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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 9F — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 9F
State employees elected to public office; leave of absence
Status: in_force

Section 9F. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person permanently employed by the commonwealth, subject to the provisions of section nine B, who holds an elective state or county office or who is elected mayor by the people of any city in the commonwealth, shall, upon his written request, made to the appointing authority, be granted a leave of absence without pay from his position or employment for all or for such portion of the term for which he was elected, as he may at any time, or from time to time, designate, and he shall not be suspended or discharged and shall suffer no loss of tenure rights as a result of such leave of absence.

Section 9F. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person permanently employed by the commonwealth, subject to the provisions of section nine B, who holds an elective state or county office or who is elected mayor by the people of any city in the commonwealth, shall, upon his written request, made to the appointing authority, be granted a leave of absence without pay from his position or employment for all or for such portion of the term for which he was elected, as he may at any time, or from time to time, designate, and he shall not be suspended or discharged and shall suffer no loss of tenure rights as a result of such leave of absence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 199, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 199 / Section 4
Insolvent estates; transmittal to foreign executor; conditions
Status: in_force

Section 4. The estate shall not be transmitted to the foreign executor or administrator until all the creditors who are citizens of this commonwealth have received the proportion which would be due to them if the whole estate of the deceased, wherever found, which is applicable to the payment of common creditors were divided without preference among all the creditors in proportion to their respective debts; and no creditor not a citizen of this commonwealth shall be paid out of the assets found here until all those who are such citizens have received the proportion provided in the preceding section.

Section 4. The estate shall not be transmitted to the foreign executor or administrator until all the creditors who are citizens of this commonwealth have received the proportion which would be due to them if the whole estate of the deceased, wherever found, which is applicable to the payment of common creditors were divided without preference among all the creditors in proportion to their respective debts; and no creditor not a citizen of this commonwealth shall be paid out of the assets found here until all those who are such citizens have received the proportion provided in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 41
Finality of award; remedy for collection
Status: in_force

Section 41. If no petition under section fourteen is filed within the time limited, the award of damages shall be final and the amount thereof shall be paid upon demand, and if not so paid may be recovered in an action of contract.

Section 41. If no petition under section fourteen is filed within the time limited, the award of damages shall be final and the amount thereof shall be paid upon demand, and if not so paid may be recovered in an action of contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 24
Health maintenance contracts; genetic tests; discrimination based on genetic information
Status: in_force

Section 24. For the purposes of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Genetic information'', any written recorded individually identifiable result of a genetic test as defined by this section or explanation of such a result. ''Genetic test'', a test of human DNA, RNA, mitochondrial DNA, chromosomes or proteins for the purpose of identifying the genes, or genetic abnormalities, or the presence or absence of inherited or acquired characteristics in genetic material. No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall cancel, refuse to issue or renew, or in any way make or permit any distinction or discrimination in the amount of payment of premium or rates charged, in the length of coverage or in any of the terms and conditions of a health maintenance contract based on genetic information as defined in this section. No health maintenance organization subject to the provisions of this chapter and no officer or agent thereof, shall require genetic tests or private genetic information, as defined in this section, as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a health maintenance contract. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapters 93A and 176D.

Section 24. For the purposes of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''Genetic information'', any written recorded individually identifiable result of a genetic test as defined by this section or explanation of such a result.

''Genetic test'', a test of human DNA, RNA, mitochondrial DNA, chromosomes or proteins for the purpose of identifying the genes, or genetic abnormalities, or the presence or absence of inherited or acquired characteristics in genetic material.

No health maintenance organization subject to this chapter, and no officer or agent thereof, shall cancel, refuse to issue or renew, or in any way make or permit any distinction or discrimination in the amount of payment of premium or rates charged, in the length of coverage or in any of the terms and conditions of a health maintenance contract based on genetic information as defined in this section. No health maintenance organization subject to the provisions of this chapter and no officer or agent thereof, shall require genetic tests or private genetic information, as defined in this section, as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a health maintenance contract. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapters 93A and 176D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 22A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 22A
Dogs owned by police departments or agencies
Status: in_force

Section 22A. The provisions of sections twenty-one and twenty-two shall not apply to dogs owned by police departments or police agencies of the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions when such dogs are under the direct supervision, care and control of a police officer, have been vaccinated as provided in section one hundred and forty-five B of chapter one hundred and forty, and are subject to routine veterinary care.

Section 22A. The provisions of sections twenty-one and twenty-two shall not apply to dogs owned by police departments or police agencies of the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions when such dogs are under the direct supervision, care and control of a police officer, have been vaccinated as provided in section one hundred and forty-five B of chapter one hundred and forty, and are subject to routine veterinary care.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62E, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62E / Section 9
Failure of employer, payor of income or other person to submit reports; false reports; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 9. An employer or payor of income required to submit a report pursuant to this chapter who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements shall be liable for a penalty assessed by the department in the following amount for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income with respect to whom such employer or payor of income is required to file a report but who is also not included in such report or for whom the required information is not accurately reported for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income required to be included:— up to $25 for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income or, if the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee, or contractor or other recipient of periodic income not to supply the required report or to supply a false or incomplete report, $500 for each such employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income. Any person who is required to submit a report pursuant to the provisions of section 4 who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements or who willfully renders false information in reply to such request, shall be liable for a penalty assessed by the department of $1,000. Said department may collect a penalty assessed under this section by any means authorized for the collection of corporate or partnership taxes under chapter 62C.

