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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 8
Conversion to mutual life insurance company
Status: in_force

Section 8. Any domestic society may be converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the requirements of chapter one hundred and seventy-five relating to the financial requirements of mutual life insurance companies if such plan of conversion has been approved by the commissioner. Such plan shall be prepared in writing setting forth in full the terms and conditions thereof. The board of directors shall submit such plan to the supreme legislative or governing body of such society at any regular or special meeting thereof, by giving a full, true and complete copy of such plan, with the notice of such meeting. Such notice shall be given as provided in the laws of the society for the convocation of a regular or special meeting of such body, as the case may be. The affirmative vote of two thirds of all members of such body shall be necessary for the approval of such agreement. No such conversion shall take effect unless and until approved by the commissioner who may give such approval if he finds that the proposed change is in conformity with the requirements of law and not prejudicial to the certificate holders of the society.

Section 8. Any domestic society may be converted and licensed as a mutual life insurance company by compliance with all the requirements of chapter one hundred and seventy-five relating to the financial requirements of mutual life insurance companies if such plan of conversion has been approved by the commissioner. Such plan shall be prepared in writing setting forth in full the terms and conditions thereof. The board of directors shall submit such plan to the supreme legislative or governing body of such society at any regular or special meeting thereof, by giving a full, true and complete copy of such plan, with the notice of such meeting. Such notice shall be given as provided in the laws of the society for the convocation of a regular or special meeting of such body, as the case may be. The affirmative vote of two thirds of all members of such body shall be necessary for the approval of such agreement. No such conversion shall take effect unless and until approved by the commissioner who may give such approval if he finds that the proposed change is in conformity with the requirements of law and not prejudicial to the certificate holders of the society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 301 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 301
Registration Requirement
Status: in_force

Section 301. It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell any security in the commonwealth unless:— (1) the security is registered under this chapter; (2) the security or transaction is exempted under section 402; or (3) the security is a federal covered security.

Section 301. It is unlawful for any person to offer or sell any security in the commonwealth unless:—

(1) the security is registered under this chapter;

(2) the security or transaction is exempted under section 402; or

(3) the security is a federal covered security.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150A, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150A / Section 12
Title of statute
Status: in_force

Section 12. This chapter may be cited as the ''State Labor Relations Law''.

Section 12. This chapter may be cited as the ''State Labor Relations Law''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 131, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 131 / Section 16
Loss or destruction of license; duplicates
Status: in_force

Section 16. Whoever loses or by mistake or accident destroys his license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter may, upon application to the director, clerk of the city or town or any person duly authorized under the provisions of section twelve issuing the same, and upon payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, receive a duplicate license, permit or certificate; provided, that such application is accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the circumstances of said loss, and also, if application is made to the director in any case where he did not issue the original license, permit or certificate, by a statement from the person who issued the original license, permit or certificate, or his successor in office, which statement shall contain the number and form of the license, permit or certificate, the date of its issue, and a personal description of the licensee. A person shall not, while he knowingly has a valid license, permit or certificate, obtain, have in possession or use any duplicate license, permit or certificate. A person shall not, while he knowingly has a valid fishing, hunting, sporting or trapping license, obtain for himself, have in possession or use any license which purports to afford him any of the privileges of the original license for any part of the period for which such original license was valid.

Section 16. Whoever loses or by mistake or accident destroys his license, permit, or certificate issued under this chapter may, upon application to the director, clerk of the city or town or any person duly authorized under the provisions of section twelve issuing the same, and upon payment of a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, receive a duplicate license, permit or certificate; provided, that such application is accompanied by an affidavit setting forth the circumstances of said loss, and also, if application is made to the director in any case where he did not issue the original license, permit or certificate, by a statement from the person who issued the original license, permit or certificate, or his successor in office, which statement shall contain the number and form of the license, permit or certificate, the date of its issue, and a personal description of the licensee. A person shall not, while he knowingly has a valid license, permit or certificate, obtain, have in possession or use any duplicate license, permit or certificate. A person shall not, while he knowingly has a valid fishing, hunting, sporting or trapping license, obtain for himself, have in possession or use any license which purports to afford him any of the privileges of the original license for any part of the period for which such original license was valid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 12 / Section 15
Practice of law prohibited; salary
Status: in_force

Section 15. District attorneys shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to their duties, shall neither directly nor indirectly engage in the practice of law, and shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of $223,442 annually.

