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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63D, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63D / Section 2
Refundable credit for eligible pass-through entity
Status: in_force

[Text of section effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. See 2021, 69, Sec. 2.]

[Text of section effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. See 2021, 69, Sec. 2.]

Section 2. An eligible pass-through entity may elect to pay an excise on its qualified income taxable in Massachusetts at a rate of 5 per cent. A qualified member of an electing eligible pass-through entity shall be allowed a refundable credit against the tax imposed under this chapter. The credit shall be available to qualified members in an amount proportionate to each qualified member's share of the tax due and paid under this chapter by the eligible pass-through entity multiplied by 0.9. The credit shall be available for the member's taxable year in which the electing eligible pass-through entity's taxable year ends.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 273 / Section 22
Orders; applicability of Secs. 1 to 10 of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 22. Before trial, with the consent of the defendant, or after entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after conviction, the court may make for the benefit of such destitute parent orders similar to those provided by section five; and the practice established by the first ten sections of this chapter shall, so far as applicable, apply to proceedings under this and the two preceding sections.

Section 22. Before trial, with the consent of the defendant, or after entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or after conviction, the court may make for the benefit of such destitute parent orders similar to those provided by section five; and the practice established by the first ten sections of this chapter shall, so far as applicable, apply to proceedings under this and the two preceding sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 17
Fossil or fossil emblem of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 17. The dinosaur track shall be the fossil or fossil emblem of the commonwealth.

Section 17. The dinosaur track shall be the fossil or fossil emblem of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 33E — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 33E
Water pollution abatement projects; grants
Status: in_force

Section 33E. The department of environmental protection may make a grant to a local governmental unit as defined in chapter twenty-nine C for the eligible costs of planning, design or construction of water pollution abatement projects eligible for financial assistance under section six of said chapter twenty-nine C. The department may award grants for such projects in accordance with regulations of the department promulgated pursuant to section twenty-seven A, in amounts which, when added to the financial assistance provided by the local governmental unit, or each city, town or other public body which is a member or other service recipient thereof, under the provisions of section six of chapter twenty-nine C, will result in total financial assistance provided to or for the benefit of such local governmental unit, city, town or other public body, as determined by the department equivalent to a grant of twenty-five percent of the eligible costs of such projects. Payments of financial assistance by the commonwealth pursuant to this section shall be made in accordance with a payment schedule established by the department with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance and may, at the department's direction, be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of loans to the local governmental unit made or approved under said chapter twenty-nine C.

Section 33E. The department of environmental protection may make a grant to a local governmental unit as defined in chapter twenty-nine C for the eligible costs of planning, design or construction of water pollution abatement projects eligible for financial assistance under section six of said chapter twenty-nine C. The department may award grants for such projects in accordance with regulations of the department promulgated pursuant to section twenty-seven A, in amounts which, when added to the financial assistance provided by the local governmental unit, or each city, town or other public body which is a member or other service recipient thereof, under the provisions of section six of chapter twenty-nine C, will result in total financial assistance provided to or for the benefit of such local governmental unit, city, town or other public body, as determined by the department equivalent to a grant of twenty-five percent of the eligible costs of such projects. Payments of financial assistance by the commonwealth pursuant to this section shall be made in accordance with a payment schedule established by the department with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance and may, at the department's direction, be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of loans to the local governmental unit made or approved under said chapter twenty-nine C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15C, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15C / Section 21
Powers of participating higher education institutions; interest rates
Status: in_force

Section 21. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any participating institution for higher education shall have the power to borrow money from the Authority, make education loans, enter into tuition agreements, participate in savings programs and take all other actions and do such things as are necessary or convenient to consummate the transactions contemplated under this chapter. It shall be lawful for the Authority to establish, charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation with respect to authority loans or education loans and it shall also be lawful, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make authority loans or education loans at a rate of interest which may, during the life of such loans, be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the Authority. It shall also be lawful for any institution of higher education to charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation, including amounts or rates of interest which may be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the institution, with respect to education loans.

Section 21. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any participating institution for higher education shall have the power to borrow money from the Authority, make education loans, enter into tuition agreements, participate in savings programs and take all other actions and do such things as are necessary or convenient to consummate the transactions contemplated under this chapter. It shall be lawful for the Authority to establish, charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation with respect to authority loans or education loans and it shall also be lawful, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make authority loans or education loans at a rate of interest which may, during the life of such loans, be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the Authority. It shall also be lawful for any institution of higher education to charge, contract for and receive any amount or rate of interest or compensation, including amounts or rates of interest which may be varied or revised upon such terms or conditions as may be established by the institution, with respect to education loans.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228, sec. 5B — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 228 / Section 5B
Failure of legal representative to give timely notice of death to plaintiff as ground for relief authorized by Sec. 5A
Status: in_force

Section 5B. Whenever, upon the trial of a civil action in the supreme judicial or superior court seeking the relief authorized by section five A, it shall be made to appear to the court that the legal representative of the deceased person within nine months of his appointment failed to notify in writing the plaintiff of such death and failed within said nine months duly to suggest such death in such action, such facts may be sufficient ground for granting the relief authorized by said section five A.