Section 9. An employer or payor of income required to submit a report pursuant to this chapter who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements shall be liable for a penalty assessed by the department in the following amount for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income with respect to whom such employer or payor of income is required to file a report but who is also not included in such report or for whom the required information is not accurately reported for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income required to be included:— up to $25 for each employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income or, if the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee, or contractor or other recipient of periodic income not to supply the required report or to supply a false or incomplete report, $500 for each such employee, contractor or other recipient of periodic income.

Any person who is required to submit a report pursuant to the provisions of section 4 who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with such reporting requirements or who willfully renders false information in reply to such request, shall be liable for a penalty assessed by the department of $1,000. Said department may collect a penalty assessed under this section by any means authorized for the collection of corporate or partnership taxes under chapter 62C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 241 / Section 17
Examination of title, investigations, etc.; omitted parties; improper descriptions
Status: in_force

Section 17. The court may at any time direct an examination of the title, or the making of a plan, of any land included in the petition, or such investigation relating to the description or title of any of it as seems useful or desirable for its better division or sale. If it appears from the report of a title examiner or from any other source that there are necessary parties, as defined in section six, who were not made parties to the petition, and have not appeared, the court shall, before proceeding further, cause the petitioner to amend his petition by making such persons parties, and to give notice to them in the manner provided in section eight. The court may also cause notice to be given to any encumbrancer whose interest may be disclosed by the examination or otherwise. If it appears at any stage of the proceedings that the land is improperly described, the court may, before proceeding further, require the petitioner to amend his petition by inserting a correct description.

Section 17. The court may at any time direct an examination of the title, or the making of a plan, of any land included in the petition, or such investigation relating to the description or title of any of it as seems useful or desirable for its better division or sale. If it appears from the report of a title examiner or from any other source that there are necessary parties, as defined in section six, who were not made parties to the petition, and have not appeared, the court shall, before proceeding further, cause the petitioner to amend his petition by making such persons parties, and to give notice to them in the manner provided in section eight. The court may also cause notice to be given to any encumbrancer whose interest may be disclosed by the examination or otherwise. If it appears at any stage of the proceedings that the land is improperly described, the court may, before proceeding further, require the petitioner to amend his petition by inserting a correct description.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35SS — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35SS
Build America Bonds Subsidy Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35SS. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Build America Bonds Subsidy Trust Fund, in this section called the fund. There shall be credited to the fund payments received from the United States Treasury for subsidies related to any tax credit bonds issued by the commonwealth for the purpose of paying or reimbursing interest on such bonds. The state treasurer shall be the fund's trustee, may credit any such payments to the appropriate funds or accounts of the commonwealth allocable to the payment of such interest and in accordance with any applicable trust agreements pursuant to which any bonds were issued and shall make expenditures from the fund, without further appropriation, to pay debt service related to such bonds. The comptroller may, without further appropriation, transfer from any available appropriation any amount determined by the comptroller to have been withheld by the federal government from a tax credit bond subsidy payment.

Section 35SS. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Build America Bonds Subsidy Trust Fund, in this section called the fund. There shall be credited to the fund payments received from the United States Treasury for subsidies related to any tax credit bonds issued by the commonwealth for the purpose of paying or reimbursing interest on such bonds. The state treasurer shall be the fund's trustee, may credit any such payments to the appropriate funds or accounts of the commonwealth allocable to the payment of such interest and in accordance with any applicable trust agreements pursuant to which any bonds were issued and shall make expenditures from the fund, without further appropriation, to pay debt service related to such bonds. The comptroller may, without further appropriation, transfer from any available appropriation any amount determined by the comptroller to have been withheld by the federal government from a tax credit bond subsidy payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 68
Sale of portion of railway; payment of dividends from money received
Status: in_force

Section 68. A company shall not appropriate for the payment of dividends any money received from the sale of any portion of its railway, unless it first reduces its capital stock issued, by an amount which, at its par value, is equal to the amount which such portion of its railway cost said company.