Section 15. District attorneys shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to their duties, shall neither directly nor indirectly engage in the practice of law, and shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of $223,442 annually.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 163, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 163 / Section 7
Service as common carrier
Status: in_force

Section 7. Every corporation undertaking to perform the kind of public service authorized by this chapter shall thereupon become a common carrier, with all the duties and liabilities of common carriers, and the department shall have the same jurisdiction over the operation and the service rendered that it has over street railway companies, except that no corporation shall be required, without its consent, to extend its trackless trolley service beyond that described in its petition under the preceding section or in its offer to the department thereunder, and the department may permit the suspension or curtailment in whole or in part of the trackless trolley service of any corporation operating under authority of this chapter whenever, by reason of weather or traffic conditions, or of the condition of the highways, or the season of the year, such suspension or curtailment may be desirable for the safety of the traveling public or to avoid loss in operation.

Section 7. Every corporation undertaking to perform the kind of public service authorized by this chapter shall thereupon become a common carrier, with all the duties and liabilities of common carriers, and the department shall have the same jurisdiction over the operation and the service rendered that it has over street railway companies, except that no corporation shall be required, without its consent, to extend its trackless trolley service beyond that described in its petition under the preceding section or in its offer to the department thereunder, and the department may permit the suspension or curtailment in whole or in part of the trackless trolley service of any corporation operating under authority of this chapter whenever, by reason of weather or traffic conditions, or of the condition of the highways, or the season of the year, such suspension or curtailment may be desirable for the safety of the traveling public or to avoid loss in operation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 275, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 275 / Section 1
Justices keeping public peace; security
Status: in_force

Section 1. The justices of the supreme judicial court, of the superior court, and of district courts may cause all laws made for the preservation of the public peace to be kept; and in the execution of that power may require persons to give security to keep the peace, or for their good behavior, or both, as provided in this chapter.

Section 1. The justices of the supreme judicial court, of the superior court, and of district courts may cause all laws made for the preservation of the public peace to be kept; and in the execution of that power may require persons to give security to keep the peace, or for their good behavior, or both, as provided in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203C, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203C / Section 1
Citation
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Massachusetts Prudent Investor Act.

Section 1. This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Massachusetts Prudent Investor Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174B / Section 11
Suspension, revocation or refusal of club agent's registration; grounds
Status: in_force

Section 11. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any club agent's registration, if he finds that the club agent: (a) has violated any of the provisions of this chapter; (b) has misappropriated or converted to his own use or has illegally withheld monies required to be held in a fiduciary capacity; (c) has materially misrepresented the terms or effects of any contract or has engaged in any fraudulent transaction; (d) has shown himself to be incompetent, untrustworthy or a source of injury and loss to the automobile-club-service-buying public; (e) has been convicted of a crime involving fraud or dishonesty.

Section 11. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any club agent's registration, if he finds that the club agent:

(a) has violated any of the provisions of this chapter;

(b) has misappropriated or converted to his own use or has illegally withheld monies required to be held in a fiduciary capacity;

(c) has materially misrepresented the terms or effects of any contract or has engaged in any fraudulent transaction;

(d) has shown himself to be incompetent, untrustworthy or a source of injury and loss to the automobile-club-service-buying public;

(e) has been convicted of a crime involving fraud or dishonesty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 152 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 152
Use or occupation of buildings or premises for carrying on offensive trades or occupations
Status: in_force

Section 152. If any buildings or premises are so occupied or used, the department of environmental protection shall, upon application, appoint a time and place for hearing the parties, and, after due notice thereof to the party against whom the application is made and a hearing, may, if in its judgment the public health, comfort or convenience so require, order any person to desist from further carrying on said trade or occupation in such buildings or premises; and no person shall thereafter continue so to occupy or use such buildings or premises. Whoever occupies or uses any building or premises in violation of this or the preceding section shall forfeit not more than two hundred dollars for every month of such occupancy or use and in like proportion for a shorter time.

