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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 210 / Section 5
Failure to object after notice; proceedings
Status: in_force

Section 5. If, after such notice, a person whose consent is required does not appear and object to the adoption, the court may act upon the petition without his consent, subject to his right of appeal, or it may appoint a guardian ad litem with power to give or withhold consent.

Section 5. If, after such notice, a person whose consent is required does not appear and object to the adoption, the court may act upon the petition without his consent, subject to his right of appeal, or it may appoint a guardian ad litem with power to give or withhold consent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 69, sec. 1M — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 69 / Section 1M
Discretionary grant program
Status: in_force

Section 1M. The board shall establish a discretionary grant program for the purpose of providing planning grants to assist in the development and establishment of charter schools pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71.

Section 1M. The board shall establish a discretionary grant program for the purpose of providing planning grants to assist in the development and establishment of charter schools pursuant to section 89 of chapter 71.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 30 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 30
Courts' authority to compel filing of statements
Status: in_force

Section 30. The supreme judicial or superior court may compel any person failing to file a statement as above required, or filing a statement not conforming to the foregoing requirements in respect to its truth, sufficiently in detail, or otherwise, to file a sufficient statement, upon the application of the attorney general or district attorney or petition of any candidate voted for, or of any five persons qualified to vote at the election on account of which the expenditures, or any part thereof, were made or are alleged to have been made. Such petition shall be filed within sixty days after such election, if the statement was filed within the thirty days required, but a petition may be filed within thirty days of any payment not included in the statement so filed. Proceedings under this section shall be advanced for speedy trial upon the request of either party. No petition brought under this chapter shall be discontinued without the consent of the attorney general.

Section 30. The supreme judicial or superior court may compel any person failing to file a statement as above required, or filing a statement not conforming to the foregoing requirements in respect to its truth, sufficiently in detail, or otherwise, to file a sufficient statement, upon the application of the attorney general or district attorney or petition of any candidate voted for, or of any five persons qualified to vote at the election on account of which the expenditures, or any part thereof, were made or are alleged to have been made. Such petition shall be filed within sixty days after such election, if the statement was filed within the thirty days required, but a petition may be filed within thirty days of any payment not included in the statement so filed. Proceedings under this section shall be advanced for speedy trial upon the request of either party. No petition brought under this chapter shall be discontinued without the consent of the attorney general.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 55, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 55 / Section 36
Conduct of inquests
Status: in_force

Section 36. The court may exclude all persons whose presence is not necessary at such inquest; and may also direct the witnesses to be kept so separated that they cannot converse with each other until they have been examined. The attorney general, the district attorney, or some person designated by either, shall attend the inquest and examine the witnesses.

Section 36. The court may exclude all persons whose presence is not necessary at such inquest; and may also direct the witnesses to be kept so separated that they cannot converse with each other until they have been examined. The attorney general, the district attorney, or some person designated by either, shall attend the inquest and examine the witnesses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 9 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 9
Removal
Status: in_force

Section 9. If a register, upon presentment of the grand jury, is found guilty of misconduct in his official duties, or if from bodily or mental infirmity he is incapable in person of rightly performing the same, the county commissioners, or in Suffolk county the superior court, shall, after reasonable notice, remove him from office, and may order delivery of the books, papers and other things belonging to the office to their clerk or to a new register when appointed or elected.

Section 9. If a register, upon presentment of the grand jury, is found guilty of misconduct in his official duties, or if from bodily or mental infirmity he is incapable in person of rightly performing the same, the county commissioners, or in Suffolk county the superior court, shall, after reasonable notice, remove him from office, and may order delivery of the books, papers and other things belonging to the office to their clerk or to a new register when appointed or elected.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176F, sec. 8B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176F / Section 8B
Applicability of chapter 176W to optometric service corporations governed by this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 8B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to an optometric service corporation governed by this chapter.

