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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 155, sec. 55 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 155 / Section 55
Return to state secretary of decree of dissolution
Status: in_force

Section 55. If a corporation is dissolved or annulled, the clerk of the court in which the decree therefor is entered shall forthwith make return thereof to the state secretary, giving the name of the corporation and the date upon which such decree was entered.

Section 55. If a corporation is dissolved or annulled, the clerk of the court in which the decree therefor is entered shall forthwith make return thereof to the state secretary, giving the name of the corporation and the date upon which such decree was entered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 34 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 34
Licensing authority; revocation; fee; expiration; contents; coverage
Status: in_force

Section 34. The officer or board having charge of the police in any such city may license persons to keep public lodging houses therein, and shall immediately revoke such license if the licensee violates any provision of sections thirty-five to thirty-eight, inclusive. The fee for such licenses will be established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, and, subject to the state building code when applicable, it shall expire on the thirtieth day of April next after the granting of the same, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars. Every such license shall specify the street and number, if any, of the building where the business is to be carried on or give some other particular description thereof, and the license shall not protect a licensee who carries on his business in any other place.

Section 34. The officer or board having charge of the police in any such city may license persons to keep public lodging houses therein, and shall immediately revoke such license if the licensee violates any provision of sections thirty-five to thirty-eight, inclusive. The fee for such licenses will be established in a town by town meeting action and in a city by city council action, and in a town with no town meeting by town council action, by adoption of appropriate by-laws and ordinances to set such fees, and, subject to the state building code when applicable, it shall expire on the thirtieth day of April next after the granting of the same, but in no event shall any such fee be greater than fifty dollars. Every such license shall specify the street and number, if any, of the building where the business is to be carried on or give some other particular description thereof, and the license shall not protect a licensee who carries on his business in any other place.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 260, sec. 35 — MA Code / Part III / Title V / Chapter 260 / Section 35
Mortgage defined; commencement of proceedings, prerequisites; application of Secs. 33 to 35
Status: in_force

Section 35. For the purposes of this section and sections 33 and 34, the term ''mortgage'' includes any deed of trust or other conveyance made for the purpose of securing performance of a debt or obligation, and no proceeding shall be considered begun until a memorandum, as required by section 15 of chapter 184, has been recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or recording district in which the real estate is situated. When any mortgage includes parcels in different ownerships at the time of recording of an extension, acknowledgment or affidavit the recording shall be sufficient only for the parcels which the owner or owners executing the extension or acknowledgment or named in the affidavit then appear of record to own. When the real estate is situated in more than 1 county or district, recording in any county or district shall be sufficient only for the real estate there situated. This section and sections 33 and 34 shall not revive, preserve or extend any mortgage otherwise ineffective nor affect enforcement of the debt or obligation otherwise than against the real estate mortgaged.

Section 35. For the purposes of this section and sections 33 and 34, the term ''mortgage'' includes any deed of trust or other conveyance made for the purpose of securing performance of a debt or obligation, and no proceeding shall be considered begun until a memorandum, as required by section 15 of chapter 184, has been recorded in the registry of deeds for the county or recording district in which the real estate is situated. When any mortgage includes parcels in different ownerships at the time of recording of an extension, acknowledgment or affidavit the recording shall be sufficient only for the parcels which the owner or owners executing the extension or acknowledgment or named in the affidavit then appear of record to own. When the real estate is situated in more than 1 county or district, recording in any county or district shall be sufficient only for the real estate there situated. This section and sections 33 and 34 shall not revive, preserve or extend any mortgage otherwise ineffective nor affect enforcement of the debt or obligation otherwise than against the real estate mortgaged.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 280 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 280
Appraisal management companies; designation of controlling person
Status: in_force

Section 280. An appraisal management company applying to the board for registration shall designate 1 controlling person who shall be the main contact for all communication between the board and the appraisal management company. The controlling person may also be designated the employee in charge.

Section 280. An appraisal management company applying to the board for registration shall designate 1 controlling person who shall be the main contact for all communication between the board and the appraisal management company. The controlling person may also be designated the employee in charge.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 51I — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 51I
Checklists of care
Status: in_force

Section 51I. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Adverse event'', injury to a patient resulting from a medical intervention and not from the underlying condition of the patient. ''Checklist of care'', pre-determined steps to be followed by a team of healthcare providers before, during and after a given procedure to decrease the possibility of adverse effects and other patient harm by articulating standards of care. ''Facility,'' a hospital, an institution maintaining an Intensive Care Unit, an institution providing surgical services or clinic providing ambulatory surgery. (b) The department shall encourage the development and implementation of checklists of care that prevent adverse events and reduce healthcare-associated infection rates. The department shall develop model checklists of care, which may be implemented by facilities,-provided, however, that facilities may develop and implement checklists independently. (c) Facilities shall report data and information relative to the use or non-use of checklists to the department and the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction. The department may consider facilities that use similar programs to be in compliance. Reports shall be made in the manner and form established by the department. The department shall publicly report on individual hospitals' compliance rates.

Section 51I. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

''Adverse event'', injury to a patient resulting from a medical intervention and not from the underlying condition of the patient.

