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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 411 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 411
Modification or termination of non-charitable irrevocable trust by consent
Status: in_force

Section 411. Modification or termination of non-charitable irrevocable trust by consent (a) If, upon petition, the court finds that the settlor and all beneficiaries consent to the modification or termination of a non-charitable irrevocable trust, the court may approve the modification or termination even if the modification or termination is inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. (b) A non-charitable irrevocable trust may be terminated upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust. A non-charitable irrevocable trust may be modified upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. (c) If not all of the beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under subsection (a) or (b), the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that: (1) if all of the beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section; and (2) the interests of a beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.

Section 411. Modification or termination of non-charitable irrevocable trust by consent

(a) If, upon petition, the court finds that the settlor and all beneficiaries consent to the modification or termination of a non-charitable irrevocable trust, the court may approve the modification or termination even if the modification or termination is inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust.

(b) A non-charitable irrevocable trust may be terminated upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust. A non-charitable irrevocable trust may be modified upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust.

(c) If not all of the beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under subsection (a) or (b), the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that:

(1) if all of the beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section; and

(2) the interests of a beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65A / Section 2
Due date of tax; penalty for delinquent payment; extension of time
Status: in_force

Section 2. The tax imposed by this chapter shall become due and payable at the expiration of twelve months from the date of death, and executors, administrators, trustees, grantees, donees, beneficiaries and surviving joint owners shall be and remain liable for the tax until it is paid. If the tax is not paid when due, interest shall be charged and collected pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter sixty-two C. The commissioner may, for cause shown, extend the time for payment with interest.

Section 2. The tax imposed by this chapter shall become due and payable at the expiration of twelve months from the date of death, and executors, administrators, trustees, grantees, donees, beneficiaries and surviving joint owners shall be and remain liable for the tax until it is paid. If the tax is not paid when due, interest shall be charged and collected pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter sixty-two C. The commissioner may, for cause shown, extend the time for payment with interest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 22
Effect on existing custodianships
Status: in_force

Section 22. (a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made at a time when this chapter was entitled the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Massachusetts Uniform Gifts to Minors Act for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made. (b) This chapter applies to all transfers made before it became the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act in a manner and form prescribed in the Massachusetts Uniform Gifts to Minors Act except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on the effective date of this chapter. (c) Sections one and twenty with respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under this chapter shall not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because of the minor's attainment of the age of majority before the date this chapter became the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

Section 22. (a) Any transfer of custodial property as now defined in this chapter made at a time when this chapter was entitled the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act is validated notwithstanding that there was no specific authority in the Massachusetts Uniform Gifts to Minors Act for the coverage of custodial property of that kind or for a transfer from that source at the time the transfer was made.

(b) This chapter applies to all transfers made before it became the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act in a manner and form prescribed in the Massachusetts Uniform Gifts to Minors Act except insofar as the application impairs constitutionally vested rights or extends the duration of custodianships in existence on the effective date of this chapter.

(c) Sections one and twenty with respect to the age of a minor for whom custodial property is held under this chapter shall not apply to custodial property held in a custodianship that terminated because of the minor's attainment of the age of majority before the date this chapter became the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64M, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64M / Section 2
Excise on direct broadcast satellite service; rate; time of payment
Status: in_force

Section 2. An excise is hereby imposed upon the provision of direct broadcast satellite service to a subscriber or customer by any direct broadcast satellite service provider in an amount equal to 5 per cent of the direct broadcast satellite service provider's gross revenues derived from or attributable to such customer or subscriber. A direct broadcast satellite service provider shall pay the excise to the commissioner at the time provided for filing the return required by section 16 of chapter 62C.

Section 2. An excise is hereby imposed upon the provision of direct broadcast satellite service to a subscriber or customer by any direct broadcast satellite service provider in an amount equal to 5 per cent of the direct broadcast satellite service provider's gross revenues derived from or attributable to such customer or subscriber. A direct broadcast satellite service provider shall pay the excise to the commissioner at the time provided for filing the return required by section 16 of chapter 62C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64E, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64E / Section 14
Change of status of licensee; notice
Status: in_force

Section 14. Whenever any licensee ceases to be a supplier or user-seller within the commonwealth by reason of the discontinuance, sale or transfer of the business of such licensee, he shall give notice thereof in writing to the commissioner. Such notice shall contain the date of discontinuance, and, in the event of a sale or transfer of the business, the date thereof and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee thereof. All taxes, penalties and interest due and payable under this chapter and current taxes shall, notwithstanding such provisions, become due and payable concurrently with such discontinuance, sale or transfer, and any such licensee shall make a return and pay all such taxes, interest and penalties, and shall surrender to the commissioner his license. Unless such notice is given to the commissioner, the purchaser or transferee shall be liable to the commonwealth for the amount of all taxes, penalties and interest accrued under this chapter on the date of such sale or transfer against any such licensee, but only to the extent of the value of the property thereby acquired from such licensee.

