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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175I, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175I / Section 3
Pretext interviews; use
Status: in_force

Section 3. No insurance institution, insurance representative, or insurance-support organization shall use or authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with an insurance transaction; provided, however, that a pretext interview may be undertaken to obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the information relates for the purpose of investigating a claim where, based upon specific information available for review by the commissioner, there is a reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity, fraud or material misrepresentation in connection with the claim.

Section 3. No insurance institution, insurance representative, or insurance-support organization shall use or authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with an insurance transaction; provided, however, that a pretext interview may be undertaken to obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the information relates for the purpose of investigating a claim where, based upon specific information available for review by the commissioner, there is a reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity, fraud or material misrepresentation in connection with the claim.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167D, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167D / Section 10
Deposits from condominium manager or managing agent acting as trustee for condominium funds
Status: in_force

Section 10. Any bank or federally-chartered bank may establish an account or accounts to receive deposits from a manager or managing agent acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of section 10 of chapter 183A. Such account or accounts may be established as required by said section 10 to hold condominium funds taken by a manager or managing agent, provided, that the terms of said account or accounts shall be such as to place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the manager or managing agent, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and as will provide for the transfer of said deposit to the organization of unit owners or subsequent manager or managing agent, as determined by the organization of unit owners. Interest accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the organization of unit owners pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the bank or federally chartered bank from said account or accounts shall discharge the liability of said bank or federally chartered bank to all persons.

Section 10. Any bank or federally-chartered bank may establish an account or accounts to receive deposits from a manager or managing agent acting as a trustee for funds received and held by such trustee pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (f) of section 10 of chapter 183A. Such account or accounts may be established as required by said section 10 to hold condominium funds taken by a manager or managing agent, provided, that the terms of said account or accounts shall be such as to place said deposit beyond the claim of a creditor of the manager or managing agent, including a foreclosing mortgagee or trustee in bankruptcy, and as will provide for the transfer of said deposit to the organization of unit owners or subsequent manager or managing agent, as determined by the organization of unit owners. Interest accruing on said deposit shall be paid to the organization of unit owners pursuant to the terms of the deposit. Withdrawals and payments made by the bank or federally chartered bank from said account or accounts shall discharge the liability of said bank or federally chartered bank to all persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, sec. 60A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 152 / Section 60A
Review, suspension and reduction of order requiring deposit
Status: in_force

Section 60A. Any company aggrieved by any order of the said commissioner made under section fifty-seven may, within five days from the date of its receipt, file a petition in the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a review thereof; but the filing of such a petition shall not suspend the operation of the order. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree. If the court shall order or decree that the amount of the deposit be reduced, the state treasurer or such trustee, if any, shall return to the company so much of the deposit as exceeds the amount fixed by the order or decree, or, if the company has not complied with the order of the said commissioner, it shall forthwith deposit with the state treasurer the amount so fixed.

Section 60A. Any company aggrieved by any order of the said commissioner made under section fifty-seven may, within five days from the date of its receipt, file a petition in the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk for a review thereof; but the filing of such a petition shall not suspend the operation of the order. The court shall summarily hear the petition and may make any appropriate order or decree. If the court shall order or decree that the amount of the deposit be reduced, the state treasurer or such trustee, if any, shall return to the company so much of the deposit as exceeds the amount fixed by the order or decree, or, if the company has not complied with the order of the said commissioner, it shall forthwith deposit with the state treasurer the amount so fixed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 66 — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 66
Pensions for court officers
Status: in_force

Section 66. Any court officer of the supreme judicial or superior court who, in the judgment of the sheriff of his county, is disabled for useful service in either of said courts, and who is certified by a physician, designated by the sheriff, to be permanently incapacitated, either mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own, in the actual performance of his duty in said court, and any court officer of either of said courts who has performed faithful service in either or both of said courts for not less than twenty years, and who in the judgment of the sheriff of his county is incapacitated for further service in said courts, shall, if the sheriff so requests, with the approval of a majority of the justices of the court in which he serves, be retired, and shall annually receive a pension equal to one half of the compensation received by him at the time of his retirement. No court officer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

Section 66. Any court officer of the supreme judicial or superior court who, in the judgment of the sheriff of his county, is disabled for useful service in either of said courts, and who is certified by a physician, designated by the sheriff, to be permanently incapacitated, either mentally or physically, by injuries sustained through no fault of his own, in the actual performance of his duty in said court, and any court officer of either of said courts who has performed faithful service in either or both of said courts for not less than twenty years, and who in the judgment of the sheriff of his county is incapacitated for further service in said courts, shall, if the sheriff so requests, with the approval of a majority of the justices of the court in which he serves, be retired, and shall annually receive a pension equal to one half of the compensation received by him at the time of his retirement.

No court officer whose employment begins after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 248 / Section 38
Examination of witnesses
Status: in_force

Section 38. The court may examine the witnesses separately and may permit the petitioner, parent, guardian or other person entitled to the custody of a person deprived of his liberty, in person or by counsel, to examine publicly his alleged custodian as to the condition of such person and the place where he is detained or held in custody; and may also examine separately and apart, or publicly, such person, and may make orders for his release or permitting correspondence or personal interviews between him and his friends or relatives, and may modify its orders upon notice to the parties.

