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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 187F — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 187F
Cancellation of policies during strike of insurance agents
Status: in_force

Section 187F. 1. No life insurance policy, non-cancellable disability insurance contract, hospital expense or hospital and surgical expense contract, now or hereafter in force in the commonwealth, premiums for which are normally collected by insurance agents employed by the insurer, shall terminate or lapse by reason of default in payment of any premium, installment or interest on any policy loan payable to said insurer during the period that said insurer's agents are on strike. 2. The insured or premium payer of any policy or contract of insurance set forth in paragraph 1, shall be entitled to a grace period of thirty-one days immediately following the authorized termination of such strike, within which the payment of any premium, installment or interest on any policy loan may be made, during which period of grace the policy or contract of insurance shall continue in full force and effect. 3. If a claim arises under the policy or contract of insurance during a strike period as set forth in paragraph 1, or during the grace period as set forth in paragraph 2, before the overdue premium, or installment or interest on a policy loan, if any, are paid, the amount of such overdue premium or installment together with interest not to exceed six per cent per annum and the amount of any loan with interest due, may be deducted from the amount payable under the policy or contract in settlement.

Section 187F. 1. No life insurance policy, non-cancellable disability insurance contract, hospital expense or hospital and surgical expense contract, now or hereafter in force in the commonwealth, premiums for which are normally collected by insurance agents employed by the insurer, shall terminate or lapse by reason of default in payment of any premium, installment or interest on any policy loan payable to said insurer during the period that said insurer's agents are on strike.

2. The insured or premium payer of any policy or contract of insurance set forth in paragraph 1, shall be entitled to a grace period of thirty-one days immediately following the authorized termination of such strike, within which the payment of any premium, installment or interest on any policy loan may be made, during which period of grace the policy or contract of insurance shall continue in full force and effect.

3. If a claim arises under the policy or contract of insurance during a strike period as set forth in paragraph 1, or during the grace period as set forth in paragraph 2, before the overdue premium, or installment or interest on a policy loan, if any, are paid, the amount of such overdue premium or installment together with interest not to exceed six per cent per annum and the amount of any loan with interest due, may be deducted from the amount payable under the policy or contract in settlement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 28
Unlawful existing structures
Status: in_force

Section 28. This chapter shall not legalize any structure, filling or other occupation or encroachment, made or done without authority, upon the waters in or the land under any great pond prior to May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, or in or upon the Connecticut river, below high water mark, prior to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, or as waiving or impairing any rights or remedies of the commonwealth or of any person relative thereto.

Section 28. This chapter shall not legalize any structure, filling or other occupation or encroachment, made or done without authority, upon the waters in or the land under any great pond prior to May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, or in or upon the Connecticut river, below high water mark, prior to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, or as waiving or impairing any rights or remedies of the commonwealth or of any person relative thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 78A — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 78A
List of candidates for electors pledged to presidential candidates other than those on official ballot; written acceptances; filing; certification; form of write-in or sticker vote
Status: in_force

Section 78A. In any year in which presidential electors are to be elected, not later than the sixtieth day prior to the date of the election, there may be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth, in a form to be prescribed by him, a list of names and addresses of candidates for such electors, containing the names and addresses of a candidate for president and for vice president to whom such electors shall be pledged in writing. Said list shall contain the written acceptance of each candidate for presidential elector, who shall be a voter of the commonwealth, and the written acceptance of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, who shall be candidates other than those whose names are to be printed upon the official ballot. Said secretary shall certify to all city and town clerks and election commissioners the names of the candidates designated by any such list for the offices of president and vice president and the form of write-in or sticker vote for such candidate which will be deemed acceptable under the provisions of section seventy-eight.

Section 78A. In any year in which presidential electors are to be elected, not later than the sixtieth day prior to the date of the election, there may be filed with the secretary of the commonwealth, in a form to be prescribed by him, a list of names and addresses of candidates for such electors, containing the names and addresses of a candidate for president and for vice president to whom such electors shall be pledged in writing. Said list shall contain the written acceptance of each candidate for presidential elector, who shall be a voter of the commonwealth, and the written acceptance of the presidential and vice presidential candidates, who shall be candidates other than those whose names are to be printed upon the official ballot. Said secretary shall certify to all city and town clerks and election commissioners the names of the candidates designated by any such list for the offices of president and vice president and the form of write-in or sticker vote for such candidate which will be deemed acceptable under the provisions of section seventy-eight.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 130 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 130
Costs on refusal of new trial
Status: in_force

Section 130. If a new trial is refused, the court may impose terms upon the moving party, to be taxed as costs.

Section 130. If a new trial is refused, the court may impose terms upon the moving party, to be taxed as costs.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 4B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 4B
Annual report to commissioner of cancellations and non-renewals of homeowners policies
Status: in_force

Section 4B. The commissioner, each year, shall direct and cause the twenty-five admitted insurers with the largest homeowners market share in the commonwealth, based upon statewide written premium and the joint underwriting association, formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five C, to submit directly for his inspection and examination a tabulation and report, for each postal zip code within credit-eligible territories, as defined by chapter one hundred and seventy-five C, of all other postal zip codes in the city of Boston, and such other postal zip codes as may be designated by the commissioner of insurance, of the number of effected cancellations and number of effected non-renewals of homeowners policies covering properties within such zip codes; provided, however, that the personal privacy of policyholders shall be preserved and all tabulations furnished pursuant hereto shall be deemed materials described in subclause (c) of clause Twenty-sixth of section seven of chapter four.

