylketonuria Awareness Day, in recognition of the lifelong struggles of people diagnosed with phenylketonuria, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15FFFFF. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May 24 as Phenylketonuria Awareness Day, in recognition of the lifelong struggles of people diagnosed with phenylketonuria, and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 61
Superintendent of schools; employment by a town union; termination of town participation in a union
Status: in_force

Section 61. The school committees of two or more towns, each having a valuation less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, and having an aggregate maximum of seventy-five, and an aggregate minimum of twenty-five, schools, and the committees of four or more such towns, having said maximum but irrespective of said minimum, shall form a union for employing a superintendent of schools. A town whose valuation exceeds said amount may participate in such a union but otherwise subject to this section. Such a union shall not be dissolved except by vote of the school committees representing a majority of the participating towns with the consent of the department, nor by reason of any change in valuation or the number of schools. A town may terminate its participation in a union by a majority vote of the school committee of the town; provided, however, that said termination shall only be for the purpose of forming an innovation school pursuant to section 92 or establishing different school governance structures. Termination shall be independent of any pending votes regarding dissolution of the union or pending votes by another town regarding its participation.

Section 61. The school committees of two or more towns, each having a valuation less than two million five hundred thousand dollars, and having an aggregate maximum of seventy-five, and an aggregate minimum of twenty-five, schools, and the committees of four or more such towns, having said maximum but irrespective of said minimum, shall form a union for employing a superintendent of schools. A town whose valuation exceeds said amount may participate in such a union but otherwise subject to this section. Such a union shall not be dissolved except by vote of the school committees representing a majority of the participating towns with the consent of the department, nor by reason of any change in valuation or the number of schools.

A town may terminate its participation in a union by a majority vote of the school committee of the town; provided, however, that said termination shall only be for the purpose of forming an innovation school pursuant to section 92 or establishing different school governance structures. Termination shall be independent of any pending votes regarding dissolution of the union or pending votes by another town regarding its participation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 17
Disability of husband or wife provisions; partition; joinder of husband or wife of ward with guardian or conservator
Status: in_force

Section 17. The wife of a man under guardianship or conservatorship may join with his guardian or conservator, and the guardian or conservator of a woman may join with her husband, in making partition of her real estate which is held in joint tenancy or in common, and they may make any release or other conveyance necessary or proper therefor, as the parties might do if neither of them were under legal disability.

Section 17. The wife of a man under guardianship or conservatorship may join with his guardian or conservator, and the guardian or conservator of a woman may join with her husband, in making partition of her real estate which is held in joint tenancy or in common, and they may make any release or other conveyance necessary or proper therefor, as the parties might do if neither of them were under legal disability.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 19D — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 19D
Design and operation of automatic telephone dialing systems
Status: in_force

Section 19D. Any automatic telephone dialing system sold in the commonwealth shall be designed to prevent the selection or dialing of any telephone numbers listed pursuant to section nineteen C. Any person using an automatic telephone dialing system shall prevent such system from selecting or dialing any telephone numbers listed pursuant to said section nineteen C. Any automatic telephone dialing system used in the commonwealth shall be operated so that the system will, within five seconds after the called party hangs up, automatically create a disconnect signal or on-hook condition which allows the called party's line to be released.

Section 19D. Any automatic telephone dialing system sold in the commonwealth shall be designed to prevent the selection or dialing of any telephone numbers listed pursuant to section nineteen C.

Any person using an automatic telephone dialing system shall prevent such system from selecting or dialing any telephone numbers listed pursuant to said section nineteen C.

Any automatic telephone dialing system used in the commonwealth shall be operated so that the system will, within five seconds after the called party hangs up, automatically create a disconnect signal or on-hook condition which allows the called party's line to be released.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 19
Name of accused person; description by fictitious name; entry of true name
Status: in_force

Section 19. If the name of an accused person is unknown to the grand jury, he may be described by a fictitious name or by any other practicable description, with an allegation that his real name is unknown. An indictment of the defendant by a fictitious or erroneous name shall not be ground for abatement; but if at any subsequent stage of the proceedings his true name is discovered, it shall be entered on the record and may be used in the subsequent proceedings, with a reference to the fact that he was indicted by the name or description mentioned in the indictment.

