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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 171, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 171 / Section 40
Trust accounts
Status: in_force

Section 40. Subject to the foregoing limitations in respect to shares and deposits and requirements relative to notice, shares may be subscribed for and deposits may be accepted in the name of one or two persons in trust for another provided the name and residence of the beneficiary is disclosed, and such shares and deposits shall be carried in the name of the shareholder or depositor as trustee or trustees. Payments may be made to the trustee, and if there are two trustees, payments may be made to both or to either or to the survivor. If no other notice of existence and terms of a trust has been received in writing by the credit union, upon the death of the trustee or if there are two trustees then upon the death of both, the amount then on deposit together with the dividends thereon may be paid to the person for whom such deposit was made or to his legal representative. Withdrawals and payments made as provided in this section shall fully discharge the liability of the credit union to all persons.

Section 40. Subject to the foregoing limitations in respect to shares and deposits and requirements relative to notice, shares may be subscribed for and deposits may be accepted in the name of one or two persons in trust for another provided the name and residence of the beneficiary is disclosed, and such shares and deposits shall be carried in the name of the shareholder or depositor as trustee or trustees. Payments may be made to the trustee, and if there are two trustees, payments may be made to both or to either or to the survivor. If no other notice of existence and terms of a trust has been received in writing by the credit union, upon the death of the trustee or if there are two trustees then upon the death of both, the amount then on deposit together with the dividends thereon may be paid to the person for whom such deposit was made or to his legal representative. Withdrawals and payments made as provided in this section shall fully discharge the liability of the credit union to all persons.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 67 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 67
One superintendent of streets for two or more towns
Status: in_force

Section 67. The selectmen of two or more towns may unitedly, subject to the approval of the department of highways, appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent of streets who shall exercise the same powers and duties and be otherwise subject to the same provisions of law as if appointed in each of such towns. His compensation shall be paid by said towns in such proportions as the selectmen may unitedly determine.

Section 67. The selectmen of two or more towns may unitedly, subject to the approval of the department of highways, appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent of streets who shall exercise the same powers and duties and be otherwise subject to the same provisions of law as if appointed in each of such towns. His compensation shall be paid by said towns in such proportions as the selectmen may unitedly determine.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 273, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part IV / Title I / Chapter 273 / Section 20
Neglect or refusal to support parent
Status: in_force

Section 20. Any person, over eighteen, who, being possessed of sufficient means, unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his parent, whether father or mother, residing in the commonwealth, when such parent through misfortune and without fault of his own is destitute of means of sustenance and unable by reason of old age, infirmity or illness to support and maintain himself, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. No such neglect or refusal shall be deemed unreasonable as to a child who shall not during his minority have been reasonably supported by such parent, if such parent was charged with the duty so to do, nor as to a child who, being one of two or more children, has made proper and reasonable contribution toward the support of such parent.

Section 20. Any person, over eighteen, who, being possessed of sufficient means, unreasonably neglects or refuses to provide for the support and maintenance of his parent, whether father or mother, residing in the commonwealth, when such parent through misfortune and without fault of his own is destitute of means of sustenance and unable by reason of old age, infirmity or illness to support and maintain himself, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. No such neglect or refusal shall be deemed unreasonable as to a child who shall not during his minority have been reasonably supported by such parent, if such parent was charged with the duty so to do, nor as to a child who, being one of two or more children, has made proper and reasonable contribution toward the support of such parent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 99, sec. 5 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 99 / Section 5
Duties of persons using metric system; adjustment and sealing; record
Status: in_force

Section 5. Every person who uses weights or measures of the metric system for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities shall have them adjusted, sealed and recorded by an authorized sealer of weights and measures, and shall thereafter be responsible for the correctness and exactness of the same; and every person who illegally or fraudulently uses the metric weights or measures shall be liable to the same penalty to which he would have been liable if he had used other weights and measures.

