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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 30A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 30A
Prohibited acts concerning state lottery commission members or employees; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 30A. Whoever impersonates a member or employee of the state lottery commission shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than four hundred dollars. Whoever promises or engages to secure a license to sell lottery tickets or shares or whoever promises or engages to secure employment with the state lottery commission for money, property or services or for a promise of money, property or services shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and in the event of final conviction shall be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the commonwealth or under any state, county or municipal agency.

Section 30A. Whoever impersonates a member or employee of the state lottery commission shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than four hundred dollars.

Whoever promises or engages to secure a license to sell lottery tickets or shares or whoever promises or engages to secure employment with the state lottery commission for money, property or services or for a promise of money, property or services shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and in the event of final conviction shall be incapable of holding any office of honor, trust or profit under the commonwealth or under any state, county or municipal agency.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 218 / Section 24
Transfer to regular docket
Status: in_force

Section 24. The court may, in its discretion, transfer a cause begun under the procedure to the regular civil docket for formal hearing and determination as though it had been begun by summons and complaint, and may impose terms upon such transfer.

Section 24. The court may, in its discretion, transfer a cause begun under the procedure to the regular civil docket for formal hearing and determination as though it had been begun by summons and complaint, and may impose terms upon such transfer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 83, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 83 / Section 28
Application of betterment law
Status: in_force

Section 28. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of assessments, and to interest, shall apply to assessments made under this chapter.

Section 28. The provisions of chapter eighty relative to the apportionment, division, reassessment, abatement and collection of assessments, and to interest, shall apply to assessments made under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 27
Assessors' neglect to assess
Status: in_force

Section 27. If assessors neglect to assess a state, county, city, town or district tax required by law, the commissioner shall forthwith appoint other persons in accordance with section twenty-seven of chapter forty-one.

Section 27. If assessors neglect to assess a state, county, city, town or district tax required by law, the commissioner shall forthwith appoint other persons in accordance with section twenty-seven of chapter forty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255 / Section 20
Proceeds of sale; distribution
Status: in_force

Section 20. If money is due to more than one person holding such lien and all parties interested have been summoned to appear, the claims of all shall be marshalled, and the court shall make such order as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of a double lien for the same labor, materials, stores, storage, provisions or other articles, and to secure the rights of each. The proceeds from the sale of the vessel, after deducting all costs and expenses, shall be distributed among the several claimants according to the amount of their respective debts, except that, if such proceeds are insufficient to satisfy the liens of all, those who have liens for labor shall receive a percentage on their respective claims one third greater, as near as may be, than those who have liens for materials, stores, storage or other articles. All proceeds of sales in excess of any liens thereon shall be placed in the Abandoned Vessel Trust Fund established in section 35GG of chapter 10.

Section 20. If money is due to more than one person holding such lien and all parties interested have been summoned to appear, the claims of all shall be marshalled, and the court shall make such order as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of a double lien for the same labor, materials, stores, storage, provisions or other articles, and to secure the rights of each. The proceeds from the sale of the vessel, after deducting all costs and expenses, shall be distributed among the several claimants according to the amount of their respective debts, except that, if such proceeds are insufficient to satisfy the liens of all, those who have liens for labor shall receive a percentage on their respective claims one third greater, as near as may be, than those who have liens for materials, stores, storage or other articles. All proceeds of sales in excess of any liens thereon shall be placed in the Abandoned Vessel Trust Fund established in section 35GG of chapter 10.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60A / Section 8
Unpaid tax; abatement
Status: in_force

Section 8. Notwithstanding the failure of the owner of a motor vehicle on which an excise was assessed under this chapter to apply for an abatement within the time set forth in section 2, the board of assessors may abate the whole, or any part of any such excise, or any interest thereon or costs relative thereto, that remains unpaid where, in the assessors' opinion it should be abated. No such abatements shall be granted unless they are in accordance with such rules, regulations and guidelines as the commissioner of revenue may prescribe and no interest shall be due in connection with any such abatement. Whenever an abatement is granted under this section, the assessors shall enter the same in their record of abatements. The assessors shall annually, not later than August 1, report to the commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by him, the abatements granted during the prior fiscal year.

