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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108B
Assessors and tax collectors in districts; compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

Section 108B. In a town in which a district has been created and is operating under a law which requires the assessors of the town to assess district taxes and the collector of taxes of the town to collect such taxes, such district shall annually appropriate money for the salary or compensation of the assessors and collector of taxes, which shall be in addition to the amounts fixed by the town for salary or compensation as provided by section one hundred and eight and shall also include additional compensation for certified collectors as provided in section 108P. The amounts appropriated for said purposes shall not be less than the amounts determined by the prudential committee of the district, or, if there be no prudential committee, by the commissioners of the district and the selectmen of the town. Said districts may also appropriate money for books, forms and other necessary expenses of said assessors and collectors of taxes in connection with the assessment and collection of such taxes.

Section 108B. In a town in which a district has been created and is operating under a law which requires the assessors of the town to assess district taxes and the collector of taxes of the town to collect such taxes, such district shall annually appropriate money for the salary or compensation of the assessors and collector of taxes, which shall be in addition to the amounts fixed by the town for salary or compensation as provided by section one hundred and eight and shall also include additional compensation for certified collectors as provided in section 108P. The amounts appropriated for said purposes shall not be less than the amounts determined by the prudential committee of the district, or, if there be no prudential committee, by the commissioners of the district and the selectmen of the town. Said districts may also appropriate money for books, forms and other necessary expenses of said assessors and collectors of taxes in connection with the assessment and collection of such taxes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, sec. 15D — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 186 / Section 15D
Oral agreement to execute lease; delivery of lease copy; penalty; waiver
Status: in_force

Section 15D. A lessor who has agreed orally to execute a lease and obtains the signature of the lessee shall, within thirty days thereafter, deliver a copy of said lease to the lessee, duly signed and executed by said lessor. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.

Section 15D. A lessor who has agreed orally to execute a lease and obtains the signature of the lessee shall, within thirty days thereafter, deliver a copy of said lease to the lessee, duly signed and executed by said lessor. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars. Any waiver of this provision in any lease or other rental agreement shall be void and unenforceable.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15D, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15D / Section 7A
Application of sections 6 and 7 to child care on military installations
Status: in_force

Section 7A. For the purposes of this section, ''military installation'' shall mean a base, camp, post, station, yard, center or other activity under the jurisdiction of the secretary of a United States military department or, in the case of an activity in a foreign country, under the operational control of the secretary of a United States military department or the United States Secretary of Defense, regardless of the duration of operational control. Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, sections 6 and 7 shall not apply to a childcare provider on a military installation or a facility licensed or certified as a family child care provider by a branch of the United States Department of Defense or by the United States Coast Guard.

Section 7A. For the purposes of this section, ''military installation'' shall mean a base, camp, post, station, yard, center or other activity under the jurisdiction of the secretary of a United States military department or, in the case of an activity in a foreign country, under the operational control of the secretary of a United States military department or the United States Secretary of Defense, regardless of the duration of operational control.

Notwithstanding any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, sections 6 and 7 shall not apply to a childcare provider on a military installation or a facility licensed or certified as a family child care provider by a branch of the United States Department of Defense or by the United States Coast Guard.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176G / Section 17A
Open enrollment for nongroup medicare beneficiaries; period, notice of termination
Status: in_force

Section 17A. All health maintenance organizations governed by this chapter which enroll medicare beneficiaries shall provide open enrollment for nongroup medicare beneficiaries commencing on February first and ending March thirty-first of each year, for coverage to be effective not later than ninety days from the date of enrollment; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude additional periods of open enrollment for medicare beneficiaries. The open enrollment period and coverage effective date for any group health maintenance organization contract covering medicare beneficiaries shall be the same as the open enrollment period of all other group health plan options offered by the employer, representative or group sponsor to the group's members who are eligible for medicare supplemental coverage. Any such health maintenance organization whose contract with medicare is being terminated shall give each resident of the commonwealth who is covered under a medicare program offered by such health maintenance organization and each nonprofit hospital service corporation and medical service corporation in the commonwealth sixty days notice prior to such termination. Any such health maintenance organization shall cooperate fully in the prompt transfer of coverage to any organization which will assume such coverage.

