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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40G, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40G / Section 12
Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center
Status: in_force

Section 12. (a) There shall be within the corporation, and subject to the board's oversight and control, a Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center to facilitate the transfer of technology from the commonwealth's research institutions to the commonwealth's industries, for productive use by such industries. The center shall provide advice and assistance to public and private research institutions on strategies for technology transfer including, but not limited to, advice and assistance in the following areas: (i) assessing the viability and value of developing technologies; (ii) defining and exploiting potential markets for such technologies; (iii) commercialization strategies; (iv) intellectual property issues, including licensing strategies; and (v) business development. The center shall be governed by the board and subject to the board's oversight and control. The president of the corporation may hire such staff as may be necessary to accomplish purposes of the center. (b) The corporation shall report annually to the Massachusetts office of business development on the number of technology transfer transactions or projects that have been consummated with the assistance of the center, the names and geographic locations of the recipient industries and the estimated number of new jobs created as a result of such transactions or projects.

Section 12. (a) There shall be within the corporation, and subject to the board's oversight and control, a Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center to facilitate the transfer of technology from the commonwealth's research institutions to the commonwealth's industries, for productive use by such industries. The center shall provide advice and assistance to public and private research institutions on strategies for technology transfer including, but not limited to, advice and assistance in the following areas: (i) assessing the viability and value of developing technologies; (ii) defining and exploiting potential markets for such technologies; (iii) commercialization strategies; (iv) intellectual property issues, including licensing strategies; and (v) business development. The center shall be governed by the board and subject to the board's oversight and control. The president of the corporation may hire such staff as may be necessary to accomplish purposes of the center.

(b) The corporation shall report annually to the Massachusetts office of business development on the number of technology transfer transactions or projects that have been consummated with the assistance of the center, the names and geographic locations of the recipient industries and the estimated number of new jobs created as a result of such transactions or projects.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 19
Extension of time for filing return
Status: in_force

Section 19. For good cause the commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing any return required by this chapter, provided that the taxpayer, on or before the date prescribed for payment of the tax, files a tentative return, in such form as the commissioner may require, and pays therewith the amount of tax reasonably estimated to be due. An extension of six months for filing any return required by section eleven or twelve shall be allowed any corporation if, in such manner and at such time as the commissioner may prescribe, such corporation files a request, in such form as the commissioner may require, and pays, on or before the date prescribed for payment of the tax, the amount of tax reasonably estimated to be due under this chapter; but this extension may be terminated at any time by the commissioner by mailing to the corporation notice of such determination at least ten days prior to the date for termination fixed in such notice. Failure to pay fifty per cent of the tax due with respect to returns required by sections eleven or twelve of this chapter or eighty per cent of the tax due with respect to other returns required by this chapter on or before the date the tax imposed is required to be paid shall void any extension of time and the return shall be subject to penalty as a late return.

Section 19. For good cause the commissioner may grant a reasonable extension of time for filing any return required by this chapter, provided that the taxpayer, on or before the date prescribed for payment of the tax, files a tentative return, in such form as the commissioner may require, and pays therewith the amount of tax reasonably estimated to be due.

An extension of six months for filing any return required by section eleven or twelve shall be allowed any corporation if, in such manner and at such time as the commissioner may prescribe, such corporation files a request, in such form as the commissioner may require, and pays, on or before the date prescribed for payment of the tax, the amount of tax reasonably estimated to be due under this chapter; but this extension may be terminated at any time by the commissioner by mailing to the corporation notice of such determination at least ten days prior to the date for termination fixed in such notice.

Failure to pay fifty per cent of the tax due with respect to returns required by sections eleven or twelve of this chapter or eighty per cent of the tax due with respect to other returns required by this chapter on or before the date the tax imposed is required to be paid shall void any extension of time and the return shall be subject to penalty as a late return.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 16
Certificate of judgment, decree or final disposition; recording
Status: in_force

Section 16. At any time after final judgment or a decree in favor of the defendant, or after the discontinuance, dismissal or other final disposition, by consent of parties or otherwise, of a proceeding mentioned in the preceding section, or in case of the non-entry of the writ, petition or bill of complaint, the clerk of the court wherein such judgment, decree, discontinuance, dismissal or other final disposition is recorded, or out of which such writ issued or to which such petition or bill of complaint was addressed, shall upon demand give a certificate of the fact of such judgment, decree, discontinuance, dismissal, final disposal or non-entry, and such certificate may be recorded in the registry in which the original record mentioned in said section was made.

