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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 134 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 134
Residence of district members
Status: in_force

Section 134. Every city councillor and school committee member who is elected to represent an individual district or ward shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the district or ward for which he is chosen for at least one year immediately preceding his election; and he shall cease to represent such district or ward when he shall cease to be an inhabitant thereof.

Section 134. Every city councillor and school committee member who is elected to represent an individual district or ward shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the district or ward for which he is chosen for at least one year immediately preceding his election; and he shall cease to represent such district or ward when he shall cease to be an inhabitant thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 73A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 73A
Employment of employee with a partial disability; temporary employment to fill vacancy
Status: in_force

Section 73A. Any employee who by reason of partial disability is entitled to receive compensation as provided by section sixty-nine from the commonwealth, or from such county, city, town or district, and who in the opinion of the head of any department or of any appointing officer, can be suitably employed in such department or by such officer in a position with duties adapted to his reduced earning capacity, may, subject in the case of a state employee to the approval of the division of personnel administration, be so employed at a salary based on his reduced earning capacity as determined by the industrial accident board or a member thereof after a hearing; provided, that no such employee shall be so employed in a position within the classified civil service without the approval of the personnel administrator. The head or appointing officer of the department in which such employee was employed previous to the injury causing his disability, may, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, temporarily employ a person to fill any vacancy in the original position of such employee that may be caused by his disability, pending the return of such employee to full time employment at his regular duties.

Section 73A. Any employee who by reason of partial disability is entitled to receive compensation as provided by section sixty-nine from the commonwealth, or from such county, city, town or district, and who in the opinion of the head of any department or of any appointing officer, can be suitably employed in such department or by such officer in a position with duties adapted to his reduced earning capacity, may, subject in the case of a state employee to the approval of the division of personnel administration, be so employed at a salary based on his reduced earning capacity as determined by the industrial accident board or a member thereof after a hearing; provided, that no such employee shall be so employed in a position within the classified civil service without the approval of the personnel administrator. The head or appointing officer of the department in which such employee was employed previous to the injury causing his disability, may, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, temporarily employ a person to fill any vacancy in the original position of such employee that may be caused by his disability, pending the return of such employee to full time employment at his regular duties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 51
Termination of reimbursement alimony; modification; applicability of income guidelines
Status: in_force

Section 51. (a) Reimbursement alimony shall terminate upon the death of the recipient or a date certain. (b) Once ordered, the parties shall not seek and the court shall not order a modification of reimbursement alimony. (c) Income guidelines in subsection (b) of section 53 shall not apply to reimbursement alimony.

Section 51. (a) Reimbursement alimony shall terminate upon the death of the recipient or a date certain.

(b) Once ordered, the parties shall not seek and the court shall not order a modification of reimbursement alimony.

(c) Income guidelines in subsection (b) of section 53 shall not apply to reimbursement alimony.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 76B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 76B
Errors or irregularities in water, sewer use or municipal light rates and charges
Status: in_force

Section 76B. Errors or irregularities in respect to water, sewer use or municipal light rates and charges included in a tax title account, including interest and costs, or in the proceedings relating thereto, shall not render invalid a tax title otherwise valid; but in proceedings under sections sixty-four to seventy-six A, inclusive, such errors or irregularities shall be taken into consideration in fixing the terms of redemption, whether upon petition for foreclosure or for redemption, and the court shall specifically indicate in any decree fixing the terms of redemption any amounts excluded from the account by reason of such errors or irregularities. The city or town in which the land lies shall pay to a person holding such a tax title the amounts so indicated, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of redemption and, if the city or town fails to make such payment within three months after written demand therefor made upon the city or town treasurer, such person may recover the same in an action of contract brought against the city or town within one year after the date of redemption. The city or town treasurer shall notify the board or officer in charge of the water, sewer or municipal light department of the amount so excluded by court decree.

Section 76B. Errors or irregularities in respect to water, sewer use or municipal light rates and charges included in a tax title account, including interest and costs, or in the proceedings relating thereto, shall not render invalid a tax title otherwise valid; but in proceedings under sections sixty-four to seventy-six A, inclusive, such errors or irregularities shall be taken into consideration in fixing the terms of redemption, whether upon petition for foreclosure or for redemption, and the court shall specifically indicate in any decree fixing the terms of redemption any amounts excluded from the account by reason of such errors or irregularities. The city or town in which the land lies shall pay to a person holding such a tax title the amounts so indicated, with interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of redemption and, if the city or town fails to make such payment within three months after written demand therefor made upon the city or town treasurer, such person may recover the same in an action of contract brought against the city or town within one year after the date of redemption. The city or town treasurer shall notify the board or officer in charge of the water, sewer or municipal light department of the amount so excluded by court decree.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 49
Tax exemption
Status: in_force

Section 49. Every society organized or licensed under this chapter is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds shall be exempt from all and every state, county, district, municipal and school tax other than taxes on real estate and office equipment.

