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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 97 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 97
Accounts, records, etc., of collectors; audits; deposit with assessors; uncollected tax lists
Status: in_force

Section 97. If a collector ceases to hold the office of collector for any reason, all his accounts, records and papers, including his warrant, which relate to the assessment and collection of taxes in his town shall, forthwith after an audit thereof has been made by a competent accountant, be deposited by him, or his executor or administrator, or any other person into whose possession they may come, with the assessors of such town, who thereupon shall turn over his uncollected tax lists to his successor, together with their warrant, which shall cover the uncollected accounts of the original commitment as shown on said lists and shall also turn over all his accounts, records and papers, including his warrant, so deposited with them, except said lists, to the clerk of said town. If the collector is his own successor, he shall complete the collection of the taxes as a part of the duties of his new term of office and not as a part of the duties of his former term of office.

Section 97. If a collector ceases to hold the office of collector for any reason, all his accounts, records and papers, including his warrant, which relate to the assessment and collection of taxes in his town shall, forthwith after an audit thereof has been made by a competent accountant, be deposited by him, or his executor or administrator, or any other person into whose possession they may come, with the assessors of such town, who thereupon shall turn over his uncollected tax lists to his successor, together with their warrant, which shall cover the uncollected accounts of the original commitment as shown on said lists and shall also turn over all his accounts, records and papers, including his warrant, so deposited with them, except said lists, to the clerk of said town. If the collector is his own successor, he shall complete the collection of the taxes as a part of the duties of his new term of office and not as a part of the duties of his former term of office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 37
Resignation of manager
Status: in_force

Section 37. A manager may resign as a manager of a limited liability company at the time or upon the happening of events specified in the operating agreement and in accordance with the operating agreement. An operating agreement may provide that a manager shall not have the right to resign as a manager of a limited liability company. Regardless of whether the operating agreement provides that a manager does not have the right to resign as a manager of a limited liability company, a manager may resign as a manager of a limited liability company at any time upon prior written notice to each member and each other manager at each member's and each other manager's address as set forth on the records of the limited liability company as of the date of the notice. If the resignation of a manager violates the operating agreement, in addition to any remedies otherwise available under applicable law, a limited liability company may recover from the resigning manager damages for breach of the operating agreement and offset the damages against any amounts otherwise distributable to the resigning manager.

Section 37. A manager may resign as a manager of a limited liability company at the time or upon the happening of events specified in the operating agreement and in accordance with the operating agreement. An operating agreement may provide that a manager shall not have the right to resign as a manager of a limited liability company. Regardless of whether the operating agreement provides that a manager does not have the right to resign as a manager of a limited liability company, a manager may resign as a manager of a limited liability company at any time upon prior written notice to each member and each other manager at each member's and each other manager's address as set forth on the records of the limited liability company as of the date of the notice. If the resignation of a manager violates the operating agreement, in addition to any remedies otherwise available under applicable law, a limited liability company may recover from the resigning manager damages for breach of the operating agreement and offset the damages against any amounts otherwise distributable to the resigning manager.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 237 / Section 40
Limitation on amount recoverable
Status: in_force

Section 40. The remainderman or reversioner, or those claiming under him, shall not recover from the adverse party the excess, if any, of rents and profits accruing after the determination of the estate for life, over the amount due for the improvements.

Section 40. The remainderman or reversioner, or those claiming under him, shall not recover from the adverse party the excess, if any, of rents and profits accruing after the determination of the estate for life, over the amount due for the improvements.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 189 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 189
Application of chapter to cities
Status: in_force

Section 189. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to cities so far as consistent with their several charters.

Section 189. Unless the context otherwise requires, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to cities so far as consistent with their several charters.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 5
Removal of snow and ice from sidewalks by abutting landowners; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 5. Cities by ordinance and towns by by-laws may provide for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks within such portions of the city or town as they consider expedient by the owner or occupant of land abutting upon such sidewalks. Such ordinances and by-laws shall determine the time and manner of removal and shall affix penalties, not exceeding fifty dollars in the case of a city or ten dollars in the case of a town, for each violation thereof.