Section 16. At any time after final judgment or a decree in favor of the defendant, or after the discontinuance, dismissal or other final disposition, by consent of parties or otherwise, of a proceeding mentioned in the preceding section, or in case of the non-entry of the writ, petition or bill of complaint, the clerk of the court wherein such judgment, decree, discontinuance, dismissal or other final disposition is recorded, or out of which such writ issued or to which such petition or bill of complaint was addressed, shall upon demand give a certificate of the fact of such judgment, decree, discontinuance, dismissal, final disposal or non-entry, and such certificate may be recorded in the registry in which the original record mentioned in said section was made.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 47
Computation of time of service
Status: in_force

Section 47. An officer, instructor or employee in any institution named in section forty-six shall, for the purpose of retirement thereunder, be credited with all the time which he has served as such in any of said institutions or in the prison camp and hospital, or as an officer or instructor at the industrial or Lyman school for boys, the industrial school for girls, the Suffolk school for boys or any county training school, if he has not been discharged for misconduct from any of said institutions, or, if so discharged, it was afterward found that he was not at fault; and the restoration to duty or reappointment in the institution from which he was discharged shall be sufficient evidence for his exoneration.

Section 47. An officer, instructor or employee in any institution named in section forty-six shall, for the purpose of retirement thereunder, be credited with all the time which he has served as such in any of said institutions or in the prison camp and hospital, or as an officer or instructor at the industrial or Lyman school for boys, the industrial school for girls, the Suffolk school for boys or any county training school, if he has not been discharged for misconduct from any of said institutions, or, if so discharged, it was afterward found that he was not at fault; and the restoration to duty or reappointment in the institution from which he was discharged shall be sufficient evidence for his exoneration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 55
List of styles, designs and qualities of articles; arbitration of differences
Status: in_force

Section 55. Annually in September the commissioner shall issue to the officers in charge of the offices, departments and institutions named in section fifty-three a descriptive list of the styles, designs and qualities of said articles and materials. Any difference between the prison officials and the offices, departments or institutions in regard to styles, designs and qualities shall be submitted to arbitrators, whose decision shall be final. One of said arbitrators shall be named on behalf of the prison by the commissioner, one by the principal officer of the other office, department or institution concerned, and one by agreement of the other two. The arbitrators shall be chosen from the official service, and shall receive no compensation for performance of any duty under this section; but their actual and necessary expenses shall be paid by the prison or office, department or institution against which their award is given.

Section 55. Annually in September the commissioner shall issue to the officers in charge of the offices, departments and institutions named in section fifty-three a descriptive list of the styles, designs and qualities of said articles and materials. Any difference between the prison officials and the offices, departments or institutions in regard to styles, designs and qualities shall be submitted to arbitrators, whose decision shall be final. One of said arbitrators shall be named on behalf of the prison by the commissioner, one by the principal officer of the other office, department or institution concerned, and one by agreement of the other two. The arbitrators shall be chosen from the official service, and shall receive no compensation for performance of any duty under this section; but their actual and necessary expenses shall be paid by the prison or office, department or institution against which their award is given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 43
Public inspection of copies of orders, rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 43. The commission shall keep on file for public inspection at the office of the state secretary, and also at its principal office, a copy of all its orders and general and special rules and regulations, as amended from time to time.

Section 43. The commission shall keep on file for public inspection at the office of the state secretary, and also at its principal office, a copy of all its orders and general and special rules and regulations, as amended from time to time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 24
Special contingent reserve fund
Status: in_force

Section 24. Every such corporation shall set aside at the end of each calendar year out of its surplus funds, if any, but not otherwise, a special contingent reserve fund in an amount equal to, for the first year, the sum of one half of its then surplus funds, over and above its liabilities, and three per cent of its net premium written during the current calendar year, which three per cent of premium written, however, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year; thereafter, it shall at the end of each succeeding calendar year from any available surplus funds so increase such contingent reserve fund that on December thirty-first of each such year the amount of the contingent reserve fund shall exceed the required amount on the next preceding December thirty-first by an amount equal to five per cent of the net premium income of such corporation during such whole calendar year; provided, however, that the contingent reserve fund at the end of any calendar year shall not exceed forty per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year. Such contingent reserve fund may be withdrawn or reduced below the amount required by this section with the approval of the commissioner of insurance. No other reserves except for actual liabilities shall be required.

Section 24. Every such corporation shall set aside at the end of each calendar year out of its surplus funds, if any, but not otherwise, a special contingent reserve fund in an amount equal to, for the first year, the sum of one half of its then surplus funds, over and above its liabilities, and three per cent of its net premium written during the current calendar year, which three per cent of premium written, however, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year; thereafter, it shall at the end of each succeeding calendar year from any available surplus funds so increase such contingent reserve fund that on December thirty-first of each such year the amount of the contingent reserve fund shall exceed the required amount on the next preceding December thirty-first by an amount equal to five per cent of the net premium income of such corporation during such whole calendar year; provided, however, that the contingent reserve fund at the end of any calendar year shall not exceed forty per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year. Such contingent reserve fund may be withdrawn or reduced below the amount required by this section with the approval of the commissioner of insurance. No other reserves except for actual liabilities shall be required.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 139 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 139
Protection of assets classified as vital to national security
Status: in_force

Section 139. Subject to conditions and limitations as promulgated in regulations by the commander-in-chief, the national guard may use all appropriate means necessary to protect assets vital to national security classified as such according to rules, regulations or instructions promulgated by the United States Department of Defense or the military departments of the United States Department of Defense or as otherwise ordered by the commander-in-chief.