Section 14. Whenever any licensee ceases to be a supplier or user-seller within the commonwealth by reason of the discontinuance, sale or transfer of the business of such licensee, he shall give notice thereof in writing to the commissioner. Such notice shall contain the date of discontinuance, and, in the event of a sale or transfer of the business, the date thereof and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee thereof. All taxes, penalties and interest due and payable under this chapter and current taxes shall, notwithstanding such provisions, become due and payable concurrently with such discontinuance, sale or transfer, and any such licensee shall make a return and pay all such taxes, interest and penalties, and shall surrender to the commissioner his license.

Unless such notice is given to the commissioner, the purchaser or transferee shall be liable to the commonwealth for the amount of all taxes, penalties and interest accrued under this chapter on the date of such sale or transfer against any such licensee, but only to the extent of the value of the property thereby acquired from such licensee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2MMMMMM — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2MMMMMM
Western Massachusetts Hospital Fund
Status: in_force

[ Text of section added by 2025, 73, Sec. 19 effective November 25, 2025.] Section 2MMMMMM. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Western Massachusetts Hospital Fund, which shall be administered by the commissioner of public health. (b) There shall be credited to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iii) any interest earned on money in the fund. (c) Amounts credited to the fund may be expended without further appropriation by the commissioner of public health for any purpose related to the operation of the Western Massachusetts hospital. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficit at any point.

[ Text of section added by 2025, 73, Sec. 19 effective November 25, 2025.]

Section 2MMMMMM. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Western Massachusetts Hospital Fund, which shall be administered by the commissioner of public health.

(b) There shall be credited to the fund: (i) appropriations or other money authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (ii) funds from public and private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants and donations; and (iii) any interest earned on money in the fund.

(c) Amounts credited to the fund may be expended without further appropriation by the commissioner of public health for any purpose related to the operation of the Western Massachusetts hospital. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to be in deficit at any point.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 125, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 125 / Section 21
Bills for supplies and services
Status: in_force

Section 21. At the time supplies for any of the said institutions are delivered, bills of the quantity and price of such supplies shall be taken and compared at the institution. Bills for all services rendered shall be taken and checked in like manner. Bills found to be correct shall be entered in the accounts of the institution, and appropriate notice of bills found to be incorrect shall be given so that any errors may be corrected.

Section 21. At the time supplies for any of the said institutions are delivered, bills of the quantity and price of such supplies shall be taken and compared at the institution. Bills for all services rendered shall be taken and checked in like manner. Bills found to be correct shall be entered in the accounts of the institution, and appropriate notice of bills found to be incorrect shall be given so that any errors may be corrected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 4A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 4A
State secretary; examination of documents; approval; instances of corporate omission
Status: in_force

Section 4A. The state secretary shall examine each document submitted to him under the provisions of this chapter. If he finds that the provisions of law relative thereto have been complied with, he shall endorse his approval thereon, and upon payment of the fee provided in section thirty-three such document shall be deemed to be filed with the state secretary. The state secretary shall keep a record, conveniently indexed, of each such document, of his endorsement of approval, if given, of the date of submission, and of the date on which such document is filed, and shall keep such documents on file in his office in a manner convenient for public inspection. He shall cause a photographic or other copy to be made of articles of organization and amendments thereof so filed showing his approval endorsed thereon, and shall deliver the same to the corporation. The state secretary shall report to the attorney general instances of neglect or omission on the part of corporations to comply with the provisions of law so that the attorney general may enforce the penalties therefor.

Section 4A. The state secretary shall examine each document submitted to him under the provisions of this chapter. If he finds that the provisions of law relative thereto have been complied with, he shall endorse his approval thereon, and upon payment of the fee provided in section thirty-three such document shall be deemed to be filed with the state secretary. The state secretary shall keep a record, conveniently indexed, of each such document, of his endorsement of approval, if given, of the date of submission, and of the date on which such document is filed, and shall keep such documents on file in his office in a manner convenient for public inspection. He shall cause a photographic or other copy to be made of articles of organization and amendments thereof so filed showing his approval endorsed thereon, and shall deliver the same to the corporation.

