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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 5J — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 5J
Special assessment policy; historic owner-occupied residences
Status: in_force

Section 5J. A city or town, by adoption of an ordinance or by-law, may establish a special assessment policy for the substantial rehabilitation of owner-occupied residential properties listed in the state register of historic places, either individually or as contributing elements within an historic district. For such properties, the increase in assessed value resulting from such rehabilitation shall be phased in one-fifth increments over a period of five years to the full assessed value of the property; provided, however, that the rehabilitation shall meet the standards of the Massachusetts historical commission in order to be eligible for the phased in special assessment; and provided further, that the secretary of the commonwealth, as chairman of the Massachusetts historical commission, shall promulgate applicable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

Section 5J. A city or town, by adoption of an ordinance or by-law, may establish a special assessment policy for the substantial rehabilitation of owner-occupied residential properties listed in the state register of historic places, either individually or as contributing elements within an historic district. For such properties, the increase in assessed value resulting from such rehabilitation shall be phased in one-fifth increments over a period of five years to the full assessed value of the property; provided, however, that the rehabilitation shall meet the standards of the Massachusetts historical commission in order to be eligible for the phased in special assessment; and provided further, that the secretary of the commonwealth, as chairman of the Massachusetts historical commission, shall promulgate applicable rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 15
Custodian's expenses, compensation, and bond
Status: in_force

Section 15. (a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties. (b) Except for one who is a transferor under section four, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of section eighteen, a custodian need not give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties.

Section 15. (a) A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties.

(b) Except for one who is a transferor under section four, a custodian has a noncumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year.

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of section eighteen, a custodian need not give a bond for the faithful performance of his duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 48
Levy on land subject to lien not allowed for
Status: in_force

Section 48. If, after an execution has been levied by setting off land, there proves to be a mortgage or other lien on the land or an estate of homestead therein, not known or allowed for, or not fully allowed for, by the appraisers, the creditor shall nevertheless be entitled to hold the land by force of the execution, except the estate of homestead, as against the debtor, and may recover, in a new action against the debtor, the amount of the homestead estate or the amount which he may lawfully pay on account of such mortgage or other lien, or so much thereof as has not been deducted and allowed for in the estimate of the appraisers.

Section 48. If, after an execution has been levied by setting off land, there proves to be a mortgage or other lien on the land or an estate of homestead therein, not known or allowed for, or not fully allowed for, by the appraisers, the creditor shall nevertheless be entitled to hold the land by force of the execution, except the estate of homestead, as against the debtor, and may recover, in a new action against the debtor, the amount of the homestead estate or the amount which he may lawfully pay on account of such mortgage or other lien, or so much thereof as has not been deducted and allowed for in the estimate of the appraisers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 219 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 219
Advertising by life settlement broker or provider
Status: in_force

Section 219. (a) A licensed life settlement broker or life settlement provider may conduct or participate in advertisements. The advertisements shall comply with all advertising laws or rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner that are applicable to insurers, life insurance producers, brokers and providers. (b) Advertisements shall be accurate, truthful and not misleading in fact or by implication. (c) No person in the business of insurance or the business of life settlements shall: (1) directly or indirectly market, advertise or solicit the purchase of a new policy for the purpose of or with a significant emphasis on settling the policy; (2) use the words ''free'' or ''no cost'' or words of similar import in marketing, advertising, soliciting or otherwise promoting the purchase of a policy; or (3) with respect to a life settlement provider, enter into a life settlement contract unless the related advertisements, as may be prescribed by regulation, have been filed with the commissioner. (d) Prior to publication, the commissioner may require the submission of advertising material. (e) The commissioner shall require delivery of a buyer's guide or a similar consumer advisory package in the form prescribed by the commissioner to owners during the solicitation process.

Section 219. (a) A licensed life settlement broker or life settlement provider may conduct or participate in advertisements. The advertisements shall comply with all advertising laws or rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner that are applicable to insurers, life insurance producers, brokers and providers.

