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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 94B — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 94B
False arrest; shoplifting; defrauding innkeepers; defenses
Status: in_force

Section 94B. In an action for false arrest or false imprisonment brought by any person by reason of having been detained for questioning on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of a merchant or an innkeeper, if such person was detained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable length of time by a person authorized to make arrests or by the merchant or innkeeper or his agent or servant authorized for such purpose and if there were reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit a violation of section thirty A of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, or section twelve of chapter one hundred and forty, or was committing or attempting to commit larceny of goods for sale on such premises or larceny of the personal property of employees or customers or others present on such premises, it shall be a defense to such action.

Section 94B. In an action for false arrest or false imprisonment brought by any person by reason of having been detained for questioning on or in the immediate vicinity of the premises of a merchant or an innkeeper, if such person was detained in a reasonable manner and for not more than a reasonable length of time by a person authorized to make arrests or by the merchant or innkeeper or his agent or servant authorized for such purpose and if there were reasonable grounds to believe that the person so detained was committing or attempting to commit a violation of section thirty A of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, or section twelve of chapter one hundred and forty, or was committing or attempting to commit larceny of goods for sale on such premises or larceny of the personal property of employees or customers or others present on such premises, it shall be a defense to such action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 40
Action for redemption; jurisdiction; process; payments; discharge
Status: in_force

Section 40. If the state treasurer and the person applying to redeem the mortgage do not agree upon the amount due, the person so applying may bring in the supreme judicial or the superior court, for the county of Suffolk, civil action against the commonwealth for the redemption. The process shall be served on the state treasurer, who shall appear and answer in behalf of the commonwealth; and like proceedings shall be had and like judgment rendered as in case of other mortgagees, except that the state treasurer shall accept any payment due the commonwealth, and upon receipt thereof, or upon performance of such other condition as the court orders, shall discharge the mortgage in like manner as when the debt is paid without suit.

Section 40. If the state treasurer and the person applying to redeem the mortgage do not agree upon the amount due, the person so applying may bring in the supreme judicial or the superior court, for the county of Suffolk, civil action against the commonwealth for the redemption. The process shall be served on the state treasurer, who shall appear and answer in behalf of the commonwealth; and like proceedings shall be had and like judgment rendered as in case of other mortgagees, except that the state treasurer shall accept any payment due the commonwealth, and upon receipt thereof, or upon performance of such other condition as the court orders, shall discharge the mortgage in like manner as when the debt is paid without suit.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 70 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 70
Annual reporting of activities including review of implementation and enforcement of chapter and establishment of governance structure
Status: in_force

Section 70. The commission shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the commission's activities, including a review of the implementation and enforcement of this chapter and the governance structure established in this chapter, within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to the governor, the attorney general, the treasurer and receiver general, the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means.

Section 70. The commission shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the commission's activities, including a review of the implementation and enforcement of this chapter and the governance structure established in this chapter, within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year to the governor, the attorney general, the treasurer and receiver general, the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the chairs of the joint committee on economic development and emerging technologies and the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 5C — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 5C
Taxation of unincorporated homeowners' association
Status: in_force

Section 5C. An unincorporated association within the definition of and electing to be treated as a homeowners' association under section 528(c) of the Code for a taxable year shall be subject to tax under this chapter on its income as a resident individual for the taxable year. Its gross income shall be calculated under subsection (a) of section 2, and its taxable income shall be defined as in section 528(d)(1), (3) of the Code, to the extent consistent with the laws of the commonwealth. No such association shall be allowed the deductions or exemptions under section 3. The modifications under section 528(d)(2) of the Code shall not apply in determining taxable income for purposes of this chapter.

Section 5C. An unincorporated association within the definition of and electing to be treated as a homeowners' association under section 528(c) of the Code for a taxable year shall be subject to tax under this chapter on its income as a resident individual for the taxable year. Its gross income shall be calculated under subsection (a) of section 2, and its taxable income shall be defined as in section 528(d)(1), (3) of the Code, to the extent consistent with the laws of the commonwealth. No such association shall be allowed the deductions or exemptions under section 3. The modifications under section 528(d)(2) of the Code shall not apply in determining taxable income for purposes of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 105, sec. 57 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 105 / Section 57
Issuance of unmarked duplicate receipts
Status: in_force

Section 57. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word ''Duplicate'', except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (1) of section seven—six hundred and one of chapter one hundred and six, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.

