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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 117A, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 117A / Section 2
Registration for work; acceptance of suitable positions; individuals not subject to provisions of section
Status: in_force

Section 2. No employable person shall be eligible for aid or assistance under this chapter who willfully fails without good cause, as determined by the department, to maintain his registration for work or to accept a referral to or offer of suitable employment. He shall be required to report to the department information with respect to any job to which he has been referred. The department shall, not less frequently than once every three months, request verification from the division of employment and training of an applicant's record with that agency. No individual shall be considered ineligible for aid or assistance because of failure to comply with the provisions of this section, if such failure is due to illness or disability. In no event shall such failure affect the eligibility of minor children for assistance under this chapter. No recipients of assistance under chapter one hundred and eighteen A or recipients of assistance with dependent children under age three years, shall be subject to the provisions of this section; provided, however, that in a two parent household, only one parent shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.

Section 2. No employable person shall be eligible for aid or assistance under this chapter who willfully fails without good cause, as determined by the department, to maintain his registration for work or to accept a referral to or offer of suitable employment. He shall be required to report to the department information with respect to any job to which he has been referred. The department shall, not less frequently than once every three months, request verification from the division of employment and training of an applicant's record with that agency.

No individual shall be considered ineligible for aid or assistance because of failure to comply with the provisions of this section, if such failure is due to illness or disability. In no event shall such failure affect the eligibility of minor children for assistance under this chapter.

No recipients of assistance under chapter one hundred and eighteen A or recipients of assistance with dependent children under age three years, shall be subject to the provisions of this section; provided, however, that in a two parent household, only one parent shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 136 / Section 1
Common day of rest; designation; citation
Status: in_force

Section 1. Sunday shall be a common day of rest. Sections one to eleven, inclusive, of this chapter may be cited as the Common Day of Rest Law.

Section 1. Sunday shall be a common day of rest. Sections one to eleven, inclusive, of this chapter may be cited as the Common Day of Rest Law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 17
Filing of city contracts; penalty for noncompliance
Status: in_force

Section 17. Every officer of a city who makes or executes a contract on behalf of the city shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof to the city clerk and the city auditor within one week after its execution; and the city clerk shall keep such contract or copy on file, open to public inspection during business hours. Such contracts or copies shall be kept in a book by themselves or in several books, arranged according to the subject of the contract, or in other convenient form, and an index to the subject matter of the contracts and to the names of the contractors shall be made semi-annually, and shall also be open to public inspection in some convenient form. All allowances under and additions to such contracts, or copies thereof, shall be filed with the city clerk and the city auditor, together with a sworn statement of the officer making such allowances or additions that the same are correct and in accordance with the contract. A city clerk or other city officer failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 17. Every officer of a city who makes or executes a contract on behalf of the city shall furnish said contract or a copy thereof to the city clerk and the city auditor within one week after its execution; and the city clerk shall keep such contract or copy on file, open to public inspection during business hours. Such contracts or copies shall be kept in a book by themselves or in several books, arranged according to the subject of the contract, or in other convenient form, and an index to the subject matter of the contracts and to the names of the contractors shall be made semi-annually, and shall also be open to public inspection in some convenient form. All allowances under and additions to such contracts, or copies thereof, shall be filed with the city clerk and the city auditor, together with a sworn statement of the officer making such allowances or additions that the same are correct and in accordance with the contract. A city clerk or other city officer failing to comply with this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111M, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111M / Section 3
Exemption for refusal of coverage based upon sincerely held religious belief; administration; data sharing
Status: in_force

Section 3. An individual shall be exempt from section 2 if he files a sworn affidavit with his income tax return stating that he did not have creditable coverage and that his sincerely held religious beliefs are the basis of his refusal to obtain and maintain creditable coverage during the 12 months of the taxable year for which the return was filed. Any individual who claimed an exemption but received medical health care during the taxable year for which the return is filed shall be liable for providing or arranging for full payment for the medical health care and be subject to the penalty assessed under section 2. The department of revenue and the center for health information and analysis may conduct data matches for the purposes of administering this section. The center may disclose to the department whether a health care provider has submitted data indicating that it has provided health care services during the relevant tax year to an individual claiming an exemption under this section.

Section 3. An individual shall be exempt from section 2 if he files a sworn affidavit with his income tax return stating that he did not have creditable coverage and that his sincerely held religious beliefs are the basis of his refusal to obtain and maintain creditable coverage during the 12 months of the taxable year for which the return was filed. Any individual who claimed an exemption but received medical health care during the taxable year for which the return is filed shall be liable for providing or arranging for full payment for the medical health care and be subject to the penalty assessed under section 2. The department of revenue and the center for health information and analysis may conduct data matches for the purposes of administering this section. The center may disclose to the department whether a health care provider has submitted data indicating that it has provided health care services during the relevant tax year to an individual claiming an exemption under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 75
False statements by taxpayers subject to Secs. 11 and 30; liability; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 75. If any return required by sections eleven or thirty contains a false statement which is known or, by the exercise of reasonable care might have been known to the officer making it to be false, such officer and the corporation shall be liable for the amount of tax thereby lost to the commonwealth, and in addition shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.

