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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 46 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 46
Financial statement, report or finding; service upon society
Status: in_force

Section 46. Pending, during or after an examination or investigation of a society, either domestic, foreign or alien, the commissioner shall make public no financial statement, report or finding, nor shall he permit to become public any financial statement, report or finding affecting the status, standing or rights of any society, until a copy thereof shall have been served upon the society at its principal office and the society shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to answer any such financial statement, report or finding and to make such showing in connection therewith as it may desire.

Section 46. Pending, during or after an examination or investigation of a society, either domestic, foreign or alien, the commissioner shall make public no financial statement, report or finding, nor shall he permit to become public any financial statement, report or finding affecting the status, standing or rights of any society, until a copy thereof shall have been served upon the society at its principal office and the society shall have been afforded a reasonable opportunity to answer any such financial statement, report or finding and to make such showing in connection therewith as it may desire.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40J, sec. 6K — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40J / Section 6K
Center for advanced manufacturing
Status: in_force

Section 6K. (a) There shall be established within the corporation a center for advanced manufacturing. The purpose of the center shall be to support companies engaged in manufacturing in the commonwealth and shall be administered in a manner that considers the needs of manufacturers in all regions of the commonwealth and supports growth in the manufacturing sector statewide. The corporation shall design and implement the activities of the center, in consultation with the secretary of economic development and the Massachusetts advanced manufacturing collaborative established pursuant to section 10B of chapter 23A. (b) The center shall facilitate the growth and competitiveness of the advanced manufacturing sector in the commonwealth by: (i) aligning investments and programs with the commonwealth's priorities for advanced manufacturing; (ii) leveraging existing state and federal programs that support manufacturers to increase the regional impact of advanced manufacturing; (iii) fostering collaboration throughout the manufacturing ecosystem; (iv) aligning programs and investments in support of federal programs to scale critical and secure supply chains; (v) supporting, coordinating and developing advanced manufacturing workforce training programs; and (vi) creating initiatives that advance the commonwealth's manufacturing plan established pursuant to section 10B of chapter 23A.

Section 6K. (a) There shall be established within the corporation a center for advanced manufacturing. The purpose of the center shall be to support companies engaged in manufacturing in the commonwealth and shall be administered in a manner that considers the needs of manufacturers in all regions of the commonwealth and supports growth in the manufacturing sector statewide. The corporation shall design and implement the activities of the center, in consultation with the secretary of economic development and the Massachusetts advanced manufacturing collaborative established pursuant to section 10B of chapter 23A.

(b) The center shall facilitate the growth and competitiveness of the advanced manufacturing sector in the commonwealth by: (i) aligning investments and programs with the commonwealth's priorities for advanced manufacturing; (ii) leveraging existing state and federal programs that support manufacturers to increase the regional impact of advanced manufacturing; (iii) fostering collaboration throughout the manufacturing ecosystem; (iv) aligning programs and investments in support of federal programs to scale critical and secure supply chains; (v) supporting, coordinating and developing advanced manufacturing workforce training programs; and (vi) creating initiatives that advance the commonwealth's manufacturing plan established pursuant to section 10B of chapter 23A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 83 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 83
Deposit of ballots, voting list check, endorsement
Status: in_force

Section 83. In a precinct at which a check-out table is used, a voter, after marking the voter's ballot, shall give the voter's name, and, if requested, residence, to an officer in charge of the ballot box, who shall distinctly announce the voter's name and, if requested, residence. If the name is found on the voting list by the local election officer, the local election officer shall distinctly repeat the name and check it on the voting list. The voter may then deposit the ballot in the ballot box. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 61, shall be deposited in the ballot box. A city or town clerk may opt to eliminate the use of a voting list at the check-out table but shall maintain an officer in charge of the ballot box.