Section 8B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to an optometric service corporation governed by this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176M, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176M / Section 7
Rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 7. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 7. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 98C — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 98C
Libel; groups of persons; defenses; punishment; prosecutions
Status: in_force

Section 98C. Whoever publishes any false written or printed material with intent to maliciously promote hatred of any group of persons in the commonwealth because of race, color or religion shall be guilty of libel and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The defendant may prove in defense that the publication was privileged or was not malicious. Prosecutions under this section shall be instituted only by the attorney general or by the district attorney for the district in which the alleged libel was published.

Section 98C. Whoever publishes any false written or printed material with intent to maliciously promote hatred of any group of persons in the commonwealth because of race, color or religion shall be guilty of libel and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. The defendant may prove in defense that the publication was privileged or was not malicious. Prosecutions under this section shall be instituted only by the attorney general or by the district attorney for the district in which the alleged libel was published.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 180H — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 180H
Contingent claims; distribution of assets of insolvent insurer
Status: in_force

Section 180H. Except as provided in section one hundred and eighty G, no contingent claim shall share in a distribution of the assets of an insurer which has been adjudicated to be insolvent by a decree made pursuant to section six or section one hundred and eighty C, except that such claims shall be considered, if properly presented, and may be allowed to share where (a) such claim becomes absolute against the insurer on or before the last day fixed by the court for filing of proofs of claim against the assets of such insurer, or (b) there is a surplus and the proceeding in which the decree was made is thereafter conducted upon the basis that such insurer is solvent.

Section 180H. Except as provided in section one hundred and eighty G, no contingent claim shall share in a distribution of the assets of an insurer which has been adjudicated to be insolvent by a decree made pursuant to section six or section one hundred and eighty C, except that such claims shall be considered, if properly presented, and may be allowed to share where (a) such claim becomes absolute against the insurer on or before the last day fixed by the court for filing of proofs of claim against the assets of such insurer, or (b) there is a surplus and the proceeding in which the decree was made is thereafter conducted upon the basis that such insurer is solvent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 198 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 198
Professional employer agreements; taxes, assessments or mandated expenditures on per capita or per employee basis, or upon total payroll basis
Status: in_force

Section 198. (a) A tax assessed or an assessment or a mandated expenditure on a per capita or per employee basis shall be assessed against the client for covered employees and against the PEO for its employees who are not covered employees involved in a PEO relationship with a client. Benefits or monetary consideration that meet the requirements of mandates imposed on a client and that are received by covered employees through the PEO through payroll or through benefit plans sponsored by the PEO shall be credited against the client's obligation to fulfill such mandates. (b) If there is a tax or an assessment imposed or calculated upon the basis of total payroll, the PEO shall be eligible to apply any small business allowance or exemption available to the client for the covered employees for purpose of computing the tax.

Section 198. (a) A tax assessed or an assessment or a mandated expenditure on a per capita or per employee basis shall be assessed against the client for covered employees and against the PEO for its employees who are not covered employees involved in a PEO relationship with a client. Benefits or monetary consideration that meet the requirements of mandates imposed on a client and that are received by covered employees through the PEO through payroll or through benefit plans sponsored by the PEO shall be credited against the client's obligation to fulfill such mandates.

(b) If there is a tax or an assessment imposed or calculated upon the basis of total payroll, the PEO shall be eligible to apply any small business allowance or exemption available to the client for the covered employees for purpose of computing the tax.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 5A
Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges
Status: in_force

Section 5A. For the purposes of this chapter, those community colleges within the system of public institutions of higher education established in section 5 shall collectively be known as the Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges.

Section 5A. For the purposes of this chapter, those community colleges within the system of public institutions of higher education established in section 5 shall collectively be known as the Governor Foster Furcolo Community Colleges.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 295T — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 295T
Jurisdiction of superior court; injunctions; prosecutions by district attorneys
Status: in_force

Section 295T. On complaint of any retail dealer the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act declared illegal by any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys, in their respective districts, to prosecute all violators of any provision of said sections.

