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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 58, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 58 / Section 17
Reimbursement of municipalities where state-owned land located
Status: in_force

Section 17. The treasurer shall annually, reimburse each city and town in which state-owned land is located, an amount in lieu of taxes upon the reimbursement percentages reported to the treasurer by the commissioner under the preceding section, determined by multiplying the percentages by the amount appropriated for such purposes for the fiscal year. No reimbursements hereunder on account of lands owned by the commonwealth and under the care and control of the department of conservation and recreation and used for recreational or conservation purposes shall be made from the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.

Section 17. The treasurer shall annually, reimburse each city and town in which state-owned land is located, an amount in lieu of taxes upon the reimbursement percentages reported to the treasurer by the commissioner under the preceding section, determined by multiplying the percentages by the amount appropriated for such purposes for the fiscal year. No reimbursements hereunder on account of lands owned by the commonwealth and under the care and control of the department of conservation and recreation and used for recreational or conservation purposes shall be made from the Inland Fisheries and Game Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 18
Discretionary determination of number of jurors to be summoned
Status: in_force

Section 18. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement of any term of grand or trial juror service, the jury commissioner shall determine, as a matter of discretion, the numbers of jurors to be summoned from each judicial district for grand and trial juror service. In making these discretionary determinations, the jury commissioner shall consider, among other factors, the experience of each court with respect to the numbers of grand and trial jurors who are impanelled or whose services are used during the impanelling process as compared to the numbers of jurors who are summoned.

Section 18. At least twelve weeks prior to the commencement of any term of grand or trial juror service, the jury commissioner shall determine, as a matter of discretion, the numbers of jurors to be summoned from each judicial district for grand and trial juror service. In making these discretionary determinations, the jury commissioner shall consider, among other factors, the experience of each court with respect to the numbers of grand and trial jurors who are impanelled or whose services are used during the impanelling process as compared to the numbers of jurors who are summoned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 32
Admission of non-residents
Status: in_force

Section 32. Any resident of the commonwealth over 14 years of age who resides in any town outside of a county in which a county agricultural school is located may be admitted to such school on the conditions prescribed in section 7.

Section 32. Any resident of the commonwealth over 14 years of age who resides in any town outside of a county in which a county agricultural school is located may be admitted to such school on the conditions prescribed in section 7.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 7
Partnerships; service
Status: in_force

Section 7. If co-partners are summoned as trustees and the partnership is properly described in the trustee summons, service of the trustee summons upon one partner shall be sufficient.

Section 7. If co-partners are summoned as trustees and the partnership is properly described in the trustee summons, service of the trustee summons upon one partner shall be sufficient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 9
Insurance
Status: in_force

Section 9. The trustees may insure the memorial building and its contents in such amount as they deem sufficient.

Section 9. The trustees may insure the memorial building and its contents in such amount as they deem sufficient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40M, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40M / Section 13
Premium payments; loss reserves
Status: in_force

Section 13. (A) Each group shall establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner a premium payment plan in which at least thirty-three per cent of each members estimated net annual premium is payable at the start of the groups fund year and payment of the balance of each member's annual premium is payable within the first nine months of that fund year in monthly or quarterly installments. (B) Each group shall establish and maintain actuarially appropriate loss reserves which shall include reserves for (1) known claims and expenses associated therewith and (2) claim incurred but not reported and expenses associated therewith.

Section 13. (A) Each group shall establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner a premium payment plan in which at least thirty-three per cent of each members estimated net annual premium is payable at the start of the groups fund year and payment of the balance of each member's annual premium is payable within the first nine months of that fund year in monthly or quarterly installments.