Section 83. In a precinct at which a check-out table is used, a voter, after marking the voter's ballot, shall give the voter's name, and, if requested, residence, to an officer in charge of the ballot box, who shall distinctly announce the voter's name and, if requested, residence. If the name is found on the voting list by the local election officer, the local election officer shall distinctly repeat the name and check it on the voting list. The voter may then deposit the ballot in the ballot box. No ballot without the official endorsement, except as provided in section 61, shall be deposited in the ballot box. A city or town clerk may opt to eliminate the use of a voting list at the check-out table but shall maintain an officer in charge of the ballot box.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 66
Appeal of refusal, suspension or revocation of license to act as engineer or fireman; board of appeal; finality of decision
Status: in_force

Section 66. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as engineer or fireman may, within one week, appeal therefrom to the chief of the division of inspection of the department of fire services, who shall appoint three inspectors of the division, or himself and two inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.

Section 66. A person aggrieved by the action of a single examiner in refusing, suspending or revoking a license to act as engineer or fireman may, within one week, appeal therefrom to the chief of the division of inspection of the department of fire services, who shall appoint three inspectors of the division, or himself and two inspectors, to act together as a board of appeal. The decision of a majority of the members of the board of appeal shall be final.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 68E — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 68E
Violations of Secs. 68B to 68D
Status: in_force

Section 68E. Any violation of sections sixty-eight B to sixty-eight D, inclusive, shall constitute a violation of chapter ninety-three A.

Section 68E. Any violation of sections sixty-eight B to sixty-eight D, inclusive, shall constitute a violation of chapter ninety-three A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 28
Payment; time; basis for liability
Status: in_force

Section 28. Every insurance company liable to taxation under sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and twenty-nine A shall pay to the commissioner at the time fixed for filing its return under the applicable section of chapter sixty-two C the amount of the excise thereby imposed. Liability for the taxes imposed by sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and twenty-nine A, or by sections two and three of chapter five hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three shall be incurred by reason of the transaction of business at any time within the calendar year preceding that in which the return is required to be filed.

Section 28. Every insurance company liable to taxation under sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and twenty-nine A shall pay to the commissioner at the time fixed for filing its return under the applicable section of chapter sixty-two C the amount of the excise thereby imposed.

Liability for the taxes imposed by sections twenty to twenty-three, inclusive, and twenty-nine A, or by sections two and three of chapter five hundred and thirty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-three shall be incurred by reason of the transaction of business at any time within the calendar year preceding that in which the return is required to be filed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 5
Penalties and forfeitures
Status: in_force

Section 5. Actions for penalties or forfeitures under penal statutes, if brought by a person to whom the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part, shall be commenced only within one year next after the offence is committed. But if the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part to the commonwealth, an action therefor by or in behalf of the commonwealth may be commenced only within two years next after the offence is committed. This section shall not apply to any action set forth in section five A.

Section 5. Actions for penalties or forfeitures under penal statutes, if brought by a person to whom the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part, shall be commenced only within one year next after the offence is committed. But if the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part to the commonwealth, an action therefor by or in behalf of the commonwealth may be commenced only within two years next after the offence is committed. This section shall not apply to any action set forth in section five A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 60A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 60A
Procedures for accurate reporting of public record information
Status: in_force

Section 60A. A consumer reporting agency which compiles and reports items of information on consumers which are matters of public record, for the purpose of furnishing a consumer report, shall: (a) Maintain reasonable procedures designed to insure that whenever public record information is reported, in a consumer report, it is complete and up to date to the extent practicable. It shall be deemed a reasonable procedure for a consumer reporting agency to accurately report the status of public record information as of the date recorded in its files provided that such information is updated on a regular basis. (b) When conducting a reinvestigation as required by paragraph (a) of section fifty-eight, a consumer reporting agency shall promptly record and report the current status of the public record. Nothing contained in this section shall permit the use of public record information otherwise prohibited under section fifty-two.

