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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15D / Section 10
Suspension, revocation, etc. of license or approval; annual report
Status: in_force

Section 10. Subject to the requirements of chapter 30A, the department may suspend, revoke, make probationary, refuse to issue or renew the license of any person, assess a civil fine within the limits prescribed by this section, or impose any other sanctions it considers appropriate, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the board. This action may be taken if the person: fails to comply with applicable rules and regulations, furnishes or makes any misleading or false statements relative to any submission required under the rules and regulations, refuses to submit any reports or make available any records required by the rules and regulations or refuses to admit representatives of the department at any reasonable time for purposes of investigation or inspection. The department may temporarily suspend a license in an emergency situation without a prior hearing. Upon request of an aggrieved party, a hearing shall be held as soon after the license is suspended as is reasonably possible. Any party aggrieved by a final decision of the department in any adjudicatory proceeding under this section may petition for judicial review under section 14 of chapter 30A. The board shall include in its annual report rules and regulations promulgated by the board relative to the use of civil fines and sanctions, the types of sanctions, and the amount of those fines.

Section 10. Subject to the requirements of chapter 30A, the department may suspend, revoke, make probationary, refuse to issue or renew the license of any person, assess a civil fine within the limits prescribed by this section, or impose any other sanctions it considers appropriate, in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the board. This action may be taken if the person: fails to comply with applicable rules and regulations, furnishes or makes any misleading or false statements relative to any submission required under the rules and regulations, refuses to submit any reports or make available any records required by the rules and regulations or refuses to admit representatives of the department at any reasonable time for purposes of investigation or inspection. The department may temporarily suspend a license in an emergency situation without a prior hearing. Upon request of an aggrieved party, a hearing shall be held as soon after the license is suspended as is reasonably possible. Any party aggrieved by a final decision of the department in any adjudicatory proceeding under this section may petition for judicial review under section 14 of chapter 30A.

The board shall include in its annual report rules and regulations promulgated by the board relative to the use of civil fines and sanctions, the types of sanctions, and the amount of those fines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4P — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4P
Off-label use of prescription drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment
Status: in_force

Section 4P. Any subscription certificate under individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS as set forth in sections forty-seven O and forty-seven P of chapter one hundred and seventy-five as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth.

Section 4P. Any subscription certificate under individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS as set forth in sections forty-seven O and forty-seven P of chapter one hundred and seventy-five as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 13A
Plans, rules for filing in registries
Status: in_force

Section 13A. The registers of deeds, or a majority of them, may from time to time make and amend rules prescribing the size or sizes of plans which shall be received for record in registries of deeds in which copies of such rules are posted as hereinafter provided, the material on which the plans shall be made, and other requirements which will best effect the preservation for reference of the matter shown on such plans. No such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect until after it has been approved by the attorney general. Any register of deeds may post a copy of the rules, approved as aforesaid, in a conspicuous place in his registry; and, after the expiration of thirty days from such posting, no plan which does not, in the opinion of the register, conform to such rules shall be received for record therein.

Section 13A. The registers of deeds, or a majority of them, may from time to time make and amend rules prescribing the size or sizes of plans which shall be received for record in registries of deeds in which copies of such rules are posted as hereinafter provided, the material on which the plans shall be made, and other requirements which will best effect the preservation for reference of the matter shown on such plans. No such rule or any amendment thereof shall take effect until after it has been approved by the attorney general. Any register of deeds may post a copy of the rules, approved as aforesaid, in a conspicuous place in his registry; and, after the expiration of thirty days from such posting, no plan which does not, in the opinion of the register, conform to such rules shall be received for record therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 8
Citizens of enemy country; suspension of limitation
Status: in_force

Section 8. If a person is disabled from commencing an action because he is a subject or citizen of a country which is at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of such war after the cause of action accrues shall be excluded in determining the period herein limited for the commencement of the action.

Section 8. If a person is disabled from commencing an action because he is a subject or citizen of a country which is at war with the United States, the time of the continuance of such war after the cause of action accrues shall be excluded in determining the period herein limited for the commencement of the action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 52
Damages to lands; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 52. In the case of land entered upon under section fifty-one for an encampment or other substantial occupancy, the owner thereof shall receive damages in the nature of compensation for the use of the land and for any injury to the same resulting from such occupancy; and in the case of land so entered upon or passed over in the course of maneuvers, field exercises, or any similar transient purposes, the owner shall receive damages for any injury to the same resulting from such entry, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the use of the land. The amount of damages to be paid by the commonwealth under this section shall be as agreed upon by the owner of the land with an officer or board of officers appointed by the commander-in-chief to adjust the claim; provided, that if the parties are unable to agree, the damages shall be assessed under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 52. In the case of land entered upon under section fifty-one for an encampment or other substantial occupancy, the owner thereof shall receive damages in the nature of compensation for the use of the land and for any injury to the same resulting from such occupancy; and in the case of land so entered upon or passed over in the course of maneuvers, field exercises, or any similar transient purposes, the owner shall receive damages for any injury to the same resulting from such entry, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the use of the land. The amount of damages to be paid by the commonwealth under this section shall be as agreed upon by the owner of the land with an officer or board of officers appointed by the commander-in-chief to adjust the claim; provided, that if the parties are unable to agree, the damages shall be assessed under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 34
Entitlement to creditor remedies
Status: in_force

Section 34. Except as provided in the operating agreement, and subject to section forty-six, at the time a member becomes entitled to receive a distribution, he has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited liability company with respect to the distribution. An operating agreement may provide for the establishment of a record date with respect to allocations and distributions by a limited liability company.

