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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 3G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 3G
Olmsted Park Improvement Fund
Status: in_force

Section 3G. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the Olmsted Park Improvement Fund to be administered by the department and used without prior appropriation for the purposes of providing rehabilitation and improvement grants to cities and towns with an Olmsted Park within its municipal boundaries. The fund shall consist of public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations, interest earned on revenues from gifts, grants and donations and any funds provided from other sources. Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year. (b) The department shall award competitive grants from the Olmsted Part Improvement Fund to qualifying municipalities for rehabilitation and improvement projects in Olmsted Parks that are located within those municipalities.

Section 3G. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the Olmsted Park Improvement Fund to be administered by the department and used without prior appropriation for the purposes of providing rehabilitation and improvement grants to cities and towns with an Olmsted Park within its municipal boundaries. The fund shall consist of public and private sources such as gifts, grants and donations, interest earned on revenues from gifts, grants and donations and any funds provided from other sources. Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year.

(b) The department shall award competitive grants from the Olmsted Part Improvement Fund to qualifying municipalities for rehabilitation and improvement projects in Olmsted Parks that are located within those municipalities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 137, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 137 / Section 3
Validity of notes, bills, bonds, mortgages, securities or conveyances won by gaming
Status: in_force

Section 3. Notes, bills, bonds, mortgages or other securities or conveyances the whole or part of the consideration of which is money or goods won by gaming or playing at cards, dice or any other game, or by betting on the sides or hands of persons gaming, or for repaying or reimbursing money knowingly lent or advanced for gaming or betting, but not including gaming conducted pursuant to chapter 23K or sports wagering conducted pursuant to chapter 23N, or lent and advanced at the time and place of such gaming or betting to a person so gaming or betting, shall be void as between the parties thereto, and as to all persons except such as hold or claim under them in good faith and without notice of the illegality of the consideration.

Section 3. Notes, bills, bonds, mortgages or other securities or conveyances the whole or part of the consideration of which is money or goods won by gaming or playing at cards, dice or any other game, or by betting on the sides or hands of persons gaming, or for repaying or reimbursing money knowingly lent or advanced for gaming or betting, but not including gaming conducted pursuant to chapter 23K or sports wagering conducted pursuant to chapter 23N, or lent and advanced at the time and place of such gaming or betting to a person so gaming or betting, shall be void as between the parties thereto, and as to all persons except such as hold or claim under them in good faith and without notice of the illegality of the consideration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 117 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 117
Sectional plans; authority of court
Status: in_force

Section 117. The court may make sectional plans showing registered lands, and in so doing may employ competent draftsmen and assistants.

Section 117. The court may make sectional plans showing registered lands, and in so doing may employ competent draftsmen and assistants.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 84 / Section 23
Dedicated ways
Status: in_force

Section 23. A way opened and dedicated to the public use, which has not become a public way, shall not, except as provided in the two following sections, be chargeable upon a town as a highway or town way unless laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute.

Section 23. A way opened and dedicated to the public use, which has not become a public way, shall not, except as provided in the two following sections, be chargeable upon a town as a highway or town way unless laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 16
Office hours; holidays; certain acts performable on next business day
Status: in_force

Section 16. Except as otherwise provided by law, all offices under the jurisdiction of the commissioners shall be open to the public for the transaction of business daily on days other than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays for such hours as may be set by the commissioners, except that, if the convenience of the public so requires, the commissioners may keep any office under their jurisdiction open on any Saturday, not a legal holiday, and give any employee required to work on such Saturday equivalent time off without loss of compensation. When the day or the last day for the performance of any act, including the making of any payment or tender of payment, authorized or required to be performed at such an office falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the act may be performed on the next succeeding business day.

Section 16. Except as otherwise provided by law, all offices under the jurisdiction of the commissioners shall be open to the public for the transaction of business daily on days other than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays for such hours as may be set by the commissioners, except that, if the convenience of the public so requires, the commissioners may keep any office under their jurisdiction open on any Saturday, not a legal holiday, and give any employee required to work on such Saturday equivalent time off without loss of compensation. When the day or the last day for the performance of any act, including the making of any payment or tender of payment, authorized or required to be performed at such an office falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the act may be performed on the next succeeding business day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 79 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 79
Merger of credit unions under possession of commissioner or Massachusetts Share Insurance Corporation
Status: in_force

Section 79. If the commissioner has taken possession of a credit union as provided for in sections 22 to 26, inclusive, of chapter 167 or a credit union is in the possession of the Massachusetts Share Insurance Corporation and it is determined by the commissioner and the insurer that it is in the best interests of the depositors, shareholders and insurer, a merger as provided for in section 78 may be effected without regard to geographical limitations within the commonwealth.

