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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111H, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111H / Section 41
Contingent liability account; institutional control account
Status: in_force

Section 41. (a) There is hereby established within the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Trust Fund, a contingent liability account and the institutional control account. The board shall determine annually the amount of revenues, raised from the surcharges imposed pursuant to section thirty-eight, that shall be deposited within each account; provided, however, that after such deposits, no amounts so deposited may be transferred between such accounts. (b) The contingent liability account shall be used to pay compensation for injuries to persons, land or property resulting from the management of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to section nine. (c) The institutional control account shall be used to pay institutional control costs pursuant to sections nine and forty-seven. The account shall be used by the board to purchase insurance coverage or otherwise to ensure the availability of funds to meet liability claims during the institutional control period; provided, however, that no portion of the monies held in the institutional control account may be used to satisfy judgments or settlements pursuant to section nine or for any other purpose other than institutional control of a facility.

Section 41. (a) There is hereby established within the Low–Level Radioactive Waste Trust Fund, a contingent liability account and the institutional control account. The board shall determine annually the amount of revenues, raised from the surcharges imposed pursuant to section thirty-eight, that shall be deposited within each account; provided, however, that after such deposits, no amounts so deposited may be transferred between such accounts.

(b) The contingent liability account shall be used to pay compensation for injuries to persons, land or property resulting from the management of low-level radioactive waste pursuant to section nine.

(c) The institutional control account shall be used to pay institutional control costs pursuant to sections nine and forty-seven. The account shall be used by the board to purchase insurance coverage or otherwise to ensure the availability of funds to meet liability claims during the institutional control period; provided, however, that no portion of the monies held in the institutional control account may be used to satisfy judgments or settlements pursuant to section nine or for any other purpose other than institutional control of a facility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64N, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64N / Section 2
State excise imposition; rate; payment
Status: in_force

Section 2. State excise imposition; rate; payment. An excise tax is hereby imposed upon the sale of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer to anyone other than a marijuana establishment at a rate of 10.75 per cent of the total sales price received by the marijuana retailer as a consideration for the sale of marijuana or marijuana products. The excise tax shall be levied in addition to state tax imposed upon the sale of property or services as provided in section 2 of chapter 64H of the General Laws and shall be paid by a marijuana retailer to the commissioner at the time provided for filing the return required by section 16 of chapter 62C of the General Laws.

Section 2. State excise imposition; rate; payment. An excise tax is hereby imposed upon the sale of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer to anyone other than a marijuana establishment at a rate of 10.75 per cent of the total sales price received by the marijuana retailer as a consideration for the sale of marijuana or marijuana products. The excise tax shall be levied in addition to state tax imposed upon the sale of property or services as provided in section 2 of chapter 64H of the General Laws and shall be paid by a marijuana retailer to the commissioner at the time provided for filing the return required by section 16 of chapter 62C of the General Laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 39
Redemption generally
Status: in_force

Section 39. The mortgagor or his assigns may redeem the land in like manner and upon like terms as if held by any other mortgagee, and the payment or performance of the condition shall be made or tendered to the state treasurer.

Section 39. The mortgagor or his assigns may redeem the land in like manner and upon like terms as if held by any other mortgagee, and the payment or performance of the condition shall be made or tendered to the state treasurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 36
Jurisdiction of superior court; order to fence
Status: in_force

Section 36. If it is for the interest of the proprietors of five or more parcels of land to enclose them in one common field, the superior court for the county where the land or any part of it lies may, upon the application of a majority in interest of the proprietors, after notice to all other persons interested and a hearing, order it to be so enclosed, if it appears to be for the common benefit of the parties.

