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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 73 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 73
Caucuses held by precincts or groups of precincts; notice
Status: in_force

Section 73. If in a city, except Boston, or town wherein elections are held by precincts, the city or town committee of either of the two leading political parties shall file with the aldermen or selectmen, at least two weeks prior to the time of holding its caucuses, a notice that such party desires to hold its caucuses by precincts, or by groups of precincts in any ward, the aldermen or selectmen shall furnish a polling place in each precinct or group of precincts for the use of such party, as provided in section ninety-three, and the caucuses of such party shall be held accordingly.

Section 73. If in a city, except Boston, or town wherein elections are held by precincts, the city or town committee of either of the two leading political parties shall file with the aldermen or selectmen, at least two weeks prior to the time of holding its caucuses, a notice that such party desires to hold its caucuses by precincts, or by groups of precincts in any ward, the aldermen or selectmen shall furnish a polling place in each precinct or group of precincts for the use of such party, as provided in section ninety-three, and the caucuses of such party shall be held accordingly.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 33, sec. 119 — MA Code / Part I / Title V / Chapter 33 / Section 119
Rental bills; contents; filing; payment
Status: in_force

Section 119. The mayor or city manager of a city, or the selectmen of a town, providing an armory, air installation or adequate facilities for the use of the armed forces of the commonwealth, shall annually submit, on or before June first, to the state quartermaster, through the senior commanding officer stationed therein, a bill for the rental thereof. All such bills shall give the designation and location of each armory, air installation or facility and the designation of each unit quartered therein. The state quartermaster shall annually, not later than June thirtieth, file with the state comptroller his certificate, stating the sum allowed for each armory, air installation or facility, the designation of each unit occupying it, and the city or town making the return, and thereupon he shall notify the mayor or selectmen of the sum allowed, which shall be paid to the city or town.

Section 119. The mayor or city manager of a city, or the selectmen of a town, providing an armory, air installation or adequate facilities for the use of the armed forces of the commonwealth, shall annually submit, on or before June first, to the state quartermaster, through the senior commanding officer stationed therein, a bill for the rental thereof. All such bills shall give the designation and location of each armory, air installation or facility and the designation of each unit quartered therein. The state quartermaster shall annually, not later than June thirtieth, file with the state comptroller his certificate, stating the sum allowed for each armory, air installation or facility, the designation of each unit occupying it, and the city or town making the return, and thereupon he shall notify the mayor or selectmen of the sum allowed, which shall be paid to the city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 71 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 71
Reduction of stated capital
Status: in_force

Section 71. No company shall reduce its stated capital to an amount less than required by section forty-eight or fifty-one nor shall it reduce such capital unless the commissioner determines that the reduction is in conformity to law and will not be prejudicial to the public. Except as provided in this section or in section seventy-two, no assets or property shall be distributed to a company's shareholders, whether by way of dividend, purchase of its own stock or otherwise, if its stated capital would be impaired thereby. Within ten days after a meeting of stockholders at which any reduction of the company's stated capital is voted, the company shall submit to the commissioner a certificate setting forth the proceedings thereof, the method of reduction and the amount thereof and of the assets and liabilities of the company, signed and sworn to by its president, secretary and a majority of its directors. If the commissioner finds that the reduction is made in conformity to law and that it will not be prejudicial to the public, he shall endorse his approval thereon; the company may thereafter transact business upon the capital as reduced, and the commissioner shall, upon payment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, issue his certificate to that effect.

Section 71. No company shall reduce its stated capital to an amount less than required by section forty-eight or fifty-one nor shall it reduce such capital unless the commissioner determines that the reduction is in conformity to law and will not be prejudicial to the public. Except as provided in this section or in section seventy-two, no assets or property shall be distributed to a company's shareholders, whether by way of dividend, purchase of its own stock or otherwise, if its stated capital would be impaired thereby. Within ten days after a meeting of stockholders at which any reduction of the company's stated capital is voted, the company shall submit to the commissioner a certificate setting forth the proceedings thereof, the method of reduction and the amount thereof and of the assets and liabilities of the company, signed and sworn to by its president, secretary and a majority of its directors. If the commissioner finds that the reduction is made in conformity to law and that it will not be prejudicial to the public, he shall endorse his approval thereon; the company may thereafter transact business upon the capital as reduced, and the commissioner shall, upon payment of the fee prescribed by section fourteen, issue his certificate to that effect.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 81, sec. 7A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 81 / Section 7A
Acquisition of land to alter or relocate ways connecting with state highways
Status: in_force

Section 7A. In connection with the laying out, alteration or reconstruction of a state highway, the department may alter or relocate connecting ways as may be necessary. Land or rights in land may be acquired for this purpose by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine by the department in behalf of the city or town in which the land lies, or in behalf of the commonwealth, at the option of the department. The department may take or acquire by eminent domain under said chapter, easements in land outside the location of limited access state highways, said easements to be taken in behalf of those owners of land abutting said highways, whose rights of access to and egress from their land, and any other rights necessary to make the same available for use, will become inoperative due to the construction of said highway. Control of the land or rights in the land acquired under this section shall not vest in the city or town until such time as the work for which the land or rights in land have been acquired has been completed by said department, except that the city or town shall be responsible for snow and ice control on such portions of the highway as may be opened to traffic prior to final completion or acceptance of the project. Any person whose property has been taken or injured by any action of said department under authority of this section may recover from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine such damages therefor as he may be entitled to.

