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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 22
Election or appointment of officers; terms; qualifications
Status: in_force

Section 22. Except as otherwise provided in this and the following section, the directors, treasurer and clerk shall be elected annually by ballot, by such stockholders as have the right to vote, and the president shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors. All other agents and officers shall be chosen or appointed, and all vacancies filled, in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, or, in default of such by-law, by the board of directors. Every director, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall be a stockholder. The directors and other officers shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified, except that a corporation may, by its articles of organization or by an amendment to such articles adopted as provided in this chapter, divide its directors into classes and prescribe the tenure of office of the several classes and the class of stock by which each class of directors shall be elected; but no class shall be elected for a shorter period than one year or for a longer period than five years, and the term of office of at least one class shall expire in each year.

Section 22. Except as otherwise provided in this and the following section, the directors, treasurer and clerk shall be elected annually by ballot, by such stockholders as have the right to vote, and the president shall be elected annually by and from the board of directors. All other agents and officers shall be chosen or appointed, and all vacancies filled, in the manner prescribed in the by-laws, or, in default of such by-law, by the board of directors. Every director, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall be a stockholder. The directors and other officers shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and qualified, except that a corporation may, by its articles of organization or by an amendment to such articles adopted as provided in this chapter, divide its directors into classes and prescribe the tenure of office of the several classes and the class of stock by which each class of directors shall be elected; but no class shall be elected for a shorter period than one year or for a longer period than five years, and the term of office of at least one class shall expire in each year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 28
Disposal of resources at less than fair market value; period of ineligibility; transfers for sole benefit of individual age 65 or older
Status: in_force

Section 28. In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized individual, as defined by Title XIX, the division shall impose a period of ineligibility, consistent with said Title XIX, against any such individual if said individual or his spouse disposes of resources for less than fair market value. In determining the eligibility of a non-institutionalized individual, as defined in said Title XIX, the division may impose a period of ineligibility as permitted by said Title XIX. The division shall consider a transfer of assets by an individual age 65 or older or a transfer made for the sole benefit of an individual age 65 or older into a trust pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(C), established for the sole benefit of said individual, to be a disposal of resources for fair market value, to the extent that such resources shall be available, under any circumstances, to be used by the trustee to provide goods and services to the individual, or to reimburse such costs, at fair market value.

Section 28. In determining the eligibility of an institutionalized individual, as defined by Title XIX, the division shall impose a period of ineligibility, consistent with said Title XIX, against any such individual if said individual or his spouse disposes of resources for less than fair market value. In determining the eligibility of a non-institutionalized individual, as defined in said Title XIX, the division may impose a period of ineligibility as permitted by said Title XIX.

The division shall consider a transfer of assets by an individual age 65 or older or a transfer made for the sole benefit of an individual age 65 or older into a trust pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(C), established for the sole benefit of said individual, to be a disposal of resources for fair market value, to the extent that such resources shall be available, under any circumstances, to be used by the trustee to provide goods and services to the individual, or to reimburse such costs, at fair market value.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 13
Actions for damages instead of penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13. The four preceding sections shall not prevent a person from bringing an action for the breach of a covenant or other contract, instead of suing for the penalty by which the performance of the covenant or contract was secured.

Section 13. The four preceding sections shall not prevent a person from bringing an action for the breach of a covenant or other contract, instead of suing for the penalty by which the performance of the covenant or contract was secured.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203B, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203B / Section 9
Payments to beneficiaries
Status: in_force

Section 9. (a) A custodial trustee shall pay to the beneficiary or expend for the beneficiary's use and benefit so much or all of the custodial trust property as the beneficiary while not incapacitated may direct from time to time. (b) If the beneficiary is incapacitated, the custodial trustee shall expend so much or all of the custodial trust property as the custodial trustee considers advisable for the use and benefit of the beneficiary and individuals who were supported by the beneficiary when the beneficiary became incapacitated, or who are legally entitled to support by the beneficiary. Expenditures may be made in the manner, when, and to the extent that the custodial trustee determines suitable and proper, without court order and without regard to other support, income, or property of the beneficiary. (c) A custodial trustee may establish checking, savings, or other similar accounts of reasonable amounts under which either the custodial trustee or the beneficiary may withdraw funds from, or draw checks against, the accounts. Funds withdrawn from, or checks written against, the account by the beneficiary are distributions of custodial trust property by the custodial trustee to the beneficiary.

Section 9. (a) A custodial trustee shall pay to the beneficiary or expend for the beneficiary's use and benefit so much or all of the custodial trust property as the beneficiary while not incapacitated may direct from time to time.

(b) If the beneficiary is incapacitated, the custodial trustee shall expend so much or all of the custodial trust property as the custodial trustee considers advisable for the use and benefit of the beneficiary and individuals who were supported by the beneficiary when the beneficiary became incapacitated, or who are legally entitled to support by the beneficiary. Expenditures may be made in the manner, when, and to the extent that the custodial trustee determines suitable and proper, without court order and without regard to other support, income, or property of the beneficiary.

