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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 91
Forfeiture of animal or property used or employed in violation of Sec. 94; application; notice; hearing; adjudication; assessment of forfeited animal for suitability for adoption; transfer or other disposition of animal
Status: in_force

Section 91. After seizure and removal of animals or property used or employed, or intended to be used or employed, in violation of section 94, application shall be made to a court having jurisdiction over the offense for a decree of forfeiture of the animals or property. If after a hearing on the application, notice thereof having been previously given as the court orders, it shall be found that the animals, at the time of seizure, were engaged in or were intended to be engaged in fighting at an exhibition thereof or the animals were owned, possessed, kept, trained, bred, loaned, sold, exported or otherwise transferred in violation of section 94, such animals shall be adjudged forfeited. A forfeited animal shall be individually assessed by the organization to which it is forfeited to determine the animal's suitability for adoption or the organization shall transfer it to another organization or for another disposition. Any person shall be allowed to appear as claimant in the proceeding upon the application for a decree of forfeiture.

Section 91. After seizure and removal of animals or property used or employed, or intended to be used or employed, in violation of section 94, application shall be made to a court having jurisdiction over the offense for a decree of forfeiture of the animals or property. If after a hearing on the application, notice thereof having been previously given as the court orders, it shall be found that the animals, at the time of seizure, were engaged in or were intended to be engaged in fighting at an exhibition thereof or the animals were owned, possessed, kept, trained, bred, loaned, sold, exported or otherwise transferred in violation of section 94, such animals shall be adjudged forfeited. A forfeited animal shall be individually assessed by the organization to which it is forfeited to determine the animal's suitability for adoption or the organization shall transfer it to another organization or for another disposition. Any person shall be allowed to appear as claimant in the proceeding upon the application for a decree of forfeiture.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 102 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 102
Effect of Secs. 98 to 101A on authority of courts
Status: in_force

Section 102. Sections ninety-eight to one hundred and one A, inclusive, shall not affect the authority of the courts to require the keeping by their probation officers of probation records in addition to those necessary to conform to forms of records and reports prescribed by the commissioner of probation nor the authority of the courts to approve expenses and disbursements relating to the probation system.

Section 102. Sections ninety-eight to one hundred and one A, inclusive, shall not affect the authority of the courts to require the keeping by their probation officers of probation records in addition to those necessary to conform to forms of records and reports prescribed by the commissioner of probation nor the authority of the courts to approve expenses and disbursements relating to the probation system.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 54
Remarriage of payor; income from second job or overtime work
Status: in_force

Section 54. (a) In the event of the payor's remarriage, income and assets of the payor's spouse shall not be considered in a redetermination of alimony in a modification action. (b) Income from a second job or overtime work shall be presumed immaterial to alimony modification if: (1) a party works more than a single full-time equivalent position; and (2) the second job or overtime began after entry of the initial order.

Section 54. (a) In the event of the payor's remarriage, income and assets of the payor's spouse shall not be considered in a redetermination of alimony in a modification action.

(b) Income from a second job or overtime work shall be presumed immaterial to alimony modification if:

(1) a party works more than a single full-time equivalent position; and

(2) the second job or overtime began after entry of the initial order.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 170, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 170 / Section 2
Powers
Status: in_force

Section 2. A co-operative bank shall have all the powers expressly granted by law and whatever further incidental powers may fairly be implied from those expressly conferred and such as are reasonably necessary to enable it to exercise fully those powers according to common or accepted banking customs and usages.

Section 2. A co-operative bank shall have all the powers expressly granted by law and whatever further incidental powers may fairly be implied from those expressly conferred and such as are reasonably necessary to enable it to exercise fully those powers according to common or accepted banking customs and usages.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 5G — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 5G
Communication with professional organizations or board; liability; counsel fees and costs
Status: in_force

Section 5G. (a) No person or health care provider who communicates with a peer review committee, administrative subcommittee, ethics committee or other similar committee of a health care provider, professional society of health care providers or entity which pays professional liability claims on behalf of any health care provider shall be liable in any cause of action arising out of the providing or receiving of such communication provided that such person or health care provider acts in good faith and with a reasonable belief that such communication was warranted in connection with or in furtherance of the functions of such committee. (b) No person who reports information to the board as required in section five A through section five F inclusive, or as required in any other law or regulation shall be liable in any cause of action arising out of such report provided that such person acts in good faith and with a reasonable belief that such report was required. If such an action is instituted against a person who reports to the board as required in sections five A to five F, inclusive, and such action is determined by the court to be insubstantial, frivolous and not advanced in good faith, then such person defending such action may be awarded reasonable counsel fees and other costs and expenses incurred in defending against such action pursuant to section six F of chapter two hundred and thirty-one.