Section 7A. In connection with the laying out, alteration or reconstruction of a state highway, the department may alter or relocate connecting ways as may be necessary. Land or rights in land may be acquired for this purpose by eminent domain under chapter seventy-nine by the department in behalf of the city or town in which the land lies, or in behalf of the commonwealth, at the option of the department. The department may take or acquire by eminent domain under said chapter, easements in land outside the location of limited access state highways, said easements to be taken in behalf of those owners of land abutting said highways, whose rights of access to and egress from their land, and any other rights necessary to make the same available for use, will become inoperative due to the construction of said highway. Control of the land or rights in the land acquired under this section shall not vest in the city or town until such time as the work for which the land or rights in land have been acquired has been completed by said department, except that the city or town shall be responsible for snow and ice control on such portions of the highway as may be opened to traffic prior to final completion or acceptance of the project. Any person whose property has been taken or injured by any action of said department under authority of this section may recover from the commonwealth under chapter seventy-nine such damages therefor as he may be entitled to.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 50
Penalty for violations of Sec. 49 or regulations established under Sec. 48
Status: in_force

Section 50. Whoever violates any provisions of the preceding section, or of a regulation established under section forty-eight, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.

Section 50. Whoever violates any provisions of the preceding section, or of a regulation established under section forty-eight, shall forfeit not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 146, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 146 / Section 40
Fees; payment to commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 40. A fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be paid to the state fire marshal by the owner, agent or user of any such tank or other receptacle for every inspection thereof. Said fee shall be payable in advance of any such inspection. The state fire marshal shall pay to the commonwealth all sums so received.

Section 40. A fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven shall be paid to the state fire marshal by the owner, agent or user of any such tank or other receptacle for every inspection thereof. Said fee shall be payable in advance of any such inspection. The state fire marshal shall pay to the commonwealth all sums so received.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176W, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176W / Section 4
Contents of corporate governance annual disclosure
Status: in_force

Section 4. (a) The insurer or insurance group shall have discretion over the responses to the CGAD inquiries, provided the CGAD shall contain the material information necessary to permit the commissioner to gain an understanding of the insurer's or group's corporate governance structure, policies and practices. The commissioner may request additional information that he or she deems material and necessary to provide the commissioner with a clear understanding of the corporate governance policies, the reporting or information system or controls implementing those policies. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the CGAD shall be prepared consistent with the NAIC Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Regulation, subject to the requirements of this chapter. Documentation and supporting information shall be maintained and made available upon examination or upon request of the commissioner.

Section 4. (a) The insurer or insurance group shall have discretion over the responses to the CGAD inquiries, provided the CGAD shall contain the material information necessary to permit the commissioner to gain an understanding of the insurer's or group's corporate governance structure, policies and practices. The commissioner may request additional information that he or she deems material and necessary to provide the commissioner with a clear understanding of the corporate governance policies, the reporting or information system or controls implementing those policies.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the CGAD shall be prepared consistent with the NAIC Corporate Governance Annual Disclosure Model Regulation, subject to the requirements of this chapter. Documentation and supporting information shall be maintained and made available upon examination or upon request of the commissioner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 64E, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 64E / Section 13
Disposition of funds received
Status: in_force

Section 13. All sums received under this chapter as excises, penalties, forfeitures, interest, costs of suits and fines shall be credited to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to be used for transportation-related purposes.

Section 13. All sums received under this chapter as excises, penalties, forfeitures, interest, costs of suits and fines shall be credited to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund to be used for transportation-related purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 276 / Section 19
Rights of arrested person; habeas corpus; notice; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 19. No person arrested upon such a warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority of the demanding state shall have appointed to receive him unless such person shall first be taken forthwith before a justice or special justice of a court of record of this commonwealth, who shall inform such person of the demand made for his surrender and of the crime with which he is charged, and that he has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and, if the prisoner or his counsel shall state that he desires to test the legality of his arrest, such justice or special justice shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed the prisoner within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the attorney general and to the district attorney for the district in which the arrest is made and for the district in which the accused is in custody, and to said agent of the demanding state. Any officer who shall deliver to said agent of the demanding state a person in his custody under the warrant of the governor, in wilful disobedience of the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 19. No person arrested upon such a warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority of the demanding state shall have appointed to receive him unless such person shall first be taken forthwith before a justice or special justice of a court of record of this commonwealth, who shall inform such person of the demand made for his surrender and of the crime with which he is charged, and that he has the right to demand and procure legal counsel; and, if the prisoner or his counsel shall state that he desires to test the legality of his arrest, such justice or special justice shall fix a reasonable time to be allowed the prisoner within which to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. When such writ is applied for, notice thereof, and of the time and place of hearing thereon, shall be given to the attorney general and to the district attorney for the district in which the arrest is made and for the district in which the accused is in custody, and to said agent of the demanding state.

