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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 180M — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 180M
Definitions applicable to this section and Secs. 180N to 180Q
Status: in_force

Section 180M. As used in this section and in sections one hundred and eighty N to one hundred and eighty Q, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''National emergency'', an emergency caused by an attack on the United States or by a nuclear, atomic or other disaster which makes it impossible or impracticable for a company to conduct its business in strict accord with law, its by-laws or its charter. ''Domestic company'', shall also include the United States branch of a foreign insurance company formed under the laws of any government or state, other than the United States or one of the United States, which, being authorized to do business in the commonwealth, has its principal office in the commonwealth, and the term ''board of directors'' shall also include the resident manager in the United States of such a company.

Section 180M. As used in this section and in sections one hundred and eighty N to one hundred and eighty Q, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''National emergency'', an emergency caused by an attack on the United States or by a nuclear, atomic or other disaster which makes it impossible or impracticable for a company to conduct its business in strict accord with law, its by-laws or its charter.

''Domestic company'', shall also include the United States branch of a foreign insurance company formed under the laws of any government or state, other than the United States or one of the United States, which, being authorized to do business in the commonwealth, has its principal office in the commonwealth, and the term ''board of directors'' shall also include the resident manager in the United States of such a company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 25A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 25A
Amounts due municipalities; annual estimates
Status: in_force

Section 25A. Annually on or before March first, the commissioner shall ascertain and determine the amount due each city and town under sections eighteen A, eighteen B, and eighteen C, and the commonwealth's share of local reimbursement and assistance programs as authorized by law and the amount appropriated by the general court, including, but not limited to, school building construction, school transportation, school lunches, educational programs, teachers' retirement pensions, veteran's benefits, public health and housing and urban renewal subsidies, and shall notify the assessors of each city and town thereof. Annually on or before February first each department, commission, board or other agency of the commonwealth administering any local reimbursement or assistance program included under this section for which the commissioner is required to estimate the amount to be received by each city or town shall, upon the basis of information then available to it, estimate and certify to the commissioner of revenue the amount each city and town is to receive from the commonwealth under such program during the next fiscal year. Said assessors, in determining the rate of taxation to be levied upon taxable property for the year, shall include in the estimated receipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures the aforesaid amount.

Section 25A. Annually on or before March first, the commissioner shall ascertain and determine the amount due each city and town under sections eighteen A, eighteen B, and eighteen C, and the commonwealth's share of local reimbursement and assistance programs as authorized by law and the amount appropriated by the general court, including, but not limited to, school building construction, school transportation, school lunches, educational programs, teachers' retirement pensions, veteran's benefits, public health and housing and urban renewal subsidies, and shall notify the assessors of each city and town thereof. Annually on or before February first each department, commission, board or other agency of the commonwealth administering any local reimbursement or assistance program included under this section for which the commissioner is required to estimate the amount to be received by each city or town shall, upon the basis of information then available to it, estimate and certify to the commissioner of revenue the amount each city and town is to receive from the commonwealth under such program during the next fiscal year. Said assessors, in determining the rate of taxation to be levied upon taxable property for the year, shall include in the estimated receipts lawfully applicable to the payment of expenditures the aforesaid amount.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 5
Principal office
Status: in_force

Section 5. The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in the commonwealth. The meetings of its supreme legislative or governing body may be held in any state, district, province or territory wherein such society has at least five subordinate branches, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in the commonwealth.

Section 5. The principal office of any domestic society shall be located in the commonwealth. The meetings of its supreme legislative or governing body may be held in any state, district, province or territory wherein such society has at least five subordinate branches, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21 / Section 18
Division of conservation services
Status: in_force

Section 18. The division of conservation services within the office of the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs shall be under the administrative supervision of a director who shall be called the director of conservation services. The director shall be qualified by training, experience and executive ability, shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The division shall administer the provisions of this chapter relating to conservation districts and such other programs and duties as may be assigned to it by the secretary from time to time. It may receive and expend or dispense without further authorization such federal funds, services, grants or subventions as may be made available for the purposes of the division. The director shall appoint, with the approval of the secretary, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, such experts, clerks and other employees from time to time, and for such periods, as he may determine to be necessary. The director shall also appoint, with the approval of the secretary, an executive secretary. The appointment and removal of said executive secretary shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty or chapter thirty-one. The director may request from the state commission, established under the provisions of section nineteen, a list of no more than three candidates for such position.