(B) Each group shall establish and maintain actuarially appropriate loss reserves which shall include reserves for (1) known claims and expenses associated therewith and (2) claim incurred but not reported and expenses associated therewith.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, sec. 38F — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 59 / Section 38F
Written return of information to determine valuation of personal property
Status: in_force

Section 38F. A board of assessors may request the owner or lessee of any personal property to make a written return under oath within sixty days containing such information as may reasonably be required by it to determine the actual fair cash valuation of such property. Failure of an owner or lessee of personal property to comply with such request within sixty days after it has been made shall bar him from any statutory appeal under this chapter, unless such owner or lessee was unable to comply with such request for reasons beyond his control. If any owner or lessee of personal property in a return made under this section makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, such false statement shall bar him from any statutory appeal under this chapter.

Section 38F. A board of assessors may request the owner or lessee of any personal property to make a written return under oath within sixty days containing such information as may reasonably be required by it to determine the actual fair cash valuation of such property.

Failure of an owner or lessee of personal property to comply with such request within sixty days after it has been made shall bar him from any statutory appeal under this chapter, unless such owner or lessee was unable to comply with such request for reasons beyond his control. If any owner or lessee of personal property in a return made under this section makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular, such false statement shall bar him from any statutory appeal under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 54
Transmittal of fines to state treasurer
Status: in_force

Section 54. The court shall transmit fines collected pursuant to subsection (c) and subsection (d) of section 26D and sections 50 and 51 to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall deposit such fines into the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund established in section 66A of chapter 10.

Section 54. The court shall transmit fines collected pursuant to subsection (c) and subsection (d) of section 26D and sections 50 and 51 to the state treasurer. The treasurer shall deposit such fines into the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund established in section 66A of chapter 10.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 42B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 42B
Commercial use of cemeteries; consent; penalties
Status: in_force

Section 42B. No person shall use the premises of a cemetery or burial place for the purpose of taking photographs or making a motion picture for commercial purposes without the previous consent of the board of commissioners, trustees or directors of such cemetery or burial place or their designees. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.

Section 42B. No person shall use the premises of a cemetery or burial place for the purpose of taking photographs or making a motion picture for commercial purposes without the previous consent of the board of commissioners, trustees or directors of such cemetery or burial place or their designees. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 61
Naming persons interested; notice of taking deposition
Status: in_force

Section 61. The court shall, in addition to the proceedings before provided, require the applicant, upon oath or otherwise, in its discretion, to state the names of all persons known or supposed to be interested in the subject matter of the application, and shall in the commission direct the commissioner or commissioners to publish in such newspaper within or without the commonwealth, or both, or in such other manner, as the court orders, such notice of the time and place of taking such deposition and of the subject matter thereof as the court approves. Such notice shall be addressed by name to all persons who are known or supposed to be interested in the subject matter of the application, and generally to all others, and shall state that they may attend and propose cross interrogatories to the witness. The court may require additional personal notice of the time and place of taking and of the subject matter of such deposition to be given to such persons and in such manner as it orders.

Section 61. The court shall, in addition to the proceedings before provided, require the applicant, upon oath or otherwise, in its discretion, to state the names of all persons known or supposed to be interested in the subject matter of the application, and shall in the commission direct the commissioner or commissioners to publish in such newspaper within or without the commonwealth, or both, or in such other manner, as the court orders, such notice of the time and place of taking such deposition and of the subject matter thereof as the court approves. Such notice shall be addressed by name to all persons who are known or supposed to be interested in the subject matter of the application, and generally to all others, and shall state that they may attend and propose cross interrogatories to the witness. The court may require additional personal notice of the time and place of taking and of the subject matter of such deposition to be given to such persons and in such manner as it orders.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 76 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 76
Admissibility of authenticated records of governmental departments
Status: in_force

Section 76. Copies of books, papers, documents and records in any department of the commonwealth or of any city or town, authenticated by the attestation of the officer who has charge of the same, shall be competent evidence in all cases equally with the originals thereof; provided, that, except in the case of books, papers, documents and records of the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable in matters relating to common carriers, and of the registry of motor vehicles, the genuineness of the signature of such officer shall be attested by the secretary of the commonwealth under its seal or by the clerk of such city or town, as the case may be.

