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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 26A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 26A
Maintenance of ways in small towns; contributions by county
Status: in_force

Section 26A. The county commissioners of the county wherein any public way is to be repaired or improved under the provisions of the preceding section may contribute and expend county funds therefor in accordance with such agreements as the commissioners may make with the department and the selectmen of the town. Said county funds may be paid to the department or to the town from time to time as the work progresses, to the extent that the said commissioners are satisfied that the work for which agreements have been made is being done in accordance therewith. Such contributions or expenditures by a county shall not render it liable for defects in any way or for damages to persons traveling thereon, and when the work of repair or maintenance for which such contribution or expenditure is made is completed, there shall be no further obligation on the part of the county as to the repair and maintenance thereof until a further contribution is made by the county commissioners for such purpose.

Section 26A. The county commissioners of the county wherein any public way is to be repaired or improved under the provisions of the preceding section may contribute and expend county funds therefor in accordance with such agreements as the commissioners may make with the department and the selectmen of the town. Said county funds may be paid to the department or to the town from time to time as the work progresses, to the extent that the said commissioners are satisfied that the work for which agreements have been made is being done in accordance therewith. Such contributions or expenditures by a county shall not render it liable for defects in any way or for damages to persons traveling thereon, and when the work of repair or maintenance for which such contribution or expenditure is made is completed, there shall be no further obligation on the part of the county as to the repair and maintenance thereof until a further contribution is made by the county commissioners for such purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 152A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 152A
Licensing business of buying, selling or transporting live poultry
Status: in_force

Section 152A. No person or business entity shall engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting live poultry unless he shall have first obtained a license therefor from the commissioner of food and agriculture, the fee of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven. Such license shall expire on December thirty-first in the year or part thereof in which such license was issued and may be revoked by the commissioner of food and agriculture for cause and after notice and hearing in the manner provided by chapter thirty A. Such cause shall include, but not be limited to, violations of section one hundred and fifty-two B. All licensees under this section shall keep and maintain, for a period of one year, records of each transaction including dates, names and addresses of both seller and purchaser and number and species of poultry so bought, sold or transported. Said commissioner of food and agriculture may make regulations governing the issuance of such licenses as well as sanitation requirements for all trucks, crates, coops and other conveyances to be so utilized.

Section 152A. No person or business entity shall engage in the business of buying, selling or transporting live poultry unless he shall have first obtained a license therefor from the commissioner of food and agriculture, the fee of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of section three B of chapter seven. Such license shall expire on December thirty-first in the year or part thereof in which such license was issued and may be revoked by the commissioner of food and agriculture for cause and after notice and hearing in the manner provided by chapter thirty A. Such cause shall include, but not be limited to, violations of section one hundred and fifty-two B. All licensees under this section shall keep and maintain, for a period of one year, records of each transaction including dates, names and addresses of both seller and purchaser and number and species of poultry so bought, sold or transported. Said commissioner of food and agriculture may make regulations governing the issuance of such licenses as well as sanitation requirements for all trucks, crates, coops and other conveyances to be so utilized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 249, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 249 / Section 8
Judgment; costs
Status: in_force

Section 8. If the court finds that the defendant has not exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, he shall recover costs. If the attorney general does not intervene, and the court finds that the respondent has exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, judgment of forfeiture shall not be entered, but judgment shall be entered that the corporation, or the persons claiming to be such, be perpetually excluded from the exercise of such franchise or privilege, and that the directors, managers, or agents, guilty of the usurpation, pay the costs of the complainant.

Section 8. If the court finds that the defendant has not exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, he shall recover costs. If the attorney general does not intervene, and the court finds that the respondent has exercised a franchise or privilege not conferred by law, judgment of forfeiture shall not be entered, but judgment shall be entered that the corporation, or the persons claiming to be such, be perpetually excluded from the exercise of such franchise or privilege, and that the directors, managers, or agents, guilty of the usurpation, pay the costs of the complainant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 24J — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 24J
Medical respite services program
Status: in_force

Section 24J. There is hereby established a program of medical respite services provided by the Boston health care for the homeless program. Said program shall be administered by the department, subject to appropriation. Any revenues generated by said program shall be credited to the General Fund.