Section 5. Every person who uses weights or measures of the metric system for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandise or other commodities shall have them adjusted, sealed and recorded by an authorized sealer of weights and measures, and shall thereafter be responsible for the correctness and exactness of the same; and every person who illegally or fraudulently uses the metric weights or measures shall be liable to the same penalty to which he would have been liable if he had used other weights and measures.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 61 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 61
Assessment of cost of establishing service
Status: in_force

Section 61. A town acquiring a plant may provide by ordinance or by-law for the equitable assessment upon the owner or occupant of any premises of the cost, or any part thereof, of laying and maintaining pipes, conduits, conductors or other appliances thereon. Payment of such assessments shall not be compulsory, but it shall be a condition precedent to the supplying of gas or electricity to the occupants of such premises, and may be required before providing appliances therefor.

Section 61. A town acquiring a plant may provide by ordinance or by-law for the equitable assessment upon the owner or occupant of any premises of the cost, or any part thereof, of laying and maintaining pipes, conduits, conductors or other appliances thereon. Payment of such assessments shall not be compulsory, but it shall be a condition precedent to the supplying of gas or electricity to the occupants of such premises, and may be required before providing appliances therefor.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 22, sec. 20 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 22 / Section 20
Operation of carriage horses; rules and regulations
Status: in_force

Section 20. The office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the operation of carriage horses.

Section 20. The office of public safety and inspections within the division of occupational licensure is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the operation of carriage horses.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 114, sec. 40 — MA Code / Part I / Title XVI / Chapter 114 / Section 40
Use of cemeteries; jury trial; rescission of order; costs and double costs
Status: in_force

Section 40. Appeals shall be tried before a jury, and if the jury find that the tomb, burial ground or cemetery so closed was not a nuisance or injurious to the public health at the time of the order and that the closing thereof was not necessary for the protection of the public health, the court shall rescind such order so far as it affects such tomb, burial ground or cemetery, and the appellant may recover the costs of the appeal from the town where the tomb, burial ground or cemetery was situated. If the order is sustained, the board of health shall recover double costs, to the use of the town.

Section 40. Appeals shall be tried before a jury, and if the jury find that the tomb, burial ground or cemetery so closed was not a nuisance or injurious to the public health at the time of the order and that the closing thereof was not necessary for the protection of the public health, the court shall rescind such order so far as it affects such tomb, burial ground or cemetery, and the appellant may recover the costs of the appeal from the town where the tomb, burial ground or cemetery was situated. If the order is sustained, the board of health shall recover double costs, to the use of the town.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 167A, sec. 3A — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 167A / Section 3A
Bank holding company subsidiaries acting as agents
Status: in_force

Section 3A. Any banking institution doing business in the commonwealth that is a subsidiary of a bank holding company may receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, and receive payments on loans and other obligations in the commonwealth as an agent for another banking institution, whether located within the commonwealth or in another state, which is a subsidiary of the same bank holding company; provided, however, that the banking institution so acting as agent pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a branch of the principal banking institution. A banking institution acting as such agent pursuant to this section shall not conduct any activity which it would be prohibited from conducting as a principal under any state or federal law or, as a principal, have any such agent conduct any activity which such institution would be prohibited from conducting under any state or federal law. Any such agency relationship shall be consistent with safe and sound banking practices and all applicable regulations of the commissioner. For the purposes of this section, the term ''bank holding company'' shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 12 USC 1841 et seq.

Section 3A. Any banking institution doing business in the commonwealth that is a subsidiary of a bank holding company may receive deposits, renew time deposits, close loans, service loans, and receive payments on loans and other obligations in the commonwealth as an agent for another banking institution, whether located within the commonwealth or in another state, which is a subsidiary of the same bank holding company; provided, however, that the banking institution so acting as agent pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to be a branch of the principal banking institution. A banking institution acting as such agent pursuant to this section shall not conduct any activity which it would be prohibited from conducting as a principal under any state or federal law or, as a principal, have any such agent conduct any activity which such institution would be prohibited from conducting under any state or federal law. Any such agency relationship shall be consistent with safe and sound banking practices and all applicable regulations of the commissioner. For the purposes of this section, the term ''bank holding company'' shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 12 USC 1841 et seq.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, sec. 111 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 93 / Section 111
Information booklet describing customer's rights under Secs. 108 to 113
Status: in_force

