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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 12
Audit of balance sheet and other financial statements of mutual bank
Status: in_force

Section 12. At least once during each 12 months following their elections and more often if required by the commissioner, the auditing committee of a mutual bank shall have an audit made of the balance sheet of the bank and such other financial statements as it may prescribe. The audit shall be made by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and in such other form and manner at such time within said 12 months as the auditing committee may prescribe. Within 30 days after its election, the auditing committee shall appoint an accountant. The accountant shall report in writing to the auditing committee the results of the audit. At the next meeting of the trustees or directors of the mutual institution thereafter, the auditing committee shall render a report, which shall be read and signed by the committee, stating the nature, extent and results of the audit and whether it accepts the accountant's report. The auditing committee shall file with the commissioner a copy of the accountant's report within 30 days after its receipt and maintain another copy with the records of the bank. If the auditing committee fails to have an audit as herein provided, the commissioner shall have an audit made by an independent certified public accountant in such form and manner as the commissioner may prescribe and the expense shall be paid by the bank.

Section 12. At least once during each 12 months following their elections and more often if required by the commissioner, the auditing committee of a mutual bank shall have an audit made of the balance sheet of the bank and such other financial statements as it may prescribe.

The audit shall be made by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and in such other form and manner at such time within said 12 months as the auditing committee may prescribe. Within 30 days after its election, the auditing committee shall appoint an accountant.

The accountant shall report in writing to the auditing committee the results of the audit. At the next meeting of the trustees or directors of the mutual institution thereafter, the auditing committee shall render a report, which shall be read and signed by the committee, stating the nature, extent and results of the audit and whether it accepts the accountant's report.

The auditing committee shall file with the commissioner a copy of the accountant's report within 30 days after its receipt and maintain another copy with the records of the bank. If the auditing committee fails to have an audit as herein provided, the commissioner shall have an audit made by an independent certified public accountant in such form and manner as the commissioner may prescribe and the expense shall be paid by the bank.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 90
Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer
Status: in_force

Article 90. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer. A person subject to this code who: (1) strikes a superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers violence against a superior commissioned officer while such superior commissioned officer is in the execution of the duties of office; or (2) willfully disobeys a lawful command of such person's superior commissioned officer shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement for not more than 10 years or by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct and, if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct.

Article 90. Assaulting or willfully disobeying superior commissioned officer.

A person subject to this code who: (1) strikes a superior commissioned officer or draws or lifts up any weapon or offers violence against a superior commissioned officer while such superior commissioned officer is in the execution of the duties of office; or (2) willfully disobeys a lawful command of such person's superior commissioned officer shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by confinement for not more than 10 years or by such other punishment as a court-martial may direct and, if the offense is committed at any other time, by such punishment as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 56B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 56B
Contracts of commission; requisites
Status: in_force

Section 56B. All contracts made by a municipal light commission where the amount involved is five thousand dollars or more shall be in writing. Any contract made as aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a bond with sureties satisfactory to the municipal light commission, or by a deposit of money, certified check or other security for the faithful performance thereof, and such bonds or other securities shall be deposited with the city or town treasurer until the contract has been carried out in all respects; and no such contract shall be altered except by a written agreement of the contractor, the sureties on his bond, if any, and the officer or members of the municipal light commission making the contract.

Section 56B. All contracts made by a municipal light commission where the amount involved is five thousand dollars or more shall be in writing. Any contract made as aforesaid may be required to be accompanied by a bond with sureties satisfactory to the municipal light commission, or by a deposit of money, certified check or other security for the faithful performance thereof, and such bonds or other securities shall be deposited with the city or town treasurer until the contract has been carried out in all respects; and no such contract shall be altered except by a written agreement of the contractor, the sureties on his bond, if any, and the officer or members of the municipal light commission making the contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 19
Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children
Status: in_force

Section 19. The court may in like manner, upon application of either party or of a next friend in behalf of the minor children of the parties, make such order relative to the care and custody of such children during the pendency of the action for divorce as it may consider expedient and for their benefit.

Section 19. The court may in like manner, upon application of either party or of a next friend in behalf of the minor children of the parties, make such order relative to the care and custody of such children during the pendency of the action for divorce as it may consider expedient and for their benefit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 45
Testing of taximeters; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 45. All devices used upon vehicles for determining the cost of transportation shall be tested as to the correctness of measures and values indicated by them, and the deputy director may make rules and regulations to insure accuracy in the use thereof. Any owner or operator of a taxicab or other vehicle who refuses or neglects to comply with any rule or regulation so made by the director shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

Section 45. All devices used upon vehicles for determining the cost of transportation shall be tested as to the correctness of measures and values indicated by them, and the deputy director may make rules and regulations to insure accuracy in the use thereof. Any owner or operator of a taxicab or other vehicle who refuses or neglects to comply with any rule or regulation so made by the director shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 37
Division of highways; administrator
Status: in_force

