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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176V, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176V / Section 8
Failure to timely file ORSA summary report; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 8. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the ORSA summary report as required in this chapter shall be required, after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of $500 for each day the report is delayed, to be recovered by the commissioner. The maximum penalty pursuant to this section shall be $10,000. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.

Section 8. Any insurer failing, without just cause, to timely file the ORSA summary report as required in this chapter shall be required, after notice and hearing, to pay a penalty of $500 for each day the report is delayed, to be recovered by the commissioner. The maximum penalty pursuant to this section shall be $10,000. The commissioner may reduce the penalty if the insurer demonstrates to the commissioner that the imposition of the penalty would constitute a financial hardship to the insurer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 44 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 44
Court-decreed dissolution
Status: in_force

Section 44. On application by or for a member or manager the superior court department of the trial court may decree dissolution of a limited liability company whenever it is not reasonably practicable to carry on its business in conformity with the certificate of organization or the operating agreement.

Section 44. On application by or for a member or manager the superior court department of the trial court may decree dissolution of a limited liability company whenever it is not reasonably practicable to carry on its business in conformity with the certificate of organization or the operating agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 261, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 261 / Section 18
Arbitrators and courts; powers; effect of this chapter
Status: in_force

Section 18. This chapter shall not affect the power of arbitrators or referees to award costs; nor the power of a court to require costs to be paid by either party as the condition of an amendment, continuance or other order which is passed upon his motion, or to withhold and refuse costs on like occasions.

Section 18. This chapter shall not affect the power of arbitrators or referees to award costs; nor the power of a court to require costs to be paid by either party as the condition of an amendment, continuance or other order which is passed upon his motion, or to withhold and refuse costs on like occasions.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, sec. 136 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 112 / Section 136
Social workers; licenses; effective date; expiration; renewal; continuing education requirements, waiver
Status: in_force

Section 136. All licenses shall be effective when issued by the board. The license of licensed certified social workers, including those engaged in independent clinical practice, licensed social workers and licensed social work associates shall expire on a date to be determined by the board. A license may be renewed by the payment of the renewal fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and by the completion and submission on a form provided by the board of a sworn statement by the applicant that his license has been neither revoked nor is currently suspended and that he has not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude in connection with the practice of social work. The application for renewal may be made within one year of the expiration of the license. At the time of license renewal, each applicant shall present satisfactory evidence that in the period since the license was issued, he has completed the continuing education requirements specified by the board. In the case of renewal of licenses for state, county, and municipal employees, the continuing education requirement shall be waived provided that the applicant can show satisfactory evidence of his continued employment in the field of social work during this period of time.

Section 136. All licenses shall be effective when issued by the board. The license of licensed certified social workers, including those engaged in independent clinical practice, licensed social workers and licensed social work associates shall expire on a date to be determined by the board.

A license may be renewed by the payment of the renewal fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven and by the completion and submission on a form provided by the board of a sworn statement by the applicant that his license has been neither revoked nor is currently suspended and that he has not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude in connection with the practice of social work.

The application for renewal may be made within one year of the expiration of the license.

At the time of license renewal, each applicant shall present satisfactory evidence that in the period since the license was issued, he has completed the continuing education requirements specified by the board.

In the case of renewal of licenses for state, county, and municipal employees, the continuing education requirement shall be waived provided that the applicant can show satisfactory evidence of his continued employment in the field of social work during this period of time.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30B, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30B / Section 3
Procurement contracts; files
Status: in_force

Section 3. A procurement officer who awards a contract in the amount of $10,000 or more shall maintain a file on each such contract and shall include in such file a copy of all written documents required by this chapter. Written documents required by this chapter shall be retained by the governmental body for at least six years from the date of final payment under the contract. Except as provided by paragraph (d) of section six, the records shall be open to public inspection.

Section 3. A procurement officer who awards a contract in the amount of $10,000 or more shall maintain a file on each such contract and shall include in such file a copy of all written documents required by this chapter. Written documents required by this chapter shall be retained by the governmental body for at least six years from the date of final payment under the contract. Except as provided by paragraph (d) of section six, the records shall be open to public inspection.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 113A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 113A / Section 10
Manner of making, amending, or revoking anatomical gift of decedent's body or part
Status: in_force

Section 10. (a) An individual authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the individual making the gift or by that individual's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication. (b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized in section 9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is or becomes reasonably available after the execution of the document of gift. If more than 1 member of the prior class is or becomes reasonably available after the document of gift was executed, the gift made by an individual authorized under section 9 may be: (1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to amend of the gift; or (2) revoked if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if the available members are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift. (c) A revocation under subsection (b) shall be effective only if the procurement organization, transplant hospital, physician or technician knows of the revocation before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before an invasive procedure has begun to prepare the recipient.