Section 76. Copies of books, papers, documents and records in any department of the commonwealth or of any city or town, authenticated by the attestation of the officer who has charge of the same, shall be competent evidence in all cases equally with the originals thereof; provided, that, except in the case of books, papers, documents and records of the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable in matters relating to common carriers, and of the registry of motor vehicles, the genuineness of the signature of such officer shall be attested by the secretary of the commonwealth under its seal or by the clerk of such city or town, as the case may be.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 5B — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 5B
Civil rights actions
Status: in_force

Section 5B. Actions arising on account of violations of any law intended for the protection of civil rights, including but not limited to actions alleging employment, housing and other discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, ancestry or handicap shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.

Section 5B. Actions arising on account of violations of any law intended for the protection of civil rights, including but not limited to actions alleging employment, housing and other discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, ancestry or handicap shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause of action accrues.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 244 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 244
Certificate of weight of coke, charcoal or coal or material for road construction; contents; examination
Status: in_force

Section 244. Whoever, except as provided in section two hundred and forty-one, sells coke, charcoal or coal by weight, or whoever sells material for road construction by weight, shall without cost to the purchaser cause the goods or material to be weighed by a sworn weigher of the town where they are weighed, and shall cause to be signed by the weigher a certificate stating the name and place of business of the seller, and either the identifying number, of which a permanent record shall be kept, or the name of the person taking charge of the goods or material after the weighing as given to the weigher on his request, the tare weight, and the quantity of the goods or material. Such certificate shall be given to said person and shall be given by him only to the owner of the goods or material or his agent when he unloads the same; and each such person, on request and without charge therefor, shall permit the director of standards, or any inspector of standards in any town, or any sealer of weights and measures of any town, to examine the certificate and to make a copy thereof.

Section 244. Whoever, except as provided in section two hundred and forty-one, sells coke, charcoal or coal by weight, or whoever sells material for road construction by weight, shall without cost to the purchaser cause the goods or material to be weighed by a sworn weigher of the town where they are weighed, and shall cause to be signed by the weigher a certificate stating the name and place of business of the seller, and either the identifying number, of which a permanent record shall be kept, or the name of the person taking charge of the goods or material after the weighing as given to the weigher on his request, the tare weight, and the quantity of the goods or material. Such certificate shall be given to said person and shall be given by him only to the owner of the goods or material or his agent when he unloads the same; and each such person, on request and without charge therefor, shall permit the director of standards, or any inspector of standards in any town, or any sealer of weights and measures of any town, to examine the certificate and to make a copy thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 16E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 16E
Monthly statements
Status: in_force

Section 16E. Producers of milk whose dairy farms are registered hereunder shall submit upon a form furnished by the commissioner at such other times as he may request a complete statement for any one calendar month, the same to be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of section sixteen B.

Section 16E. Producers of milk whose dairy farms are registered hereunder shall submit upon a form furnished by the commissioner at such other times as he may request a complete statement for any one calendar month, the same to be made in accordance with the provisions and requirements of section sixteen B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 150C, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 150C / Section 9
Expenses and fees
Status: in_force

Section 9. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement to arbitrate, the arbitrator's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, except counsel fees, incurred in the conduct of the arbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award.

Section 9. Unless otherwise provided in the agreement to arbitrate, the arbitrator's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, except counsel fees, incurred in the conduct of the arbitration, shall be paid as provided in the award.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 42
Notice of sale; posting
Status: in_force

Section 42. The collector shall, fourteen days before the sale, post a notice similar to that required by section forty in two or more convenient and public places.

Section 42. The collector shall, fourteen days before the sale, post a notice similar to that required by section forty in two or more convenient and public places.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 96, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 96 / Section 9
Fraud or deceit in measuring, marking or numbering lumber; refusal to measure
Status: in_force

Section 9. A measurer of lumber for any city or town who is guilty of or connives at a fraud or deceit in measuring, marking or numbering the contents of any kind of wood or lumber, or who, when lawfully requested, refuses without good reason to measure lumber, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.

