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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 23
Description of money
Status: in_force

Section 23. If an allegation relative to any bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, obligations or other securities for money of any country, state, county, city, town, bank, corporation, partnership or person is necessary, it may describe it as money, without specifying any particulars thereof; and such descriptive allegation shall be sustained by proof of any amount of bullion, money, notes or other securities for money as aforesaid, although the particular nature thereof shall not be proved.

Section 23. If an allegation relative to any bullion, money, notes, bank notes, checks, drafts, bills of exchange, obligations or other securities for money of any country, state, county, city, town, bank, corporation, partnership or person is necessary, it may describe it as money, without specifying any particulars thereof; and such descriptive allegation shall be sustained by proof of any amount of bullion, money, notes or other securities for money as aforesaid, although the particular nature thereof shall not be proved.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 15
Corporations; appearance and answer
Status: in_force

Section 15. A corporation summoned as trustee may appear and answer by its cashier, treasurer, clerk or such other officer or employee as it shall appoint or as the court shall require to attend for that purpose, and his answer and examination, on oath, shall be received as the answer and examination of the corporation.

Section 15. A corporation summoned as trustee may appear and answer by its cashier, treasurer, clerk or such other officer or employee as it shall appoint or as the court shall require to attend for that purpose, and his answer and examination, on oath, shall be received as the answer and examination of the corporation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 4
Executive officer
Status: in_force

Section 4. Each secretary shall act as the executive officer of the governor for accomplishing the purposes of his executive office. He shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of said office and coordinate the activities and programs of the state agencies therein. He shall conduct studies of the operations of said agencies with a view to effecting improvements in administrative organization, procedures and practices, and to promoting economy, efficiency, and avoiding useless labor and expenses in said agencies. He shall from time to time recommend to the governor such changes as he shall deem desirable in the laws relating to the organization, structure, efficiency or administrative functions, services, procedures and practices of any such agency or agencies. He shall review and act upon budgetary and other financial matters concerning said agencies under chapter 29.

Section 4. Each secretary shall act as the executive officer of the governor for accomplishing the purposes of his executive office. He shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of said office and coordinate the activities and programs of the state agencies therein. He shall conduct studies of the operations of said agencies with a view to effecting improvements in administrative organization, procedures and practices, and to promoting economy, efficiency, and avoiding useless labor and expenses in said agencies. He shall from time to time recommend to the governor such changes as he shall deem desirable in the laws relating to the organization, structure, efficiency or administrative functions, services, procedures and practices of any such agency or agencies. He shall review and act upon budgetary and other financial matters concerning said agencies under chapter 29.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 58 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 58
Lack of authority to sue
Status: in_force

Section 58. The lack of authority of a member or manager to sue on behalf of the limited liability company may not be asserted as a defense to an action by the limited liability company or by the limited liability company as a basis for bringing a subsequent suit on the same cause of action.

Section 58. The lack of authority of a member or manager to sue on behalf of the limited liability company may not be asserted as a defense to an action by the limited liability company or by the limited liability company as a basis for bringing a subsequent suit on the same cause of action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90A / Section 4
Powers and duties of committee
Status: in_force

Section 4. The committee shall meet on the call of the governor at such times and places as he may determine. It shall be the duty of the committee to study the problems of safety in connection with the operation of motor vehicles; to consult and co-operate with all departments of state government in regard to highway safety; to promote and encourage uniform and effective programs of safety on highways and to assist in the co-ordination of such programs among state departments, local governmental agencies, other governmental agencies, and private organizations; to interchange information among the several departments of the state government for more effective highway safety conditions; to co-operate with officials of the United States government and with local governments toward the achievement of greater highway safety; to encourage highway safety education in the commonwealth; to encourage and assist in the creation of, and the programs of, local highway safety committees; and to make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the problems of highway safety.

Section 4. The committee shall meet on the call of the governor at such times and places as he may determine. It shall be the duty of the committee to study the problems of safety in connection with the operation of motor vehicles; to consult and co-operate with all departments of state government in regard to highway safety; to promote and encourage uniform and effective programs of safety on highways and to assist in the co-ordination of such programs among state departments, local governmental agencies, other governmental agencies, and private organizations; to interchange information among the several departments of the state government for more effective highway safety conditions; to co-operate with officials of the United States government and with local governments toward the achievement of greater highway safety; to encourage highway safety education in the commonwealth; to encourage and assist in the creation of, and the programs of, local highway safety committees; and to make recommendations to the legislature with respect to the problems of highway safety.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175A, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175A / Section 13
Joint reinsurance; regulations
Status: in_force

Section 13. (a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen and eighteen and nineteen. (b) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.

Section 13. (a) Every group, association or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting or joint reinsurance shall be subject to regulation with respect thereto as herein provided, subject, however, with respect to joint underwriting, to all other provisions of this chapter and, with respect to joint reinsurance, to sections fourteen and eighteen and nineteen.