Section 60A. A consumer reporting agency which compiles and reports items of information on consumers which are matters of public record, for the purpose of furnishing a consumer report, shall:

(a) Maintain reasonable procedures designed to insure that whenever public record information is reported, in a consumer report, it is complete and up to date to the extent practicable. It shall be deemed a reasonable procedure for a consumer reporting agency to accurately report the status of public record information as of the date recorded in its files provided that such information is updated on a regular basis.

(b) When conducting a reinvestigation as required by paragraph (a) of section fifty-eight, a consumer reporting agency shall promptly record and report the current status of the public record.

Nothing contained in this section shall permit the use of public record information otherwise prohibited under section fifty-two.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 10
Liability of company other than life company and health maintenance organization upon its contracts of insurance
Status: in_force

Section 10. The commissioner shall determine the liability of a company other than a life company or a health maintenance organization as defined in chapter 175G, upon its contracts of insurance. The determination shall be prepared in accordance with accounting practices and procedures prescribed or allowed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that they be maintained and prepared in accordance with the Annual Statement Instructions and Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners unless further modified by the commissioner as he considers appropriate.

Section 10. The commissioner shall determine the liability of a company other than a life company or a health maintenance organization as defined in chapter 175G, upon its contracts of insurance. The determination shall be prepared in accordance with accounting practices and procedures prescribed or allowed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that they be maintained and prepared in accordance with the Annual Statement Instructions and Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners unless further modified by the commissioner as he considers appropriate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176R, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176R / Section 4
Designation by insured of nurse practitioner as primary care provider
Status: in_force

Section 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a carrier that requires the designation of a primary care provider shall provide its insured with an opportunity to select a participating provider nurse practitioner as a primary care provider or to change its primary care provider to a participating provider nurse practitioner at any time during their coverage period.

Section 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a carrier that requires the designation of a primary care provider shall provide its insured with an opportunity to select a participating provider nurse practitioner as a primary care provider or to change its primary care provider to a participating provider nurse practitioner at any time during their coverage period.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 18
Evening schools
Status: in_force

Section 18. Any town may, and every town in which there are issued during any year certificates authorizing the employment of twenty or more persons who do not possess the educational qualifications enumerated in section one of chapter seventy-six, shall maintain for not less than forty evenings during the following school year an evening school or schools for the instruction of persons over fourteen years of age in orthography, reading, writing, the English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, industrial drawing, both free hand and mechanical, the history of the United States, physiology and hygiene and good behavior. Such other subjects may be taught as the school committee considers expedient.

Section 18. Any town may, and every town in which there are issued during any year certificates authorizing the employment of twenty or more persons who do not possess the educational qualifications enumerated in section one of chapter seventy-six, shall maintain for not less than forty evenings during the following school year an evening school or schools for the instruction of persons over fourteen years of age in orthography, reading, writing, the English language and grammar, geography, arithmetic, industrial drawing, both free hand and mechanical, the history of the United States, physiology and hygiene and good behavior. Such other subjects may be taught as the school committee considers expedient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151B / Section 2
Policies; recommendations
Status: in_force

Section 2. The commission, as established by section fifty-six of chapter six, shall formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and may make recommendations to agencies and officers of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions in aid of such policies and purposes.

Section 2. The commission, as established by section fifty-six of chapter six, shall formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and may make recommendations to agencies and officers of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions in aid of such policies and purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 60 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 60
Nomination papers; contents
Status: in_force

Section 60. Section forty-five shall apply to nomination papers for city and town primaries, except that in towns such nomination papers may contain the names of candidates for any or all of the offices to be filled at the town election, but the number of names of candidates on such paper for any one office shall not exceed the number to be elected thereto.

Section 60. Section forty-five shall apply to nomination papers for city and town primaries, except that in towns such nomination papers may contain the names of candidates for any or all of the offices to be filled at the town election, but the number of names of candidates on such paper for any one office shall not exceed the number to be elected thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 13
Appeal
Status: in_force

Section 13. If judgment is rendered for or against an executor or administrator, an appeal may be claimed therefrom by or against an administrator de bonis non in like manner as it might have been claimed by or against the executor or administrator who was party to the judgment.

