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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 132 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 132
Tenure limitations
Status: in_force

Section 132. The tenure provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, shall be limited as follows: (a) Said provisions shall not apply to persons whose tenure in office is terminated by a law enacted subsequent to his commencement of tenure. (b) Said provisions shall not prevent abolition of any municipal office or the transfer of any of the powers and duties of any office. (c) Said provisions shall not prevent termination of tenure upon an appointive office becoming elective. Any person's length of service in an elective office which becomes appointive, however, may be credited to his eligibility period for tenure if he succeeds himself in such office. (d) Said provisions shall not extend the time at which an officer is otherwise required to retire. (e) Said provisions shall not waive residency requirements in determining tenure eligibility.

Section 132. The tenure provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and thirty-one, inclusive, shall be limited as follows:

(a) Said provisions shall not apply to persons whose tenure in office is terminated by a law enacted subsequent to his commencement of tenure.

(b) Said provisions shall not prevent abolition of any municipal office or the transfer of any of the powers and duties of any office.

(c) Said provisions shall not prevent termination of tenure upon an appointive office becoming elective. Any person's length of service in an elective office which becomes appointive, however, may be credited to his eligibility period for tenure if he succeeds himself in such office.

(d) Said provisions shall not extend the time at which an officer is otherwise required to retire.

(e) Said provisions shall not waive residency requirements in determining tenure eligibility.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 25
Condemnation of weighing or measuring devices; marking; removal of notice
Status: in_force

Section 25. All weighing or measuring devices which cannot be made to conform to the standard shall be stamped, marked or labelled ''Condemned'' or ''CD'' by the sealer. Weighing or measuring devices in possession of a merchant or vendor not used for buying or selling, or for weighing and measuring for hire or reward shall be plainly marked by the sealer with a notice that such articles have not been sealed under this chapter. Whoever removes said notice without the consent of the person affixing the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.

Section 25. All weighing or measuring devices which cannot be made to conform to the standard shall be stamped, marked or labelled ''Condemned'' or ''CD'' by the sealer. Weighing or measuring devices in possession of a merchant or vendor not used for buying or selling, or for weighing and measuring for hire or reward shall be plainly marked by the sealer with a notice that such articles have not been sealed under this chapter. Whoever removes said notice without the consent of the person affixing the same shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars or shall be subject to a civil citation as provided in section 29A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 10A — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 10A
Annual report of local licensing authorities to commission
Status: in_force

Section 10A. The local licensing authorities shall file with the commission, on or before February fifteenth next following a license year in which the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverage was authorized, a full report of their action during said license year, with the number of licenses of each class granted, and the revenue thereof, together with the established schedule of fees for all classes of licenses. Said report shall contain a list of all violations of law by licensees which came to their attention, and their actions and findings with reference thereto.

Section 10A. The local licensing authorities shall file with the commission, on or before February fifteenth next following a license year in which the granting of licenses for the sale of any alcoholic beverage was authorized, a full report of their action during said license year, with the number of licenses of each class granted, and the revenue thereof, together with the established schedule of fees for all classes of licenses. Said report shall contain a list of all violations of law by licensees which came to their attention, and their actions and findings with reference thereto.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 203E, sec. 1011 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 203E / Section 1011
Interest as general partner
Status: in_force

Section 1011. Interest as general partner (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) or unless personal liability is imposed in the contract, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner, in a general or limited partnership, shall not be personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust's acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed in the contract or in a statement previously filed under chapter 108A or chapter 109. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner shall not be personally liable for torts committed by the partnership or for obligations arising from ownership or control of the interest unless the trustee is personally at fault. (c) The immunity provided by this section shall not apply if an interest in the partnership is held by the trustee in a capacity other than that of trustee or is held by the trustee's spouse or 1 or more of the trustee's descendants, siblings or parents, or the spouse of any of them. (d) If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor shall be personally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.

Section 1011. Interest as general partner

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) or unless personal liability is imposed in the contract, a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner, in a general or limited partnership, shall not be personally liable on a contract entered into by the partnership after the trust's acquisition of the interest if the fiduciary capacity was disclosed in the contract or in a statement previously filed under chapter 108A or chapter 109.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a trustee who holds an interest as a general partner shall not be personally liable for torts committed by the partnership or for obligations arising from ownership or control of the interest unless the trustee is personally at fault.

