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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211B, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 211B / Section 22
Delivery of criminal case disposition information to department of state police
Status: in_force

Section 22. For the purposes of updating the criminal history record, the trial court shall electronically send to the department of state police all criminal case disposition information for the offender, including sealing and expungement orders and dismissals, together with the corresponding offense-based tracking number and fingerprint-based state identification number, to the extent that the offender has been assigned such numbers and the numbers have been provided to the court.

Section 22. For the purposes of updating the criminal history record, the trial court shall electronically send to the department of state police all criminal case disposition information for the offender, including sealing and expungement orders and dismissals, together with the corresponding offense-based tracking number and fingerprint-based state identification number, to the extent that the offender has been assigned such numbers and the numbers have been provided to the court.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 277 / Section 18
Circumstances of the act
Status: in_force

Section 18. The circumstances of the act may be stated according to their legal effect, without a full description thereof.

Section 18. The circumstances of the act may be stated according to their legal effect, without a full description thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 49 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 49
Certificate of good standing
Status: in_force

Section 49. A registered limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be in good standing with the secretary of the commonwealth if such registered limited liability partnership appears from the records of said secretary to have been duly registered and has filed all annual reports and paid all fees then due to the secretary of the commonwealth, and the registration of the registered limited liability partnership has not been withdrawn or revoked pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) of section forty-five. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the state secretary shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any registered limited liability partnership meeting the requirements of this section, that such registered limited liability partnership appears from the records in his office to exist and to be in good standing, and the identity of any and all partners authorized to act with respect to real property instruments who are named in the registration of the registered limited liability partnership, as amended.

Section 49. A registered limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be in good standing with the secretary of the commonwealth if such registered limited liability partnership appears from the records of said secretary to have been duly registered and has filed all annual reports and paid all fees then due to the secretary of the commonwealth, and the registration of the registered limited liability partnership has not been withdrawn or revoked pursuant to subsection (5) or (6) of section forty-five. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the state secretary shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any registered limited liability partnership meeting the requirements of this section, that such registered limited liability partnership appears from the records in his office to exist and to be in good standing, and the identity of any and all partners authorized to act with respect to real property instruments who are named in the registration of the registered limited liability partnership, as amended.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23, sec. 9S — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23 / Section 9S
Joint labor-management committee
Status: in_force

Section 9S. There shall be within the division the joint labor-management committee as established by chapter 1078 of the acts of 1973, and as most recently amended by chapter 589 of the acts of 1987.

Section 9S. There shall be within the division the joint labor-management committee as established by chapter 1078 of the acts of 1973, and as most recently amended by chapter 589 of the acts of 1987.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, sec. 71C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 151A / Section 71C
Partial closing of facility; identification; regulations; eligibility for reemployment assistance benefits
Status: in_force

Section 71C. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the Massachusetts industrial advisory board, identify and assess various categories of partial closings. Subsequently, the commissioner shall, by regulation, identify those partial closings that are deemed to fall within the intent of sections seventy-one A to seventy-one G, inclusive. Any proposed regulations to be issued pursuant to this section shall be filed with the clerk of the house and the clerk of the senate thirty days before publishing a notice of a public hearing, pursuant to section two of chapter thirty A. Subject to appropriation, employees whose employment is terminated in covered partial closings established by said regulations shall be eligible for the reemployment assistance benefits established by section seventy-one F and health insurance benefits established by section seventy-one G.

Section 71C. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the Massachusetts industrial advisory board, identify and assess various categories of partial closings. Subsequently, the commissioner shall, by regulation, identify those partial closings that are deemed to fall within the intent of sections seventy-one A to seventy-one G, inclusive. Any proposed regulations to be issued pursuant to this section shall be filed with the clerk of the house and the clerk of the senate thirty days before publishing a notice of a public hearing, pursuant to section two of chapter thirty A. Subject to appropriation, employees whose employment is terminated in covered partial closings established by said regulations shall be eligible for the reemployment assistance benefits established by section seventy-one F and health insurance benefits established by section seventy-one G.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 38 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 38
Order of commissioner; compliance; exoneration from criminal liability
Status: in_force

Section 38. The order of the commissioner, duly issued under section thirty-five, shall authorize the petitioner to do all acts necessary to be done in compliance therewith; and if it is shown that the petitioner has substantially complied with such order, no indictment shall be maintained for the flowage of, or injury to, the ways mentioned in such order, which may be caused by the dam.