Section 10. (a) An individual authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 9 may make an anatomical gift by a document of gift signed by the individual making the gift or by that individual's oral communication that is electronically recorded or is contemporaneously reduced to a record and signed by the individual receiving the oral communication.

(b) Subject to subsection (c), an anatomical gift by a person authorized in section 9 may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a prior class who is or becomes reasonably available after the execution of the document of gift. If more than 1 member of the prior class is or becomes reasonably available after the document of gift was executed, the gift made by an individual authorized under section 9 may be:

(1) amended only if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to amend of the gift; or

(2) revoked if a majority of the reasonably available members agree to the revoking of the gift or if the available members are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.

(c) A revocation under subsection (b) shall be effective only if the procurement organization, transplant hospital, physician or technician knows of the revocation before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before an invasive procedure has begun to prepare the recipient.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 17
Teaching learning corps program
Status: in_force

Section 17. The council, subject to appropriation, shall establish a program entitled the ''teaching learning corps''. The program shall provide school districts choosing to participate, which contain a significant proportion of low-income students or a significant proportion of students deficient in basic skills, as determined by the board of education with college students as instructional aides. Instructional aides shall assist teachers in instructional activities during regular school programs or extended day programs, but shall not replace existing school personnel. Funds provided under this section shall be used first to provide matching funds for work-study college students, and in the case where work-study students are not available, to hire college students not enrolled in work-study programs. The council, in cooperation with the board of education, shall promulgate rules and regulations for said program, including selection criteria for public school sites, cooperative agreements between colleges and public schools, yearly program evaluation procedures, program duration standards, and other rules.

Section 17. The council, subject to appropriation, shall establish a program entitled the ''teaching learning corps''.

The program shall provide school districts choosing to participate, which contain a significant proportion of low-income students or a significant proportion of students deficient in basic skills, as determined by the board of education with college students as instructional aides. Instructional aides shall assist teachers in instructional activities during regular school programs or extended day programs, but shall not replace existing school personnel. Funds provided under this section shall be used first to provide matching funds for work-study college students, and in the case where work-study students are not available, to hire college students not enrolled in work-study programs. The council, in cooperation with the board of education, shall promulgate rules and regulations for said program, including selection criteria for public school sites, cooperative agreements between colleges and public schools, yearly program evaluation procedures, program duration standards, and other rules.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 17, sec. 6B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 17 / Section 6B
Hearings officer
Status: in_force

Section 6B. The commissioner shall appoint a hearings officer who shall be an attorney and who shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. He shall hold hearings as provided in chapter one hundred and eleven.

Section 6B. The commissioner shall appoint a hearings officer who shall be an attorney and who shall not be subject to chapter thirty-one. He shall hold hearings as provided in chapter one hundred and eleven.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 13
Bond; posting by interested party to satisfy debts; effect
Status: in_force

Section 13. No license shall be granted to an executor or administrator, if any person interested in the estate gives bond to him in a sum and with sureties approved by the court, conditioned to pay, so far as the personal property of the deceased shall be insufficient therefor, all legacies mentioned in the petition, all debts therein mentioned which shall eventually be found due from the estate and charges of administration.

Section 13. No license shall be granted to an executor or administrator, if any person interested in the estate gives bond to him in a sum and with sureties approved by the court, conditioned to pay, so far as the personal property of the deceased shall be insufficient therefor, all legacies mentioned in the petition, all debts therein mentioned which shall eventually be found due from the estate and charges of administration.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 6
Taking by public; award of damages; amendment of award; payment
Status: in_force

Section 6. When a taking is made on behalf of a body politic or corporate other than a corporation described in section seven, the board of officers by whom the order of taking is adopted shall, at the time of the adoption thereof, award the damages sustained by every person in his property by reason of such taking. Such award may be amended by said board of officers at any time prior to the payment thereof by reason of a change in ownership or value of said property before the right to damages therefor has become vested or for other good cause shown. Such damages shall be paid by such body politic or corporate unless other provision is made by law.

Section 6. When a taking is made on behalf of a body politic or corporate other than a corporation described in section seven, the board of officers by whom the order of taking is adopted shall, at the time of the adoption thereof, award the damages sustained by every person in his property by reason of such taking. Such award may be amended by said board of officers at any time prior to the payment thereof by reason of a change in ownership or value of said property before the right to damages therefor has become vested or for other good cause shown. Such damages shall be paid by such body politic or corporate unless other provision is made by law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 37 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 37
Compensation for title work
Status: in_force

Section 37. No register or assistant register shall demand or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for title work performed by him or under his direction, in his registry.

Section 37. No register or assistant register shall demand or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation for title work performed by him or under his direction, in his registry.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 75, sec. 27 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 75 / Section 27
Approvals of sales and leases
Status: in_force

Section 27. No sale or conveyance under section twenty-five shall become operative until it is approved by the governor and council, and no lease under section twenty-six shall become operative until the form thereof is approved by the governor and council.

