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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35CCC — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35CCC
Flood Control Compact Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35CCC. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Flood Control Compact Fund, which shall be administered by the department of conservation and recreation. The fund shall be credited with: (i) all sums received by the commonwealth on account of compacts authorized by the general court, including sums received from other states; (ii) any appropriations, bond proceeds or other monies authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) all other amounts credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source; and (iv) interest or investment earnings on any such monies. Amounts credited to the fund may be expended, without further appropriation, by the department for costs arising under any compact authorized by the general court, including, but not limited, to reimbursing cities and towns in the commonwealth or other states and their political subdivisions for costs. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point.

Section 35CCC. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Flood Control Compact Fund, which shall be administered by the department of conservation and recreation. The fund shall be credited with: (i) all sums received by the commonwealth on account of compacts authorized by the general court, including sums received from other states; (ii) any appropriations, bond proceeds or other monies authorized or transferred by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund; (iii) all other amounts credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source; and (iv) interest or investment earnings on any such monies. Amounts credited to the fund may be expended, without further appropriation, by the department for costs arising under any compact authorized by the general court, including, but not limited, to reimbursing cities and towns in the commonwealth or other states and their political subdivisions for costs. The unexpended balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 5A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 5A
Cities; reserve funds for extraordinary expenditures; establishment
Status: in_force

Section 5A. To provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures, a city may, prior to the date when the tax rate for a fiscal year is fixed, include in the appropriations for such fiscal year as a reserve fund a sum not exceeding 5 per cent of the tax levy for the fiscal year next preceding such fiscal year. No direct drafts against this fund shall be made, but transfers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the city council upon recommendation of the mayor, and the city auditor or officer having similar duties shall make such transfers as are so voted.

Section 5A. To provide for extraordinary or unforeseen expenditures, a city may, prior to the date when the tax rate for a fiscal year is fixed, include in the appropriations for such fiscal year as a reserve fund a sum not exceeding 5 per cent of the tax levy for the fiscal year next preceding such fiscal year. No direct drafts against this fund shall be made, but transfers from the fund may from time to time be voted by the city council upon recommendation of the mayor, and the city auditor or officer having similar duties shall make such transfers as are so voted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 706 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 706
Removal of trustee
Status: in_force

Section 706. Removal of trustee (a) The settlor, a co-trustee or a beneficiary may request the court to remove a trustee or a trustee may be removed by the court on its own initiative. (b) The court may remove a trustee if: (1) the trustee has committed a serious breach of trust; (2) there is a lack of cooperation among co-trustees that substantially impairs the administration of the trust; (3) because of unfitness, unwillingness or persistent failure of the trustee to administer the trust effectively, the court determines that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of the beneficiaries; or (4) there has been a substantial change of circumstances or removal is requested by all of the qualified beneficiaries, the court finds that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of all of the beneficiaries and is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust and a suitable co-trustee or successor trustee is available. (c) Pending a final decision on a request to remove a trustee, or in lieu of or in addition to removing a trustee, the court may order such appropriate relief under subsection (b) of section 1001 as may be necessary to protect the trust property or the interests of the beneficiaries.

Section 706. Removal of trustee

(a) The settlor, a co-trustee or a beneficiary may request the court to remove a trustee or a trustee may be removed by the court on its own initiative.

(b) The court may remove a trustee if:

(1) the trustee has committed a serious breach of trust;

(2) there is a lack of cooperation among co-trustees that substantially impairs the administration of the trust;

(3) because of unfitness, unwillingness or persistent failure of the trustee to administer the trust effectively, the court determines that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of the beneficiaries; or

(4) there has been a substantial change of circumstances or removal is requested by all of the qualified beneficiaries, the court finds that removal of the trustee best serves the interests of all of the beneficiaries and is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust and a suitable co-trustee or successor trustee is available.

