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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64C, sec. 2F — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64C / Section 2F
Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2F. There shall be a separate fund on the books of the commonwealth to be known as the Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund. The fund shall consist of all monies recovered as penalties under section 2E. Such monies shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any other monies made available for such purpose, be expended by the state fire marshal, without further appropriation, for fire safety and prevention programs. All payments from such fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the state treasurer on vouchers certified and submitted by the secretary.

Section 2F. There shall be a separate fund on the books of the commonwealth to be known as the Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund. The fund shall consist of all monies recovered as penalties under section 2E. Such monies shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and shall, in addition to any other monies made available for such purpose, be expended by the state fire marshal, without further appropriation, for fire safety and prevention programs. All payments from such fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the state treasurer on vouchers certified and submitted by the secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203A, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203A / Section 6
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 6. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.

Section 6. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 251, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 251 / Section 18
Appeals
Status: in_force

Section 18. (a) An appeal may be taken from:— (1) an order denying an application to compel arbitration made under paragraph (a) of section two; (2) an order granting an application to stay arbitration made under paragraph (b) of section two; (3) an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award; (4) an order modifying or correcting an award; (5) an order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or (6) a judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in an action.

Section 18. (a) An appeal may be taken from:—

(1) an order denying an application to compel arbitration made under paragraph (a) of section two;

(2) an order granting an application to stay arbitration made under paragraph (b) of section two;

(3) an order confirming or denying confirmation of an award;

(4) an order modifying or correcting an award;

(5) an order vacating an award without directing a rehearing; or

(6) a judgment or decree entered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such appeal shall be taken in the manner and to the same extent as from orders or judgments in an action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 73B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 73B
Compensation in Suffolk county supreme judicial court and appeals court
Status: in_force

Section 73B. Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, which salary shall be paid by the commonwealth. Each officer in attendance upon the appeals court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the appeals court. Said salary shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Section 73B. Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, which salary shall be paid by the commonwealth. Each officer in attendance upon the appeals court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such salary as shall be fixed by the justices of the appeals court. Said salary shall be paid by the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 35D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 35D
Structures within airport approaches; maintenance, repair or replacement; initial approval
Status: in_force

Section 35D. The provisions of section thirty-five B shall not be construed to prohibit the maintenance, repair or replacement nor to require any change in the height or location of any structure existing prior to the initial approval of an airport by the commission or prior to the construction of a runway or landing strip at an airport so approved. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five B, an addition in height or otherwise may be made to any structure which exceeded a height of one hundred and twenty-five feet above ground prior to the initial approval, after January first, nineteen hundred and sixty, of an airport by the commission or prior to the construction of a runway or landing strip at an airport so approved after said date. For the purposes of this section initial approval shall be construed to include reapproval where approval has been withdrawn for a period following initial approval.

Section 35D. The provisions of section thirty-five B shall not be construed to prohibit the maintenance, repair or replacement nor to require any change in the height or location of any structure existing prior to the initial approval of an airport by the commission or prior to the construction of a runway or landing strip at an airport so approved.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-five B, an addition in height or otherwise may be made to any structure which exceeded a height of one hundred and twenty-five feet above ground prior to the initial approval, after January first, nineteen hundred and sixty, of an airport by the commission or prior to the construction of a runway or landing strip at an airport so approved after said date.

For the purposes of this section initial approval shall be construed to include reapproval where approval has been withdrawn for a period following initial approval.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 200A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 200A / Section 3
Property on deposit; presumption of abandonment
Status: in_force

Section 3. Any deposit of property with a person having a residence or place of business in the commonwealth, or authorized to do business therein, together with the increments thereon, shall be presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within three years next preceding the date as of which reports are required by section seven:— (1) Communicated in writing with the person concerning the deposit; or (2) Been credited with interest on a passbook or certificate of deposit at his request; or (3) Had a transfer, disposition of interest or other transaction noted of record in the books or records of the person; or (4) Increased or decreased the amount of deposit; or (5) Owned other property for which clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) is applicable; provided, however, that the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to such property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding such other property regularly are received; or (6) Had another relationship with the holder concerning which the owner has: (i) communicated in writing with the holder, or (ii) otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee of the holder; provided, however, that if the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding the other relationship regularly are received.

