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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183A, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183A / Section 22
Foreclosure of condominium development; liability of lender and developer
Status: in_force

Section 22. In the event of a foreclosure upon a condominium development, the lender taking over the project shall succeed to any obligations the developer has with the unit owners and to the tenants, except that the developers shall remain liable for any misrepresentation already made and for warranties on work done prior to the transfer.

Section 22. In the event of a foreclosure upon a condominium development, the lender taking over the project shall succeed to any obligations the developer has with the unit owners and to the tenants, except that the developers shall remain liable for any misrepresentation already made and for warranties on work done prior to the transfer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 23
Voting rights; land enclosed for one proprietor's exclusive benefit
Status: in_force

Section 23. At meetings of proprietors for adopting rules or regulations as to pasturing, land of a proprietor enclosed for his exclusive benefit shall not be valued or reckoned in determining his right to vote on questions relative to pasturing his land.

Section 23. At meetings of proprietors for adopting rules or regulations as to pasturing, land of a proprietor enclosed for his exclusive benefit shall not be valued or reckoned in determining his right to vote on questions relative to pasturing his land.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 15A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 15A
Entitlement to hand sets as station equipment
Status: in_force

Section 15A. A telephone company, upon request therefor by a subscriber who has paid to such company, for a period of not less than thirty-six months, an extra charge for the use of a hand telephone set, so called, furnished to him by such company, in lieu of a wall or desk set, shall continue to furnish, or furnish, to such subscriber such a set as station equipment without extra charge therefor.

Section 15A. A telephone company, upon request therefor by a subscriber who has paid to such company, for a period of not less than thirty-six months, an extra charge for the use of a hand telephone set, so called, furnished to him by such company, in lieu of a wall or desk set, shall continue to furnish, or furnish, to such subscriber such a set as station equipment without extra charge therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 144, sec. 95 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 144 / Section 95
Service of notice or order
Status: in_force

Section 95. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every notice or order in relation to a tenement house shall be served ten days before the time for doing the thing in relation to which it is issued. The service of a notice or order as aforesaid shall be made by the delivery of an attested copy in hand to the owner or his agent, or by leaving an attested copy at the last or usual place of abode of the owner or agent.

Section 95. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, every notice or order in relation to a tenement house shall be served ten days before the time for doing the thing in relation to which it is issued. The service of a notice or order as aforesaid shall be made by the delivery of an attested copy in hand to the owner or his agent, or by leaving an attested copy at the last or usual place of abode of the owner or agent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 9B — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 9B
Sleeping places for bakery employees
Status: in_force

Section 9B. The sleeping places for persons employed in a bakery shall be separate from the rooms where flour or meal food products are manufactured or stored.

Section 9B. The sleeping places for persons employed in a bakery shall be separate from the rooms where flour or meal food products are manufactured or stored.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140B / Section 6
Penalty for refusal to allow administrator to enter
Status: in_force

Section 6. A licensee under section fifty-four or fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, or any other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to allow the administrator or his authorized agent to enter said premises, or any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents the administrator or his authorized agent from entering said premises or from making the examination authorized by section five shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.

Section 6. A licensee under section fifty-four or fifty-nine of chapter one hundred and forty, or any other person in charge of the licensed premises, who refuses to allow the administrator or his authorized agent to enter said premises, or any person who wilfully hinders, obstructs or prevents the administrator or his authorized agent from entering said premises or from making the examination authorized by section five shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 117
Appeal; injunction
Status: in_force

Section 117. An owner of a steam engine or furnace who is aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine. The superior court, on granting the application for a jury, may issue an injunction restraining the further use of such engine or furnace until the final determination of the application.

Section 117. An owner of a steam engine or furnace who is aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by section two of chapter one hundred and thirty-nine. The superior court, on granting the application for a jury, may issue an injunction restraining the further use of such engine or furnace until the final determination of the application.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 28
Issue of stock and bonds; authorization; certificate of department; filing
Status: in_force

Section 28. A company shall issue only such amounts of stock and bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than one year after the date thereof, as the department may from time to time determine to be reasonably necessary for the purpose for which such issue of stock or bonds has been authorized. The department shall render a written decision upon an application for such issue within thirty days after the final hearing thereon, assigning the reasons therefor, and shall, if authorizing such issue, specify the respective amounts of stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid, which are authorized to be issued for the respective purposes to which the proceeds thereof are to be applied, and the decision shall, within seven days after it has been rendered, be filed in the office of the department. A certificate of the decision shall, within three days after it has been rendered and before the stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid are issued, be filed in the office of the state secretary, and a duplicate thereof delivered to the company. Such company shall not apply the proceeds of such stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid to any purpose not specified in such certificate.