Any officer who shall deliver to said agent of the demanding state a person in his custody under the warrant of the governor, in wilful disobedience of the provisions of this section, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 60K — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 60K
Actions for malpractice, negligence, etc. against health care providers; damages; rate of interest
Status: in_force

Section 60K. In any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission, mistake or unauthorized rendering of professional services, other than actions brought under section 2 of Chapter 229, against a provider of health care, in which a verdict is rendered or a finding made or an order for judgment made for pecuniary damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff or for consequential damages, there shall be added by the clerk of the court to the amount of damages interest thereon, at a rate to be determined as set forth below rather than the rate specified in section 6B of chapter 231, from the date of the commencement of the action even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or finding beyond the maximum liability imposed by law. For all actions commenced after the effective date of this act, the rate of interest to be applied by the clerk shall be at a rate equal to the weekly average 1–year constant maturity Treasury yield plus 2 per cent, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the calendar week preceding the date of judgment. At no point shall the rate of interest established by this section exceed the rate of interest set forth in said section 6B of chapter 231.

Section 60K. In any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission, mistake or unauthorized rendering of professional services, other than actions brought under section 2 of Chapter 229, against a provider of health care, in which a verdict is rendered or a finding made or an order for judgment made for pecuniary damages for personal injuries to the plaintiff or for consequential damages, there shall be added by the clerk of the court to the amount of damages interest thereon, at a rate to be determined as set forth below rather than the rate specified in section 6B of chapter 231, from the date of the commencement of the action even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or finding beyond the maximum liability imposed by law. For all actions commenced after the effective date of this act, the rate of interest to be applied by the clerk shall be at a rate equal to the weekly average 1–year constant maturity Treasury yield plus 2 per cent, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the calendar week preceding the date of judgment. At no point shall the rate of interest established by this section exceed the rate of interest set forth in said section 6B of chapter 231.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 34, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 34 / Section 4
Election; tenure
Status: in_force

Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-eight of chapter fifty-four, for terms of four years beginning the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified, three county commissioners, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and shall annually, at their first meeting after the first Wednesday of January, choose by ballot a chairman. In Nantucket county the selectmen of Nantucket, and in Suffolk county the mayor and city council of Boston, the municipal council of Chelsea and the city council of Revere, in their respective cities, and the selectmen of Winthrop in said town, shall, except as otherwise provided, have the powers and perform the duties of county commissioners.

Section 4. Except in Nantucket and Suffolk counties, there shall be elected in each county, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-eight of chapter fifty-four, for terms of four years beginning the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified, three county commissioners, who shall be sworn before entering upon their duties, and shall annually, at their first meeting after the first Wednesday of January, choose by ballot a chairman. In Nantucket county the selectmen of Nantucket, and in Suffolk county the mayor and city council of Boston, the municipal council of Chelsea and the city council of Revere, in their respective cities, and the selectmen of Winthrop in said town, shall, except as otherwise provided, have the powers and perform the duties of county commissioners.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 82 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 82
City council, membership; election; terms
Status: in_force

Section 82. The city council shall consist of seven or nine members, as provided in this section, all of whom shall, at each regular municipal election, be elected at large for terms of two years each and shall serve until their successors are qualified. The city council in any city having seven wards or less at the time of adoption of this plan shall be composed of seven members and the city council in any city having more than seven wards at the time of adoption thereof, nine members. Section eight of chapter thirty-nine shall apply to members of the city council.

Section 82. The city council shall consist of seven or nine members, as provided in this section, all of whom shall, at each regular municipal election, be elected at large for terms of two years each and shall serve until their successors are qualified. The city council in any city having seven wards or less at the time of adoption of this plan shall be composed of seven members and the city council in any city having more than seven wards at the time of adoption thereof, nine members. Section eight of chapter thirty-nine shall apply to members of the city council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 79, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 79 / Section 23
Petition of persons holding different interests in same property
Status: in_force

Section 23. If joint tenants, or tenants in common, or other persons having joint or several estates or interests in a single piece of property sustain damages in such property which are recoverable under this chapter, they may join in any petition to recover the damages thereby incurred, or any one or more of them may petition for his or their damages, subject to sections twenty-four to thirty-three, inclusive.

Section 23. If joint tenants, or tenants in common, or other persons having joint or several estates or interests in a single piece of property sustain damages in such property which are recoverable under this chapter, they may join in any petition to recover the damages thereby incurred, or any one or more of them may petition for his or their damages, subject to sections twenty-four to thirty-three, inclusive.