(c) A custodial trustee may establish checking, savings, or other similar accounts of reasonable amounts under which either the custodial trustee or the beneficiary may withdraw funds from, or draw checks against, the accounts. Funds withdrawn from, or checks written against, the account by the beneficiary are distributions of custodial trust property by the custodial trustee to the beneficiary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151C, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151C / Section 4
Review of commission's order; court order for enforcement; proceedings; jurisdiction; appeals
Status: in_force

Section 4. (a) Any party aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain a judicial review thereof, and the commission may obtain an order of the court for the enforcement thereof by a proceeding described in this section. Such proceeding shall be brought in the superior court within the county wherein any respondent is located. (b) Upon the filing of a bill of complaint and the service of said bill, the court shall have equitable jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the questions determined therein. Thereupon the commission shall file with the court a transcript of the record of the hearing. The court after hearing and argument shall have power to make and enter upon such record an order annulling or confirming wholly or partly, or modifying the determination reviewed, as to any or all of the parties, and directing appropriate action by any party to the proceeding. (c) The decision of the commission shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (8) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A. (d) The jurisdiction of the superior court shall be exclusive and its judgment and order shall be final, subject to review by the supreme judicial court, upon appeal by the commission or any party to the proceedings, in the same manner provided by general law for appeal from the equity jurisdiction of the superior court.

Section 4. (a) Any party aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain a judicial review thereof, and the commission may obtain an order of the court for the enforcement thereof by a proceeding described in this section. Such proceeding shall be brought in the superior court within the county wherein any respondent is located.

(b) Upon the filing of a bill of complaint and the service of said bill, the court shall have equitable jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the questions determined therein. Thereupon the commission shall file with the court a transcript of the record of the hearing. The court after hearing and argument shall have power to make and enter upon such record an order annulling or confirming wholly or partly, or modifying the determination reviewed, as to any or all of the parties, and directing appropriate action by any party to the proceeding.

(c) The decision of the commission shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards for review provided in paragraph (8) of section fourteen of chapter thirty A.

(d) The jurisdiction of the superior court shall be exclusive and its judgment and order shall be final, subject to review by the supreme judicial court, upon appeal by the commission or any party to the proceedings, in the same manner provided by general law for appeal from the equity jurisdiction of the superior court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 33
Allowance to registers for assistance
Status: in_force

Section 33. The registers for the several counties shall annually be allowed for assistance in their several counties, to be paid by the commonwealth, such sums as shall annually be appropriated by the general court. All employees in the various registries of probate shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty.

Section 33. The registers for the several counties shall annually be allowed for assistance in their several counties, to be paid by the commonwealth, such sums as shall annually be appropriated by the general court. All employees in the various registries of probate shall be subject to the provisions of sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, of chapter thirty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 240 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 240
Sale of coal, coke and charcoal by weight
Status: in_force

Section 240. Coal shall be sold by weight, and, except when sold by cargo, two thousand pounds avoirdupois shall be the standard for the ton. Coke and charcoal in any quantities shall be sold only by weight or measure.

Section 240. Coal shall be sold by weight, and, except when sold by cargo, two thousand pounds avoirdupois shall be the standard for the ton. Coke and charcoal in any quantities shall be sold only by weight or measure.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 85U — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 85U
Death or injury to unlawful dwelling occupants; liability of lawful occupants
Status: in_force

Section 85U. No person who is a lawful occupant of a dwelling shall be liable in an action for damages for death or injuries to an unlawful occupant of said dwelling resulting from the acts of said lawful occupant; provided, however, that said lawful occupant was in the dwelling at the time of the occurrence and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said lawful dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said lawful occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall not be a duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.

Section 85U. No person who is a lawful occupant of a dwelling shall be liable in an action for damages for death or injuries to an unlawful occupant of said dwelling resulting from the acts of said lawful occupant; provided, however, that said lawful occupant was in the dwelling at the time of the occurrence and that he acted in the reasonable belief that the person unlawfully in said lawful dwelling was about to inflict great bodily injury or death upon said occupant or upon another person lawfully in said dwelling, and that said lawful occupant used reasonable means to defend himself or such other person lawfully in said dwelling. There shall not be a duty on said occupant to retreat from such person unlawfully in said dwelling.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175E, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175E / Section 11A
Disclosure of coverage options
Status: in_force

Section 11A. Insurance companies or their agents shall disclose in simple language to every person they insure or solicit for insurance that person's coverage options, including the option to exclude oneself and members of one's household from personal injury protection coverage, so-called. The commissioner shall prescribe the form, content, and timing of said disclosures.

