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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161A, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 161A / Section 8
Financial assistance from commonwealth
Status: in_force

Section 8. The commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to the authority through periodic draws by the authority from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority State and Local Contribution Fund in accordance with section 35T of chapter 10. Receipts credited to said fund shall consist of (i) the base revenue amount or the dedicated sales tax revenue amount as said amounts are defined by said section 35T, and (ii) all assessments received pursuant to section 9. The receipts credited to said fund shall, except as provided in subsection (d) of section 12, section 13, or section 18, meet the full financial obligation of the commonwealth to the authority.

Section 8. The commonwealth shall provide financial assistance to the authority through periodic draws by the authority from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority State and Local Contribution Fund in accordance with section 35T of chapter 10. Receipts credited to said fund shall consist of (i) the base revenue amount or the dedicated sales tax revenue amount as said amounts are defined by said section 35T, and (ii) all assessments received pursuant to section 9. The receipts credited to said fund shall, except as provided in subsection (d) of section 12, section 13, or section 18, meet the full financial obligation of the commonwealth to the authority.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, sec. 11C — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30A / Section 11C
Hearings in municipalities
Status: in_force

Section 11C. Any agency which is required by law to conduct hearings, shall, if the subject matter of such hearing solely concerns a single municipality, hold such hearing or a substantial portion thereof in such municipality upon receipt of a written request from the mayor of a city, the board of selectmen of a town, or the council of a municipality having a manager-council form of government received by the agency not less than fourteen days before the scheduled date of the hearing. If the subject matter of such hearing solely concerns a particular geographic area of the commonwealth, the agency shall hold such hearing or a substantial portion thereof within such geographic area upon receipt of written requests from a majority of the mayors, boards of selectmen and councils of the cities and towns which constitute such geographic area received by the agency not less than fourteen days before the scheduled date of the hearing. The municipality in which the hearing is held shall provide a hearing room and other necessary facilities for such hearing. If no suitable place for holding such hearing is available in the municipality, the municipality may arrange for the holding of the hearing in another city or town that is reasonably convenient. This section shall not apply to hearings held as part of an adjudicatory proceeding, but this sentence shall not be construed to restrict an agency from holding an adjudicatory hearing in any appropriate location.

Section 11C. Any agency which is required by law to conduct hearings, shall, if the subject matter of such hearing solely concerns a single municipality, hold such hearing or a substantial portion thereof in such municipality upon receipt of a written request from the mayor of a city, the board of selectmen of a town, or the council of a municipality having a manager-council form of government received by the agency not less than fourteen days before the scheduled date of the hearing. If the subject matter of such hearing solely concerns a particular geographic area of the commonwealth, the agency shall hold such hearing or a substantial portion thereof within such geographic area upon receipt of written requests from a majority of the mayors, boards of selectmen and councils of the cities and towns which constitute such geographic area received by the agency not less than fourteen days before the scheduled date of the hearing. The municipality in which the hearing is held shall provide a hearing room and other necessary facilities for such hearing. If no suitable place for holding such hearing is available in the municipality, the municipality may arrange for the holding of the hearing in another city or town that is reasonably convenient. This section shall not apply to hearings held as part of an adjudicatory proceeding, but this sentence shall not be construed to restrict an agency from holding an adjudicatory hearing in any appropriate location.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, sec. 48 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 265 / Section 48
Ice cream truck vending by sex offender prohibited
Status: in_force

Section 48. A sex offender, as defined by section 178C of chapter 6, who engages in ice cream truck vending, as defined in section 25 of chapter 270, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A police officer or officer authorized to serve criminal process may arrest, without a warrant, any person whom he has probable cause to believe has violated this section.