Section 17A. All health maintenance organizations governed by this chapter which enroll medicare beneficiaries shall provide open enrollment for nongroup medicare beneficiaries commencing on February first and ending March thirty-first of each year, for coverage to be effective not later than ninety days from the date of enrollment; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall preclude additional periods of open enrollment for medicare beneficiaries.

The open enrollment period and coverage effective date for any group health maintenance organization contract covering medicare beneficiaries shall be the same as the open enrollment period of all other group health plan options offered by the employer, representative or group sponsor to the group's members who are eligible for medicare supplemental coverage.

Any such health maintenance organization whose contract with medicare is being terminated shall give each resident of the commonwealth who is covered under a medicare program offered by such health maintenance organization and each nonprofit hospital service corporation and medical service corporation in the commonwealth sixty days notice prior to such termination. Any such health maintenance organization shall cooperate fully in the prompt transfer of coverage to any organization which will assume such coverage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 32
Appropriations for necessary expenses
Status: in_force

Section 32. The forester, subject to the approval of the commissioner, may expend such sums as are annually appropriated for the necessary expenses incurred under section thirty-one.

Section 32. The forester, subject to the approval of the commissioner, may expend such sums as are annually appropriated for the necessary expenses incurred under section thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 108I — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 108I
Policemen assigned to photographic or fingerprint identification work; additional compensation
Status: in_force

Section 108I. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a member of the police department assigned to photographic or fingerprint identification work in said department shall, after completion of one year's service in such assignment, receive in addition to his annual salary as a police officer a salary increase of six hundred dollars a year, to be paid him so long as he is assigned to said photographic or fingerprint identification work.

Section 108I. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, a member of the police department assigned to photographic or fingerprint identification work in said department shall, after completion of one year's service in such assignment, receive in addition to his annual salary as a police officer a salary increase of six hundred dollars a year, to be paid him so long as he is assigned to said photographic or fingerprint identification work.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 85, sec. 3B — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 85 / Section 3B
Changing of name of way
Status: in_force

Section 3B. When any way in a city or town which is open for public use but has not become a public way is known by a name, identical with the name of another such way or of a public way in the same city or town, or so similar thereto as, in the opinion of its board of survey, or, if there is no such board, its board of aldermen or board of selectmen, to lead to confusion, said board, after a public hearing thereon of which notice shall be given in the manner provided in section seventy-four of chapter forty-one, may by order change the name of either such way which has not become a public way. Said board shall cause to be placed on each way, the name of which is changed hereunder, at or near each point where any other way enters or unites with it, a suitable sign bearing the name of such way as changed and stating that it is not a public way, and shall cause to be filed in the registry of deeds of the district in which such way is located, and also in case such way is in a city, in the office of the city engineer or, in case it is in a town, in the office of the town clerk, a copy of the order effecting such change signed by the chairman of the board ordering the same. Nothing in this or the preceding section, nor any action taken under and in accordance with either of them, shall impose any additional liability upon any city or town.

Section 3B. When any way in a city or town which is open for public use but has not become a public way is known by a name, identical with the name of another such way or of a public way in the same city or town, or so similar thereto as, in the opinion of its board of survey, or, if there is no such board, its board of aldermen or board of selectmen, to lead to confusion, said board, after a public hearing thereon of which notice shall be given in the manner provided in section seventy-four of chapter forty-one, may by order change the name of either such way which has not become a public way. Said board shall cause to be placed on each way, the name of which is changed hereunder, at or near each point where any other way enters or unites with it, a suitable sign bearing the name of such way as changed and stating that it is not a public way, and shall cause to be filed in the registry of deeds of the district in which such way is located, and also in case such way is in a city, in the office of the city engineer or, in case it is in a town, in the office of the town clerk, a copy of the order effecting such change signed by the chairman of the board ordering the same. Nothing in this or the preceding section, nor any action taken under and in accordance with either of them, shall impose any additional liability upon any city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15, sec. 1R — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15 / Section 1R
School library and nonprint media services; funding
Status: in_force