Section 24J. There is hereby established a program of medical respite services provided by the Boston health care for the homeless program. Said program shall be administered by the department, subject to appropriation. Any revenues generated by said program shall be credited to the General Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 205, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 205 / Section 29
Actions upon bonds given by guardians, conservators, trustees or other fiduciary
Status: in_force

Section 29. Except as otherwise provided, a bond given by a guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or other fiduciary officer may be put in suit by order of the probate court for the benefit of any person interested, and the proceedings in such action shall be conducted in like manner as is provided relative to actions on bonds given by executors or administrators.

Section 29. Except as otherwise provided, a bond given by a guardian, conservator, trustee, receiver, commissioner or other fiduciary officer may be put in suit by order of the probate court for the benefit of any person interested, and the proceedings in such action shall be conducted in like manner as is provided relative to actions on bonds given by executors or administrators.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 11
Failure to observe fair wage or regulations; summons; hearing; publication of names, liability
Status: in_force

Section 11. If the commissioner has reason to believe that any employer is not paying a fair wage or not observing other minimum wage regulations, the commissioner may, on fifteen days notice, summon such employer to show cause why the name of such employer should not be published as having committed such violation. After a hearing and a finding of nonobservance, the commissioner may cause to be published in such newspaper or newspapers within this commonwealth or in such other manner as he may deem appropriate, the name of such employer or employers. Neither the commissioner nor any authorized representative of the commissioner nor any newspaper publisher, proprietor, editor or employee thereof shall be liable to an action for damages for publishing the name of any employer as provided herein unless guilty of wilful misrepresentation.

Section 11. If the commissioner has reason to believe that any employer is not paying a fair wage or not observing other minimum wage regulations, the commissioner may, on fifteen days notice, summon such employer to show cause why the name of such employer should not be published as having committed such violation. After a hearing and a finding of nonobservance, the commissioner may cause to be published in such newspaper or newspapers within this commonwealth or in such other manner as he may deem appropriate, the name of such employer or employers. Neither the commissioner nor any authorized representative of the commissioner nor any newspaper publisher, proprietor, editor or employee thereof shall be liable to an action for damages for publishing the name of any employer as provided herein unless guilty of wilful misrepresentation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 11B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 11B
Dissolution; involuntary; failure of charitable corporation to file annual financial reports
Status: in_force

Section 11B. If any charitable corporation described in section eleven A fails to comply for two consecutive years with the provisions of section eight F of chapter twelve requiring the filing of annual financial reports with the office of the attorney general, or if the attorney general is satisfied that such corporation has become inactive and that its dissolution would be in the public interest, the attorney general may petition the supreme judicial court for the dissolution of such corporation, requesting the court to authorize the administration of its funds for such similar public charitable purposes as the court may determine, and the court, after notice by mail or otherwise as it may order, may dissolve such corporation. The attorney general may include as many corporations in a single application as he deems fit, and the court may include in its decree any or all of said corporations. The clerk of the supreme judicial court shall submit to the commissioner of revenue a list of corporations so dissolved.

Section 11B. If any charitable corporation described in section eleven A fails to comply for two consecutive years with the provisions of section eight F of chapter twelve requiring the filing of annual financial reports with the office of the attorney general, or if the attorney general is satisfied that such corporation has become inactive and that its dissolution would be in the public interest, the attorney general may petition the supreme judicial court for the dissolution of such corporation, requesting the court to authorize the administration of its funds for such similar public charitable purposes as the court may determine, and the court, after notice by mail or otherwise as it may order, may dissolve such corporation. The attorney general may include as many corporations in a single application as he deems fit, and the court may include in its decree any or all of said corporations. The clerk of the supreme judicial court shall submit to the commissioner of revenue a list of corporations so dissolved.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, sec. 4G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19A / Section 4G
Promotion of CDC services; coordination with state and local public, private and nonprofit agencies; list of CDC workers paid through home care program CDC option
Status: in_force