(c) The immunity provided by this section shall not apply if an interest in the partnership is held by the trustee in a capacity other than that of trustee or is held by the trustee's spouse or 1 or more of the trustee's descendants, siblings or parents, or the spouse of any of them.

(d) If the trustee of a revocable trust holds an interest as a general partner, the settlor shall be personally liable for contracts and other obligations of the partnership as if the settlor were a general partner.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 78, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XII / Chapter 78 / Section 19
Powers, duties and status of board
Status: in_force

Section 19. The board of library commissioners may expend such sums as may be appropriated for the extension and encouragement of library services within the commonwealth. The said board is hereby designated as the state agency to deal with the federal government with respect to federal grants which may be made available to the commonwealth for promoting library services, and to administer such state plans as may be approved as a condition of such grants. The board may contract with any other state agency, city or town, public or private library to provide improved library services in an area, or to secure such library services as may be agreed upon, which services may include, but need not be limited to, the lending of books and related library materials, the establishment of branch libraries, depositories or bookmobile service, and to co-operative purchasing and processing of books, recordings, films and related library materials. The board shall cooperate with the Library of Congress or its successors relative to the administration of the program of talking books and may expend such state, federal or other funds as are available for such purpose. The board shall also represent the commonwealth in the receipt and disbursement of funds made available to the commonwealth from any private source for the promotion of library services. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of funds for this purpose received from the federal government or private services.

Section 19. The board of library commissioners may expend such sums as may be appropriated for the extension and encouragement of library services within the commonwealth. The said board is hereby designated as the state agency to deal with the federal government with respect to federal grants which may be made available to the commonwealth for promoting library services, and to administer such state plans as may be approved as a condition of such grants. The board may contract with any other state agency, city or town, public or private library to provide improved library services in an area, or to secure such library services as may be agreed upon, which services may include, but need not be limited to, the lending of books and related library materials, the establishment of branch libraries, depositories or bookmobile service, and to co-operative purchasing and processing of books, recordings, films and related library materials. The board shall cooperate with the Library of Congress or its successors relative to the administration of the program of talking books and may expend such state, federal or other funds as are available for such purpose. The board shall also represent the commonwealth in the receipt and disbursement of funds made available to the commonwealth from any private source for the promotion of library services. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of funds for this purpose received from the federal government or private services.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, sec. 2A — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 111 / Section 2A
Co-operation with MassAbility
Status: in_force

Section 2A. The commissioner and any executive officer or employee appointed by him shall co-operate with MassAbility under the provisions of section eighty-one of chapter six for the vocational rehabilitation of any person with a disability.

Section 2A. The commissioner and any executive officer or employee appointed by him shall co-operate with MassAbility under the provisions of section eighty-one of chapter six for the vocational rehabilitation of any person with a disability.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 24C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 24C
Investigation of complaints of discrimination; ascertainment of age of employees; examination and transcript of records
Status: in_force

Section 24C. The department shall investigate all complaints of discrimination, and for that purpose the commissioner or his authorized representative shall have full power and authority (1) to investigate and ascertain the age of each person employed within the commonwealth and (2) to enter any place of business or employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, within the commonwealth for the purpose of examination and making a transcript of records in any way appertaining to or having a bearing upon the question of the age of any person so employed.

Section 24C. The department shall investigate all complaints of discrimination, and for that purpose the commissioner or his authorized representative shall have full power and authority (1) to investigate and ascertain the age of each person employed within the commonwealth and (2) to enter any place of business or employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, within the commonwealth for the purpose of examination and making a transcript of records in any way appertaining to or having a bearing upon the question of the age of any person so employed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, sec. 24 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40 / Section 24
Powers of cities; regulation of the quality of ice; penalty for violation
Status: in_force

Section 24. A city may make ordinances to secure the inspection of ice sold therein and to prevent the sale of impure ice, and affix penalties of not more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof.