Section 1R. The board of education shall provide for the establishment of school library and nonprint media services, including: (1) the acquisition or rental of library and nonprint media materials, resources, and appropriate equipment. (2) supplementary library and nonprint media subprofessional personnel. (3) consultative services. Funds as may be appropriated shall be disbursed according to a formula established by the board which shall take into account the average expenditure over the immediately preceding five years by the local school committee for the library and nonprint media resources; the ratio of library and nonprint media center professional staff to pupil enrollment; the per pupil expenditures for said staff; and the current year school committee expenditure for library and nonprint media resources. In certifying school library and nonprint media programs eligible for aid, the board shall establish minimum standards for personnel, accessibility of resources, appropriateness of library and nonprint media services and the local budget support.

Section 1R. The board of education shall provide for the establishment of school library and nonprint media services, including:

(1) the acquisition or rental of library and nonprint media materials, resources, and appropriate equipment.

(2) supplementary library and nonprint media subprofessional personnel.

(3) consultative services.

Funds as may be appropriated shall be disbursed according to a formula established by the board which shall take into account the average expenditure over the immediately preceding five years by the local school committee for the library and nonprint media resources; the ratio of library and nonprint media center professional staff to pupil enrollment; the per pupil expenditures for said staff; and the current year school committee expenditure for library and nonprint media resources.

In certifying school library and nonprint media programs eligible for aid, the board shall establish minimum standards for personnel, accessibility of resources, appropriateness of library and nonprint media services and the local budget support.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 21
Divorce judgments; entry
Status: in_force

Section 21. Judgments of divorce shall in the first instance be judgments nisi, and shall become absolute after the expiration of ninety days from the entry thereof, unless the court within said period, for sufficient cause, upon application of any party to the action, otherwise orders. After the entry of a judgment nisi, the action shall not be dismissed or discontinued on motion of either party except upon such terms, if any, as the court may order after notice to the other party and a hearing, unless there has been filed with the court a memorandum signed by both parties, wherein they agree to such disposition of the action.

Section 21. Judgments of divorce shall in the first instance be judgments nisi, and shall become absolute after the expiration of ninety days from the entry thereof, unless the court within said period, for sufficient cause, upon application of any party to the action, otherwise orders. After the entry of a judgment nisi, the action shall not be dismissed or discontinued on motion of either party except upon such terms, if any, as the court may order after notice to the other party and a hearing, unless there has been filed with the court a memorandum signed by both parties, wherein they agree to such disposition of the action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 223, sec. 123 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 223 / Section 123
Debtor's bond; filing
Status: in_force

Section 123. Such bond and the bond required by section one hundred and twenty-seven shall be filed by the defendant with the clerk of the court to which the writ is returnable, or in which the action is pending, within ten days after its approval, and the attachment shall not be dissolved until the bond shall have been so filed. The plaintiff may take such bonds from the files upon leaving on file a copy thereof attested by the clerk; and the plaintiff may tax the cost of such copy as part of his costs in an action on such bond.

Section 123. Such bond and the bond required by section one hundred and twenty-seven shall be filed by the defendant with the clerk of the court to which the writ is returnable, or in which the action is pending, within ten days after its approval, and the attachment shall not be dissolved until the bond shall have been so filed. The plaintiff may take such bonds from the files upon leaving on file a copy thereof attested by the clerk; and the plaintiff may tax the cost of such copy as part of his costs in an action on such bond.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62C / Section 10
Withholding tax returns; payment
Status: in_force

Section 10. Every employer who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section two of chapter sixty-two B shall file returns and make payments of such taxes in the manner prescribed in regulations prepared by the commissioner. Such regulations, in so far as practicable shall generally conform to the payment requirements of the federal withholding law established pursuant to the regulations promulgated under applicable sections of the Code.