''Checklist of care'', pre-determined steps to be followed by a team of healthcare providers before, during and after a given procedure to decrease the possibility of adverse effects and other patient harm by articulating standards of care.

''Facility,'' a hospital, an institution maintaining an Intensive Care Unit, an institution providing surgical services or clinic providing ambulatory surgery.

(b) The department shall encourage the development and implementation of checklists of care that prevent adverse events and reduce healthcare-associated infection rates. The department shall develop model checklists of care, which may be implemented by facilities,-provided, however, that facilities may develop and implement checklists independently.

(c) Facilities shall report data and information relative to the use or non-use of checklists to the department and the Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction. The department may consider facilities that use similar programs to be in compliance. Reports shall be made in the manner and form established by the department. The department shall publicly report on individual hospitals' compliance rates.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 170, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 170 / Section 5
Formation of co-operative bank; powers, privileges and duties related to corporations; agreement of association
Status: in_force

Section 5. Fifteen or more individuals who associate themselves by a written agreement to form a co-operative bank may, upon compliance with sections 4 to 9, inclusive, become a corporation, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all laws relating to such corporations. The agreement of association shall specifically state: (1) that the incorporators thereto associate themselves with the intention of forming a corporation; (2) the name by which the corporation shall be known; (3) the location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be within the commonwealth; (4) the purposes for which the corporation is formed and the nature of the business to be transacted; (5) the amount and classes of its capital stock and the number of shares into which any class is to be divided; the amount of the surplus account and the amount of the undivided profits account for a stock bank and the amount of the surplus account for a mutual bank; and (6) the name of each incorporator and the number of shares of capital stock, if any, which the incorporator agrees to take and the class or classes of such shares. The name of each incorporator shall be subscribed to the agreement of association.

Section 5. Fifteen or more individuals who associate themselves by a written agreement to form a co-operative bank may, upon compliance with sections 4 to 9, inclusive, become a corporation, with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities set forth in all laws relating to such corporations. The agreement of association shall specifically state:

(1) that the incorporators thereto associate themselves with the intention of forming a corporation;

(2) the name by which the corporation shall be known;

(3) the location of the principal office of the corporation, which shall be within the commonwealth;

(4) the purposes for which the corporation is formed and the nature of the business to be transacted;

(5) the amount and classes of its capital stock and the number of shares into which any class is to be divided; the amount of the surplus account and the amount of the undivided profits account for a stock bank and the amount of the surplus account for a mutual bank; and

(6) the name of each incorporator and the number of shares of capital stock, if any, which the incorporator agrees to take and the class or classes of such shares.

The name of each incorporator shall be subscribed to the agreement of association.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176O / Section 5
Contracts; liability
Status: in_force

Section 5. No contract between a carrier, including a dental or vision carrier, and a health, dental or vision care provider for the provision of services to insureds may require the provider to indemnify the carrier for any expenses and liabilities, including, without limitation, judgments, settlements, attorneys' fees, court costs and any associated charges, incurred in connection with any claim or action brought against the carrier based on the carrier's management decisions, utilization review provisions or other policies, guidelines or actions.

Section 5. No contract between a carrier, including a dental or vision carrier, and a health, dental or vision care provider for the provision of services to insureds may require the provider to indemnify the carrier for any expenses and liabilities, including, without limitation, judgments, settlements, attorneys' fees, court costs and any associated charges, incurred in connection with any claim or action brought against the carrier based on the carrier's management decisions, utilization review provisions or other policies, guidelines or actions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 119, sec. 51G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 119 / Section 51G
Severability of Secs. 51A to 51F
Status: in_force

Section 51G. Sections fifty-one A to fifty-one F, inclusive, are severable and the invalidity of any of said sections shall not affect the continuing validity of any other of said sections.

Section 51G. Sections fifty-one A to fifty-one F, inclusive, are severable and the invalidity of any of said sections shall not affect the continuing validity of any other of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 98 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 98
Appeal bond
Status: in_force

Section 98. No appeal, other than an appeal by a county, city, town or other municipal corporation, from a judgment of a district court in any civil action or proceeding, except an action of summary process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine, or a civil action for money damages in the district court and Boston municipal court departments pursuant to section 19 of chapter 218, shall be allowed, except as provided in section ninety-nine, unless the appellant, within six days after the entry of judgment, or within such further time as the justice or clerk for cause shown allows, files a bond executed by him or by his attorney of record on his behalf, payable to the appellee in such reasonable sum and with such surety or sureties as may be approved by the appellee or by the justice or clerk, conditioned to enter and prosecute his appeal with effect, and to satisfy any judgment for costs which may be entered against him in the superior court upon said appeal within thirty days after the entry thereof.