Section 19. If the name of an accused person is unknown to the grand jury, he may be described by a fictitious name or by any other practicable description, with an allegation that his real name is unknown. An indictment of the defendant by a fictitious or erroneous name shall not be ground for abatement; but if at any subsequent stage of the proceedings his true name is discovered, it shall be entered on the record and may be used in the subsequent proceedings, with a reference to the fact that he was indicted by the name or description mentioned in the indictment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12A / Section 7
Purpose
Status: in_force

Section 7. The office of inspector general shall act to prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse in the expenditure of public funds, whether state, federal, or local, or relating to programs and operations involving the procurement of any supplies, services, or construction, by agencies, bureaus, divisions, sections, departments, offices, commissions, institutions and activities of the commonwealth, including those districts, authorities, instrumentalities or political subdivisions created by the general court and including the cities and towns.

Section 7. The office of inspector general shall act to prevent and detect fraud, waste and abuse in the expenditure of public funds, whether state, federal, or local, or relating to programs and operations involving the procurement of any supplies, services, or construction, by agencies, bureaus, divisions, sections, departments, offices, commissions, institutions and activities of the commonwealth, including those districts, authorities, instrumentalities or political subdivisions created by the general court and including the cities and towns.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 18
Appointment of an assistant to district attorney; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the district attorney may employ a clerk to aid him; and in the northern, eastern, middle, Norfolk, Plymouth, Berkshire, Hampden and northwestern districts, the district attorney may appoint, for the sitting at which the appointment is made, a competent person to act as an assistant to the district attorney. The compensation of any person employed or appointed hereunder shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the district attorney may employ a clerk to aid him; and in the northern, eastern, middle, Norfolk, Plymouth, Berkshire, Hampden and northwestern districts, the district attorney may appoint, for the sitting at which the appointment is made, a competent person to act as an assistant to the district attorney. The compensation of any person employed or appointed hereunder shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 36
School committee; filling vacancies
Status: in_force

Section 36. Except as provided in this section, if a vacancy occurs in the school committee by failure to elect, or otherwise, the city council and the remaining members of the school committee shall meet in joint convention and elect a suitable person to fill the vacancy until the first Monday in January following the next regular municipal election; and, if there would be a vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be filled at such regular municipal election for the balance of the unexpired term. The mayor, if present, shall preside at the convention. Whenever under Plan E a vacancy occurs in the school committee by failure to elect, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled as provided in section one hundred and two.

Section 36. Except as provided in this section, if a vacancy occurs in the school committee by failure to elect, or otherwise, the city council and the remaining members of the school committee shall meet in joint convention and elect a suitable person to fill the vacancy until the first Monday in January following the next regular municipal election; and, if there would be a vacancy on said first Monday, it shall be filled at such regular municipal election for the balance of the unexpired term. The mayor, if present, shall preside at the convention.

Whenever under Plan E a vacancy occurs in the school committee by failure to elect, or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled as provided in section one hundred and two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93A / Section 10
Notice to attorney general; injunction, prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 10. Upon commencement of any action brought under section nine or section eleven, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the bill in equity to the attorney general and, upon entry of any judgment or decree in the action, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of such judgment or decree to the attorney general. Any permanent injunction or order of the court made under section four shall be prima facie evidence in an action brought under section nine or section eleven that the respondent used or employed an unfair or deceptive act or practice declared unlawful by section two.

Section 10. Upon commencement of any action brought under section nine or section eleven, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of the bill in equity to the attorney general and, upon entry of any judgment or decree in the action, the clerk of the court shall mail a copy of such judgment or decree to the attorney general.