Section 10. Every employer who is required to deduct and withhold taxes under section two of chapter sixty-two B shall file returns and make payments of such taxes in the manner prescribed in regulations prepared by the commissioner. Such regulations, in so far as practicable shall generally conform to the payment requirements of the federal withholding law established pursuant to the regulations promulgated under applicable sections of the Code.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 65 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 65
Witnesses; execution of death sentence
Status: in_force

Section 65. There shall be present at the execution of the sentence of death, in addition to the superintendent, deputy and such officers of the state prison as the superintendent deems necessary, the commissioner of correction or his representative, the person performing the execution under the direction of the superintendent, if any, and the following physicians: the prison physician, the state surgeon, and a medical examiner for Norfolk county, or if any or all are unable to be present, such physicians as the superintendent approves. The physicians present shall be the legal witnesses of the execution. There may also be present, upon the request of the prisoner who is to be executed, the immediate members of the family of the prisoner. There may also be present, upon the request of said prisoner, a priest, minister, or other representative of religion. There may also be present the sheriff of the county where the prisoner was convicted, or his deputy, and, with the approval of the superintendent, not more than three other persons.

Section 65. There shall be present at the execution of the sentence of death, in addition to the superintendent, deputy and such officers of the state prison as the superintendent deems necessary, the commissioner of correction or his representative, the person performing the execution under the direction of the superintendent, if any, and the following physicians: the prison physician, the state surgeon, and a medical examiner for Norfolk county, or if any or all are unable to be present, such physicians as the superintendent approves. The physicians present shall be the legal witnesses of the execution. There may also be present, upon the request of the prisoner who is to be executed, the immediate members of the family of the prisoner. There may also be present, upon the request of said prisoner, a priest, minister, or other representative of religion. There may also be present the sheriff of the county where the prisoner was convicted, or his deputy, and, with the approval of the superintendent, not more than three other persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 133, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 133 / Section 4
Disposition of horses with diseases or disabilities owned by cities or towns
Status: in_force

Section 4. Whenever any horses used in any department of any town shall, by reason of disability or disease, become unfit for use therein, the officer in charge of such department, in cities with the approval of the mayor, and in towns with the approval of the selectmen, instead of causing such horses to be sold, may transfer them to the custody of the Red Acre Farm, Incorporated, or any charitable society incorporated in the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or for the care and protection of dumb animals, if the society is willing to accept the custody thereof, to be disposed of as the society may deem best; provided, that the society upon receiving any such horse shall give a written agreement not to sell the horse or let the same for hire. If any horse so received shall thereafter be sold or let for hire, the proceeds of such sale or letting shall be the property of the town, and custody of the horse shall revert thereto.

Section 4. Whenever any horses used in any department of any town shall, by reason of disability or disease, become unfit for use therein, the officer in charge of such department, in cities with the approval of the mayor, and in towns with the approval of the selectmen, instead of causing such horses to be sold, may transfer them to the custody of the Red Acre Farm, Incorporated, or any charitable society incorporated in the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or for the care and protection of dumb animals, if the society is willing to accept the custody thereof, to be disposed of as the society may deem best; provided, that the society upon receiving any such horse shall give a written agreement not to sell the horse or let the same for hire. If any horse so received shall thereafter be sold or let for hire, the proceeds of such sale or letting shall be the property of the town, and custody of the horse shall revert thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 268 / Section 21
Suffering convict to be at large, visited, relieved or comforted
Status: in_force

Section 21. An officer or person who, being employed in the state prison, suffers a convict under sentence of solitary imprisonment to be at large or out of the cell assigned to him, or suffers any convict confined in the prison to be at large out of the prison, or to be visited, conversed with or in any way relieved or comforted, contrary to the regulations of the prison, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Section 21. An officer or person who, being employed in the state prison, suffers a convict under sentence of solitary imprisonment to be at large or out of the cell assigned to him, or suffers any convict confined in the prison to be at large out of the prison, or to be visited, conversed with or in any way relieved or comforted, contrary to the regulations of the prison, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.