Section 152. If any buildings or premises are so occupied or used, the department of environmental protection shall, upon application, appoint a time and place for hearing the parties, and, after due notice thereof to the party against whom the application is made and a hearing, may, if in its judgment the public health, comfort or convenience so require, order any person to desist from further carrying on said trade or occupation in such buildings or premises; and no person shall thereafter continue so to occupy or use such buildings or premises. Whoever occupies or uses any building or premises in violation of this or the preceding section shall forfeit not more than two hundred dollars for every month of such occupancy or use and in like proportion for a shorter time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 39
Electronic signatures accepted by registrar
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 9, Sec. 40 effective January 1, 2026. See 2025, 9, Sec. 135.] Section 39. Electronic signatures as prescribed in section 9 of chapter 110G shall be accepted by the registrar through the electronic process prescribed under section 24. The registrar may promulgate rules and regulations for the requirements for electronic signature authentication, maintenance, invalidation or surrender of a secure paper title bearing an original signature. Nothing in this chapter shall relieve a seller's obligation under section 15 to assign and deliver title to a purchaser or the registrar at the time of delivery of the vehicle, nor shall anything in this chapter relieve a purchaser's obligation under sections 1A and 2 of chapter 90 to take title to said vehicle prior to insuring or registering the vehicle.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 9, Sec. 40 effective January 1, 2026. See 2025, 9, Sec. 135.]

Section 39. Electronic signatures as prescribed in section 9 of chapter 110G shall be accepted by the registrar through the electronic process prescribed under section 24. The registrar may promulgate rules and regulations for the requirements for electronic signature authentication, maintenance, invalidation or surrender of a secure paper title bearing an original signature.

Nothing in this chapter shall relieve a seller's obligation under section 15 to assign and deliver title to a purchaser or the registrar at the time of delivery of the vehicle, nor shall anything in this chapter relieve a purchaser's obligation under sections 1A and 2 of chapter 90 to take title to said vehicle prior to insuring or registering the vehicle.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 16F — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 16F
Recovery of real estate owner against tenants
Status: in_force

Section 16F. An owner of real estate who, in order to prevent the imposition of a lien thereon or to discharge the same, has paid charges for sewer connections furnished to a tenant or other person who was bound to pay the same, may recover from such tenant or other person in an action of contract the amount of the charges so paid with all incidental costs and expenses.

Section 16F. An owner of real estate who, in order to prevent the imposition of a lien thereon or to discharge the same, has paid charges for sewer connections furnished to a tenant or other person who was bound to pay the same, may recover from such tenant or other person in an action of contract the amount of the charges so paid with all incidental costs and expenses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 88 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 88
Effect of unaccepted offer of judgment
Status: in_force

Section 88. An offer of judgment made under the provisions of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure which is not accepted shall not be evidence against the party making it, either in a subsequent proceeding in the action in which it is made or in another action or suit.

Section 88. An offer of judgment made under the provisions of the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure which is not accepted shall not be evidence against the party making it, either in a subsequent proceeding in the action in which it is made or in another action or suit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 73, sec. 1E — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 73 / Section 1E
Branch banks on grounds of universities authorized
Status: in_force

Section 1E. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board of bank incorporation or the commissioner of banks is hereby authorized to allow a bank, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, to establish and maintain a branch on the grounds of any state university in the commonwealth, provided that the board of trustees of said state universities shall determine the method and terms of the lease if applicable or rental thereof.

