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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 148 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 148
Engineering plans or specifications for work or services posing material risk to public safety to bear stamp of certified professional engineer
Status: in_force

Section 148. Any engineering plans or specifications for engineering work or services that could pose a material risk to public safety, as determined by the department pursuant to clause (l) of section 81R of chapter 112, developed by or on behalf of a gas company shall bear the stamp of a professional engineer certified under section 81E of said chapter 112; provided, however, that any such plan or specification shall be housed within the applicable gas company, subject to review and audit by the department, and shall be deemed to be filed with a public authority within the meaning of section 81M of said chapter 112. The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this section and applicable provisions of subsection (l) of section 81R of said chapter 112.

Section 148. Any engineering plans or specifications for engineering work or services that could pose a material risk to public safety, as determined by the department pursuant to clause (l) of section 81R of chapter 112, developed by or on behalf of a gas company shall bear the stamp of a professional engineer certified under section 81E of said chapter 112; provided, however, that any such plan or specification shall be housed within the applicable gas company, subject to review and audit by the department, and shall be deemed to be filed with a public authority within the meaning of section 81M of said chapter 112. The department may promulgate regulations as necessary to implement this section and applicable provisions of subsection (l) of section 81R of said chapter 112.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 32
Decree of dissolution
Status: in_force

Section 32. (1) On application by or for a partner the court shall decree a dissolution whenever: (a) A partner has been declared a lunatic in any judicial proceeding or is shown to be of unsound mind, (b) A partner becomes in any other way incapable of performing his part of the partnership contract, (c) A partner has been guilty of such conduct as tends to affect prejudicially the carrying on of the business, (d) A partner wilfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement, or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the partnership business that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with him, (e) The business of the partnership can only be carried on at a loss, (f) Other circumstances render a dissolution equitable. (2) On the application of the purchaser of a partner's interest under section twenty-seven or twenty-eight: (a) After the termination of the specified term or particular undertaking, (b) At any time if the partnership was a partnership at will when the interest was assigned or when the charging order was issued.

Section 32. (1) On application by or for a partner the court shall decree a dissolution whenever:

(a) A partner has been declared a lunatic in any judicial proceeding or is shown to be of unsound mind,

(b) A partner becomes in any other way incapable of performing his part of the partnership contract,

(c) A partner has been guilty of such conduct as tends to affect prejudicially the carrying on of the business,

(d) A partner wilfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement, or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the partnership business that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with him,

(e) The business of the partnership can only be carried on at a loss,

(f) Other circumstances render a dissolution equitable.

(2) On the application of the purchaser of a partner's interest under section twenty-seven or twenty-eight:

(a) After the termination of the specified term or particular undertaking,

(b) At any time if the partnership was a partnership at will when the interest was assigned or when the charging order was issued.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 41
Rights of judgment creditor
Status: in_force

Section 41. On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court may charge the partnership interest of the partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the partnership interest. This chapter shall not deprive any partner of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to his partnership interest.

Section 41. On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court may charge the partnership interest of the partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the partnership interest. This chapter shall not deprive any partner of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to his partnership interest.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 1
Short title
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Business Corporation Law.

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Business Corporation Law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 249A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 249A
Inspection of coal; analysis of samples; condemnation
Status: in_force

Section 249A. The department of public health, local boards of health, the director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures, by themselves or by their authorized agents, may enter each place where coal is stored or kept for sale and each railroad train or car or any vehicle used for its conveyance and may inspect said coal or take therefrom samples for analysis or inspection. Said department or board shall cause each sample taken to be analyzed, inspected or otherwise satisfactorily tested and shall record and preserve as evidence the results thereof. If, in the opinion of said department or board, upon inspection, analysis or other satisfactory test, said coal is unfit for ordinary use, said department, or said board with the approval of said department, may condemn, seize and cause the same to be destroyed forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for ordinary use. All money received by said department or board for coal disposed of as aforesaid, after deducting the expenses of said seizure and disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such coal.

Section 249A. The department of public health, local boards of health, the director of standards and local sealers of weights and measures, by themselves or by their authorized agents, may enter each place where coal is stored or kept for sale and each railroad train or car or any vehicle used for its conveyance and may inspect said coal or take therefrom samples for analysis or inspection. Said department or board shall cause each sample taken to be analyzed, inspected or otherwise satisfactorily tested and shall record and preserve as evidence the results thereof. If, in the opinion of said department or board, upon inspection, analysis or other satisfactory test, said coal is unfit for ordinary use, said department, or said board with the approval of said department, may condemn, seize and cause the same to be destroyed forthwith or disposed of otherwise than for ordinary use. All money received by said department or board for coal disposed of as aforesaid, after deducting the expenses of said seizure and disposal, shall be paid to the owner of such coal.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 185 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 185
Change in number of train crew; regulation by department
Status: in_force

Section 185. Whenever the department is of opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that the number of men forming a train crew of any train is not sufficient to operate said train for the safety of the public and the employees of the railroad, it shall thereupon order such changes as it deems necessary.

