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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12C — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12C
Bunker Hill battle anniversary
Status: in_force

Section 12C. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of June seventeenth, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, in commemoration of the early events of the American revolution.

Section 12C. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of June seventeenth, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, in commemoration of the early events of the American revolution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15ZZZZ — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15ZZZZ
Stalking Awareness Month
Status: in_force

Section 15ZZZZ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of January as Stalking Awareness Month, to increase the public's awareness of the deadly and serious crime of stalking, which affects both women and men in the commonwealth. The proclamation shall recommend that this month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 15ZZZZ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of January as Stalking Awareness Month, to increase the public's awareness of the deadly and serious crime of stalking, which affects both women and men in the commonwealth. The proclamation shall recommend that this month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 77B — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 77B
Amount of pensions; effective date
Status: in_force

Section 77B. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, as hereinafter provided, any laborer retired under section seventy-seven shall receive an annual pension equal to one half of his annual rate of regular compensation for full-time service as a laborer at his retirement, and if he has completed more than twenty years of service an additional amount equal to one per cent for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed sixty-five per cent of said compensation. This section shall take effect in a city or town having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and in the case of any other city by vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.

Section 77B. In any city or town which accepts the provisions of this section, as hereinafter provided, any laborer retired under section seventy-seven shall receive an annual pension equal to one half of his annual rate of regular compensation for full-time service as a laborer at his retirement, and if he has completed more than twenty years of service an additional amount equal to one per cent for each year of service after the first twenty; provided, that the total amount of such pension shall in no case exceed sixty-five per cent of said compensation.

This section shall take effect in a city or town having a plan D or plan E charter by the affirmative vote of two thirds of all the members of the city council, and in the case of any other city by vote of the city council subject to the provisions of its charter, and in a town by a majority vote at an annual town meeting.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185 / Section 3
Scheduling of sessions
Status: in_force

Section 3. The court may be held by one judge and simultaneous sessions may be held, either in the same county or in different counties, and shall be so arranged as to insure a prompt discharge of its business.

Section 3. The court may be held by one judge and simultaneous sessions may be held, either in the same county or in different counties, and shall be so arranged as to insure a prompt discharge of its business.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65A, sec. 5B — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 65A / Section 5B
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 5B. The probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of a decedent, or of any trust or person affected by sections five and five A, and by this section, or any of them, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions arising under said sections, and to make apportionments and prorations, determine the amounts thereof and of reimbursements, contributions and other payments therein provided for, and by order or decree to direct the making of any such payments, and issue execution therefor, and to make such other determinations, orders and decrees as may be required under said sections, subject to appeal as in other cases.

Section 5B. The probate court having jurisdiction of the estate of a decedent, or of any trust or person affected by sections five and five A, and by this section, or any of them, shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine all questions arising under said sections, and to make apportionments and prorations, determine the amounts thereof and of reimbursements, contributions and other payments therein provided for, and by order or decree to direct the making of any such payments, and issue execution therefor, and to make such other determinations, orders and decrees as may be required under said sections, subject to appeal as in other cases.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 17A
Salaries of mayor, city manager and council
Status: in_force

Section 17A. The mayor or city manager and the members of the city council shall receive for their services such salary as the city council shall by ordinance determine, and they shall receive no other compensation from the city, except that a member of a city or town council in a municipality with a city or town council form of government may receive a salary for serving as a municipal employee of said municipality in lieu of receiving compensation for serving as a member of said council. No increase or reduction in the salaries of mayor or city councillors shall take effect during the year in which such increase or reduction is voted, and no change in such salaries shall be made between the election of a new council and the qualification of the new council. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in a city under Plan F.

Section 17A. The mayor or city manager and the members of the city council shall receive for their services such salary as the city council shall by ordinance determine, and they shall receive no other compensation from the city, except that a member of a city or town council in a municipality with a city or town council form of government may receive a salary for serving as a municipal employee of said municipality in lieu of receiving compensation for serving as a member of said council. No increase or reduction in the salaries of mayor or city councillors shall take effect during the year in which such increase or reduction is voted, and no change in such salaries shall be made between the election of a new council and the qualification of the new council. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in a city under Plan F.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, sec. 18A — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 266 / Section 18A
Entering dwelling house by false pretenses; intent to commit felony; larceny; punishment
Status: in_force