Section 18. The division of conservation services within the office of the secretary of the executive office of environmental affairs shall be under the administrative supervision of a director who shall be called the director of conservation services. The director shall be qualified by training, experience and executive ability, shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The division shall administer the provisions of this chapter relating to conservation districts and such other programs and duties as may be assigned to it by the secretary from time to time. It may receive and expend or dispense without further authorization such federal funds, services, grants or subventions as may be made available for the purposes of the division. The director shall appoint, with the approval of the secretary, subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one, such experts, clerks and other employees from time to time, and for such periods, as he may determine to be necessary. The director shall also appoint, with the approval of the secretary, an executive secretary. The appointment and removal of said executive secretary shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty or chapter thirty-one. The director may request from the state commission, established under the provisions of section nineteen, a list of no more than three candidates for such position.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6C, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6C / Section 24
Investigations, studies, grant applications and applications for project approvals; lease, loan, grant or conveyance of real or personal property to department
Status: in_force

Section 24. (a) All local bodies and all public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may undertake activities, programs and projects in conjunction with the department in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to join in investigations and studies and to submit grant applications and applications for project approvals. (b) Except with respect to real property acquired or held for purposes described in Article XCVII of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, all local bodies and all public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may lease, lend, grant or convey to the department, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such public bodies, public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may deem appropriate and without the necessity of any action or formality other than the regular and formal action of such public bodies, agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth, any interest in any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to effect the purposes of the department.

Section 24. (a) All local bodies and all public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may undertake activities, programs and projects in conjunction with the department in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to join in investigations and studies and to submit grant applications and applications for project approvals.

(b) Except with respect to real property acquired or held for purposes described in Article XCVII of the amendments to the constitution of the commonwealth, all local bodies and all public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may lease, lend, grant or convey to the department, upon such terms and conditions as the proper authorities of such public bodies, public agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth may deem appropriate and without the necessity of any action or formality other than the regular and formal action of such public bodies, agencies, instrumentalities, commissions and authorities of the commonwealth, any interest in any real or personal property which may be necessary or convenient to effect the purposes of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 130, sec. 56 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 130 / Section 56
Joint control by municipalities of marine fisheries
Status: in_force

Section 56. Whenever under the authority of any law two or more municipalities have joint property in, or the right of joint control of, any marine fisheries referred to in section fifty-two, the board of aldermen or city council of the city, or the selectmen of the town if so authorized by the town, in which such fisheries lie may exclusively exercise all the rights, privileges and authority conferred by said section with respect to such fisheries, make appropriations therefor as provided in section fifty-four and exercise such other control, privileges and responsibilities as are granted in other sections of this chapter pertinent thereto, as though such joint control or property did not exist; provided that in the exercise of such rights, privileges, responsibilities and authority such board of aldermen, city council or selectmen shall grant to the citizens of such other municipalities the same rights and privileges as are granted to the citizens of their city or town.

Section 56. Whenever under the authority of any law two or more municipalities have joint property in, or the right of joint control of, any marine fisheries referred to in section fifty-two, the board of aldermen or city council of the city, or the selectmen of the town if so authorized by the town, in which such fisheries lie may exclusively exercise all the rights, privileges and authority conferred by said section with respect to such fisheries, make appropriations therefor as provided in section fifty-four and exercise such other control, privileges and responsibilities as are granted in other sections of this chapter pertinent thereto, as though such joint control or property did not exist; provided that in the exercise of such rights, privileges, responsibilities and authority such board of aldermen, city council or selectmen shall grant to the citizens of such other municipalities the same rights and privileges as are granted to the citizens of their city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 73
Obtaining goods under false pretences
Status: in_force

Section 73. Whoever, with intent to defraud, by a false pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, obtains from any person goods or chattels shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.

Section 73. Whoever, with intent to defraud, by a false pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, obtains from any person goods or chattels shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 142 / Section 16
Work or employment of workers without required registration or license; violation of statute, ordinance or regulation by persons, cities or towns
Status: in_force

Section 16. Every person engaged in the business of a master plumber or a master gas fitter or working as a journeyman plumber or a journeyman gas fitter or as an apprentice gas fitter or an apprentice plumber or as an undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer or a limited undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer not lawfully registered or licensed, if required by the chapter, every person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing or gas fitting in a city or town when forbidden to do so under section seven, every master plumber or master gas fitter who engages or employs any person to work as a journeyman or as an apprentice who has not been so licensed, and every person so licensed violating any provision of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, of this chapter or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Any city or town subject to the preceding sections of this chapter neglecting to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit fifty dollars to the commonwealth for each month during which such neglect continues.

