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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18 / Section 31
Job diversion program; services
Status: in_force

Section 31. (a) The department, in collaboration with the commonwealth corporation, shall develop a job diversion program for applicants for cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children to identify applicants who have the necessary job skills and experience and match those applicants with appropriate full-time employment prior to receiving benefits. The job diversion program shall be mandatory for all identified applicants over the age of 18 who are not attending a secondary school full-time or participating in an education or training activity, as defined in 106 CMR 203.400(A)(2)(i); provided, however, that the program shall not be mandatory for an applicant exempt from the work requirements under 106 CMR 203.400(A)(1)(a) to (c), inclusive; and provided further, that the program shall not be mandatory for an applicant participating in a substance abuse treatment program while in a substance abuse shelter or other in-patient program. (b) The program shall identify able-bodied applicants who are capable of working and attempt to match them with jobs prior to receiving benefits. For those identified applicants not connected with full-time employment prior to receiving cash assistance, the department shall provide a written finding as to why the job diversion program was not successful. The findings shall be part of the applicant's case file. An applicant otherwise eligible for assistance shall not be denied temporary benefits while awaiting job diversion placements.

Section 31. (a) The department, in collaboration with the commonwealth corporation, shall develop a job diversion program for applicants for cash assistance under transitional aid to families with dependent children to identify applicants who have the necessary job skills and experience and match those applicants with appropriate full-time employment prior to receiving benefits. The job diversion program shall be mandatory for all identified applicants over the age of 18 who are not attending a secondary school full-time or participating in an education or training activity, as defined in 106 CMR 203.400(A)(2)(i); provided, however, that the program shall not be mandatory for an applicant exempt from the work requirements under 106 CMR 203.400(A)(1)(a) to (c), inclusive; and provided further, that the program shall not be mandatory for an applicant participating in a substance abuse treatment program while in a substance abuse shelter or other in-patient program.

(b) The program shall identify able-bodied applicants who are capable of working and attempt to match them with jobs prior to receiving benefits. For those identified applicants not connected with full-time employment prior to receiving cash assistance, the department shall provide a written finding as to why the job diversion program was not successful. The findings shall be part of the applicant's case file. An applicant otherwise eligible for assistance shall not be denied temporary benefits while awaiting job diversion placements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209A / Section 9
Form of complaint; promulgation
Status: in_force

Section 9. The administrative justices of the superior court, probate and family court, district court, and the Boston municipal court departments shall jointly promulgate a form of complaint for use under this chapter which shall be in such form and language to permit a plaintiff to prepare and file such complaint pro se .

Section 9. The administrative justices of the superior court, probate and family court, district court, and the Boston municipal court departments shall jointly promulgate a form of complaint for use under this chapter which shall be in such form and language to permit a plaintiff to prepare and file such complaint pro se .
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 182A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 182A
Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board
Status: in_force

Section 182A. There shall be a Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board that shall consist of the following members: the commissioner of conservation and recreation or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy or a designee; the executive director of the office of travel and tourism or a designee; the secretary of education or a designee; and 5 members appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city of New Bedford, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. or its successor organization and 3 of whom shall have expertise relevant to the mission of the advisory board, expertise in Cape Verdean history as it relates to the Schooner-Ernestina-Morrissey or expertise in the history of the ship as the Effie M. Morrissey. Each appointed member of the advisory board shall serve for a term of 3 years. The advisory board shall annually elect, from among its members, a chair and a vice-chair. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. The board shall meet not less than biannually and shall meet upon the request of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to advise the academy on matters that relate to the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey.

Section 182A. There shall be a Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board that shall consist of the following members: the commissioner of conservation and recreation or a designee; the president of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy or a designee; the executive director of the office of travel and tourism or a designee; the secretary of education or a designee; and 5 members appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a resident of the city of New Bedford, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. or its successor organization and 3 of whom shall have expertise relevant to the mission of the advisory board, expertise in Cape Verdean history as it relates to the Schooner-Ernestina-Morrissey or expertise in the history of the ship as the Effie M. Morrissey.

Each appointed member of the advisory board shall serve for a term of 3 years. The advisory board shall annually elect, from among its members, a chair and a vice-chair. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. The board shall meet not less than biannually and shall meet upon the request of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy to advise the academy on matters that relate to the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 10A
Replacement of distinguishing plate or identification device; fees
Status: in_force

Section 10A. When a distinguishing plate issued by the department is lost or mutilated or the number thereon becomes illegible, the carrier to whom such plate was issued shall make application for a plate replacement. The department may issue additional plates to replace such plates issued under section nine or ten as have been lost or mutilated or as are illegible, upon payment of a fee for each such additional plate. The amount of any fees referred to herein shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The department may issue a duplicate certificate, permit or license in place of one issued under this chapter which has been lost or destroyed as well as certified copies of certificates, permits, licenses, or plate certificates upon payment of a fee as determined pursuant to the aforementioned chapter seven. If a vehicle identification device other than a distinguishing plate is lost, destroyed, mutilated or becomes illegible a new device may be issued therefor upon application by the motor carrier and upon payment of the same fee prescribed for the original issuance thereof.

