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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15C, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15C / Section 9
Negotiable notes; issuance; terms or conditions
Status: in_force

Section 9. The Authority may from time to time issue negotiable notes for any corporate purpose and may from time to time renew any notes by the issuance of new notes, whether the notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The Authority may issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the Authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the Authority is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing revenue bonds of the Authority or any issue thereof, and the Authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds. Such resolution or resolutions may delegate to the executive director, assistant executive director, or any member of the Authority or any combination of them, the power to determine any of the details of the notes and to award such notes to a purchaser or purchasers. All such notes shall be payable solely from the revenues of the Authority, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding.

Section 9. The Authority may from time to time issue negotiable notes for any corporate purpose and may from time to time renew any notes by the issuance of new notes, whether the notes to be renewed have or have not matured. The Authority may issue notes partly to renew notes or to discharge other obligations then outstanding and partly for any other purpose. The notes may be authorized, sold, executed and delivered in the same manner as bonds. Any resolution or resolutions authorizing notes of the Authority or any issue thereof may contain any provisions which the Authority is authorized to include in any resolution or resolutions authorizing revenue bonds of the Authority or any issue thereof, and the Authority may include in any notes any terms, covenants or conditions which it is authorized to include in any bonds. Such resolution or resolutions may delegate to the executive director, assistant executive director, or any member of the Authority or any combination of them, the power to determine any of the details of the notes and to award such notes to a purchaser or purchasers. All such notes shall be payable solely from the revenues of the Authority, subject only to any contractual rights of the holders of any of its notes or other obligations then outstanding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 14, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 14 / Section 7
Tax collection activities; employee evaluations; quotas
Status: in_force

Section 7. The commissioner shall not rely solely upon records of tax enforcement results to evaluate employees, nor their direct superiors, involved in tax collection activities, and shall not use such records to enforce or suggest individual production quotas or goals with respect to any such employees.

Section 7. The commissioner shall not rely solely upon records of tax enforcement results to evaluate employees, nor their direct superiors, involved in tax collection activities, and shall not use such records to enforce or suggest individual production quotas or goals with respect to any such employees.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 29
Transfer of interest in real property; notice
Status: in_force

Section 29. Whenever an individual who is receiving medical assistance under this chapter transfers an interest in real or personal property, such individual shall notify the division. Such notice shall include, at a minimum, the individual's name, social security number or, if different, medical assistance identification number, the date of transfer and the dollar value, if any, paid or received by the individual receiving benefits under this chapter.

Section 29. Whenever an individual who is receiving medical assistance under this chapter transfers an interest in real or personal property, such individual shall notify the division. Such notice shall include, at a minimum, the individual's name, social security number or, if different, medical assistance identification number, the date of transfer and the dollar value, if any, paid or received by the individual receiving benefits under this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 201A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 201A / Section 4
Transfer by gift or exercise of power of appointment
Status: in_force

Section 4. A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section nine.

Section 4. A person may make a transfer by irrevocable gift to, or the irrevocable exercise of a power of appointment in favor of, a custodian for the benefit of a minor pursuant to section nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 236 / Section 32
Proceedings after dissolution of prior attachment
Status: in_force

Section 32. If land is set off or sold in part under a prior attachment or seizure, or if that attachment or seizure is dissolved, the land or such part thereof as remains undisposed of shall continue bound for thirty days thereafter by the seizure on execution, and service of the execution may be completed as if the land had been first seized thereon within said thirty days, although the return day thereof has passed.

Section 32. If land is set off or sold in part under a prior attachment or seizure, or if that attachment or seizure is dissolved, the land or such part thereof as remains undisposed of shall continue bound for thirty days thereafter by the seizure on execution, and service of the execution may be completed as if the land had been first seized thereon within said thirty days, although the return day thereof has passed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 20
Method of acquisition
Status: in_force

Section 20. If a city or town has determined to take land for a public domain as provided by the preceding section, the aldermen or the selectmen shall within ten days adopt an order for the taking of such land in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.

Section 20. If a city or town has determined to take land for a public domain as provided by the preceding section, the aldermen or the selectmen shall within ten days adopt an order for the taking of such land in fee by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 22
Eligibility for appointment without professional examination
Status: in_force

Section 22. Subject to Article LIII of the Articles of Amendment of the Constitution, a person certified as eligible for any specific grade in the National Guard, army or air under the laws of the United States and who is a graduate of the Massachusetts Military Academy shall be eligible for appointment without professional examination.

Section 22. Subject to Article LIII of the Articles of Amendment of the Constitution, a person certified as eligible for any specific grade in the National Guard, army or air under the laws of the United States and who is a graduate of the Massachusetts Military Academy shall be eligible for appointment without professional examination.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 64 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 64
Admission to bail on Sunday
Status: in_force

Section 64. Persons held in custody or committed upon a criminal charge, if entitled to be released upon bail, may, in the discretion of the magistrate, be admitted to bail on Sunday.

