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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 28
Payment of balance due defendant
Status: in_force

Section 28. The plaintiff shall, except as provided in the following section, before taking out execution for seisin of the land, pay to the defendant, or for his use to the recorder of the land court, the amount, if any, by which the defendant's judgment upon his counterclaim for improvements exceeds the amount recovered against the defendant by the plaintiff upon his claim for rents and profits and other damages; but the defendant or person claiming under him shall not be liable for rents and profits accruing between the date of the judgment and payment by the plaintiff of said amount.

Section 28. The plaintiff shall, except as provided in the following section, before taking out execution for seisin of the land, pay to the defendant, or for his use to the recorder of the land court, the amount, if any, by which the defendant's judgment upon his counterclaim for improvements exceeds the amount recovered against the defendant by the plaintiff upon his claim for rents and profits and other damages; but the defendant or person claiming under him shall not be liable for rents and profits accruing between the date of the judgment and payment by the plaintiff of said amount.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231A / Section 2
Controversies to which declaratory judgment procedure is applicable
Status: in_force

Section 2. The procedure under section one may be used to secure determinations of right, duty, status or other legal relations under deeds, wills or written contracts or other writings constituting a contract or contracts or under the common law, or a charter, statute, municipal ordinance or by-law, or administrative regulation, including determination of any question of construction or validity thereof which may be involved in such determination. Said procedure under section one may be used in the superior court to enjoin and to obtain a determination of the legality of the administrative practices and procedures of any municipal, county or state agency or official which practices or procedures are alleged to be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of the constitution or laws of the commonwealth, or are in violation of rules or regulations promulgated under the authority of such laws, which violation has been consistently repeated; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the governor and council or the legislative and judicial departments. For the purpose of this section practices or procedures mean the customary and usual method of conducting municipal, county, state agency or official business. The foregoing enumeration shall not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in section one in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

Section 2. The procedure under section one may be used to secure determinations of right, duty, status or other legal relations under deeds, wills or written contracts or other writings constituting a contract or contracts or under the common law, or a charter, statute, municipal ordinance or by-law, or administrative regulation, including determination of any question of construction or validity thereof which may be involved in such determination. Said procedure under section one may be used in the superior court to enjoin and to obtain a determination of the legality of the administrative practices and procedures of any municipal, county or state agency or official which practices or procedures are alleged to be in violation of the Constitution of the United States or of the constitution or laws of the commonwealth, or are in violation of rules or regulations promulgated under the authority of such laws, which violation has been consistently repeated; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the governor and council or the legislative and judicial departments. For the purpose of this section practices or procedures mean the customary and usual method of conducting municipal, county, state agency or official business.

The foregoing enumeration shall not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in section one in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 31
Attribution of members to a primary care provider
Status: in_force

Section 31. To the maximum extent possible, every health maintenance organization shall attribute every member to a primary care provider. Members may change their primary care provider, provided that the member gives notice to the carrier.

Section 31. To the maximum extent possible, every health maintenance organization shall attribute every member to a primary care provider. Members may change their primary care provider, provided that the member gives notice to the carrier.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 26
Board of registration in veterinary medicine; membership; qualifications; term
Status: in_force

Section 26. There shall be a board of registration in veterinary medicine, in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight called the board, consisting of four veterinarians, and one representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. Each member of said board shall be a legal resident of the commonwealth. Each veterinarian member of said board shall be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the commonwealth, a graduate of a school or college teaching veterinary medicine and approved by the approving authority, and shall have had at least five years' experience in the active practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry prior to his appointment. No member shall be a member of any faculty in any institution having the power to confer degrees in veterinary medicine. One member thereof shall annually before December first be appointed by the governor, for five years from January first following. No veterinarian member appointed to a full five year term under this section shall be reappointed to succeed himself.