Section 5. Cities by ordinance and towns by by-laws may provide for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks within such portions of the city or town as they consider expedient by the owner or occupant of land abutting upon such sidewalks. Such ordinances and by-laws shall determine the time and manner of removal and shall affix penalties, not exceeding fifty dollars in the case of a city or ten dollars in the case of a town, for each violation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 249C — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 249C
Sale of condemned coal
Status: in_force

Section 249C. Whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells, exposes or offers for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, coal condemned under the provisions of section two hundred and forty-nine A shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or both.

Section 249C. Whoever, by himself, or by his servant, agent or employee, sells, exposes or offers for sale, or has in his custody or possession with intent to sell, coal condemned under the provisions of section two hundred and forty-nine A shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150B, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150B / Section 7
Employees subject to Federal Railway Labor Act
Status: in_force

Section 7. None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any dispute involving employees who are subject to and protected by the Federal Railway Labor Act.

Section 7. None of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to any dispute involving employees who are subject to and protected by the Federal Railway Labor Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 278 / Section 1
Trial list of criminal cases, adding cases to list
Status: in_force

Section 1. At each session of the superior court for criminal business, the district attorney, before trials begin, shall make and deposit with the clerk, for the inspection of parties, a list of all cases to be tried at that session, and the cases shall be tried in the order of such trial list, unless otherwise ordered by the court for cause shown. Cases may be added to such list by direction of the court, on its own motion or upon motion of the district attorney or of the defendant.

Section 1. At each session of the superior court for criminal business, the district attorney, before trials begin, shall make and deposit with the clerk, for the inspection of parties, a list of all cases to be tried at that session, and the cases shall be tried in the order of such trial list, unless otherwise ordered by the court for cause shown. Cases may be added to such list by direction of the court, on its own motion or upon motion of the district attorney or of the defendant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 5
Powers and duties of department
Status: in_force

Section 5. The department shall take cognizance of the interests of life, health, comfort and convenience among the citizens of the commonwealth; shall conduct sanitary investigations and investigations as to the causes of disease, and especially of epidemics, and the sale of food and drugs and adulterations thereof; and shall disseminate such information relating thereto as it considers proper. It shall advise the government concerning the location and other sanitary condition of any public institution. It may produce and distribute immunological, diagnostic and therapeutic agents as it may deem advisable, and may sell such portions of such materials produced in its laboratories as constitute an excess over those required for its use within the commonwealth.

Section 5. The department shall take cognizance of the interests of life, health, comfort and convenience among the citizens of the commonwealth; shall conduct sanitary investigations and investigations as to the causes of disease, and especially of epidemics, and the sale of food and drugs and adulterations thereof; and shall disseminate such information relating thereto as it considers proper. It shall advise the government concerning the location and other sanitary condition of any public institution. It may produce and distribute immunological, diagnostic and therapeutic agents as it may deem advisable, and may sell such portions of such materials produced in its laboratories as constitute an excess over those required for its use within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 12Y — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 12Y
Medicare assignment policy; posting
Status: in_force

Section 12Y. Each physician licensed pursuant to sections two and two A, each podiatrist licensed pursuant to section sixteen and each chiropractor licensed pursuant to section ninety-one who treats medicare-eligible individuals shall post, in a conspicuous place, his policy regarding medicare assignment and shall inform all eligible persons of his policy regarding medicare assignment prior to the delivery of care and services.

Section 12Y. Each physician licensed pursuant to sections two and two A, each podiatrist licensed pursuant to section sixteen and each chiropractor licensed pursuant to section ninety-one who treats medicare-eligible individuals shall post, in a conspicuous place, his policy regarding medicare assignment and shall inform all eligible persons of his policy regarding medicare assignment prior to the delivery of care and services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 34
Protection of bridges from heavy loads
Status: in_force

Section 34. Except as otherwise provided in the following section, the department, person or local authorities having control of any bridge constructed prior to June first, nineteen hundred and sixty on any road shall maintain notices not less than one hundred feet from each end of such bridge, legible at a distance of fifty feet, stating the maximum weight of vehicle with load which the bridge will safely carry. The said department, person or local authorities may in addition maintain such notices at all other bridges constructed after June first, nineteen hundred and sixty.

