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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 59
Issuance of license; effect of felony conviction; term; contents; renewal
Status: in_force

Section 59. The commissioner may issue to an applicant complying with the provisions of section fifty-eight a license to engage in the security systems business; provided, however, that no such license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted in any state of the United States of a felony, unless a hearing is held and the commissioner, at his or her discretion, determines a license is appropriate. Any person who has been convicted of a violation of section ninety-nine or ninety-nine A of chapter two hundred and seventy-two shall not be issued a license, unless a hearing is held and the commissioner, at his or her discretion, determines a license is appropriate. If any license has been previously issued to such person, it shall be revoked. Such license shall be valid for two years, shall state the name under which the licensed business is to be conducted, and the address of its principal office, and shall be posted by the licensee in a conspicuous place in such office. The name of the business, so licensed, shall not contain any words which denote or imply any association with agencies of the United States, the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. Failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall constitute cause for revocation of such license. The commissioner may biennially renew and may at anytime for cause, after notice and hearing, revoke any such license. An application for renewal shall be on a form furnished by the commissioner.

Section 59. The commissioner may issue to an applicant complying with the provisions of section fifty-eight a license to engage in the security systems business; provided, however, that no such license shall be issued to any person who has been convicted in any state of the United States of a felony, unless a hearing is held and the commissioner, at his or her discretion, determines a license is appropriate. Any person who has been convicted of a violation of section ninety-nine or ninety-nine A of chapter two hundred and seventy-two shall not be issued a license, unless a hearing is held and the commissioner, at his or her discretion, determines a license is appropriate. If any license has been previously issued to such person, it shall be revoked.

Such license shall be valid for two years, shall state the name under which the licensed business is to be conducted, and the address of its principal office, and shall be posted by the licensee in a conspicuous place in such office. The name of the business, so licensed, shall not contain any words which denote or imply any association with agencies of the United States, the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions. Failure to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall constitute cause for revocation of such license.

The commissioner may biennially renew and may at anytime for cause, after notice and hearing, revoke any such license. An application for renewal shall be on a form furnished by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 28I — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 28I
Certain procedures as condition precedent to institution of proceedings for dissemination of obscene books
Status: in_force

Section 28I. The procedures set forth in sections twenty-eight C, twenty-eight D, twenty-eight E, twenty-eight G and twenty-eight H shall be a condition precedent to the institution of any proceedings pursuant to section twenty-nine or thirty for dissemination of obscene books.

Section 28I. The procedures set forth in sections twenty-eight C, twenty-eight D, twenty-eight E, twenty-eight G and twenty-eight H shall be a condition precedent to the institution of any proceedings pursuant to section twenty-nine or thirty for dissemination of obscene books.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 43
Paper designated for bank bills; retention by printer with intent to pass
Status: in_force

Section 43. Whoever, having been employed to print or having assisted in printing a printed piece of paper or blank described in the preceding section, or having been intrusted with the care or custody thereof, retains it in his possession without the knowledge and consent of the corporation for which it was printed, with intent to injure or defraud either by uttering or passing it or causing or allowing it to be uttered or passed as true, either with or without alteration or addition, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.

Section 43. Whoever, having been employed to print or having assisted in printing a printed piece of paper or blank described in the preceding section, or having been intrusted with the care or custody thereof, retains it in his possession without the knowledge and consent of the corporation for which it was printed, with intent to injure or defraud either by uttering or passing it or causing or allowing it to be uttered or passed as true, either with or without alteration or addition, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life or for any term of years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 11
Corroboration of one witness; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 11. A person shall not be convicted under sections 2, 4 and 6 upon the evidence of one witness only, unless his testimony is corroborated in a material particular, and prosecution for a violation of any of said sections shall not be commenced more than one year after the commission of the crime.

Section 11. A person shall not be convicted under sections 2, 4 and 6 upon the evidence of one witness only, unless his testimony is corroborated in a material particular, and prosecution for a violation of any of said sections shall not be commenced more than one year after the commission of the crime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 29B — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 29B
Withdrawal of uncounseled guilty plea
Status: in_force

Section 29B. If a defendant having a right to counsel in a criminal proceeding has not been represented by counsel or has not properly waived his right to counsel and has entered a plea of guilty, such defendant may withdraw such plea as a matter of right at any time prior to imposition of sentence by the court.