Section 26. There shall be a board of registration in veterinary medicine, in sections twenty-seven and twenty-eight called the board, consisting of four veterinarians, and one representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. Each member of said board shall be a legal resident of the commonwealth. Each veterinarian member of said board shall be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the commonwealth, a graduate of a school or college teaching veterinary medicine and approved by the approving authority, and shall have had at least five years' experience in the active practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry prior to his appointment. No member shall be a member of any faculty in any institution having the power to confer degrees in veterinary medicine. One member thereof shall annually before December first be appointed by the governor, for five years from January first following. No veterinarian member appointed to a full five year term under this section shall be reappointed to succeed himself.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 59
Packaging and delivery to city or town clerks
Status: in_force

Section 59. Ballots for state elections shall be enclosed in a package by the state secretary, sealed and marked with the number of ballots of each kind therein, and specimen ballots, cards of instruction, cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters, and copies of any measure to be submitted to the people shall be enclosed in another package, and the whole shall be further enclosed in a single package with marks on the outside indicating its contents and the polling place for which it is intended, and transmitted to city and town clerks, so as to be received at least twelve hours before the date of election. The clerks shall return receipts therefor to the secretary. He shall keep a record of the time when and the manner in which the several packages are transmitted, and shall preserve the receipts therefor for one year. The clerk of each city and of each town using official ballots shall enclose the ballots, specimen ballots, cards of instruction and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters for city or town elections in the same manner.

Section 59. Ballots for state elections shall be enclosed in a package by the state secretary, sealed and marked with the number of ballots of each kind therein, and specimen ballots, cards of instruction, cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters, and copies of any measure to be submitted to the people shall be enclosed in another package, and the whole shall be further enclosed in a single package with marks on the outside indicating its contents and the polling place for which it is intended, and transmitted to city and town clerks, so as to be received at least twelve hours before the date of election. The clerks shall return receipts therefor to the secretary. He shall keep a record of the time when and the manner in which the several packages are transmitted, and shall preserve the receipts therefor for one year.

The clerk of each city and of each town using official ballots shall enclose the ballots, specimen ballots, cards of instruction and cards containing abstracts of the laws imposing penalties upon voters for city or town elections in the same manner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 22
Filing of writs, complaints, bills and pleadings
Status: in_force

Section 22. Writs, complaints, bills and pleadings in proceedings in the land court may be filed with the recorder of the land court, or with the register of deeds for the district where the land or any part thereof lies, who shall immediately index the proceedings in the general index by the names of the parties, and transmit the papers to the recorder. The recorder shall cause copies of said papers to be made and transmitted to the said register of deeds, who shall file the same, and, if the original papers were filed with the recorder, index the proceedings as above provided. Whenever such papers contain a reference to any instruments recorded in the registry of deeds where they are filed, the register of deeds shall cause a minute thereof to be made upon the margin of such record.

Section 22. Writs, complaints, bills and pleadings in proceedings in the land court may be filed with the recorder of the land court, or with the register of deeds for the district where the land or any part thereof lies, who shall immediately index the proceedings in the general index by the names of the parties, and transmit the papers to the recorder. The recorder shall cause copies of said papers to be made and transmitted to the said register of deeds, who shall file the same, and, if the original papers were filed with the recorder, index the proceedings as above provided. Whenever such papers contain a reference to any instruments recorded in the registry of deeds where they are filed, the register of deeds shall cause a minute thereof to be made upon the margin of such record.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 67
Certification of authority to act for limited liability company
Status: in_force

Section 67. Any person who is identified on the certificate of organization, as amended, of a domestic limited liability company, or on the application for registration, as amended, of a foreign limited liability company, as a manager or as a person who is authorized to execute any documents to be filed with the office of the state secretary, may certify as to the incumbency of any manager or member and as to the authority of any person, whether or not such person is identified on the certificate of organization or on the application for registration, to act for the limited liability company, including without limitation with respect to the matters referred to in section sixty-six, and any such certification shall be binding on the limited liability company in favor of a person relying in good faith on such certification, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the operating agreement, side agreements among the members, the managers or both, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the limited liability company.