(b) If, after due notice and a hearing, the commissioner finds that any activity or practice of any such group, association or other organization is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with any provision or provisions of this chapter, he may issue a written order specifying in what respects such activity or practice is unfair or unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with such provision or provisions, and requiring the discontinuance of such activity or practice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167F, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167F / Section 10
Investment, etc. in services from another bank for purposes of obtaining or furnishing technology, trust services, operation functions, staff, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 10. A bank may or in participation with a federal bank, a foreign bank, an out-of-state bank or an out-of-state federal bank, as defined in section 1 of chapter 167 invest in, establish, operate or subscribe for services from another bank, federal bank, foreign bank, out-of-state bank or out-of-state federal bank or a subsidiary thereof or any other business entity for the purpose of obtaining for or furnishing to the bank technology, trust services, financial planning, compliance, internal audits, human resource or other operation functions, management or staff generally required by a bank.

Section 10. A bank may or in participation with a federal bank, a foreign bank, an out-of-state bank or an out-of-state federal bank, as defined in section 1 of chapter 167 invest in, establish, operate or subscribe for services from another bank, federal bank, foreign bank, out-of-state bank or out-of-state federal bank or a subsidiary thereof or any other business entity for the purpose of obtaining for or furnishing to the bank technology, trust services, financial planning, compliance, internal audits, human resource or other operation functions, management or staff generally required by a bank.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 98H — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 98H
Settlement agreements for professional misconduct by law enforcement officer; nondisclosure, non-disparagement or similar clauses
Status: in_force

Section 98H. An agreement by a law enforcement agency, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E, to settle a complaint of professional misconduct by a law enforcement officer, as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 6E, shall not include a nondisclosure, non-disparagement or other similar clause in a settlement agreement between the law enforcement agency and a complainant unless the complainant requests such provision in writing.

Section 98H. An agreement by a law enforcement agency, as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E, to settle a complaint of professional misconduct by a law enforcement officer, as defined in said section 1 of said chapter 6E, shall not include a nondisclosure, non-disparagement or other similar clause in a settlement agreement between the law enforcement agency and a complainant unless the complainant requests such provision in writing.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115 / Section 17
United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry; periodic health assessment for members of the Massachusetts national guard
Status: in_force

Section 17. The adjutant general of the Massachusetts national guard shall request that the periodic health assessment for members of the Massachusetts national guard determine whether the guard member was deployed to a location that would make the guard member eligible to participate in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, and whether the guard member was exposed to open burn pits or other airborne hazards during their deployment to said location. The adjutant general shall request that any guard member who during their periodic health assessment is identified as having been potentially exposed to open burn pits or other airborne hazards during a deployment is automatically registered to participate in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Airborne Hazard and Open Burn Pit Registry.

Section 17. The adjutant general of the Massachusetts national guard shall request that the periodic health assessment for members of the Massachusetts national guard determine whether the guard member was deployed to a location that would make the guard member eligible to participate in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry, and whether the guard member was exposed to open burn pits or other airborne hazards during their deployment to said location. The adjutant general shall request that any guard member who during their periodic health assessment is identified as having been potentially exposed to open burn pits or other airborne hazards during a deployment is automatically registered to participate in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs' Airborne Hazard and Open Burn Pit Registry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 115A, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 115A / Section 17
Annual review of health record systems
Status: in_force

Section 17. The superintendent of each veterans' home, in coordination with the executive director of veterans' homes and housing, shall conduct annual reviews of the respective home's health record system and ensure the home is equipped with technology to best serve access to records for veterans and, where applicable, access to records for veterans' families. A copy of the review shall be sent to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs.

Section 17. The superintendent of each veterans' home, in coordination with the executive director of veterans' homes and housing, shall conduct annual reviews of the respective home's health record system and ensure the home is equipped with technology to best serve access to records for veterans and, where applicable, access to records for veterans' families. A copy of the review shall be sent to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128A / Section 8A
Periodic inspections of installations and facilities operated by licensees; supervision of stewards, judges and starters
Status: repealed

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2107, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.] Section 8A. The commission shall make periodic inspections of all of the installations and facilities operated by its licensees, including stable areas and the office of the racing secretary during the time that entries are being filed. Each member shall from time to time personally visit the jockeys' room to observe the activity of the custodians and valets, and the operation of the clerk of the scales, weighing procedures and security provisions. The activities of stewards, placing judges, patrol judges and starters shall be closely supervised by said commission and the calculating and tote control room of the various tracks shall be regularly spot-checked to insure fair and equitable results for the wagering public.

[ Text of section effective until December 15, 2027. Repealed by 2011, 194, Sec. 39. See 2011, 194, Sec. 112 as amended by 2014, 165, Sec. 192; 2016, 176, Sec. 12B; 2107, 56, Sec. 14; 2018, 159, Sec. 14; 2019, 47, Sec. 14; 2020, 1, Sec. 14; 2020, 106, Sec. 14; 2021, 27, Sec. 14; 2022, 128, Sec. 14; 2023, 26, Sec. 20; and 2025, 73, Sec. 73.]