(c) Pending a final decision on a request to remove a trustee, or in lieu of or in addition to removing a trustee, the court may order such appropriate relief under subsection (b) of section 1001 as may be necessary to protect the trust property or the interests of the beneficiaries.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 103Q — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 103Q
Informality; liberal construction
Status: in_force

Section 103Q. No mere informality in the manner or carrying out any provision of law affecting voting by absent voting ballot at an election shall invalidate such election or constitute sufficient cause for the rejection of the returns thereof, and such provisions shall be construed liberally to effectuate their purposes.

Section 103Q. No mere informality in the manner or carrying out any provision of law affecting voting by absent voting ballot at an election shall invalidate such election or constitute sufficient cause for the rejection of the returns thereof, and such provisions shall be construed liberally to effectuate their purposes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, sec. 92 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156B / Section 92
Decree determining value and ordering payment; valuation date
Status: in_force

Section 92. After hearing the court shall enter a decree determining the fair value of the stock of those stockholders who have become entitled to the valuation of and payment for their shares, and shall order the corporation to make payment of such value, together with interest, if any, as hereinafter provided, to the stockholders entitled thereto upon the transfer by them to the corporation of the certificates representing such stock if certificated or, if uncertificated, upon receipt of an instruction transferring such stock to the corporation. For this purpose, the value of the shares shall be determined as of the day preceding the date of the vote approving the proposed corporate action and shall be exclusive of any element of value arising from the expectation or accomplishment of the proposed corporate action.

Section 92. After hearing the court shall enter a decree determining the fair value of the stock of those stockholders who have become entitled to the valuation of and payment for their shares, and shall order the corporation to make payment of such value, together with interest, if any, as hereinafter provided, to the stockholders entitled thereto upon the transfer by them to the corporation of the certificates representing such stock if certificated or, if uncertificated, upon receipt of an instruction transferring such stock to the corporation. For this purpose, the value of the shares shall be determined as of the day preceding the date of the vote approving the proposed corporate action and shall be exclusive of any element of value arising from the expectation or accomplishment of the proposed corporate action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 132 / Section 47
Licensing of foresters; definitions applicable to Secs. 47 to 50
Status: in_force

Section 47. As used in sections forty-seven to fifty, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ''Forestry'', the science, the art and the practice of conserving and managing for human benefit the natural resources, including trees, other plants, animals, soil and water, that occur on and in association with forest lands. ''Practice of forestry'', any professional services requiring the application of forestry principles and techniques. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, forest inventory, forest management planning, timber appraisal, the responsibility for the direction and supervision of silvicultural activities, use and protection of forested areas, and the evaluation of the economic and biological consequences of forest management activities.

Section 47. As used in sections forty-seven to fifty, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:—

''Forestry'', the science, the art and the practice of conserving and managing for human benefit the natural resources, including trees, other plants, animals, soil and water, that occur on and in association with forest lands.

''Practice of forestry'', any professional services requiring the application of forestry principles and techniques. Such services shall include, but not be limited to, forest inventory, forest management planning, timber appraisal, the responsibility for the direction and supervision of silvicultural activities, use and protection of forested areas, and the evaluation of the economic and biological consequences of forest management activities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 252, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 252 / Section 15
Construction of improvements
Status: in_force

Section 15. A town or person owning low land, ponds, swamps, quarries, mines or mineral deposits, which, on account of adjacent lands belonging to other persons or occupied as a highway, cannot be approached, worked, cultivated, drained or used to advantage in the ordinary manner without crossing such land or highway, may construct roads, drains, ditches, tunnels and railways thereto and, when the construction of such improvements is required by public convenience and necessity, may take the land of such other persons for the location of such improvements as hereinafter provided.