Section 67. Any person who is identified on the certificate of organization, as amended, of a domestic limited liability company, or on the application for registration, as amended, of a foreign limited liability company, as a manager or as a person who is authorized to execute any documents to be filed with the office of the state secretary, may certify as to the incumbency of any manager or member and as to the authority of any person, whether or not such person is identified on the certificate of organization or on the application for registration, to act for the limited liability company, including without limitation with respect to the matters referred to in section sixty-six, and any such certification shall be binding on the limited liability company in favor of a person relying in good faith on such certification, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of the operating agreement, side agreements among the members, the managers or both, by-laws or rules, resolutions or votes of the limited liability company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157B, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157B / Section 13
Loans
Status: in_force

Section 13. Any financial institution organized under the laws of the commonwealth and supervised either by the commissioner of banks or the commissioner of insurance shall be authorized to make loans secured by a pledge of a proprietary lease and the appurtenant stock of a cooperative corporation upon the same terms and with the same limitations as loans secured by mortgages of real property.

Section 13. Any financial institution organized under the laws of the commonwealth and supervised either by the commissioner of banks or the commissioner of insurance shall be authorized to make loans secured by a pledge of a proprietary lease and the appurtenant stock of a cooperative corporation upon the same terms and with the same limitations as loans secured by mortgages of real property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 69 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 69
Sale or delivery to intoxicated persons
Status: in_force

Section 69. No alcoholic beverage shall be sold or delivered on any premises licensed under this chapter to an intoxicated person.

Section 69. No alcoholic beverage shall be sold or delivered on any premises licensed under this chapter to an intoxicated person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 44A
Retirement of janitors not in contributory retirement system; authorization; amount of pension
Status: in_force

Section 44A. A city having a plan D or plan E charter by a two thirds vote of all the members of its city council, any other city by a vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter and a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting may direct the appropriate city or town retirement board to retire at his own request any janitor whose employment began before July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and who has been in such employ for not less than thirty-five years, or who has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than twenty-five years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or who has completed a service of not less than fifteen years and is physically or mentally incapacitated for labor by reasons of injury received in the performance of his duties for such city or town; and if so retired his pension shall be equal to seventy-two per cent of the annual rate of compensation payable to such employee on the date of his retirement and shall be payable out of the appropriation for the support of public schools, maintenance of school buildings or payment of janitors.

Section 44A. A city having a plan D or plan E charter by a two thirds vote of all the members of its city council, any other city by a vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter and a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting may direct the appropriate city or town retirement board to retire at his own request any janitor whose employment began before July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and who has been in such employ for not less than thirty-five years, or who has reached the age of sixty and has been in such employ for not less than twenty-five years and has become physically or mentally incapacitated for labor, or who has completed a service of not less than fifteen years and is physically or mentally incapacitated for labor by reasons of injury received in the performance of his duties for such city or town; and if so retired his pension shall be equal to seventy-two per cent of the annual rate of compensation payable to such employee on the date of his retirement and shall be payable out of the appropriation for the support of public schools, maintenance of school buildings or payment of janitors.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 100L — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 100L
Duty of clerk of court and commissioner of criminal justice information to expunge court records and police logs upon order issued pursuant to Secs. 100F, 100G, 100H or 100K
Status: in_force

Section 100L. (a) Upon receipt of an order by a court pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the commissioner, the clerk of court where the record was created and the commissioner of criminal justice information services appointed pursuant to section 167A of chapter 6 shall: (1) expunge the record within the care, custody or control of the office, clerk's office or department; and (2) order all criminal justice agencies to expunge all publicly available police logs maintained pursuant to section 98F of chapter 41 within their care, custody or control. (b) Any criminal justice agencies receiving an order from the commissioner or the commissioner of criminal justice information services appointed pursuant to section 167A of chapter 6 pursuant to subsection (a), shall forthwith expunge all publicly available police logs maintained pursuant to section 98F of chapter 41 within their care, custody or control. Upon receipt of the order all criminal justice agencies shall, upon inquiry from any party, including without limitation, criminal justice agencies, a county agency, a municipal agency or a state agency, inform said party that no record exists.

