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MA Gen L ch 166a § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 13 - Renewal of Licenses; Forms; Requisite Information

Section 13. Any license issued hereunder may be renewed after hearing by the issuing authority for additional periods each not to exceed ten years. An application for renewal shall be on forms to be prescribed by the department. Such forms shall set forth such facts as the department may prescribe as to the citizenship and character of the applicant for renewal, and its financial, technical, and other qualifications to operate the system, and complete information as to its principals and ultimate beneficial owners, including in the case of corporations, all stockholders both nominal and beneficial owning one per cent or more of the issued and outstanding stock, and in the case of unincorporated associations, all members and ultimate beneficial owners however designated, in order that the applicant for renewal shall make full disclosure as to its true ownership and as to the source of funds to be used for operation of the system.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 14 - Appeals by Aggrieved Applicants

Section 14. Any applicant for a license or renewal of a license who is aggrieved by a denial of its application by the issuing authority or by its failure to act within the period of sixty days, or any licensee who is aggrieved by the action of an issuing authority in modifying, suspending, cancelling, revoking, declaring a license forfeited, denying consent to the transfer or assignment of a license or control thereof, or by the issuing authority's failure to act within the period of sixty days may appeal therefrom to the department within thirty days following notice of such action or within thirty days following the expiration of a sixty day period of inaction, by a petition in writing, setting forth all material facts in the case.  The department shall hold a hearing upon each such appeal, requiring due notice to be given to all interested parties.  If the department approves the action of the issuing authority it shall issue notice to them to that effect, but if the department disapproves of their action it shall issue a decision in writing advising said issuing authority of the reasons for its decision and ordering the issuing authority to conform with such decision. The department shall not, in any event, order a license to be issued until the application for said license has been granted by the issuing authority.  Upon the petition of ten per cent of the subscribers who are taxpayers of the city or town in which a license has been granted by such authority or who are registered voters in the voting precinct or district in the area or areas to be served as set out in the license, or the consumers' council, or upon its own initiative, the department may investigate the granting, renewal, transfer or assignment of such a license or the conduct of the business being done thereunder, and may, after a hearing, modify, suspend, revoke or cancel such license for cause.  If the issuing authority fails to suspend, revoke, cancel or declare forfeited a license or to perform any other disciplinary act when lawfully ordered so to do by the department upon appeal or otherwise, within such reasonable time as it may prescribe, the department may itself revoke such license or perform such act, with the same force and effect as if issued or performed by the issuing authority, but no license shall be issued by the department except in ratification of a prior issuance to the same party by the issuing authority.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 15 - Rate Regulation

Section 15. For a period of three years from the effective date of this chapter, the department shall study the necessity and desirability of rate regulation, and thereafter it may, upon its own motion or upon request of any issuing authority or licensee, after due hearing and investigation, fix and establish, for each community antenna television system in the commonwealth, a fair and reasonable rate of return from subscription rates charged to subscribers, said rates to be adequate, just, reasonable and non-discriminatory. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the department may, after due hearing and investigation, suspend regulation of rates and charges in any cable television system upon a finding that adequate competitive alternatives exist to the provision of services offered by cable television systems. In the event of such a suspension, the department shall, by oversight and surveillance, review periodically any facts or standards employed in determining the presence of said competition.  The department shall cause notice of the time and place of every such hearing to be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the municipality or service area affected. Such notice and schedule shall be in such form as the department may deem expedient.  The department may make, and, at any time, alter or amend, reasonable rules and regulations to facilitate the operation of this section and enforce the application of the rates fixed and established by them, may conduct hearings and investigations under this section, and may at any time require any company to file with them such data, statistics, schedules, or information as they may deem proper or necessary to enable them to fix and establish or secure and maintain fair and reasonable rates. They may issue such orders as they find proper, expedient or necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this section, to secure compliance with any rules or regulations made thereunder, and to enforce adherence to the rates fixed and established by them. The superior court for the county of Suffolk shall have jurisdiction in equity upon the petition of the department and after a summary hearing, to enforce all lawful orders of the department. Memoranda of all actions, orders, findings, and decisions of the department shall be signed by them and filed in their office as public records open to public inspection.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 16 - Issuance of Standards and Regulations; Mediation Between Cities and Towns; Representation Before f.c.c.; Certification of Performance; Distribution of Obscene Material