Section 36. If it is for the interest of the proprietors of five or more parcels of land to enclose them in one common field, the superior court for the county where the land or any part of it lies may, upon the application of a majority in interest of the proprietors, after notice to all other persons interested and a hearing, order it to be so enclosed, if it appears to be for the common benefit of the parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 18I — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 18I
Penalty for violation of Secs. 18A to 18H; longshore and waterfront operations
Status: in_force

Section 18I. Any person violating any provision of the preceding sections eighteen A, eighteen B, eighteen C, eighteen D, eighteen E, eighteen F, eighteen G and eighteen H shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars.

Section 18I. Any person violating any provision of the preceding sections eighteen A, eighteen B, eighteen C, eighteen D, eighteen E, eighteen F, eighteen G and eighteen H shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 22M — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 22M
Billing surcharge; adoption of removal ordinance
Status: in_force

Section 22M. In addition to all other rates, charges and fees it may otherwise be authorized to impose and collect any utility shall impose and collect as a capital contribution towards the cost of construction a surcharge of two per cent on its total billing to each customer located in a city or town which has in force and effect an ordinance or by-law adopted in accordance with section 22D. However, a distribution company, as defined in section 1 of chapter 164, shall impose and collect a surcharge of 7 per cent of retail delivery revenues, plus interest at the rate set by the department, for customer security deposits except in a city or town that before the effective date of this section has enacted an ordinance or by-law under section 22D establishing a 2 per cent surcharge or where construction is in progress or already completed, unless the city or town otherwise agrees to the 7 per cent surcharge by adopting an ordinance or by-law under said section 22D. A surcharge under this section shall apply only if the distribution company is not in violation of the ordinance or by-law and if the ordinance or by-law has been in effect for a period of at least 1 year.

Section 22M. In addition to all other rates, charges and fees it may otherwise be authorized to impose and collect any utility shall impose and collect as a capital contribution towards the cost of construction a surcharge of two per cent on its total billing to each customer located in a city or town which has in force and effect an ordinance or by-law adopted in accordance with section 22D. However, a distribution company, as defined in section 1 of chapter 164, shall impose and collect a surcharge of 7 per cent of retail delivery revenues, plus interest at the rate set by the department, for customer security deposits except in a city or town that before the effective date of this section has enacted an ordinance or by-law under section 22D establishing a 2 per cent surcharge or where construction is in progress or already completed, unless the city or town otherwise agrees to the 7 per cent surcharge by adopting an ordinance or by-law under said section 22D. A surcharge under this section shall apply only if the distribution company is not in violation of the ordinance or by-law and if the ordinance or by-law has been in effect for a period of at least 1 year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 20A — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 20A
Estate expenses; execution on conveyed property; limitation of time
Status: in_force

Section 20A. No interest in the real estate of a deceased person conveyed absolutely or in mortgage for value and in good faith by an instrument duly recorded shall be liable to be taken on execution, or sold under any judicial proceeding for payment of expenses or charges of administration, after the expiration of six years from the time of such executor or administrator giving bond for the performance of his trust, unless in pursuance of a license to sell real estate granted upon a petition filed in the registry of probate within said six years.

Section 20A. No interest in the real estate of a deceased person conveyed absolutely or in mortgage for value and in good faith by an instrument duly recorded shall be liable to be taken on execution, or sold under any judicial proceeding for payment of expenses or charges of administration, after the expiration of six years from the time of such executor or administrator giving bond for the performance of his trust, unless in pursuance of a license to sell real estate granted upon a petition filed in the registry of probate within said six years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 209 / Section 33
Separate support or maintenance; attachment of defendant's property and trustee process
Status: in_force

Section 33. In an action for separate support or maintenance, an attachment of the defendant's property may be made as upon an action for divorce; and sections seventeen, thirty-three, thirty-five, and thirty-eight of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply to proceedings upon such complaint and to all subsidiary proceedings arising thereunder, so far as appropriate. Trustee process of an obligor's disposable earnings may likewise be made by the filing of a complaint under the provisions of section thirty-six A of chapter two hundred and eight. All procedures under said section thirty-six A of said chapter two hundred and eight shall apply following the filing of said complaint.