Section 38. The court may examine the witnesses separately and may permit the petitioner, parent, guardian or other person entitled to the custody of a person deprived of his liberty, in person or by counsel, to examine publicly his alleged custodian as to the condition of such person and the place where he is detained or held in custody; and may also examine separately and apart, or publicly, such person, and may make orders for his release or permitting correspondence or personal interviews between him and his friends or relatives, and may modify its orders upon notice to the parties.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 129 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 129
Relocation of passenger stations and freight depots
Status: in_force

Section 129. A railroad corporation may relocate passenger stations and freight depots, with the written approval of the department and of the board of aldermen of the city or the selectmen of the town where such stations or depots are situated.

Section 129. A railroad corporation may relocate passenger stations and freight depots, with the written approval of the department and of the board of aldermen of the city or the selectmen of the town where such stations or depots are situated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 17, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 17 / Section 7A
Public health officers; eligibility; salaries
Status: in_force

Section 7A. The commissioner, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, may designate certain physicians and dentists employed by the department as public health officers; provided, however, that there shall be not more than ten public health officers in the department at any one time. In order to be eligible to be designated as a public health officer, an employee shall have received a doctor of medicine, doctor of dental medicine or equivalent degree from an accredited medical or dental school, and shall be fully registered to practice medicine or dentistry in the commonwealth, and shall be serving in a management position classified as a program manager specialist allocated to Job Group M–VII, M–VIII, M–IX, M–X, M–XI or M–XII in the management salary schedule in section forty-six C of chapter thirty. The salaries of the positions in which public health officers are serving shall, however, be determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (5A) of said section forty-six C and shall not be subject to paragraph (4) of section forty-five of said chapter thirty.

Section 7A. The commissioner, with the approval of the secretary of health and human services, may designate certain physicians and dentists employed by the department as public health officers; provided, however, that there shall be not more than ten public health officers in the department at any one time. In order to be eligible to be designated as a public health officer, an employee shall have received a doctor of medicine, doctor of dental medicine or equivalent degree from an accredited medical or dental school, and shall be fully registered to practice medicine or dentistry in the commonwealth, and shall be serving in a management position classified as a program manager specialist allocated to Job Group M–VII, M–VIII, M–IX, M–X, M–XI or M–XII in the management salary schedule in section forty-six C of chapter thirty. The salaries of the positions in which public health officers are serving shall, however, be determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (5A) of said section forty-six C and shall not be subject to paragraph (4) of section forty-five of said chapter thirty.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176A / Section 18
Annual statement of condition; verification, filing, form, violations; applicability of chapters 176V and 176W
Status: in_force

Section 18. Every such corporation subject to this chapter shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner of insurance a statement, verified by at least two of the principal officers of said corporation, showing its condition as of the thirty-first day of December next preceding. Said statement shall be in such form and shall contain such other matters as said commissioner shall prescribe. The commissioner may, for cause shown, extend the filing date of the annual statement, or of schedules or exhibits which are a part of such statement or which are required by the commissioner, for not more than sixty days beyond March first in said year. Any such corporation neglecting to make and file its annual statement in the form and within the time herein specified shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, and upon notice by said commissioner to that effect its authority to do new business shall cease while such default continues. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter.

Section 18. Every such corporation subject to this chapter shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner of insurance a statement, verified by at least two of the principal officers of said corporation, showing its condition as of the thirty-first day of December next preceding. Said statement shall be in such form and shall contain such other matters as said commissioner shall prescribe. The commissioner may, for cause shown, extend the filing date of the annual statement, or of schedules or exhibits which are a part of such statement or which are required by the commissioner, for not more than sixty days beyond March first in said year. Any such corporation neglecting to make and file its annual statement in the form and within the time herein specified shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, and upon notice by said commissioner to that effect its authority to do new business shall cease while such default continues.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter.

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 100A, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 100A / Section 5
Certificate of registration; expiration, termination or surrender
Status: in_force

Section 5. Prior to its expiration date, a certificate of registration may be suspended or revoked by the deputy director in accordance with the procedure and on the grounds set forth in section three or eight, or may be terminated by voluntary surrender by the registrant. Upon the expiration, termination or surrender of a certificate of registration, the registrant shall deliver the certificate of registration to the deputy director who shall cancel the registration, endorse the date of expiration, termination or surrender on the certificate and shall, after a sixty-day period from the date of delivery or after all claims made against the registrant have been satisfied or settled, surrender the registrant's bond and so notify the surety on the bond. If a certificate of registration is lost, misplaced or destroyed, the registrant shall file an affidavit to that effect and the deputy director shall issue a replacement certificate, clearly identified as such on the certificate and in the records of the deputy director.

Section 5. Prior to its expiration date, a certificate of registration may be suspended or revoked by the deputy director in accordance with the procedure and on the grounds set forth in section three or eight, or may be terminated by voluntary surrender by the registrant.