Section 100L. (a) Upon receipt of an order by a court pursuant to section 100F, section 100G, section 100H or section 100K the commissioner, the clerk of court where the record was created and the commissioner of criminal justice information services appointed pursuant to section 167A of chapter 6 shall:

(1) expunge the record within the care, custody or control of the office, clerk's office or department; and

(2) order all criminal justice agencies to expunge all publicly available police logs maintained pursuant to section 98F of chapter 41 within their care, custody or control.

(b) Any criminal justice agencies receiving an order from the commissioner or the commissioner of criminal justice information services appointed pursuant to section 167A of chapter 6 pursuant to subsection (a), shall forthwith expunge all publicly available police logs maintained pursuant to section 98F of chapter 41 within their care, custody or control. Upon receipt of the order all criminal justice agencies shall, upon inquiry from any party, including without limitation, criminal justice agencies, a county agency, a municipal agency or a state agency, inform said party that no record exists.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 75
Practice and procedure
Status: in_force

Section 75. Practice and procedure under sections sixty-four to seventy-three, inclusive, sections seventy-six, seventy-six A, and eighty B, not therein otherwise provided for, shall conform as nearly as possible to the land court practice, rules, regulations and procedure under chapter one hundred and eighty-five insofar as the same may be applicable, except that no memorandum stating the disposition of the case shall be made. Notice of filing the petition shall be recorded in the registry of deeds as provided for in land registration proceedings, and all final decrees shall be recorded. The notices shall be prepared by the department of revenue, in language understandable by a least sophisticated consumer, together with a notice in the 7 most commonly spoken languages in the commonwealth, that this notice affects important legal rights and should be translated immediately.

Section 75. Practice and procedure under sections sixty-four to seventy-three, inclusive, sections seventy-six, seventy-six A, and eighty B, not therein otherwise provided for, shall conform as nearly as possible to the land court practice, rules, regulations and procedure under chapter one hundred and eighty-five insofar as the same may be applicable, except that no memorandum stating the disposition of the case shall be made. Notice of filing the petition shall be recorded in the registry of deeds as provided for in land registration proceedings, and all final decrees shall be recorded. The notices shall be prepared by the department of revenue, in language understandable by a least sophisticated consumer, together with a notice in the 7 most commonly spoken languages in the commonwealth, that this notice affects important legal rights and should be translated immediately.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 131 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 131
Compensation for use of station, railroad or grounds of one company by another
Status: in_force

Section 131. If one railroad corporation occupies or uses, or has a right to occupy, enter upon and use, a station, railroad or grounds of another, or any portion thereof, the department, upon petition of either party, and after notice to the other, and a hearing, shall determine the compensation to be paid for such occupancy and use. Its award shall be binding upon the parties thereto for five years, and thereafter until it is revised or altered by the department, and upon the written request of a party affected thereby, filed within thirty days after the rendering thereof, the award shall be filed in the supreme judicial court which shall have jurisdiction to revise the same as if the award had been made by a commission appointed by said court.

Section 131. If one railroad corporation occupies or uses, or has a right to occupy, enter upon and use, a station, railroad or grounds of another, or any portion thereof, the department, upon petition of either party, and after notice to the other, and a hearing, shall determine the compensation to be paid for such occupancy and use. Its award shall be binding upon the parties thereto for five years, and thereafter until it is revised or altered by the department, and upon the written request of a party affected thereby, filed within thirty days after the rendering thereof, the award shall be filed in the supreme judicial court which shall have jurisdiction to revise the same as if the award had been made by a commission appointed by said court.