Section 33. In an action for separate support or maintenance, an attachment of the defendant's property may be made as upon an action for divorce; and sections seventeen, thirty-three, thirty-five, and thirty-eight of chapter two hundred and eight shall apply to proceedings upon such complaint and to all subsidiary proceedings arising thereunder, so far as appropriate. Trustee process of an obligor's disposable earnings may likewise be made by the filing of a complaint under the provisions of section thirty-six A of chapter two hundred and eight. All procedures under said section thirty-six A of said chapter two hundred and eight shall apply following the filing of said complaint.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 159 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 159
Standard height of draw bars for freight cars
Status: in_force

Section 159. The standard height of draw bars for freight cars, measured perpendicularly from the level of the top of the rails to the centres of the draw bars, shall be thirty-four and one half inches for standard gauge railroads and twenty-six inches for narrow gauge railroads, with a maximum variation from such standard height, in either case, of three inches between the draw bars of empty and loaded cars; and no freight car with draw bars which do not comply with the above standard, whether loaded or unloaded, shall be used in moving traffic between points in the commonwealth.

Section 159. The standard height of draw bars for freight cars, measured perpendicularly from the level of the top of the rails to the centres of the draw bars, shall be thirty-four and one half inches for standard gauge railroads and twenty-six inches for narrow gauge railroads, with a maximum variation from such standard height, in either case, of three inches between the draw bars of empty and loaded cars; and no freight car with draw bars which do not comply with the above standard, whether loaded or unloaded, shall be used in moving traffic between points in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 72S — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 72S
Actions against receiver; liability
Status: in_force

Section 72S. No person shall bring an action against a receiver appointed under section seventy-two N without first securing leave of court. The receiver shall be liable in his personal capacity for gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing. In all other cases, the receiver shall be liable in his official capacity only, and any judgment rendered shall be satisfied out of the receivership assets.

Section 72S. No person shall bring an action against a receiver appointed under section seventy-two N without first securing leave of court. The receiver shall be liable in his personal capacity for gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing. In all other cases, the receiver shall be liable in his official capacity only, and any judgment rendered shall be satisfied out of the receivership assets.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32B, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32B / Section 2A
Traffic supervisors as employees
Status: in_force

Section 2A. In cities and towns which accept the provisions of this section, traffic supervisors shall be considered employees under this chapter, notwithstanding the definition of ''Employee'' in section two.

Section 2A. In cities and towns which accept the provisions of this section, traffic supervisors shall be considered employees under this chapter, notwithstanding the definition of ''Employee'' in section two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 158 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 158
Effect of war between United States and foreign country upon policies and contracts issued by company organized under laws of such foreign company
Status: in_force

Section 158. No policy of insurance and no annuity or pure endowment contract issued to a resident of the commonwealth by an authorized company organized under the laws of a foreign country shall be invalidated by war between such foreign country and the United States.

Section 158. No policy of insurance and no annuity or pure endowment contract issued to a resident of the commonwealth by an authorized company organized under the laws of a foreign country shall be invalidated by war between such foreign country and the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20O — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20O
Trying for other crimes; immunity
Status: in_force

Section 20O. After a person has been brought into this commonwealth by interstate rendition proceedings or upon waiver thereof he may be tried herein for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed herein, as well as that specified in the requisition for his interstate rendition or in the waiver thereof.

Section 20O. After a person has been brought into this commonwealth by interstate rendition proceedings or upon waiver thereof he may be tried herein for other crimes which he may be charged with having committed herein, as well as that specified in the requisition for his interstate rendition or in the waiver thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 20
Authorization of payments
Status: in_force

Section 20. No account or demand requiring the certificate of the comptroller or warrant of the governor shall be paid from an appropriation unless it has been authorized and approved by the head of the department, office, commission or institution for which it was contracted; nor shall any appropriation be used for expenses, except gratuities and special allowances by the general court, unless properly approved vouchers therefor have been filed with the comptroller. No such voucher shall be submitted by such head nor shall any such approval be given by such head unless sufficient funds are allotted for such purposes at the time the voucher is submitted or the approval is given.

