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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93H, sec. 6 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93H / Section 6
Enforcement of chapter
Status: in_force

Section 6. The attorney general may bring an action pursuant to section 4 of chapter 93A against a person or otherwise to remedy violations of this chapter and for other relief that may be appropriate.

Section 6. The attorney general may bring an action pursuant to section 4 of chapter 93A against a person or otherwise to remedy violations of this chapter and for other relief that may be appropriate.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 126, sec. 32 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVIII / Chapter 126 / Section 32
Account of expenditures
Status: in_force

Section 32. Every such officer shall within thirty days after the receipt of an advance file with the county treasurer a detailed statement, bearing the approval of the county commissioners, of the amounts expended subsequent to the preceding accounting, with vouchers therefor if they can be obtained.

Section 32. Every such officer shall within thirty days after the receipt of an advance file with the county treasurer a detailed statement, bearing the approval of the county commissioners, of the amounts expended subsequent to the preceding accounting, with vouchers therefor if they can be obtained.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90B, sec. 19 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90B / Section 19
Severability
Status: in_force

Section 19. If any provisions of sections one through eighteen, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those wherein it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.

Section 19. If any provisions of sections one through eighteen, inclusive, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of said sections, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those wherein it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 48, sec. 44A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 48 / Section 44A
Private fire fighting units; contracts
Status: in_force

Section 44A. No city or town or the Massachusetts Port Authority or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall contract with a private for-profit firefighting unit to operate within said city or town or on property controlled by said authority or said agency, unless said unit has been certified by the department of fire services. Nothing in section shall prevent or preclude said Massachusetts Port Authority from the continuous operation of its airports in accordance with federal law.

Section 44A. No city or town or the Massachusetts Port Authority or the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency shall contract with a private for-profit firefighting unit to operate within said city or town or on property controlled by said authority or said agency, unless said unit has been certified by the department of fire services. Nothing in section shall prevent or preclude said Massachusetts Port Authority from the continuous operation of its airports in accordance with federal law.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 53, sec. 91 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 53 / Section 91
Time of holding caucuses
Status: in_force

Section 91. All such caucuses of a political party for the choice of candidates for a city or town election, except caucuses relating to a special election, shall be held on the same day in each city and town. The city or town committee shall fix the days for holding all caucuses mentioned in this section, and all calls for the same shall be issued by its chairman and secretary. No two political parties shall hold their caucuses on the same day. The party first filing a copy of the call for a caucus with the city of town clerk shall be entitled to precedence as to the day so fixed.

Section 91. All such caucuses of a political party for the choice of candidates for a city or town election, except caucuses relating to a special election, shall be held on the same day in each city and town. The city or town committee shall fix the days for holding all caucuses mentioned in this section, and all calls for the same shall be issued by its chairman and secretary. No two political parties shall hold their caucuses on the same day. The party first filing a copy of the call for a caucus with the city of town clerk shall be entitled to precedence as to the day so fixed.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 54, sec. 80 — MA Code / Part I / Title VIII / Chapter 54 / Section 80
Prohibited markings; use of red pencils or red ink by election officers
Status: in_force

Section 80. Except as authorized by this chapter, no voter, election officer or other person shall place on a ballot any mark by which it may be identified; nor shall any person place a mark against any name upon a ballot not cast by himself; nor shall any election officer engaged in counting ballots, except the election officer or officers actually entering the count of ballots cast on tally sheets, hold in either hand during the counting of ballots a pen, pencil or other marking device. Election officers shall use only red pencils or red ink in recording or tabulating the vote in election precincts.