Section 64. Persons held in custody or committed upon a criminal charge, if entitled to be released upon bail, may, in the discretion of the magistrate, be admitted to bail on Sunday.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 29
Companies subject to this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 29. All companies now or hereafter incorporated or formed by authority of any general or special law of the commonwealth shall, except as provided in section one hundred and fourteen and in chapter one hundred and seventy-six, be subject to this chapter. Trade unions and other associations of wage workers whose principal objects are to deal with the relations between employers and employees relative to wages, hours of labor and other conditions of employment, and trusts complying with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 186c–5 of Title 29, U.S.Code and athletic and other school organizations formed for administering a plan for the payment of benefits to school pupils injured while participating in school athletics, commonly known as the school athletic accident-benefit plan, shall not be subject to this chapter, except as hereinafter provided, or to chapter one hundred and seventy-six. The president and the treasurer of such an athletic or other school organization shall, within thirty days after a written request therefor by the commissioner, file with him a financial statement, in such form and detail and of such date as he may prescribe, signed and sworn to by them.

Section 29. All companies now or hereafter incorporated or formed by authority of any general or special law of the commonwealth shall, except as provided in section one hundred and fourteen and in chapter one hundred and seventy-six, be subject to this chapter. Trade unions and other associations of wage workers whose principal objects are to deal with the relations between employers and employees relative to wages, hours of labor and other conditions of employment, and trusts complying with the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 186c–5 of Title 29, U.S.Code and athletic and other school organizations formed for administering a plan for the payment of benefits to school pupils injured while participating in school athletics, commonly known as the school athletic accident-benefit plan, shall not be subject to this chapter, except as hereinafter provided, or to chapter one hundred and seventy-six. The president and the treasurer of such an athletic or other school organization shall, within thirty days after a written request therefor by the commissioner, file with him a financial statement, in such form and detail and of such date as he may prescribe, signed and sworn to by them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 63, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 63 / Section 26
Examination of records
Status: in_force

Section 26. The books, papers and accounts of every insurance company and of its agents shall be opened at all times to inspection and examination by the commissioner and the commissioner of insurance, or their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the returns made under section twelve of chapter sixty-two C.

Section 26. The books, papers and accounts of every insurance company and of its agents shall be opened at all times to inspection and examination by the commissioner and the commissioner of insurance, or their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of the returns made under section twelve of chapter sixty-two C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 20
Right of entry or action for recovery of real property; descent or discontinuance
Status: in_force

Section 20. No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real property.

Section 20. No descent or discontinuance shall take away or defeat any right of entry or of action for the recovery of real property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 5A
Attempts
Status: in_force

Section 5A. Whoever wilfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to, or attempts to burn, or aids, counsels or assists in such an attempt to set fire to or burn, any of the buildings, structures or property mentioned in the foregoing sections, or whoever commits any act preliminary thereto or in furtherance thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible material or substance or any device in or against any building, structure or property mentioned in the foregoing sections in an arrangement or preparation with intent eventually to wilfully and maliciously set fire to or burn such building, structure or property, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the same shall, for the purposes of this section, constitute an attempt to burn such building, structure or property.

Section 5A. Whoever wilfully and maliciously attempts to set fire to, or attempts to burn, or aids, counsels or assists in such an attempt to set fire to or burn, any of the buildings, structures or property mentioned in the foregoing sections, or whoever commits any act preliminary thereto or in furtherance thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one half years or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars.

The placing or distributing of any flammable, explosive or combustible material or substance or any device in or against any building, structure or property mentioned in the foregoing sections in an arrangement or preparation with intent eventually to wilfully and maliciously set fire to or burn such building, structure or property, or to procure the setting fire to or burning of the same shall, for the purposes of this section, constitute an attempt to burn such building, structure or property.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 37, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 37 / Section 16
Attendance at sessions of courts
Status: in_force

Section 16. Sheriffs, by themselves or by their deputies may attend any session of the supreme judicial and superior courts in their respective counties, as may be requested by the chief justice of the trial court, and when required, meetings of the county commissioners. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sheriffs shall not be required to supervise any officers for attendance on the various courts.

Section 16. Sheriffs, by themselves or by their deputies may attend any session of the supreme judicial and superior courts in their respective counties, as may be requested by the chief justice of the trial court, and when required, meetings of the county commissioners. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sheriffs shall not be required to supervise any officers for attendance on the various courts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 2J — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 2J
Commercial motor carriers prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by federal agency
Status: in_force

Section 2J. The registrar shall refuse to register, and shall suspend or revoke if already registered, a commercial motor vehicle if the registrar has received notice, in any form that the registrar deems appropriate, including electronic transmissions, that the commercial motor carrier attempting to register a commercial motor vehicle has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by a federal agency with authority to do so under federal law.