Section 11A. Insurance companies or their agents shall disclose in simple language to every person they insure or solicit for insurance that person's coverage options, including the option to exclude oneself and members of one's household from personal injury protection coverage, so-called. The commissioner shall prescribe the form, content, and timing of said disclosures.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 152 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 152
Kinds of business which may be transacted by foreign companies
Status: in_force

Section 152. No foreign company shall transact in this commonwealth any kind of business not specified in its charter and in its license. Any foreign stock company, or any company described in section one hundred and fifty-five, admitted to the commonwealth, may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the kinds of business permitted to domestic stock companies under section fifty-one, subject to the provisions of clause (d) of said section fifty-one and of subdivision (2) of the second clause of section one hundred and fifty-one and of the first clause of said section one hundred and fifty-five. Any foreign mutual company admitted to the commonwealth may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the classes of business permitted to domestic mutual companies under section fifty-four, subject to the provisions of clause (c) of said section fifty-four and of subdivision (3) of the second clause of said section one hundred and fifty-one. Any foreign life company admitted to the commonwealth may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the kinds of business permitted to domestic life companies under section one hundred and nineteen and, subject to all the conditions which the commissioner may prescribe, under section fifty-four G.

Section 152. No foreign company shall transact in this commonwealth any kind of business not specified in its charter and in its license. Any foreign stock company, or any company described in section one hundred and fifty-five, admitted to the commonwealth, may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the kinds of business permitted to domestic stock companies under section fifty-one, subject to the provisions of clause (d) of said section fifty-one and of subdivision (2) of the second clause of section one hundred and fifty-one and of the first clause of said section one hundred and fifty-five. Any foreign mutual company admitted to the commonwealth may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the classes of business permitted to domestic mutual companies under section fifty-four, subject to the provisions of clause (c) of said section fifty-four and of subdivision (3) of the second clause of said section one hundred and fifty-one. Any foreign life company admitted to the commonwealth may, if its charter permits, be licensed to transact the kinds of business permitted to domestic life companies under section one hundred and nineteen and, subject to all the conditions which the commissioner may prescribe, under section fifty-four G.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 27
Board of registration in veterinary medicine; meetings; officers
Status: in_force

Section 27. The members of the board shall meet in February of each year, at such time and place as they shall determine, and shall immediately organize by electing a chairman and a secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times and places as it may determine. The secretary shall keep suitable books in which shall be an accurate record of all the proceedings of the board, and shall perform such duties as the rules and regulations of said board shall direct.

Section 27. The members of the board shall meet in February of each year, at such time and place as they shall determine, and shall immediately organize by electing a chairman and a secretary, who shall hold their respective offices for one year. The board shall hold regular meetings at such times and places as it may determine. The secretary shall keep suitable books in which shall be an accurate record of all the proceedings of the board, and shall perform such duties as the rules and regulations of said board shall direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 34
Married person abandoned by spouse; venue
Status: in_force

Section 34. An action under section thirty-two or thirty-six may be brought in the county where either of the parties lives, except that if the plaintiff has left the county where the parties have lived together and the defendant still lives therein, the action shall be brought in that county.

Section 34. An action under section thirty-two or thirty-six may be brought in the county where either of the parties lives, except that if the plaintiff has left the county where the parties have lived together and the defendant still lives therein, the action shall be brought in that county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 18
Bonds and notes issued as legal investments
Status: in_force

Section 18. Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, and such bonds and notes are hereby made obligations which may properly and legally be made eligible for the investment of savings deposits and the income therefrom in the manner provided by paragraph two of section fifty of chapter one hundred sixty-eight. Such bonds and notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

Section 18. Bonds and notes issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies in their commercial departments, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them, and such bonds and notes are hereby made obligations which may properly and legally be made eligible for the investment of savings deposits and the income therefrom in the manner provided by paragraph two of section fifty of chapter one hundred sixty-eight. Such bonds and notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the commonwealth for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 17
Marketing contracts; provisions for liquidated damages; injunction for breach
Status: in_force

Section 17. The marketing contract may fix as liquidated damages specific sums to be paid by a member upon breach of the provisions of said contract requiring sale or delivery of products by the member exclusively to or through the corporation or any agency designated by it, and such provision shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of the commonwealth. Any such corporation may be granted a temporary or permanent injunction against a member for breach or threatened breach of such contract with reference to the said provisions for sale or delivery of products.

Section 17. The marketing contract may fix as liquidated damages specific sums to be paid by a member upon breach of the provisions of said contract requiring sale or delivery of products by the member exclusively to or through the corporation or any agency designated by it, and such provision shall be valid and enforceable in the courts of the commonwealth. Any such corporation may be granted a temporary or permanent injunction against a member for breach or threatened breach of such contract with reference to the said provisions for sale or delivery of products.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 30
Fees
Status: in_force

Section 30. The board may fix fees for the issuance of certificates and for their renewal.

Section 30. The board may fix fees for the issuance of certificates and for their renewal.