Section 8. Notwithstanding the failure of the owner of a motor vehicle on which an excise was assessed under this chapter to apply for an abatement within the time set forth in section 2, the board of assessors may abate the whole, or any part of any such excise, or any interest thereon or costs relative thereto, that remains unpaid where, in the assessors' opinion it should be abated. No such abatements shall be granted unless they are in accordance with such rules, regulations and guidelines as the commissioner of revenue may prescribe and no interest shall be due in connection with any such abatement. Whenever an abatement is granted under this section, the assessors shall enter the same in their record of abatements. The assessors shall annually, not later than August 1, report to the commissioner, in the form and manner prescribed by him, the abatements granted during the prior fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 125 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 125
Ordinances and resolutions; approval by mayor
Status: in_force

Section 125. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote relative to the affairs of the city, adopted or passed by the city council, shall be presented to the mayor for his approval. If he approves it he shall sign it; if he disapproves it he shall return it, with his written objections, to the city council, which shall enter the objections at large on its records, and again consider it. If the city council, notwithstanding such disapproval of the mayor, shall again pass such order, ordinance, resolution or vote by a two thirds vote of all its members, it shall then be in force, but such vote shall not be taken for seven days after its return to the city council. Every such order, ordinance, resolution and vote shall be in force if not returned by the mayor within ten days after it has been presented to him. This section shall not apply to budgets submitted under section thirty-two of chapter forty-four, or to appropriations by a city council under section thirty-three of said chapter.

Section 125. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote relative to the affairs of the city, adopted or passed by the city council, shall be presented to the mayor for his approval. If he approves it he shall sign it; if he disapproves it he shall return it, with his written objections, to the city council, which shall enter the objections at large on its records, and again consider it. If the city council, notwithstanding such disapproval of the mayor, shall again pass such order, ordinance, resolution or vote by a two thirds vote of all its members, it shall then be in force, but such vote shall not be taken for seven days after its return to the city council. Every such order, ordinance, resolution and vote shall be in force if not returned by the mayor within ten days after it has been presented to him. This section shall not apply to budgets submitted under section thirty-two of chapter forty-four, or to appropriations by a city council under section thirty-three of said chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201D / Section 9
Liability for health care costs
Status: in_force

Section 9. Liability for the cost of health care provided pursuant to an agent's decision shall be the same as if the health care were provided pursuant to the principal's decision.

Section 9. Liability for the cost of health care provided pursuant to an agent's decision shall be the same as if the health care were provided pursuant to the principal's decision.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 205, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 205 / Section 21
Creditors; amount due ascertained by decree of distribution
Status: in_force

Section 21. A creditor of an estate which has been represented insolvent may bring such action if the amount due him has been ascertained by the decree of distribution, and the executor or administrator neglects upon demand to pay it.

Section 21. A creditor of an estate which has been represented insolvent may bring such action if the amount due him has been ascertained by the decree of distribution, and the executor or administrator neglects upon demand to pay it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 9
By-laws and regulations of cemetery and crematory corporations; conduct of business; violations
Status: in_force

Section 9. Cemetery and crematory corporations may, subject to the approval of said department, make by-laws and regulations consistent with law for the reception and cremation of bodies of the dead and for the disposition of the ashes thereof, and shall conduct their business in accordance with such regulations as said department shall establish and furnish in writing to the clerk of the corporation. Violation of any such regulation of said department shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars. Such corporations shall not erect, occupy or use any building for cremation until the location and plans thereof with all details of construction have been submitted to and approved by said department or by a person designated by it, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D.