Section 34. Except as otherwise provided in the following section, the department, person or local authorities having control of any bridge constructed prior to June first, nineteen hundred and sixty on any road shall maintain notices not less than one hundred feet from each end of such bridge, legible at a distance of fifty feet, stating the maximum weight of vehicle with load which the bridge will safely carry. The said department, person or local authorities may in addition maintain such notices at all other bridges constructed after June first, nineteen hundred and sixty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 3
Money and property of prisoners; records; custody and return; transmission to court; interest on deposits
Status: in_force

Section 3. They shall keep a record of all money or other property found in possession of prisoners committed to such institutions, and shall be responsible to the commonwealth for the safe keeping and delivery of said property to said prisoners or their order on their discharge or at any time before. The superintendents of correctional institutions of the commonwealth and the superintendents and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of all other penal or reformatory institutions shall, upon receipt of an outstanding victim and witness assessment, transmit to the court any part or all of the monies earned or received by any inmate and held by the correctional facility, except monies derived from interest earned upon said deposits and revenues generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in correctional facilities, to satisfy the victim witness assessment ordered by a court pursuant to section eight of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight B. Any monies derived from interest earned upon the deposit of such money and revenue generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in the correctional facilities may be expended for the general welfare of all the inmates at the discretion of the superintendent.

Section 3. They shall keep a record of all money or other property found in possession of prisoners committed to such institutions, and shall be responsible to the commonwealth for the safe keeping and delivery of said property to said prisoners or their order on their discharge or at any time before. The superintendents of correctional institutions of the commonwealth and the superintendents and keepers of jails, houses of correction and of all other penal or reformatory institutions shall, upon receipt of an outstanding victim and witness assessment, transmit to the court any part or all of the monies earned or received by any inmate and held by the correctional facility, except monies derived from interest earned upon said deposits and revenues generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in correctional facilities, to satisfy the victim witness assessment ordered by a court pursuant to section eight of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight B. Any monies derived from interest earned upon the deposit of such money and revenue generated by the sale or purchase of goods or services to persons in the correctional facilities may be expended for the general welfare of all the inmates at the discretion of the superintendent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 60
Complaints for violations of sections relative to oleomargarine, butter and cheese
Status: reserved

Section 60. Each inspector of milk shall institute complaints for the violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-eight, inclusive, sixty-two or sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, except subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section sixty-five P, on the information of any person who lays before him satisfactory evidence to sustain such complaint, if he has reasonable cause to believe that said provision has been violated. He may enter each place where butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix as defined in section sixty-five G, are stored or kept for sale, and shall take samples of suspected butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix, and cause them to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and preserve as evidence the result of such analysis or test. Before commencing the analysis of any sample in any proceeding for violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-one, inclusive, and sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, the analyst shall reserve and seal a portion of the sample, and, upon complaint made against the person from whom such sample was taken, such reserved portion of the sample alleged to be adulterated shall, upon application, be delivered to such person or to his attorney. The expense of such analysis or test, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, may be included in the expense of such prosecution.

Section 60. Each inspector of milk shall institute complaints for the violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-eight, inclusive, sixty-two or sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, except subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of section sixty-five P, on the information of any person who lays before him satisfactory evidence to sustain such complaint, if he has reasonable cause to believe that said provision has been violated. He may enter each place where butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix as defined in section sixty-five G, are stored or kept for sale, and shall take samples of suspected butter, cheese or imitations thereof, or frozen desserts or frozen dessert mix, and cause them to be analyzed or otherwise satisfactorily tested, and shall record and preserve as evidence the result of such analysis or test. Before commencing the analysis of any sample in any proceeding for violation of any provision of sections forty-nine to fifty-one, inclusive, and sixty-five G to sixty-five S, inclusive, the analyst shall reserve and seal a portion of the sample, and, upon complaint made against the person from whom such sample was taken, such reserved portion of the sample alleged to be adulterated shall, upon application, be delivered to such person or to his attorney. The expense of such analysis or test, not exceeding twenty dollars in any one case, may be included in the expense of such prosecution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 48
Limitation of actions for breach of warranties
Status: in_force