Section 98. No appeal, other than an appeal by a county, city, town or other municipal corporation, from a judgment of a district court in any civil action or proceeding, except an action of summary process under chapter two hundred and thirty-nine, or a civil action for money damages in the district court and Boston municipal court departments pursuant to section 19 of chapter 218, shall be allowed, except as provided in section ninety-nine, unless the appellant, within six days after the entry of judgment, or within such further time as the justice or clerk for cause shown allows, files a bond executed by him or by his attorney of record on his behalf, payable to the appellee in such reasonable sum and with such surety or sureties as may be approved by the appellee or by the justice or clerk, conditioned to enter and prosecute his appeal with effect, and to satisfy any judgment for costs which may be entered against him in the superior court upon said appeal within thirty days after the entry thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276B, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276B / Section 3
Offenses disqualifying person from eligibility in community-based restorative justice program
Status: in_force

Section 3. A person shall not be eligible to participate in a community-based restorative justice program prior to conviction or adjudication if that person is charged with: (i) a sexual offense as defined in section 1 of chapter 123A; (ii) an offense against a family or household member as defined in section 13M of chapter 265; or (iii) an offense resulting in serious bodily injury or death.

Section 3. A person shall not be eligible to participate in a community-based restorative justice program prior to conviction or adjudication if that person is charged with: (i) a sexual offense as defined in section 1 of chapter 123A; (ii) an offense against a family or household member as defined in section 13M of chapter 265; or (iii) an offense resulting in serious bodily injury or death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 26
Further sentence of convict in state prison
Status: in_force

Section 26. A convict under sentence of imprisonment in the state prison may be further sentenced for a maximum term not longer than the longest term fixed by law for the punishment of the crime for which he has been convicted, and a minimum term not less than one year.

Section 26. A convict under sentence of imprisonment in the state prison may be further sentenced for a maximum term not longer than the longest term fixed by law for the punishment of the crime for which he has been convicted, and a minimum term not less than one year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 22A — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 22A
Domestic companies; annual total gross investment income earned tax
Status: in_force

Section 22A. Every domestic insurance company coming within the scope of the definition of a domestic company in section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, except life insurance companies as defined in section one hundred and eighteen of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, which are also life insurance companies as defined under subsection (a) of section 801 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and in effect for the taxable year, shall annually pay, as part of its excise imposed under this chapter, an amount equal to one per cent of its total gross investment income earned during the preceding calendar year, as reported in its annual statement for said year filed with the commissioner of insurance and as shown in Exhibit 3 of said statement for a life insurance company or in Item 10, Column 8, Part 1, of the Underwriting and Investment Exhibit for any other domestic insurance company.

Section 22A. Every domestic insurance company coming within the scope of the definition of a domestic company in section one of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, except life insurance companies as defined in section one hundred and eighteen of said chapter one hundred and seventy-five, which are also life insurance companies as defined under subsection (a) of section 801 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and in effect for the taxable year, shall annually pay, as part of its excise imposed under this chapter, an amount equal to one per cent of its total gross investment income earned during the preceding calendar year, as reported in its annual statement for said year filed with the commissioner of insurance and as shown in Exhibit 3 of said statement for a life insurance company or in Item 10, Column 8, Part 1, of the Underwriting and Investment Exhibit for any other domestic insurance company.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 93 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 93
Certain pensions not affected
Status: in_force

Section 93. Persons who, at the time when chapter three hundred and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen took effect, were appointed to or employed by an office, board, commission or other governmental organization or agency abolished by said chapter and were appointed to positions in any of the departments established thereby shall retain all rights to retirement with pension that had accrued or would thereafter accrue to them, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous as if said chapter had not been passed.

Section 93. Persons who, at the time when chapter three hundred and fifty of the General Acts of nineteen hundred and nineteen took effect, were appointed to or employed by an office, board, commission or other governmental organization or agency abolished by said chapter and were appointed to positions in any of the departments established thereby shall retain all rights to retirement with pension that had accrued or would thereafter accrue to them, and their services shall be deemed to have been continuous as if said chapter had not been passed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 811 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 811
Enforcement and defense of claims
Status: in_force

Section 811. Enforcement and defense of claims A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of the trust and to defend claims against the trust.

Section 811. Enforcement and defense of claims

A trustee shall take reasonable steps to enforce claims of the trust and to defend claims against the trust.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 21
Call and redemption prior to maturity
Status: in_force

Section 21. An officer of a city, town or district authorized to issue bonds or notes may provide that the bonds or notes of any issue may be called and redeemed, in whole or in part, prior to their maturity dates, at such price and under such terms and conditions as said officer may determine. No such bonds or notes shall be called and redeemed before their maturity dates unless funds, sufficient to pay the principal thereof, any redemption premium thereon and all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption have been appropriated by the city, town or district and are then available; or, unless the city council of the city, the board of selectmen of the town or the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners of the district, shall have provided for issuance of refunding bonds or notes as provided in section twenty-one A.

Section 21. An officer of a city, town or district authorized to issue bonds or notes may provide that the bonds or notes of any issue may be called and redeemed, in whole or in part, prior to their maturity dates, at such price and under such terms and conditions as said officer may determine. No such bonds or notes shall be called and redeemed before their maturity dates unless funds, sufficient to pay the principal thereof, any redemption premium thereon and all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption have been appropriated by the city, town or district and are then available; or, unless the city council of the city, the board of selectmen of the town or the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners of the district, shall have provided for issuance of refunding bonds or notes as provided in section twenty-one A.