Section 80. Except as authorized by this chapter, no voter, election officer or other person shall place on a ballot any mark by which it may be identified; nor shall any person place a mark against any name upon a ballot not cast by himself; nor shall any election officer engaged in counting ballots, except the election officer or officers actually entering the count of ballots cast on tally sheets, hold in either hand during the counting of ballots a pen, pencil or other marking device. Election officers shall use only red pencils or red ink in recording or tabulating the vote in election precincts.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40X, sec. 2 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 40X / Section 2
Rights and powers of management entity of approved tourism destination marketing district
Status: in_force

Section 2. The rights and powers of the management entity of the tourism destination marketing district approved by a municipal governing body pursuant to section 3 shall include: (i) retaining or recruiting business; (ii) administering and managing the tourism destination marketing district; (iii) promoting economic development; (iv) formulating a special assessment structure; (v) planning and design services; (vi) design, engineer, construct, maintain or operate buildings, facilities, urban streetscapes or infrastructure to further economic development and public purposes; (vii) accumulating interest; (viii) incurring costs or indebtedness; (ix) entering into contracts; (x) suing and being sued; (xi) employing legal and accounting services; (xii) undertaking planning, feasibility and market analyses; (xiii) developing, implementing, and conducting tourism marketing and promotional activities; and (xiv) other supplemental services or programs that would further the purposes of this chapter.

Section 2. The rights and powers of the management entity of the tourism destination marketing district approved by a municipal governing body pursuant to section 3 shall include: (i) retaining or recruiting business; (ii) administering and managing the tourism destination marketing district; (iii) promoting economic development; (iv) formulating a special assessment structure; (v) planning and design services; (vi) design, engineer, construct, maintain or operate buildings, facilities, urban streetscapes or infrastructure to further economic development and public purposes; (vii) accumulating interest; (viii) incurring costs or indebtedness; (ix) entering into contracts; (x) suing and being sued; (xi) employing legal and accounting services; (xii) undertaking planning, feasibility and market analyses; (xiii) developing, implementing, and conducting tourism marketing and promotional activities; and (xiv) other supplemental services or programs that would further the purposes of this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12W — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12W
Sight-saving month
Status: in_force

Section 12W. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of September as sight-saving month as a period of special attention to the importance of the conservation of the gift of sight, one of mankind's greatest treasures.

Section 12W. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of September as sight-saving month as a period of special attention to the importance of the conservation of the gift of sight, one of mankind's greatest treasures.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 4 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 4
Collection
Status: in_force

Section 4. Within a reasonable time after making the assessment the board shall certify to the assessors the list of assessments upon land in each town who shall forthwith commit such assessments with their warrant to the collector of taxes thereof, and he shall forthwith send notice in accordance, except as to the date of notice, with section three of chapter sixty, to the person designated under section one as the owner of each parcel assessed, and any demand for the payment of such assessment shall be made upon such person. Except as otherwise herein provided, the collector shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to such assessments as in the case of the annual taxes upon real estate, and the law in regard to the collection of the annual taxes, to the sale of land for the non-payment thereof and to redemption therefrom shall apply to assessments made under this chapter, so far as the same are applicable; but the owner of land assessed shall not be personally liable for the assessment thereon. Every collector of taxes receiving a list and warrant from the assessors shall collect the assessment therein set forth, and at such times as the assessors shall direct, or in the case of assessments relating to state funded projects, as the collector of taxes and the board determine shall pay over to the treasurer of the body politic on behalf of which the assessment was made the amounts collected by him.

Section 4. Within a reasonable time after making the assessment the board shall certify to the assessors the list of assessments upon land in each town who shall forthwith commit such assessments with their warrant to the collector of taxes thereof, and he shall forthwith send notice in accordance, except as to the date of notice, with section three of chapter sixty, to the person designated under section one as the owner of each parcel assessed, and any demand for the payment of such assessment shall be made upon such person. Except as otherwise herein provided, the collector shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties with respect to such assessments as in the case of the annual taxes upon real estate, and the law in regard to the collection of the annual taxes, to the sale of land for the non-payment thereof and to redemption therefrom shall apply to assessments made under this chapter, so far as the same are applicable; but the owner of land assessed shall not be personally liable for the assessment thereon. Every collector of taxes receiving a list and warrant from the assessors shall collect the assessment therein set forth, and at such times as the assessors shall direct, or in the case of assessments relating to state funded projects, as the collector of taxes and the board determine shall pay over to the treasurer of the body politic on behalf of which the assessment was made the amounts collected by him.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, sec. 12B — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 6 / Section 12B
Anniversary of death of General Pulaski
Status: in_force

Section 12B. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of October eleventh, the anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war for American independence.