Section 111. (a) An LEC doing business in the commonwealth shall prepare an information booklet describing customer's rights under the provisions of sections 108 to 113, inclusive. The LEC shall mail such booklet to each of its customers, including new customers. The information booklet shall be approved by the department. (b) After switching a customer's IXC or LEC, said LEC shall include in the customer's next monthly statement a notice that shall include the following: (i) the customer's telephone number for which the LEC switched the IXC or LEC; (ii) the name, address, and telephone number of the original IXC or original LEC.

Section 111. (a) An LEC doing business in the commonwealth shall prepare an information booklet describing customer's rights under the provisions of sections 108 to 113, inclusive. The LEC shall mail such booklet to each of its customers, including new customers. The information booklet shall be approved by the department.

(b) After switching a customer's IXC or LEC, said LEC shall include in the customer's next monthly statement a notice that shall include the following: (i) the customer's telephone number for which the LEC switched the IXC or LEC; (ii) the name, address, and telephone number of the original IXC or original LEC.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, sec. 12 — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 45 / Section 12
Authorization for improvement of open spaces
Status: in_force

Section 12. A city or town having public grounds or open spaces in any of its public ways, which have been or may be designated by it as not needed for public travel, may give the improvement thereof to corporations within its limits organized under section four of chapter one hundred and eighty, which, under the direction of the city council, selectmen or road commissioners, shall have the use, care and control thereof and may grade, drain, curb and fence the same, set out shade or ornamental trees, lay out flower plats and otherwise improve them.

Section 12. A city or town having public grounds or open spaces in any of its public ways, which have been or may be designated by it as not needed for public travel, may give the improvement thereof to corporations within its limits organized under section four of chapter one hundred and eighty, which, under the direction of the city council, selectmen or road commissioners, shall have the use, care and control thereof and may grade, drain, curb and fence the same, set out shade or ornamental trees, lay out flower plats and otherwise improve them.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221B, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 221B / Section 8
Reconsideration hearing
Status: in_force

Section 8. Within three business days of the hearing officer's decision, any party may seek reconsideration of that decision to a justice of the division in which the decision was rendered. In such cases, it shall be the burden of the party seeking reconsideration to show cause that the order of the hearing officer should not stand. The reconsideration hearing may consist of the presentation of evidence and argument to the justice, who may alter the decision of the hearing officer only on written findings. Approval of the hearing officer's decision under section seven shall not limit the right to reconsideration under this section.

Section 8. Within three business days of the hearing officer's decision, any party may seek reconsideration of that decision to a justice of the division in which the decision was rendered. In such cases, it shall be the burden of the party seeking reconsideration to show cause that the order of the hearing officer should not stand. The reconsideration hearing may consist of the presentation of evidence and argument to the justice, who may alter the decision of the hearing officer only on written findings. Approval of the hearing officer's decision under section seven shall not limit the right to reconsideration under this section.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 138, sec. 63 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 138 / Section 63
Entry of licensing authorities upon licensed premises; taking of samples
Status: in_force

Section 63. The local licensing authorities or their agents may at any time enter upon the premises of a person who is licensed by them, and the commission or its agents may enter upon the premises of any holder of a license, permit or certificate of fitness under this chapter, to ascertain the manner in which he conducts the business carried on under such license, permit or certificate. Such licensing authorities or their agents may at any time take samples for analysis from any beverages or alcohol kept on such premises, and the vessel or vessels containing such samples shall be sealed on the premises in the presence of the holder of such license, permit or certificate or one of his employees, and shall remain so sealed until presented to the state department of public health for analysis, and duplicate samples shall be left with such holder.