Section 4B. The commissioner, each year, shall direct and cause the twenty-five admitted insurers with the largest homeowners market share in the commonwealth, based upon statewide written premium and the joint underwriting association, formed pursuant to the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five C, to submit directly for his inspection and examination a tabulation and report, for each postal zip code within credit-eligible territories, as defined by chapter one hundred and seventy-five C, of all other postal zip codes in the city of Boston, and such other postal zip codes as may be designated by the commissioner of insurance, of the number of effected cancellations and number of effected non-renewals of homeowners policies covering properties within such zip codes; provided, however, that the personal privacy of policyholders shall be preserved and all tabulations furnished pursuant hereto shall be deemed materials described in subclause (c) of clause Twenty-sixth of section seven of chapter four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 101, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 101 / Section 2
Application of provisions of chapter relative to transient vendors
Status: in_force

Section 2. The provisions of this chapter relative to transient vendors shall not apply to sales by commercial travelers or by selling agents to dealers in the usual course of business, or to bona fide sales of goods, wares or merchandise by sample for future delivery, or to sales of goods, wares or merchandise by any domestic corporation or agent thereof, by any person, whether principal or agent, who engages in temporary or transient business in any town in which taxes have been assessed upon his stock in trade during the current year, or to hawkers and pedlers as defined in section thirteen, nor shall they affect the right of any town to pass ordinances or by-laws authorized by law relative to transient vendors. No transient vendor shall be relieved or exempted from the provisions and requirements of this chapter relative to transient vendors by reason of associating himself temporarily with any local dealer, trader or merchant, or by conducting such temporary or transient business in connection with or as a part of the business of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader or merchant.

Section 2. The provisions of this chapter relative to transient vendors shall not apply to sales by commercial travelers or by selling agents to dealers in the usual course of business, or to bona fide sales of goods, wares or merchandise by sample for future delivery, or to sales of goods, wares or merchandise by any domestic corporation or agent thereof, by any person, whether principal or agent, who engages in temporary or transient business in any town in which taxes have been assessed upon his stock in trade during the current year, or to hawkers and pedlers as defined in section thirteen, nor shall they affect the right of any town to pass ordinances or by-laws authorized by law relative to transient vendors. No transient vendor shall be relieved or exempted from the provisions and requirements of this chapter relative to transient vendors by reason of associating himself temporarily with any local dealer, trader or merchant, or by conducting such temporary or transient business in connection with or as a part of the business of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader or merchant.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 82, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 82 / Section 17
Jurisdiction
Status: in_force

Section 17. The city council of a city and the selectmen or road commissioners of a town may exercise original jurisdiction, concurrent with the county commissioners, of petitions for altering, relocating or making specific repairs upon a highway within the town limits, but except as to such parts thereof as, by such action, become unnecessary for public use, a city or town shall not discontinue any highway or diminish the width thereof, nor shall it assess upon the county any part of the expense of altering, relocating or repairing. The proceedings of cities and towns and their officers hereunder shall be the same as in the laying out of highways or town ways. Nothing in sections seventeen to nineteen, inclusive, shall diminish the powers over highways granted to a city by its charter.

Section 17. The city council of a city and the selectmen or road commissioners of a town may exercise original jurisdiction, concurrent with the county commissioners, of petitions for altering, relocating or making specific repairs upon a highway within the town limits, but except as to such parts thereof as, by such action, become unnecessary for public use, a city or town shall not discontinue any highway or diminish the width thereof, nor shall it assess upon the county any part of the expense of altering, relocating or repairing. The proceedings of cities and towns and their officers hereunder shall be the same as in the laying out of highways or town ways. Nothing in sections seventeen to nineteen, inclusive, shall diminish the powers over highways granted to a city by its charter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 135, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 135 / Section 1
Sale by common carriers of unclaimed baggage at public auction; notice
Status: in_force

Section 1. Common carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers may sell baggage left unclaimed in their possession for a period of one hundred and twenty days at public auction, after publication of notice of such sale once a week for five successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town where said sale is to take place. The net proceeds of such sale, after deducting storage and other charges and all expenses of the sale, shall be paid over to the commonwealth.

Section 1. Common carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers may sell baggage left unclaimed in their possession for a period of one hundred and twenty days at public auction, after publication of notice of such sale once a week for five successive weeks in a newspaper published in the city or town where said sale is to take place. The net proceeds of such sale, after deducting storage and other charges and all expenses of the sale, shall be paid over to the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 15AA — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 15AA
Secretaries Week
Status: in_force

Section 15AA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of April as Secretaries Week and recommending that said week be observed by the people in an appropriate manner. The Wednesday of Secretaries Week shall be designated as Secretaries Day.