Section 3. Any deposit of property with a person having a residence or place of business in the commonwealth, or authorized to do business therein, together with the increments thereon, shall be presumed abandoned unless the owner has, within three years next preceding the date as of which reports are required by section seven:—

(1) Communicated in writing with the person concerning the deposit; or

(2) Been credited with interest on a passbook or certificate of deposit at his request; or

(3) Had a transfer, disposition of interest or other transaction noted of record in the books or records of the person; or

(4) Increased or decreased the amount of deposit; or

(5) Owned other property for which clause (1), (2), (3) or (4) is applicable; provided, however, that the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to such property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding such other property regularly are received; or

(6) Had another relationship with the holder concerning which the owner has:

(i) communicated in writing with the holder, or

(ii) otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum on file prepared by an employee of the holder; provided, however, that if the holder communicates in writing with the owner with regard to the property that would otherwise be presumed abandoned under this section at the address at which communications regarding the other relationship regularly are received.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 25T — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 25T
Cease and desist orders
Status: in_force

Section 25T. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner of insurance may issue an order requiring a person or group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of any provision of sections twenty-five E to twenty-five U, inclusive, or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. Upon a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that any person or group has violated any cease and desist order, the commissioner of insurance may: impose a monetary penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each act or violation of such order not to exceed an aggregate monetary penalty of one hundred thousand dollars and may revoke the group's certificate of approval.

Section 25T. After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner of insurance may issue an order requiring a person or group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of any provision of sections twenty-five E to twenty-five U, inclusive, or of any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.

Upon a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that any person or group has violated any cease and desist order, the commissioner of insurance may: impose a monetary penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each act or violation of such order not to exceed an aggregate monetary penalty of one hundred thousand dollars and may revoke the group's certificate of approval.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 47L — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 47L
Off-label drug use; cancer; review panel
Status: in_force

Section 47L. The commissioner shall establish a panel of six medical experts to review off-label uses, so-called, for prescription drugs for the treatment of cancer not included in any of the standard reference compendia or in the medical literature and to advise said commissioner in such instances whether a particular off-label use is medically appropriate. The panel shall make such recommendations from time to time and whenever a particular dispute about payment for such off-label use is referred to the panel by the commissioner. The members of said panel shall include: (a) three medical oncologists selected by the state medical oncology association, (b) a physician selected by the Massachusetts medical association, (c) a physician selected by a hospital and medical service corporation and (d), a physician selected by the Massachusetts association of health maintenance organizations from a member plan. The commissioner shall have the authority to direct any insurer to make payments, consistent with the recommendations of the panel, required by section forty-seven K, section eight N of chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, section four N of chapter one hundred and seventy-six B and section four E of chapter one hundred and seventy-six G.

Section 47L. The commissioner shall establish a panel of six medical experts to review off-label uses, so-called, for prescription drugs for the treatment of cancer not included in any of the standard reference compendia or in the medical literature and to advise said commissioner in such instances whether a particular off-label use is medically appropriate. The panel shall make such recommendations from time to time and whenever a particular dispute about payment for such off-label use is referred to the panel by the commissioner. The members of said panel shall include: (a) three medical oncologists selected by the state medical oncology association, (b) a physician selected by the Massachusetts medical association, (c) a physician selected by a hospital and medical service corporation and (d), a physician selected by the Massachusetts association of health maintenance organizations from a member plan.

The commissioner shall have the authority to direct any insurer to make payments, consistent with the recommendations of the panel, required by section forty-seven K, section eight N of chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, section four N of chapter one hundred and seventy-six B and section four E of chapter one hundred and seventy-six G.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 36
Promotion of call men to permanent force; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 36. Any town which has accepted chapter four hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and has a call or part call fire department which now is or may hereafter be subject to chapter thirty-one, may, on the recommendation of the board of engineers of the fire department or of the officer or board having charge of the fire department, promote to membership in the permanent full-time force, without civil service examination and without any probationary period of service required under said chapter thirty-one and the rules and regulations made thereunder, any persons then in the call or part call fire department who have served as call men or part call men or substitute call men for three or more successive years, and who are certified to be competent physically for the duty by the town physician, if any, otherwise by a physician designated therefor by the board of engineers or other authority, as aforesaid; provided, at the time of said promotion to the full-time force, the person so promoted is serving in the call department on a permanent basis after certification from an eligible list established in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty-one.

