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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 65T — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 65T
Frozen dietary dairy desserts; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 65T. The department shall promulgate regulations establishing standards of identity for frozen dietary dairy desserts. The department may also establish regulations pertaining to the manufacture and sale of frozen dietary dairy desserts.

Section 65T. The department shall promulgate regulations establishing standards of identity for frozen dietary dairy desserts. The department may also establish regulations pertaining to the manufacture and sale of frozen dietary dairy desserts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156E, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156E / Section 8
Creation for benefit corporation resulting from merger, share exchange or conversion
Status: in_force

Section 8. (a) An entity that is not a benefit corporation shall become a benefit corporation and shall be subject to this chapter if: (1) the entity that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger or conversion or the entity that is not a benefit corporation is the exchanging corporation in a share exchange; and (2) the surviving corporation in the merger, share exchange or conversion is to be a benefit corporation. (b) In order to be effective, a plan of merger or share exchange subject to this section, shall be adopted by the minimum status vote. (c) If a corporation that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger, share exchange or conversion in which the surviving or resulting corporation is a benefit corporation, the transaction shall be treated as if it were a conversion to nonprofit status for purposes of section 13.02 of chapter 156D and the shareholders of the corporation shall be entitled to appraisal rights under sections 13.01 to 13.31, inclusive, of said chapter 156D.

Section 8. (a) An entity that is not a benefit corporation shall become a benefit corporation and shall be subject to this chapter if:

(1) the entity that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger or conversion or the entity that is not a benefit corporation is the exchanging corporation in a share exchange; and

(2) the surviving corporation in the merger, share exchange or conversion is to be a benefit corporation.

(b) In order to be effective, a plan of merger or share exchange subject to this section, shall be adopted by the minimum status vote.

(c) If a corporation that is not a benefit corporation is a party to a merger, share exchange or conversion in which the surviving or resulting corporation is a benefit corporation, the transaction shall be treated as if it were a conversion to nonprofit status for purposes of section 13.02 of chapter 156D and the shareholders of the corporation shall be entitled to appraisal rights under sections 13.01 to 13.31, inclusive, of said chapter 156D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 10
Appraisal when several parcels are levied upon
Status: in_force

Section 10. If the execution is levied at the same time upon several parcels of land, each parcel may be separately appraised, or all may be appraised together. If several parcels are taken successively on the same execution, all the parcels may be appraised by the appraisers first appointed, or appraisers may be appointed for each parcel.

Section 10. If the execution is levied at the same time upon several parcels of land, each parcel may be separately appraised, or all may be appraised together. If several parcels are taken successively on the same execution, all the parcels may be appraised by the appraisers first appointed, or appraisers may be appointed for each parcel.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 57A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 57A
Appropriations for maintenance and operation; payment in advance of receipts
Status: in_force

Section 57A. Any city or town having a municipal light plant may appropriate money for the maintenance and operation of such plant, specifying that the same shall be taken from the receipts of the department; and where such appropriations are made, the city or town treasurer may, in advance of the collection of said receipts, pay bills on account of the said appropriations, and any sum so advanced shall be repaid to the city or town from such receipts, when collected, and shall be applied as reimbursement to the city or town, or to the payment of any temporary loan made by the city or town in anticipation of revenue of that year.

Section 57A. Any city or town having a municipal light plant may appropriate money for the maintenance and operation of such plant, specifying that the same shall be taken from the receipts of the department; and where such appropriations are made, the city or town treasurer may, in advance of the collection of said receipts, pay bills on account of the said appropriations, and any sum so advanced shall be repaid to the city or town from such receipts, when collected, and shall be applied as reimbursement to the city or town, or to the payment of any temporary loan made by the city or town in anticipation of revenue of that year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 155
Licensing of stables in cities and large towns; fees
Status: in_force

Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in a city, or in a town having more than five thousand inhabitants, unless such use is licensed by the board of health, and, in such case, only to the extent so licensed. The fee for such licenses shall be established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than forty dollars. This section shall not prevent any such occupation and use authorized by law on May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the extent and by the person so authorized, but the board of health of such a city or town may make such regulations or orders as, in its judgment, the public health requires relative to drainage, ventilation, size and character of stalls, bedding, number of animals and storage and handling of manure in any stable in its city or town.