Any permanent injunction or order of the court made under section four shall be prima facie evidence in an action brought under section nine or section eleven that the respondent used or employed an unfair or deceptive act or practice declared unlawful by section two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211A / Section 7
Estimate for maintenance of court and revenue
Status: in_force

Section 7. The chief justice shall annually prepare and submit to the chief justice of the supreme judicial court an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance of the court, and all revenue therefrom as provided in clause (5) of the first paragraph of section three of chapter twenty-nine. Said estimate shall include judicial salaries and salaries of all officers and employees within the court and shall include estimates of all sums which the commonwealth is obligated to pay under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine A, together with any other information which the chief justice of the supreme judicial court may require.

Section 7. The chief justice shall annually prepare and submit to the chief justice of the supreme judicial court an estimate, in detail, for the ordinary maintenance of the court, and all revenue therefrom as provided in clause (5) of the first paragraph of section three of chapter twenty-nine. Said estimate shall include judicial salaries and salaries of all officers and employees within the court and shall include estimates of all sums which the commonwealth is obligated to pay under the provisions of chapter twenty-nine A, together with any other information which the chief justice of the supreme judicial court may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21M, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21M / Section 6
Tugboat escorts; regulations
Status: in_force

Section 6. (a) Effective January 1, 2005, no tank vessel carrying 6,000 or more barrels of oil shall enter or transit any area of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth unless the tank vessel is accompanied by a tugboat escort. (b) This section shall not apply to a self-propelled tank vessel. (c) The commissioner may issue regulations to implement this section which shall include, but not be limited to, determining, in consultation with the relevant Massachusetts pilot commissioner, the specific needs for such required tugboat escorts in areas of special interest, and establishing minimum standards for equipment and training of personnel on tugboat escorts. The commissioner, after a competitive bidding process and in consultation with the relevant Massachusetts pilot commissioner, may evaluate such bids and may enter into a contract with a tugboat escort operator which meets or exceeds such standards. The contract shall provide for service at a regulated rate for a minimum period of 5 years.

Section 6. (a) Effective January 1, 2005, no tank vessel carrying 6,000 or more barrels of oil shall enter or transit any area of special interest within the waters of the commonwealth unless the tank vessel is accompanied by a tugboat escort.

(b) This section shall not apply to a self-propelled tank vessel.

(c) The commissioner may issue regulations to implement this section which shall include, but not be limited to, determining, in consultation with the relevant Massachusetts pilot commissioner, the specific needs for such required tugboat escorts in areas of special interest, and establishing minimum standards for equipment and training of personnel on tugboat escorts. The commissioner, after a competitive bidding process and in consultation with the relevant Massachusetts pilot commissioner, may evaluate such bids and may enter into a contract with a tugboat escort operator which meets or exceeds such standards. The contract shall provide for service at a regulated rate for a minimum period of 5 years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 11
Contribution by lessee; rights and remedies of lessee
Status: in_force

Section 11. If an assessment is made upon land the whole or part of which is leased, the owner shall pay the assessment, and may collect of the lessee an additional rent for the portion so leased equal to ten per cent per annum on that proportion of the amount paid which the value of the leased portion bears to that of the whole estate, after deducting from the whole amount any money received for damages to such land in excess of what he has necessarily expended thereon by reason of such damages. A lessee aggrieved by the imposition of this burden may, within six months from the time demand is made upon him for such additional rent, file a petition in the superior court for the county in which the land is situated, to determine the proportion of the assessment which he ought to bear, and the proportion determined upon the petition shall be substituted for the proportion provided by this section. If such proportion is reduced the lessee shall recover costs from the owner; otherwise the owner shall recover costs from the lessee.

Section 11. If an assessment is made upon land the whole or part of which is leased, the owner shall pay the assessment, and may collect of the lessee an additional rent for the portion so leased equal to ten per cent per annum on that proportion of the amount paid which the value of the leased portion bears to that of the whole estate, after deducting from the whole amount any money received for damages to such land in excess of what he has necessarily expended thereon by reason of such damages. A lessee aggrieved by the imposition of this burden may, within six months from the time demand is made upon him for such additional rent, file a petition in the superior court for the county in which the land is situated, to determine the proportion of the assessment which he ought to bear, and the proportion determined upon the petition shall be substituted for the proportion provided by this section. If such proportion is reduced the lessee shall recover costs from the owner; otherwise the owner shall recover costs from the lessee.