(b) Advertisements shall be accurate, truthful and not misleading in fact or by implication.

(c) No person in the business of insurance or the business of life settlements shall:

(1) directly or indirectly market, advertise or solicit the purchase of a new policy for the purpose of or with a significant emphasis on settling the policy;

(2) use the words ''free'' or ''no cost'' or words of similar import in marketing, advertising, soliciting or otherwise promoting the purchase of a policy; or

(3) with respect to a life settlement provider, enter into a life settlement contract unless the related advertisements, as may be prescribed by regulation, have been filed with the commissioner.

(d) Prior to publication, the commissioner may require the submission of advertising material.

(e) The commissioner shall require delivery of a buyer's guide or a similar consumer advisory package in the form prescribed by the commissioner to owners during the solicitation process.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 154 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 154
Labeling of canned goods; grade; quality
Status: in_force

Section 154. Canned articles of food shall not be offered for sale unless marked to indicate the grade or quality thereof and the name and address of the person who packed or sells them.

Section 154. Canned articles of food shall not be offered for sale unless marked to indicate the grade or quality thereof and the name and address of the person who packed or sells them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 54
Validity of contracts issued in violation of chapter, charter, articles, constitution or by-laws
Status: in_force

Section 54. Any contract of insurance or any benefit certificate made, issued, issued or delivered by any society in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any provision of its charter, articles of association, constitution or by-laws, shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon it and its members, but the rights, duties and obligations of the parties thereto shall be determined by the provisions of this chapter and of the charter, articles of association, constitution and by-laws of the society.

Section 54. Any contract of insurance or any benefit certificate made, issued, issued or delivered by any society in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any provision of its charter, articles of association, constitution or by-laws, shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon it and its members, but the rights, duties and obligations of the parties thereto shall be determined by the provisions of this chapter and of the charter, articles of association, constitution and by-laws of the society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 21
Assessment on land abutting on more than one way
Status: in_force

Section 21. If land abuts upon more than one way, assessments for sewers based wholly or in part upon frontage shall be assessed upon the frontage upon one such way and upon so much of the frontage upon such other way as is not exempted by the board whose duty it is to make the assessment; and such board may exempt from assessment so much of the frontage upon such other way as they consider just and equitable.

Section 21. If land abuts upon more than one way, assessments for sewers based wholly or in part upon frontage shall be assessed upon the frontage upon one such way and upon so much of the frontage upon such other way as is not exempted by the board whose duty it is to make the assessment; and such board may exempt from assessment so much of the frontage upon such other way as they consider just and equitable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 32
Ballots; preparation; number
Status: in_force

Section 32. Ballots shall be prepared and provided, and the number thereof determined, in state and presidential primaries by the state secretary, in city and town primaries by the city or town clerk. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-five of chapter fifty-four or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state secretary may provide only paper ballots for a state or presidential primary in a city or town where a political party has enrolled fewer than five percent of the total number of registered voters, as of the most recent count submitted to the state secretary under section thirty-eight A before the decision to prepare said ballots must be made. No other ballots shall be received or counted, except that if ballots provided for a state or presidential primary are not delivered, or after delivery lost, destroyed or stolen, ballots similar as far as possible shall be provided by the city or town clerk and used at the primary. The number of ballots provided at a city or town primary shall not for any ward or town exceed one ballot of each party for each voter therein.