Section 295T. On complaint of any retail dealer the superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act declared illegal by any provision of sections two hundred and ninety-five P to two hundred and ninety-five W, inclusive, and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys, in their respective districts, to prosecute all violators of any provision of said sections.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, sec. 16G — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 71 / Section 16G
Liability of towns for expenses of district
Status: in_force

Section 16G. No town in a regional school district shall be liable for any obligation imposed on any other town in said district by authority of sections fourteen to sixteen I, inclusive, or of any agreement thereunder, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 16G. No town in a regional school district shall be liable for any obligation imposed on any other town in said district by authority of sections fourteen to sixteen I, inclusive, or of any agreement thereunder, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part II / Title III / Chapter 208 / Section 5
Causes for divorce; exceptions to Sec. 4
Status: in_force

Section 5. If the plaintiff has lived in this commonwealth for one year last preceding the commencement of the action if the cause occurred without the commonwealth, or if the plaintiff is domiciled within the commonwealth at the time of the commencement of the action and the cause occurred within the commonwealth, a divorce may be adjudged for any cause allowed by law, unless it appears that the plaintiff has removed into this commonwealth for the purpose of obtaining a divorce.

Section 5. If the plaintiff has lived in this commonwealth for one year last preceding the commencement of the action if the cause occurred without the commonwealth, or if the plaintiff is domiciled within the commonwealth at the time of the commencement of the action and the cause occurred within the commonwealth, a divorce may be adjudged for any cause allowed by law, unless it appears that the plaintiff has removed into this commonwealth for the purpose of obtaining a divorce.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176L, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176L / Section 13
Enforcement of court orders
Status: in_force

Section 13. An order issued by any district court of the United States enjoining a risk retention group from soliciting or selling insurance, or operating in any state, or in all states or in any territory or possession of the United States, upon a finding that such a group is in hazardous financial or financially impaired condition shall be enforceable in the courts of the commonwealth.

Section 13. An order issued by any district court of the United States enjoining a risk retention group from soliciting or selling insurance, or operating in any state, or in all states or in any territory or possession of the United States, upon a finding that such a group is in hazardous financial or financially impaired condition shall be enforceable in the courts of the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 14 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 14
Actions by state; liability for costs
Status: in_force

Section 14. In civil actions and in proceedings which are instituted by, or in the name of, the commonwealth, and not at the relation, in behalf, or for the use, of a private person, the commonwealth shall be liable for costs as is an individual.

Section 14. In civil actions and in proceedings which are instituted by, or in the name of, the commonwealth, and not at the relation, in behalf, or for the use, of a private person, the commonwealth shall be liable for costs as is an individual.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 90B — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 90B
Waiver of pension or retirement allowance
Status: in_force

Section 90B. Any person retired from the service of the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, under any provision of any general or special law or any person claiming under any such retired employee whether as beneficiary, dependent or otherwise, may waive and renounce for himself, his heirs and legal representatives any portion of the pension or retirement allowance payable to him from the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, for such period as he may specify in such waiver and renunciation. Such person may, in lieu of specifying an exact period of time in such waiver and renunciation, include a provision that such shall remain in effect until further notice.

Section 90B. Any person retired from the service of the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, under any provision of any general or special law or any person claiming under any such retired employee whether as beneficiary, dependent or otherwise, may waive and renounce for himself, his heirs and legal representatives any portion of the pension or retirement allowance payable to him from the commonwealth, or any of its political subdivisions, for such period as he may specify in such waiver and renunciation. Such person may, in lieu of specifying an exact period of time in such waiver and renunciation, include a provision that such shall remain in effect until further notice.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 7
Cash books
Status: in_force

Section 7. He shall also keep a cash book, in which he shall enter all sums paid to him, as received, specifying the total amount of tax, abatements allowed, all interest charged, the total amount received and the date of receipt, the date and amount of every payment and disbursement made by him, and to whom paid, with such other matters as the town requires.