Section 1E. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law, the board of bank incorporation or the commissioner of banks is hereby authorized to allow a bank, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and sixty-seven, to establish and maintain a branch on the grounds of any state university in the commonwealth, provided that the board of trustees of said state universities shall determine the method and terms of the lease if applicable or rental thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255B, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255B / Section 15
Full payment by buyer; duty of holder of retail instalment contract
Status: in_force

Section 15. After the payment of all sums for which the buyer is obligated under a retail instalment contract, the holder of such contract shall mail to the buyer at his last known address, good and sufficient instruments to indicate payment in full and to release all security in the motor vehicle.

Section 15. After the payment of all sums for which the buyer is obligated under a retail instalment contract, the holder of such contract shall mail to the buyer at his last known address, good and sufficient instruments to indicate payment in full and to release all security in the motor vehicle.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 45B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 45B
Declarations of estimated tax and estimated tax payments; filing or payment made to bank designated as depositary and fiscal agent
Status: in_force

Section 45B. With respect to declarations of estimated tax and estimated tax payments required under the provisions of chapters sixty-two B and sixty-three B, the commissioner may, by regulation, provide that such declarations be filed and estimated tax payments be made to a bank designated as a depositary and fiscal agent under section forty-five. The use of a bank for this purpose shall not be considered a violation of the provisions of section twenty-one; provided, however, that all employees of said bank having access to declarations or documents to which section twenty-one is applicable shall be subject to the provisions of said section twenty-one, including the penalties for their violation under subsection (c) of said section twenty-one.

Section 45B. With respect to declarations of estimated tax and estimated tax payments required under the provisions of chapters sixty-two B and sixty-three B, the commissioner may, by regulation, provide that such declarations be filed and estimated tax payments be made to a bank designated as a depositary and fiscal agent under section forty-five. The use of a bank for this purpose shall not be considered a violation of the provisions of section twenty-one; provided, however, that all employees of said bank having access to declarations or documents to which section twenty-one is applicable shall be subject to the provisions of said section twenty-one, including the penalties for their violation under subsection (c) of said section twenty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 39A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 39A
Service on certain insurance companies severally, or jointly and severally, liable
Status: in_force

Section 39A. In an action against insurance companies severally liable upon a policy of insurance issued under section one hundred and two A, one hundred and eleven A or one hundred and seventeen A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or jointly and severally liable upon a policy of insurance issued under said section one hundred and eleven A, or in a suit against insurance companies brought by a judgment creditor under section one hundred and thirteen of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five and clause ten of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen under a policy of liability insurance issued under said section one hundred and eleven A, service upon any one of said companies shall be a valid and sufficient service upon all of such companies as are named in the process. Such service, if on a domestic company, shall be made in the manner provided in this chapter and, if on a foreign company, in the manner provided in section thirty-nine of this chapter, or in the third clause of section one hundred and fifty-one and section one hundred and fifty-four of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 39A. In an action against insurance companies severally liable upon a policy of insurance issued under section one hundred and two A, one hundred and eleven A or one hundred and seventeen A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or jointly and severally liable upon a policy of insurance issued under said section one hundred and eleven A, or in a suit against insurance companies brought by a judgment creditor under section one hundred and thirteen of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five and clause ten of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen under a policy of liability insurance issued under said section one hundred and eleven A, service upon any one of said companies shall be a valid and sufficient service upon all of such companies as are named in the process. Such service, if on a domestic company, shall be made in the manner provided in this chapter and, if on a foreign company, in the manner provided in section thirty-nine of this chapter, or in the third clause of section one hundred and fifty-one and section one hundred and fifty-four of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 87 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 87
Board of registration of speech-language pathology and audiology; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 87. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations consistent with law as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties.

Section 87. The board shall adopt such rules and regulations consistent with law as it may deem necessary in the performance of its duties.