Section 16. Every person engaged in the business of a master plumber or a master gas fitter or working as a journeyman plumber or a journeyman gas fitter or as an apprentice gas fitter or an apprentice plumber or as an undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer or a limited undiluted liquefied petroleum gas installer not lawfully registered or licensed, if required by the chapter, every person engaging in or working at the business of plumbing or gas fitting in a city or town when forbidden to do so under section seven, every master plumber or master gas fitter who engages or employs any person to work as a journeyman or as an apprentice who has not been so licensed, and every person so licensed violating any provision of sections one to fifteen, inclusive, of this chapter or any ordinance, by-law, rule or regulation made thereunder, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Any city or town subject to the preceding sections of this chapter neglecting to comply with any of its provisions shall forfeit fifty dollars to the commonwealth for each month during which such neglect continues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 32
Right of person to interment; release
Status: in_force

Section 32. A person shall be entitled to a right of interment for his own body in any burial lot or tomb of which his spouse was seized at any time during marriage, which shall be exempt from the operation of the laws relating to conveyance, descent and devise, but may be released by him.

Section 32. A person shall be entitled to a right of interment for his own body in any burial lot or tomb of which his spouse was seized at any time during marriage, which shall be exempt from the operation of the laws relating to conveyance, descent and devise, but may be released by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7C, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 7C / Section 20
Submission of costs and pricing data to be used when negotiating adjustments for change orders or other contract modifications
Status: in_force

Section 20. The contractor shall submit, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner, cost and pricing data to be used when negotiating adjustments for change orders or other contract modifications. Such cost and, pricing data shall be based on generally accepted accounting principles and be in conformity with the guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. Cost estimators employed within the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall review and evaluate cost and pricing data submitted by the contractor. The contractor shall certify that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the cost and pricing data submitted was accurate, complete, and current as of the date of submission. Any change order or contract modification under which a certificate is required shall contain a provision that the price to the commonwealth, including profit or fee, shall be adjusted to exclude any significant sums by which the commonwealth finds that such price was increased because the contractor-furnished cost or pricing data was inaccurate, incomplete, or not current as of the date of submission. Section 13 of chapter 258 and section 67A to section 67C, inclusive, of chapter 266, shall fully apply to the cost and pricing data certification requirements of this section.

Section 20. The contractor shall submit, in accordance with regulations of the commissioner, cost and pricing data to be used when negotiating adjustments for change orders or other contract modifications. Such cost and, pricing data shall be based on generally accepted accounting principles and be in conformity with the guidelines promulgated by the commissioner. Cost estimators employed within the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall review and evaluate cost and pricing data submitted by the contractor.

The contractor shall certify that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the cost and pricing data submitted was accurate, complete, and current as of the date of submission. Any change order or contract modification under which a certificate is required shall contain a provision that the price to the commonwealth, including profit or fee, shall be adjusted to exclude any significant sums by which the commonwealth finds that such price was increased because the contractor-furnished cost or pricing data was inaccurate, incomplete, or not current as of the date of submission.

Section 13 of chapter 258 and section 67A to section 67C, inclusive, of chapter 266, shall fully apply to the cost and pricing data certification requirements of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 32M — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 32M
Possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana; drug awareness program
Status: in_force

Section 32M. An offender under the age of eighteen is required to complete a drug awareness program within one year of the offense for possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana. In addition to the civil penalties authorized by Section 32L and 32N of this Chapter, the failure of such an offender to complete such a program may be a basis for delinquency proceedings for persons under the age of 18 at the time of their offense. The drug awareness program must provide at least four hours of classroom instruction or group discussion and ten hours of community service. In addition to the programs and curricula it must establish and maintain pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 18A of the General Laws, the bureau of educational services within the department of youth services or any successor to said bureau shall develop the drug awareness programs. The subject matter of such drug awareness programs shall be specific to the use and abuse of marihuana and other controlled substances with particular emphasis on early detection and prevention of abuse of substances.

Section 32M. An offender under the age of eighteen is required to complete a drug awareness program within one year of the offense for possession of 2 ounces or less of marihuana. In addition to the civil penalties authorized by Section 32L and 32N of this Chapter, the failure of such an offender to complete such a program may be a basis for delinquency proceedings for persons under the age of 18 at the time of their offense. The drug awareness program must provide at least four hours of classroom instruction or group discussion and ten hours of community service. In addition to the programs and curricula it must establish and maintain pursuant to Section 7 of Chapter 18A of the General Laws, the bureau of educational services within the department of youth services or any successor to said bureau shall develop the drug awareness programs. The subject matter of such drug awareness programs shall be specific to the use and abuse of marihuana and other controlled substances with particular emphasis on early detection and prevention of abuse of substances.