Section 48. A sex offender, as defined by section 178C of chapter 6, who engages in ice cream truck vending, as defined in section 25 of chapter 270, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. A police officer or officer authorized to serve criminal process may arrest, without a warrant, any person whom he has probable cause to believe has violated this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 1C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 1C
Plastic pipe connections; installation; notice to property owner or occupant; grounding of structure; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 1C. No water company shall install plastic pipe connections in any building or dwelling house without first giving notice to the occupant or owner of said building or dwelling house, and sending a copy of such notice to the wire inspector of the city or town in which the building or dwelling house is located. Such notice shall include a warning that the required grounding of the building or dwelling house might be affected by the installation of plastic pipe. Within thirty days of such notice, the owner of such building or dwelling house shall cause the building or dwelling house to be properly grounded. Upon the expiration of such thirty day period, the wire inspector shall inspect the building or dwelling house to determine that the building or dwelling house has been grounded in accordance with safety standards. Whoever fails to ground a building or dwelling house in accordance with safety standards within thirty days after such notice, as hereinbefore provided, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.

Section 1C. No water company shall install plastic pipe connections in any building or dwelling house without first giving notice to the occupant or owner of said building or dwelling house, and sending a copy of such notice to the wire inspector of the city or town in which the building or dwelling house is located. Such notice shall include a warning that the required grounding of the building or dwelling house might be affected by the installation of plastic pipe. Within thirty days of such notice, the owner of such building or dwelling house shall cause the building or dwelling house to be properly grounded. Upon the expiration of such thirty day period, the wire inspector shall inspect the building or dwelling house to determine that the building or dwelling house has been grounded in accordance with safety standards.

Whoever fails to ground a building or dwelling house in accordance with safety standards within thirty days after such notice, as hereinbefore provided, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 183B, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 183B / Section 16
Sales or management offices; models; signs
Status: in_force

Section 16. A developer may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in the time-share property only if the time-share instrument so provides and specifies the rights of a developer with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation thereof. He may maintain signs on the property advertising the property. The provisions of this section shall be subject to other provisions of law, local ordinances or by-laws and the project instruments.

Section 16. A developer may maintain sales offices, management offices, and models in the time-share property only if the time-share instrument so provides and specifies the rights of a developer with regard to the number, size, location, and relocation thereof. He may maintain signs on the property advertising the property. The provisions of this section shall be subject to other provisions of law, local ordinances or by-laws and the project instruments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 40
Solicitation of business on public sidewalks
Status: in_force

Section 40. Whoever makes a practice of accosting persons, other than acquaintances, upon any public sidewalk and induces or tries to induce such persons to purchase merchandise shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to licensed pedlers, or to persons holding permits or licenses to expose for sale or sell merchandise upon public streets or sidewalks, acting within the scope of their permits or licenses, or to persons when seeking to sell newspapers.

Section 40. Whoever makes a practice of accosting persons, other than acquaintances, upon any public sidewalk and induces or tries to induce such persons to purchase merchandise shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. This section shall not apply to licensed pedlers, or to persons holding permits or licenses to expose for sale or sell merchandise upon public streets or sidewalks, acting within the scope of their permits or licenses, or to persons when seeking to sell newspapers.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title IV / Chapter 246 / Section 23
Liability of receivers
Status: in_force

Section 23. Funds, credits or dividends due from or in the hands of receivers appointed by a court may be so attached after an order has been made for their distribution.

Section 23. Funds, credits or dividends due from or in the hands of receivers appointed by a court may be so attached after an order has been made for their distribution.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19B, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 19B / Section 5
Legal counsel
Status: in_force

Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint a member of the Massachusetts bar to serve as legal counsel to the commissioner. Such legal counsel shall devote full time to his duties. Such legal counsel shall have been a member of the bar for not less than six years and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law.

Section 5. The commissioner shall appoint a member of the Massachusetts bar to serve as legal counsel to the commissioner. Such legal counsel shall devote full time to his duties. Such legal counsel shall have been a member of the bar for not less than six years and shall have been actively engaged in the practice of law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 91, sec. 36 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 91 / Section 36
Applications to congress for appropriations for harbors
Status: in_force

Section 36. The department may apply to congress for appropriations for the protection and improvement of any harbor in the commonwealth.