Section 4G. (a) The CDC workforce council shall develop and implement a communications plan to promote CDC services and raise awareness of the CDC option for eligible consumers and potential CDC workers. (b) The CDC workforce council may coordinate activities with other state and local public, private and nonprofit agencies to carry out its duties. The council may coordinate with the agencies to provide a local presence for the council and to provide consumers or consumers' surrogates greater access to CDC information. (c) The department shall provide to the council a list of all CDC workers who have been paid through the home care program CDC option and shall update the list not less than every 6 months to ensure that the council has a complete and accurate list. The information provided on the list shall be limited to the names and contact information for each CDC worker; provided, however, that the list shall not include any personally identifiable information of the consumers. All CDC workers, upon hire, or at any other reasonable time, shall be provided an opportunity to submit a written request to the department to be excluded from the list.

Section 4G. (a) The CDC workforce council shall develop and implement a communications plan to promote CDC services and raise awareness of the CDC option for eligible consumers and potential CDC workers.

(b) The CDC workforce council may coordinate activities with other state and local public, private and nonprofit agencies to carry out its duties. The council may coordinate with the agencies to provide a local presence for the council and to provide consumers or consumers' surrogates greater access to CDC information.

(c) The department shall provide to the council a list of all CDC workers who have been paid through the home care program CDC option and shall update the list not less than every 6 months to ensure that the council has a complete and accurate list. The information provided on the list shall be limited to the names and contact information for each CDC worker; provided, however, that the list shall not include any personally identifiable information of the consumers. All CDC workers, upon hire, or at any other reasonable time, shall be provided an opportunity to submit a written request to the department to be excluded from the list.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 25
Levy valid against creditor
Status: in_force

Section 25. If the execution and return have not been returned or recorded as aforesaid, the levy shall be so far valid against the creditor that he shall not waive the levy and have a new execution, except as provided in section fifty.

Section 25. If the execution and return have not been returned or recorded as aforesaid, the levy shall be so far valid against the creditor that he shall not waive the levy and have a new execution, except as provided in section fifty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 32
Report of laid out, relocated or altered roads; recordation
Status: in_force

Section 32. When a town way or private way is laid out, relocated or altered by the selectmen or road commissioners or by the county commissioners, they shall in their report or return thereof specify the manner in which such way is laid out, relocated or altered and shall transmit to the town clerk a description of the location and bounds thereof, which shall within ten days be recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose; and no town shall contest the legality of a way laid out by it and accepted and recorded as provided in this chapter. Sections twenty-six to thirty-two, inclusive, shall apply to cities.

Section 32. When a town way or private way is laid out, relocated or altered by the selectmen or road commissioners or by the county commissioners, they shall in their report or return thereof specify the manner in which such way is laid out, relocated or altered and shall transmit to the town clerk a description of the location and bounds thereof, which shall within ten days be recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose; and no town shall contest the legality of a way laid out by it and accepted and recorded as provided in this chapter. Sections twenty-six to thirty-two, inclusive, shall apply to cities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 26
Exclusiveness of method of perfecting security interests
Status: in_force

Section 26. The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests in vehicles for which certificates of title are issued, or are required to be issued, under this chapter is exclusive.

Section 26. The method provided in this chapter of perfecting and giving notice of security interests in vehicles for which certificates of title are issued, or are required to be issued, under this chapter is exclusive.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 21
Report and plan of commissioners; effect
Status: in_force

Section 21. When the report and plan of said commissioners has been accepted by the court and recorded as aforesaid, it shall forever fix and determine the rights of all persons and parties, except where definite boundary lines have been established by parties legally authorized to establish them.

