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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 32, sec. 90E — MA Code / Part I / Title IV / Chapter 32 / Section 90E
Increasing allowance of former employees whose classification has been abolished
Status: in_force

Section 90E. If the classification under which a former employee retired has been abolished since his retirement, a city, town or district or the Massachusetts Port Authority, which accepts the provisions of sections ninety A, ninety C or ninety D, may increase the retirement allowance of such employee to an amount as nearly equal as possible to the increases which have been made and which shall be made in the retirement allowance of employees who were retired in the same grade as such former employee regardless of classification.

Section 90E. If the classification under which a former employee retired has been abolished since his retirement, a city, town or district or the Massachusetts Port Authority, which accepts the provisions of sections ninety A, ninety C or ninety D, may increase the retirement allowance of such employee to an amount as nearly equal as possible to the increases which have been made and which shall be made in the retirement allowance of employees who were retired in the same grade as such former employee regardless of classification.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 41B — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 41B
Payment of public employees by direct bank credits
Status: in_force

Section 41B. The treasurer of any city, town or district which accepts this section may pay salaries, wages, or other compensation to any person in the service of such city, town or district by means of deposits to a deposit account or accounts of such person in any one or more savings or cooperative banks, trust companies, or credit unions incorporated in or chartered by the commonwealth; in any one or more national banking associations, federal savings or loan associations or federal credit unions located in the commonwealth; in any one or more banking companies or Morris Plan companies subject to chapter one hundred and seventy-two A; or any one or more savings or loan associations under the supervision of the commissioner of banks; provided, that such person has specifically authorized such deposits, and provided further, that if such deposits are made initially to accounts established for such persons in any one such bank, trust company, credit union, or association, the depository shall have agreed with the treasurer on terms satisfactory to the treasurer for the immediate direct transfer of such deposit to any other such bank, trust company, credit union, or association designated by each such person.

Section 41B. The treasurer of any city, town or district which accepts this section may pay salaries, wages, or other compensation to any person in the service of such city, town or district by means of deposits to a deposit account or accounts of such person in any one or more savings or cooperative banks, trust companies, or credit unions incorporated in or chartered by the commonwealth; in any one or more national banking associations, federal savings or loan associations or federal credit unions located in the commonwealth; in any one or more banking companies or Morris Plan companies subject to chapter one hundred and seventy-two A; or any one or more savings or loan associations under the supervision of the commissioner of banks; provided, that such person has specifically authorized such deposits, and provided further, that if such deposits are made initially to accounts established for such persons in any one such bank, trust company, credit union, or association, the depository shall have agreed with the treasurer on terms satisfactory to the treasurer for the immediate direct transfer of such deposit to any other such bank, trust company, credit union, or association designated by each such person.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 136, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 136 / Section 10
Business, trade, labor or work on Sunday; equitable relief; jurisdiction of superior court
Status: in_force

Section 10. In addition to any criminal penalty herein provided the attorney general, a district attorney, a mayor or city manager and city council, or the board of selectmen of the town may petition the superior court in equity to enjoin any violation of this chapter. The superior court shall have original jurisdiction over such petitions in equity and authority to enjoin such violations.

Section 10. In addition to any criminal penalty herein provided the attorney general, a district attorney, a mayor or city manager and city council, or the board of selectmen of the town may petition the superior court in equity to enjoin any violation of this chapter. The superior court shall have original jurisdiction over such petitions in equity and authority to enjoin such violations.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, sec. 4N — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176B / Section 4N
Off-label drug use; cancer
Status: in_force

Section 4N. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs, shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of cancer as defined in, and subject to the restrictions of, sections forty-seven K and forty-seven L of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.