Section 48. (a) A judicial proceeding for breach of any obligation arising under section forty-five or forty-six shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrues, but the parties may agree to reduce the period of limitation to not less than two years. With respect to a time-share unit that may be used as a dwelling or for recreational purposes, an agreement to reduce the period of limitation shall be evidenced by a separate instrument executed by the purchaser. (b) Subject to subsection (c), a cause of action for breach of warranty of quality, regardless of the purchaser's lack of knowledge of the breach accrues, unless extended by agreement: (1) as to a unit, at the time of the first transfer of a time-share therein by the seller to a bona fide purchaser; and (2) as to other improvements, at the time each is completed. (c) If a warranty of quality explicitly extends to future performance or duration of any improvement or component of the property, the cause of action accrues at the time the breach is discovered or at the end of the period for which the warranty explicitly extends, whichever first occurs.

Section 48. (a) A judicial proceeding for breach of any obligation arising under section forty-five or forty-six shall be commenced within four years after the cause of action accrues, but the parties may agree to reduce the period of limitation to not less than two years. With respect to a time-share unit that may be used as a dwelling or for recreational purposes, an agreement to reduce the period of limitation shall be evidenced by a separate instrument executed by the purchaser.

(b) Subject to subsection (c), a cause of action for breach of warranty of quality, regardless of the purchaser's lack of knowledge of the breach accrues, unless extended by agreement:

(1) as to a unit, at the time of the first transfer of a time-share therein by the seller to a bona fide purchaser; and

(2) as to other improvements, at the time each is completed.

(c) If a warranty of quality explicitly extends to future performance or duration of any improvement or component of the property, the cause of action accrues at the time the breach is discovered or at the end of the period for which the warranty explicitly extends, whichever first occurs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176I, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176I / Section 9
Application of laws
Status: in_force

Section 9. An organization which offers or administers a health benefit plan or furnishes workers' compensation, under a preferred provider arrangement shall be subject to all of the provisions of its enabling or licensing statute and of any other provisions of the general laws applicable thereto, including but not limited to, the provisions of chapter 176O and any benefits required to be provided by law. To the extent that this section is inconsistent with the provisions of one hundred and seventy-six M and any regulations promulgated thereunder, any nongroup health plan under a preferred provider arrangement that is within the definition of a guaranteed issue health plan in said chapter one hundred and seventy-six M shall be governed by the provisions of said chapter one hundred and seventy-six M and any regulations promulgated thereunder. In connection with any preferred provider arrangement and activities, an organization shall be considered to be an insurance company for the purposes of sections one hundred and ninety-three C, one hundred and ninety-three D, one hundred and ninety-three L, one hundred and ninety-three M and one hundred and ninety-three N of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 9. An organization which offers or administers a health benefit plan or furnishes workers' compensation, under a preferred provider arrangement shall be subject to all of the provisions of its enabling or licensing statute and of any other provisions of the general laws applicable thereto, including but not limited to, the provisions of chapter 176O and any benefits required to be provided by law. To the extent that this section is inconsistent with the provisions of one hundred and seventy-six M and any regulations promulgated thereunder, any nongroup health plan under a preferred provider arrangement that is within the definition of a guaranteed issue health plan in said chapter one hundred and seventy-six M shall be governed by the provisions of said chapter one hundred and seventy-six M and any regulations promulgated thereunder. In connection with any preferred provider arrangement and activities, an organization shall be considered to be an insurance company for the purposes of sections one hundred and ninety-three C, one hundred and ninety-three D, one hundred and ninety-three L, one hundred and ninety-three M and one hundred and ninety-three N of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.