Section 15. A town or person owning low land, ponds, swamps, quarries, mines or mineral deposits, which, on account of adjacent lands belonging to other persons or occupied as a highway, cannot be approached, worked, cultivated, drained or used to advantage in the ordinary manner without crossing such land or highway, may construct roads, drains, ditches, tunnels and railways thereto and, when the construction of such improvements is required by public convenience and necessity, may take the land of such other persons for the location of such improvements as hereinafter provided.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 86 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 86
Mayor; powers and duties
Status: in_force

Section 86. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes and shall be recognized by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the governor for military purposes. In time of public danger or emergency, as determined by the city council, he may, with its consent, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the laws; and he shall have all the authority and powers conferred upon mayors by sections eighteen and nineteen of chapter thirty-three. He shall be chairman of the city council and chairman of the school committee. He shall have no power to veto but shall have the same powers as any other member of either such body to vote upon all measures coming before it. He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office and with sections seventy-nine to ninety-two A, inclusive, as may be imposed upon him by the city council. During the absence or disability of the mayor, or during the time such office is vacant, his duties shall be performed by the vice-chairman.

Section 86. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city for all ceremonial purposes and shall be recognized by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process and by the governor for military purposes. In time of public danger or emergency, as determined by the city council, he may, with its consent, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the laws; and he shall have all the authority and powers conferred upon mayors by sections eighteen and nineteen of chapter thirty-three. He shall be chairman of the city council and chairman of the school committee. He shall have no power to veto but shall have the same powers as any other member of either such body to vote upon all measures coming before it. He shall perform such other duties consistent with his office and with sections seventy-nine to ninety-two A, inclusive, as may be imposed upon him by the city council. During the absence or disability of the mayor, or during the time such office is vacant, his duties shall be performed by the vice-chairman.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 15
Recovery of damages; enforcement of lien
Status: in_force

Section 15. Such person may recover, in contract in the superior court from the person who owns or occupies the mill when the action is brought, the whole amount due and unpaid for the three years last preceding, and costs, although the amount recovered is less than one hundred dollars.

Section 15. Such person may recover, in contract in the superior court from the person who owns or occupies the mill when the action is brought, the whole amount due and unpaid for the three years last preceding, and costs, although the amount recovered is less than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 128 / Section 62
Publication of pertinent information and data concerning commercial feed; results of analysis; confidential status
Status: in_force

Section 62. The commissioner or his deputy may publish annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds; together with such data on their production, composition and use as he may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the commonwealth as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label; but any information relating to the general business of any applicant or licensee shall be treated by the commissioner as confidential.

Section 62. The commissioner or his deputy may publish annually, in such forms as he may deem proper, information concerning the sales of commercial feeds; together with such data on their production, composition and use as he may consider advisable, and a report of the results of the analyses of official samples of commercial feeds sold within the commonwealth as compared with the analyses guaranteed in the registration and on the label; but any information relating to the general business of any applicant or licensee shall be treated by the commissioner as confidential.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 162 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 162
Regional district school committees members
Status: in_force

Section 162. At the biennial state elections, members of regional district school committees elected at district-wide elections shall be chosen by the voters in each such district. The length of such terms of office shall be determined by the regional school districts; provided, however, that such terms shall not exceed four years.

Section 162. At the biennial state elections, members of regional district school committees elected at district-wide elections shall be chosen by the voters in each such district. The length of such terms of office shall be determined by the regional school districts; provided, however, that such terms shall not exceed four years.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 2B — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 2B
Federal Capital Improvement Fund
Status: in_force

Section 2B. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Federal Capital Improvement Fund. Money received from the federal government on account of projects financed in whole or in part by appropriations authorized to be charged to said fund shall be credited to said fund.