Section 185. Whenever the department is of opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that the number of men forming a train crew of any train is not sufficient to operate said train for the safety of the public and the employees of the railroad, it shall thereupon order such changes as it deems necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 74 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 74
Mayor; status; powers and duties; acting mayor
Status: in_force

Section 74. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, commissioner of administration and, ex officio, chairman of the school committee. When present, he shall preside at all meetings of the city council and of the school committee and at all joint conventions thereof. He may vote on all questions coming before the city council, but shall have no power of veto. He shall have such other duties, rights and powers as may be provided by ordinance, not in conflict with this chapter. During the absence or inability of the mayor to act, the commissioner of finance shall, as acting mayor, assume the duties and exercise all the rights and powers of the mayor. In the absence or inability so to act of the commissioner of finance the city council may select another commissioner from their number to perform the duties of acting mayor.

Section 74. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, commissioner of administration and, ex officio, chairman of the school committee. When present, he shall preside at all meetings of the city council and of the school committee and at all joint conventions thereof.

He may vote on all questions coming before the city council, but shall have no power of veto.

He shall have such other duties, rights and powers as may be provided by ordinance, not in conflict with this chapter.

During the absence or inability of the mayor to act, the commissioner of finance shall, as acting mayor, assume the duties and exercise all the rights and powers of the mayor. In the absence or inability so to act of the commissioner of finance the city council may select another commissioner from their number to perform the duties of acting mayor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 254 / Section 22
Costs
Status: in_force

Section 22. Costs shall be in the discretion of the court and shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale or by any of the parties, as it may order.

Section 22. Costs shall be in the discretion of the court and shall be paid from the proceeds of the sale or by any of the parties, as it may order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 83
Violation of statutes by minors; revocation of badge; refusal to surrender; working after revocation
Status: in_force

Section 83. Any minor who engages in any of the trades or occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine in violation of any provision of sections sixty-nine, seventy or seventy-two to seventy-four, inclusive, shall for the first offence be warned by the supervisors or officers mentioned in section seventy-seven, and the parent, guardian or custodian shall be notified. In case of a second violation, such minor may be arrested and dealt with as a delinquent child, or, if over seventeen, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifteen dollars. Upon the recommendation of the principal or chief executive officer of the school which such minor attends, or upon the complaint of any supervisor of attendance, police officer, inspector or probation officer, the badge of any minor violating any provision of sections seventy to seventy-three, inclusive, or who becomes delinquent or fails to comply with all legal requirements concerning school attendance, may be revoked for three months by the officer issuing the same and the badge taken from such minor. If any minor refuses to surrender such badge, or works at any of the occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine after notice of the revocation of such badge, he shall be deemed to have violated section seventy.

Section 83. Any minor who engages in any of the trades or occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine in violation of any provision of sections sixty-nine, seventy or seventy-two to seventy-four, inclusive, shall for the first offence be warned by the supervisors or officers mentioned in section seventy-seven, and the parent, guardian or custodian shall be notified. In case of a second violation, such minor may be arrested and dealt with as a delinquent child, or, if over seventeen, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifteen dollars. Upon the recommendation of the principal or chief executive officer of the school which such minor attends, or upon the complaint of any supervisor of attendance, police officer, inspector or probation officer, the badge of any minor violating any provision of sections seventy to seventy-three, inclusive, or who becomes delinquent or fails to comply with all legal requirements concerning school attendance, may be revoked for three months by the officer issuing the same and the badge taken from such minor. If any minor refuses to surrender such badge, or works at any of the occupations mentioned in section sixty-nine after notice of the revocation of such badge, he shall be deemed to have violated section seventy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 49, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 49 / Section 12
Purchase of rights in fence
Status: in_force

Section 12. If one person ceases to improve his land or lays open his enclosure, he shall not take away any part of the partition fence belonging to him and adjoining the next enclosure if the occupant or owner pays the reasonable value thereof, as determined in writing by the fence viewers.

Section 12. If one person ceases to improve his land or lays open his enclosure, he shall not take away any part of the partition fence belonging to him and adjoining the next enclosure if the occupant or owner pays the reasonable value thereof, as determined in writing by the fence viewers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32A, sec. 31 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32A / Section 31
Benefits for medically necessary emergency services programs to be provided on nondiscriminatory basis
Status: in_force

Section 31. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs, as defined in section 1 of chapter 175.

Section 31. The commission shall provide to any active or retired employee of the commonwealth who is insured under the group insurance commission benefits on a nondiscriminatory basis for medically necessary emergency services programs, as defined in section 1 of chapter 175.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174A, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174A / Section 19
Partial invalidity
Status: in_force

Section 19. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions thereof.