Section 5B. Whenever, upon the trial of a civil action in the supreme judicial or superior court seeking the relief authorized by section five A, it shall be made to appear to the court that the legal representative of the deceased person within nine months of his appointment failed to notify in writing the plaintiff of such death and failed within said nine months duly to suggest such death in such action, such facts may be sufficient ground for granting the relief authorized by said section five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 33
Violation of statutes or rules
Status: in_force

Section 33. Whoever violates any provision of sections five to thirty-two, inclusive, or of the rules of the board shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 33. Whoever violates any provision of sections five to thirty-two, inclusive, or of the rules of the board shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 166, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 166 / Section 27
Approval by department of ordinances or regulations of municipality
Status: in_force

Section 27. No ordinance or regulation of a city or town, or regulation or restriction imposed in a grant of location, affecting the erection, maintenance or operation of a line for the transmission of electricity for light, heat or power extending or intended to extend from some point in one city or town through or to some point in another city or town, shall take effect until approved by the department of telecommunications and energy.

Section 27. No ordinance or regulation of a city or town, or regulation or restriction imposed in a grant of location, affecting the erection, maintenance or operation of a line for the transmission of electricity for light, heat or power extending or intended to extend from some point in one city or town through or to some point in another city or town, shall take effect until approved by the department of telecommunications and energy.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60A, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60A / Section 9
Deferral of excise due by Massachusetts National Guard members and reservists on active duty and dependents
Status: in_force

Section 9. In any city or town accepting the provisions of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any excise due under this chapter by a member of the Massachusetts National Guard or reservist or a dependent of a member of the Massachusetts National Guard or reservist shall be deferred while that member is on active service outside the commonwealth and for a period of up to 180 days after completion of that service. No interest or penalties shall be assessed for any period before the expiration of the 180 days.

Section 9. In any city or town accepting the provisions of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, any excise due under this chapter by a member of the Massachusetts National Guard or reservist or a dependent of a member of the Massachusetts National Guard or reservist shall be deferred while that member is on active service outside the commonwealth and for a period of up to 180 days after completion of that service. No interest or penalties shall be assessed for any period before the expiration of the 180 days.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 2
Suffolk county; issuance of writs of venire facias for grand jurors
Status: in_force

Section 2. The clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the first Mondays of January and July, respectively, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen of whom thirty-nine shall be from Boston and two each from Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop. From these forty-five veniremen the court shall then select twenty-three grand jurors to serve in said court, who shall serve for each sitting thereof for six months and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.

Section 2. The clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county shall, not less than twenty-eight days before the first Mondays of January and July, respectively, issue writs of venire facias for forty-five veniremen of whom thirty-nine shall be from Boston and two each from Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop. From these forty-five veniremen the court shall then select twenty-three grand jurors to serve in said court, who shall serve for each sitting thereof for six months and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 49
Burglarious instruments; making; possession; use
Status: in_force

Section 49. Whoever makes or mends, or begins to make or mend, or knowingly has in his possession, an engine, machine, tool or implement adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open a building, room, vault, safe or other depository, in order to steal therefrom money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for the purpose aforesaid, with intent to use or employ or allow the same to be used or employed for such purpose, or whoever knowingly has in his possession a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, with intent to use or employ the same to steal a motor vehicle or other property therefrom, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.

Section 49. Whoever makes or mends, or begins to make or mend, or knowingly has in his possession, an engine, machine, tool or implement adapted and designed for cutting through, forcing or breaking open a building, room, vault, safe or other depository, in order to steal therefrom money or other property, or to commit any other crime, knowing the same to be adapted and designed for the purpose aforesaid, with intent to use or employ or allow the same to be used or employed for such purpose, or whoever knowingly has in his possession a master key designed to fit more than one motor vehicle, with intent to use or employ the same to steal a motor vehicle or other property therefrom, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two and one half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 115
Copies of records of votes to governor and council; examination; determination of results
Status: in_force

Section 115. The state secretary shall lay before the governor and council the copies of the votes cast. After such delivery, the governor, with at least five councillors, shall examine the copies. They shall tabulate said votes and determine who appear to be elected to the several offices, and what appears to be the result of the votes on any question or questions, and shall forthwith transmit to the state secretary an abstract of such tabulation and determination. The state secretary, upon application, shall furnish to newspapers copies of such abstract. In case of a state-wide or district-wide recount under section one hundred and thirty-five, the state secretary shall in like manner lay before the governor and council the copies of the amended records received by him under said section, and the governor with at least five councillors shall, if necessary, revise the aforesaid tabulation and determination accordingly.