Section 57. A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods, knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word ''Duplicate'', except in the case of a lost or destroyed receipt after proceedings as provided for in subsection (1) of section seven—six hundred and one of chapter one hundred and six, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 6K — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 6K
Uniforms of public health nurses; purchase
Status: in_force

Section 6K. A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for public health nurses employed by its board of health.

Section 6K. A city or town which accepts this section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for public health nurses employed by its board of health.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 3
Certification from counselor with third-party nonprofit organization
Status: in_force

Section 3. A creditor may not make a high-cost home mortgage loan without first receiving certification from a counselor with a third-party nonprofit organization approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a housing financing agency of this state, or the regulatory agency which has jurisdiction over the creditor, that the borrower has received counseling on the advisability of the loan transaction. Counseling shall be allowed in whole or in part by telephonic means. The commissioner shall maintain a list of approved counseling programs. A high cost home mortgage loan originated by a lender in violation of this section shall not be enforceable. At or before closing a high cost home mortgage loan, the lender shall obtain evidence that the borrower has completed an approved counseling program.

Section 3. A creditor may not make a high-cost home mortgage loan without first receiving certification from a counselor with a third-party nonprofit organization approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, a housing financing agency of this state, or the regulatory agency which has jurisdiction over the creditor, that the borrower has received counseling on the advisability of the loan transaction. Counseling shall be allowed in whole or in part by telephonic means. The commissioner shall maintain a list of approved counseling programs. A high cost home mortgage loan originated by a lender in violation of this section shall not be enforceable. At or before closing a high cost home mortgage loan, the lender shall obtain evidence that the borrower has completed an approved counseling program.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21H, sec. 6G — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21H / Section 6G
Purchase of elemental mercury, mercury compounds and mercury-added equipment and materials by schools
Status: in_force

Section 6G. No school in the commonwealth shall purchase for use in a primary or secondary classroom elemental mercury, mercury compounds or mercury-added instructional equipment and materials, except measuring devices and thermometers for which no adequate nonmercury substitute exists that are used in school laboratories. This section shall not apply to the sale of mercury-added lamps or those products whose only mercury-added component is a mercury-added lamp or lamps.

Section 6G. No school in the commonwealth shall purchase for use in a primary or secondary classroom elemental mercury, mercury compounds or mercury-added instructional equipment and materials, except measuring devices and thermometers for which no adequate nonmercury substitute exists that are used in school laboratories. This section shall not apply to the sale of mercury-added lamps or those products whose only mercury-added component is a mercury-added lamp or lamps.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183C, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183C / Section 16
Default in connection with refinancing
Status: in_force

Section 16. A lender shall not recommend or encourage default on an existing loan or other debt prior to and in connection with the closing or planned closing of a high-cost home mortgage loan that refinances all or any portion of the existing loan or debt.

Section 16. A lender shall not recommend or encourage default on an existing loan or other debt prior to and in connection with the closing or planned closing of a high-cost home mortgage loan that refinances all or any portion of the existing loan or debt.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161B, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161B / Section 20
Rights of bondholders and trustee; enforcement proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 20. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under the trust agreement, if any except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such resolution or trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the commonwealth or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer thereof.

Section 20. Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under the trust agreement, if any except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by such resolution or trust agreement, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the commonwealth or granted hereunder or under such resolution or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such resolution or trust agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 26E — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 26E
Rules and regulations for departments of health; assistants and clerks
Status: in_force

Section 26E. Every such commissioner of health shall make rules and regulations for the department of health, its officers, agents and assistants. He may appoint such necessary assistants and clerks as may be required to execute the health laws and regulations of the department. They shall devote their entire time to the performance of their duties unless specifically employed on a part-time basis.

Section 26E. Every such commissioner of health shall make rules and regulations for the department of health, its officers, agents and assistants. He may appoint such necessary assistants and clerks as may be required to execute the health laws and regulations of the department. They shall devote their entire time to the performance of their duties unless specifically employed on a part-time basis.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 46, sec. 1D — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 46 / Section 1D
Adoption of surname upon marriage
Status: in_force

Section 1D. Each party to a marriage may adopt any surname, including but not limited to the present or birth-given surname of either party, may retain or resume use of a present or birth-given surname, or may adopt any hyphenated combination thereof.