Section 19. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence or clause of this chapter is held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 174B — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 174B
Restraint of dogs in public highway rest areas; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 174B. Whoever is the owner or keeper of a dog shall restrain said dog by a chain or leash when in an officially designated public highway rest area. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.

Section 174B. Whoever is the owner or keeper of a dog shall restrain said dog by a chain or leash when in an officially designated public highway rest area. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7D — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7D
Public utility easements and cattle passes
Status: in_force

Section 7D. The department may grant easements within state highway locations for wires, pipes, poles, conduits and cattle passes.

Section 7D. The department may grant easements within state highway locations for wires, pipes, poles, conduits and cattle passes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 27
Judicial notice of methods and character of lotteries, policy games, pools and betting; prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 27. Any court or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction may take judicial notice of the general methods and character of lotteries, policy lotteries or the game called policy, pools or combination bets, and the buying and selling of pools and registering of bets. In the trial of a complaint or indictment to which it may be relevant, any lottery, policy or pool ticket, certificate, slip or check, manifold or other policy or pool book or sheet, or memorandum of any pool or sale of pools, or of a bet or odds, or combination bet, or any other implement, apparatus, materials or articles of a character commonly employed in or in connection with lotteries, policy lotteries or policy, the buying or selling of pools or registering of bets, or other form of gaming, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and unlawful character of a lottery, policy lottery or game, pool or pools, bet, game or hazard, or other form of gaming in which like articles are commonly used, and that such article has relation thereto; provided, however, that such provisions shall not apply to sports wagering conducting pursuant to chapter 23N.

Section 27. Any court or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction may take judicial notice of the general methods and character of lotteries, policy lotteries or the game called policy, pools or combination bets, and the buying and selling of pools and registering of bets. In the trial of a complaint or indictment to which it may be relevant, any lottery, policy or pool ticket, certificate, slip or check, manifold or other policy or pool book or sheet, or memorandum of any pool or sale of pools, or of a bet or odds, or combination bet, or any other implement, apparatus, materials or articles of a character commonly employed in or in connection with lotteries, policy lotteries or policy, the buying or selling of pools or registering of bets, or other form of gaming, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and unlawful character of a lottery, policy lottery or game, pool or pools, bet, game or hazard, or other form of gaming in which like articles are commonly used, and that such article has relation thereto; provided, however, that such provisions shall not apply to sports wagering conducting pursuant to chapter 23N.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 47A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 47A
Contract of insurance or benefit certificate issued in violation of any provision of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 47A. A contract of insurance or a benefit certificate made, issued or delivered by any society in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any provision of its charter, articles of association, constitution or by-laws, shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon it and its members, but the rights, duties and obligations of the parties thereto shall be determined by the provisions of this chapter and of the charter, articles of association, constitution and by-laws of the society.

Section 47A. A contract of insurance or a benefit certificate made, issued or delivered by any society in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any provision of its charter, articles of association, constitution or by-laws, shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon it and its members, but the rights, duties and obligations of the parties thereto shall be determined by the provisions of this chapter and of the charter, articles of association, constitution and by-laws of the society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 29I — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 29I
Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements and chargebacks; reports
Status: in_force

Section 29I. The comptroller shall develop and implement a payment system and regulations for interdepartmental fiscal transactions including interdepartmental service agreements and interdepartmental chargebacks. The chargeback system and regulation shall require state agencies that purchase legislatively authorized goods or services from approved chargeback departments to remit fiscal obligations within 30 days of receipt of notice of said obligation. The comptroller shall submit periodic reports on request to the house and senate committees on ways and means listing those agencies which do not meet the 30 day payment schedule. Said report shall also include but not be limited to the identification of the agency receiving said goods or services and the agency providing said goods or services; provided, that said identification includes the name of the agency and the item number, the goods or services provided, and the amount of outstanding obligation. The comptroller may take such action as the comptroller deems necessary to ensure i compliance with the payment obligations under this section.

Section 29I. The comptroller shall develop and implement a payment system and regulations for interdepartmental fiscal transactions including interdepartmental service agreements and interdepartmental chargebacks. The chargeback system and regulation shall require state agencies that purchase legislatively authorized goods or services from approved chargeback departments to remit fiscal obligations within 30 days of receipt of notice of said obligation. The comptroller shall submit periodic reports on request to the house and senate committees on ways and means listing those agencies which do not meet the 30 day payment schedule. Said report shall also include but not be limited to the identification of the agency receiving said goods or services and the agency providing said goods or services; provided, that said identification includes the name of the agency and the item number, the goods or services provided, and the amount of outstanding obligation. The comptroller may take such action as the comptroller deems necessary to ensure i compliance with the payment obligations under this section.