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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93F, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93F / Section 4
Violations
Status: in_force

Section 4. Any violations of the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be an unfair and deceptive trade practice, as defined in section two of chapter ninety-three A.

Section 4. Any violations of the provisions of this act shall be deemed to be an unfair and deceptive trade practice, as defined in section two of chapter ninety-three A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 13 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 13
Detaining, or drugging to detain, person in place for prostitution
Status: in_force

Section 13. Whoever, for any length of time, unlawfully detains or attempts to detain, or aids or abets in unlawfully detaining or attempting to detain, or provides or administers or aids or abets in providing or administering any drug or liquor for the purpose of detaining a person in a house of ill fame or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in the house of correction for not less than one nor more than two and one half years or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 13. Whoever, for any length of time, unlawfully detains or attempts to detain, or aids or abets in unlawfully detaining or attempting to detain, or provides or administers or aids or abets in providing or administering any drug or liquor for the purpose of detaining a person in a house of ill fame or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in the house of correction for not less than one nor more than two and one half years or by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203B, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203B / Section 17
Termination of trust; order of distribution
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) Upon termination of a custodial trust, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property: (1) to the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased; (2) to the conservator or other recipient designated by the court for an incapacitated beneficiary; or (3) upon the beneficiary's death, in the following order: (i) as last directed in a writing signed by the deceased beneficiary while not incapacitated and received by the custodial trustee during the life of the deceased beneficiary; (ii) to the survivor of multiple beneficiaries if survivorship is provided for pursuant to section six; (iii) as designated in the instrument creating the custodial trust; or (iv) to the estate of the deceased beneficiary. (b) If, when the custodial trust would otherwise terminate, the distributee is incapacitated, the custodial trust shall continue for the use and benefit of the distributee as beneficiary until the incapacity is removed or the custodial trust is otherwise terminated. (c) Death of a beneficiary shall not terminate the power of the custodial trustee to discharge obligations of the custodial trustee or beneficiary incurred before the termination of the custodial trust.

Section 17. (a) Upon termination of a custodial trust, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property:

(1) to the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased;

(2) to the conservator or other recipient designated by the court for an incapacitated beneficiary; or

(3) upon the beneficiary's death, in the following order:

(i) as last directed in a writing signed by the deceased beneficiary while not incapacitated and received by the custodial trustee during the life of the deceased beneficiary;

(ii) to the survivor of multiple beneficiaries if survivorship is provided for pursuant to section six;

(iii) as designated in the instrument creating the custodial trust; or

(iv) to the estate of the deceased beneficiary.

(b) If, when the custodial trust would otherwise terminate, the distributee is incapacitated, the custodial trust shall continue for the use and benefit of the distributee as beneficiary until the incapacity is removed or the custodial trust is otherwise terminated.

(c) Death of a beneficiary shall not terminate the power of the custodial trustee to discharge obligations of the custodial trustee or beneficiary incurred before the termination of the custodial trust.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 110A, sec. 406 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 110A / Section 406
Administration of Chapter
Status: in_force

Section 406. (a) This chapter shall be administered by the secretary. (b) It is unlawful for the secretary or any of his officers or employees to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the secretary and which is not made public. No provision of this chapter authorizes the secretary or any of his officers or employees to disclose any such information except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the secretary or any of his officers or employees. (c) Every person who takes an examination under paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 204 shall pay whatever fee the secretary by rule specifies.

Section 406. (a) This chapter shall be administered by the secretary.

(b) It is unlawful for the secretary or any of his officers or employees to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the secretary and which is not made public. No provision of this chapter authorizes the secretary or any of his officers or employees to disclose any such information except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the secretary or any of his officers or employees.

(c) Every person who takes an examination under paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 204 shall pay whatever fee the secretary by rule specifies.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 33 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 33
Inspectors of milk and collectors of samples of milk
Status: in_force

Section 33. The board of health of a city shall, and the board of health or the selectmen acting as such board of a town may, appoint one or more inspectors of milk and one or more collectors of samples of milk, who shall have the powers, and perform the duties, conferred and imposed by law upon such inspectors and collectors, who shall be under the control of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the board appointing him or them; but no person whose business, in whole or in part, is the buying or selling of milk, or who is an officer, agent or employee of any person engaged in the sale thereof, shall be appointed as such inspector. Each person so appointed shall be sworn before entering upon his official duties and each such inspector shall publish a notice of his appointment for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in his town, if any; otherwise he shall post such notice in two or more public places therein. Such inspectors may be removed in cities in the manner provided in sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-one, and in towns at any time, by the appointing board.

Section 33. The board of health of a city shall, and the board of health or the selectmen acting as such board of a town may, appoint one or more inspectors of milk and one or more collectors of samples of milk, who shall have the powers, and perform the duties, conferred and imposed by law upon such inspectors and collectors, who shall be under the control of, and whose compensation shall be fixed by, the board appointing him or them; but no person whose business, in whole or in part, is the buying or selling of milk, or who is an officer, agent or employee of any person engaged in the sale thereof, shall be appointed as such inspector. Each person so appointed shall be sworn before entering upon his official duties and each such inspector shall publish a notice of his appointment for two successive weeks in a newspaper published in his town, if any; otherwise he shall post such notice in two or more public places therein. Such inspectors may be removed in cities in the manner provided in sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of chapter thirty-one, and in towns at any time, by the appointing board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 52
Advertisements including prize offer
Status: in_force

Section 52. Any advertisement of a time-share property which includes the offer of a prize or other inducement shall prominently disclose the approximate fair market value, number of, and criteria to qualify for, each prize or inducement offered.