Section 20. No account or demand requiring the certificate of the comptroller or warrant of the governor shall be paid from an appropriation unless it has been authorized and approved by the head of the department, office, commission or institution for which it was contracted; nor shall any appropriation be used for expenses, except gratuities and special allowances by the general court, unless properly approved vouchers therefor have been filed with the comptroller. No such voucher shall be submitted by such head nor shall any such approval be given by such head unless sufficient funds are allotted for such purposes at the time the voucher is submitted or the approval is given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 39
Tampering with samples of alcoholic beverages
Status: in_force

Section 39. No person shall tamper with samples of alcoholic beverages taken as provided in section sixty-three or alter the statements made upon the forms or certificates aforesaid.

Section 39. No person shall tamper with samples of alcoholic beverages taken as provided in section sixty-three or alter the statements made upon the forms or certificates aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 11
Project instruments; creation of time-shares; amendments
Status: in_force

Section 11. If all of the documents constituting the project instrument are recorded, time-shares shall not be created in any unit in a project unless expressly permitted by the project instrument. No amendment to a project instrument which is recorded shall permit the creation of time-shares unless the owners of at least eighty per cent of the units, or any larger vote required by the project instrument or by law, consent to such amendment.

Section 11. If all of the documents constituting the project instrument are recorded, time-shares shall not be created in any unit in a project unless expressly permitted by the project instrument. No amendment to a project instrument which is recorded shall permit the creation of time-shares unless the owners of at least eighty per cent of the units, or any larger vote required by the project instrument or by law, consent to such amendment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 11
Management of prudential affairs
Status: in_force

Section 11. The prudential affairs of such societies shall be managed by their assessors or by a standing committee, who, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall have like authority for calling meetings as selectmen have for calling town meetings.

Section 11. The prudential affairs of such societies shall be managed by their assessors or by a standing committee, who, unless the by-laws otherwise provide, shall have like authority for calling meetings as selectmen have for calling town meetings.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40V, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40V / Section 2
Designation of gateway municipality as an HD Zone; contents of application
Status: in_force

[Text of section applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. See 2020, 358, Sec. 104.]

[Text of section applicable to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. See 2020, 358, Sec. 104.]

Section 2. The department may from time to time designate 1 or more areas of a gateway municipality as an HD Zone and take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to such a designation, upon receipt of a municipal application requesting such designation and representing in its application that the municipality, based on its own independent investigation, has determined that the area proposed for designation has a need for multi-unit residential properties. The application shall include a plan that shall include a description of the activities, public and private, contemplated for such zone as of the date of the adoption of the zone plan, including information as the department may require in written guidelines.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 102
Labor during mealtime without knowledge of employer
Status: in_force

Section 102. If a minor shall, without the orders, consent or knowledge of the employer or of the superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer, labor in a manufacturing or mechanical establishment, factory or workshop during a part of any time allowed for meals in such establishment, factory or workshop, according to the notice required by section fifty-six, and if a copy of such notice was posted in a conspicuous place in the room where such labor was performed, with a rule of the establishment, factory or workshop forbidding such minor to labor during such time, neither the employer nor a superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer shall be held responsible for such labor.

Section 102. If a minor shall, without the orders, consent or knowledge of the employer or of the superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer, labor in a manufacturing or mechanical establishment, factory or workshop during a part of any time allowed for meals in such establishment, factory or workshop, according to the notice required by section fifty-six, and if a copy of such notice was posted in a conspicuous place in the room where such labor was performed, with a rule of the establishment, factory or workshop forbidding such minor to labor during such time, neither the employer nor a superintendent, overseer or other agent of the employer shall be held responsible for such labor.