Section 38. The order of the commissioner, duly issued under section thirty-five, shall authorize the petitioner to do all acts necessary to be done in compliance therewith; and if it is shown that the petitioner has substantially complied with such order, no indictment shall be maintained for the flowage of, or injury to, the ways mentioned in such order, which may be caused by the dam.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161 / Section 73
Authorization to grant while bridge closed
Status: in_force

Section 73. If a bridge upon which a company is authorized to lay and use tracks is being or is to be altered, rebuilt, improved or repaired, the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town on petition of the president or a majority of the directors of such company may grant a temporary location for the extension of the tracks of such company in any public way in such city or town so as to provide such connection between the existing tracks of such company upon either side of such bridge as will prevent any interruption of proper transportation facilities by reason of such alteration, improvement, rebuilding or repair, and may prescribe how said tracks shall be laid and the kind of rails, poles, wires and other appliances to be used. Such location shall not be valid unless the board of aldermen or selectmen file with the clerk of the city or town concerned a certificate that the granting of the location is consistent with the public interest. In no case shall a location be valid unless, within thirty days after the filing of the said certificate or after the entering of a decree by the department, a majority of the directors of the company shall file with the body granting the location a written acceptance thereof.

Section 73. If a bridge upon which a company is authorized to lay and use tracks is being or is to be altered, rebuilt, improved or repaired, the board of aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town on petition of the president or a majority of the directors of such company may grant a temporary location for the extension of the tracks of such company in any public way in such city or town so as to provide such connection between the existing tracks of such company upon either side of such bridge as will prevent any interruption of proper transportation facilities by reason of such alteration, improvement, rebuilding or repair, and may prescribe how said tracks shall be laid and the kind of rails, poles, wires and other appliances to be used. Such location shall not be valid unless the board of aldermen or selectmen file with the clerk of the city or town concerned a certificate that the granting of the location is consistent with the public interest. In no case shall a location be valid unless, within thirty days after the filing of the said certificate or after the entering of a decree by the department, a majority of the directors of the company shall file with the body granting the location a written acceptance thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 21
Election of alternative corporate governance procedures; designation in by-laws of body of law selected for corporate governance procedure
Status: in_force

Section 21. A bank's corporate governance procedures shall comply with banking laws and regulations and safe and sound banking practices. To the extent not inconsistent with the above, a bank may elect to follow the corporate governance procedures of chapter 156D or the law of the state in which its holding company is organized. A bank shall designate in its by-laws the body of law selected for its corporate governance procedures.

Section 21. A bank's corporate governance procedures shall comply with banking laws and regulations and safe and sound banking practices. To the extent not inconsistent with the above, a bank may elect to follow the corporate governance procedures of chapter 156D or the law of the state in which its holding company is organized. A bank shall designate in its by-laws the body of law selected for its corporate governance procedures.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 163 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 163
Tools and devices carried on trains
Status: in_force

Section 163. Every railroad corporation shall equip each of the trains and cars owned or operated by it, for use in case of accident and for safety purposes, with such tools and devices as the department shall order in writing. Said tools and devices shall be kept in a place which shall be so marked as to be easily visible to all passengers. A corporation which violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit five hundred dollars.