Section 155. No person shall erect, occupy or use for a stable any building in a city, or in a town having more than five thousand inhabitants, unless such use is licensed by the board of health, and, in such case, only to the extent so licensed. The fee for such licenses shall be established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than forty dollars. This section shall not prevent any such occupation and use authorized by law on May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, to the extent and by the person so authorized, but the board of health of such a city or town may make such regulations or orders as, in its judgment, the public health requires relative to drainage, ventilation, size and character of stalls, bedding, number of animals and storage and handling of manure in any stable in its city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 53
Trustees in possession of railroad; election and confirmation of trustees
Status: in_force

Section 53. At the annual meeting held under the preceding section, the bondholders or creditors, by a majority in interest vote, may, in person or by proxy, elect three trustees under the mortgage for the ensuing year, and until others are chosen and qualified. And the trustees or any of them or a bondholder or creditor may submit the proceedings of the meeting for confirmation to a justice of the supreme judicial court, in court or at chambers, first giving notice of their intention so to do to the former trustees under the mortgage, to the trustees of all other existing mortgages upon the railroad, and to the corporation, seven days at least before the hearing thereon; which notice may be served by an officer or disinterested person. The justice may hear the parties, ratify the election, and enter such decree as he may find necessary to transfer the property to the new trustees; which decree shall be filed in the office of such clerk of the court as the justice may direct.

Section 53. At the annual meeting held under the preceding section, the bondholders or creditors, by a majority in interest vote, may, in person or by proxy, elect three trustees under the mortgage for the ensuing year, and until others are chosen and qualified. And the trustees or any of them or a bondholder or creditor may submit the proceedings of the meeting for confirmation to a justice of the supreme judicial court, in court or at chambers, first giving notice of their intention so to do to the former trustees under the mortgage, to the trustees of all other existing mortgages upon the railroad, and to the corporation, seven days at least before the hearing thereon; which notice may be served by an officer or disinterested person. The justice may hear the parties, ratify the election, and enter such decree as he may find necessary to transfer the property to the new trustees; which decree shall be filed in the office of such clerk of the court as the justice may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 80F — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 80F
Giving away live animals as prize or award
Status: in_force

Section 80F. No person shall offer or give away any live animal as a prize or an award in a game, contest or tournament involving skill or chance. The provisions of this section shall not apply to awards made to persons participating in programs relating to animal husbandry. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 80F. No person shall offer or give away any live animal as a prize or an award in a game, contest or tournament involving skill or chance. The provisions of this section shall not apply to awards made to persons participating in programs relating to animal husbandry.

Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 114A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 114A
Real estate attachments; expiration by operation of law
Status: in_force

Section 114A. An attachment of land, or of a right or interest therein, shall, unless otherwise dissolved, expire by operation of law at the end of six years from the date of filing the same in the office of the register of deeds in the county or district where said land or some part of it is situated, unless said register shall, within said period, at the written request of the plaintiff or his attorney bring forward the same upon the books of attachments. At the expiration of six years from the time of any such first or subsequent bringing forward, such attachment shall expire as aforesaid unless within such period it is again brought forward in like manner. The register shall record every such written request in his office and shall be entitled to the same fee for bringing forward each such attachment upon the books where such attachments are recorded as for the original entry thereof in such books.

Section 114A. An attachment of land, or of a right or interest therein, shall, unless otherwise dissolved, expire by operation of law at the end of six years from the date of filing the same in the office of the register of deeds in the county or district where said land or some part of it is situated, unless said register shall, within said period, at the written request of the plaintiff or his attorney bring forward the same upon the books of attachments. At the expiration of six years from the time of any such first or subsequent bringing forward, such attachment shall expire as aforesaid unless within such period it is again brought forward in like manner. The register shall record every such written request in his office and shall be entitled to the same fee for bringing forward each such attachment upon the books where such attachments are recorded as for the original entry thereof in such books.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 39, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 39 / Section 8A
Removal of officers; procedure; exception
Status: in_force

Section 8A. Unless otherwise provided in any general law or in any special law relating to a city, any officer or official appointed or elected by the city council may be removed by said council for cause after a public hearing, written notice of which shall be given said officer or official fourteen days, at least, prior to the date thereof. This section shall not apply to any officer or official who is subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one.

Section 8A. Unless otherwise provided in any general law or in any special law relating to a city, any officer or official appointed or elected by the city council may be removed by said council for cause after a public hearing, written notice of which shall be given said officer or official fourteen days, at least, prior to the date thereof. This section shall not apply to any officer or official who is subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 22
Breach or neglect of duty; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 22. For wilful breach or neglect of a duty imposed by law, a county commissioner or clerk of the county commissioners shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, recoverable to the use of the county, at the suit of the attorney general.