Section 4N. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs, shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of cancer as defined in, and subject to the restrictions of, sections forty-seven K and forty-seven L of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, sec. 10 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 234A / Section 10
Numbered resident list
Status: in_force

Section 10. On or before the first day of June of each year, each city and town shall make a sequentially numbered list of the names, addresses, and dates of birth of all persons who were seventeen years of age or older as of the first day of January of the current year and who resided as of the first day of January of the current year in such city or town. The names of residents shall be listed and numbered, without duplication, in alphabetical order, one name to each number, along with such other information and in such form and format as shall be specified in the regulations of the jury commissioner. On or before the said date, each city and town shall submit one copy of this list to the office of jury commissioner and make a copy of such list available for inspection by members of the public. Hereinafter in this chapter, such list shall be referred to as the ''numbered resident list'' and a particular individual on such list shall be referred to as a ''numbered resident''. The cost of preparing the numbered resident list shall be paid by the city or town.

Section 10. On or before the first day of June of each year, each city and town shall make a sequentially numbered list of the names, addresses, and dates of birth of all persons who were seventeen years of age or older as of the first day of January of the current year and who resided as of the first day of January of the current year in such city or town. The names of residents shall be listed and numbered, without duplication, in alphabetical order, one name to each number, along with such other information and in such form and format as shall be specified in the regulations of the jury commissioner. On or before the said date, each city and town shall submit one copy of this list to the office of jury commissioner and make a copy of such list available for inspection by members of the public. Hereinafter in this chapter, such list shall be referred to as the ''numbered resident list'' and a particular individual on such list shall be referred to as a ''numbered resident''. The cost of preparing the numbered resident list shall be paid by the city or town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, sec. 35AA — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 10 / Section 35AA
Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund
Status: in_force

Section 35AA. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund to be used, without appropriation, by the executive office of housing and livable communities for the purpose of making payments to communities under section 10 of chapter 40R. Available revenues from the sale of state surplus lands, as provided for in law, appropriations from the General Fund and monetary sanctions imposed by the executive office of housing and livable communities under subsection (b) of section 7 of said chapter 40R shall be deposited into the trust fund. All monies deposited into the fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose set forth in this section. No expenditure from said fund shall cause said fund to be in deficiency at the close of a fiscal year.

Section 35AA. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund to be used, without appropriation, by the executive office of housing and livable communities for the purpose of making payments to communities under section 10 of chapter 40R. Available revenues from the sale of state surplus lands, as provided for in law, appropriations from the General Fund and monetary sanctions imposed by the executive office of housing and livable communities under subsection (b) of section 7 of said chapter 40R shall be deposited into the trust fund. All monies deposited into the fund shall be expended exclusively for the purpose set forth in this section. No expenditure from said fund shall cause said fund to be in deficiency at the close of a fiscal year.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 120, sec. 10B — MA Code / Part I / Title XVII / Chapter 120 / Section 10B
Involuntary room confinement prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 10B. A person detained by and committed to the department of youth services shall not be placed in involuntary room confinement as a punishment, harassment or consequence for noncompliance or in retaliation for any conduct.

Section 10B. A person detained by and committed to the department of youth services shall not be placed in involuntary room confinement as a punishment, harassment or consequence for noncompliance or in retaliation for any conduct.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 279, sec. 33A — MA Code / Part IV / Title II / Chapter 279 / Section 33A
Credit for days of confinement awaiting and during trial
Status: in_force

Section 33A. The court on imposing a sentence of commitment to a correctional institution of the commonwealth, a house of correction, or a jail, shall order that the prisoner be deemed to have served a portion of said sentence, such portion to be the number of days spent by the prisoner in confinement prior to such sentence awaiting and during trial.

Section 33A. The court on imposing a sentence of commitment to a correctional institution of the commonwealth, a house of correction, or a jail, shall order that the prisoner be deemed to have served a portion of said sentence, such portion to be the number of days spent by the prisoner in confinement prior to such sentence awaiting and during trial.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 230 / Section 2
Torts; amount of damages
Status: in_force

Section 2. If an action of tort is commenced or prosecuted against the executor or administrator of the person originally liable, the plaintiff shall recover only the value of the goods taken, or the damage actually sustained, without vindictive or exemplary damages, or damages for any alleged outrage to the feelings of the injured party.

