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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 23B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 23B
Administrative deputy assistants
Status: in_force

Section 23B. The registers of probate of the respective courts of the probate and family court department for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint 1 or more administrative deputy assistants; provided, however, that administrative deputy assistants may be removed at the pleasure of the registers of probate. The administrative deputy assistants shall meet the definition of both confidential and managerial employees as those terms appear in chapter 150E and shall perform no official judicial duties. The appointments shall be as follows: Barnstable, 1 administrative deputy assistant Essex, 1 administrative deputy assistant Middlesex, 4 administrative deputy assistants Norfolk, 1 administrative deputy assistant Plymouth, 1 administrative deputy assistant Suffolk, 2 administrative deputy assistants Worcester, 2 administrative deputy assistants.

Section 23B. The registers of probate of the respective courts of the probate and family court department for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint 1 or more administrative deputy assistants; provided, however, that administrative deputy assistants may be removed at the pleasure of the registers of probate. The administrative deputy assistants shall meet the definition of both confidential and managerial employees as those terms appear in chapter 150E and shall perform no official judicial duties. The appointments shall be as follows:

Barnstable, 1 administrative deputy assistant

Essex, 1 administrative deputy assistant

Middlesex, 4 administrative deputy assistants

Norfolk, 1 administrative deputy assistant

Plymouth, 1 administrative deputy assistant

Suffolk, 2 administrative deputy assistants

Worcester, 2 administrative deputy assistants.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 17
Annual report to the general court
Status: in_force

Section 17. He shall annually, and as early as is consistent with full and accurate preparation, make a report to the general court of his official transactions, and shall include therein a report of the condition of the receiverships of insolvent companies; an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the several companies as disclosed by official examinations of the same or by their annual statements, abstracts of which statements, with his valuation of life policies, shall appear therein; and such other information and comments relative to insurance and the public interest therein as he thinks proper. The annual report of the commissioner on fire, marine and casualty insurance matters shall contain the laws enacted on those subjects in the year of the report, and his annual report on life and related insurance matters shall contain the laws enacted on those subjects in the year of the report.

Section 17. He shall annually, and as early as is consistent with full and accurate preparation, make a report to the general court of his official transactions, and shall include therein a report of the condition of the receiverships of insolvent companies; an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the several companies as disclosed by official examinations of the same or by their annual statements, abstracts of which statements, with his valuation of life policies, shall appear therein; and such other information and comments relative to insurance and the public interest therein as he thinks proper.

The annual report of the commissioner on fire, marine and casualty insurance matters shall contain the laws enacted on those subjects in the year of the report, and his annual report on life and related insurance matters shall contain the laws enacted on those subjects in the year of the report.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 303E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 303E
Penalties for violation of Secs. 303A to 303D
Status: in_force

Section 303E. Except as otherwise provided in section three hundred and three C, violation of any provision of sections three hundred and three A to three hundred and three D, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 303E. Except as otherwise provided in section three hundred and three C, violation of any provision of sections three hundred and three A to three hundred and three D, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90I, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90I / Section 4
Rules and regulations; consultation
Status: in_force

Section 4. The department may adopt rules, regulations and guidelines for the administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, criteria for awarding grants under the program, application procedures and other requirements. The department shall consult with the bicycle and pedestrian advisory board established in section 11A of chapter 21A and the healthy transportation compact established in section 33 of chapter 6C on the development and management of the program.

Section 4. The department may adopt rules, regulations and guidelines for the administration of this chapter including, but not limited to, criteria for awarding grants under the program, application procedures and other requirements. The department shall consult with the bicycle and pedestrian advisory board established in section 11A of chapter 21A and the healthy transportation compact established in section 33 of chapter 6C on the development and management of the program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 139 / Section 9
Decree for permanent injunction; sale of furniture; order closing building used for prostitution
Status: in_force

Section 9. If upon subsequent hearing the existence of the nuisance shall be established, the court shall enter a decree permanently enjoining the maintenance thereof, including in such decree an order of abatement directing the sheriff of the county or his deputy to enter the building or place where the nuisance existed and to sell all furniture, musical instruments and movable property used in maintaining the nuisance, in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and to remove the same. If it shall appear that the bill of complaint was filed five or more days after notice to the record owner of the premises, and that he did not proceed forthwith to enforce his rights under section nineteen, such order of abatement shall further direct the effectual closing of the building or the place and the prohibition of its use for any purpose for one year, unless sooner released as provided in section eleven. For the purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance the general reputation of the place shall be admissible as evidence.