Section 34. Except as provided in the operating agreement, and subject to section forty-six, at the time a member becomes entitled to receive a distribution, he has the status of, and is entitled to all remedies available to, a creditor of the limited liability company with respect to the distribution. An operating agreement may provide for the establishment of a record date with respect to allocations and distributions by a limited liability company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 69B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 69B
Endowment Incentive Holding Fund
Status: in_force

Section 69B. (a) There shall be set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Endowment Incentive Holding Fund to be used, without appropriation, for purposes outlined in section 15E of chapter 15A. The board of higher education shall administer the fund and shall be its trustee. No monies deposited into this holding fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund. No expenditure from said fund shall cause said fund to be in a deficiency at the close of a fiscal year. [There is no subsection (b).]

Section 69B. (a) There shall be set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Endowment Incentive Holding Fund to be used, without appropriation, for purposes outlined in section 15E of chapter 15A. The board of higher education shall administer the fund and shall be its trustee. No monies deposited into this holding fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund. No expenditure from said fund shall cause said fund to be in a deficiency at the close of a fiscal year.

[There is no subsection (b).]
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 97 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 97
Immaterial irregularities
Status: in_force

Section 97. No ballot transmitted under any provision of sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, shall be rejected for any immaterial addition, omission or irregularity in the preparation or execution of any writing or affidavit required by said sections.

Section 97. No ballot transmitted under any provision of sections eighty-six to one hundred and three, inclusive, shall be rejected for any immaterial addition, omission or irregularity in the preparation or execution of any writing or affidavit required by said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 35
Bar examiners; appointment; statements of financial interest
Status: in_force

Section 35. There shall be a board of bar examiners consisting of five persons, at least four of whom shall be residents of different counties, one of whom shall annually be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court for a term of five years from October first in the year of his appointment, and who may be removed by them. Such justices may fill vacancies. The supreme judicial court shall require the members of the board of bar examiners to file statements of financial interest. Such statements so filed shall be confidential.

Section 35. There shall be a board of bar examiners consisting of five persons, at least four of whom shall be residents of different counties, one of whom shall annually be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court for a term of five years from October first in the year of his appointment, and who may be removed by them. Such justices may fill vacancies.

The supreme judicial court shall require the members of the board of bar examiners to file statements of financial interest. Such statements so filed shall be confidential.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175A / Section 1
Title
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Casualty and Surety Rate Regulatory Law.

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Casualty and Surety Rate Regulatory Law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 16
Inaccuracies of description; effect on lien
Status: in_force

Section 16. A place in which the vessel is wholly or partly constructed shall be held to be the port where she was when the debt was contracted. The lien shall not be affected by any inaccuracy in the description of the vessel, if she can be recognized thereby, nor in stating the amount due for labor or materials, unless it is found that the person filing the statement has knowingly claimed more than is due.

Section 16. A place in which the vessel is wholly or partly constructed shall be held to be the port where she was when the debt was contracted. The lien shall not be affected by any inaccuracy in the description of the vessel, if she can be recognized thereby, nor in stating the amount due for labor or materials, unless it is found that the person filing the statement has knowingly claimed more than is due.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2QQ — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2QQ
Drinking Water Revolving Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2QQ. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Drinking Water Revolving Fund, consisting of amounts credited to the fund under chapter 29C. The fund shall be administered under said chapter 29C by the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust created under that chapter and shall be held in trust exclusively for the purposes and the beneficiaries described in that chapter. The state treasurer shall be treasurer and custodian of the fund and shall have the custody of its moneys and securities.

Section 2QQ. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Drinking Water Revolving Fund, consisting of amounts credited to the fund under chapter 29C. The fund shall be administered under said chapter 29C by the board of trustees of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust created under that chapter and shall be held in trust exclusively for the purposes and the beneficiaries described in that chapter. The state treasurer shall be treasurer and custodian of the fund and shall have the custody of its moneys and securities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 65
Telegraph company stock
Status: in_force

Section 65. A railroad corporation may hold stock in a telegraph company, whose telegraph connects two or more places on the railroad, to an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars for each mile of railroad so connected.