Section 9. Cemetery and crematory corporations may, subject to the approval of said department, make by-laws and regulations consistent with law for the reception and cremation of bodies of the dead and for the disposition of the ashes thereof, and shall conduct their business in accordance with such regulations as said department shall establish and furnish in writing to the clerk of the corporation. Violation of any such regulation of said department shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars. Such corporations shall not erect, occupy or use any building for cremation until the location and plans thereof with all details of construction have been submitted to and approved by said department or by a person designated by it, subject to the provisions of section forty-three D.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 18
Appearance by office of the attorney general in civil proceedings against the department
Status: in_force

Section 18. The office of the attorney general shall appear for the department, its divisions, departments, agencies and officers, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority and their officers, in all suits and other civil proceedings in which the department is a party or interested, or in which the official acts and doings of said divisions, departments, agencies and officers are called into question, to the same extent and in the same manner as provided to the commonwealth and state departments, officers and commissions under section 3 of chapter 12. The department and its divisions, departments and agencies, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority, shall be generally considered to be an agency of the commonwealth for purposes of: (i) said chapter 12; (ii) any general or special law pertaining to judicial remedies or procedures; and (iii) court rules and standing orders; and shall not be considered to be encompassed by the words ''person'' or ''whoever'' in any general or special law unless a contrary intention clearly appears.

Section 18. The office of the attorney general shall appear for the department, its divisions, departments, agencies and officers, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority and their officers, in all suits and other civil proceedings in which the department is a party or interested, or in which the official acts and doings of said divisions, departments, agencies and officers are called into question, to the same extent and in the same manner as provided to the commonwealth and state departments, officers and commissions under section 3 of chapter 12. The department and its divisions, departments and agencies, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority, shall be generally considered to be an agency of the commonwealth for purposes of: (i) said chapter 12; (ii) any general or special law pertaining to judicial remedies or procedures; and (iii) court rules and standing orders; and shall not be considered to be encompassed by the words ''person'' or ''whoever'' in any general or special law unless a contrary intention clearly appears.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93K, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93K / Section 4
Construction of chapter with other law or with franchise agreement
Status: in_force

Section 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate, interfere with, contradict or alter the terms of any provision of chapter 93B or the terms of any franchise agreement executed and in force between a dealer and a manufacturer, including, but not limited to, the performance or provision of warranty or recall repair work by a dealer on behalf of a manufacturer pursuant to such franchise agreement; provided, however, that any provision in a franchise agreement that purports to waive, avoid, restrict or limit a manufacturer's compliance with this chapter shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate, interfere with, contradict or alter the terms of any provision of chapter 93B or the terms of any franchise agreement executed and in force between a dealer and a manufacturer, including, but not limited to, the performance or provision of warranty or recall repair work by a dealer on behalf of a manufacturer pursuant to such franchise agreement; provided, however, that any provision in a franchise agreement that purports to waive, avoid, restrict or limit a manufacturer's compliance with this chapter shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 36A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 36A
Payment of damages after exhaustion or waiver of right to appeal
Status: in_force

Section 36A. The body politic or corporate against which an award is made under section seven, nine or ten, or against which a judgment is entered under section fourteen, shall, within thirty days after all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or waived, make payment in accordance with such award or judgment.

Section 36A. The body politic or corporate against which an award is made under section seven, nine or ten, or against which a judgment is entered under section fourteen, shall, within thirty days after all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or waived, make payment in accordance with such award or judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 7
Offices of licensing board; salaries; expenses
Status: in_force

Section 7. Each city which has such a board shall provide it with suitable rooms, properly furnished, heated and lighted, shall pay such salaries as the city council, subject to the approval of the mayor, may from time to time establish, and shall also pay all expenses incurred by said board for blank books, printing, traveling and other necessary expenses approved by said board.