Section 10A. When a distinguishing plate issued by the department is lost or mutilated or the number thereon becomes illegible, the carrier to whom such plate was issued shall make application for a plate replacement. The department may issue additional plates to replace such plates issued under section nine or ten as have been lost or mutilated or as are illegible, upon payment of a fee for each such additional plate. The amount of any fees referred to herein shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. The department may issue a duplicate certificate, permit or license in place of one issued under this chapter which has been lost or destroyed as well as certified copies of certificates, permits, licenses, or plate certificates upon payment of a fee as determined pursuant to the aforementioned chapter seven.

If a vehicle identification device other than a distinguishing plate is lost, destroyed, mutilated or becomes illegible a new device may be issued therefor upon application by the motor carrier and upon payment of the same fee prescribed for the original issuance thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 36A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 36A
Correction of error without application of taxpayer; demand for repayment of erroneous payments made by commissioner
Status: in_force

Section 36A. If the commissioner determines that any tax has been assessed at an excessive amount because of departmental clerical error or that any payment has been received in error, he may, in his discretion, correct such error at any time and adjust the assessment accordingly or refund the erroneous payment without application of the taxpayer. Interest on any resulting refund shall be paid in accordance with section forty. If the commissioner determines that he has made any payment in error, he shall notify the person to whom payment was made, in writing, making demand for repayment. If within 30 days thereafter the amount demanded is repaid in full, no interest shall be due. If repayment of the full amount demanded is not made within 30 days, the outstanding sum shall, without further action by the commissioner, be considered to be a tax assessed under this chapter as of the date of the demand, and subject to all the provisions thereof.

Section 36A. If the commissioner determines that any tax has been assessed at an excessive amount because of departmental clerical error or that any payment has been received in error, he may, in his discretion, correct such error at any time and adjust the assessment accordingly or refund the erroneous payment without application of the taxpayer. Interest on any resulting refund shall be paid in accordance with section forty.

If the commissioner determines that he has made any payment in error, he shall notify the person to whom payment was made, in writing, making demand for repayment. If within 30 days thereafter the amount demanded is repaid in full, no interest shall be due. If repayment of the full amount demanded is not made within 30 days, the outstanding sum shall, without further action by the commissioner, be considered to be a tax assessed under this chapter as of the date of the demand, and subject to all the provisions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 53
Massachusetts cultural council; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 53. The council shall promote excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of its communities. The council shall make such reviews or surveys as it deems advisable of the facilities, activities, and needs of public and private institutions, and organizations within the commonwealth concerned with the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences, and community and local arts organizations within the commonwealth. It shall encourage and make recommendations concerning the development on the local level of institutions and organizations which further the practice, study and appreciation of the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences in the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth. The council shall annually submit to the budget director the estimates required by sections three and four of chapter twenty-nine, and shall file an annual report as required by sections thirty-two and thirty-three of chapter thirty.

Section 53. The council shall promote excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of its communities. The council shall make such reviews or surveys as it deems advisable of the facilities, activities, and needs of public and private institutions, and organizations within the commonwealth concerned with the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences, and community and local arts organizations within the commonwealth. It shall encourage and make recommendations concerning the development on the local level of institutions and organizations which further the practice, study and appreciation of the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences in the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth. The council shall annually submit to the budget director the estimates required by sections three and four of chapter twenty-nine, and shall file an annual report as required by sections thirty-two and thirty-three of chapter thirty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 57
Notices of intention to participate in primaries
Status: in_force

Section 57. Notices of intention to participate in primaries shall be furnished to the city or town clerk, not later than the thirtieth day prior to the day on which the primaries are to be held, by the city and town committees of such political and municipal parties as are entitled to and desire to participate therein.

Section 57. Notices of intention to participate in primaries shall be furnished to the city or town clerk, not later than the thirtieth day prior to the day on which the primaries are to be held, by the city and town committees of such political and municipal parties as are entitled to and desire to participate therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 69
Vagabonds; arrest without warrant; taking before court; complaint
Status: in_force

Section 69. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police officers shall take any such vagabond into custody without a warrant and shall, within twenty-four hours after such arrest, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, take him before a district court, and shall make complaint against him.

Section 69. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables and police officers shall take any such vagabond into custody without a warrant and shall, within twenty-four hours after such arrest, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, take him before a district court, and shall make complaint against him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 212 / Section 3
Exclusive original jurisdiction
Status: in_force

[See Standing Order of the Supreme Court, dated July 17, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to civil actions for money damages commenced on or after that date (MA R S CT SDG ORDERS Amount-in-Controversy) which increased the amount-in-controversy from $25,000 to $50,000.]

[See Standing Order of the Supreme Court, dated July 17, 2019, effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to civil actions for money damages commenced on or after that date (MA R S CT SDG ORDERS Amount-in-Controversy) which increased the amount-in-controversy from $25,000 to $50,000.]