Section 15AA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of April as Secretaries Week and recommending that said week be observed by the people in an appropriate manner. The Wednesday of Secretaries Week shall be designated as Secretaries Day.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 149R — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 149R
Maintenance and retention of accounts, books and records
Status: in_force

Section 149R. (a) The provider shall keep accurate accounts, books and records concerning transactions regulated under sections 149M to 149W, inclusive, which shall include: (i) copies of each type of service contract sold; (ii) the name and address of each service contract holder to the extent that the name and address have been furnished to the service contract provider; and (iii) written or electronic claims files which shall contain the dates and description of claims related to the service contract. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the provider shall retain all records required to be maintained by this section for at least 1 year after the specified period of coverage has expired. (c) Records required under sections 149M to 149W, inclusive, may be maintained in electronic format. If the records are maintained in a form other than hard copy, the records shall be capable of duplication to legible hard copy at the request of the commissioner. (d) A provider discontinuing business in the commonwealth shall maintain its records until the commissioner certifies that the provider has furnished satisfactory proof that the provider has discharged all obligations to service contract holders in the commonwealth.

Section 149R. (a) The provider shall keep accurate accounts, books and records concerning transactions regulated under sections 149M to 149W, inclusive, which shall include: (i) copies of each type of service contract sold; (ii) the name and address of each service contract holder to the extent that the name and address have been furnished to the service contract provider; and (iii) written or electronic claims files which shall contain the dates and description of claims related to the service contract.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the provider shall retain all records required to be maintained by this section for at least 1 year after the specified period of coverage has expired.

(c) Records required under sections 149M to 149W, inclusive, may be maintained in electronic format. If the records are maintained in a form other than hard copy, the records shall be capable of duplication to legible hard copy at the request of the commissioner.

(d) A provider discontinuing business in the commonwealth shall maintain its records until the commissioner certifies that the provider has furnished satisfactory proof that the provider has discharged all obligations to service contract holders in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164A, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164A / Section 15
Bonds and notes issued; payment; liability of city or town limited; exclusion from municipal debt for borrowing purposes
Status: in_force

Section 15. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under this chapter, the liability of the city or town from other funds being limited to obligations undertaken by it to pay for the electricity used by it, and a statement to this effect shall be included on the face of such bonds and notes. Subject to the provisions of clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section nine, the bonds and notes and such obligations shall not at any time be included in the debt of the city or town for the purpose of ascertaining its borrowing capacity.

Section 15. The bonds and notes issued under this chapter shall be payable solely from the funds provided therefor under this chapter, the liability of the city or town from other funds being limited to obligations undertaken by it to pay for the electricity used by it, and a statement to this effect shall be included on the face of such bonds and notes. Subject to the provisions of clause (i) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of section nine, the bonds and notes and such obligations shall not at any time be included in the debt of the city or town for the purpose of ascertaining its borrowing capacity.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94C, sec. 6A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94C / Section 6A
Licensure of certain corporate entities with patients receiving opioid agonist therapy; best practice guidance for practitioners
Status: in_force

Section 6A. A corporate entity, other than a hospital or clinic licensed under section 51 of chapter 111 or an opioid treatment program licensed under chapter 111E, doing business in the commonwealth, which has more than 300 patients receiving treatment for opioid dependency in the form of opioid agonist therapy provided by physicians who are associated with the entity by contract, fee for service or other arrangement other than as members of the practice, shall be licensed by the department and shall comply with requirements established by the department to limit the diversion of opioid drugs and ensure patient safety. The department shall issue best practice guidance related to routine toxicology screenings, maximum take home dosages and behavioral health referrals for practitioners who provide opioid agonist therapy in the commonwealth. Practitioners shall adhere to said best practices promulgated by the department.

Section 6A. A corporate entity, other than a hospital or clinic licensed under section 51 of chapter 111 or an opioid treatment program licensed under chapter 111E, doing business in the commonwealth, which has more than 300 patients receiving treatment for opioid dependency in the form of opioid agonist therapy provided by physicians who are associated with the entity by contract, fee for service or other arrangement other than as members of the practice, shall be licensed by the department and shall comply with requirements established by the department to limit the diversion of opioid drugs and ensure patient safety.

The department shall issue best practice guidance related to routine toxicology screenings, maximum take home dosages and behavioral health referrals for practitioners who provide opioid agonist therapy in the commonwealth. Practitioners shall adhere to said best practices promulgated by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 86
Powers and duties; penalty for misrepresentation
Status: in_force

Section 86. All persons appointed under section eighty-five shall keep accurate records, in the form prescribed by the director of standards, of all weighings, measurements or surveys made by them, which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by said director and his inspectors and by the local sealer of weights and measures. If any person so appointed shall wilfully misrepresent the weight, quantity or measurements of any goods weighed, measured or surveyed by him, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

Section 86. All persons appointed under section eighty-five shall keep accurate records, in the form prescribed by the director of standards, of all weighings, measurements or surveys made by them, which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by said director and his inspectors and by the local sealer of weights and measures. If any person so appointed shall wilfully misrepresent the weight, quantity or measurements of any goods weighed, measured or surveyed by him, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.