Section 36. The department may apply to congress for appropriations for the protection and improvement of any harbor in the commonwealth.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 22 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 22
Advertising for or soliciting employees during labor troubles; notice to employment agency; employment of children
Status: in_force

Section 22. If an employer, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees, publicly advertises in newspapers or by posters or otherwise for employees, or by himself or his agents solicits persons to work for him to fill the places of strikers, he shall plainly in type as prominent as the largest printed matter in the advertisement or poster and explicitly mention in such advertisements or oral or written solicitations that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists among his employees. Any such employer wishing to hire employees through an employment agency shall first notify such agency by registered mail of the fact that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists. No employer shall, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or labor dispute, hire a child without the written consent of his parent or legal guardian.

Section 22. If an employer, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees, publicly advertises in newspapers or by posters or otherwise for employees, or by himself or his agents solicits persons to work for him to fill the places of strikers, he shall plainly in type as prominent as the largest printed matter in the advertisement or poster and explicitly mention in such advertisements or oral or written solicitations that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists among his employees. Any such employer wishing to hire employees through an employment agency shall first notify such agency by registered mail of the fact that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists. No employer shall, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or labor dispute, hire a child without the written consent of his parent or legal guardian.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, sec. 18S — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6A / Section 18S
Regional 911 emergency communication district; annual budget; apportionment among member municipalities
Status: in_force

Section 18S. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall annually determine the necessary amounts to maintain and operate the district during the ensuing fiscal year and the amounts required to pay any debt and interest incurred by the district. The district board shall apportion the amount so determined among the member municipalities under the terms of the district agreement. The amounts apportioned for each member municipality shall be certified by the district treasurer to the chief executive officers, board of assessors and treasurers of the participating municipalities not later than February 1, annually, and the amounts so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the district treasurer at the times specified in the district agreement. If any participating municipality fails to include any apportioned amount so certified in its appropriations for the fiscal year, the board of assessors shall raise the amount in the tax levy of that year under section 23 of chapter 59.

Section 18S. The regional 911 emergency communication district board shall annually determine the necessary amounts to maintain and operate the district during the ensuing fiscal year and the amounts required to pay any debt and interest incurred by the district. The district board shall apportion the amount so determined among the member municipalities under the terms of the district agreement. The amounts apportioned for each member municipality shall be certified by the district treasurer to the chief executive officers, board of assessors and treasurers of the participating municipalities not later than February 1, annually, and the amounts so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the district treasurer at the times specified in the district agreement. If any participating municipality fails to include any apportioned amount so certified in its appropriations for the fiscal year, the board of assessors shall raise the amount in the tax levy of that year under section 23 of chapter 59.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, sec. 29K — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 217 / Section 29K
Franklin probate and family court; deputy assistant register
Status: in_force

Section 29K. The register of the Franklin probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as an assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant register shall receive in addition to his salary as an employee, a salary of $6,000 per annum.

Section 29K. The register of the Franklin probate and family court may, with the approval of the chief justice of the probate and family court, designate 1 employee as deputy assistant register with the same powers as an assistant register and with the approval of the chief justice remove a deputy assistant register. The deputy assistant register shall receive in addition to his salary as an employee, a salary of $6,000 per annum.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, sec. 80C — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 272 / Section 80C
Taking cat, dog or bird to exhibit it, subject it to experimentation or mutilation, or to sell it for such purposes; application of law
Status: in_force

Section 80C. Whoever, without the consent of the owner, takes a cat, dog or bird, with intent to exhibit or cause it to be exhibited or to subject it or cause it to be subjected to experimentation or mutilation while alive, or with intent to sell it or cause it to be sold for the purpose of being exhibited or subjected to experimentation or mutilation as aforesaid, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than the maximum fine permitted by law for the larceny of an article of the same value as such cat, dog or bird. This section shall not apply to an institution acquiring a cat, dog or bird under the provisions of chapter forty-nine A.