Section 13. If judgment is rendered for or against an executor or administrator, an appeal may be claimed therefrom by or against an administrator de bonis non in like manner as it might have been claimed by or against the executor or administrator who was party to the judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 15
Register; duties; custody of records, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 15. The register shall have the care and custody of all books, documents and papers, whether in physical or electronic form, pertaining to his court, or deposited with the records of insolvency or filed in the registry of probate, and shall carefully preserve them and deliver them to his successor. He may, with the approval of the chief justice and at the expense of the commonwealth cause copies of the indexes, or new indexes, to the records which are in his custody, to be printed and sold at a price not less than the cost of paper, printing and binding. He shall perform all other duties, pertaining to his office, required by law or prescribed by the judge. He may attest the records by the volume, and the attestation shall be sufficient when the volume containing the same bears the attest, with the written signature of the register or other person lawfully authorized.

Section 15. The register shall have the care and custody of all books, documents and papers, whether in physical or electronic form, pertaining to his court, or deposited with the records of insolvency or filed in the registry of probate, and shall carefully preserve them and deliver them to his successor. He may, with the approval of the chief justice and at the expense of the commonwealth cause copies of the indexes, or new indexes, to the records which are in his custody, to be printed and sold at a price not less than the cost of paper, printing and binding. He shall perform all other duties, pertaining to his office, required by law or prescribed by the judge. He may attest the records by the volume, and the attestation shall be sufficient when the volume containing the same bears the attest, with the written signature of the register or other person lawfully authorized.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 92 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 92
Service of civil process
Status: in_force

Section 92. A constable who has given bond to the town in a sum of not less than one thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the selectmen, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties in the service of all civil processes committed to him, and has filed the same, with the approval of the selectmen endorsed thereon, with the town clerk, may within his town serve any writ or other process in a personal action in which the damages are not laid at a greater sum than two hundred dollars, and in replevin in which the subject matter does not exceed in value two hundred dollars, and any writ or other process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine. A constable who has filed such a bond, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, may, within his town, also serve any such writ or other process in which the damages are laid at a sum not exceeding $7,000, and any process in replevin in which the subject matter does not exceed in value $7,000.

Section 92. A constable who has given bond to the town in a sum of not less than one thousand dollars, with sureties approved by the selectmen, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties in the service of all civil processes committed to him, and has filed the same, with the approval of the selectmen endorsed thereon, with the town clerk, may within his town serve any writ or other process in a personal action in which the damages are not laid at a greater sum than two hundred dollars, and in replevin in which the subject matter does not exceed in value two hundred dollars, and any writ or other process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine. A constable who has filed such a bond, in a sum of not less than five thousand dollars, may, within his town, also serve any such writ or other process in which the damages are laid at a sum not exceeding $7,000, and any process in replevin in which the subject matter does not exceed in value $7,000.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 2
Organization of county law libraries
Status: in_force

Section 2. Attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice in the courts of the commonwealth and who are resident in a county for which there is no law library association may organize, under chapter one hundred and eighty, by the name of the law library association for such county, and may adopt by-laws which shall be subject to the approval of the superior court.

Section 2. Attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice in the courts of the commonwealth and who are resident in a county for which there is no law library association may organize, under chapter one hundred and eighty, by the name of the law library association for such county, and may adopt by-laws which shall be subject to the approval of the superior court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 15
Signing of returns required by Secs. 11 to 14
Status: in_force

Section 15. Returns required by sections eleven to fourteen, inclusive, shall be signed by the treasurer or assistant treasurer, or in their absence or incapacity by any other principal officer, of the corporation, company, organization or association making the return.

Section 15. Returns required by sections eleven to fourteen, inclusive, shall be signed by the treasurer or assistant treasurer, or in their absence or incapacity by any other principal officer, of the corporation, company, organization or association making the return.