Section 36. Any town which has accepted chapter four hundred and eighty-seven of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, and has a call or part call fire department which now is or may hereafter be subject to chapter thirty-one, may, on the recommendation of the board of engineers of the fire department or of the officer or board having charge of the fire department, promote to membership in the permanent full-time force, without civil service examination and without any probationary period of service required under said chapter thirty-one and the rules and regulations made thereunder, any persons then in the call or part call fire department who have served as call men or part call men or substitute call men for three or more successive years, and who are certified to be competent physically for the duty by the town physician, if any, otherwise by a physician designated therefor by the board of engineers or other authority, as aforesaid; provided, at the time of said promotion to the full-time force, the person so promoted is serving in the call department on a permanent basis after certification from an eligible list established in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 5
Presumption of perjury; papers, books and documents detained for prosecution
Status: in_force

Section 5. If perjury is reasonably presumed, as aforesaid, papers, books or documents which have been produced and are considered necessary to be used on a prosecution for such perjury may by order of the court be detained from the person who produces them so long as may be necessary for their use in such prosecution.

Section 5. If perjury is reasonably presumed, as aforesaid, papers, books or documents which have been produced and are considered necessary to be used on a prosecution for such perjury may by order of the court be detained from the person who produces them so long as may be necessary for their use in such prosecution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157B, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157B / Section 6
Articles of organization
Status: in_force

Section 6. Three or more persons, residents of the commonwealth, may organize a cooperative corporation by filing articles of organization with the secretary of the commonwealth. The articles must meet the requirements of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, and, in addition, shall state: (1) whether transfer of its stock is restricted; (2) whether or not it shall be authorized to pay dividends on its stock, but no cooperative corporation may pay a dividend of more than ten per cent, noncumulative, upon its stock; (3) whether the transfer value of its stock is restricted.

Section 6. Three or more persons, residents of the commonwealth, may organize a cooperative corporation by filing articles of organization with the secretary of the commonwealth. The articles must meet the requirements of chapter one hundred and fifty-six B, and, in addition, shall state:

(1) whether transfer of its stock is restricted;

(2) whether or not it shall be authorized to pay dividends on its stock, but no cooperative corporation may pay a dividend of more than ten per cent, noncumulative, upon its stock;

(3) whether the transfer value of its stock is restricted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29A / Section 3
Fees, fines, etc., paid into general fund; exceptions
Status: in_force

Section 3. All fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties and any other receipts or income of any kind paid to or received by any of the courts, clerks, registers, recorders or other officers or employees of the judicial branch shall be paid into the general fund of the commonwealth except as otherwise specifically provided by law. The provisions of this section shall not include a registry of deeds and office of an assistant recorder of the land court in connection therewith.

Section 3. All fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties and any other receipts or income of any kind paid to or received by any of the courts, clerks, registers, recorders or other officers or employees of the judicial branch shall be paid into the general fund of the commonwealth except as otherwise specifically provided by law. The provisions of this section shall not include a registry of deeds and office of an assistant recorder of the land court in connection therewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 23A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 23A
Disposition of unclaimed money held for former ward; records
Status: in_force

Section 23A. Annually on or before November thirtieth, the department shall pay to the state treasurer all unclaimed money held by it for the benefit of any former ward of the department whose whereabouts are then unknown to it and have been unknown for seven years subsequent to his becoming of age. At the time of so paying over any such money, the department shall certify to the comptroller the amount of such money then held for the benefit of each former ward, his full name, age, if known, and last known address, the names of his parents, if known, and such further information as it deems relevant; and said comptroller shall make and keep a record thereof.

Section 23A. Annually on or before November thirtieth, the department shall pay to the state treasurer all unclaimed money held by it for the benefit of any former ward of the department whose whereabouts are then unknown to it and have been unknown for seven years subsequent to his becoming of age. At the time of so paying over any such money, the department shall certify to the comptroller the amount of such money then held for the benefit of each former ward, his full name, age, if known, and last known address, the names of his parents, if known, and such further information as it deems relevant; and said comptroller shall make and keep a record thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 15
Acknowledgment or new promise by joint contractor; effect
Status: in_force

Section 15. A joint contractor or his executor or administrator shall not lose the benefit of this chapter so as to be chargeable by reason only of an acknowledgment or promise made or signed, or by reason of a payment made, by any other joint contractor or his executor or administrator.

Section 15. A joint contractor or his executor or administrator shall not lose the benefit of this chapter so as to be chargeable by reason only of an acknowledgment or promise made or signed, or by reason of a payment made, by any other joint contractor or his executor or administrator.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 19
Special limitations
Status: in_force

Section 19. If a special provision is otherwise made relative to the limitation of any action, any provision of this chapter inconsistent therewith shall not apply.

Section 19. If a special provision is otherwise made relative to the limitation of any action, any provision of this chapter inconsistent therewith shall not apply.