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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132B, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132B / Section 16
Children and Families Protection Fund
Status: in_force

Section 16. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Children and Families Protection Fund. There shall be credited to the fund any penalties collected for violations of sections 6C to 6I, inclusive, and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the implementation and enforcement of said sections 6C to 6I.

Section 16. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Children and Families Protection Fund. There shall be credited to the fund any penalties collected for violations of sections 6C to 6I, inclusive, and any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, for the implementation and enforcement of said sections 6C to 6I.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 82A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 82A
Violations of Sec. 79; liability of pawnbroker
Status: in_force

Section 82A. Any pawnbroker who violates the provisions of section seventy-nine in reference to articles pawned which are found to be stolen articles shall be liable for the loss incurred by the loan, and the pawned article may be reclaimed by the owner of the same.

Section 82A. Any pawnbroker who violates the provisions of section seventy-nine in reference to articles pawned which are found to be stolen articles shall be liable for the loss incurred by the loan, and the pawned article may be reclaimed by the owner of the same.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 9
Fee for filing articles of organization
Status: in_force

Section 9. The fee for filing the articles of organization required by section three or three A or three B, including the issuing by the state secretary of the certificate of incorporation, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 9. The fee for filing the articles of organization required by section three or three A or three B, including the issuing by the state secretary of the certificate of incorporation, shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 2, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 2 / Section 54
Blues artist of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 54. The musician, Henry St. Clair Fredericks, better known as Taj Mahal, shall be the official Blues Artist of the commonwealth.

Section 54. The musician, Henry St. Clair Fredericks, better known as Taj Mahal, shall be the official Blues Artist of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 71
Registration of leases or notices of leases
Status: in_force

Section 71. Leases, or notices of leases as defined in section four of chapter one hundred and eighty-three, of registered land for more than seven years from the making thereof shall be registered in lieu of recording.

Section 71. Leases, or notices of leases as defined in section four of chapter one hundred and eighty-three, of registered land for more than seven years from the making thereof shall be registered in lieu of recording.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 43 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 43
Accounting reports; returns; forms
Status: in_force

Section 43. The director shall annually require the auditor or other accounting officer of each city and town to submit schedules to provide for uniform returns giving detailed statements of all receipts classified by sources, and all payments classified by objects, for its last fiscal year; a statement of the public debt showing the purpose for which each item of the debt was created and the provision made for the payment thereof; and a statement of assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year. The director may prescribe standard forms intended to promote the systematic accounting of financial transactions and the publication of the same in the city and town reports. The director shall collect from the proper local authorities such other information pertaining to municipal affairs as in the director's judgment may be of public interest. All auditors, accounting officers and other officials and custodians of public money of cities and towns shall properly complete and promptly return all schedules required of them to the director. If a city or town fails, within 60 days after a request has been made by the director, to furnish the information to be collected under this section, the director may obtain the information in accordance with section 41.

Section 43. The director shall annually require the auditor or other accounting officer of each city and town to submit schedules to provide for uniform returns giving detailed statements of all receipts classified by sources, and all payments classified by objects, for its last fiscal year; a statement of the public debt showing the purpose for which each item of the debt was created and the provision made for the payment thereof; and a statement of assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year. The director may prescribe standard forms intended to promote the systematic accounting of financial transactions and the publication of the same in the city and town reports. The director shall collect from the proper local authorities such other information pertaining to municipal affairs as in the director's judgment may be of public interest. All auditors, accounting officers and other officials and custodians of public money of cities and towns shall properly complete and promptly return all schedules required of them to the director. If a city or town fails, within 60 days after a request has been made by the director, to furnish the information to be collected under this section, the director may obtain the information in accordance with section 41.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19 / Section 8
Superintendents or directors; vacancies; appointments; qualifications; officers
Status: in_force

Section 8. When a vacancy occurs in the positions of superintendent of a state hospital of the department or director of any other mental health facility of the department, the commissioner shall appoint to such a vacancy a person who has such educational qualifications and such administrative and other experience, including education or experience in the care, treatment or education of the mentally ill, as the commissioner determines are necessary for the performance of the duties of superintendent or director. The superintendent with the approval of the commissioner shall appoint and may remove a treasurer and assistant treasurer in each state hospital, each of whom shall give bond for the faithful performance of this duties. The provisions of section forty-nine of chapter thirty-one shall apply to the appointment of such treasurers and assistant treasurers. The superintendent with the approval of the commissioner shall appoint and may remove assistant physicians and necessary subordinate officers and other persons. The superintendent may require that a physician who is to be so appointed be certified as to his qualifications by one of the physicians' specialty boards approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association.

Section 8. When a vacancy occurs in the positions of superintendent of a state hospital of the department or director of any other mental health facility of the department, the commissioner shall appoint to such a vacancy a person who has such educational qualifications and such administrative and other experience, including education or experience in the care, treatment or education of the mentally ill, as the commissioner determines are necessary for the performance of the duties of superintendent or director.