Section 63. The local licensing authorities or their agents may at any time enter upon the premises of a person who is licensed by them, and the commission or its agents may enter upon the premises of any holder of a license, permit or certificate of fitness under this chapter, to ascertain the manner in which he conducts the business carried on under such license, permit or certificate. Such licensing authorities or their agents may at any time take samples for analysis from any beverages or alcohol kept on such premises, and the vessel or vessels containing such samples shall be sealed on the premises in the presence of the holder of such license, permit or certificate or one of his employees, and shall remain so sealed until presented to the state department of public health for analysis, and duplicate samples shall be left with such holder.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176, sec. 17 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176 / Section 17
Benefits
Status: in_force

Section 17. A society authorized to do business in the commonwealth may provide for the payment of— (a) Death benefits in any form; (b) Endowment benefits; (c) Annuity benefits; (d) Temporary or permanent disability benefits; (e) Hospital, medical or nursing benefits; (f) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of three hundred dollars; and (g) Such other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this chapter. A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issues, or covered by, the contractual benefits authorized in clauses (a) to (g), inclusive, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents.

Section 17. A society authorized to do business in the commonwealth may provide for the payment of—

(a) Death benefits in any form;

(b) Endowment benefits;

(c) Annuity benefits;

(d) Temporary or permanent disability benefits;

(e) Hospital, medical or nursing benefits;

(f) Monument or tombstone benefits to the memory of deceased members not exceeding in any case the sum of three hundred dollars; and

(g) Such other benefits as authorized for life insurers and which are not inconsistent with this chapter.

A society shall specify in its rules those persons who may be issues, or covered by, the contractual benefits authorized in clauses (a) to (g), inclusive, consistent with providing benefits to members and their dependents.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 21E, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 21E / Section 21
Distance of LNG tankers traveling by waterway from certain establishments
Status: in_force

Section 21. A LNG tanker shall have a 1,500 foot clearance along the shore, as it travels any Massachusetts waterway, from the hull to the nearest residential home, elderly housing complexes, schools, hospitals, health care facilities, businesses or developments.

Section 21. A LNG tanker shall have a 1,500 foot clearance along the shore, as it travels any Massachusetts waterway, from the hull to the nearest residential home, elderly housing complexes, schools, hospitals, health care facilities, businesses or developments.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 23
Assignment, etc. of security interest in vehicle; liability of lienholder; assignee's rights
Status: in_force

Section 23. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate. (b) It is not necessary for the assignee to have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder in order to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the owner. The assignee may, however, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the registrar the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate in the form the registrar prescribes.

Section 23. (a) A lienholder may assign, absolutely or otherwise, his security interest in the vehicle to a person other than the owner without affecting the interest of the owner or the validity of the security interest, but any person without notice of the assignment is protected in dealing with the lienholder as the holder of the security interest and the lienholder remains liable for any obligations as lienholder until the assignee is named as lienholder on the certificate.

(b) It is not necessary for the assignee to have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder in order to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the owner. The assignee may, however, have the certificate of title endorsed or issued with the assignee named as lienholder, upon delivering to the registrar the certificate and an assignment by the lienholder named in the certificate in the form the registrar prescribes.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66, sec. 15 — MA Code / Part I / Title X / Chapter 66 / Section 15
Penalties
Status: in_force

Section 15. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his possession any public record or removes it from the room where it is usually kept, or alters, defaces, mutilates or destroys any public record or violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Any public officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty required of him by this chapter shall for each month of such neglect or refusal be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.

Section 15. Whoever unlawfully keeps in his possession any public record or removes it from the room where it is usually kept, or alters, defaces, mutilates or destroys any public record or violates any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. Any public officer who refuses or neglects to perform any duty required of him by this chapter shall for each month of such neglect or refusal be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90D, sec. 25 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIV / Chapter 90D / Section 25
Disclosure of information by lienholder
Status: in_force

Section 25. A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.

Section 25. A lienholder named in a certificate of title shall, upon written request of the owner or of another lienholder named on the certificate, disclose any pertinent information as to his security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it.