Section 22. For wilful breach or neglect of a duty imposed by law, a county commissioner or clerk of the county commissioners shall forfeit not less than fifty nor more than one thousand dollars, recoverable to the use of the county, at the suit of the attorney general.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21A, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21A / Section 13A
System inspectors of on-site sewage disposal systems; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 13A. A system inspector of on-site sewage disposal systems, approved by the department of environmental protection, who performs an on-site inspection sewage disposal system under the provisions of the state environmental code, shall not recommend a specific disposal system installer, including himself, to perform any work related to the replacement, repair, alteration or design of said system; provided, however, that all system inspectors shall, at the time of inspection, provide to the property owner a list prepared by the local board of health of local disposal system installers who are approved to perform such work. Each board of health shall prepare and make available a list containing the name, address, and phone number for at least five such installers who request to be included on such list. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit a system inspector from distributing such list on which his own name shall appear; provided, however, that such inspector shall in no way distinguish his name from others on such list. A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.

Section 13A. A system inspector of on-site sewage disposal systems, approved by the department of environmental protection, who performs an on-site inspection sewage disposal system under the provisions of the state environmental code, shall not recommend a specific disposal system installer, including himself, to perform any work related to the replacement, repair, alteration or design of said system; provided, however, that all system inspectors shall, at the time of inspection, provide to the property owner a list prepared by the local board of health of local disposal system installers who are approved to perform such work. Each board of health shall prepare and make available a list containing the name, address, and phone number for at least five such installers who request to be included on such list. Nothing contained herein shall be construed to prohibit a system inspector from distributing such list on which his own name shall appear; provided, however, that such inspector shall in no way distinguish his name from others on such list.

A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 2
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 2. In this chapter the following words shall, unless a contrary intention appears, have the following meanings:— (a) ''articles of organization'', the articles of organization of a corporation, including any special acts, as from time to time restated or amended, including articles of merger or consolidation; (b) ''by-laws'', the code or codes of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated; (c) ''corporation'', a domestic corporation (i) heretofore established either by general or special law for any one or more of the purposes mentioned in section four or (ii) organized under this chapter on or after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one; (d) ''directors'' or ''board of directors'', the directors of a corporation, including persons and officers having the powers of directors; (e) ''member'', one having membership rights, whether or not designated as a member, in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of organization or by-laws. (f) ''public charity'', a corporation holding funds subject to the provisions of section eight of chapter twelve.

Section 2. In this chapter the following words shall, unless a contrary intention appears, have the following meanings:—

(a) ''articles of organization'', the articles of organization of a corporation, including any special acts, as from time to time restated or amended, including articles of merger or consolidation;

(b) ''by-laws'', the code or codes of rules adopted for the regulation or management of the affairs of the corporation irrespective of the name or names by which such rules are designated;

(c) ''corporation'', a domestic corporation (i) heretofore established either by general or special law for any one or more of the purposes mentioned in section four or (ii) organized under this chapter on or after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one;

(d) ''directors'' or ''board of directors'', the directors of a corporation, including persons and officers having the powers of directors;

(e) ''member'', one having membership rights, whether or not designated as a member, in a corporation in accordance with the provisions of its articles of organization or by-laws.

(f) ''public charity'', a corporation holding funds subject to the provisions of section eight of chapter twelve.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 30
Time of payment
Status: in_force

Section 30. When the division determines that an applicant is eligible for Medicaid, it shall pay for eligible care and services furnished on or after the date of application. Payment shall be made to the provider, institution or insurance entity supplying medical services. The date of application for Medicaid of an individual who has applied for financial assistance under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighteen A or section one hundred and thirty-one of chapter six, shall be deemed to be the date of application for such financial assistance, whether or not such financial assistance is granted. If consistent with Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and the regulations established thereunder, the division shall pay for eligible care and services furnished to an eligible applicant during the three months immediately prior to the month in which the applicant filed his or her application; provided, however, that, at the time such care or services are furnished to such individual, that individual upon application would have been eligible for Medicaid pursuant to this chapter.

Section 30. When the division determines that an applicant is eligible for Medicaid, it shall pay for eligible care and services furnished on or after the date of application. Payment shall be made to the provider, institution or insurance entity supplying medical services. The date of application for Medicaid of an individual who has applied for financial assistance under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighteen A or section one hundred and thirty-one of chapter six, shall be deemed to be the date of application for such financial assistance, whether or not such financial assistance is granted. If consistent with Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and the regulations established thereunder, the division shall pay for eligible care and services furnished to an eligible applicant during the three months immediately prior to the month in which the applicant filed his or her application; provided, however, that, at the time such care or services are furnished to such individual, that individual upon application would have been eligible for Medicaid pursuant to this chapter.