Section 2. If an action of tort is commenced or prosecuted against the executor or administrator of the person originally liable, the plaintiff shall recover only the value of the goods taken, or the damage actually sustained, without vindictive or exemplary damages, or damages for any alleged outrage to the feelings of the injured party.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 129, sec. 14A — MA Code / Part I / Title XIX / Chapter 129 / Section 14A
Quarantine or destruction of animals affected with vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema
Status: in_force

Section 14A. All domestic animals which are affected with vesicular stomatitis, or vesicular exanthema, as determined by the director, shall be quarantined. Animals which are affected with vesicular exanthema, as determined by the director, shall be slaughtered at a slaughtering establishment under federal supervision and the products of such animals shall be processed. Animals affected with vesicular stomatitis shall be disposed of as the director directs. All such animals, either too small, or too young, to be of value commercially as meat, shall be disposed of as the director directs. The director shall make such rules and regulations in respect to the importation into the commonwealth of such animals or products therefrom as he may deem necessary. The director shall also issue such directions for the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, premises and places in which vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema exists, or has existed, and of property which may be on or contained therein, as in his opinion may be necessary or expedient, and no such buildings, premises, places and property shall be again used for the raising, care or maintenance of such animals until so authorized by the director in writing. No rules or regulations shall take effect until approved by the governor and council.

Section 14A. All domestic animals which are affected with vesicular stomatitis, or vesicular exanthema, as determined by the director, shall be quarantined.

Animals which are affected with vesicular exanthema, as determined by the director, shall be slaughtered at a slaughtering establishment under federal supervision and the products of such animals shall be processed. Animals affected with vesicular stomatitis shall be disposed of as the director directs.

All such animals, either too small, or too young, to be of value commercially as meat, shall be disposed of as the director directs. The director shall make such rules and regulations in respect to the importation into the commonwealth of such animals or products therefrom as he may deem necessary.

The director shall also issue such directions for the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, premises and places in which vesicular stomatitis or vesicular exanthema exists, or has existed, and of property which may be on or contained therein, as in his opinion may be necessary or expedient, and no such buildings, premises, places and property shall be again used for the raising, care or maintenance of such animals until so authorized by the director in writing. No rules or regulations shall take effect until approved by the governor and council.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 17A — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 17A
Governor's cabinet
Status: in_force

Section 17A. There shall be a cabinet, which shall serve under the governor. The cabinet shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of education, the secretary of aging and independence, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, the secretary of health and human services, the secretary of economic development, secretary of housing and livable communities, the secretary of labor and workforce development, the secretary of public safety and security, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of veterans' services and other officers of the executive department that the governor may from time to time designate.

Section 17A. There shall be a cabinet, which shall serve under the governor. The cabinet shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of education, the secretary of aging and independence, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, the secretary of health and human services, the secretary of economic development, secretary of housing and livable communities, the secretary of labor and workforce development, the secretary of public safety and security, the secretary of transportation, the secretary of veterans' services and other officers of the executive department that the governor may from time to time designate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, sec. 13A — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 29 / Section 13A
Transfer of unexpended balance of fund, trust fund or other separate account to General Fund
Status: in_force

Section 13A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon receiving a written request from the secretary, the comptroller shall transfer to the General Fund all or part of the unexpended balance of a fund, trust fund or other separate account, whether established administratively or by law, including a separate account established under section 6 of chapter 6A; provided, however, that the authority to transfer unexpended balances shall not apply to any judgments or settlements received and held in trust by the attorney general. The secretary and comptroller shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means 45 days before any such transfer. The request shall certify that the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, has determined that the balance, or a specified part of the balance, is not necessary for the purposes for which it was made available.