Section 75. If any return required by sections eleven or thirty contains a false statement which is known or, by the exercise of reasonable care might have been known to the officer making it to be false, such officer and the corporation shall be liable for the amount of tax thereby lost to the commonwealth, and in addition shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 49
Nomination in case of withdrawal, death or ineligibility
Status: in_force

Section 49. If a person nominated to be voted for at a state primary dies before the day of the primary, or withdraws his name from nomination, or is found ineligible, and there is no other candidate for the party nomination for the office, the vacancy may be filled by the state committee, if the candidate is one to be voted for by all the voters of the commonwealth; and, in the case of candidates for nomination or election in a district, by the members of the ward and town committees in the wards and towns comprising the district.

Section 49. If a person nominated to be voted for at a state primary dies before the day of the primary, or withdraws his name from nomination, or is found ineligible, and there is no other candidate for the party nomination for the office, the vacancy may be filled by the state committee, if the candidate is one to be voted for by all the voters of the commonwealth; and, in the case of candidates for nomination or election in a district, by the members of the ward and town committees in the wards and towns comprising the district.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 34C — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 34C
Single motor vehicle liability policy or bond covering several motor vehicles
Status: in_force

Section 34C. Any person applying for the registration of more than one motor vehicle under section two or three, or any manufacturer or dealer or repairman applying for registration of motor vehicles under section five, may, in lieu of procuring a separate policy or bond covering each motor vehicle, furnish a single motor vehicle liability policy or bond covering all motor vehicles owned or controlled by him, in which the amounts or limits of indemnity as provided in section thirty-four A for a motor vehicle liability policy or bond shall apply to each motor vehicle covered thereunder.

Section 34C. Any person applying for the registration of more than one motor vehicle under section two or three, or any manufacturer or dealer or repairman applying for registration of motor vehicles under section five, may, in lieu of procuring a separate policy or bond covering each motor vehicle, furnish a single motor vehicle liability policy or bond covering all motor vehicles owned or controlled by him, in which the amounts or limits of indemnity as provided in section thirty-four A for a motor vehicle liability policy or bond shall apply to each motor vehicle covered thereunder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 29
Private ways; laying out, relocation or alteration by commissioners
Status: in_force

Section 29. If the laying out, relocation or alteration of a private way is desired in a town for the use of one or more persons who are not inhabitants thereof, or if the laying out, relocation or alteration of a private way lying partly in one town and partly in another is desired, the county commissioners may cause such way to be laid out, relocated or altered, in the manner provided in section twenty-six.

Section 29. If the laying out, relocation or alteration of a private way is desired in a town for the use of one or more persons who are not inhabitants thereof, or if the laying out, relocation or alteration of a private way lying partly in one town and partly in another is desired, the county commissioners may cause such way to be laid out, relocated or altered, in the manner provided in section twenty-six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 31
Continuation of certain domestic companies
Status: in_force

Section 31. Domestic companies incorporated by special acts, whose charters are subject to a limitation of time, shall, after such limitation expires, continue to be bodies corporate, subject to all general laws applicable to such companies.

Section 31. Domestic companies incorporated by special acts, whose charters are subject to a limitation of time, shall, after such limitation expires, continue to be bodies corporate, subject to all general laws applicable to such companies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 280 / Section 4
Criminal prosecutions; expenses paid by commonwealth; waiver of costs for indigent defendants
Status: in_force

Section 4. Expenses arising in a criminal prosecution, including fees of grand and traverse jurors for travel and attendance therein, shall be paid by the commonwealth. Fees and costs of indigent defendants in criminal prosecutions except attorneys' fees, shall or may be waived or substituted by the court or paid by the commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven A to twenty-seven G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-one.

Section 4. Expenses arising in a criminal prosecution, including fees of grand and traverse jurors for travel and attendance therein, shall be paid by the commonwealth.

Fees and costs of indigent defendants in criminal prosecutions except attorneys' fees, shall or may be waived or substituted by the court or paid by the commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven A to twenty-seven G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, sec. 22A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7 / Section 22A
Collective purchasing by commonwealth and political subdivisions
Status: in_force

Section 22A. Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to collective purchasing, but subject to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, the commonwealth and 1 or more of its cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, or 2 or more cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, hereinafter called political subdivisions, may make purchases of materials, supplies, equipment or services through the state purchasing agent subject to such rules, regulations and procedures as may be established from time to time by the purchasing agent; provided, however, that the political subdivision shall accept sole responsibility for any payment due the vendor for its share of such purchase.