Section 80C. Whoever, without the consent of the owner, takes a cat, dog or bird, with intent to exhibit or cause it to be exhibited or to subject it or cause it to be subjected to experimentation or mutilation while alive, or with intent to sell it or cause it to be sold for the purpose of being exhibited or subjected to experimentation or mutilation as aforesaid, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than the maximum fine permitted by law for the larceny of an article of the same value as such cat, dog or bird. This section shall not apply to an institution acquiring a cat, dog or bird under the provisions of chapter forty-nine A.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 180, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 180 / Section 1
Application of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 1. This chapter shall apply to all corporations whenever established, except so far as such application may be inconsistent with provisions still in force of any special acts of incorporation, enacted before March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and not subject to amendment, alteration or repeal by the general court, or with provisions of any special acts of incorporation enacted after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one. All corporations existing on October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one and their directors, officers, members and stockholders shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities and be subject to all the liabilities set forth in this chapter to the same extent as corporations formed under this chapter and their directors, officers and members; provided that this chapter shall not take away or impair any remedy which may exist by law against a corporation existing on said date, its directors, officers, members or stockholders, for a liability incurred prior thereto. All corporations shall be subject to such laws as may be enacted after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one affecting or altering their corporate rights or duties or dissolving them.

Section 1. This chapter shall apply to all corporations whenever established, except so far as such application may be inconsistent with provisions still in force of any special acts of incorporation, enacted before March eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, and not subject to amendment, alteration or repeal by the general court, or with provisions of any special acts of incorporation enacted after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one.

All corporations existing on October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one and their directors, officers, members and stockholders shall be entitled to all the rights, privileges and immunities and be subject to all the liabilities set forth in this chapter to the same extent as corporations formed under this chapter and their directors, officers and members; provided that this chapter shall not take away or impair any remedy which may exist by law against a corporation existing on said date, its directors, officers, members or stockholders, for a liability incurred prior thereto.

All corporations shall be subject to such laws as may be enacted after October first, nineteen hundred and seventy-one affecting or altering their corporate rights or duties or dissolving them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 28 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 28
Executor or administrator; authority to mortgage
Status: in_force

Section 28. The probate court may, upon petition and after notice to all persons interested, if upon a hearing it appears to be for the benefit of the estate, authorize an executor, administrator with the will annexed or administrator to mortgage any of the real estate for the purpose of paying debts, legacies or charges of administration or for the purpose of paying an existing lien or mortgage on the estate of the deceased; or it may authorize such executor or administrator to make an agreement for the extension or renewal of such existing mortgage.

Section 28. The probate court may, upon petition and after notice to all persons interested, if upon a hearing it appears to be for the benefit of the estate, authorize an executor, administrator with the will annexed or administrator to mortgage any of the real estate for the purpose of paying debts, legacies or charges of administration or for the purpose of paying an existing lien or mortgage on the estate of the deceased; or it may authorize such executor or administrator to make an agreement for the extension or renewal of such existing mortgage.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, sec. 113 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 175 / Section 113
Judgment; satisfaction
Status: in_force

Section 113. Upon the recovery of a final judgment against any person by any person, including executors or administrators, for any loss or damage specified in the preceding section, if the judgment debtor was at the accrual of the cause of action insured against liability therefor, the judgment creditor shall be entitled to have the insurance money applied to the satisfaction of the judgment as provided in the ninth clause of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen.

Section 113. Upon the recovery of a final judgment against any person by any person, including executors or administrators, for any loss or damage specified in the preceding section, if the judgment debtor was at the accrual of the cause of action insured against liability therefor, the judgment creditor shall be entitled to have the insurance money applied to the satisfaction of the judgment as provided in the ninth clause of section three of chapter two hundred and fourteen.