Section 9. If upon subsequent hearing the existence of the nuisance shall be established, the court shall enter a decree permanently enjoining the maintenance thereof, including in such decree an order of abatement directing the sheriff of the county or his deputy to enter the building or place where the nuisance existed and to sell all furniture, musical instruments and movable property used in maintaining the nuisance, in the manner provided for the sale of chattels under execution, and to remove the same. If it shall appear that the bill of complaint was filed five or more days after notice to the record owner of the premises, and that he did not proceed forthwith to enforce his rights under section nineteen, such order of abatement shall further direct the effectual closing of the building or the place and the prohibition of its use for any purpose for one year, unless sooner released as provided in section eleven. For the purpose of proving the existence of the nuisance the general reputation of the place shall be admissible as evidence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 52
Amendment after demurrer
Status: in_force

Section 52. In all civil proceedings which are not governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or by the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure, the court may allow a party to whose pleadings a demurrer has been filed to amend, upon terms, within such time as it orders.

Section 52. In all civil proceedings which are not governed by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure or by the District-Municipal Courts Rules of Civil Procedure, the court may allow a party to whose pleadings a demurrer has been filed to amend, upon terms, within such time as it orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 33D — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 33D
Director authorized to order governmental units to construct facilities
Status: in_force

Section 33D. In order to prevent or reduce discharges to the waters of the commonwealth or to implement comprehensive basin or regional plans approved by the division of water pollution control, the director of the division may order the appropriate municipalities, districts and other competent public entities to construct the necessary facilities for which financial assistance has been authorized under chapter twenty-nine C or for which construction grants are authorized under section thirty-three or section thirty-three E in accordance with timetables for compliance specified in the orders.

Section 33D. In order to prevent or reduce discharges to the waters of the commonwealth or to implement comprehensive basin or regional plans approved by the division of water pollution control, the director of the division may order the appropriate municipalities, districts and other competent public entities to construct the necessary facilities for which financial assistance has been authorized under chapter twenty-nine C or for which construction grants are authorized under section thirty-three or section thirty-three E in accordance with timetables for compliance specified in the orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15C, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15C / Section 12
Payment of bonds or notes; liability of commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 12. Revenue bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor from revenues. All such revenue bonds or notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect neither the commonwealth nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues of the education loan program or programs or the portion thereof for which they are issued and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or notes. The issuance of revenue bonds or notes under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.

Section 12. Revenue bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor from revenues. All such revenue bonds or notes shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect neither the commonwealth nor the Authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from revenues of the education loan program or programs or the portion thereof for which they are issued and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds or notes. The issuance of revenue bonds or notes under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the commonwealth or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15C, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15C / Section 20
Report of authority; audit
Status: in_force

Section 20. The Authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall annually make a report thereof as of the end of its fiscal year to its members, to the governor and to the state auditor, such reports to be in a form prescribed by the members, with the written approval of said auditor. The members or said auditor may investigate the affairs of the Authority, may severally examine the properties and records of the Authority, and may prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical reports in relation to projects undertaken by the Authority. The Authority shall be subject to audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, once every 3 years and as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.

Section 20. The Authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall annually make a report thereof as of the end of its fiscal year to its members, to the governor and to the state auditor, such reports to be in a form prescribed by the members, with the written approval of said auditor. The members or said auditor may investigate the affairs of the Authority, may severally examine the properties and records of the Authority, and may prescribe methods of accounting and the rendering of periodical reports in relation to projects undertaken by the Authority. The Authority shall be subject to audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, once every 3 years and as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 34
Reports of special commissions; drafts of legislation
Status: in_force

Section 34. All reports of special commissions recommending legislation shall be accompanied by drafts of bills embodying the legislation recommended.

Section 34. All reports of special commissions recommending legislation shall be accompanied by drafts of bills embodying the legislation recommended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 81 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 81
Junior colleges; restriction on establishment
Status: in_force

Section 81. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections seventy-five to seventy-nine, inclusive, no junior college shall be established by a city or town after January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.

Section 81. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections seventy-five to seventy-nine, inclusive, no junior college shall be established by a city or town after January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 60
Request of insurer for examination of person applying for inspector of boilers position accompanying application; fee
Status: in_force

Section 60. The application of a person desiring to act as inspector of boilers for an insurance company shall be accompanied by a written request of said company for an examination of such person, together with a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration.