Section 2B. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Federal Capital Improvement Fund. Money received from the federal government on account of projects financed in whole or in part by appropriations authorized to be charged to said fund shall be credited to said fund.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 63
Notice to state secretary; specifications; report
Status: in_force

Section 63. Every holder, as that term is defined in section one of chapter sixty-six A, shall, on or before September first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six, or upon the subsequent establishment, termination, or change in the character of such personal data system, file with the state secretary a notice which shall specify:— (a) the name of the system; (b) the nature and purpose of the system; (c) the number of persons on whom data are or are expected to be maintained; (d) the categories of data maintained, or to be maintained, indicating which categories are or will be stored in an automated personal data system; (e) the agency's policies and practices regarding data storage, retention of data, and disposal thereof; (f) the categories of data sources; (g) a description of types of uses made or to be made of data, including a description of all classes of users of such data; (h) a description of the actions taken to comply with chapter sixty-six A; and (i) the name, title, and business address of the individual immediately responsible for the system. The state secretary shall, at least once annually, publish a report containing all of the notices filed pursuant to this section during said year. Such report and the separate notices shall be a public record as defined in paragraph twenty-six of section seven of chapter four.

Section 63. Every holder, as that term is defined in section one of chapter sixty-six A, shall, on or before September first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six, or upon the subsequent establishment, termination, or change in the character of such personal data system, file with the state secretary a notice which shall specify:—

(a) the name of the system;

(b) the nature and purpose of the system;

(c) the number of persons on whom data are or are expected to be maintained;

(d) the categories of data maintained, or to be maintained, indicating which categories are or will be stored in an automated personal data system;

(e) the agency's policies and practices regarding data storage, retention of data, and disposal thereof;

(f) the categories of data sources;

(g) a description of types of uses made or to be made of data, including a description of all classes of users of such data;

(h) a description of the actions taken to comply with chapter sixty-six A; and

(i) the name, title, and business address of the individual immediately responsible for the system.

The state secretary shall, at least once annually, publish a report containing all of the notices filed pursuant to this section during said year. Such report and the separate notices shall be a public record as defined in paragraph twenty-six of section seven of chapter four.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 302 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 302
Tickets certifying quantity in load; application of Secs. 296 to 303
Status: in_force

Section 302. Each wharfinger, carter or driver who conveys firewood or bark from a wharf or landing place shall be furnished by the owner or seller with a ticket certifying the quantity which the load contains and the name of the driver; and if firewood or bark is thus conveyed without such ticket accompanying the same, or if a driver refuses to produce and show such ticket to any sworn measurer on demand, or to give his consent to have the same measured, or if such ticket certifies a greater quantity of wood or bark than the load contains in the opinion of such measurer after measuring the same, the driver and owner shall for each load thereof severally forfeit five dollars. Sections two hundred and ninety-six to three hundred and three, inclusive, shall not apply to a person who transports or carts or causes to be transported or carted from a wharf or landing place to his own dwelling house or store cord wood or bark which he has purchased on a wharf or landing place, or which he has landed thereon upon his own account.

Section 302. Each wharfinger, carter or driver who conveys firewood or bark from a wharf or landing place shall be furnished by the owner or seller with a ticket certifying the quantity which the load contains and the name of the driver; and if firewood or bark is thus conveyed without such ticket accompanying the same, or if a driver refuses to produce and show such ticket to any sworn measurer on demand, or to give his consent to have the same measured, or if such ticket certifies a greater quantity of wood or bark than the load contains in the opinion of such measurer after measuring the same, the driver and owner shall for each load thereof severally forfeit five dollars. Sections two hundred and ninety-six to three hundred and three, inclusive, shall not apply to a person who transports or carts or causes to be transported or carted from a wharf or landing place to his own dwelling house or store cord wood or bark which he has purchased on a wharf or landing place, or which he has landed thereon upon his own account.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161D, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161D / Section 3
Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

Section 3. The executive office is hereby authorized to expend such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available for the acquisition of intercity coaches, and for necessary planning and other costs incidental to said acquisition, and to lease said coaches to eligible intercity bus carriers as provided in this chapter.

Section 3. The executive office is hereby authorized to expend such funds as may be appropriated or otherwise made available for the acquisition of intercity coaches, and for necessary planning and other costs incidental to said acquisition, and to lease said coaches to eligible intercity bus carriers as provided in this chapter.