Section 163. Every railroad corporation shall equip each of the trains and cars owned or operated by it, for use in case of accident and for safety purposes, with such tools and devices as the department shall order in writing. Said tools and devices shall be kept in a place which shall be so marked as to be easily visible to all passengers. A corporation which violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 215, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 215 / Section 36
Judgments, decrees and orders; necessity of writing; notices; recording
Status: reserved

Section 36. Judgments, decrees and orders of probate courts shall be in writing, and in contested cases or in cases wherein the court has reserved judgment, notices thereof shall be given by the registers to the attorneys of record, and in the absence of an attorney of record, to any party who has appeared personally and given his address. The registers shall record in books or electronically such judgments, decrees, orders and other proceedings in said courts and such instruments, as shall be determined by rules made from time to time under section thirty, by entering the same upon the pages thereof in fair and legible handwriting, printing, typewriting, or by photographic process, or by any combination of any two or more of such methods. They may also direct the recording of any judgments, decrees, orders, instruments and other proceedings in their offices, irrespective of the time when such judgments, decrees, orders, instruments or other proceedings were made, received or held, by means of microphotography or other similar photographic process or electronically, and, in such case need not maintain books for such records, but shall provide such filing equipment therefor as they deem proper, the cost of which shall be paid by the county. When such recording is by photographic process, registers shall keep an alphabetical index thereof, or other appropriate description of and reference to the film upon which such recording may be found.

Section 36. Judgments, decrees and orders of probate courts shall be in writing, and in contested cases or in cases wherein the court has reserved judgment, notices thereof shall be given by the registers to the attorneys of record, and in the absence of an attorney of record, to any party who has appeared personally and given his address. The registers shall record in books or electronically such judgments, decrees, orders and other proceedings in said courts and such instruments, as shall be determined by rules made from time to time under section thirty, by entering the same upon the pages thereof in fair and legible handwriting, printing, typewriting, or by photographic process, or by any combination of any two or more of such methods. They may also direct the recording of any judgments, decrees, orders, instruments and other proceedings in their offices, irrespective of the time when such judgments, decrees, orders, instruments or other proceedings were made, received or held, by means of microphotography or other similar photographic process or electronically, and, in such case need not maintain books for such records, but shall provide such filing equipment therefor as they deem proper, the cost of which shall be paid by the county. When such recording is by photographic process, registers shall keep an alphabetical index thereof, or other appropriate description of and reference to the film upon which such recording may be found.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 255C, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 255C / Section 23
Truth-in-lending act; application
Status: in_force

Section 23. A transaction subject to the provisions of this chapter shall also be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty D and a premium finance agency subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and said chapter one hundred and forty D, the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D shall control.

Section 23. A transaction subject to the provisions of this chapter shall also be subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty D and a premium finance agency subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and said chapter one hundred and forty D, the provisions of said chapter one hundred and forty D shall control.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 147, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 147 / Section 8
County police; appointment; badge; powers
Status: in_force

Section 8. County commissioners may appoint as police officers persons who are in the employment of the county, who shall, when on duty, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words ''County Police'' and the name of the county for which they are appointed. Such officers may preserve order in any court house or in any room or building used for county business and upon the adjoining premises. They may, without a warrant, arrest idle or disorderly persons who by their presence or conduct obstruct or annoy persons using county buildings or premises, or who violate section ninety-seven of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, and may take persons so arrested to the nearest police station or other place of lawful detention.

Section 8. County commissioners may appoint as police officers persons who are in the employment of the county, who shall, when on duty, wear in plain sight a metallic badge inscribed with the words ''County Police'' and the name of the county for which they are appointed. Such officers may preserve order in any court house or in any room or building used for county business and upon the adjoining premises. They may, without a warrant, arrest idle or disorderly persons who by their presence or conduct obstruct or annoy persons using county buildings or premises, or who violate section ninety-seven of chapter two hundred and sixty-six, and may take persons so arrested to the nearest police station or other place of lawful detention.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 19B — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 19B
State aid; annual reports by libraries; requisites for aid
Status: in_force