Section 7. Each city which has such a board shall provide it with suitable rooms, properly furnished, heated and lighted, shall pay such salaries as the city council, subject to the approval of the mayor, may from time to time establish, and shall also pay all expenses incurred by said board for blank books, printing, traveling and other necessary expenses approved by said board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 68C — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 68C
Exemption from excise under Sec. 39 for certain business corporations
Status: in_force

Section 68C. In general, a business corporation as defined in section 30 is subject to an excise under section 39, as provided in that section, and as modified by section 32D in the case of S corporations and by section 38Y in the case of entities qualifying under section 501 of the Code. Notwithstanding this general rule or any other provision of this chapter, the excise under section 39 shall not apply in the case of a business corporation that is:— (1) a financial institution, as defined in section 1, that is subject to excise under section 2 or 2B; (2) a security corporation as defined in section 38B and subject to excise under that section; [There is no clause (3).]

Section 68C. In general, a business corporation as defined in section 30 is subject to an excise under section 39, as provided in that section, and as modified by section 32D in the case of S corporations and by section 38Y in the case of entities qualifying under section 501 of the Code. Notwithstanding this general rule or any other provision of this chapter, the excise under section 39 shall not apply in the case of a business corporation that is:—

(1) a financial institution, as defined in section 1, that is subject to excise under section 2 or 2B;

(2) a security corporation as defined in section 38B and subject to excise under that section;

[There is no clause (3).]

(4) an insurance company subject to excise under sections 20 to 29E, inclusive;

(5) an urban redevelopment corporation subject to excise under section 10 of chapter 121A;

(6) a corporation described in section 10 or section 18 of chapter 157;

(7) a corporation described in section 1 of chapter 171;

(8) a corporation or other entity that qualifies as a regulated investment company under section 851 of the Code; or

(9) an unincorporated entity within the definition of, and electing to be treated as, a homeowners' association under section 528(c) of the Code and subject to tax for the taxable year as provided in section 5C of chapter 62; or

(10) a business corporation otherwise expressly exempted from the excise under this chapter by any other general law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 13
Establishment of qualification for licensure by clear and convincing evidence; duty to cooperate in inquiry or investigation; willful provision of false or misleading information
Status: in_force

Section 13. (a) An applicant for a gaming license, and any person required by the commission to be qualified for licensure, shall establish its individual qualifications for licensure to the commission by clear and convincing evidence. (b) An applicant, licensee, registrant or any other person who shall be qualified under this chapter shall have the continuing duty to provide any assistance or information required by the commission and to cooperate in any inquiry or investigation conducted by the commission. Refusal to answer or produce information, evidence or testimony by an applicant, licensee, registrant or other person required to be qualified under this chapter may result in denial of the application or suspension or revocation of the license or registration by the commission. (c) No applicant, licensee, registrant or person required to be qualified under this chapter shall willfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to, the commission. If the commission determines that an applicant, or a close associate of an applicant, has willfully provided false or misleading information, such applicant shall not be eligible to receive a license under this chapter. Any licensee or other person required to be qualified for licensure under this chapter who willfully provides false or misleading information shall have its license conditioned, suspended or revoked by the commission.

Section 13. (a) An applicant for a gaming license, and any person required by the commission to be qualified for licensure, shall establish its individual qualifications for licensure to the commission by clear and convincing evidence.

(b) An applicant, licensee, registrant or any other person who shall be qualified under this chapter shall have the continuing duty to provide any assistance or information required by the commission and to cooperate in any inquiry or investigation conducted by the commission. Refusal to answer or produce information, evidence or testimony by an applicant, licensee, registrant or other person required to be qualified under this chapter may result in denial of the application or suspension or revocation of the license or registration by the commission.

(c) No applicant, licensee, registrant or person required to be qualified under this chapter shall willfully withhold information from, or knowingly give false or misleading information to, the commission. If the commission determines that an applicant, or a close associate of an applicant, has willfully provided false or misleading information, such applicant shall not be eligible to receive a license under this chapter. Any licensee or other person required to be qualified for licensure under this chapter who willfully provides false or misleading information shall have its license conditioned, suspended or revoked by the commission.