Section 9. A measurer of lumber for any city or town who is guilty of or connives at a fraud or deceit in measuring, marking or numbering the contents of any kind of wood or lumber, or who, when lawfully requested, refuses without good reason to measure lumber, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 103, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 103 / Section 33
Failure of pilot to anchor vessels with alien passengers
Status: in_force

Section 33. A pilot failing to anchor a vessel carrying alien passengers or a vessel subject to quarantine at the place assigned by the proper authorities shall be suspended or removed.

Section 33. A pilot failing to anchor a vessel carrying alien passengers or a vessel subject to quarantine at the place assigned by the proper authorities shall be suspended or removed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 60B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 60B
Liability for expenses for custody and disbursement of deposit; determination; deduction from deposit
Status: in_force

Section 60B. A company making a deposit under section fifty-seven shall pay to the state treasurer a reasonable amount for the expenses of his office, attributable to the custody and disbursement of the deposit. Any such amount may, upon written application of the state treasurer, and, after written notice to the company and a hearing, be determined by the commissioner of insurance, and, with the written approval of the said commissioner, be deducted from any funds of the company on deposit with the state treasurer.

Section 60B. A company making a deposit under section fifty-seven shall pay to the state treasurer a reasonable amount for the expenses of his office, attributable to the custody and disbursement of the deposit. Any such amount may, upon written application of the state treasurer, and, after written notice to the company and a hearing, be determined by the commissioner of insurance, and, with the written approval of the said commissioner, be deducted from any funds of the company on deposit with the state treasurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 17
Instruments; approval of actions of owners, developer, or managing entity
Status: in_force

Section 17. The time-share instrument may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the mortgagees of units or time-shares approve specified actions of the unit owners, time-share owners, developer, or managing entity as a condition to the effectiveness of said actions, but a requirement for approval shall not operate to (i) deny or delegate control over the general administrative affairs of any association by the unit owners, time-share owners, or both, or their elected representatives, or (ii) to prevent any association from commencing, intervening in, or settling any litigation or proceeding, or receiving and distributing any insurance proceeds pursuant to section twenty-six.

Section 17. The time-share instrument may require that all or a specified number or percentage of the mortgagees of units or time-shares approve specified actions of the unit owners, time-share owners, developer, or managing entity as a condition to the effectiveness of said actions, but a requirement for approval shall not operate to (i) deny or delegate control over the general administrative affairs of any association by the unit owners, time-share owners, or both, or their elected representatives, or (ii) to prevent any association from commencing, intervening in, or settling any litigation or proceeding, or receiving and distributing any insurance proceeds pursuant to section twenty-six.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211 / Section 2
Quorum
Status: in_force

Section 2. The full court shall be the supreme judicial court in banc, and four justices shall constitute a quorum to decide all matters required to be heard by it.

Section 2. The full court shall be the supreme judicial court in banc, and four justices shall constitute a quorum to decide all matters required to be heard by it.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 51, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 51 / Section 34
Persons not registered at close of registration
Status: in_force

Section 34. After eight o'clock in the evening of a day on which registration is to cease, the registrars shall not register any person to vote in the next primary or election, except that they shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to each person waiting in line at said hour of eight o'clock for the purpose of being registered, a card or slip of identification bearing such person's name and shall, before registration ceases, permit such person to register. The registrars may, however, enter or correct on the registers the names of persons (who have registered as voters) between December thirty-first preceding and the close of registration.

Section 34. After eight o'clock in the evening of a day on which registration is to cease, the registrars shall not register any person to vote in the next primary or election, except that they shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to each person waiting in line at said hour of eight o'clock for the purpose of being registered, a card or slip of identification bearing such person's name and shall, before registration ceases, permit such person to register. The registrars may, however, enter or correct on the registers the names of persons (who have registered as voters) between December thirty-first preceding and the close of registration.