Section 8A. The commission shall make periodic inspections of all of the installations and facilities operated by its licensees, including stable areas and the office of the racing secretary during the time that entries are being filed. Each member shall from time to time personally visit the jockeys' room to observe the activity of the custodians and valets, and the operation of the clerk of the scales, weighing procedures and security provisions. The activities of stewards, placing judges, patrol judges and starters shall be closely supervised by said commission and the calculating and tote control room of the various tracks shall be regularly spot-checked to insure fair and equitable results for the wagering public.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 108 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 108
Loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition of military property
Status: in_force

Article 108. Loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition of military property. A person subject to this code who, without proper authority: (1) sells or otherwise disposes of; (2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or (3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold or wrongfully disposed of any military property of the United States or of any state shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 108. Loss, damage, destruction or wrongful disposition of military property.

A person subject to this code who, without proper authority: (1) sells or otherwise disposes of; (2) willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or (3) willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, damaged, destroyed, sold or wrongfully disposed of any military property of the United States or of any state shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175C, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175C / Section 7
Denial of association; review
Status: in_force

Section 7. The denial by the association of a part or all of the coverage requested by an eligible applicant, and any other decision requiring improvements to be made or loss prevention measures to be taken as a condition of providing basic property insurance shall be subject to review by the commissioner if an eligible applicant files an appeal with the commissioner within ten days of any such denial or decision. On receipt of any such appeal the commissioner shall cause an investigation of the facts to be made, shall grant all interested parties an opportunity to be heard and shall enter such finding, order or decision as he deems will best meet the purposes of this chapter. Any person aggrieved by any such finding, order or decision and any person aggrieved by any other rule or regulation of the commissioner made pursuant to this chapter may, within ten days of the filing of any such finding, order, decision, rule or regulation in the office of the commissioner, appeal therefrom to the superior court, for the county in which the complainant resides. The court shall, after such notice to the parties as it deems reasonable, hold a summary hearing on such appeal and shall have jurisdiction in equity to review all questions of fact and law, and to affirm or reverse such finding or order and to make any appropriate decree. The decision of the court shall be final and binding on all parties and may include such order as to costs as the court deems equitable.

Section 7. The denial by the association of a part or all of the coverage requested by an eligible applicant, and any other decision requiring improvements to be made or loss prevention measures to be taken as a condition of providing basic property insurance shall be subject to review by the commissioner if an eligible applicant files an appeal with the commissioner within ten days of any such denial or decision. On receipt of any such appeal the commissioner shall cause an investigation of the facts to be made, shall grant all interested parties an opportunity to be heard and shall enter such finding, order or decision as he deems will best meet the purposes of this chapter.

Any person aggrieved by any such finding, order or decision and any person aggrieved by any other rule or regulation of the commissioner made pursuant to this chapter may, within ten days of the filing of any such finding, order, decision, rule or regulation in the office of the commissioner, appeal therefrom to the superior court, for the county in which the complainant resides. The court shall, after such notice to the parties as it deems reasonable, hold a summary hearing on such appeal and shall have jurisdiction in equity to review all questions of fact and law, and to affirm or reverse such finding or order and to make any appropriate decree. The decision of the court shall be final and binding on all parties and may include such order as to costs as the court deems equitable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 34
Warrants; release after service; rearrest
Status: in_force

Section 34. If a tax assessed upon a person remains unpaid for fourteen days after demand therefor, a warrant to collect shall issue, and, thereafter, a warrant to distrain or commit may issue pursuant to section twenty-nine; but a collector or his designee to whom the court issues the warrant to distrain or commit may request that the court suspend the commitment of the taxpayer for a period of time not exceeding fourteen days and after such time if that person has not paid his tax, with all fees and charges due thereon, including the fee for service of said warrant and travel as provided by section fifteen, said officer shall then arrest said person on the aforesaid warrant, and commit him to the jail of the county where he makes the arrest or of the county wherein the city or town in which the tax is payable lies. The warrant shall run throughout the commonwealth, and any officer to whom it is directed as aforesaid may serve it and apprehend the person in any county.

Section 34. If a tax assessed upon a person remains unpaid for fourteen days after demand therefor, a warrant to collect shall issue, and, thereafter, a warrant to distrain or commit may issue pursuant to section twenty-nine; but a collector or his designee to whom the court issues the warrant to distrain or commit may request that the court suspend the commitment of the taxpayer for a period of time not exceeding fourteen days and after such time if that person has not paid his tax, with all fees and charges due thereon, including the fee for service of said warrant and travel as provided by section fifteen, said officer shall then arrest said person on the aforesaid warrant, and commit him to the jail of the county where he makes the arrest or of the county wherein the city or town in which the tax is payable lies. The warrant shall run throughout the commonwealth, and any officer to whom it is directed as aforesaid may serve it and apprehend the person in any county.