Section 27. No sale or conveyance under section twenty-five shall become operative until it is approved by the governor and council, and no lease under section twenty-six shall become operative until the form thereof is approved by the governor and council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 179, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 179 / Section 15
Division of property; deposit of records; fees
Status: in_force

Section 15. After the final division of their common property, the proprietors may deposit their records with the clerk of the city or town where the land or any part of it lies; and the clerk may make and certify copies from the records as the clerk of the proprietors might have done. Such proprietors shall, upon so depositing their records, pay the fee provided by clause (27) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and the fees for copies of said records shall be as provided by clause (28) of said section thirty-four.

Section 15. After the final division of their common property, the proprietors may deposit their records with the clerk of the city or town where the land or any part of it lies; and the clerk may make and certify copies from the records as the clerk of the proprietors might have done. Such proprietors shall, upon so depositing their records, pay the fee provided by clause (27) of section thirty-four of chapter two hundred and sixty-two, and the fees for copies of said records shall be as provided by clause (28) of said section thirty-four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 1
Application of chapter to particular counties
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall apply in every county in the commonwealth which has been designated as a participating county as hereinafter provided. Middlesex county shall be a participating county as of the effective date of this chapter. The supreme judicial court shall designate such further participating counties and the dates on which the various sections of this chapter shall become applicable within such participating counties. The supreme judicial court shall make such designations in a manner that will expand the application of this chapter to all counties in an orderly, prudent, and expeditious manner. Whenever any section of this chapter shall become applicable within a participating county, all provisions of law which are inconsistent with such section shall cease to be effective within such participating county. Hereinafter in this chapter, the word ''county'' shall mean ''participating county'' unless specifically stated otherwise.

Section 1. This chapter shall apply in every county in the commonwealth which has been designated as a participating county as hereinafter provided. Middlesex county shall be a participating county as of the effective date of this chapter. The supreme judicial court shall designate such further participating counties and the dates on which the various sections of this chapter shall become applicable within such participating counties. The supreme judicial court shall make such designations in a manner that will expand the application of this chapter to all counties in an orderly, prudent, and expeditious manner.

Whenever any section of this chapter shall become applicable within a participating county, all provisions of law which are inconsistent with such section shall cease to be effective within such participating county. Hereinafter in this chapter, the word ''county'' shall mean ''participating county'' unless specifically stated otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 20G — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 20G
Prosecution pending in commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 20G. If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this commonwealth and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, may either surrender him on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or hold him until the final disposition of such prosecution or, if convicted and sentenced, until his discharge from imprisonment.

Section 20G. If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person under the laws of this commonwealth and is still pending, the governor, in his discretion, may either surrender him on the demand of the executive authority of another state, or hold him until the final disposition of such prosecution or, if convicted and sentenced, until his discharge from imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 162S — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 162S
Insurance producers acting as agents of insurers; appointment procedures
Status: in_force

Section 162S. (a) An insurance producer shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurance producer becomes an appointed agent of that insurer. An insurance producer who is not acting as an agent of an insurer is not required to become appointed. (b) To appoint a producer as its agent, the appointing insurer shall file, in a format approved by the commissioner, a notice of appointment within 15 days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted. An insurer may also elect to appoint a producer to all or some insurers within the insurer's holding company system or group by the filing of a single appointment request. (c) Upon receipt of the notice of appointment, the commissioner shall verify within a reasonable time not to exceed 30 days that the insurance producer is eligible for appointment. If the insurance producer is determined to be ineligible for appointment, the commissioner shall notify the insurer within 5 days of its determination. (d) An insurer shall pay an appointment fee, in the amount prescribed by section 14, for each insurance producer appointed by the insurer. (e) An insurer shall remit, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, a renewal appointment fee in the amount prescribed by section 14.

Section 162S. (a) An insurance producer shall not act as an agent of an insurer unless the insurance producer becomes an appointed agent of that insurer. An insurance producer who is not acting as an agent of an insurer is not required to become appointed.

(b) To appoint a producer as its agent, the appointing insurer shall file, in a format approved by the commissioner, a notice of appointment within 15 days from the date the agency contract is executed or the first insurance application is submitted. An insurer may also elect to appoint a producer to all or some insurers within the insurer's holding company system or group by the filing of a single appointment request.

(c) Upon receipt of the notice of appointment, the commissioner shall verify within a reasonable time not to exceed 30 days that the insurance producer is eligible for appointment. If the insurance producer is determined to be ineligible for appointment, the commissioner shall notify the insurer within 5 days of its determination.

(d) An insurer shall pay an appointment fee, in the amount prescribed by section 14, for each insurance producer appointed by the insurer.

(e) An insurer shall remit, in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, a renewal appointment fee in the amount prescribed by section 14.