Section 1D. Each party to a marriage may adopt any surname, including but not limited to the present or birth-given surname of either party, may retain or resume use of a present or birth-given surname, or may adopt any hyphenated combination thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 8A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 8A
Financial statements; inclusion of electronic data processing equipment as asset
Status: in_force

Section 8A. In an account of its financial condition, a medical service corporation may include as an asset available for the payment of losses electronic data processing equipment, provided that the cost of such equipment at the time of acquisition is at least one hundred thousand dollars and that said cost is to be amortized in full over a period not to exceed ten years.

Section 8A. In an account of its financial condition, a medical service corporation may include as an asset available for the payment of losses electronic data processing equipment, provided that the cost of such equipment at the time of acquisition is at least one hundred thousand dollars and that said cost is to be amortized in full over a period not to exceed ten years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 23
Recordation; certification of book and page number on instruments
Status: in_force

Section 23. He shall certify upon every instrument recorded by him the time when received and the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.

Section 23. He shall certify upon every instrument recorded by him the time when received and the number of the book and leaf or page where recorded.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 20
Termination of custodianship
Status: in_force

Section 20. The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of: (1) the minor's attainment of twenty-one years of age with respect to custodial property transferred to a custodian nominated as provided in section three or transferred under section four or section five; (2) the minor's attainment of majority under the laws of the commonwealth, other than this chapter, with respect to custodial property transferred under (i) section six; or (ii) section seven, except in the case of a transfer to a custodian nominated as provided in section three; or (3) the minor's death.

Section 20. The custodian shall transfer in an appropriate manner the custodial property to the minor or to the minor's estate upon the earlier of:

(1) the minor's attainment of twenty-one years of age with respect to custodial property transferred to a custodian nominated as provided in section three or transferred under section four or section five;

(2) the minor's attainment of majority under the laws of the commonwealth, other than this chapter, with respect to custodial property transferred under (i) section six; or (ii) section seven, except in the case of a transfer to a custodian nominated as provided in section three; or

(3) the minor's death.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 150B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 150B
Fees or assessments other than those chargeable under union constitution and by-laws
Status: in_force

Section 150B. No labor union, or person acting in its behalf, shall require any person, as a condition of securing or continuing employment, to pay any fee or assessment other than such initiation fees, dues and assessments as are, by the constitution and by-laws of such union, chargeable upon members thereof. Any union or person violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars.

Section 150B. No labor union, or person acting in its behalf, shall require any person, as a condition of securing or continuing employment, to pay any fee or assessment other than such initiation fees, dues and assessments as are, by the constitution and by-laws of such union, chargeable upon members thereof. Any union or person violating any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 7
Woods; wanton or reckless injury or destruction by fire
Status: in_force

Section 7. Whoever by wantonly or recklessly setting fire to any material, or by increasing a fire already set, causes injury to, or the destruction of, any growing or standing wood of another shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.

Section 7. Whoever by wantonly or recklessly setting fire to any material, or by increasing a fire already set, causes injury to, or the destruction of, any growing or standing wood of another shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 244, sec. 14A — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 244 / Section 14A
Foreclosure database; annual report on developments and trends in residential property foreclosures
Status: in_force

Section 14A. The commissioner of the division of banks, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, shall maintain a foreclosure database that shall include, but not be limited to, foreclosure activity by mortgage lenders, mortgage holders and mortgage servicers, as well as the mortgage brokers and loan originators who placed these mortgage loans in the commonwealth, including information relative to the original mortgagee and any subsequent assignee. Based on the information received, the commissioner shall produce a report, at least annually, to track developments and trends of mortgage foreclosures on residential property in the commonwealth including, but not limited to, an analysis of the pre-foreclosure notices submitted to the commissioner compared to the final foreclosure notices, and any trends or patterns relative to the geographic location of the residential properties and interest rates. The report shall be available to the public upon request, and the commissioner shall make it available in any other manner that he may choose.

Section 14A. The commissioner of the division of banks, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, shall maintain a foreclosure database that shall include, but not be limited to, foreclosure activity by mortgage lenders, mortgage holders and mortgage servicers, as well as the mortgage brokers and loan originators who placed these mortgage loans in the commonwealth, including information relative to the original mortgagee and any subsequent assignee. Based on the information received, the commissioner shall produce a report, at least annually, to track developments and trends of mortgage foreclosures on residential property in the commonwealth including, but not limited to, an analysis of the pre-foreclosure notices submitted to the commissioner compared to the final foreclosure notices, and any trends or patterns relative to the geographic location of the residential properties and interest rates. The report shall be available to the public upon request, and the commissioner shall make it available in any other manner that he may choose.