Section 49. Every society organized or licensed under this chapter is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its funds shall be exempt from all and every state, county, district, municipal and school tax other than taxes on real estate and office equipment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47DD — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47DD
Coverage for orally administered anticancer medications
Status: in_force

Section 47DD. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth that provides medical expense coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis not less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits. An increase in patient cost sharing for anticancer medications shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.

Section 47DD. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth that provides medical expense coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medications used to kill or slow the growth of cancerous cells on a basis not less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications that are covered as medical benefits. An increase in patient cost sharing for anticancer medications shall not be allowed to achieve compliance with this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 24
Liability prior to payment for capital stock
Status: in_force

Section 24. The directors of a company shall be jointly and severally liable, to the extent of its capital stock, for all its debts and contracts, until the whole amount of its capital stock as originally fixed by its agreement of association, or if a chartered company, by its directors, and authorized by the department, shall have been paid in, and until a certificate stating the amount thereof so fixed and paid in shall have been signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer, clerk and a majority of its directors, and filed in the office of the state secretary.

Section 24. The directors of a company shall be jointly and severally liable, to the extent of its capital stock, for all its debts and contracts, until the whole amount of its capital stock as originally fixed by its agreement of association, or if a chartered company, by its directors, and authorized by the department, shall have been paid in, and until a certificate stating the amount thereof so fixed and paid in shall have been signed and sworn to by its president, treasurer, clerk and a majority of its directors, and filed in the office of the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20I — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20I
Recall of warrant or issuance of another
Status: in_force

Section 20I. The governor, whenever he deems proper, may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant.

Section 20I. The governor, whenever he deems proper, may recall his warrant of arrest or may issue another warrant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 31, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 31 / Section 79
Environmental police officer, probationary period
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 73, Sec. 20 effective November 25, 2025.] Section 79. Following their original appointment and oath as a permanent full-time environmental police officer in the police force of the office of law enforcement established by section 10A of chapter 21A, a person shall perform the duties of such position on a full-time basis for a probationary period of 12 months before they shall be considered a full-time tenured employee in such position. The administrator, with the approval of the commission, may establish procedures to ensure the evaluation by appointing authorities, prior to the end of such probationary period, of the performance of persons appointed as police officers in such force. Unless otherwise provided by civil service rule, and with appropriate adjustments to the timing of performance evaluations called for therein, the second paragraph of section 34 shall apply to persons covered by this section.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 73, Sec. 20 effective November 25, 2025.]

Section 79. Following their original appointment and oath as a permanent full-time environmental police officer in the police force of the office of law enforcement established by section 10A of chapter 21A, a person shall perform the duties of such position on a full-time basis for a probationary period of 12 months before they shall be considered a full-time tenured employee in such position. The administrator, with the approval of the commission, may establish procedures to ensure the evaluation by appointing authorities, prior to the end of such probationary period, of the performance of persons appointed as police officers in such force. Unless otherwise provided by civil service rule, and with appropriate adjustments to the timing of performance evaluations called for therein, the second paragraph of section 34 shall apply to persons covered by this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 54
Disagreement as to price paid to street railway; action of department
Status: in_force

Section 54. If a town voting to purchase electricity from a street railway company is unable to agree with such company at the expiration of a contract, made in accordance with section fifty-two, upon the price to be paid for electricity by, or upon the manner in which electricity is to be furnished to, said town in the future, its selectmen may apply to the department to fix the price which it shall pay for said electricity to, and the manner in which electricity shall be furnished by, said company; and thereupon the department shall set a date for a public hearing upon such application, giving said company reasonable notice thereof; and after the hearing the department shall, if it deems the furnishing of such electricity consistent with the interest of public travel upon the railway of such company, fix the price which said town shall pay for electricity to, and the manner in which electricity shall be furnished by, said company; and said company shall thereupon furnish to said town electricity at the price and in the manner fixed by the department.

Section 54. If a town voting to purchase electricity from a street railway company is unable to agree with such company at the expiration of a contract, made in accordance with section fifty-two, upon the price to be paid for electricity by, or upon the manner in which electricity is to be furnished to, said town in the future, its selectmen may apply to the department to fix the price which it shall pay for said electricity to, and the manner in which electricity shall be furnished by, said company; and thereupon the department shall set a date for a public hearing upon such application, giving said company reasonable notice thereof; and after the hearing the department shall, if it deems the furnishing of such electricity consistent with the interest of public travel upon the railway of such company, fix the price which said town shall pay for electricity to, and the manner in which electricity shall be furnished by, said company; and said company shall thereupon furnish to said town electricity at the price and in the manner fixed by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 45
Page defined
Status: in_force

Section 45. A page, when used as the measure of computation, shall mean two hundred and twenty-four words.

Section 45. A page, when used as the measure of computation, shall mean two hundred and twenty-four words.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 203 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 203
Effective date of license
Status: in_force

Section 203. Such licenses may be granted in April, to take effect on May first following.