Section 2J. The registrar shall refuse to register, and shall suspend or revoke if already registered, a commercial motor vehicle if the registrar has received notice, in any form that the registrar deems appropriate, including electronic transmissions, that the commercial motor carrier attempting to register a commercial motor vehicle has been prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by a federal agency with authority to do so under federal law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 53 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 53
Certificate of change in officers or directors; forfeiture for failure to file
Status: in_force

Section 53. Whenever any change is made in the directors or in the president, treasurer or clerk of a corporation, the corporation shall forthwith file in the office of the state secretary a certificate of such change signed under the penalties of perjury by the clerk or an assistant clerk. Any corporation which omits to file a certificate as aforesaid within thirty days after such change has been made or shall fail to have either a clerk of the corporation who is a resident of the commonwealth or a resident agent appointed pursuant to section forty-nine shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars to be recovered in the manner described by section one hundred and thirteen. If a corporation fails or refuses to file such a certificate within said thirty-day period following a change in the directors or in said officers, any director or officer involved in such change, or the personal representative of any deceased director or officer so involved, may evidence such change by filing a certificate thereof with the office of the state secretary, signed under the penalties of perjury, including a statement that a copy of the certificate has been delivered to the corporation or has been mailed to the principal office of the corporation, postage prepaid.

Section 53. Whenever any change is made in the directors or in the president, treasurer or clerk of a corporation, the corporation shall forthwith file in the office of the state secretary a certificate of such change signed under the penalties of perjury by the clerk or an assistant clerk. Any corporation which omits to file a certificate as aforesaid within thirty days after such change has been made or shall fail to have either a clerk of the corporation who is a resident of the commonwealth or a resident agent appointed pursuant to section forty-nine shall forfeit not more than five hundred dollars to be recovered in the manner described by section one hundred and thirteen. If a corporation fails or refuses to file such a certificate within said thirty-day period following a change in the directors or in said officers, any director or officer involved in such change, or the personal representative of any deceased director or officer so involved, may evidence such change by filing a certificate thereof with the office of the state secretary, signed under the penalties of perjury, including a statement that a copy of the certificate has been delivered to the corporation or has been mailed to the principal office of the corporation, postage prepaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 146 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 146
Notice to state secretary
Status: in_force

Section 146. The county commissioners in each county shall forthwith notify the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county treasurer or of register of deeds; and the board of examiners shall give like notice to the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county commissioner, and in each case they shall send to him a copy of the precepts issued by them for an election.

Section 146. The county commissioners in each county shall forthwith notify the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county treasurer or of register of deeds; and the board of examiners shall give like notice to the state secretary of any vacancy in the office of county commissioner, and in each case they shall send to him a copy of the precepts issued by them for an election.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121E, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 121E / Section 6
Annual report; contents
Status: in_force

Section 6. The department shall annually file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets detailing all expenditures from the fund including, but not limited to, the recipient of the funds, the cost of administration and the number of units constructed, acquired and rehabilitated.

Section 6. The department shall annually file a report with the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on housing and the joint committee on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets detailing all expenditures from the fund including, but not limited to, the recipient of the funds, the cost of administration and the number of units constructed, acquired and rehabilitated.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, sec. 75 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 118E / Section 75
Performance reviews
Status: in_force

Section 75. (a) The council shall conduct a performance review every 2 years, submit a report of the review to the legislature and the governor and make the report available to the public upon submission to the governor and the legislature. (b) The performance review and report shall include an evaluation of the health, welfare and satisfaction with services provided of the consumers receiving long-term in-home personal care services from personal care attendants under sections 70 to 75, inclusive, including the degree to which all required services have been delivered, the degree to which consumers receiving services from personal care attendants have ultimately required additional or more intensive services, such as home health care, or have been placed in other residential settings or nursing homes, the promptness of response to consumer complaints and any other issue considered to be relevant. (c) The performance review report shall provide an explanation of the full cost of personal care services, including the administrative costs of the council, unemployment compensation, Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes paid and any oversight costs. (d) The performance review report shall make recommendations to the legislature and the governor for any amendments to sections 70 to 75, inclusive to further ensure the well-being of consumers, and the most efficient means of delivering required services.

Section 75. (a) The council shall conduct a performance review every 2 years, submit a report of the review to the legislature and the governor and make the report available to the public upon submission to the governor and the legislature.

(b) The performance review and report shall include an evaluation of the health, welfare and satisfaction with services provided of the consumers receiving long-term in-home personal care services from personal care attendants under sections 70 to 75, inclusive, including the degree to which all required services have been delivered, the degree to which consumers receiving services from personal care attendants have ultimately required additional or more intensive services, such as home health care, or have been placed in other residential settings or nursing homes, the promptness of response to consumer complaints and any other issue considered to be relevant.

(c) The performance review report shall provide an explanation of the full cost of personal care services, including the administrative costs of the council, unemployment compensation, Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes paid and any oversight costs.

(d) The performance review report shall make recommendations to the legislature and the governor for any amendments to sections 70 to 75, inclusive to further ensure the well-being of consumers, and the most efficient means of delivering required services.