Section 52. Any advertisement of a time-share property which includes the offer of a prize or other inducement shall prominently disclose the approximate fair market value, number of, and criteria to qualify for, each prize or inducement offered.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156C, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 156C / Section 11
Reliance on records and documents
Status: in_force

Section 11. A member or manager of a limited liability company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the provisions of a written operating agreement and the records of the limited liability company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the limited liability company by any of its other managers, members, officers, employees, or committees or by any other person, as to matters the member or manager reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the limited liability company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the limited liability company or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to members might properly be paid.

Section 11. A member or manager of a limited liability company shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the provisions of a written operating agreement and the records of the limited liability company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the limited liability company by any of its other managers, members, officers, employees, or committees or by any other person, as to matters the member or manager reasonably believes are within such other person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the limited liability company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the limited liability company or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to members might properly be paid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VI / Chapter 36 / Section 2
Election; qualification; tenure
Status: in_force

Section 2. In each such district and in each county not divided into districts, a register of deeds, who shall be a resident of such district or county, shall be elected, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-seven of chapter fifty-four, for the term of six years, beginning with the first Wednesday of January following his election, and until his successor is qualified.

Section 2. In each such district and in each county not divided into districts, a register of deeds, who shall be a resident of such district or county, shall be elected, as provided in section one hundred and fifty-seven of chapter fifty-four, for the term of six years, beginning with the first Wednesday of January following his election, and until his successor is qualified.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 232 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 232
Neglect of railroad to give signals at crossing; damages; contributory, gross or wilful negligence
Status: in_force

Section 232. If a person is injured in his person or property by collision with the engines or cars or rail-borne motor cars of a railroad corporation at a crossing such as is described in section one hundred and thirty-eight, and it appears that the corporation neglected to give the signals required by said section or to give signals by such means or in such manner as may be prescribed by orders of the department, and that such neglect contributed to the injury, the corporation shall be liable for all damages caused by the collision, or, if the life of a person so injured is lost, to damages recoverable in tort, as provided in section two of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, unless it is shown that, in addition to a mere want of ordinary care, the person injured or the person who had charge of his person or property was, at the time of the collision, guilty of gross or wilful negligence, or was acting in violation of the law, and that such gross or wilful negligence or unlawful act contributed to the injury.

Section 232. If a person is injured in his person or property by collision with the engines or cars or rail-borne motor cars of a railroad corporation at a crossing such as is described in section one hundred and thirty-eight, and it appears that the corporation neglected to give the signals required by said section or to give signals by such means or in such manner as may be prescribed by orders of the department, and that such neglect contributed to the injury, the corporation shall be liable for all damages caused by the collision, or, if the life of a person so injured is lost, to damages recoverable in tort, as provided in section two of chapter two hundred and twenty-nine, unless it is shown that, in addition to a mere want of ordinary care, the person injured or the person who had charge of his person or property was, at the time of the collision, guilty of gross or wilful negligence, or was acting in violation of the law, and that such gross or wilful negligence or unlawful act contributed to the injury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176P, sec. 26 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176P / Section 26
Separation of assets, funds and liabilities
Status: in_force

Section 26. The separation of assets, funds and liabilities required by section 25 shall not be terminated, rescinded or modified, nor shall the funds be diverted for any use other than as specified in section 25, as long as any certificates issued under sections 23 to 28, inclusive, remain in force. This requirement shall be recognized and enforced in any liquidation, reinsurance, merger or other change in the condition or status of the society.

Section 26. The separation of assets, funds and liabilities required by section 25 shall not be terminated, rescinded or modified, nor shall the funds be diverted for any use other than as specified in section 25, as long as any certificates issued under sections 23 to 28, inclusive, remain in force. This requirement shall be recognized and enforced in any liquidation, reinsurance, merger or other change in the condition or status of the society.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 253, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 253 / Section 10
Annual and gross damages; assessment by jury
Status: in_force

Section 10. They shall also determine by their verdict what amount, if any, to be paid annually to the plaintiff, would be a just and reasonable compensation for the damages that may be thereafter caused by the dam, so long as it is used in conformity with the verdict; and also what amount in gross would be a just and reasonable compensation for all damages thereafter to be caused by such use of the dam and for the right to maintain and use it forever as aforesaid.