Section 68. A company shall not appropriate for the payment of dividends any money received from the sale of any portion of its railway, unless it first reduces its capital stock issued, by an amount which, at its par value, is equal to the amount which such portion of its railway cost said company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 16, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 16 / Section 24
Cost records and estimates; assessment of municipalities served; taxation of private facilities; reimbursements
Status: in_force

Section 24. The department shall maintain records of the cost of carrying out the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-three, inclusive, and shall notify the state treasurer of the estimated amounts of money due the commonwealth from the various municipalities served, and such amounts shall be assessed by the state treasurer and included and made a part of the sum charged to such city or town and shall be paid by such city or town into the state treasury as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine provided that any such city or town may in any year anticipate in whole or in part its assessment and appropriate, raise and deposit the amount thereof with the state treasurer, and any sum so deposited shall be credited against such assessment. The department, after public hearing, shall establish and from time to time amend charges to users other than cities and towns. There shall be an annual reimbursement in lieu of taxes upon the value of any land held by the department for use as a solid waste disposal facility under this chapter to the city or town in which such land is located. The amount of said reimbursement shall be determined in accordance with sections thirteen through seventeen B of chapter fifty-eight.

Section 24. The department shall maintain records of the cost of carrying out the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-three, inclusive, and shall notify the state treasurer of the estimated amounts of money due the commonwealth from the various municipalities served, and such amounts shall be assessed by the state treasurer and included and made a part of the sum charged to such city or town and shall be paid by such city or town into the state treasury as provided by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine provided that any such city or town may in any year anticipate in whole or in part its assessment and appropriate, raise and deposit the amount thereof with the state treasurer, and any sum so deposited shall be credited against such assessment. The department, after public hearing, shall establish and from time to time amend charges to users other than cities and towns. There shall be an annual reimbursement in lieu of taxes upon the value of any land held by the department for use as a solid waste disposal facility under this chapter to the city or town in which such land is located. The amount of said reimbursement shall be determined in accordance with sections thirteen through seventeen B of chapter fifty-eight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 12
Arrest and delivery of accused to executives of another state; governor's authority
Status: in_force

Section 12. Subject to the provisions of sections eleven to twenty R, inclusive, the controlling provisions of the constitution of the United States, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, the governor may cause to be arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state any person charged in such other state with treason, felony or other crime, or with having been convicted of a crime in such other state and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, who is found in this commonwealth.

Section 12. Subject to the provisions of sections eleven to twenty R, inclusive, the controlling provisions of the constitution of the United States, and any and all acts of congress enacted in pursuance thereof, the governor may cause to be arrested and delivered up to the executive authority of any other state any person charged in such other state with treason, felony or other crime, or with having been convicted of a crime in such other state and having escaped from confinement or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, who is found in this commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 116A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 116A
Election of person not listed on state ballot; financial interest statement
Status: in_force

Section 116A. Any person whose name does not appear on the state election ballot, but who receives sufficient votes to elect him to an office appearing on said ballot, shall within three days after the certification of his election file a statement of financial interest under chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B with the state ethics commission, if he has not already done so.

Section 116A. Any person whose name does not appear on the state election ballot, but who receives sufficient votes to elect him to an office appearing on said ballot, shall within three days after the certification of his election file a statement of financial interest under chapter two hundred and sixty-eight B with the state ethics commission, if he has not already done so.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64I, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64I / Section 34
Claims for reimbursement on worthless accounts
Status: in_force

Section 34. Any vendor who has paid to the commissioner an excise under this chapter upon a sale for which credit is given to the purchaser and such account is later determined to be worthless shall be entitled to reimbursement without interest of the excise paid to the commissioner on such worthless account. Such claims for reimbursement, covering the amount of the excise paid on accounts determined to be worthless in the vendor's prior fiscal year, shall be filed on or before the due date, including extensions, of the federal income tax return or annual federal filing in the case of an exempt organization for such prior fiscal year. Any vendor who shall recover, in whole or in part, upon an account previously determined to be worthless for which reimbursement had been received, shall report and include the same in his return for the period during which the recovery occurred. For the purposes of this section, a vendor shall include a person who has made a prepayment of tax under section 3A of chapter 64H.

Section 34. Any vendor who has paid to the commissioner an excise under this chapter upon a sale for which credit is given to the purchaser and such account is later determined to be worthless shall be entitled to reimbursement without interest of the excise paid to the commissioner on such worthless account. Such claims for reimbursement, covering the amount of the excise paid on accounts determined to be worthless in the vendor's prior fiscal year, shall be filed on or before the due date, including extensions, of the federal income tax return or annual federal filing in the case of an exempt organization for such prior fiscal year. Any vendor who shall recover, in whole or in part, upon an account previously determined to be worthless for which reimbursement had been received, shall report and include the same in his return for the period during which the recovery occurred. For the purposes of this section, a vendor shall include a person who has made a prepayment of tax under section 3A of chapter 64H.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 60
Salem as birthplace of National Guard
Status: in_force

Section 60. The city of Salem shall be designated and known as the birthplace of the National Guard.

Section 60. The city of Salem shall be designated and known as the birthplace of the National Guard.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 56
Sick children; notification of parents
Status: in_force

Section 56. If any child is found to be suffering from any disease or defect, or if any child is found to have any defect or disability requiring treatment, the school committee shall forthwith notify the parent or guardian of such child.

Section 56. If any child is found to be suffering from any disease or defect, or if any child is found to have any defect or disability requiring treatment, the school committee shall forthwith notify the parent or guardian of such child.