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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 3
Representative government; elections; meetings; record
Status: in_force

Section 3. A society shall be deemed to have a representative form of government when it provides in its constitution and by-laws for a supreme legislative or governing body, composed of representatives elected either by the members or by delegates elected directly or indirectly by the members, together with such other members as may be prescribed by its constitution and by-laws if the elective members shall have not less than two-thirds of the votes nor less than the number of votes required to amend its constitution and by-laws, and if (a) the meetings of the supreme governing body and the election of officers, representatives or delegates shall be held as often as once in four years and (b) a complete stenographic record of the proceedings of each such meeting, so far as it relates to matters within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, shall be filed in the home office of the society within 30 days after the adjournment of such meeting. The constitution and by-laws of any such society may provide that the board of directors appoints a regularly ordained clergyman to act as chaplain, spiritual director or other religious officer, and may also provide that such appointee may serve ex officio as a member of the board of directors. The members, officers, representatives or delegates of a society shall not vote by proxy.

Section 3. A society shall be deemed to have a representative form of government when it provides in its constitution and by-laws for a supreme legislative or governing body, composed of representatives elected either by the members or by delegates elected directly or indirectly by the members, together with such other members as may be prescribed by its constitution and by-laws if the elective members shall have not less than two-thirds of the votes nor less than the number of votes required to amend its constitution and by-laws, and if (a) the meetings of the supreme governing body and the election of officers, representatives or delegates shall be held as often as once in four years and (b) a complete stenographic record of the proceedings of each such meeting, so far as it relates to matters within the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance, shall be filed in the home office of the society within 30 days after the adjournment of such meeting. The constitution and by-laws of any such society may provide that the board of directors appoints a regularly ordained clergyman to act as chaplain, spiritual director or other religious officer, and may also provide that such appointee may serve ex officio as a member of the board of directors. The members, officers, representatives or delegates of a society shall not vote by proxy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 13E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 13E
Office of travel and tourism; executive director; appointment; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 13E. There shall be within the partnership an office of travel and tourism which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The powers and duties given to the executive director of the office of travel and tourism in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the partnership. The executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be appointed by the secretary of economic development. The position of executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the executive director of travel and tourism shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of the office of travel and tourism and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful performance of those duties. The executive director of travel and tourism shall be the executive and administrative head of travel and tourism and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the laws relative to travel and tourism and to any administrative unit of that office. Powers and duties given to an administrative unit of travel and tourism by a general or special law shall be exercised subject to the direction, control and supervision of the executive director of travel and tourism.

Section 13E. There shall be within the partnership an office of travel and tourism which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The powers and duties given to the executive director of the office of travel and tourism in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the partnership.

The executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be appointed by the secretary of economic development. The position of executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the executive director of travel and tourism shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of the office of travel and tourism and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful performance of those duties.

The executive director of travel and tourism shall be the executive and administrative head of travel and tourism and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the laws relative to travel and tourism and to any administrative unit of that office. Powers and duties given to an administrative unit of travel and tourism by a general or special law shall be exercised subject to the direction, control and supervision of the executive director of travel and tourism.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 102
Designation of torpedoes or other explosives
Status: in_force

Section 102. No railroad corporation or railway company or any officer or employee thereof shall use or deposit a torpedo or other explosive upon or near the tracks of any railroad or railway for the purpose of signaling or otherwise, unless there is plainly and conspicuously stamped or otherwise permanently marked thereon in a manner approved by the department a word or words indicating that such torpedo or other explosive is dangerous.

Section 102. No railroad corporation or railway company or any officer or employee thereof shall use or deposit a torpedo or other explosive upon or near the tracks of any railroad or railway for the purpose of signaling or otherwise, unless there is plainly and conspicuously stamped or otherwise permanently marked thereon in a manner approved by the department a word or words indicating that such torpedo or other explosive is dangerous.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 30
Statement for individuals provided with creditable coverage; reporting
Status: in_force

Section 30. Pursuant to section 8B of chapter 62C, carriers 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 30. Pursuant to section 8B of chapter 62C, carriers 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. 3, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 8A
Petition by city or town pursuant to home rule amendment; number of votes
Status: in_force

Section 8A. A petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council or other legislative body of a city, or the town meeting or other legislative body of a town, for submission to the general court pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth shall indicate the number voting in favor of such filing or approval and the number opposed, if such vote is tabulated.