The state secretary shall report to the attorney general instances of neglect or omission on the part of corporations to comply with the provisions of law so that the attorney general may enforce the penalties therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 142 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 142
Permits to be at liberty or discharge of pregnant females
Status: in_force

Section 142. Whenever, in the opinion of the physician of any prison or other place of confinement in which is imprisoned a woman who is about to give birth to a child during the term of her imprisonment, the best interests of the woman or of her unborn child require that she be granted a permit to be at liberty or discharged, he may so certify to the board or officer empowered to grant permits to be at liberty or discharges from the institution in which she is imprisoned, and such board or officer may, subject to such terms and conditions as appear necessary, grant the permit to be at liberty or the discharge.

Section 142. Whenever, in the opinion of the physician of any prison or other place of confinement in which is imprisoned a woman who is about to give birth to a child during the term of her imprisonment, the best interests of the woman or of her unborn child require that she be granted a permit to be at liberty or discharged, he may so certify to the board or officer empowered to grant permits to be at liberty or discharges from the institution in which she is imprisoned, and such board or officer may, subject to such terms and conditions as appear necessary, grant the permit to be at liberty or the discharge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 206, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 206 / Section 2
Forms of accounts
Status: in_force

Section 2. Accounts rendered to the probate court by an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or conservator shall be for a period distinctly stated therein, and consist of three schedules, of which the first shall show the amount of personal property, and with respect to a trustee, guardian or conservator also the amount of the real property, according to the inventory, or, instead thereof, the amount of the balance of the next prior account, as the case may be, and all income and other property received and gains from the sale of any property or otherwise; the second shall show payments, charges, losses and distributions; the third shall show the investment of the balance of such account, if any, and changes of investment. A trustee shall state in his accounts the receipts of principal and income separately and also the payments and charges on account of such principal and income separately.

Section 2. Accounts rendered to the probate court by an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or conservator shall be for a period distinctly stated therein, and consist of three schedules, of which the first shall show the amount of personal property, and with respect to a trustee, guardian or conservator also the amount of the real property, according to the inventory, or, instead thereof, the amount of the balance of the next prior account, as the case may be, and all income and other property received and gains from the sale of any property or otherwise; the second shall show payments, charges, losses and distributions; the third shall show the investment of the balance of such account, if any, and changes of investment. A trustee shall state in his accounts the receipts of principal and income separately and also the payments and charges on account of such principal and income separately.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23D, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23D / Section 33
Construction of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 33. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.

Section 33. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 10
Second adoption; effect
Status: in_force

Section 10. If the child has been previously adopted, all the legal consequences of the former decree shall, upon a subsequent adoption, determine, except so far as any interest in property may have vested in the adopted child, and a decree to that effect shall be entered on the records of the court.

Section 10. If the child has been previously adopted, all the legal consequences of the former decree shall, upon a subsequent adoption, determine, except so far as any interest in property may have vested in the adopted child, and a decree to that effect shall be entered on the records of the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 26
Drawbridges
Status: in_force

Section 26. The department, county commissioners or any city or town in which a draw for the passage of vessels through a bridge used as a way and maintained at the public expense is situated, whichever has control of said bridge, may make ordinances or by-laws regulating the passage of vessels through such draw, not inconsistent with the regulations of the United States on tide water bridges, and may affix penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for each violation thereof; but no such ordinance or by-law shall take effect until approved by the department.

Section 26. The department, county commissioners or any city or town in which a draw for the passage of vessels through a bridge used as a way and maintained at the public expense is situated, whichever has control of said bridge, may make ordinances or by-laws regulating the passage of vessels through such draw, not inconsistent with the regulations of the United States on tide water bridges, and may affix penalties not exceeding fifty dollars for each violation thereof; but no such ordinance or by-law shall take effect until approved by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 205, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 205 / Section 15
Discharge of sureties; new bond
Status: in_force

Section 15. A surety on a probate bond may, upon the petition of the surety or of the principal to the supreme judicial court or the probate court, be discharged from all further responsibility, if the court, after notice to all persons interested, finds such discharge reasonable and proper; and the principal shall thereupon give a new bond with such surety or sureties as the court orders.

Section 15. A surety on a probate bond may, upon the petition of the surety or of the principal to the supreme judicial court or the probate court, be discharged from all further responsibility, if the court, after notice to all persons interested, finds such discharge reasonable and proper; and the principal shall thereupon give a new bond with such surety or sureties as the court orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 5
Monopolies
Status: in_force

Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of trade or commerce in the commonwealth.

Section 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to monopolize, or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire with any other person or persons to monopolize any part of trade or commerce in the commonwealth.