The superintendent with the approval of the commissioner shall appoint and may remove a treasurer and assistant treasurer in each state hospital, each of whom shall give bond for the faithful performance of this duties. The provisions of section forty-nine of chapter thirty-one shall apply to the appointment of such treasurers and assistant treasurers. The superintendent with the approval of the commissioner shall appoint and may remove assistant physicians and necessary subordinate officers and other persons. The superintendent may require that a physician who is to be so appointed be certified as to his qualifications by one of the physicians' specialty boards approved by the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 23I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 23I
Physical therapist; qualifications
Status: in_force

Section 23I. An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist shall: (a) be a graduate of a three or four year secondary school or has passed a high school equivalency test deemed acceptable by the board, (b) be a graduate of an accredited educational program leading to professional qualification in physical therapy and approved by the board, (c) or have graduated from an educational program in physical therapy chartered in a sovereign state outside the United States and have furnished to the board such evidence as it may require: (1) that his education is substantially the equivalent of that of graduates of approved programs in the United States, and (2) that he has sufficient qualifications, including the proficiency in the English language, to practice physical therapy, (d) have passed an examination administered by the board. Such examination shall be written, and may, at the discretion of the board, in addition, be oral and demonstrative, and shall test the applicant's knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to physical therapy, including the applicant's professional skills and judgment in the utilization of physical therapy techniques and methods, and other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant's fitness to act as a physical therapist. The examination shall be conducted by the board at least twice each year and at times and places to be determined by the board.

Section 23I. An applicant for licensure as a physical therapist shall:

(a) be a graduate of a three or four year secondary school or has passed a high school equivalency test deemed acceptable by the board,

(b) be a graduate of an accredited educational program leading to professional qualification in physical therapy and approved by the board,

(c) or have graduated from an educational program in physical therapy chartered in a sovereign state outside the United States and have furnished to the board such evidence as it may require: (1) that his education is substantially the equivalent of that of graduates of approved programs in the United States, and (2) that he has sufficient qualifications, including the proficiency in the English language, to practice physical therapy,

(d) have passed an examination administered by the board. Such examination shall be written, and may, at the discretion of the board, in addition, be oral and demonstrative, and shall test the applicant's knowledge of the basic and clinical sciences as they relate to physical therapy, including the applicant's professional skills and judgment in the utilization of physical therapy techniques and methods, and other subjects as the board may deem useful to determine the applicant's fitness to act as a physical therapist. The examination shall be conducted by the board at least twice each year and at times and places to be determined by the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 242 / Section 2
Actions of tort in nature of waste; persons entitled to maintain
Status: in_force

Section 2. A person having the next immediate estate of inheritance, or a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail after an intervening life estate, or having a remainder or reversion for life or for years, may have an action of tort in the nature of waste to recover the amount of the damage against the tenants named in the preceding section.

Section 2. A person having the next immediate estate of inheritance, or a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail after an intervening life estate, or having a remainder or reversion for life or for years, may have an action of tort in the nature of waste to recover the amount of the damage against the tenants named in the preceding section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 4B
Venue in actions to enforce support orders
Status: in_force

Section 4B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in an action to enforce a support order pursuant to section thirty-six A of chapter two hundred and eight, the action shall be brought in the court which issued the order for alimony, maintenance or child support.

Section 4B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, in an action to enforce a support order pursuant to section thirty-six A of chapter two hundred and eight, the action shall be brought in the court which issued the order for alimony, maintenance or child support.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 70, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 70 / Section 15
Applicability of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 15. This chapter shall apply to all cities, towns, and regional school districts, notwithstanding section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine, and without regard to any acceptance or appropriation by a city, town or regional school district or to any appropriation by the general court.

Section 15. This chapter shall apply to all cities, towns, and regional school districts, notwithstanding section twenty-seven C of chapter twenty-nine, and without regard to any acceptance or appropriation by a city, town or regional school district or to any appropriation by the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 12
Annual report of trustees
Status: in_force

Section 12. The board shall make an annual report to the town of its receipts and expenditures and of the property in its custody, with a statement of any unexpended balance of money and of any gifts or bequests which it holds in behalf of the town, with its recommendations.

Section 12. The board shall make an annual report to the town of its receipts and expenditures and of the property in its custody, with a statement of any unexpended balance of money and of any gifts or bequests which it holds in behalf of the town, with its recommendations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, sec. 1A — MA Code / Part I / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 1A
Reorganization plans for executive department
Status: in_force

Section 1A. Any plan presented to the general court by the governor, purporting to be a reorganization plan as provided for under Article LXXXVII of the amendments to the constitution, which does not contain a bill in which is incorporated such amendments of general and special laws, or repeals thereof, as will accomplish the desired reorganization, shall not be deemed to be a reorganization plan within the meaning of said Article LXXXVII.

