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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 271 / Section 9
Lottery tickets; sale, or possession
Status: in_force

Section 9. Whoever, for himself or for another, sells or offers for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell or offer for sale, or to exchange or negotiate, or aids or assists in the selling, exchanging, negotiating or disposing of a ticket in such lottery, or a share of a ticket, or any such writing, certificate, bill, token or other device, or a share or right in such disposal or offer, as is mentioned in section seven, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.

Section 9. Whoever, for himself or for another, sells or offers for sale or has in his possession with intent to sell or offer for sale, or to exchange or negotiate, or aids or assists in the selling, exchanging, negotiating or disposing of a ticket in such lottery, or a share of a ticket, or any such writing, certificate, bill, token or other device, or a share or right in such disposal or offer, as is mentioned in section seven, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 67A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 67A
Departments, agencies and public instrumentalities; false statements, etc. in procurement of supplies; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 67A. Whoever, in any matter, relative to procurement of supplies, services or construction, as defined in section one of chapter twelve A, within the jurisdiction of any department, agency or public instrumentality of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof, intentionally: (1) makes a material statement that is false; (2) omits or conceals a material fact in a written statement; (3) submits or invites reliance on a material writing or recording that is false, forged, altered, or otherwise lacking in authenticity; (4) submits or invites reliance on a sample, specimen, map, photograph, boundary-mark, or other object that is misleading in a material respect; or (5) uses any trick, scheme, or device that is misleading in a material respect; shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in the house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or both.

Section 67A. Whoever, in any matter, relative to procurement of supplies, services or construction, as defined in section one of chapter twelve A, within the jurisdiction of any department, agency or public instrumentality of the commonwealth, or of any political subdivision thereof, intentionally:

(1) makes a material statement that is false;

(2) omits or conceals a material fact in a written statement;

(3) submits or invites reliance on a material writing or recording that is false, forged, altered, or otherwise lacking in authenticity;

(4) submits or invites reliance on a sample, specimen, map, photograph, boundary-mark, or other object that is misleading in a material respect; or

(5) uses any trick, scheme, or device that is misleading in a material respect;

shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years, or in the house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 11
Intentional injury to or interference with meter; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 11. Whoever unlawfully and intentionally injures, or suffers to be injured, a water meter belonging to a city, town, district, or company engaged in supplying water, or prevents such meter from duly registering the quantity of water supplied through it, or hinders or interferes with its proper action or just registration, or attaches a pipe to a main or pipe belonging to a city, town, district or water company, or otherwise uses or causes to be used the water supplied by a city, town, district or company without the consent of the same, unless it passes through a meter set by such city, town, district or company, shall be punished by a fine of triple the amount of damages sustained thereby or $1,000, whichever is greater or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Damages shall include the value of the water used and the cost of labor and equipment repair and replacement.

Section 11. Whoever unlawfully and intentionally injures, or suffers to be injured, a water meter belonging to a city, town, district, or company engaged in supplying water, or prevents such meter from duly registering the quantity of water supplied through it, or hinders or interferes with its proper action or just registration, or attaches a pipe to a main or pipe belonging to a city, town, district or water company, or otherwise uses or causes to be used the water supplied by a city, town, district or company without the consent of the same, unless it passes through a meter set by such city, town, district or company, shall be punished by a fine of triple the amount of damages sustained thereby or $1,000, whichever is greater or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Damages shall include the value of the water used and the cost of labor and equipment repair and replacement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159B, sec. 11A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159B / Section 11A
Conditional transfers
Status: in_force

Section 11A. In the event temporary approval for transfer under the Interstate Commerce Act has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may, after hearing and upon a finding that such action is otherwise consistent with this chapter, conditionally transfer to the person so authorized thereunder for a period of six months or less, or for any further period authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the department, any interstate license issued under section ten and which is covered by such temporary approval, and any other certificates or permits held by the proposed transferor. After a final order has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing a permanent transfer and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may permanently transfer such certificate, permit or license in proceedings held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

Section 11A. In the event temporary approval for transfer under the Interstate Commerce Act has been granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may, after hearing and upon a finding that such action is otherwise consistent with this chapter, conditionally transfer to the person so authorized thereunder for a period of six months or less, or for any further period authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission or the department, any interstate license issued under section ten and which is covered by such temporary approval, and any other certificates or permits held by the proposed transferor. After a final order has been issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing a permanent transfer and upon application and payment of the fees required by section eleven, the department may permanently transfer such certificate, permit or license in proceedings held in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 17D — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 17D
Massachusetts natural heritage and endangered species program data base; division records; site-specific rare species information
Status: in_force

Section 17D. Records of the division of fisheries and wildlife in the department of fish and game known as the Massachusetts natural heritage and endangered species program data base shall not be public records; provided, however, that they shall be open for inspection by agents of the commonwealth and the federal government for the purposes of protecting and preserving species and subspecies of nongame wildlife and indigenous plants. Except as otherwise determined by the administrator of the said data base, site-specific rare species information shall be released only upon the receipt of a statement, in writing, by the recipient that he shall keep such information confidential.