Section 24. A city may make ordinances to secure the inspection of ice sold therein and to prevent the sale of impure ice, and affix penalties of not more than twenty dollars for each violation thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 13, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 13 / Section 32
State examiners of electricians; membership; appointment and term; compensation and reimbursement of expenses
Status: in_force

Section 32. The state examiners of electricians, hereinafter, called the board, shall consist of the state fire marshal, the associate commissioner for the division of occupational education in the department of education, ex officiis, and 9 persons to be appointed for terms of three years each by the governor. One of said appointees shall be a representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B and one shall be a local wiring inspector who is an electrician licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-one. One of the appointees shall be a vocational-technical electrical educator or administrator, who shall be selected from a group of 3 nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.

Section 32. The state examiners of electricians, hereinafter, called the board, shall consist of the state fire marshal, the associate commissioner for the division of occupational education in the department of education, ex officiis, and 9 persons to be appointed for terms of three years each by the governor. One of said appointees shall be a representative of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B and one shall be a local wiring inspector who is an electrician licensed under chapter one hundred and forty-one. One of the appointees shall be a vocational-technical electrical educator or administrator, who shall be selected from a group of 3 nominees, to be nominated by the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses reasonably incurred in the performances of their duties as members or on behalf of the board.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 109, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 109 / Section 17
Limited partners
Status: in_force

Section 17. (a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of: (1) the date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or (2) the date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner. (b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner: (1) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and (2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in section forty-two, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.

Section 17. (a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:

(1) the date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or

(2) the date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.

(b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:

(1) in the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and

(2) in the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in section forty-two, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of the power.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, sec. 6E — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221 / Section 6E
Superior court for county of Worcester; equity proceedings clerk
Status: in_force

Section 6E. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.

Section 6E. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 16
Receipt of gift by inspector
Status: in_force

Section 16. An inspector who directly or indirectly receives a reward, gift or gratuity on account of his official services shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, and shall also be discharged from office.

Section 16. An inspector who directly or indirectly receives a reward, gift or gratuity on account of his official services shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, and shall also be discharged from office.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21F, sec. 3 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21F / Section 3
Eligibility of coastal cities or towns
Status: in_force

Section 3. The executive office of environmental affairs shall define the terms ''coastal city or town'' and shall designate such cities and towns as so qualifying for the purpose of determining eligibility for project assistance.

Section 3. The executive office of environmental affairs shall define the terms ''coastal city or town'' and shall designate such cities and towns as so qualifying for the purpose of determining eligibility for project assistance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 43C — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 43C
Disposition of proceeds of sales of cemetery lots and plots; liquidation of indebtedness
Status: in_force

Section 43C. The proceeds of the sales of lots and plots in a cemetery shall, except as hereinafter provided, be applied solely to the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery and the avenues, paths and structures situated therein, for the purchase of additional cemetery land, and for the accumulation of a permanent care and improvement fund. If any indebtedness of a fixed amount is incurred in the purchase of lands for such cemetery, or in making any improvement therein, a sum not exceeding fifty per cent of the gross receipts from the sale of burial lots and plots may be applied to the liquidation of such indebtedness. All moneys received from the sale of personal property and surplus real estate of a cemetery shall be applied first to the liquidation of any fixed indebtedness incurred by it on account of the purchase or improvement of the lands dedicated to cemetery purposes, and any residue remaining after the liquidation of such indebtedness shall be deposited in the permanent care and improvement fund of the cemetery. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any cemetery established prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, or to any cemetery owned, maintained and operated by a church or religious society.

Section 43C. The proceeds of the sales of lots and plots in a cemetery shall, except as hereinafter provided, be applied solely to the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery and the avenues, paths and structures situated therein, for the purchase of additional cemetery land, and for the accumulation of a permanent care and improvement fund. If any indebtedness of a fixed amount is incurred in the purchase of lands for such cemetery, or in making any improvement therein, a sum not exceeding fifty per cent of the gross receipts from the sale of burial lots and plots may be applied to the liquidation of such indebtedness. All moneys received from the sale of personal property and surplus real estate of a cemetery shall be applied first to the liquidation of any fixed indebtedness incurred by it on account of the purchase or improvement of the lands dedicated to cemetery purposes, and any residue remaining after the liquidation of such indebtedness shall be deposited in the permanent care and improvement fund of the cemetery. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any cemetery established prior to July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, or to any cemetery owned, maintained and operated by a church or religious society.