Section 29B. If a defendant having a right to counsel in a criminal proceeding has not been represented by counsel or has not properly waived his right to counsel and has entered a plea of guilty, such defendant may withdraw such plea as a matter of right at any time prior to imposition of sentence by the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 7
Statements and reports required by commissioner or by law
Status: in_force

Section 7. In addition to the reports required by law, banks shall make such other statements and reports to the commissioner as he may require. The commissioner shall furnish blank forms for all statements or reports required to be made to him. Any bank neglecting to make the returns required by law or by the commissioner, or failing to amend such report within fifteen days after notice from him, shall, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, forfeit to the commonwealth, five dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, to be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the commissioner, brought in the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county.

Section 7. In addition to the reports required by law, banks shall make such other statements and reports to the commissioner as he may require. The commissioner shall furnish blank forms for all statements or reports required to be made to him. Any bank neglecting to make the returns required by law or by the commissioner, or failing to amend such report within fifteen days after notice from him, shall, unless such neglect or failure is due to justifiable cause and not due to wilful neglect, forfeit to the commonwealth, five dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, to be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the relation of the commissioner, brought in the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 227, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 227 / Section 9
Bond
Status: in_force

Section 9. If judgment in a personal action is rendered under the preceding section upon the default of a defendant who is absent from the commonwealth or whose residence is unknown, the plaintiff shall not take out execution thereon within one year thereafter, unless he files with the clerk of the court a bond payable to the defendant with one or more sureties, approved by the clerk or, upon appeal from his decision as to the sufficiency of the sureties, by a justice of the court rendering the judgment, in a sum equal to double the amount recovered, conditioned to repay the amount so recovered if the judgment is reversed, or so much of the amount as shall be recovered upon a proceeding for relief from judgment brought by the original defendant within one year after the original judgment.

Section 9. If judgment in a personal action is rendered under the preceding section upon the default of a defendant who is absent from the commonwealth or whose residence is unknown, the plaintiff shall not take out execution thereon within one year thereafter, unless he files with the clerk of the court a bond payable to the defendant with one or more sureties, approved by the clerk or, upon appeal from his decision as to the sufficiency of the sureties, by a justice of the court rendering the judgment, in a sum equal to double the amount recovered, conditioned to repay the amount so recovered if the judgment is reversed, or so much of the amount as shall be recovered upon a proceeding for relief from judgment brought by the original defendant within one year after the original judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 13B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 13B
Contempt cases; demand for retirement of justice sitting
Status: in_force

Section 13B. The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court in such a case may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the justice sitting in such case, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such justice and the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand, prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding, the justice shall thereupon proceed no further, but another justice shall be assigned by the chief justice of the court.

Section 13B. The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court in such a case may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the justice sitting in such case, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such justice and the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand, prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding, the justice shall thereupon proceed no further, but another justice shall be assigned by the chief justice of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 28
Books and accounts; fiscal year
Status: in_force

Section 28. All books and accounts of all offices, departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth shall be kept by the fiscal year established for them, respectively, by clause ninth of section seven of chapter four.

Section 28. All books and accounts of all offices, departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth shall be kept by the fiscal year established for them, respectively, by clause ninth of section seven of chapter four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 6
Mutual and open account current
Status: in_force

Section 6. In an action of contract brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account current, the cause of action shall be held to have accrued at the time of the last item proved in the account.

Section 6. In an action of contract brought to recover the balance due upon a mutual and open account current, the cause of action shall be held to have accrued at the time of the last item proved in the account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79A / Section 4
Relocation plans; submission; contents
Status: in_force

Section 4. At the time of the submission of an application for public approval or funding for a project involving the displacement of more than five dwelling or business units, the displacing agency shall submit to the bureau of relocation a relocation plan. The relocation plan shall show the names and addresses of all occupants to be displaced; the number of individuals, families, and business concerns to be displaced; the date on which such displacement will begin; the needs of the displaced occupants for relocation assistance; the availability of safe and sanitary housing, commercial buildings or sites within the means of occupants to be displaced; a program for their relocation; and a demonstration in accordance with bureau regulations that the relocation agency has coordinated the plan with other planned or proposed land acquisitions in the city or town which may affect the carrying out of the relocation program. In the case of the displacement of the occupants of less than six dwelling or business units, the displacing agency shall not be required to submit any such relocation plan, but shall provide a relocation assistance program, as set forth in section six and shall pay any such displaced occupant relocation payments, as set forth in section seven.

Section 4. At the time of the submission of an application for public approval or funding for a project involving the displacement of more than five dwelling or business units, the displacing agency shall submit to the bureau of relocation a relocation plan. The relocation plan shall show the names and addresses of all occupants to be displaced; the number of individuals, families, and business concerns to be displaced; the date on which such displacement will begin; the needs of the displaced occupants for relocation assistance; the availability of safe and sanitary housing, commercial buildings or sites within the means of occupants to be displaced; a program for their relocation; and a demonstration in accordance with bureau regulations that the relocation agency has coordinated the plan with other planned or proposed land acquisitions in the city or town which may affect the carrying out of the relocation program.