Section 79. If the commissioner has taken possession of a credit union as provided for in sections 22 to 26, inclusive, of chapter 167 or a credit union is in the possession of the Massachusetts Share Insurance Corporation and it is determined by the commissioner and the insurer that it is in the best interests of the depositors, shareholders and insurer, a merger as provided for in section 78 may be effected without regard to geographical limitations within the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 131A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 131A
Notice to state and local police of terms and conditions of parole permits
Status: in_force

Section 131A. Not less than twenty-four hours prior to the effective date of any parole permit the parole board shall notify in writing the department of state police and the police department in the city or town to which the parolee will return of such parole, specifying the terms and conditions thereof.

Section 131A. Not less than twenty-four hours prior to the effective date of any parole permit the parole board shall notify in writing the department of state police and the police department in the city or town to which the parolee will return of such parole, specifying the terms and conditions thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 66
Separability of provisions of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 66. In respect to their constitutionality, all the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be separable.

Section 66. In respect to their constitutionality, all the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be separable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15ZZ — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15ZZ
Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Status: in_force

Section 15ZZ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Thursday of May as Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15ZZ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Thursday of May as Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157 / Section 8
Use of word co-operative in connection with other businesses; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 8. Any person, partnership, association or corporation, domestic or foreign, except employee cooperatives organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-seven A and co-operative banks and corporations organized under section ten, transacting business for profit in the commonwealth under any name or title containing the word ''co-operative'', unless the net earnings thereof are distributed in a manner permitted for a co-operative corporation by this chapter, shall forfeit to the commonwealth not more than ten dollars for every day or part thereof during which such name or title is so used. Such forfeiture may be recovered by an information brought in the supreme judicial or superior court by the attorney general, at the relation of the state secretary. Upon such information, the court may issue a temporary or permanent injunction restraining such person, partnership, association or corporation from doing business in the commonwealth, or from so using such name or title, and may make such other orders and decrees as justice and equity may require.

Section 8. Any person, partnership, association or corporation, domestic or foreign, except employee cooperatives organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-seven A and co-operative banks and corporations organized under section ten, transacting business for profit in the commonwealth under any name or title containing the word ''co-operative'', unless the net earnings thereof are distributed in a manner permitted for a co-operative corporation by this chapter, shall forfeit to the commonwealth not more than ten dollars for every day or part thereof during which such name or title is so used. Such forfeiture may be recovered by an information brought in the supreme judicial or superior court by the attorney general, at the relation of the state secretary. Upon such information, the court may issue a temporary or permanent injunction restraining such person, partnership, association or corporation from doing business in the commonwealth, or from so using such name or title, and may make such other orders and decrees as justice and equity may require.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 83
Custody hearings; out-of-court statements describing sexual contact; admissibility
Status: in_force

Section 83. (a) Any out-of-court statements of a child under the age of ten describing any act of sexual contact performed on or with the child, the circumstances under which it occurred, or which identifies the perpetrator offered in an action brought under subparagraph C of section twenty-three or section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen shall be admissible; provided, however that the person to whom the statement was made, or who heard the child make the statement testifies, and the judge finds that the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact and is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable effort. (b) An out-of-court statement admissible by common law or by statute shall remain admissible notwithstanding the provisions of this section.

Section 83. (a) Any out-of-court statements of a child under the age of ten describing any act of sexual contact performed on or with the child, the circumstances under which it occurred, or which identifies the perpetrator offered in an action brought under subparagraph C of section twenty-three or section twenty-four of chapter one hundred and nineteen shall be admissible; provided, however that the person to whom the statement was made, or who heard the child make the statement testifies, and the judge finds that the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact and is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable effort.

(b) An out-of-court statement admissible by common law or by statute shall remain admissible notwithstanding the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 51A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 51A
Out-of-hospital dialysis units; licensing
Status: in_force

Section 51A. The department shall establish rules and regulations for the licensing of out-of-hospital dialysis units not operated as a part of a hospital licensed under this chapter. The department shall issue for a term of two years and renew for a like term, a license to maintain an out-of-hospital dialysis unit to any person whom it deems responsible and suitable to establish and maintain such a unit; provided, that said person presents evidence satisfactory to the department that said person has and maintains a written agreement with a hospital licensed under this section which maintains a chronic dialysis unit for supportive services deemed necessary by the department through regulation. Any license so granted shall be deemed an original license. Said licenses shall be subject to suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew for cause, subject to the provisions of this section. The fee for issue or renewal of said license shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.

Section 51A. The department shall establish rules and regulations for the licensing of out-of-hospital dialysis units not operated as a part of a hospital licensed under this chapter. The department shall issue for a term of two years and renew for a like term, a license to maintain an out-of-hospital dialysis unit to any person whom it deems responsible and suitable to establish and maintain such a unit; provided, that said person presents evidence satisfactory to the department that said person has and maintains a written agreement with a hospital licensed under this section which maintains a chronic dialysis unit for supportive services deemed necessary by the department through regulation. Any license so granted shall be deemed an original license. Said licenses shall be subject to suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew for cause, subject to the provisions of this section. The fee for issue or renewal of said license shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 10A
Applicability of chapter 176V to health maintenance organizations governed by this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 10A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to a health maintenance organization governed by this chapter.

