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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62, sec. 6K — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 62 / Section 6K
Refunds and contributions credited to Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund
Status: in_force

Section 6K. (a) Every individual who files a separate return and every husband and wife filing a return jointly may voluntarily contribute all or part of any refund to which they are entitled, or may voluntarily add an amount onto any amount due, to be credited to the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund established pursuant to section 35CC of chapter 10. (b) A contribution made under this section may be with respect to any taxable year at the time of filing a return of the tax established by this chapter for such taxable year; provided, however, that the commissioner shall prescribe the manner in which the contribution shall be made on the face of the return required by section 5 of chapter 62C; and provided, further, that the commissioner shall assure that taxpayers filing the forms are made aware of their ability to make the contributions provided for by this section. (c) The commissioner shall annually report the total amount designated under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the amount to the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund.

Section 6K. (a) Every individual who files a separate return and every husband and wife filing a return jointly may voluntarily contribute all or part of any refund to which they are entitled, or may voluntarily add an amount onto any amount due, to be credited to the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund established pursuant to section 35CC of chapter 10.

(b) A contribution made under this section may be with respect to any taxable year at the time of filing a return of the tax established by this chapter for such taxable year; provided, however, that the commissioner shall prescribe the manner in which the contribution shall be made on the face of the return required by section 5 of chapter 62C; and provided, further, that the commissioner shall assure that taxpayers filing the forms are made aware of their ability to make the contributions provided for by this section.

(c) The commissioner shall annually report the total amount designated under this section to the state treasurer, who shall credit the amount to the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 15
Action by state in behalf of private parties; effect on costs
Status: in_force

Section 15. A private person at whose relation, for whose use or in whose behalf an action or proceeding is commenced in the name of the commonwealth or of the attorney general shall be liable for costs, as if it had been begun in his own name.

Section 15. A private person at whose relation, for whose use or in whose behalf an action or proceeding is commenced in the name of the commonwealth or of the attorney general shall be liable for costs, as if it had been begun in his own name.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 14
Creation and operation of charitable, benevolent or educational institutions
Status: in_force

Section 14. It shall be lawful for a society to create, maintain and operate charitable, benevolent or educational institutions for the benefit of its members and their families and dependents, and for the benefit of children insured by the society. For such purpose it may own, hold or lease personal property or real property located within or without the commonwealth, with necessary buildings thereon. Such property shall be reported in every annual statement, but shall not be allowed as an admitted asset of such society. Maintenance, treatment and proper attendance in any such institution may be furnished free or a reasonable charge may be made therefor, but no such institution shall be operated for profit. The society shall maintain a separate accounting of any income and disbursements under this section and report them in its annual statement. No society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.

Section 14. It shall be lawful for a society to create, maintain and operate charitable, benevolent or educational institutions for the benefit of its members and their families and dependents, and for the benefit of children insured by the society. For such purpose it may own, hold or lease personal property or real property located within or without the commonwealth, with necessary buildings thereon. Such property shall be reported in every annual statement, but shall not be allowed as an admitted asset of such society.

Maintenance, treatment and proper attendance in any such institution may be furnished free or a reasonable charge may be made therefor, but no such institution shall be operated for profit. The society shall maintain a separate accounting of any income and disbursements under this section and report them in its annual statement. No society shall own or operate funeral homes or undertaking establishments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 136 / Section 7A
Business, trade, labor or work on Sunday; appeal from denial of work permit
Status: in_force

Section 7A. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section when an application for a permit has been denied under the provisions of sections seven or fifteen such applicant may appeal such denial to the board of selectmen in a town or to the mayor of a city, as the case may be, and after a hearing such selectmen or mayor may issue such permit as provided in said sections seven or fifteen.

Section 7A. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section when an application for a permit has been denied under the provisions of sections seven or fifteen such applicant may appeal such denial to the board of selectmen in a town or to the mayor of a city, as the case may be, and after a hearing such selectmen or mayor may issue such permit as provided in said sections seven or fifteen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 49P — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 49P
Availability of other legal processes; enforcement
Status: in_force

Section 49P. Nothing in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law. The commission may proceed at law or in equity in the enforcement of said sections.

Section 49P. Nothing in sections forty-nine B to forty-nine R, inclusive, shall be construed as precluding any party in any action or proceeding from employing other processes provided by law. The commission may proceed at law or in equity in the enforcement of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part III / Title III / Chapter 240 / Section 9
Guardians ad litem; compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

Section 9. The cost of appearance of any such guardian ad litem or next friend, including compensation of his counsel, shall be determined by the court and paid by the plaintiff, against whom execution may issue therefor in favor of the guardian ad litem or next friend.