Section 18A. Whoever enters a dwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and with the intent to commit a felony, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, or whoever enters a dwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and, after having entered, commits a larceny, as defined by section 30, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $5,000 and imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 18A. Whoever enters a dwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and with the intent to commit a felony, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, or whoever enters a dwelling house by false pretenses, without breaking and, after having entered, commits a larceny, as defined by section 30, no person lawfully therein being put in fear, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than ten years or by a fine of not more than $5,000 and imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than two years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2VVVVV — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2VVVVV
Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2VVVVV. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fund that shall be administered by the commissioner of higher education, in consultation with the executive office of education. The fund shall consist of: (i) amounts credited to the fund from any appropriations, grants, gifts or other money authorized by the general court or another party and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (ii) any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year. (b) All amounts credited to the fund shall be used without further appropriation to make grants to support public institutions of higher education providing access to inclusive higher education opportunities to students with severe intellectual disabilities, severe autism spectrum disorder or other severe developmental disabilities pursuant to section 30A of chapter 15A. (c) Annually, not later than October 1, the commissioner shall report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on higher education and the senate and house committees on ways and means on the activities of the fund.

Section 2VVVVV. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fund that shall be administered by the commissioner of higher education, in consultation with the executive office of education. The fund shall consist of: (i) amounts credited to the fund from any appropriations, grants, gifts or other money authorized by the general court or another party and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; and (ii) any income derived from the investment of amounts credited to the fund. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the subsequent fiscal year.

(b) All amounts credited to the fund shall be used without further appropriation to make grants to support public institutions of higher education providing access to inclusive higher education opportunities to students with severe intellectual disabilities, severe autism spectrum disorder or other severe developmental disabilities pursuant to section 30A of chapter 15A.

(c) Annually, not later than October 1, the commissioner shall report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on higher education and the senate and house committees on ways and means on the activities of the fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 24
Filing copies of forms with commissioner; standard provisions of certificates
Status: in_force

Section 24. (a) No certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this commonwealth unless a copy of the form has been filed with the commissioner in the manner provided for like policies issued by life insurers in this commonwealth. Every life, accident, health, or disability certificate and every annuity certificate issued on or after January 1, 2001 shall meet the standard contract provision requirements not inconsistent with this chapter for like policies issued by life insurers authorized to write any of these lines of insurance in this commonwealth, except that a society may provide for a grace period for payment of premiums of one full month in its certificates. The certificate shall also contain a provision stating the amount of premiums which are payable under the certificate and a provision reciting or setting forth the substance of any sections of the society's laws or rules in force at the time of the issuance of the certificate which, if violated, will result in termination or reduction of benefits payable under the certificate. (b) A society may specify the terms and conditions on which benefit contracts may be assigned.

Section 24. (a) No certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this commonwealth unless a copy of the form has been filed with the commissioner in the manner provided for like policies issued by life insurers in this commonwealth. Every life, accident, health, or disability certificate and every annuity certificate issued on or after January 1, 2001 shall meet the standard contract provision requirements not inconsistent with this chapter for like policies issued by life insurers authorized to write any of these lines of insurance in this commonwealth, except that a society may provide for a grace period for payment of premiums of one full month in its certificates. The certificate shall also contain a provision stating the amount of premiums which are payable under the certificate and a provision reciting or setting forth the substance of any sections of the society's laws or rules in force at the time of the issuance of the certificate which, if violated, will result in termination or reduction of benefits payable under the certificate.

(b) A society may specify the terms and conditions on which benefit contracts may be assigned.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 46B — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 46B
Jurisdiction to restrain violation of Sec. 46, 46A or 46C
Status: in_force

Section 46B. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have concurrent jurisdiction in equity, upon petition of any bar association within the commonwealth, or of three or more members of the bar of the commonwealth, or of the attorney general, or of the district attorney within his district, to restrain violations of section forty-six, forty-six A or forty-six C.

Section 46B. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have concurrent jurisdiction in equity, upon petition of any bar association within the commonwealth, or of three or more members of the bar of the commonwealth, or of the attorney general, or of the district attorney within his district, to restrain violations of section forty-six, forty-six A or forty-six C.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 18 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 18
Collection of assessment
Status: in_force

Section 18. The assessors shall include such assessment in the tax list and warrant committed by them to the collector of taxes for that municipal year, and it shall be included in the next annual tax bill, or if the estate so assessed is otherwise exempt from taxation, it shall be rendered as a tax bill. Such assessment shall be a lien upon the estate, and shall be levied, collected, reassessed, paid, apportioned, and bear interest and become payable, in the same manner as, and shall be a part of, the tax for that year on such estate; but in cities the assessors shall make no abatement thereof except upon the recommendation of the board or officer by whom the list was certified to them.