Section 21. When the report and plan of said commissioners has been accepted by the court and recorded as aforesaid, it shall forever fix and determine the rights of all persons and parties, except where definite boundary lines have been established by parties legally authorized to establish them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 17
Appropriations
Status: in_force

Section 17. A religious society may, at its annual meeting or at any other meeting regularly notified seven days at least before the holding thereof, grant and vote money necessary for the settlement and support of ministers or public teachers of religion, for the building or repairing of houses of public worship, for sacred music, for the purchase and preservation of burial grounds, and for other necessary parish charges.

Section 17. A religious society may, at its annual meeting or at any other meeting regularly notified seven days at least before the holding thereof, grant and vote money necessary for the settlement and support of ministers or public teachers of religion, for the building or repairing of houses of public worship, for sacred music, for the purchase and preservation of burial grounds, and for other necessary parish charges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 3
Name of limited liability company
Status: reserved

Section 3. The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its certificate of organization: (1) shall contain the words ''limited liability company'', ''limited company'', or the abbreviation ''L.L.C.'', ''L.C.'', ''LLC'' or ''LC''; (2) may contain the name of a member or manager; and (3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to the name of any corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company reserved or organized under the laws of the commonwealth or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company in the commonwealth, except with the written consent of said corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company previously filed with the state secretary.

Section 3. The name of each limited liability company as set forth in its certificate of organization:

(1) shall contain the words ''limited liability company'', ''limited company'', or the abbreviation ''L.L.C.'', ''L.C.'', ''LLC'' or ''LC'';

(2) may contain the name of a member or manager; and

(3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to the name of any corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company reserved or organized under the laws of the commonwealth or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company in the commonwealth, except with the written consent of said corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company previously filed with the state secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 68
Registration of mortgage
Status: in_force

Section 68. Registration of a mortgage shall be made in the following manner: the assistant recorder shall enter upon the certificate of title a memorandum of the purport of the mortgage deed, the time of filing and the file number of the deed, and shall sign the memorandum. He shall also note upon the mortgage deed the time of filing and a reference to the volume and page of the registration book in which it is registered.

Section 68. Registration of a mortgage shall be made in the following manner: the assistant recorder shall enter upon the certificate of title a memorandum of the purport of the mortgage deed, the time of filing and the file number of the deed, and shall sign the memorandum. He shall also note upon the mortgage deed the time of filing and a reference to the volume and page of the registration book in which it is registered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 19J — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 19J
Allocation of funds; priorities
Status: in_force

Section 19J. In allocating said funds, the board shall give priority to library construction projects within communities (a) in which the most recent fiscal year's tax levy as a per cent of its levy limit exceeds the statewide average, as determined by the commissioner of revenue; (b) that demonstrate strong local annual operating support for public libraries; (c) that have a high degree of demand for public library services; (d) which undertake significant cooperation with other municipalities to improve public library services; (e) which are in strict compliance with the standards established under this chapter; (f) where library projects are needed, in the judgment of the board, to renovate a building which is structurally unsound, lacking handicapped access or otherwise in a condition seriously jeopardizing the safety of the public and where no viable alternatives exist; and (g) where library projects are needed for the replacement, renovation or modernization of the heating system, roof or other project relating to energy efficiency.

Section 19J. In allocating said funds, the board shall give priority to library construction projects within communities (a) in which the most recent fiscal year's tax levy as a per cent of its levy limit exceeds the statewide average, as determined by the commissioner of revenue; (b) that demonstrate strong local annual operating support for public libraries; (c) that have a high degree of demand for public library services; (d) which undertake significant cooperation with other municipalities to improve public library services; (e) which are in strict compliance with the standards established under this chapter; (f) where library projects are needed, in the judgment of the board, to renovate a building which is structurally unsound, lacking handicapped access or otherwise in a condition seriously jeopardizing the safety of the public and where no viable alternatives exist; and (g) where library projects are needed for the replacement, renovation or modernization of the heating system, roof or other project relating to energy efficiency.