Section 10. They shall also determine by their verdict what amount, if any, to be paid annually to the plaintiff, would be a just and reasonable compensation for the damages that may be thereafter caused by the dam, so long as it is used in conformity with the verdict; and also what amount in gross would be a just and reasonable compensation for all damages thereafter to be caused by such use of the dam and for the right to maintain and use it forever as aforesaid.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61B, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 61B / Section 15
Certificate of amount of conveyance or roll-back tax
Status: in_force

Section 15. In connection with any proposed or completed sale or other transfer of any land which has been valued, assessed and taxed under the provisions of this chapter, the owner of record of the land may apply to the board of assessors for a certificate of the amount of conveyance tax and roll-back tax, if any, payable by reason of such sale or other transfer, or that no such tax is payable and stating the amount of any conveyance or roll-back taxes that are payable with respect to such land. Such certificate shall be provided to the applicant within twenty days after application therefor. Such certificate may be recorded with the registry of deeds, and upon such recording of such a certificate become payable, or a certificate by the collector of taxes that the amount of tax stated in such certificate of the board of assessors has been paid, all liens on such land for taxes under this chapter shall terminate, except that any liens for any roll-back taxes assessed by reason of land ceasing to qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation under this chapter after the date of such sale or other transfer, shall continue. In connection with the issuance of such a certificate, the board of assessors may rely upon their own records, affidavits and such other information as they may deem appropriate. The board of assessors shall charge six dollars for each certificate so issued, and the money so received shall be paid into the town treasury.

Section 15. In connection with any proposed or completed sale or other transfer of any land which has been valued, assessed and taxed under the provisions of this chapter, the owner of record of the land may apply to the board of assessors for a certificate of the amount of conveyance tax and roll-back tax, if any, payable by reason of such sale or other transfer, or that no such tax is payable and stating the amount of any conveyance or roll-back taxes that are payable with respect to such land. Such certificate shall be provided to the applicant within twenty days after application therefor. Such certificate may be recorded with the registry of deeds, and upon such recording of such a certificate become payable, or a certificate by the collector of taxes that the amount of tax stated in such certificate of the board of assessors has been paid, all liens on such land for taxes under this chapter shall terminate, except that any liens for any roll-back taxes assessed by reason of land ceasing to qualify for valuation, assessment and taxation under this chapter after the date of such sale or other transfer, shall continue. In connection with the issuance of such a certificate, the board of assessors may rely upon their own records, affidavits and such other information as they may deem appropriate. The board of assessors shall charge six dollars for each certificate so issued, and the money so received shall be paid into the town treasury.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 44, sec. 47 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 44 / Section 47
Right to establish or use
Status: in_force

Section 47. No further sinking funds for the payment of debt shall be established by any city, town or district, but cities and towns shall contribute to every sinking fund established prior to May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and districts shall contribute to every sinking fund established prior to March twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, until such sinking fund, with its accumulations, shall be sufficient to extinguish at maturity the debt for which it was established. This section shall not apply to Boston.

Section 47. No further sinking funds for the payment of debt shall be established by any city, town or district, but cities and towns shall contribute to every sinking fund established prior to May twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and districts shall contribute to every sinking fund established prior to March twentieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, until such sinking fund, with its accumulations, shall be sufficient to extinguish at maturity the debt for which it was established. This section shall not apply to Boston.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, sec. 24J — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90 / Section 24J
Inquiry of defendant convicted of driving under influence of intoxicating liquors as to establishment serving alcohol
Status: in_force

Section 24J. In every case of a conviction of or a plea of guilty to a violation of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four involving operating a motor vehicle with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a disposition under section twenty-four D, the court shall inquire of the defendant, before sentencing, regarding whether he was served alcohol prior to his violation of said section at an establishment licensed to serve alcohol on the premises and the name and location of said establishment. Any information so acquired by the court shall be transmitted by the clerk's office to the alcohol beverage control commission, the office of the attorney general, the office of the district attorney for the district in which the establishment is located, and such establishment.

Section 24J. In every case of a conviction of or a plea of guilty to a violation of subdivision (1) of section twenty-four involving operating a motor vehicle with a percentage, by weight, of alcohol in their blood of eight one-hundredths or greater, or under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a disposition under section twenty-four D, the court shall inquire of the defendant, before sentencing, regarding whether he was served alcohol prior to his violation of said section at an establishment licensed to serve alcohol on the premises and the name and location of said establishment.

Any information so acquired by the court shall be transmitted by the clerk's office to the alcohol beverage control commission, the office of the attorney general, the office of the district attorney for the district in which the establishment is located, and such establishment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, sec. 45 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 235 / Section 45
Successive attachments; notice; liability of attaching officer
Status: in_force

Section 45. If an attachment or seizure on execution is made of any property which may be attached without taking and keeping the exclusive possession thereof, and if the same property is subsequently attached or taken on execution by another officer, he shall give notice thereof to the officer who made the first attachment or seizure; and if the latter, before he receives such notice, pays to the debtor the balance of the proceeds of a sale, he shall not be liable therefor to the person claiming under such subsequent attachment or seizure.

Section 45. If an attachment or seizure on execution is made of any property which may be attached without taking and keeping the exclusive possession thereof, and if the same property is subsequently attached or taken on execution by another officer, he shall give notice thereof to the officer who made the first attachment or seizure; and if the latter, before he receives such notice, pays to the debtor the balance of the proceeds of a sale, he shall not be liable therefor to the person claiming under such subsequent attachment or seizure.