Section 9. The cost of appearance of any such guardian ad litem or next friend, including compensation of his counsel, shall be determined by the court and paid by the plaintiff, against whom execution may issue therefor in favor of the guardian ad litem or next friend.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 68 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 68
Payment of benefits due a deceased or mentally incapacitated person
Status: in_force

Section 68. The commissioner may provide for the payment, to such person or persons as the commissioner finds entitled thereto, of benefits due a deceased person, or a person who has become incapacitated by reason of mental illness or who is an insane person and incapable of properly taking care of himself or his property, for the allowance of whose will or for the administration of whose estate no petition for the appointment of an administrator, guardian or conservator has been filed within thirty days after his death or disability, as the case may be, and every such payment shall be a valid payment to the same extent as if made to the legal representative of the deceased or of the person under such disabilities.

Section 68. The commissioner may provide for the payment, to such person or persons as the commissioner finds entitled thereto, of benefits due a deceased person, or a person who has become incapacitated by reason of mental illness or who is an insane person and incapable of properly taking care of himself or his property, for the allowance of whose will or for the administration of whose estate no petition for the appointment of an administrator, guardian or conservator has been filed within thirty days after his death or disability, as the case may be, and every such payment shall be a valid payment to the same extent as if made to the legal representative of the deceased or of the person under such disabilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40M, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40M / Section 3
Certificate of approval required
Status: in_force

Section 3. No person, association or other entity shall act as a public employer self-insurance group unless it has been issued a certificate of approval by the commissioner.

Section 3. No person, association or other entity shall act as a public employer self-insurance group unless it has been issued a certificate of approval by the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201D, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201D / Section 13
Pain alleviation; comfort care procedures
Status: in_force

Section 13. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any medical procedure deemed necessary by the attending physician to provide comfort care or pain alleviation. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to treatment with sedatives and pain-killing drugs; non-artificial oral feeding; suction; and hygenic care.

Section 13. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude any medical procedure deemed necessary by the attending physician to provide comfort care or pain alleviation. Such procedures shall include but not be limited to treatment with sedatives and pain-killing drugs; non-artificial oral feeding; suction; and hygenic care.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 104B — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 104B
Research animals; unauthorized removal
Status: in_force

Section 104B. Whoever enters any premises in which animals are being housed or used in research by a research institution and, without authority, injures, damages, commits any trespass upon, removes or carries away any data, equipment, facility or property or injures, damages, removes, carries away, interferes with or releases any animal shall, if such injury, damage, trespass, removal, carrying away, interference or release is malicious and wilful, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years; or if such injury, damage, trespass, removal, carrying away, interference or release is wilful but not malicious, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years.

Section 104B. Whoever enters any premises in which animals are being housed or used in research by a research institution and, without authority, injures, damages, commits any trespass upon, removes or carries away any data, equipment, facility or property or injures, damages, removes, carries away, interferes with or releases any animal shall, if such injury, damage, trespass, removal, carrying away, interference or release is malicious and wilful, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years; or if such injury, damage, trespass, removal, carrying away, interference or release is wilful but not malicious, be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 92 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 92
Chiropractors; licensees of other states; registration
Status: in_force

Section 92. Any person licensed by a chiropractic board of any other state having at the time when said person obtained his license a standard equal to that of this commonwealth and which extends similar privileges to persons licensed by the commonwealth, or any person certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, may be registered at the discretion of the board upon the payment of a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and the production to the board of his diploma, the license obtained in such other state by examination or the proof of his certification by said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, and evidence satisfactory to the board that he is of good moral character. The board may accept any or all facts of the examination of said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States in lieu of equivalent subjects in the examination required under section ninety-four. Any person making application under this section under a license granted by another state shall produce evidence that he has practiced chiropractic under such license for at least three years.

Section 92. Any person licensed by a chiropractic board of any other state having at the time when said person obtained his license a standard equal to that of this commonwealth and which extends similar privileges to persons licensed by the commonwealth, or any person certified by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, may be registered at the discretion of the board upon the payment of a fee as determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and the production to the board of his diploma, the license obtained in such other state by examination or the proof of his certification by said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States, and evidence satisfactory to the board that he is of good moral character. The board may accept any or all facts of the examination of said National Board of Chiropractic Examiners of the United States in lieu of equivalent subjects in the examination required under section ninety-four. Any person making application under this section under a license granted by another state shall produce evidence that he has practiced chiropractic under such license for at least three years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 18A
Laundry or dry cleaning establishments; identification marks; report of type and style; change in identification system
Status: in_force

Section 18A. Every person conducting a laundry or dry cleaning establishment, or offering as an independent contractor the services of such an establishment, shall report to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, on forms supplied by the commissioner, the type and style of laundry or dry cleaning identification marks which are attached to or stamped or written upon garments processed by such establishment when returned to the customer. Such report shall be accompanied by actual samples of the identification markings used. Any change in identification marking systems, either by eliminating such marking or changing the system of identification marking used, shall be reported to the commissioner immediately. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine or not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than three months, or both.