Section 17D. Records of the division of fisheries and wildlife in the department of fish and game known as the Massachusetts natural heritage and endangered species program data base shall not be public records; provided, however, that they shall be open for inspection by agents of the commonwealth and the federal government for the purposes of protecting and preserving species and subspecies of nongame wildlife and indigenous plants. Except as otherwise determined by the administrator of the said data base, site-specific rare species information shall be released only upon the receipt of a statement, in writing, by the recipient that he shall keep such information confidential.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 29
Liability for taxes
Status: in_force

Section 29. Every domestic or foreign insurance company shall be liable for the full amount of all taxes assessed under this chapter upon it or its agents.

Section 29. Every domestic or foreign insurance company shall be liable for the full amount of all taxes assessed under this chapter upon it or its agents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 90 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 90
Revocation of acceptance of special provisions; notice
Status: in_force

Section 90. A political party in a city or town which has accepted said special provisions may, not less than one year after the date of the caucus wherein such provisions were adopted, revoke such action at a caucus called and held in the manner provided in the preceding section. Upon the adoption of said provisions or upon the revocation of such adoption, the secretary of the city or town committee of such political party shall, within ten days thereafter, file a notice thereof with the state secretary and with the clerk of the city or town and the secretary of the state committee of the political party so voting.

Section 90. A political party in a city or town which has accepted said special provisions may, not less than one year after the date of the caucus wherein such provisions were adopted, revoke such action at a caucus called and held in the manner provided in the preceding section. Upon the adoption of said provisions or upon the revocation of such adoption, the secretary of the city or town committee of such political party shall, within ten days thereafter, file a notice thereof with the state secretary and with the clerk of the city or town and the secretary of the state committee of the political party so voting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33A, sec. 97 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33A / Section 97
Unlawful detention
Status: in_force

Article 97. Unlawful detention. A person subject to this code who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests or confines another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Article 97. Unlawful detention.

A person subject to this code who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests or confines another shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64G, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64G / Section 16
Short-term rental of units that are subject to rent control provisions
Status: in_force

[Text of section effective as provided by 2018, 337, Sec. 15A as added by 2019, 5, Sec. 37.]

[Text of section effective as provided by 2018, 337, Sec. 15A as added by 2019, 5, Sec. 37.]

Section 16. For residential units subject to rent control provisions, operators of short-term rentals shall charge not more than the prorated maximum amount allowed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 88, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 88 / Section 19
Use of common landing places
Status: in_force

Section 19. The city council of a city and the selectmen of a town may make rules and regulations concerning the use of a common landing place laid out under this chapter; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be effective unless it shall have been published in one or more newspapers, if there be any published in the city or town in which the public landing is located, otherwise in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the city or town is situated. Any person convicted of a violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Section 19. The city council of a city and the selectmen of a town may make rules and regulations concerning the use of a common landing place laid out under this chapter; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be effective unless it shall have been published in one or more newspapers, if there be any published in the city or town in which the public landing is located, otherwise in one or more newspapers published in the county in which the city or town is situated. Any person convicted of a violation of any such rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93G, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93G / Section 9
Binding arbitration
Status: in_force

Section 9. Nothing contained in this chapter shall bar the right of a dealer agreement to provide for binding arbitration of disputes. Any arbitration shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable law. The place of any arbitration shall be in the city or county in which the dealer maintains the dealer's principal place of business in the commonwealth.

Section 9. Nothing contained in this chapter shall bar the right of a dealer agreement to provide for binding arbitration of disputes. Any arbitration shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter and other applicable law. The place of any arbitration shall be in the city or county in which the dealer maintains the dealer's principal place of business in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 13A
By-laws; creation of independent hospitalization and medical services fund
Status: in_force

Section 13A. A society, except one organized under section 46, whose rates and benefits are approved by the commissioner, may set up and provide under its by-laws a plan for the payment of hospital and medical expenses and for the services of surgeons, physicians and nurses, or for any one of these services or expenses, in connection with sickness, disease or accidents, or the results therefrom. The by-laws shall also provide that an independent hospitalization and medical service fund be created and maintained, with the accretions thereto, separate and apart from other funds of the society; that no benefits of any kind shall be paid until there is accumulated in the fund an amount not less than that received from three monthly contributions or one quarterly contribution, and that this amount shall be the minimum of surplus below which additional contributions from members shall be required; that there shall be included in the liabilities of the fund reserves for unearned assessments and unpaid claims; and that no benefits shall be paid on any claim for a period exceeding one year.