Section 18. The assessors shall include such assessment in the tax list and warrant committed by them to the collector of taxes for that municipal year, and it shall be included in the next annual tax bill, or if the estate so assessed is otherwise exempt from taxation, it shall be rendered as a tax bill. Such assessment shall be a lien upon the estate, and shall be levied, collected, reassessed, paid, apportioned, and bear interest and become payable, in the same manner as, and shall be a part of, the tax for that year on such estate; but in cities the assessors shall make no abatement thereof except upon the recommendation of the board or officer by whom the list was certified to them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 44A
Land owned by commonwealth; sale to counties, etc.; highway purposes
Status: in_force

Section 44A. A commissioner or head of a state department having control of any land of the commonwealth may, in the name of the commonwealth and subject to the approval of the governor and council, sell and convey to any county, city or town, or transfer to the control of another state department, so much of such land as may be necessary for the laying out or relocation of any highway.

Section 44A. A commissioner or head of a state department having control of any land of the commonwealth may, in the name of the commonwealth and subject to the approval of the governor and council, sell and convey to any county, city or town, or transfer to the control of another state department, so much of such land as may be necessary for the laying out or relocation of any highway.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 18B, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 18B / Section 20
Funds; advancement and disbursement; reports
Status: in_force

Section 20. Notwithstanding section 22 of chapter 29 or any other law, funds made available by appropriation or otherwise for enabling the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be advanced to the department in such sums and subject to such rules and regulations as the comptroller may determine. The department shall make a monthly report to the comptroller of the amount of funds disbursed by the department subsequent to the previous monthly report and shall certify to the comptroller that such disbursements are substantiated by detailed records and vouchers retained in the custody of the department.

Section 20. Notwithstanding section 22 of chapter 29 or any other law, funds made available by appropriation or otherwise for enabling the department to carry out the provisions of this chapter may be advanced to the department in such sums and subject to such rules and regulations as the comptroller may determine. The department shall make a monthly report to the comptroller of the amount of funds disbursed by the department subsequent to the previous monthly report and shall certify to the comptroller that such disbursements are substantiated by detailed records and vouchers retained in the custody of the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 54 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 54
Repairs and rebuilding; mills and dams
Status: in_force

Section 54. At such meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the majority in interest of the proprietors of the mill may take measures to cause the mill or the dam or appurtenances thereof to be repaired or rebuilt, as they shall consider most for the interest of all concerned therein.

Section 54. At such meeting, or at any adjournment thereof, the majority in interest of the proprietors of the mill may take measures to cause the mill or the dam or appurtenances thereof to be repaired or rebuilt, as they shall consider most for the interest of all concerned therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15RRRRRR — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15RRRRRR
Observance of the founding of the United States Coast Guard
Status: in_force

Section 15RRRRRR. The governor shall annually set apart August 4, the anniversary of the founding of the United States Coast Guard, in recognition of its distinguished history and seagoing service, and shall issue a proclamation recommending that the day be observed by the people in the display of the flag and in appropriate public exercises, commemorative of the services and sacrifices of the citizens of the commonwealth who have served and continue to serve in the defense of the United States.

Section 15RRRRRR. The governor shall annually set apart August 4, the anniversary of the founding of the United States Coast Guard, in recognition of its distinguished history and seagoing service, and shall issue a proclamation recommending that the day be observed by the people in the display of the flag and in appropriate public exercises, commemorative of the services and sacrifices of the citizens of the commonwealth who have served and continue to serve in the defense of the United States.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 39 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 39
Public offering statements; conversion buildings; contents
Status: in_force

Section 39. (a) If a conversion building that includes or is to include one or more time-share units is more than ten years old and the developer or any affiliates of the developer own or control more than fifty per cent of all units in the project, the public offering statement shall contain, in addition to the information required by section thirty-eight: (1) a statement by the developer, based on a report prepared by an independent registered architect or engineer, describing the present condition of all structural components and mechanical and electrical installations material to the use and enjoyment of the time-share units; (2) a statement by the developer of the expected useful life of each item reported on in clause (1) or a statement that no representations shall be made in that regard; and (3) a list of any outstanding notices of uncured violations of building codes or other municipal regulations, together with the estimated cost of curing said violations; (b) This section shall apply only to units in which use as a dwelling or for recreational purposes, or both, is permissible.

Section 39. (a) If a conversion building that includes or is to include one or more time-share units is more than ten years old and the developer or any affiliates of the developer own or control more than fifty per cent of all units in the project, the public offering statement shall contain, in addition to the information required by section thirty-eight:

(1) a statement by the developer, based on a report prepared by an independent registered architect or engineer, describing the present condition of all structural components and mechanical and electrical installations material to the use and enjoyment of the time-share units;

(2) a statement by the developer of the expected useful life of each item reported on in clause (1) or a statement that no representations shall be made in that regard; and

(3) a list of any outstanding notices of uncured violations of building codes or other municipal regulations, together with the estimated cost of curing said violations;

(b) This section shall apply only to units in which use as a dwelling or for recreational purposes, or both, is permissible.