In the case of the displacement of the occupants of less than six dwelling or business units, the displacing agency shall not be required to submit any such relocation plan, but shall provide a relocation assistance program, as set forth in section six and shall pay any such displaced occupant relocation payments, as set forth in section seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 64E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 64E
Administration of hospital; general trust fund
Status: in_force

Section 64E. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the hospital, and may incur all expenses necessary for the maintenance thereof. The trustees shall deposit all monies received in payment or reimbursement for patient services into a general trust fund for the hospital. All monies so deposited may be expended without further appropriation. Any monies in such fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in such fund and shall not revert to the General Fund. The monies from the general trust fund shall be expended in accordance with the following purposes: (a) to pay for the operating expenses of Cushing Hospital, including administrative and health care delivery services; (b) for the capital improvement and development of the medical school, including, but not limited to, the repair and maintenance of the present buildings, construction of a new facility, and the acquisition of medical and academic equipment and materials; (c) to provide compensation, including additional fringe benefits, for employees of the hospital as the board of trustees may authorize and direct; and (d) for medical research into innovative procedures for the long term care of elderly persons.

Section 64E. The trustees may appoint all persons necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the hospital, and may incur all expenses necessary for the maintenance thereof.

The trustees shall deposit all monies received in payment or reimbursement for patient services into a general trust fund for the hospital. All monies so deposited may be expended without further appropriation. Any monies in such fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in such fund and shall not revert to the General Fund.

The monies from the general trust fund shall be expended in accordance with the following purposes:

(a) to pay for the operating expenses of Cushing Hospital, including administrative and health care delivery services;

(b) for the capital improvement and development of the medical school, including, but not limited to, the repair and maintenance of the present buildings, construction of a new facility, and the acquisition of medical and academic equipment and materials;

(c) to provide compensation, including additional fringe benefits, for employees of the hospital as the board of trustees may authorize and direct; and

(d) for medical research into innovative procedures for the long term care of elderly persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 118 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 118
Presidential electors; copies of records of votes; proclamations; certificate of election
Status: in_force

Section 118. The copies of the records of votes for presidential electors shall, in any event, within ten days after they have been transmitted to the state secretary, be examined by the governor and council, who shall thereafter declare, by proclamation, the names of the persons who have received at least one-fifth of the entire number of votes cast for electors, and the number of votes received by each such person. The several persons, to the number of electors required to be chosen, who have received the highest number of votes so ascertained, unless notice of a contest has been received by the governor, shall, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be elected; and the governor shall thereupon issue a certificate of election to every such person.

Section 118. The copies of the records of votes for presidential electors shall, in any event, within ten days after they have been transmitted to the state secretary, be examined by the governor and council, who shall thereafter declare, by proclamation, the names of the persons who have received at least one-fifth of the entire number of votes cast for electors, and the number of votes received by each such person. The several persons, to the number of electors required to be chosen, who have received the highest number of votes so ascertained, unless notice of a contest has been received by the governor, shall, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of such proclamation, be deemed to be elected; and the governor shall thereupon issue a certificate of election to every such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 39 / Section 8
Compatibility of offices
Status: in_force

Section 8. No member of the city council shall, during the term for which he was chosen, either by appointment or by election of the city council or of either branch thereof, be eligible to any office the salary of which is payable by the city.

Section 8. No member of the city council shall, during the term for which he was chosen, either by appointment or by election of the city council or of either branch thereof, be eligible to any office the salary of which is payable by the city.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211B / Section 1
Organization
Status: in_force

Section 1. There shall be a trial court of the commonwealth which shall consist of the following departments: the superior court department, the housing court department, the land court department, the probate and family court department, the Boston municipal court department, the juvenile court department and district court department. The trial court, as an administrative unit, shall consist of no more than 393 justices and special justices. There shall be selected as herein provided, a chief justice of the trial court, a court administrator, a chief justice for each of the departments of the trial court and a deputy court administrator for each of the departments of the trial court.

Section 1. There shall be a trial court of the commonwealth which shall consist of the following departments: the superior court department, the housing court department, the land court department, the probate and family court department, the Boston municipal court department, the juvenile court department and district court department. The trial court, as an administrative unit, shall consist of no more than 393 justices and special justices. There shall be selected as herein provided, a chief justice of the trial court, a court administrator, a chief justice for each of the departments of the trial court and a deputy court administrator for each of the departments of the trial court.