Section 115. The state secretary shall lay before the governor and council the copies of the votes cast. After such delivery, the governor, with at least five councillors, shall examine the copies. They shall tabulate said votes and determine who appear to be elected to the several offices, and what appears to be the result of the votes on any question or questions, and shall forthwith transmit to the state secretary an abstract of such tabulation and determination. The state secretary, upon application, shall furnish to newspapers copies of such abstract. In case of a state-wide or district-wide recount under section one hundred and thirty-five, the state secretary shall in like manner lay before the governor and council the copies of the amended records received by him under said section, and the governor with at least five councillors shall, if necessary, revise the aforesaid tabulation and determination accordingly.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40X, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40X / Section 11
Limitation on action contesting validity of assessment; time for perfecting appeal; disputes
Status: in_force

Section 11. (a) The validity of an assessment levied pursuant to this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the formal approval of the tourism destination marketing district by the local municipal governing body of the lead jurisdiction. Any appeal from a final judgment in an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after entry of judgment. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), chapter 62C shall apply to disputes regarding the proper amount of assessment due from a lodging business pursuant to this chapter.

Section 11. (a) The validity of an assessment levied pursuant to this chapter shall not be contested in any action or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is commenced within 30 days after the formal approval of the tourism destination marketing district by the local municipal governing body of the lead jurisdiction. Any appeal from a final judgment in an action or proceeding shall be perfected within 30 days after entry of judgment.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), chapter 62C shall apply to disputes regarding the proper amount of assessment due from a lodging business pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 19
Duties of mayor or city manager; attendance at council meetings; disclosure of information
Status: in_force

Section 19. The city council at any time may request from the mayor, or, under Plan D or E, from the city manager, specific information on any municipal matter within its jurisdiction, and may request him to be present to answer written questions relating thereto at a meeting to be held not earlier than one week from the date of the receipt by the mayor, or, under Plan D or E, by the city manager, of said questions. The mayor, or, under Plan D or E, the city manager, shall personally, or through the head of a department or a member of a board, attend such meeting and publicly answer all such questions. The person so attending shall not be obliged to answer questions relating to any other matter. The mayor, or, under Plan D or E, the city manager, may attend and address the city council in person or through the head of a department, or a member of a board, upon any subject.

Section 19. The city council at any time may request from the mayor, or, under Plan D or E, from the city manager, specific information on any municipal matter within its jurisdiction, and may request him to be present to answer written questions relating thereto at a meeting to be held not earlier than one week from the date of the receipt by the mayor, or, under Plan D or E, by the city manager, of said questions. The mayor, or, under Plan D or E, the city manager, shall personally, or through the head of a department or a member of a board, attend such meeting and publicly answer all such questions. The person so attending shall not be obliged to answer questions relating to any other matter. The mayor, or, under Plan D or E, the city manager, may attend and address the city council in person or through the head of a department, or a member of a board, upon any subject.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 94 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 94
Light for reading
Status: in_force

Section 94. In the assignment of cells to prisoners in a house of correction, due regard shall be had to the accommodation of those who are able and wish to read; and from October first to April first, all prisoners confined to labor during the day shall be provided with sufficient light to enable them to read for at least one hour each evening.

Section 94. In the assignment of cells to prisoners in a house of correction, due regard shall be had to the accommodation of those who are able and wish to read; and from October first to April first, all prisoners confined to labor during the day shall be provided with sufficient light to enable them to read for at least one hour each evening.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211B / Section 5
Chief justices; appointment; term; removal
Status: in_force

Section 5. The office of the chief justice of a department of the trial court, as provided in section 1, shall not be deemed a judicial office as comprehended under the provisions of Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the Constitution. Said office of chief justice shall be filled by appointment, from among the justices appointed to the particular department, by the chief justice of the trial court. A chief justice shall hold said office for a term of 5 years, and shall be eligible to be reappointed for additional 5–year terms. A chief justice, so appointed, may be removed from that office prior to the expiration of his term by the chief justice of the trial court; provided, however, that any such removal is not for arbitrary or capricious reasons and, if the employee so requests, is approved by the Committee.

Section 5. The office of the chief justice of a department of the trial court, as provided in section 1, shall not be deemed a judicial office as comprehended under the provisions of Article I of Chapter III of Part the Second of the Constitution. Said office of chief justice shall be filled by appointment, from among the justices appointed to the particular department, by the chief justice of the trial court. A chief justice shall hold said office for a term of 5 years, and shall be eligible to be reappointed for additional 5–year terms. A chief justice, so appointed, may be removed from that office prior to the expiration of his term by the chief justice of the trial court; provided, however, that any such removal is not for arbitrary or capricious reasons and, if the employee so requests, is approved by the Committee.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 98 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 98
Exclusive remedy; exception
Status: in_force

Section 98. The enforcement by a stockholder of his right to receive payment for his shares in the manner provided in this chapter shall be an exclusive remedy except that this chapter shall not exclude the right of such stockholder to bring or maintain an appropriate proceeding to obtain relief on the ground that such corporate action will be or is illegal or fraudulent as to him.

Section 98. The enforcement by a stockholder of his right to receive payment for his shares in the manner provided in this chapter shall be an exclusive remedy except that this chapter shall not exclude the right of such stockholder to bring or maintain an appropriate proceeding to obtain relief on the ground that such corporate action will be or is illegal or fraudulent as to him.