Section 37. There shall be within the department a division of highways, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the administration, implementation and enforcement of the department's authority over state highways. The division shall be under the supervision and control of the administrator. The administrator shall be the executive and administrative head of the division and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of law relative to the division and to each administrative unit thereof. The duties given to the administrator in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary. The administrator shall be exempt from chapter 31 and the position of administrator shall be classified in accordance with section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section 46C of said chapter 30. The administrator shall be appointed with due regard to his fitness, by reason of his experience in matters relating to transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges, such as the construction, operations or financing thereof or other relevant experience relative to the efficient exercise of his powers and duties. The administrator shall administer this section and the General Laws, rules and regulations that grant powers to or impose duties upon the division, subject to the supervision of the secretary.

Section 37. There shall be within the department a division of highways, which shall perform such functions as the secretary may determine in relation to the administration, implementation and enforcement of the department's authority over state highways. The division shall be under the supervision and control of the administrator. The administrator shall be the executive and administrative head of the division and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the provisions of law relative to the division and to each administrative unit thereof. The duties given to the administrator in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the secretary.

The administrator shall be exempt from chapter 31 and the position of administrator shall be classified in accordance with section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section 46C of said chapter 30. The administrator shall be appointed with due regard to his fitness, by reason of his experience in matters relating to transportation infrastructure, including roads and bridges, such as the construction, operations or financing thereof or other relevant experience relative to the efficient exercise of his powers and duties. The administrator shall administer this section and the General Laws, rules and regulations that grant powers to or impose duties upon the division, subject to the supervision of the secretary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 40
Marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs
Status: in_force

Section 40. (a) Marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs shall be established at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. (b) The purposes and responsibilities of the marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs shall be to: (1) promote the development of and conduct research in innovative envirotechnologies related to the marine environment; and (2) assist and cooperate with Massachusetts business, industry, and agencies in the demonstration, transfer, and deployment of innovative marine envirotechnologies.

Section 40. (a) Marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs shall be established at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

(b) The purposes and responsibilities of the marine technology, environmental, and engineering programs shall be to:

(1) promote the development of and conduct research in innovative envirotechnologies related to the marine environment; and

(2) assist and cooperate with Massachusetts business, industry, and agencies in the demonstration, transfer, and deployment of innovative marine envirotechnologies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 131 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 131
Sunday trespassers; arrest and detention without warrant
Status: in_force

Section 131. Whoever is discovered in the act of wilfully injuring a fruit or forest tree or of committing any kind of malicious mischief on Sunday may be arrested without a warrant by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or other person, and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him for the offence, and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint; but such detention without warrant shall not continue beyond the following day.

Section 131. Whoever is discovered in the act of wilfully injuring a fruit or forest tree or of committing any kind of malicious mischief on Sunday may be arrested without a warrant by a sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer or other person, and detained in jail or otherwise until a complaint can be made against him for the offence, and he be taken upon a warrant issued upon such complaint; but such detention without warrant shall not continue beyond the following day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 68
Superintendent of streets; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 68. The superintendent of streets shall, under the direction of the selectmen, have full charge of all repairs and labor upon public ways and sidewalks, and, if no other provision is made, of repairs upon sewers and drains; and in relation to such matters he shall have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners.

Section 68. The superintendent of streets shall, under the direction of the selectmen, have full charge of all repairs and labor upon public ways and sidewalks, and, if no other provision is made, of repairs upon sewers and drains; and in relation to such matters he shall have the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties of surveyors of highways and road commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 34
Total incapacity; compensation
Status: in_force

Section 34. While the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is total, during each week of incapacity the insurer shall pay the injured employee compensation equal to sixty percent of his or her average weekly wage before the injury, but not more than the maximum weekly compensation rate, unless the average weekly wage of the employee is less than the minimum weekly compensation rate, in which case said weekly compensation shall be equal to his average weekly wage. The total number of weeks of compensation due the employee under this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty-six.

Section 34. While the incapacity for work resulting from the injury is total, during each week of incapacity the insurer shall pay the injured employee compensation equal to sixty percent of his or her average weekly wage before the injury, but not more than the maximum weekly compensation rate, unless the average weekly wage of the employee is less than the minimum weekly compensation rate, in which case said weekly compensation shall be equal to his average weekly wage.