Section 65. A railroad corporation may hold stock in a telegraph company, whose telegraph connects two or more places on the railroad, to an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars for each mile of railroad so connected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 6
Records of public proceedings; preparation; custody
Status: in_force

Section 6. Every department, board, commission or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town, for which no clerk is otherwise provided by law, shall designate some person as clerk, who shall enter all its votes, orders and proceedings in books and shall have the custody of such books, and the department, board, commission or office shall designate an employee or employees to have the custody of its other public records. Every sole officer in charge of a department or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town having public records in such department or office shall have the custody thereof.

Section 6. Every department, board, commission or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town, for which no clerk is otherwise provided by law, shall designate some person as clerk, who shall enter all its votes, orders and proceedings in books and shall have the custody of such books, and the department, board, commission or office shall designate an employee or employees to have the custody of its other public records. Every sole officer in charge of a department or office of the commonwealth or of a county, city or town having public records in such department or office shall have the custody thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 1
Issuance of warrant for meeting upon application of proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to organize as corporation
Status: in_force

Section 1. Upon written application of five or more proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to a justice of the peace, stating that they intend to organize themselves as a corporation, he shall issue his warrant to one of the applicants, directing him to call a meeting of all the proprietors and expressing in the warrant the time, place, occasion and purpose of the meeting.

Section 1. Upon written application of five or more proprietors of lands, wharves or other real estate held in common to a justice of the peace, stating that they intend to organize themselves as a corporation, he shall issue his warrant to one of the applicants, directing him to call a meeting of all the proprietors and expressing in the warrant the time, place, occasion and purpose of the meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 8
Crematory corporations; acquisition and holding of land in fee
Status: in_force

Section 8. Such corporation may acquire and hold in fee, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, land necessary and appropriate for its purposes and situated in such place as the department of public health determines to be suitable, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D.

Section 8. Such corporation may acquire and hold in fee, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, land necessary and appropriate for its purposes and situated in such place as the department of public health determines to be suitable, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 28
Interest
Status: in_force

Section 28. If the court finds that the mortgagee has not unreasonably neglected or refused to render a true account of rents and profits of the land mortgaged, it may award him the balance found due on the mortgage, with interest thereon at a rate of not more than twelve per cent a year from the expiration of three years after the entry to the date of the judgment.

Section 28. If the court finds that the mortgagee has not unreasonably neglected or refused to render a true account of rents and profits of the land mortgaged, it may award him the balance found due on the mortgage, with interest thereon at a rate of not more than twelve per cent a year from the expiration of three years after the entry to the date of the judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 6D — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 6D
Expected regulations; publication of list
Status: in_force

Section 6D. The state secretary shall publish, annually, in the first issue of the Massachusetts Register a plan submitted by each executive office containing a list of regulations expected to be promulgated during the next twelve month period. The state secretary shall publish a semi-annual update of said list six months after the initial plan is published. For the purposes of this section, ''executive office'' shall include the board of regents and the department of education. Each executive office shall publish on its website a list of statutes passed in the previous 24 months for which regulations are required and for which regulations have not been adopted, identifying the session law in which the statutory authority was passed and containing a brief statement as to the agency's plan to adopt the regulations. Semi-annually, the plan shall be updated on the website and filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight.

Section 6D. The state secretary shall publish, annually, in the first issue of the Massachusetts Register a plan submitted by each executive office containing a list of regulations expected to be promulgated during the next twelve month period. The state secretary shall publish a semi-annual update of said list six months after the initial plan is published. For the purposes of this section, ''executive office'' shall include the board of regents and the department of education.

Each executive office shall publish on its website a list of statutes passed in the previous 24 months for which regulations are required and for which regulations have not been adopted, identifying the session law in which the statutory authority was passed and containing a brief statement as to the agency's plan to adopt the regulations. Semi-annually, the plan shall be updated on the website and filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 34A — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 34A
Tuition; residents
Status: in_force

Section 34A. If tuition for the medical school is set at a lower amount for residents of the commonwealth, a resident shall be deemed to be a person who has resided in the commonwealth for 7 consecutive years or more prior to enrollment or a person whose immediate family has resided in the commonwealth for 7 consecutive years or more prior to his enrollment.

Section 34A. If tuition for the medical school is set at a lower amount for residents of the commonwealth, a resident shall be deemed to be a person who has resided in the commonwealth for 7 consecutive years or more prior to enrollment or a person whose immediate family has resided in the commonwealth for 7 consecutive years or more prior to his enrollment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 46
Board of registration of professional engineers and of land surveyors; meetings; officers
Status: in_force

Section 46. The members of the board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year, and may hold such special meetings at such time and place as the board may provide by by-law or rule. Notice of all such meetings shall be given as provided by such by-laws or rules. At the first regular meeting in each year the members of the board shall choose from their own number a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary.

Section 46. The members of the board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year, and may hold such special meetings at such time and place as the board may provide by by-law or rule. Notice of all such meetings shall be given as provided by such by-laws or rules. At the first regular meeting in each year the members of the board shall choose from their own number a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary.