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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 49
Duties of state secretary with respect to foreign limited liability companies
Status: in_force

Section 49. The state secretary shall examine and endorse his approval on the application for registration if the business of the foreign limited liability company is not prohibited by law to a limited liability company formed under this chapter and if the state secretary determines that the application complies with section forty-eight. Upon such approval, the application shall be deemed to be filed with the state secretary and the foreign limited liability company shall be deemed to be registered to do business in the commonwealth. The state secretary shall keep the records and have the other duties with respect to foreign limited liability companies as provided in subsection (c) of section 15.03 of subdivision A of Part 15 of chapter 156D.

Section 49. The state secretary shall examine and endorse his approval on the application for registration if the business of the foreign limited liability company is not prohibited by law to a limited liability company formed under this chapter and if the state secretary determines that the application complies with section forty-eight. Upon such approval, the application shall be deemed to be filed with the state secretary and the foreign limited liability company shall be deemed to be registered to do business in the commonwealth. The state secretary shall keep the records and have the other duties with respect to foreign limited liability companies as provided in subsection (c) of section 15.03 of subdivision A of Part 15 of chapter 156D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, sec. 15C — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186 / Section 15C
Residential real estate, lease payments based on real estate tax increases
Status: in_force

Section 15C. No lease relating to residential real estate shall contain a provision which obligates a lessee to make payments to the lessor on account of an increased real estate tax levied during the term of the lease, unless such provision expressly sets forth (1) that the lessee shall be obligated to pay only that proportion of such increased tax as the unit leased by him bears to the whole of the real estate so taxed, (2) the exact percentage of any such increase which the lessee shall pay, and (3) that if the lessor obtains an abatement of the real estate tax levied on the whole of the real estate of which the unit leased by the lessee is a part, a proportionate share of such abatement, less reasonable attorney's fees, if any, shall be refunded to said lessee. Any provision of a lease in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be against public policy and void. If the exact percentage of any such increased tax contained in such a provision is found to exceed that proportion of such increased tax as the lessee's unit bears to the whole of the real estate so taxed, then the lessor shall return to the lessee that amount of the tax payment collected from the lessee which exceeded the lessee's proportionate share of the increased tax, plus interest calculated at the rate of five per cent per year from the date of collection.

Section 15C. No lease relating to residential real estate shall contain a provision which obligates a lessee to make payments to the lessor on account of an increased real estate tax levied during the term of the lease, unless such provision expressly sets forth (1) that the lessee shall be obligated to pay only that proportion of such increased tax as the unit leased by him bears to the whole of the real estate so taxed, (2) the exact percentage of any such increase which the lessee shall pay, and (3) that if the lessor obtains an abatement of the real estate tax levied on the whole of the real estate of which the unit leased by the lessee is a part, a proportionate share of such abatement, less reasonable attorney's fees, if any, shall be refunded to said lessee. Any provision of a lease in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed to be against public policy and void.

If the exact percentage of any such increased tax contained in such a provision is found to exceed that proportion of such increased tax as the lessee's unit bears to the whole of the real estate so taxed, then the lessor shall return to the lessee that amount of the tax payment collected from the lessee which exceeded the lessee's proportionate share of the increased tax, plus interest calculated at the rate of five per cent per year from the date of collection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 30C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 30C
Work week of uniformed members of state police; overtime service; compensation; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 30C. The service of all members of the uniformed members of the state police and land based environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement shall consist of an average of forty hours per week over a period of one or more work weeks not in excess of eight, as determined by the commissioner of the department in which they are respectively serving, and shall be restricted to not more than five normal work days, as so determined, in any consecutive seven-day period; provided, however, that all services in excess of the normal work day, as so determined, or in excess of forty hours per week, as so averaged, rendered by any such officer at the request of the commissioner of the department in which he is serving, shall be compensated for at the rate of one and one half times the regular hourly rate of such officer for every hour or fraction thereof of such services rendered. The personnel administrator is empowered to make rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration, to carry out the provisions of this section.

Section 30C. The service of all members of the uniformed members of the state police and land based environmental police officers of the division of law enforcement shall consist of an average of forty hours per week over a period of one or more work weeks not in excess of eight, as determined by the commissioner of the department in which they are respectively serving, and shall be restricted to not more than five normal work days, as so determined, in any consecutive seven-day period; provided, however, that all services in excess of the normal work day, as so determined, or in excess of forty hours per week, as so averaged, rendered by any such officer at the request of the commissioner of the department in which he is serving, shall be compensated for at the rate of one and one half times the regular hourly rate of such officer for every hour or fraction thereof of such services rendered.

The personnel administrator is empowered to make rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration, to carry out the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 59
Simple larceny; embezzlement from voluntary association
Status: in_force

Section 59. Whoever embezzles or fraudulently converts, or secretes with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert, money, goods or property or any part thereof which has been delivered to him, which may be the subject of larceny and which belong to any organization of the volunteer militia, post of the Grand Army of the Republic, or other voluntary association, shall be guilty of simple larceny, although he is a member of such organization or voluntary association and, as such, entitled to an interest in the property thereof. In a prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to describe such organization or association by the name by which it is generally known and as a voluntary association.