Section 28. A company shall issue only such amounts of stock and bonds, coupon notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable at periods of more than one year after the date thereof, as the department may from time to time determine to be reasonably necessary for the purpose for which such issue of stock or bonds has been authorized. The department shall render a written decision upon an application for such issue within thirty days after the final hearing thereon, assigning the reasons therefor, and shall, if authorizing such issue, specify the respective amounts of stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid, which are authorized to be issued for the respective purposes to which the proceeds thereof are to be applied, and the decision shall, within seven days after it has been rendered, be filed in the office of the department. A certificate of the decision shall, within three days after it has been rendered and before the stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid are issued, be filed in the office of the state secretary, and a duplicate thereof delivered to the company. Such company shall not apply the proceeds of such stock, bonds, coupon notes or other evidences of indebtedness as aforesaid to any purpose not specified in such certificate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 162 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 162
Extension of time for equipment
Status: in_force

Section 162. The department may from time to time, after hearing and for good cause, exempt, until a date fixed by it, any railroad corporation from the requirements of sections one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 162. The department may from time to time, after hearing and for good cause, exempt, until a date fixed by it, any railroad corporation from the requirements of sections one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight and one hundred and fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 116 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 116
Dangerous engines or furnaces; nuisance; building regulations; service of process
Status: in_force

Section 116. In a town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the aldermen or the selectmen, after due notice in writing to the owner of such steam engine or furnace, except for making glass, erected or in use therein before the time of such acceptance and a hearing, may adjudge it to be dangerous or a nuisance to the neighborhood, and make and record an order prescribing such rules, restrictions and alterations as to the building in which it is constructed or used, the construction and height of its smoke flues, and such other regulations as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood; and the town clerk shall deliver a copy of such order to a constable, who shall serve on the owner an attested copy thereof, and make return of his doings thereon to said clerk within three days after the delivery thereof to him.

Section 116. In a town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the aldermen or the selectmen, after due notice in writing to the owner of such steam engine or furnace, except for making glass, erected or in use therein before the time of such acceptance and a hearing, may adjudge it to be dangerous or a nuisance to the neighborhood, and make and record an order prescribing such rules, restrictions and alterations as to the building in which it is constructed or used, the construction and height of its smoke flues, and such other regulations as they deem necessary for the safety of the neighborhood; and the town clerk shall deliver a copy of such order to a constable, who shall serve on the owner an attested copy thereof, and make return of his doings thereon to said clerk within three days after the delivery thereof to him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 138 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 138
Annual return transmitted to department by street railway company directors
Status: in_force

Section 138. The directors of every street railway company shall annually within the time prescribed by section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine transmit to the department a return of the company for the year ending on December thirty-first preceding which shall be sworn to by the treasurer and the chief accounting officer of the company. Such return shall set forth copies of all leases and contracts made during the year with other street railway companies, and shall contain full and complete information upon the several items contained in the form prescribed by the department. A company owning a leased railway shall be responsible for the completeness and correctness of its annual return to the same extent as if the railway were in its own possession. A company which fails to make a return, or to amend it when notified so to do, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each day during which such failure continues.

Section 138. The directors of every street railway company shall annually within the time prescribed by section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and fifty-nine transmit to the department a return of the company for the year ending on December thirty-first preceding which shall be sworn to by the treasurer and the chief accounting officer of the company. Such return shall set forth copies of all leases and contracts made during the year with other street railway companies, and shall contain full and complete information upon the several items contained in the form prescribed by the department. A company owning a leased railway shall be responsible for the completeness and correctness of its annual return to the same extent as if the railway were in its own possession. A company which fails to make a return, or to amend it when notified so to do, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars for each day during which such failure continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 162, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 162 / Section 4
Powers
Status: in_force

Section 4. Such company may, subject to this chapter, construct, operate and maintain a railroad or railway, including poles, wires, or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by electricity or by any power other than steam, which the department approves, and constructed wholly upon private land purchased or taken by said company under this chapter; or constructed partly upon such private land and partly upon public ways and places, but at least one half of which is constructed upon such private land. Such company shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, relative to railroad corporations, set forth in chapters one hundred and fifty-nine and one hundred and sixty, except as is otherwise specially provided in this chapter.

Section 4. Such company may, subject to this chapter, construct, operate and maintain a railroad or railway, including poles, wires, or other appliances and equipment connected therewith, of the class operated by electricity or by any power other than steam, which the department approves, and constructed wholly upon private land purchased or taken by said company under this chapter; or constructed partly upon such private land and partly upon public ways and places, but at least one half of which is constructed upon such private land. Such company shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions, relative to railroad corporations, set forth in chapters one hundred and fifty-nine and one hundred and sixty, except as is otherwise specially provided in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21J, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21J / Section 12
Failure to remit fees or file reports
Status: in_force

Section 12. Any owner or operator who possesses a fee collected or payable under this chapter and who fails to remit the fee to the department at the time and in the manner required by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department shall be required to pay the applicable fee and a penalty of five percent on the amount of the fee due and payable. If any owner or operator fails to file the report or pay the fee before the thirtieth day after the date on which the fee or report is due, the owner or operator shall pay an additional penalty of five percent on the amount of the fee due and payable. Thereafter, for every thirty days or portion thereof that the report or fee remains unfiled or unpaid, the owner and operator shall pay a penalty of an additional five percent on the fee due and payable. The department has the authority to waive the penalty upon a showing of reasonable cause.