Section 8A. A petition filed or approved by the voters of a city or town, or the mayor and city council or other legislative body of a city, or the town meeting or other legislative body of a town, for submission to the general court pursuant to the provisions of Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth shall indicate the number voting in favor of such filing or approval and the number opposed, if such vote is tabulated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 25A
Miscellaneous expenses; allowances
Status: in_force

Section 25A. Unless the court shall otherwise determine, the prevailing party shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for expenses actually incurred for plans, drawings, photographs and certified copies of public and court records, necessary and used at the trial. Except by order of the court, no such allowance shall be made unless an affidavit by the prevailing party or his attorney of record is filed with the clerk before final judgment, setting out fully such expenditures, and that said plans, drawings, photographs and copies were actually used at the trial.

Section 25A. Unless the court shall otherwise determine, the prevailing party shall be allowed a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars for expenses actually incurred for plans, drawings, photographs and certified copies of public and court records, necessary and used at the trial. Except by order of the court, no such allowance shall be made unless an affidavit by the prevailing party or his attorney of record is filed with the clerk before final judgment, setting out fully such expenditures, and that said plans, drawings, photographs and copies were actually used at the trial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 46A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 46A
Powers of director; investigation of municipal affairs
Status: in_force

Section 46A. The director may, if conditions appear to the director to warrant it, review the accounts and financial transactions and affairs of a city or town, or of any department, board, commission or officer thereof. For the purpose of conducting the review, the director may visit any city, town, or district office and require any information the director considers necessary. Upon the completion of any review, the director may publish a summary of its essential features. A municipal officer or employee, or a member of a municipal department, board or commission whose accounts or transactions are being reviewed under this section, shall afford to the director such assistance as the director may require. Refusal or neglect by such an officer, employee or member to afford such assistance shall be punished by a fine of not more than 500 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.

Section 46A. The director may, if conditions appear to the director to warrant it, review the accounts and financial transactions and affairs of a city or town, or of any department, board, commission or officer thereof. For the purpose of conducting the review, the director may visit any city, town, or district office and require any information the director considers necessary. Upon the completion of any review, the director may publish a summary of its essential features. A municipal officer or employee, or a member of a municipal department, board or commission whose accounts or transactions are being reviewed under this section, shall afford to the director such assistance as the director may require. Refusal or neglect by such an officer, employee or member to afford such assistance shall be punished by a fine of not more than 500 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 13E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 13E
Bacterial standards; milk and cream sales and deliveries
Status: in_force

Section 13E. Boards of health of cities and towns may adopt bacterial standards for milk which are numerically less but not greater than such standards as may be established therefor under sections twelve and thirteen. Rules and regulations promulgated under said sections shall not be construed to prevent the exercise by such boards of the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon them by section forty-one nor to prevent the sale of milk the production of which is regulated under authority of sections twenty to twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eighty. This section shall not be deemed to authorize the sale or delivery of milk, cream or products thereof which are not in compliance with applicable rules and regulations established pursuant to said sections twelve and thirteen.

Section 13E. Boards of health of cities and towns may adopt bacterial standards for milk which are numerically less but not greater than such standards as may be established therefor under sections twelve and thirteen. Rules and regulations promulgated under said sections shall not be construed to prevent the exercise by such boards of the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon them by section forty-one nor to prevent the sale of milk the production of which is regulated under authority of sections twenty to twenty-five, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eighty. This section shall not be deemed to authorize the sale or delivery of milk, cream or products thereof which are not in compliance with applicable rules and regulations established pursuant to said sections twelve and thirteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 34
Catching, buying and selling smelt between March 15 and June 15; wholesale or retail dealers
Status: in_force

Section 34. Between March 15 and June 15, inclusive, no person shall catch or take any smelt from the waters of the commonwealth or buy, receive, sell or offer or expose for sale, transport or possess a smelt so taken. Any wholesale or retail dealer who sells, offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession any smelt between the said dates must have in his possession a tag or bill of lading or other paper showing that such smelt was taken from waters outside the commonwealth, and the possession of a smelt between said dates by a person other than a wholesale or retail dealer holding such a certificate shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.

Section 34. Between March 15 and June 15, inclusive, no person shall catch or take any smelt from the waters of the commonwealth or buy, receive, sell or offer or expose for sale, transport or possess a smelt so taken. Any wholesale or retail dealer who sells, offers or exposes for sale or has in his possession any smelt between the said dates must have in his possession a tag or bill of lading or other paper showing that such smelt was taken from waters outside the commonwealth, and the possession of a smelt between said dates by a person other than a wholesale or retail dealer holding such a certificate shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 274 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 274
Deposit of fees from naturopathic licenses, applications and penalties
Status: in_force

Section 274. All licensing and application fees and civil administrative penalties collected pursuant to sections 266 to 273, inclusive, shall be deposited into the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in section 35X of chapter 10.