Section 1A. Any plan presented to the general court by the governor, purporting to be a reorganization plan as provided for under Article LXXXVII of the amendments to the constitution, which does not contain a bill in which is incorporated such amendments of general and special laws, or repeals thereof, as will accomplish the desired reorganization, shall not be deemed to be a reorganization plan within the meaning of said Article LXXXVII.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34B, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34B / Section 21
Secretary of administration and finance; plans for effective transfer of county functions to commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 21. The secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the comptroller, the state secretary, the judiciary, and such other departments of the commonwealth as may be necessary or appropriate, shall make such plans and arrangements as may be necessary to ensure the effective transfer of county functions to the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter.

Section 21. The secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the comptroller, the state secretary, the judiciary, and such other departments of the commonwealth as may be necessary or appropriate, shall make such plans and arrangements as may be necessary to ensure the effective transfer of county functions to the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 35
Reimbursement for covered claims; submission of information
Status: in_force

Section 35. No claim for medical care or services provided for under this chapter shall be reimbursed if any health insurance company, non-profit hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or other health insurer is liable for such claim under the terms of a group or individual policy providing coverage for such claim to a person eligible for assistance under this chapter. The division shall establish procedures to ensure that no such unauthorized claims are paid, including the soliciting of information regarding alternative health coverage from all applicants and recipients. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, chronic hospitals and skilled nursing facilities shall seek certification for Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for those services reimbursed under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all health insurers governed by chapters one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, one hundred and seventy-six C, one hundred and seventy-six E, one hundred and seventy-six F, and one hundred and seventy-six G, shall provide information to the division which is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including the names and addresses of their policyholders or subscribers.

Section 35. No claim for medical care or services provided for under this chapter shall be reimbursed if any health insurance company, non-profit hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or other health insurer is liable for such claim under the terms of a group or individual policy providing coverage for such claim to a person eligible for assistance under this chapter. The division shall establish procedures to ensure that no such unauthorized claims are paid, including the soliciting of information regarding alternative health coverage from all applicants and recipients.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, chronic hospitals and skilled nursing facilities shall seek certification for Title XVIII of the Social Security Act for those services reimbursed under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all health insurers governed by chapters one hundred and seventy-five, one hundred and seventy-six A, one hundred and seventy-six B, one hundred and seventy-six C, one hundred and seventy-six E, one hundred and seventy-six F, and one hundred and seventy-six G, shall provide information to the division which is necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including the names and addresses of their policyholders or subscribers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167I, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167I / Section 6
Age and concentration limitations for approval of application for merger or consolidation
Status: in_force

Section 6. The commissioner shall not approve an application for a merger or consolidation pursuant to this chapter if the bank sought to be acquired has been in existence for less than 3 years or if, as a result of any such merger, the applicant would control more than 30 per cent of the total deposits, exclusive of foreign deposits, of all depository institutions in the commonwealth insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor corporation thereto; provided, however, that either said age requirement or concentration limit, or both, may be waived by the commissioner if economic conditions warrant such waiver. For the purposes of this section, ''foreign deposits'' shall mean deposits received in a foreign country and deposits in Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and international banking facilities.

Section 6. The commissioner shall not approve an application for a merger or consolidation pursuant to this chapter if the bank sought to be acquired has been in existence for less than 3 years or if, as a result of any such merger, the applicant would control more than 30 per cent of the total deposits, exclusive of foreign deposits, of all depository institutions in the commonwealth insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor corporation thereto; provided, however, that either said age requirement or concentration limit, or both, may be waived by the commissioner if economic conditions warrant such waiver. For the purposes of this section, ''foreign deposits'' shall mean deposits received in a foreign country and deposits in Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and international banking facilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 23
Attribution of members to a primary care provider
Status: in_force

Section 23. To the maximum extent possible, every medical service corporation shall attribute every member to a primary care provider. Members may change their primary care provider, provided that the member gives notice to the carrier.

Section 23. To the maximum extent possible, every medical service corporation shall attribute every member to a primary care provider. Members may change their primary care provider, provided that the member gives notice to the carrier.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 20
Suspension of certificate of registration in podiatry
Status: in_force

Section 20. The board, after a hearing if requested by the person registered, may suspend any certificate for not more than six months because of any misconduct on the part of the person registered which would not, in its opinion, justify the revocation thereof.

Section 20. The board, after a hearing if requested by the person registered, may suspend any certificate for not more than six months because of any misconduct on the part of the person registered which would not, in its opinion, justify the revocation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 36
Failure to furnish lists; estimating value
Status: in_force

Section 36. Assessors shall ascertain as nearly as possible the particulars of the personal estate, and of the real estate in possession or occupation, as owner or otherwise, of any person not bringing in such list, and shall estimate its just value, according to their best information and belief.

Section 36. Assessors shall ascertain as nearly as possible the particulars of the personal estate, and of the real estate in possession or occupation, as owner or otherwise, of any person not bringing in such list, and shall estimate its just value, according to their best information and belief.