Section 13A. A society, except one organized under section 46, whose rates and benefits are approved by the commissioner, may set up and provide under its by-laws a plan for the payment of hospital and medical expenses and for the services of surgeons, physicians and nurses, or for any one of these services or expenses, in connection with sickness, disease or accidents, or the results therefrom. The by-laws shall also provide that an independent hospitalization and medical service fund be created and maintained, with the accretions thereto, separate and apart from other funds of the society; that no benefits of any kind shall be paid until there is accumulated in the fund an amount not less than that received from three monthly contributions or one quarterly contribution, and that this amount shall be the minimum of surplus below which additional contributions from members shall be required; that there shall be included in the liabilities of the fund reserves for unearned assessments and unpaid claims; and that no benefits shall be paid on any claim for a period exceeding one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 109 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 109
Annual report; contents
Status: in_force

Section 109. Every corporation shall annually, on or before the fifteenth day of the third month following the close of its fiscal year, prepare and submit to the state secretary a report which shall be signed under the penalties of perjury by an officer of the corporation stating:— (1) The name of the corporation. (2) The location (with street address) of its principal office in the commonwealth, and elsewhere in the case of a corporation organized to do business wholly outside the commonwealth. (3) The total amount of its authorized capital stock so far as it consists of shares with par value, and the total number of its shares without par value authorized to be issued; the amount of stock with par value, and the number of shares without par value, issued and outstanding; the class or classes and series, if any, into which it is divided; the par value, if any, and the number of its shares. (4) The names and addresses of the president, treasurer, clerk and all the directors of the corporation, and the date at which the term of office of each expires and the name and address of the resident agent, if any. [There is no paragraph (5).]

Section 109. Every corporation shall annually, on or before the fifteenth day of the third month following the close of its fiscal year, prepare and submit to the state secretary a report which shall be signed under the penalties of perjury by an officer of the corporation stating:—

(1) The name of the corporation.

(2) The location (with street address) of its principal office in the commonwealth, and elsewhere in the case of a corporation organized to do business wholly outside the commonwealth.

(3) The total amount of its authorized capital stock so far as it consists of shares with par value, and the total number of its shares without par value authorized to be issued; the amount of stock with par value, and the number of shares without par value, issued and outstanding; the class or classes and series, if any, into which it is divided; the par value, if any, and the number of its shares.

(4) The names and addresses of the president, treasurer, clerk and all the directors of the corporation, and the date at which the term of office of each expires and the name and address of the resident agent, if any.

[There is no paragraph (5).]

(6) whether the corporation is publicly-traded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 245, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 245 / Section 10
Against whom action brought
Status: in_force

Section 10. If the commonwealth continues seized of the land when such new action is commenced, such action shall be brought against the tenant or occupant thereof, and, in addition to the service on him service shall be made upon the attorney general or district attorney. If the commonwealth has granted away the land, the action shall be brought against the tenant of the freehold. In either case it shall be conducted and disposed of as if no such action by the commonwealth had been brought.

Section 10. If the commonwealth continues seized of the land when such new action is commenced, such action shall be brought against the tenant or occupant thereof, and, in addition to the service on him service shall be made upon the attorney general or district attorney. If the commonwealth has granted away the land, the action shall be brought against the tenant of the freehold. In either case it shall be conducted and disposed of as if no such action by the commonwealth had been brought.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 24
Cost of maintenance; source of funds
Status: in_force

Section 24. The town of residence of a person who is required by section twenty-two to attend a continuation school of another town shall pay to such other town a tuition fee to be fixed by the commissioner of education, and not to exceed the average annual maintenance cost per pupil of continuation schools throughout the commonwealth, as last ascertained. In default of payment, such fee may be recovered in an action of contract.

Section 24. The town of residence of a person who is required by section twenty-two to attend a continuation school of another town shall pay to such other town a tuition fee to be fixed by the commissioner of education, and not to exceed the average annual maintenance cost per pupil of continuation schools throughout the commonwealth, as last ascertained. In default of payment, such fee may be recovered in an action of contract.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 16
Determination of record date of right to notice of and to vote at stockholder's meeting
Status: in_force

Section 16. The directors may fix in advance a time, which, unless a shorter period is provided in the by-laws, shall be not more than 60 days before the date of any meeting of the stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution to stockholders or the last day on which the consent or dissent of stockholders may be effectively expressed for any purpose, as the record date for determining the stockholders having the right to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the right to receive such dividend or distribution or the right to give such consent or dissent, and in such case only stockholders of record on such record date shall have such right, notwithstanding any transfer of stock on the books of the bank after the record date; or without fixing such record date the directors may for any of such purposes close the transfer books for all or any part of such period.

Section 16. The directors may fix in advance a time, which, unless a shorter period is provided in the by-laws, shall be not more than 60 days before the date of any meeting of the stockholders or the date for the payment of any dividend or the making of any distribution to stockholders or the last day on which the consent or dissent of stockholders may be effectively expressed for any purpose, as the record date for determining the stockholders having the right to notice of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the right to receive such dividend or distribution or the right to give such consent or dissent, and in such case only stockholders of record on such record date shall have such right, notwithstanding any transfer of stock on the books of the bank after the record date; or without fixing such record date the directors may for any of such purposes close the transfer books for all or any part of such period.