Section 32. Ballots shall be prepared and provided, and the number thereof determined, in state and presidential primaries by the state secretary, in city and town primaries by the city or town clerk. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty-five of chapter fifty-four or any other general or special law to the contrary, the state secretary may provide only paper ballots for a state or presidential primary in a city or town where a political party has enrolled fewer than five percent of the total number of registered voters, as of the most recent count submitted to the state secretary under section thirty-eight A before the decision to prepare said ballots must be made. No other ballots shall be received or counted, except that if ballots provided for a state or presidential primary are not delivered, or after delivery lost, destroyed or stolen, ballots similar as far as possible shall be provided by the city or town clerk and used at the primary. The number of ballots provided at a city or town primary shall not for any ward or town exceed one ballot of each party for each voter therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 18
Disposition of slash cut by public utility companies
Status: in_force

Section 18. Electric, telephone and telegraph companies which, at the time of erecting their transmission lines, cut or cause to be cut brush, wood or timber on land which borders upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within forty feet of any woodland of another, or of any highway or railroad location; such companies which after the erection of their lines trim or cut brush, wood or timber which has grown up since the line was erected, and which borders upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall, upon the request of the forester, and within a time limit set by him, dispose of the slash of second or subsequent cuttings if the same in his opinion constitutes a menace to adjoining property.

Section 18. Electric, telephone and telegraph companies which, at the time of erecting their transmission lines, cut or cause to be cut brush, wood or timber on land which borders upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall dispose of the slash caused by such cutting in such a manner that the same will not remain on the ground within forty feet of any woodland of another, or of any highway or railroad location; such companies which after the erection of their lines trim or cut brush, wood or timber which has grown up since the line was erected, and which borders upon woodland of another, or upon a highway or railroad location, shall, upon the request of the forester, and within a time limit set by him, dispose of the slash of second or subsequent cuttings if the same in his opinion constitutes a menace to adjoining property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 247 / Section 18
Actions against sureties; serving and entering writ; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 18. An action shall not be maintained against a surety on a replevin bond, unless the writ is served on him within one year after the final judgment in the action of replevin. If the writ of replevin is not entered, an action on the bond shall not be maintained against a surety unless it is entered within one year after the return day of the writ of replevin.

Section 18. An action shall not be maintained against a surety on a replevin bond, unless the writ is served on him within one year after the final judgment in the action of replevin. If the writ of replevin is not entered, an action on the bond shall not be maintained against a surety unless it is entered within one year after the return day of the writ of replevin.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 6A
Other service not included in ''employment''
Status: in_force

Section 6A. The term ''employment'' shall not include service performed by an individual in the employ of the commonwealth or any of its instrumentalities or any political subdivision thereof or any of its instrumentalities or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing and one or more states or political subdivisions or Indian tribes if such individual performed such services as: (1) an elected official; or (2) a member of, a legislative body; or (3) a member of the judiciary; or (4) a member of the National Guard or Air National Guard; or (5) an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency; (6) an employee serving in a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of the commonwealth or tribal law, is appointed to either a nontenured policymaker or advisor, or in a policymaking or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight hours per week; or (7) an election official or election workers if the amount of remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year for services as an election official or election worker is less than $1,000.

Section 6A. The term ''employment'' shall not include service performed by an individual in the employ of the commonwealth or any of its instrumentalities or any political subdivision thereof or any of its instrumentalities or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing and one or more states or political subdivisions or Indian tribes if such individual performed such services as:

(1) an elected official; or

(2) a member of, a legislative body; or

(3) a member of the judiciary; or

(4) a member of the National Guard or Air National Guard; or

(5) an employee serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or similar emergency;

(6) an employee serving in a position which, under or pursuant to the laws of the commonwealth or tribal law, is appointed to either a nontenured policymaker or advisor, or in a policymaking or advisory position the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight hours per week; or

(7) an election official or election workers if the amount of remuneration received by the individual during the calendar year for services as an election official or election worker is less than $1,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 127D — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 127D
Entry fee; notice upon offending owner
Status: in_force

Section 127D. The entry fee for a petition under section one hundred and twenty-seven C shall be two dollars. Upon the filing of such a petition, an order of notice shall issue requiring the owner of record to appear at a time not later than fourteen days after the issuance of said order of notice, to file an answer to the matters alleged in the petition including therein the names and addresses of any mortgagees or lienors of record known to the owner of record, and to submit to a hearing thereon. Such order of notice shall be served at least seven days before the return day thereof, by any officer qualified to serve civil process by delivering to the respondent an attested copy thereof, or, by leaving such copy at his last and usual place of abode, or, at the address to which the rent is sent or delivered, or, if the respondent is a corporation, service may also be made in the manner provided by law or by leaving an attested copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the president, treasurer or clerk of the corporation, or in such other manner as the court may direct.