Section 22A. Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to collective purchasing, but subject to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, the commonwealth and 1 or more of its cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, or 2 or more cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, hereinafter called political subdivisions, may make purchases of materials, supplies, equipment or services through the state purchasing agent subject to such rules, regulations and procedures as may be established from time to time by the purchasing agent; provided, however, that the political subdivision shall accept sole responsibility for any payment due the vendor for its share of such purchase.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 34
Report of individuals provided with creditable coverage
Status: in_force

Section 34. Pursuant to section 8B of chapter 62C, any corporation subject to this chapter shall provide written statements to residents of the commonwealth for whom creditable coverage is provided and shall provide a separate report verifying those statements to the commissioner of revenue.

Section 34. Pursuant to section 8B of chapter 62C, any corporation subject to this chapter shall provide written statements to residents of the commonwealth for whom creditable coverage is provided and shall provide a separate report verifying those statements to the commissioner of revenue.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 98E — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 98E
Public solicitations using words ''police'' or ''firefighters''
Status: in_force

Section 98E. No person or persons shall solicit the public in any manner or form using the word ''police'' or ''firefighter'' or any derivative thereof without using the name or names of the city or town police or firefighters organization sponsoring such solicitation.

Section 98E. No person or persons shall solicit the public in any manner or form using the word ''police'' or ''firefighter'' or any derivative thereof without using the name or names of the city or town police or firefighters organization sponsoring such solicitation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 23
Compensation for destruction of cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery; notice; investigation; arbitration; award; certification
Status: in_force

Section 23. The owner of any cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery destroyed by the director or his assistants under sections twenty-one and twenty-two shall receive compensation therefor from the commonwealth, provided that he has given written notice thereof to the director within thirty days after the accrual of his claim to compensation. The director or an assistant shall thereupon investigate the same, and if the director does not agree with the claimant as to the validity of his claim or as to the amount thereof, the question at issue shall be determined by three arbitrators who shall be the commissioner, the director of the division of forests and parks in the department of environmental management, and an assistant attorney general to be designated by the attorney general. Any award of damages made by said arbitrators, together with the cost of the appraisal, shall be certified to the comptroller, and shall thereupon be paid by the commonwealth in the same manner as other claims.

Section 23. The owner of any cultivated berry-bearing shrubbery destroyed by the director or his assistants under sections twenty-one and twenty-two shall receive compensation therefor from the commonwealth, provided that he has given written notice thereof to the director within thirty days after the accrual of his claim to compensation. The director or an assistant shall thereupon investigate the same, and if the director does not agree with the claimant as to the validity of his claim or as to the amount thereof, the question at issue shall be determined by three arbitrators who shall be the commissioner, the director of the division of forests and parks in the department of environmental management, and an assistant attorney general to be designated by the attorney general. Any award of damages made by said arbitrators, together with the cost of the appraisal, shall be certified to the comptroller, and shall thereupon be paid by the commonwealth in the same manner as other claims.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 5H — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 5H
Report on value of property assumed abandoned; certification of actual receipts; transfer of funds
Status: in_force

Section 5H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer shall report by September 30 to the state comptroller, the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means the value of all property assumed abandoned, as defined by chapter 200A, in the previous fiscal year; provided, however, that beginning October 31 and quarterly thereafter the state treasurer shall, within 15 days, certify to the state comptroller the amount collected in abandoned property revenues for the previous quarter. Not later than October 31, the state treasurer shall certify the amount of actual receipts and distributions to claimants of abandoned property for the previous fiscal year and, beginning in fiscal year 2013, the comptroller shall transfer 75 per cent of the growth in abandoned property net revenue to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund established in section 2H; provided, however, that such transfer shall be made prior to the certification of the consolidated net surplus for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 5C. For the purposes of this section, ''abandoned property net revenue'' shall mean the difference between abandoned property receipts and distributions to claimants that exceeds the amount of net revenue collected during the previous fiscal year.

Section 5H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer shall report by September 30 to the state comptroller, the executive office for administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means the value of all property assumed abandoned, as defined by chapter 200A, in the previous fiscal year; provided, however, that beginning October 31 and quarterly thereafter the state treasurer shall, within 15 days, certify to the state comptroller the amount collected in abandoned property revenues for the previous quarter. Not later than October 31, the state treasurer shall certify the amount of actual receipts and distributions to claimants of abandoned property for the previous fiscal year and, beginning in fiscal year 2013, the comptroller shall transfer 75 per cent of the growth in abandoned property net revenue to the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund established in section 2H; provided, however, that such transfer shall be made prior to the certification of the consolidated net surplus for the previous fiscal year as provided in section 5C. For the purposes of this section, ''abandoned property net revenue'' shall mean the difference between abandoned property receipts and distributions to claimants that exceeds the amount of net revenue collected during the previous fiscal year.