Section 139. Subject to conditions and limitations as promulgated in regulations by the commander-in-chief, the national guard may use all appropriate means necessary to protect assets vital to national security classified as such according to rules, regulations or instructions promulgated by the United States Department of Defense or the military departments of the United States Department of Defense or as otherwise ordered by the commander-in-chief.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167 / Section 8
Failure to make or amend return, statement or report
Status: in_force

Section 8. An officer of any bank who, for fifteen days after notice by the commissioner, fails to make any return, statement or report required by law or by the commissioner, or fails to amend such a return, statement or report if lawfully required by the commissioner, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

Section 8. An officer of any bank who, for fifteen days after notice by the commissioner, fails to make any return, statement or report required by law or by the commissioner, or fails to amend such a return, statement or report if lawfully required by the commissioner, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 68
Board of registration of landscape architects; meetings; chairman
Status: in_force

Section 68. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year and may hold such special meetings as it may determine. At the first regular meeting each year, the board shall organize and choose a chairman who shall be a member of the board.

Section 68. The board shall hold at least two regular meetings each year and may hold such special meetings as it may determine. At the first regular meeting each year, the board shall organize and choose a chairman who shall be a member of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94A, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94A / Section 22
Penalties; report of violation; investigation; action; injunction
Status: in_force

Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order of the commissioner made under this chapter or adopted by the former milk control board under any similar provision of earlier law, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and such fine may be imposed for each day during which such violation shall continue. A violation of any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted may be reported by any person to the commissioner, who shall investigate such complaint and may institute such action at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted, and, in addition to any other remedy, may seek relief by injunction, if in the opinion of the commissioner it is necessary to protect the public interest, without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist.

Section 22. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order of the commissioner made under this chapter or adopted by the former milk control board under any similar provision of earlier law, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, and such fine may be imposed for each day during which such violation shall continue. A violation of any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted may be reported by any person to the commissioner, who shall investigate such complaint and may institute such action at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this chapter or of any effective rule, regulation or order so made or adopted, and, in addition to any other remedy, may seek relief by injunction, if in the opinion of the commissioner it is necessary to protect the public interest, without being compelled to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 133 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 133
Number of registered voters, etc.; report
Status: in_force

Section 133. The state secretary shall before February first of each year report to the general court the number of registered voters in each city and town at the date of the last preceding state, and city or town election, as the case may be, and the total number of persons who voted at each such election in every city and town, and in every voting precinct therein, and, in the year following a state election, the number of votes received by each candidate for nomination and for election for a state office, and for election for a state committee, arranged by cities, towns and districts, and a concise statement of other matters relating to elections, with such suggestions as he deems advisable.

Section 133. The state secretary shall before February first of each year report to the general court the number of registered voters in each city and town at the date of the last preceding state, and city or town election, as the case may be, and the total number of persons who voted at each such election in every city and town, and in every voting precinct therein, and, in the year following a state election, the number of votes received by each candidate for nomination and for election for a state office, and for election for a state committee, arranged by cities, towns and districts, and a concise statement of other matters relating to elections, with such suggestions as he deems advisable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 51 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 51
Release of committed witnesses; proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 51. If a witness has been committed because of his inability to furnish sureties for his appearance before the superior court, the jailer shall forthwith give notice to the chief justice of the superior court, who shall direct the district attorney to inquire as to the importance of his testimony and the necessity for detaining him in jail, and the district attorney, if in his opinion the public interest will not suffer by the release of the witness on his own recognizance, shall so report to the chief justice, who may thereupon order the witness to be released upon his own recognizance.

Section 51. If a witness has been committed because of his inability to furnish sureties for his appearance before the superior court, the jailer shall forthwith give notice to the chief justice of the superior court, who shall direct the district attorney to inquire as to the importance of his testimony and the necessity for detaining him in jail, and the district attorney, if in his opinion the public interest will not suffer by the release of the witness on his own recognizance, shall so report to the chief justice, who may thereupon order the witness to be released upon his own recognizance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 16
Certificates of nomination, etc.; public inspection; preservation
Status: in_force

Section 16. Certificates of nomination, nomination papers, objections thereto and withdrawals, when filed, shall, under proper regulations, be open to public inspection, and the state secretary and the city and town clerks shall preserve the same in their offices for one year.

Section 16. Certificates of nomination, nomination papers, objections thereto and withdrawals, when filed, shall, under proper regulations, be open to public inspection, and the state secretary and the city and town clerks shall preserve the same in their offices for one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 102, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 102 / Section 28
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 28. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the ten preceding sections or refuses or neglects to obey the lawful orders of a harbor master, or resists him in the execution of his duties, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and shall be liable in tort to any person suffering damage thereby.

Section 28. Whoever violates any of the provisions of the ten preceding sections or refuses or neglects to obey the lawful orders of a harbor master, or resists him in the execution of his duties, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, and shall be liable in tort to any person suffering damage thereby.