Section 127D. The entry fee for a petition under section one hundred and twenty-seven C shall be two dollars. Upon the filing of such a petition, an order of notice shall issue requiring the owner of record to appear at a time not later than fourteen days after the issuance of said order of notice, to file an answer to the matters alleged in the petition including therein the names and addresses of any mortgagees or lienors of record known to the owner of record, and to submit to a hearing thereon.

Such order of notice shall be served at least seven days before the return day thereof, by any officer qualified to serve civil process by delivering to the respondent an attested copy thereof, or, by leaving such copy at his last and usual place of abode, or, at the address to which the rent is sent or delivered, or, if the respondent is a corporation, service may also be made in the manner provided by law or by leaving an attested copy thereof at the last and usual place of abode of the president, treasurer or clerk of the corporation, or in such other manner as the court may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 16
New bonds of pilots
Status: in_force

Section 16. A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency or bankruptcy of a surety upon his bond, shall give notice thereof to the commissioners. In such a case, or whenever a pilot's bond appears to the commissioners to be insufficient, he shall give a new bond.

Section 16. A pilot, in case of the decease, insolvency or bankruptcy of a surety upon his bond, shall give notice thereof to the commissioners. In such a case, or whenever a pilot's bond appears to the commissioners to be insufficient, he shall give a new bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 52
Resident agent
Status: in_force

Section 52. A foreign limited partnership doing business in the commonwealth shall appoint a resident agent as its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against the foreign limited partnership in the commonwealth may be served. Sections 15.07, 15.08 and 15.09 of chapter 156D relative to the appointment and qualifications of a resident agent shall be applicable to the appointment of a resident agent pursuant to this section.

Section 52. A foreign limited partnership doing business in the commonwealth shall appoint a resident agent as its true and lawful attorney upon whom all lawful process in any action or proceeding against the foreign limited partnership in the commonwealth may be served. Sections 15.07, 15.08 and 15.09 of chapter 156D relative to the appointment and qualifications of a resident agent shall be applicable to the appointment of a resident agent pursuant to this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 61
Stolen property; restitution; effect
Status: in_force

Section 61. If, upon a first conviction under the preceding section, it is shown that the act of stealing the property was a simple larceny, and if the person convicted makes restitution to the person injured to the full value of the property stolen and not restored, he shall not be imprisoned in the state prison.

Section 61. If, upon a first conviction under the preceding section, it is shown that the act of stealing the property was a simple larceny, and if the person convicted makes restitution to the person injured to the full value of the property stolen and not restored, he shall not be imprisoned in the state prison.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157A / Section 5
Corporate name
Status: in_force

Section 5. An employee cooperative may include the word ''cooperative'' or ''co-op'' in its corporate name.

Section 5. An employee cooperative may include the word ''cooperative'' or ''co-op'' in its corporate name.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 178 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 178
Eye examinations
Status: in_force

Section 178. A railroad corporation shall not employ any person or keep him in its employ in a position requiring the employee to distinguish form or color signals, unless he has been examined for color blindness or other defective sight by a competent person employed by the corporation and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blindness or other defective sight. A railroad corporation which violates this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars.

Section 178. A railroad corporation shall not employ any person or keep him in its employ in a position requiring the employee to distinguish form or color signals, unless he has been examined for color blindness or other defective sight by a competent person employed by the corporation and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blindness or other defective sight. A railroad corporation which violates this section shall forfeit one hundred dollars.