Section 12B. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of October eleventh, the anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war for American independence.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 92, sec. 89 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 92 / Section 89
Disposition of lost or stolen money or goods
Status: in_force

Section 89. If money, goods or other property which has been stolen, lost, abandoned or taken from a person under arrest comes into the possession of a police officer or other employee of the commission by virtue of his office or employment, he shall deliver the same to the person designated by the commission to receive the same, and he shall thereupon be relieved from further responsibility therefor.

Section 89. If money, goods or other property which has been stolen, lost, abandoned or taken from a person under arrest comes into the possession of a police officer or other employee of the commission by virtue of his office or employment, he shall deliver the same to the person designated by the commission to receive the same, and he shall thereupon be relieved from further responsibility therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, sec. 128 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 43 / Section 128
City defined
Status: in_force

Section 128. In sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, the word ''city'' shall mean any city of one hundred and fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as enumerated by the most recent federal decennial census except any city which has adopted the Plan E method of city government.

Section 128. In sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and thirty-four, inclusive, the word ''city'' shall mean any city of one hundred and fifty thousand or more inhabitants, as enumerated by the most recent federal decennial census except any city which has adopted the Plan E method of city government.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 19A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 19A
Certificate of appointment or election of clerk; filing requirements
Status: in_force

Section 19A. Upon the appointment or election of a clerk or an assistant or temporary clerk of a city, town or district, or upon the appointment of a secretary or temporary secretary of a regional school district, the officer making the appointment, otherwise the president of the city council of such city, the chairman of the board of selectmen of such town, the chairman of the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the chairman of the commissioners of such district, or the chairman of the regional district school committee shall execute and file with the state secretary a certificate of such appointment or election, which shall specify the date thereof and the date of the expiration of the term of office, if any, otherwise that the tenure of office is unlimited, and which shall have appended thereto a statement signed by the person appointed or elected that he has entered upon the duties of such office. Upon presentation to the state secretary of a paper attested by any person as the holder of any such office, said secretary shall have authority to certify that such person is the holder thereof and attest to the genuineness of his signature.

Section 19A. Upon the appointment or election of a clerk or an assistant or temporary clerk of a city, town or district, or upon the appointment of a secretary or temporary secretary of a regional school district, the officer making the appointment, otherwise the president of the city council of such city, the chairman of the board of selectmen of such town, the chairman of the prudential committee, if any, otherwise the chairman of the commissioners of such district, or the chairman of the regional district school committee shall execute and file with the state secretary a certificate of such appointment or election, which shall specify the date thereof and the date of the expiration of the term of office, if any, otherwise that the tenure of office is unlimited, and which shall have appended thereto a statement signed by the person appointed or elected that he has entered upon the duties of such office. Upon presentation to the state secretary of a paper attested by any person as the holder of any such office, said secretary shall have authority to certify that such person is the holder thereof and attest to the genuineness of his signature.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, sec. 77 — MA Code / Part I / Title IX / Chapter 60 / Section 77
Foreclosure by municipalities; tax titles; covenants calling for money payments by owners
Status: in_force

Section 77. After foreclosure by a town of the rights of redemption under a tax title or taking, as hereinbefore provided, the land shall thereafter be held and disposed of like any land belonging to it and held for municipal purposes, and shall not while so held be assessed for taxes. Before foreclosure so much of the provisions of any covenant or agreement running with the land as calls for the payment of money by the owner thereof shall not be enforceable against a city or town which is the owner of record of the land under a tax title or taking, except during any period in which the city or town directly or indirectly in any capacity accepts or receives the benefit of such covenant or agreement or of any right or privilege created or affected thereby.

Section 77. After foreclosure by a town of the rights of redemption under a tax title or taking, as hereinbefore provided, the land shall thereafter be held and disposed of like any land belonging to it and held for municipal purposes, and shall not while so held be assessed for taxes.