Section 18A. Every person conducting a laundry or dry cleaning establishment, or offering as an independent contractor the services of such an establishment, shall report to the commissioner of the division of occupational licensure, on forms supplied by the commissioner, the type and style of laundry or dry cleaning identification marks which are attached to or stamped or written upon garments processed by such establishment when returned to the customer. Such report shall be accompanied by actual samples of the identification markings used. Any change in identification marking systems, either by eliminating such marking or changing the system of identification marking used, shall be reported to the commissioner immediately.

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine or not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than three months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 6A
Absence or disability of members, of permanent state boards, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 6A. If any member of a permanent state board or commission or of a board or commission appointed under an interstate compact who serves as such by virtue of holding any other office or position is unable by reason of absence or disability to perform his duties as such member, he may, by a writing filed in the office of such board or commission, designate an officer or employee in his department who shall, without additional compensation therefor, perform such duties in case of and during such absence or disability, but a person so designated shall have no authority to make any appointments or removals. Any such designation may in like manner be revoked at any time.

Section 6A. If any member of a permanent state board or commission or of a board or commission appointed under an interstate compact who serves as such by virtue of holding any other office or position is unable by reason of absence or disability to perform his duties as such member, he may, by a writing filed in the office of such board or commission, designate an officer or employee in his department who shall, without additional compensation therefor, perform such duties in case of and during such absence or disability, but a person so designated shall have no authority to make any appointments or removals. Any such designation may in like manner be revoked at any time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92B / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Board'', the board of directors of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation. ''Corporation'', the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation. ''Executive director'', the executive director of travel and tourism. ''Member'', a member of the board of directors of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation. ''Office'', the office of travel and tourism. ''Society'', the Boston Zoological Society. ''Zoos'', Franklin Park Zoo and Walther D. Stone Memorial Zoo.

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—

''Board'', the board of directors of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation.

''Corporation'', the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation.

''Executive director'', the executive director of travel and tourism.

''Member'', a member of the board of directors of the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation.

''Office'', the office of travel and tourism.

''Society'', the Boston Zoological Society.

''Zoos'', Franklin Park Zoo and Walther D. Stone Memorial Zoo.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 115 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 115
Nomination papers; filing; certificates of nomination
Status: in_force

Section 115. Every nomination paper of a candidate for office in said districts shall, before being filed, be submitted, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of voters of the town where the district is situated, who shall forthwith certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of voters qualified to vote in the district. All nomination papers and certificates of nomination shall be filed with the clerk of the district within the time allowed by the general laws relating to filing nomination papers and certificates of nomination with the town clerk in town elections. In a district composed of parts of two or more towns the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, of the district shall act as registrars of voters for the purpose of certifying the signatures on nomination papers.

Section 115. Every nomination paper of a candidate for office in said districts shall, before being filed, be submitted, on or before five o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday preceding the day on which it must be filed, to the registrars of voters of the town where the district is situated, who shall forthwith certify thereon the number of signatures which are names of voters qualified to vote in the district. All nomination papers and certificates of nomination shall be filed with the clerk of the district within the time allowed by the general laws relating to filing nomination papers and certificates of nomination with the town clerk in town elections. In a district composed of parts of two or more towns the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the commissioners, of the district shall act as registrars of voters for the purpose of certifying the signatures on nomination papers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121C, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121C / Section 11
Municipal indebtedness in aid of corporation
Status: in_force

Section 11. The municipality may raise and appropriate or may borrow, or may agree with the corporation or with the federal government or the commonwealth to raise and appropriate or to borrow, in aid of the corporation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and powers of the corporation including defraying part of the development, acquisition and operating costs of any project. Indebtedness of the municipality authorized under this section shall be outside the limit of indebtedness prescribed in section ten of chapter forty-four and shall be payable within twenty years and otherwise subject to sections sixteen to twenty-seven, inclusive, of said chapter forty-four; provided, however, that the total amount of indebtedness of the municipality, outstanding at any one time under this section and clauses one, two, and four of section twenty of chapter one hundred twenty-one B shall not exceed five per cent of the municipality equalized valuation as defined in section one of said chapter forty-four.

Section 11. The municipality may raise and appropriate or may borrow, or may agree with the corporation or with the federal government or the commonwealth to raise and appropriate or to borrow, in aid of the corporation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and powers of the corporation including defraying part of the development, acquisition and operating costs of any project. Indebtedness of the municipality authorized under this section shall be outside the limit of indebtedness prescribed in section ten of chapter forty-four and shall be payable within twenty years and otherwise subject to sections sixteen to twenty-seven, inclusive, of said chapter forty-four; provided, however, that the total amount of indebtedness of the municipality, outstanding at any one time under this section and clauses one, two, and four of section twenty of chapter one hundred twenty-one B shall not exceed five per cent of the municipality equalized valuation as defined in section one of said chapter forty-four.