Section 59. Whoever embezzles or fraudulently converts, or secretes with intent to embezzle or fraudulently convert, money, goods or property or any part thereof which has been delivered to him, which may be the subject of larceny and which belong to any organization of the volunteer militia, post of the Grand Army of the Republic, or other voluntary association, shall be guilty of simple larceny, although he is a member of such organization or voluntary association and, as such, entitled to an interest in the property thereof. In a prosecution under this section, it shall be sufficient to describe such organization or association by the name by which it is generally known and as a voluntary association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 11, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 11 / Section 5
Deputies and administrators; appointment and removal
Status: in_force

Section 5. The state auditor may appoint and may for cause remove a second, third and fourth deputy auditor, administrator of field operations of state audits and an administrator of field operations of authority audits.

Section 5. The state auditor may appoint and may for cause remove a second, third and fourth deputy auditor, administrator of field operations of state audits and an administrator of field operations of authority audits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167G, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167G / Section 5
Investment of funds or assets
Status: in_force

Section 5. Such bank in its trust department may invest the funds or assets which it may receive and hold in a fiduciary capacity in the same way, to the same extent, and under the same restrictions as an individual holding a similar position may invest such funds or assets.

Section 5. Such bank in its trust department may invest the funds or assets which it may receive and hold in a fiduciary capacity in the same way, to the same extent, and under the same restrictions as an individual holding a similar position may invest such funds or assets.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 66A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 66A
Appeal of refusal, suspension or revocation of license to act as operator of hoisting machinery; board of appeal; finality of decision
Status: in_force

Section 66A. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as an operator of hoisting machinery may, within 1 week, appeal therefrom to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, who shall appoint 3 inspectors of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, or himself and 2 inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.

Section 66A. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as an operator of hoisting machinery may, within 1 week, appeal therefrom to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, who shall appoint 3 inspectors of the office of public safety and inspections of the division of occupational licensure, or himself and 2 inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 158 / Section 16
Water, gas, power and wire communication corporations; interest upon advance payments by customers
Status: in_force

Section 16. If a corporation which has a franchise in and the use of the public streets of a town for the supply and distribution of gas, water, electric light or power, or for the maintenance of communication by wire or otherwise, holds for a longer period than six months money which is collected in advance from its customers to guarantee it against loss of charges or tolls, it shall pay annually upon said guaranty fund interest, at a rate fixed from time to time by the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable, to the depositors thereof which shall be applied to the payment of charges and tolls by said depositors. The annual return required of such corporations by section thirty-seven shall include a true statement of all money, and of the value of any collateral, so held as a guaranty for the payment of charges or tolls, specifying the amount so deposited by the inhabitants of each town. If such corporation fails or neglects to make such return or fails, neglects or refuses to pay such interest it shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 16. If a corporation which has a franchise in and the use of the public streets of a town for the supply and distribution of gas, water, electric light or power, or for the maintenance of communication by wire or otherwise, holds for a longer period than six months money which is collected in advance from its customers to guarantee it against loss of charges or tolls, it shall pay annually upon said guaranty fund interest, at a rate fixed from time to time by the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable, to the depositors thereof which shall be applied to the payment of charges and tolls by said depositors. The annual return required of such corporations by section thirty-seven shall include a true statement of all money, and of the value of any collateral, so held as a guaranty for the payment of charges or tolls, specifying the amount so deposited by the inhabitants of each town. If such corporation fails or neglects to make such return or fails, neglects or refuses to pay such interest it shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 13H — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 13H
Indecent assault and battery on person fourteen or older; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 13H. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained age fourteen shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on an elder or person with a disability, as defined in section 13K, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, and whoever commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years. A prosecution commenced under this paragraph shall not be placed on file nor continued without a finding.

Section 13H. Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on a person who has attained age fourteen shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or by imprisonment for not more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.

Whoever commits an indecent assault and battery on an elder or person with a disability, as defined in section 13K, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, and whoever commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 20 years. A prosecution commenced under this paragraph shall not be placed on file nor continued without a finding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 86
Formation of relief corporation
Status: in_force

Section 86. Seven or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of the commonwealth, being employees of any railroad, railway or steamboat corporation, organized under the laws of the commonwealth, may form a corporation under chapter one hundred and eighty for the purpose of receiving, managing and applying such property and funds as it may receive by contribution, assessment or otherwise for the improvement and benefit of its members, and for their relief and the relief of their families in case of sickness, injury, inability to labor, or other cases of need.