Section 5G. (a) No person or health care provider who communicates with a peer review committee, administrative subcommittee, ethics committee or other similar committee of a health care provider, professional society of health care providers or entity which pays professional liability claims on behalf of any health care provider shall be liable in any cause of action arising out of the providing or receiving of such communication provided that such person or health care provider acts in good faith and with a reasonable belief that such communication was warranted in connection with or in furtherance of the functions of such committee.

(b) No person who reports information to the board as required in section five A through section five F inclusive, or as required in any other law or regulation shall be liable in any cause of action arising out of such report provided that such person acts in good faith and with a reasonable belief that such report was required. If such an action is instituted against a person who reports to the board as required in sections five A to five F, inclusive, and such action is determined by the court to be insubstantial, frivolous and not advanced in good faith, then such person defending such action may be awarded reasonable counsel fees and other costs and expenses incurred in defending against such action pursuant to section six F of chapter two hundred and thirty-one.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 42F — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 42F
Rules and regulations; meetings of trustees; quorum
Status: in_force

Section 42F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, the trustees may adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations for the government of the college or institute, for the management, control and administration of its affairs, for its faculty, students and employees, and for the regulation of their own body, as they may deem necessary, and may impose reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. The trustees shall publish such rules and regulations and shall file copies thereof with the governor, the commission on administration and finance, and the joint committee on ways and means. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meetings and the manner of giving notice thereof. Nine members shall constitute a quorum.

Section 42F. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, except as herein provided, the trustees may adopt, amend or repeal such rules and regulations for the government of the college or institute, for the management, control and administration of its affairs, for its faculty, students and employees, and for the regulation of their own body, as they may deem necessary, and may impose reasonable penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations. The trustees shall publish such rules and regulations and shall file copies thereof with the governor, the commission on administration and finance, and the joint committee on ways and means. The trustees shall determine the time and place of their meetings and the manner of giving notice thereof. Nine members shall constitute a quorum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 184, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 184 / Section 3
Contingent remainders; taking effect; limitations
Status: in_force

Section 3. A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any determination of the particular estate, in the same manner in which it would have taken effect if it had been an executory devise or a springing or shifting use, and shall, as well as such limitations, be subject to the rule respecting remoteness known as the rule against perpetuities, exclusive of any other supposed rule respecting limitations to successive generations or double possibilities; but this section, except so far as declaratory of existing law, shall apply only to instruments executed on or after April sixth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and to wills and codicils revived or confirmed by a will or codicil executed on or after said date.

Section 3. A contingent remainder shall take effect, notwithstanding any determination of the particular estate, in the same manner in which it would have taken effect if it had been an executory devise or a springing or shifting use, and shall, as well as such limitations, be subject to the rule respecting remoteness known as the rule against perpetuities, exclusive of any other supposed rule respecting limitations to successive generations or double possibilities; but this section, except so far as declaratory of existing law, shall apply only to instruments executed on or after April sixth, nineteen hundred and sixteen, and to wills and codicils revived or confirmed by a will or codicil executed on or after said date.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156 / Section 47
Annual report of condition; contents
Status: in_force

Section 47. Every corporation shall annually, within four months after the close of its fiscal year but not before the date fixed in its by-laws for its annual meeting, or the final adjournment of said meeting, prepare and submit to the secretary a report of condition which shall be signed and sworn to by an officer of the corporation, stating:— 1. The name of the corporation. 2. The location (with street address) of its principal office in the commonwealth, and elsewhere in the case of a corporation organized to do business wholly outside the commonwealth. 3. The total amount of its authorized capital stock so far as it consists of shares with par value, and the total number of its shares without par value authorized to be issued; the amount of stock with par value, and the number of shares without par value, issued and outstanding and the amount then paid thereon; the class or classes, if any, into which it is divided; the par value, if any, and the number of its shares. 4. The names and addresses of all the directors and officers of the corporation, and the date at which the term of office of each expires.

Section 47. Every corporation shall annually, within four months after the close of its fiscal year but not before the date fixed in its by-laws for its annual meeting, or the final adjournment of said meeting, prepare and submit to the secretary a report of condition which shall be signed and sworn to by an officer of the corporation, stating:—

1. The name of the corporation.

2. The location (with street address) of its principal office in the commonwealth, and elsewhere in the case of a corporation organized to do business wholly outside the commonwealth.

3. The total amount of its authorized capital stock so far as it consists of shares with par value, and the total number of its shares without par value authorized to be issued; the amount of stock with par value, and the number of shares without par value, issued and outstanding and the amount then paid thereon; the class or classes, if any, into which it is divided; the par value, if any, and the number of its shares.

4. The names and addresses of all the directors and officers of the corporation, and the date at which the term of office of each expires.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 113A / Section 16
Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 16. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person who for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of such part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by a fine of not more than $50,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment. (b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.