Section 13A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, upon receiving a written request from the secretary, the comptroller shall transfer to the General Fund all or part of the unexpended balance of a fund, trust fund or other separate account, whether established administratively or by law, including a separate account established under section 6 of chapter 6A; provided, however, that the authority to transfer unexpended balances shall not apply to any judgments or settlements received and held in trust by the attorney general. The secretary and comptroller shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means 45 days before any such transfer. The request shall certify that the secretary, in consultation with the comptroller, has determined that the balance, or a specified part of the balance, is not necessary for the purposes for which it was made available.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167J, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167J / Section 17
Declaration of dividends
Status: in_force

Section 17. The board of directors may declare from net profits cash dividends annually, semi-annually or quarterly, but not more frequently, and noncash dividends at any time. No dividends shall be declared, credited or paid so long as there is any impairment of capital stock. No stock corporation having outstanding preferred stock shall, except as otherwise authorized by the commissioner, declare dividends upon common stock for any period other than a period for which dividends are declared upon preferred stock. The approval of the commissioner shall be required if the total of all dividends declared by a stock corporation in any calendar year shall exceed the total of its net profits for that year combined with its retained net profits of the preceding 2 years, less any required transfer to surplus or a fund for the retirement of any preferred stock. For the purposes of this section, the words ''net profits'' shall mean the remainder of all earnings from current operations plus actual recoveries on loans and investments and other assets after deducting from the total thereof all current operating expenses, actual losses, accrued dividends on preferred stock, if any, and all federal and state taxes.

Section 17. The board of directors may declare from net profits cash dividends annually, semi-annually or quarterly, but not more frequently, and noncash dividends at any time. No dividends shall be declared, credited or paid so long as there is any impairment of capital stock. No stock corporation having outstanding preferred stock shall, except as otherwise authorized by the commissioner, declare dividends upon common stock for any period other than a period for which dividends are declared upon preferred stock.

The approval of the commissioner shall be required if the total of all dividends declared by a stock corporation in any calendar year shall exceed the total of its net profits for that year combined with its retained net profits of the preceding 2 years, less any required transfer to surplus or a fund for the retirement of any preferred stock.

For the purposes of this section, the words ''net profits'' shall mean the remainder of all earnings from current operations plus actual recoveries on loans and investments and other assets after deducting from the total thereof all current operating expenses, actual losses, accrued dividends on preferred stock, if any, and all federal and state taxes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21D, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21D / Section 19
Application of chapter to increase of capacity
Status: in_force

Section 19. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of section eighteen, chapter twenty-one D shall apply to the increase of capacity to store, treat, or dispose of any particular type of hazardous waste, unless an existing siting agreement established pursuant to the requirements of chapter twenty-one D provides for the conditions under which such increase of capacity shall be permitted.

Section 19. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of section eighteen, chapter twenty-one D shall apply to the increase of capacity to store, treat, or dispose of any particular type of hazardous waste, unless an existing siting agreement established pursuant to the requirements of chapter twenty-one D provides for the conditions under which such increase of capacity shall be permitted.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 11 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 11
Reports by physicians generally
Status: in_force

Section 11. The department may require every physician treating a patient whom he believes to be suffering from any ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature, circumstances or conditions of the patient's employment to report such information relating thereto as it may require, within such time as it may fix, and it may issue a list of such diseases which shall be regularly reported upon by physicians, and may add to or change such list at any time. The department shall pay no fee for such report. Copies of all such reports and all statistics and data compiled therefrom shall be kept by it, and shall be furnished on request to the department of industrial accidents and the department of public health. No such report shall be subject to summons nor shall its contents be made public.

Section 11. The department may require every physician treating a patient whom he believes to be suffering from any ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature, circumstances or conditions of the patient's employment to report such information relating thereto as it may require, within such time as it may fix, and it may issue a list of such diseases which shall be regularly reported upon by physicians, and may add to or change such list at any time. The department shall pay no fee for such report. Copies of all such reports and all statistics and data compiled therefrom shall be kept by it, and shall be furnished on request to the department of industrial accidents and the department of public health. No such report shall be subject to summons nor shall its contents be made public.