Section 19B. The board of library commissioners, in setting up minimum standards of free public library service and in certifying such libraries for aid under section nineteen A shall require the filing of an annual report and shall require that such public libraries (1) be open to all residents of the commonwealth, (2) make no charge for normal library services, (3) be kept open a minimum number of hours per week, (4) employ trained personnel in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board of library commissioners; provided, however, that in cities of more than one hundred and fifty thousand residents, nothing in said regulations shall prevent the appointing authority from employing a chief executive officer of the library system in addition to the chief librarian, (5) expend a reasonable portion of the library's total budget on library materials, (6) lend books to other libraries in the commonwealth and extend privileges to the holders of cards issued by other public libraries in the commonwealth on a reciprocal basis, (7) include in their annual report the total number of nonresident loans and nonresident circulation as a percentage of the library's total circulation, as certified by the librarian and subject to an audit by the state auditor.

Section 19B. The board of library commissioners, in setting up minimum standards of free public library service and in certifying such libraries for aid under section nineteen A shall require the filing of an annual report and shall require that such public libraries

(1) be open to all residents of the commonwealth,

(2) make no charge for normal library services,

(3) be kept open a minimum number of hours per week,

(4) employ trained personnel in accordance with regulations promulgated by the board of library commissioners; provided, however, that in cities of more than one hundred and fifty thousand residents, nothing in said regulations shall prevent the appointing authority from employing a chief executive officer of the library system in addition to the chief librarian,

(5) expend a reasonable portion of the library's total budget on library materials,

(6) lend books to other libraries in the commonwealth and extend privileges to the holders of cards issued by other public libraries in the commonwealth on a reciprocal basis,

(7) include in their annual report the total number of nonresident loans and nonresident circulation as a percentage of the library's total circulation, as certified by the librarian and subject to an audit by the state auditor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 11
Double or treble costs; allowance
Status: in_force

Section 11. If double or treble costs are allowed, the witness fees, the costs of taking depositions, of procuring evidence and of copies and all court dues, shall be taxed and recovered singly, and the remainder only of the taxable costs shall be doubled or trebled.

Section 11. If double or treble costs are allowed, the witness fees, the costs of taking depositions, of procuring evidence and of copies and all court dues, shall be taxed and recovered singly, and the remainder only of the taxable costs shall be doubled or trebled.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21A, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21A / Section 3
Functions of secretary; report
Status: in_force

Section 3. The secretary shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of the office and shall coordinate the activities and programs of the departments and divisions within the office. He shall continually review the operations of the office with a view toward improving administrative organization, procedures and practices, promoting economy and efficiency. He shall prepare annually a report of the organization and activities of the office as individually reported by the various departments and divisions within the office, the assignment of functions to various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which, and the methods whereby, the public may receive information or may make requests, and such other matters as he deem appropriate. The secretary shall annually evaluate the status of the natural resources of the commonwealth. This evaluation shall be submitted as a part of the report referred to in the preceding paragraph, and it shall be accompanied by recommendations for appropriate actions to be taken to protect the environmental quality of the commonwealth or to conserve and preserve the natural resources of the commonwealth. In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter the secretary may, and is encouraged to, seek the laboratory, technical, education, and research skills and facilities of state institutions of higher learning.

Section 3. The secretary shall conduct comprehensive planning with respect to the functions of the office and shall coordinate the activities and programs of the departments and divisions within the office. He shall continually review the operations of the office with a view toward improving administrative organization, procedures and practices, promoting economy and efficiency.

He shall prepare annually a report of the organization and activities of the office as individually reported by the various departments and divisions within the office, the assignment of functions to various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which, and the methods whereby, the public may receive information or may make requests, and such other matters as he deem appropriate.

The secretary shall annually evaluate the status of the natural resources of the commonwealth. This evaluation shall be submitted as a part of the report referred to in the preceding paragraph, and it shall be accompanied by recommendations for appropriate actions to be taken to protect the environmental quality of the commonwealth or to conserve and preserve the natural resources of the commonwealth.

In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter the secretary may, and is encouraged to, seek the laboratory, technical, education, and research skills and facilities of state institutions of higher learning.