Section 12. Any owner or operator who possesses a fee collected or payable under this chapter and who fails to remit the fee to the department at the time and in the manner required by this chapter and the rules and regulations of the department shall be required to pay the applicable fee and a penalty of five percent on the amount of the fee due and payable. If any owner or operator fails to file the report or pay the fee before the thirtieth day after the date on which the fee or report is due, the owner or operator shall pay an additional penalty of five percent on the amount of the fee due and payable. Thereafter, for every thirty days or portion thereof that the report or fee remains unfiled or unpaid, the owner and operator shall pay a penalty of an additional five percent on the fee due and payable. The department has the authority to waive the penalty upon a showing of reasonable cause.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 36
Fishing, hunting, or trapping on private, posted land
Status: in_force

Section 36. A person shall not fish, hunt or trap on private land without permission of the owner or tenant thereof, after such owner or tenant has conspicuously posted thereon notices which bear the name of such owner or tenant and which state that fishing, hunting or trapping on such land, as the case may be, is prohibited.

Section 36. A person shall not fish, hunt or trap on private land without permission of the owner or tenant thereof, after such owner or tenant has conspicuously posted thereon notices which bear the name of such owner or tenant and which state that fishing, hunting or trapping on such land, as the case may be, is prohibited.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 32
Regulations; enforcement; reports of violations
Status: in_force

Section 32. Sections 21 to 34, inclusive, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be enforced by law enforcement officers; provided, however, that any investigation, arrest or decision to seek application for complaint relative to a violation of subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section 26B shall be executed by a law enforcement officer who has successfully completed minimum training requirements for the enforcement of such sections as determined by the secretary of public safety and security. Such officers may, in the performance of their duty, enter upon and pass through or over private lands or property. Every officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law made under authority hereof, shall report to the director, on forms provided by him and in such manner as he may prescribe, every violation of such chapter, rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law.

Section 32. Sections 21 to 34, inclusive, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder shall be enforced by law enforcement officers; provided, however, that any investigation, arrest or decision to seek application for complaint relative to a violation of subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section 26B shall be executed by a law enforcement officer who has successfully completed minimum training requirements for the enforcement of such sections as determined by the secretary of public safety and security. Such officers may, in the performance of their duty, enter upon and pass through or over private lands or property.

Every officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law made under authority hereof, shall report to the director, on forms provided by him and in such manner as he may prescribe, every violation of such chapter, rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 58
Shooting upon or across highway; hunting near dwelling
Status: in_force

Section 58. A person shall not discharge any firearm or release any arrow upon or across any state or hard surfaced highway, or within one hundred and fifty feet, of any such highway, or possess a loaded firearm or hunt by any means on the land of another within five hundred feet of any dwelling in use, except as authorized by the owner or occupant thereof.

Section 58. A person shall not discharge any firearm or release any arrow upon or across any state or hard surfaced highway, or within one hundred and fifty feet, of any such highway, or possess a loaded firearm or hunt by any means on the land of another within five hundred feet of any dwelling in use, except as authorized by the owner or occupant thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 60
Approval of consolidation or merger; objection; termination or amendment
Status: in_force

Section 60. (a) Unless otherwise provided in a written operating agreement, a consolidation or merger shall be approved by each domestic limited liability company which is to consolidate or merge by the members or, if there is more than one class or group of members, then by each class or group of members, in either case, by members who own more than fifty percent of the unreturned contributions to the domestic limited liability company, determined in accordance with section twenty-nine, owned by all of the members or by the members in each class or group, as appropriate. (b) The exclusive remedy of a member of a domestic limited liability company, which has voted to consolidate or to merge with another entity under the provisions of sections fifty-nine to sixty-three, inclusive, who objects to such consolidation or merger, shall be the right to resign as a member and to receive any distribution with respect to his limited liability company interest, as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-seven, inclusive. Such members and the resulting or surviving entity shall have the rights and duties, and shall follow the procedure set forth in said sections. (c) Notwithstanding prior approval, an agreement of consolidation or merger may be terminated or amended pursuant to a provision for such termination or amendment contained in the agreement of consolidation or merger.

Section 60. (a) Unless otherwise provided in a written operating agreement, a consolidation or merger shall be approved by each domestic limited liability company which is to consolidate or merge by the members or, if there is more than one class or group of members, then by each class or group of members, in either case, by members who own more than fifty percent of the unreturned contributions to the domestic limited liability company, determined in accordance with section twenty-nine, owned by all of the members or by the members in each class or group, as appropriate.

(b) The exclusive remedy of a member of a domestic limited liability company, which has voted to consolidate or to merge with another entity under the provisions of sections fifty-nine to sixty-three, inclusive, who objects to such consolidation or merger, shall be the right to resign as a member and to receive any distribution with respect to his limited liability company interest, as provided in sections thirty-one to thirty-seven, inclusive. Such members and the resulting or surviving entity shall have the rights and duties, and shall follow the procedure set forth in said sections.

(c) Notwithstanding prior approval, an agreement of consolidation or merger may be terminated or amended pursuant to a provision for such termination or amendment contained in the agreement of consolidation or merger.