Section 274. All licensing and application fees and civil administrative penalties collected pursuant to sections 266 to 273, inclusive, shall be deposited into the Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund established in section 35X of chapter 10.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 2
Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes
Status: in_force

Section 2. The divisions of the housing court department shall have superior and general jurisdiction with reference to all cases and matters within their jurisdiction; and no order, decree, judgment, sentence, warrant, writ or process made, issued or pronounced by them need set out any adjudication or circumstances with greater particularity than would be required in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction, and the like presumption shall be made in favor of proceedings in the housing court department as would be made in favor of proceedings in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction. Writs, subpoenas, citations, orders, notices, executions and all other processes issued in the housing court department signed by the clerk, temporary clerk or an assistant clerk, and bear the teste of the first justice of the division and shall run throughout the commonwealth.

Section 2. The divisions of the housing court department shall have superior and general jurisdiction with reference to all cases and matters within their jurisdiction; and no order, decree, judgment, sentence, warrant, writ or process made, issued or pronounced by them need set out any adjudication or circumstances with greater particularity than would be required in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction, and the like presumption shall be made in favor of proceedings in the housing court department as would be made in favor of proceedings in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction. Writs, subpoenas, citations, orders, notices, executions and all other processes issued in the housing court department signed by the clerk, temporary clerk or an assistant clerk, and bear the teste of the first justice of the division and shall run throughout the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 43
Withdrawal of shares or deposits; notice
Status: in_force

Section 43. A credit union may require from a shareholder or depositor ninety days' notice of his intention to withdraw any or all of his shares and sixty days' notice of his intention to withdraw any or all of his deposits.

Section 43. A credit union may require from a shareholder or depositor ninety days' notice of his intention to withdraw any or all of his shares and sixty days' notice of his intention to withdraw any or all of his deposits.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 6
Form in special cases
Status: in_force

Section 6. If the condition of the mortgage is not for the payment of money, or if a part only of the money, the payment of which is secured by the mortgage, is due, the court shall vary the terms of the judgment as the case may require, but shall award execution as before provided unless the defendant within two months after the judgment performs the conditions thereof.

Section 6. If the condition of the mortgage is not for the payment of money, or if a part only of the money, the payment of which is secured by the mortgage, is due, the court shall vary the terms of the judgment as the case may require, but shall award execution as before provided unless the defendant within two months after the judgment performs the conditions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 143, sec. 59 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 143 / Section 59
Enforcement of statutes and orders
Status: in_force

Section 59. The supreme judicial court or superior court may, upon the application of the commissioner, an inspector or local inspector, enforce by any suitable process or decree any section of this chapter, the state building code and any order or requirement of any person made under the authority thereof, which provisions or sections said commissioner, inspector or local inspector is, under this chapter or the state building code authorized to enforce.

Section 59. The supreme judicial court or superior court may, upon the application of the commissioner, an inspector or local inspector, enforce by any suitable process or decree any section of this chapter, the state building code and any order or requirement of any person made under the authority thereof, which provisions or sections said commissioner, inspector or local inspector is, under this chapter or the state building code authorized to enforce.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 24F — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 24F
Pharmacy technician change of address; written notification
Status: in_force

Section 24F. Each registered pharmacy technician shall immediately give written notification to the board of the change of address and apply for an amended license. Each licensee shall also advise the board in writing of his current mailing address.

Section 24F. Each registered pharmacy technician shall immediately give written notification to the board of the change of address and apply for an amended license. Each licensee shall also advise the board in writing of his current mailing address.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 408 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 408
Injunctions
Status: in_force

Section 408. Whenever it appears to the secretary that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, he may in his discretion bring an action in the superior court for the county in which the person is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule or order hereunder. Upon a proper showing, the court may grant a preliminary or permanent injunction or a temporary restraining order and may order an accounting, disgorgement, rescission and such other relief as may be in the public interest, including but not limited to the appointment of a receiver or conservator for the defendant or the defendant's assets. The court may not require the secretary to post a bond.

Section 408. Whenever it appears to the secretary that any person has engaged or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule or order hereunder, he may in his discretion bring an action in the superior court for the county in which the person is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule or order hereunder. Upon a proper showing, the court may grant a preliminary or permanent injunction or a temporary restraining order and may order an accounting, disgorgement, rescission and such other relief as may be in the public interest, including but not limited to the appointment of a receiver or conservator for the defendant or the defendant's assets. The court may not require the secretary to post a bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93G, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93G / Section 7
Supplier's security interest
Status: in_force

Section 7. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to release or terminate a perfected security interest of the supplier in the inventory of the dealer.

Section 7. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed to release or terminate a perfected security interest of the supplier in the inventory of the dealer.