Section 86. Seven or more persons, a majority of whom are residents of the commonwealth, being employees of any railroad, railway or steamboat corporation, organized under the laws of the commonwealth, may form a corporation under chapter one hundred and eighty for the purpose of receiving, managing and applying such property and funds as it may receive by contribution, assessment or otherwise for the improvement and benefit of its members, and for their relief and the relief of their families in case of sickness, injury, inability to labor, or other cases of need.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 6A
''Heirs'' and ''next of kin'' construed
Status: in_force

Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property to a class described as the ''heirs'' or ''next of kin'' of a person, or described by words of similar import, to take effect in enjoyment upon the happening of an event within the period of the rule against perpetuities, the class shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the instrument creating such limitation, be determined as if such person died at the time of the happening of such event.

Section 6A. In a limitation of real or personal property to a class described as the ''heirs'' or ''next of kin'' of a person, or described by words of similar import, to take effect in enjoyment upon the happening of an event within the period of the rule against perpetuities, the class shall, unless a contrary intention appears by the instrument creating such limitation, be determined as if such person died at the time of the happening of such event.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7I — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7I
Agreements with railroads, transit authorities or other public authorities or municipalities regarding relocation or other work; advancement of funds
Status: in_force

Section 7I. The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with railroad corporations, transit authorities or other public authorities or municipalities for the purpose of performing any work which may be necessary in connection with the construction of highways, roads, bridges and other public works undertaken by said department whenever such construction or work entails relocation, alteration or other work on the tracks, bridges, roads, pipes, sewers, conduits, wires, or other property of such railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority or municipality and which may disrupt the free flow of public transportation. Whenever any such agreement provides that a railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority, and municipality perform such construction or work for which the commonwealth is obligated to assume a part of the cost, the agreement may provide for the monthly advancement by the department to such railroad corporation transit authority or other public authority or municipality of funds covering the estimated cost of such construction or work then in progress.

Section 7I. The department is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with railroad corporations, transit authorities or other public authorities or municipalities for the purpose of performing any work which may be necessary in connection with the construction of highways, roads, bridges and other public works undertaken by said department whenever such construction or work entails relocation, alteration or other work on the tracks, bridges, roads, pipes, sewers, conduits, wires, or other property of such railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority or municipality and which may disrupt the free flow of public transportation. Whenever any such agreement provides that a railroad corporation, transit authority or other public authority, and municipality perform such construction or work for which the commonwealth is obligated to assume a part of the cost, the agreement may provide for the monthly advancement by the department to such railroad corporation transit authority or other public authority or municipality of funds covering the estimated cost of such construction or work then in progress.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 142 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 142
Signs erected by municipalities
Status: in_force

Section 142. Every county, city and town shall, except as hereinafter provided, and the department of highways shall, unless in any case it deems it unnecessary or impracticable so to do, place and maintain warning signs on every public way subject to its jurisdiction where the way crosses the tracks of a railroad at grade. Said warning signs shall be placed in a conspicuous location beside the public way on each side of the crossing at a distance of not less than two hundred and fifty feet from the nearest rail of the crossing and shall conform in design with the official standards of the department of highways.

Section 142. Every county, city and town shall, except as hereinafter provided, and the department of highways shall, unless in any case it deems it unnecessary or impracticable so to do, place and maintain warning signs on every public way subject to its jurisdiction where the way crosses the tracks of a railroad at grade. Said warning signs shall be placed in a conspicuous location beside the public way on each side of the crossing at a distance of not less than two hundred and fifty feet from the nearest rail of the crossing and shall conform in design with the official standards of the department of highways.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183 / Section 1
Acts or ceremonies necessary for conveyance by deed
Status: in_force

Section 1. A deed executed and delivered by the person, or by the attorney of the person, having authority therefor, shall, subject to the limitations of section four, be sufficient, without any other act or ceremony, to convey land.

Section 1. A deed executed and delivered by the person, or by the attorney of the person, having authority therefor, shall, subject to the limitations of section four, be sufficient, without any other act or ceremony, to convey land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 18E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 18E
Civil proceedings by attorney general
Status: in_force

Section 18E. The attorney general may, at the request of the department or on the attorney general's own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any municipality or other governmental body operating a PSAP, or any enhanced 911 service provider or communication services provider, to enforce sections 18A to 18J, inclusive.

Section 18E. The attorney general may, at the request of the department or on the attorney general's own initiative, institute civil proceedings against any municipality or other governmental body operating a PSAP, or any enhanced 911 service provider or communication services provider, to enforce sections 18A to 18J, inclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 23
Impeachment of party's own witness
Status: in_force

Section 23. The party who produces a witness shall not impeach his credit by evidence of bad character, but may contradict him by other evidence, and may also prove that he has made at other times statements inconsistent with his present testimony; but before proof of such inconsistent statements is given, the circumstances thereof sufficient to designate the particular occasion shall be mentioned to the witness, and he shall be asked if he has made such statements, and, if so, shall be allowed to explain them.

Section 23. The party who produces a witness shall not impeach his credit by evidence of bad character, but may contradict him by other evidence, and may also prove that he has made at other times statements inconsistent with his present testimony; but before proof of such inconsistent statements is given, the circumstances thereof sufficient to designate the particular occasion shall be mentioned to the witness, and he shall be asked if he has made such statements, and, if so, shall be allowed to explain them.