Section 60. The application of a person desiring to act as inspector of boilers for an insurance company shall be accompanied by a written request of said company for an examination of such person, together with a fee, the amount of which shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150E, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150E / Section 6
Negotiations; meetings
Status: in_force

Section 6. The employer and the exclusive representative shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the employer's budget-making process and shall negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, standards or productivity and performance, and any other terms and conditions of employment, including without limitation, in the case of teaching personnel employed by a school committee, class size and workload, but such obligation shall not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession; provided, however, that in no event shall the right of any employee to run as a candidate for or to hold elective office be deemed to be within the scope of negotiation.

Section 6. The employer and the exclusive representative shall meet at reasonable times, including meetings in advance of the employer's budget-making process and shall negotiate in good faith with respect to wages, hours, standards or productivity and performance, and any other terms and conditions of employment, including without limitation, in the case of teaching personnel employed by a school committee, class size and workload, but such obligation shall not compel either party to agree to a proposal or make a concession; provided, however, that in no event shall the right of any employee to run as a candidate for or to hold elective office be deemed to be within the scope of negotiation.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151 / Section 10
Wage rate less than fair wage; mailing and posting wage rate and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 10. After the commissioner has established a fair wage in any occupation in accordance with sections seven and nine, it shall be unlawful for any employer in such occupation to employ persons for less than such rate of wages. The commissioner shall send by mail so far as is practicable to each employer in the occupation in question a copy of the wage rate and related regulations and each employer shall be required to post a copy of said wages and regulations in each room in which persons affected by such wages and regulations are employed.

Section 10. After the commissioner has established a fair wage in any occupation in accordance with sections seven and nine, it shall be unlawful for any employer in such occupation to employ persons for less than such rate of wages. The commissioner shall send by mail so far as is practicable to each employer in the occupation in question a copy of the wage rate and related regulations and each employer shall be required to post a copy of said wages and regulations in each room in which persons affected by such wages and regulations are employed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 147 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 147
Reporting of lost and unaccounted for gas
Status: in_force

Section 147. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''lost and unaccounted for gas'' shall mean an amount of gas that is the difference between the total gas purchased by a gas company and the sum of: (i) total gas delivered to customers; and (ii) total gas used by a gas company in the conduct of its operations. (b) The department shall issue regulations requiring all gas companies to report to the department, in a uniform manner, lost and unaccounted for gas for each year. Such standards shall include: (i) a method using operational and billing data to determine the total amount of lost and unaccounted for gas and to identify and measure each of its components; and (ii) a method using engineering characteristics and operational data to identify and measure all sources and locations where lost and unaccounted for gas occurs in the natural gas systems. (c) The department may grant waivers from regulatory requirements as necessary for the development of innovative projects to reduce lost and unaccounted for gas. Such innovative projects shall be intended to reduce costs to ratepayers and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An application for a waiver shall include the goals of the innovative project, the expected cost, the expected benefit to ratepayers and the expected reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Section 147. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''lost and unaccounted for gas'' shall mean an amount of gas that is the difference between the total gas purchased by a gas company and the sum of: (i) total gas delivered to customers; and (ii) total gas used by a gas company in the conduct of its operations.

(b) The department shall issue regulations requiring all gas companies to report to the department, in a uniform manner, lost and unaccounted for gas for each year. Such standards shall include: (i) a method using operational and billing data to determine the total amount of lost and unaccounted for gas and to identify and measure each of its components; and (ii) a method using engineering characteristics and operational data to identify and measure all sources and locations where lost and unaccounted for gas occurs in the natural gas systems.

(c) The department may grant waivers from regulatory requirements as necessary for the development of innovative projects to reduce lost and unaccounted for gas. Such innovative projects shall be intended to reduce costs to ratepayers and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An application for a waiver shall include the goals of the innovative project, the expected cost, the expected benefit to ratepayers and the expected reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XI / Chapter 67 / Section 9
Powers of moderator
Status: in_force

Section 9. The moderator shall have like powers with the moderator of a town meeting; and whoever is guilty of disorderly behavior at a meeting of a religious society shall be subject to the penalties provided for like offences in town meetings.

Section 9. The moderator shall have like powers with the moderator of a town meeting; and whoever is guilty of disorderly behavior at a meeting of a religious society shall be subject to the penalties provided for like offences in town meetings.