Section 10A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to a health maintenance organization governed by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 1F — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 1F
Persons not included in register of voters
Status: in_force

Section 1F. A person who resides in the commonwealth and in the city or town where he claims the right to vote in an election at which electors of president and vice-president are to be chosen, but whose name is not included in the current annual register of voters of the city or town where he claims the right to vote, may qualify for voting only for such electors upon application to the registrars of voters of said city or town, not later than 5:00 p.m. of the tenth day preceding such election. Any form of written communication containing the name, age, citizenship, former residence and present residence of such person shall cause the registrars to make an investigation relative to the qualifications of such person to vote and, for the purpose of such investigation, the officer in charge of the police force of each city and town shall give the registrars such assistance as they may require. Upon determining that such person is qualified to vote under the provisions of this section, the registrars shall forward an absentee ballot to him and shall include his name on a list of persons qualified under this section which shall be sent to the city or town clerk. The provisions of sections ninety-four to ninety-six, inclusive, of chapter fifty-four shall apply to such ballots.

Section 1F. A person who resides in the commonwealth and in the city or town where he claims the right to vote in an election at which electors of president and vice-president are to be chosen, but whose name is not included in the current annual register of voters of the city or town where he claims the right to vote, may qualify for voting only for such electors upon application to the registrars of voters of said city or town, not later than 5:00 p.m. of the tenth day preceding such election. Any form of written communication containing the name, age, citizenship, former residence and present residence of such person shall cause the registrars to make an investigation relative to the qualifications of such person to vote and, for the purpose of such investigation, the officer in charge of the police force of each city and town shall give the registrars such assistance as they may require. Upon determining that such person is qualified to vote under the provisions of this section, the registrars shall forward an absentee ballot to him and shall include his name on a list of persons qualified under this section which shall be sent to the city or town clerk. The provisions of sections ninety-four to ninety-six, inclusive, of chapter fifty-four shall apply to such ballots.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 111
Rate of interest in absence of agreement
Status: in_force

Section 111. Sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, shall not affect so much of section three of chapter one hundred and seven as provides that, if there is no agreement for a different rate, the interest on money shall be at the rate of six dollars upon each one hundred dollars for a year.

Section 111. Sections ninety-six to one hundred and eleven, inclusive, shall not affect so much of section three of chapter one hundred and seven as provides that, if there is no agreement for a different rate, the interest on money shall be at the rate of six dollars upon each one hundred dollars for a year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 127, sec. 156 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 127 / Section 156
Confinement for unexpired term; computation of confinement; discharge
Status: in_force

Section 156. The governor and council shall, upon receiving such notice, examine the case of such prisoner; and if it appears by his own admission or by evidence that he has violated the condition of his pardon, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall order him to be remanded and confined for the unexpired term of his sentence, said confinement, if the prisoner is under any other sentence of imprisonment at the time of said order, to begin upon the expiration of such sentence. In computing the period of his confinement, the time between the conditional pardon and subsequent arrest shall not be taken to be part of the term of his sentence. If it appears to the governor and council that he has not broken the conditions of his conditional pardon, he shall be discharged.

Section 156. The governor and council shall, upon receiving such notice, examine the case of such prisoner; and if it appears by his own admission or by evidence that he has violated the condition of his pardon, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall order him to be remanded and confined for the unexpired term of his sentence, said confinement, if the prisoner is under any other sentence of imprisonment at the time of said order, to begin upon the expiration of such sentence. In computing the period of his confinement, the time between the conditional pardon and subsequent arrest shall not be taken to be part of the term of his sentence. If it appears to the governor and council that he has not broken the conditions of his conditional pardon, he shall be discharged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111N, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111N / Section 2A
Provision of refreshments by pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company at non&ndash;CME educational presentations
Status: in_force

Section 2A. No pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company shall provide modest meals and refreshments, or provide payment for such meals and refreshments, in connection with non–CME educational presentations as permitted in section 2 unless such pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company files quarterly reports detailing all non–CME educational presentations at which such meals or refreshments are provided. Reports shall include: (1) the location of the non–CME presentation; (2) a description of any pharmaceutical products, medical devices or other products discussed at such presentation; and (3) the total amount expended on such presentation and an estimate of the amount expended per participant, factoring any meals, refreshments or other items of economic value provided at such presentation. The department may require payment of a fee, to be determined by the department, to pay the costs of administering this section.

Section 2A. No pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company shall provide modest meals and refreshments, or provide payment for such meals and refreshments, in connection with non–CME educational presentations as permitted in section 2 unless such pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing company files quarterly reports detailing all non–CME educational presentations at which such meals or refreshments are provided. Reports shall include: (1) the location of the non–CME presentation; (2) a description of any pharmaceutical products, medical devices or other products discussed at such presentation; and (3) the total amount expended on such presentation and an estimate of the amount expended per participant, factoring any meals, refreshments or other items of economic value provided at such presentation. The department may require payment of a fee, to be determined by the department, to pay the costs of administering this section.