Upon the expiration, termination or surrender of a certificate of registration, the registrant shall deliver the certificate of registration to the deputy director who shall cancel the registration, endorse the date of expiration, termination or surrender on the certificate and shall, after a sixty-day period from the date of delivery or after all claims made against the registrant have been satisfied or settled, surrender the registrant's bond and so notify the surety on the bond.

If a certificate of registration is lost, misplaced or destroyed, the registrant shall file an affidavit to that effect and the deputy director shall issue a replacement certificate, clearly identified as such on the certificate and in the records of the deputy director.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 207, sec. 47B — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 207 / Section 47B
Alienation of affection and criminal conversation not actionable
Status: in_force

Section 47B. Alienation of affection and criminal conversation shall not constitute an injury or wrong recognized by law, and no action, suit or proceeding shall be maintained therefor.

Section 47B. Alienation of affection and criminal conversation shall not constitute an injury or wrong recognized by law, and no action, suit or proceeding shall be maintained therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159 / Section 40
Violations or threatened violations; mandamus or injunction
Status: in_force

Section 40. Whenever the department is of opinion that a common carrier subject to its supervision is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by law or by order of the department, or is doing anything or about to do anything or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, contrary to or in violation of the law or of any order of the department, it shall direct its counsel to begin, subject to the supervision of the attorney general, an action or proceeding in the supreme judicial court in the name of the department for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented either by mandamus or injunction.

Section 40. Whenever the department is of opinion that a common carrier subject to its supervision is failing or omitting or about to fail or omit to do anything required of it by law or by order of the department, or is doing anything or about to do anything or permitting anything or about to permit anything to be done, contrary to or in violation of the law or of any order of the department, it shall direct its counsel to begin, subject to the supervision of the attorney general, an action or proceeding in the supreme judicial court in the name of the department for the purpose of having such violations or threatened violations stopped and prevented either by mandamus or injunction.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 1
Existing corporations
Status: in_force

Section 1. Library corporations and associations which have been legally established shall continue to have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and restrictions attaching thereto.

Section 1. Library corporations and associations which have been legally established shall continue to have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties and restrictions attaching thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 14Q — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 14Q
Redemption of stamps; defaults; procedure
Status: in_force

Section 14Q. In the event a trading stamp company defaults in the performance of its obligation to redeem trading stamps, any rightful holder shall be entitled to file within three months after such default a complaint with the state treasurer. Upon the filing of any such complaint the state treasurer shall forthwith make a determination whether there has been a default. If he shall determine that there has been such a default he shall give notice of such determination by publishing the same in three consecutive publications of one or more newspapers published in the city of Boston and having general circulation throughout the commonwealth and therein require that proof of all claims for breach of the obligation upon the performance of which the bond is conditioned shall be filed with him, together with the trading stamps upon which the claim is based, within three months after the date of the first such publication. The state treasurer promptly after the expiration of such period shall determine the validity of all claims so filed. Thereupon the state treasurer shall be paid by the surety such amount as shall be necessary to satisfy all valid claims so filed, not exceeding, however, the principal sum of the bond, and the state treasurer shall make an equitable distribution of the proceeds of the bond to such claimants and shall destroy the trading stamps so filed with him.

Section 14Q. In the event a trading stamp company defaults in the performance of its obligation to redeem trading stamps, any rightful holder shall be entitled to file within three months after such default a complaint with the state treasurer. Upon the filing of any such complaint the state treasurer shall forthwith make a determination whether there has been a default. If he shall determine that there has been such a default he shall give notice of such determination by publishing the same in three consecutive publications of one or more newspapers published in the city of Boston and having general circulation throughout the commonwealth and therein require that proof of all claims for breach of the obligation upon the performance of which the bond is conditioned shall be filed with him, together with the trading stamps upon which the claim is based, within three months after the date of the first such publication. The state treasurer promptly after the expiration of such period shall determine the validity of all claims so filed. Thereupon the state treasurer shall be paid by the surety such amount as shall be necessary to satisfy all valid claims so filed, not exceeding, however, the principal sum of the bond, and the state treasurer shall make an equitable distribution of the proceeds of the bond to such claimants and shall destroy the trading stamps so filed with him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 148, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 148 / Section 25
Use of salamanders or stoves for drying materials
Status: in_force

Section 25. No salamander or stove for drying any construction material shall be used in any building except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the board; and no such salamander or stove shall be set upon a wooden floor unless it is raised above the floor at least four inches and set upon brick or other incombustible material in a bed of sand at least two inches thick, spread upon the floor and covering an area of at least two feet in all directions larger than the area of the salamander or stove.

Section 25. No salamander or stove for drying any construction material shall be used in any building except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the board; and no such salamander or stove shall be set upon a wooden floor unless it is raised above the floor at least four inches and set upon brick or other incombustible material in a bed of sand at least two inches thick, spread upon the floor and covering an area of at least two feet in all directions larger than the area of the salamander or stove.