Section 203. Such licenses may be granted in April, to take effect on May first following.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 17A
Telephones, internet or other communications technology; use for gaming
Status: in_force

Section 17A. Except as permitted under chapter 23N, whoever uses a telephone, internet or other communications technology or, being the occupant in control of premises where a telephone, internet or other communications technology is located or a subscriber for such communications technology, knowingly permits another to use a telephone, internet or other communications technology so located or for which such person subscribes, as the case may be, for the purpose of accepting wagers or bets, or buying or selling of pools, or for placing all or any portion of a wager with another, upon the result of a trial or contest of skill, speed or endurance of man, beast, bird or machine, or upon the result of an athletic game or contest, or upon the lottery called the numbers game, or for the purpose of reporting the same to a headquarters or booking office, or who under another name or otherwise falsely or fictitiously procures telephone, internet or other communications technology service for oneself or another for such purposes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to use of telephones or other devices or means to place wagers authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 5C of chapter 128A.

Section 17A. Except as permitted under chapter 23N, whoever uses a telephone, internet or other communications technology or, being the occupant in control of premises where a telephone, internet or other communications technology is located or a subscriber for such communications technology, knowingly permits another to use a telephone, internet or other communications technology so located or for which such person subscribes, as the case may be, for the purpose of accepting wagers or bets, or buying or selling of pools, or for placing all or any portion of a wager with another, upon the result of a trial or contest of skill, speed or endurance of man, beast, bird or machine, or upon the result of an athletic game or contest, or upon the lottery called the numbers game, or for the purpose of reporting the same to a headquarters or booking office, or who under another name or otherwise falsely or fictitiously procures telephone, internet or other communications technology service for oneself or another for such purposes, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $2,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to use of telephones or other devices or means to place wagers authorized pursuant to the provisions of section 5C of chapter 128A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 198, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 198 / Section 7A
Voidable preferences; surrender; effect
Status: in_force

Section 7A. The claims of creditors who have received preferences voidable under section ten B shall not be allowed unless such creditors shall first surrender such preferences.

Section 7A. The claims of creditors who have received preferences voidable under section ten B shall not be allowed unless such creditors shall first surrender such preferences.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, sec. 10B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128A / Section 10B
Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering or publishing pari-mutuel betting tickets
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.] Section 10B. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters or forges a pari-mutuel betting ticket issued under the provisions of section five, or whoever, with intent to defraud, utters and publishes as true a false, forged or altered pari-mutuel betting ticket issued under the provisions of said section five, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail for not more than two years.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2017, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.]

Section 10B. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters or forges a pari-mutuel betting ticket issued under the provisions of section five, or whoever, with intent to defraud, utters and publishes as true a false, forged or altered pari-mutuel betting ticket issued under the provisions of said section five, knowing the same to be false, forged or altered, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 13
Death funds; emergency funds; disability funds
Status: in_force

Section 13. A society may create, maintain, invest, disburse and apply a death fund, any part of which may, in accordance with the by-laws of a society, be designated and set apart as an emergency, a surplus or other similar fund, and a disability fund and a hospitalization and medical service fund. Such funds shall be held, invested and disbursed for the use and benefit of the society, and no member or beneficiary shall have or acquire individual rights therein, or become entitled to any part thereof, except as provided in section 16, 17, or 19. The funds from which benefits shall be paid shall be derived and the fund from which the expenses of the society shall be defrayed may be derived from periodical or other payments by the members of the society and accretions of such funds. No society shall be incorporated, and no society not authorized on January 1, 1912 to do business in the commonwealth, shall be admitted to transact business therein, which does not provide for stated periodical contributions sufficient to meet the mortuary obligations contracted, when valued upon the basis of the National Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality as adopted by the National Fraternal Congress on August 23, 1899, or any higher standard, with interest assumption not more than 4 per cent per annum, except societies providing benefits for disability or death from accidents only.

Section 13. A society may create, maintain, invest, disburse and apply a death fund, any part of which may, in accordance with the by-laws of a society, be designated and set apart as an emergency, a surplus or other similar fund, and a disability fund and a hospitalization and medical service fund. Such funds shall be held, invested and disbursed for the use and benefit of the society, and no member or beneficiary shall have or acquire individual rights therein, or become entitled to any part thereof, except as provided in section 16, 17, or 19. The funds from which benefits shall be paid shall be derived and the fund from which the expenses of the society shall be defrayed may be derived from periodical or other payments by the members of the society and accretions of such funds. No society shall be incorporated, and no society not authorized on January 1, 1912 to do business in the commonwealth, shall be admitted to transact business therein, which does not provide for stated periodical contributions sufficient to meet the mortuary obligations contracted, when valued upon the basis of the National Fraternal Congress Table of Mortality as adopted by the National Fraternal Congress on August 23, 1899, or any higher standard, with interest assumption not more than 4 per cent per annum, except societies providing benefits for disability or death from accidents only.