The total number of weeks of compensation due the employee under this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty-six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175F, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175F / Section 3
Application for certification; denial; approval
Status: in_force

Section 3. Any fund established under section two may be certified to provide insurance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter upon filing an application for certification with the commissioner. Such application shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and shall include such information as he shall require by regulation. The commissioner shall review each application and may, after a hearing in accordance with chapter thirty A, deny any application for the following reasons: (a) that the application is not on the prescribed form or the information as submitted is not in compliance with regulations promulgated under the provisions of section seventeen; (b) that the dollar reserve is not in compliance with section eight; (c) that the trustee is found by the commissioner to be unable to satisfy the standards of performance promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section two; or (d) that there was fraud or wilful misrepresentation in providing required written information. Within sixty days of the date of filing of an application under this section an application shall be deemed approved, unless the commissioner shall schedule a hearing in accordance with chapter thirty A to consider denial thereof and shall hold such hearing within thirty days of such scheduling. The decision of the commissioner shall be rendered within thirty days following such hearing, or the application so filed will be deemed approved.

Section 3. Any fund established under section two may be certified to provide insurance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter upon filing an application for certification with the commissioner. Such application shall be on a form provided by the commissioner and shall include such information as he shall require by regulation. The commissioner shall review each application and may, after a hearing in accordance with chapter thirty A, deny any application for the following reasons:

(a) that the application is not on the prescribed form or the information as submitted is not in compliance with regulations promulgated under the provisions of section seventeen;

(b) that the dollar reserve is not in compliance with section eight;

(c) that the trustee is found by the commissioner to be unable to satisfy the standards of performance promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to section two; or

(d) that there was fraud or wilful misrepresentation in providing required written information.

Within sixty days of the date of filing of an application under this section an application shall be deemed approved, unless the commissioner shall schedule a hearing in accordance with chapter thirty A to consider denial thereof and shall hold such hearing within thirty days of such scheduling. The decision of the commissioner shall be rendered within thirty days following such hearing, or the application so filed will be deemed approved.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 127E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 127E
Copy of report of investigation; admissibility in evidence
Status: in_force

Section 127E. A copy of the report of the investigation by the department of public health or the board of health, or, in the cities of Boston, Worcester and Cambridge, the commissioner of housing inspection, certified as a true copy by the custodian of the records of such agency shall be admissible in any proceeding brought under section one hundred and twenty-seven C without further authentication, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 127E. A copy of the report of the investigation by the department of public health or the board of health, or, in the cities of Boston, Worcester and Cambridge, the commissioner of housing inspection, certified as a true copy by the custodian of the records of such agency shall be admissible in any proceeding brought under section one hundred and twenty-seven C without further authentication, and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119A, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119A / Section 3A
Establishment of paternity; genetic marker tests
Status: in_force

Section 3A. In any case requiring the establishment of paternity, the IV–D agency may, on the basis of an affidavit by the mother or the putative father alleging that sexual intercourse between the mother and putative father occurred during the probable period of conception and without the necessity of obtaining an order from a court, order the mother, the child and the putative father to submit to genetic marker tests; provided, however, that the IV–D agency may order such tests only if no other man is presumed to be the father under section 6 of chapter 209C. Notice of the order shall be served on the obligor and individual obligee in accordance with rule 4(d)(2) of the Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure. Upon receipt of the results of the genetic marker tests, the IV–D agency may provide the parties with an opportunity to voluntarily acknowledge parentage pursuant to chapter 209C. If the parties do not voluntarily acknowledge parentage as provided in chapter 209C, the IV–D agency may commence an action to establish paternity pursuant to chapter 209C. If any party fails to appear for or refuses to submit to genetic marker tests in accordance with the order of the IV–D agency, or if any party contests the jurisdiction of the IV–D agency to issue the order for genetic marker tests, the IV–D agency shall commence an action to establish paternity pursuant to chapter 209C.

Section 3A. In any case requiring the establishment of paternity, the IV–D agency may, on the basis of an affidavit by the mother or the putative father alleging that sexual intercourse between the mother and putative father occurred during the probable period of conception and without the necessity of obtaining an order from a court, order the mother, the child and the putative father to submit to genetic marker tests; provided, however, that the IV–D agency may order such tests only if no other man is presumed to be the father under section 6 of chapter 209C. Notice of the order shall be served on the obligor and individual obligee in accordance with rule 4(d)(2) of the Massachusetts Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure. Upon receipt of the results of the genetic marker tests, the IV–D agency may provide the parties with an opportunity to voluntarily acknowledge parentage pursuant to chapter 209C. If the parties do not voluntarily acknowledge parentage as provided in chapter 209C, the IV–D agency may commence an action to establish paternity pursuant to chapter 209C. If any party fails to appear for or refuses to submit to genetic marker tests in accordance with the order of the IV–D agency, or if any party contests the jurisdiction of the IV–D agency to issue the order for genetic marker tests, the IV–D agency shall commence an action to establish paternity pursuant to chapter 209C.