Section 16. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person who for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of such part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual's death shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, or by a fine of not more than $50,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b) A person may charge a reasonable amount for the removal, processing, preservation, quality control, storage, transportation, implantation, or disposal of a part.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 174B, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 174B / Section 1
Title of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Automobile Club Services Act''.

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the ''Automobile Club Services Act''.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 62
Limitations
Status: in_force

Section 62. A company shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railway for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court, nor, except as provided in the three following sections and in section one hundred and twenty-three, shall it sell its railway unless authorized so to do by its charter or by special act of the general court.

Section 62. A company shall not lease or contract for the operation of its railway for a period of more than ninety-nine years without the consent of the general court, nor, except as provided in the three following sections and in section one hundred and twenty-three, shall it sell its railway unless authorized so to do by its charter or by special act of the general court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 42A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 42A
Disturbance of funeral services
Status: in_force

Section 42A. Whoever pickets, loiters or otherwise creates a disturbance within five hundred feet of a funeral home, church or temple or other building where funeral services are being held, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year in a house of correction, or both.

Section 42A. Whoever pickets, loiters or otherwise creates a disturbance within five hundred feet of a funeral home, church or temple or other building where funeral services are being held, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year in a house of correction, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 74, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 74 / Section 14
Practical arts classes; required age of students
Status: in_force

Section 14. Towns may, through school committees or trustees for vocational education, establish and maintain practical art classes. Such classes shall be open to persons over sixteen years of age, and may be established and maintained as approved state aided practical art classes under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, so far as not inconsistent therewith. Regional school districts established under sections fourteen and fifteen of chapter seventy-one, if the agreement for the establishment of the district, either as originally adopted or as subsequently amended, so provides, may through the regional district school committee establish and maintain such practical art classes. School committees or trustees for vocational education may in addition to the courses approved by the department of education establish and maintain such evening practical art courses as in their opinion they deem expedient and necessary, and may, upon request to the state board and with its approval, hire provisionally in the absence of certified evening practical arts teachers such teachers who may not be certified but are qualified through experience to teach such practical arts courses until such time as such teachers are certified or certified evening practical arts teachers are available.

Section 14. Towns may, through school committees or trustees for vocational education, establish and maintain practical art classes. Such classes shall be open to persons over sixteen years of age, and may be established and maintained as approved state aided practical art classes under sections one to twenty-two, inclusive, so far as not inconsistent therewith.

Regional school districts established under sections fourteen and fifteen of chapter seventy-one, if the agreement for the establishment of the district, either as originally adopted or as subsequently amended, so provides, may through the regional district school committee establish and maintain such practical art classes.

School committees or trustees for vocational education may in addition to the courses approved by the department of education establish and maintain such evening practical art courses as in their opinion they deem expedient and necessary, and may, upon request to the state board and with its approval, hire provisionally in the absence of certified evening practical arts teachers such teachers who may not be certified but are qualified through experience to teach such practical arts courses until such time as such teachers are certified or certified evening practical arts teachers are available.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 159C, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 159C / Section 9
Defense to action or proceeding for violation
Status: in_force

Section 9. It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent unsolicited telephonic sales calls in violation of this chapter.

Section 9. It shall be a defense in any action or proceeding brought pursuant to this chapter that the defendant has established and implemented, with due care, reasonable practices and procedures to effectively prevent unsolicited telephonic sales calls in violation of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 45A — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 45A
Amount of pension payable to person retired under Sec. 44
Status: in_force

Section 45A. In any city or town to which section forty-four applies and which accepts this section in the manner set forth in section forty-five, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement.

Section 45A. In any city or town to which section forty-four applies and which accepts this section in the manner set forth in section forty-five, the pension payable to a person retired under said section forty-four shall be one half of the highest salary or other compensation received by him while he was holding the grade held by him at his retirement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44B, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44B / Section 14
State grants
Status: in_force

Section 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, every city and town may accept sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and may thereupon receive state grants under section 10. A city or town that accepts said sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall not be precluded from participating in state grant programs. State grant programs may include local adoption of this chapter among the criteria for selection of grant recipients. Funds in the Community Preservation Fund may be made available and used by the city or town as the local share for state or federal grants upon recommendation of the community preservation committee and the legislative body, as provided for in section 5, if such grants and such local share are used in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the community preservation committee.

Section 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, every city and town may accept sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and may thereupon receive state grants under section 10. A city or town that accepts said sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall not be precluded from participating in state grant programs.

State grant programs may include local adoption of this chapter among the criteria for selection of grant recipients. Funds in the Community Preservation Fund may be made available and used by the city or town as the local share for state or federal grants upon recommendation of the community preservation committee and the legislative body, as provided for in section 5, if such grants and such local share are used in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the community preservation committee.