Section 3. The court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of civil actions for the foreclosure of mortgages, and of real and mixed actions, except those of which the land court or district courts have jurisdiction, of complaints for flowing lands, and of claims against the commonwealth. Except as otherwise provided by law, the court shall have original jurisdiction of civil actions for money damages. The actions may proceed in the court only if there is no reasonable likelihood that recovery by the plaintiff will be less than or equal to $25,000, or an amount ordered from time to time by the supreme judicial court. Where multiple damages are allowed by law, the amount of single damages claimed shall control.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 11
Debt retirement; provision for earlier payment
Status: in_force

Section 11. Cities, towns and districts may pay or provide for the payment of any debt at an earlier period than is required by this chapter or may appropriate money for the purchase and cancellation of outstanding indebtedness, and shall not refund any debt except as provided in section seventeen; and cities, towns and districts may, for the purpose of reducing the whole debt for the redemption of which sinking funds have been established by cities or towns prior to May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and by districts prior to March twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, or of reducing the amount to be raised by taxation for such funds, add to any such sinking fund the excess of any appropriation over the amount required for the purpose thereof, or add to such funds any sums derived from taxation or from other sources not required by law to be expended otherwise.

Section 11. Cities, towns and districts may pay or provide for the payment of any debt at an earlier period than is required by this chapter or may appropriate money for the purchase and cancellation of outstanding indebtedness, and shall not refund any debt except as provided in section seventeen; and cities, towns and districts may, for the purpose of reducing the whole debt for the redemption of which sinking funds have been established by cities or towns prior to May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and by districts prior to March twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, or of reducing the amount to be raised by taxation for such funds, add to any such sinking fund the excess of any appropriation over the amount required for the purpose thereof, or add to such funds any sums derived from taxation or from other sources not required by law to be expended otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 27
Persons holding unusual interests; right to petition
Status: in_force

Section 27. If there are several parties, who have several estates in the same property at the same time, other than the estates and interests for which provision is made in section twenty-four, and the property is taken in whole or in part or receives injury for which damages are recoverable under this chapter, and one of such parties petitions the superior court to ascertain his damages, the other parties may become parties to the proceedings under such petition, and the damages of all of them may be determined together, in the manner provided in the three following sections.

Section 27. If there are several parties, who have several estates in the same property at the same time, other than the estates and interests for which provision is made in section twenty-four, and the property is taken in whole or in part or receives injury for which damages are recoverable under this chapter, and one of such parties petitions the superior court to ascertain his damages, the other parties may become parties to the proceedings under such petition, and the damages of all of them may be determined together, in the manner provided in the three following sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156A / Section 4
Applicable provisions; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 4. (a) Chapter 156D shall apply to professional corporations and which shall enjoy the powers and privileges, and be subject to the duties, restrictions and liabilities of corporations organized under said chapter, except where inconsistent with this chapter. (b) A professional corporation may own real and personal property necessary or appropriate for rendering the professional service it was organized to render, and may invest its funds in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type of investment.

Section 4. (a) Chapter 156D shall apply to professional corporations and which shall enjoy the powers and privileges, and be subject to the duties, restrictions and liabilities of corporations organized under said chapter, except where inconsistent with this chapter.

(b) A professional corporation may own real and personal property necessary or appropriate for rendering the professional service it was organized to render, and may invest its funds in real estate, mortgages, stocks, bonds, or any other type of investment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 57
Replevied property; mode of attaching
Status: in_force

Section 57. Property which has been replevied from an attaching officer shall not be further attached as the property of the original defendant in any manner other than is provided in the four preceding sections and in section forty-seven, so long as it is held by the plaintiff in replevin or by any person holding under him, unless the original defendant has acquired a new title thereto.

Section 57. Property which has been replevied from an attaching officer shall not be further attached as the property of the original defendant in any manner other than is provided in the four preceding sections and in section forty-seven, so long as it is held by the plaintiff in replevin or by any person holding under him, unless the original defendant has acquired a new title thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4F — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4F
Cardiac rehabilitation expense benefits
Status: in_force

Section 4F. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as a basic benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense for cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation shall mean multidisciplinary, medically necessary treatment of persons with documented cardiovascular disease which shall be provided in either a hospital or other setting and which shall meet standards promulgated by the commissioner of public health after reviewing proposals submitted by the Massachusetts Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation, Inc. and after notice and public hearing on the proposed standards. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, outpatient treatment which is to be initiated within twenty-six weeks after the diagnosis of such disease.

Section 4F. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as a basic benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense for cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation shall mean multidisciplinary, medically necessary treatment of persons with documented cardiovascular disease which shall be provided in either a hospital or other setting and which shall meet standards promulgated by the commissioner of public health after reviewing proposals submitted by the Massachusetts Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation, Inc. and after notice and public hearing on the proposed standards. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, outpatient treatment which is to be initiated within twenty-six weeks after the diagnosis of such disease.