Section 7. He shall also keep a cash book, in which he shall enter all sums paid to him, as received, specifying the total amount of tax, abatements allowed, all interest charged, the total amount received and the date of receipt, the date and amount of every payment and disbursement made by him, and to whom paid, with such other matters as the town requires.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 214 / Section 18
Pending actions; taking papers from files
Status: in_force

Section 18. The original papers in a civil action pending in either court may be taken from the files in any county by counsel of record of either party, for use before the court, upon leaving a memorandum and receipt on such files, containing a short description of the papers so taken.

Section 18. The original papers in a civil action pending in either court may be taken from the files in any county by counsel of record of either party, for use before the court, upon leaving a memorandum and receipt on such files, containing a short description of the papers so taken.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 16
Appropriation for and care of public cemeteries
Status: in_force

Section 16. Any town may annually appropriate and raise by taxation such sums as may be necessary to care for and keep in good order and to protect by proper fences any or all burial grounds within the town in which ten or more bodies are interred and which are not properly cared for by the owners, and the care and protection of such burial grounds shall be in charge of the cemetery commissioners, if the town has such officers, otherwise in charge of the selectmen.

Section 16. Any town may annually appropriate and raise by taxation such sums as may be necessary to care for and keep in good order and to protect by proper fences any or all burial grounds within the town in which ten or more bodies are interred and which are not properly cared for by the owners, and the care and protection of such burial grounds shall be in charge of the cemetery commissioners, if the town has such officers, otherwise in charge of the selectmen.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 63
Unlawful exercise or departments abuse of power; commonwealth, commissions, officers, etc.; court restraint
Status: in_force

Section 63. If a department, commission, board, officer, employee or agent of the commonwealth is about to expend money or incur obligations purporting to bind the commonwealth for any purpose or object or in any manner other than that for and in which such department, commission, board, officer, employee or agent has the legal and constitutional right and power to expend money or incur obligations, the supreme judicial or superior court may, upon the petition of not less than 24 taxable inhabitants of the commonwealth, not more than 6 of whom shall be from any 1 county, determine the same in equity, and may, before the final determination of the cause, restrain the unlawful exercise or abuse of such right and power.

Section 63. If a department, commission, board, officer, employee or agent of the commonwealth is about to expend money or incur obligations purporting to bind the commonwealth for any purpose or object or in any manner other than that for and in which such department, commission, board, officer, employee or agent has the legal and constitutional right and power to expend money or incur obligations, the supreme judicial or superior court may, upon the petition of not less than 24 taxable inhabitants of the commonwealth, not more than 6 of whom shall be from any 1 county, determine the same in equity, and may, before the final determination of the cause, restrain the unlawful exercise or abuse of such right and power.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 157A, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 157A / Section 4
Revocation of election
Status: in_force

Section 4. An employee cooperative may revoke its election under this chapter by a vote of two-thirds of the members and through articles of amendment filed in accordance with section seventy-two of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B.

Section 4. An employee cooperative may revoke its election under this chapter by a vote of two-thirds of the members and through articles of amendment filed in accordance with section seventy-two of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23A, sec. 28A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23A / Section 28A
Corporations; foreign trade zones
Status: in_force

Section 28A. Any public, private or nonprofit corporation, existing under the laws of the commonwealth, may, subject to the approval of the city council in a city, the town council in a town having a town council, and the town meeting in any other town, apply for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone in accordance with the provisions of section 81a to 81u, inclusive, of Title 19 of the United States Code Annotated, known as the Foreign Trade Zone Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the greater Fall River area, which shall include the city of Fall River and the towns of Swansea, Westport and Somerset, shall be authorized to make application to the federal foreign trade zone board.

Section 28A. Any public, private or nonprofit corporation, existing under the laws of the commonwealth, may, subject to the approval of the city council in a city, the town council in a town having a town council, and the town meeting in any other town, apply for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone in accordance with the provisions of section 81a to 81u, inclusive, of Title 19 of the United States Code Annotated, known as the Foreign Trade Zone Act.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the greater Fall River area, which shall include the city of Fall River and the towns of Swansea, Westport and Somerset, shall be authorized to make application to the federal foreign trade zone board.