Before foreclosure so much of the provisions of any covenant or agreement running with the land as calls for the payment of money by the owner thereof shall not be enforceable against a city or town which is the owner of record of the land under a tax title or taking, except during any period in which the city or town directly or indirectly in any capacity accepts or receives the benefit of such covenant or agreement or of any right or privilege created or affected thereby.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 8
Bodies authorized to summon witnesses; oath
Status: in_force

Section 8. Witnesses may be summoned to attend and testify and to produce books and papers at a hearing before a city council, or either branch thereof, or before a joint or special committee of the same or of either branch thereof, or before a board of selectmen, a board of police commissioners, a fire commissioner or a board of fire commissioners, a commissioner of public safety, a school board, the alcoholic beverages control commission established by section forty-three of chapter six, a licensing board or licensing authorities, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, a board of registrars of voters, the police commissioner or election commissioners of Boston, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the state racing commission, the parole board or a board of appeals designated or appointed under section thirty of chapter forty, as to matters within their authority; and such witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner, be paid the same fees and be subject to the same penalties for default, as witnesses in civil cases before the courts. The presiding officer of such council, or of either branch thereof, or a member of any such committee, board or commission, or any such commissioner, may administer oaths to witnesses who appear before such council, branch thereof, committee, board, commission or commissioner, respectively.

Section 8. Witnesses may be summoned to attend and testify and to produce books and papers at a hearing before a city council, or either branch thereof, or before a joint or special committee of the same or of either branch thereof, or before a board of selectmen, a board of police commissioners, a fire commissioner or a board of fire commissioners, a commissioner of public safety, a school board, the alcoholic beverages control commission established by section forty-three of chapter six, a licensing board or licensing authorities, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, a board of registrars of voters, the police commissioner or election commissioners of Boston, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, the state racing commission, the parole board or a board of appeals designated or appointed under section thirty of chapter forty, as to matters within their authority; and such witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner, be paid the same fees and be subject to the same penalties for default, as witnesses in civil cases before the courts. The presiding officer of such council, or of either branch thereof, or a member of any such committee, board or commission, or any such commissioner, may administer oaths to witnesses who appear before such council, branch thereof, committee, board, commission or commissioner, respectively.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 98, sec. 50 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 98 / Section 50
Tests of weighing or measuring devices upon request; results
Status: in_force

Section 50. Whoever uses any weighing or measuring devices may have them tested by the sealer at any time upon request and the sealer shall seal or condemn the same in accordance with the results of his tests.

Section 50. Whoever uses any weighing or measuring devices may have them tested by the sealer at any time upon request and the sealer shall seal or condemn the same in accordance with the results of his tests.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 23K, sec. 62 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 23K / Section 62
Transportation Infrastructure and Development Fund
Status: in_force

Section 62. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund to be known as the Transportation Infrastructure and Development Fund. The fund shall consist of monies transferred from the Gaming Revenue Fund and all other monies credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source and proceeds from the investment of such funds. The secretary of transportation shall be the trustee of this fund; provided, however, that no funds shall be expended until the secretary of administration and finance has provided written approval annually of a proposed spending plan. Any expenditures from this fund shall be solely for the purpose of transportation and related infrastructure projects including but not limited to, transit expansion and maintenance; provided, however, that not less than 50 per cent of such expenditures shall be dedicated for the purpose of supplementing, and not offsetting, any expenditures made for the construction and reconstruction of municipal ways as described in clause (b) of the second paragraph of section 4 of chapter 6C.

Section 62. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a fund to be known as the Transportation Infrastructure and Development Fund. The fund shall consist of monies transferred from the Gaming Revenue Fund and all other monies credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source and proceeds from the investment of such funds. The secretary of transportation shall be the trustee of this fund; provided, however, that no funds shall be expended until the secretary of administration and finance has provided written approval annually of a proposed spending plan. Any expenditures from this fund shall be solely for the purpose of transportation and related infrastructure projects including but not limited to, transit expansion and maintenance; provided, however, that not less than 50 per cent of such expenditures shall be dedicated for the purpose of supplementing, and not offsetting, any expenditures made for the construction and reconstruction of municipal ways as described in clause (b) of the second paragraph of section 4 of chapter 6C.