Section 16. The department may after hearing issue such standards and regulations as it deems appropriate to carry out the purpose of this chapter for which purpose it may employ such expert assistants as it deems necessary. The department shall have the authority to mediate between cities and towns and after appropriate notice and hearing to make a final decision, in the event of conflict in the exercise of jurisdiction to authorize or regulate CATV systems. The department shall also represent the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth before the Federal Communications Commission and shall certify the performance of the CATV operators under its jurisdiction to appropriate federal, state and local authorities.  Except as set forth in section three, nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a city or town from prohibiting the distribution on basic service of material, which is obscene as defined in section thirty-one of chapter two hundred and seventy-two, by the licensee to subscribers of said city or town.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 17 - Visitation, Examination, Subpoena, and Oath Administering Powers of Department

Section 17. The department or its employees may visit the places of business and other premises and examine the records and facilities of all CATV companies to ascertain if all rules and regulations and orders of the department have been complied with, and any cases of non-compliance shall be reported by it to the issuing authority. The department shall also have the power to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, papers, books, records, and other evidence before it in any matter over which it has jurisdiction, control or supervision. The department shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations to persons whose testimony is required.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 18 - Violations, Penalties

Section 18. Any person or the officer, agent, or employee of any organization who willfully violates any provision of this chapter or of any rule, regulation, or order adopted thereunder, or who willfully procures, aids, or abets any violation of such a provision shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 19 - Hearings, Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act; Public Hearings

Section 19. The hearing provided for in sections eleven, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty A. No other hearing provided for or required by any section of this chapter shall be subject to chapter thirty A but all such hearings shall be public.
MA Gen L ch 166a § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 166a - Community Antenna Television Systems|Section 20 - Systems Constructed, Purchased, and Operated by Cities and Towns, Applicability of Chapter

Section 20. Any city or town may construct, purchase and operate a CATV system, but such operation shall be subject to this chapter as if the system were privately owned and operated.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:—  ''Bank'', any association or corporation chartered by the commonwealth under chapter 168, 170, 171 or 172, or an individual, association, partnership or corporation incorporated or doing a banking business in the commonwealth subject to the supervision of the commissioner.  ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of banks.  ''Cooperative bank'', an association or corporation chartered pursuant to chapter 170.  ''Credit union'', an association or corporation chartered pursuant to chapter 171.  ''Federal bank'', a national banking association, savings and loan association or savings bank that exists by authority of the United States, the main office of which is located in the commonwealth.  ''Federal branch'', a branch in the commonwealth of any out-of-state federal bank.  ''Foreign bank'', an association or corporation authorized to do a banking business the main office of which is located outside the commonwealth and which exists by authority of a country other than the United States.  ''Internet bank'', a bank, federal bank, foreign bank or out-of-state bank that provides its services exclusively or primarily through the internet.  ''Limited purpose trust company'', an association or corporation chartered pursuant to section 9A of chapter 172.  ''Massachusetts bank'', a bank, other than an association or corporation chartered pursuant to chapter 171.  ''Massachusetts branch'', a branch in the commonwealth of an out-of-state bank.  ''Out-of-state bank'', an association or corporation authorized to do a banking business, the main office of which is located outside the commonwealth and which exists by authority of a state of the United States except the commonwealth.  ''Out-of-state branch'', a branch of a Massachusetts bank located outside the commonwealth.  ''Out-of-state federal bank'', a national banking association, savings and loan association or savings bank that exists by authority of the United States, the main office of which is located outside the commonwealth.  ''Savings bank'', an association or corporation chartered pursuant to chapter 168.  ''State'', a state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a foreign country.  ''Trust company'', an association or corporation chartered pursuant to chapter 172.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 1a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 1a - Rules and Regulations

Section 1A. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing minimum standards relative to the security and protection of credit unions under the commissioner's supervision, both for the benefit of employees as well as the general public, including the requirement for the installation, maintenance and operation of security devices and procedures and to assist in the identification and apprehension of criminals.  Said rules and regulations shall fix the time limit within which each such credit union shall comply with the standards so established and may require the submission, in writing, of periodic reports and other information necessary to ensure compliance with such rules and regulations. A credit union which violates any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant to this section shall forfeit to the commonwealth $100 for each day during which such violation continues, to be recovered by an information in equity in the name of the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, commenced in the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2b - Investigation of Unfair Practices

Section 2B. The commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every bank engaged in consumer transactions in this commonwealth in order to determine whether such bank has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice as established by the commissioner by regulation in accordance with the provisions of section two A.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2c - Proceedings Regarding Unfair Practices; Notice; Hearing

Section 2C. Whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that any such bank has engaged or is engaging in this commonwealth in any such unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice and that a proceeding by him in respect thereto would be in the interest of the public, he shall issue and serve upon such bank a statement of the charges in that respect and a notice of a hearing thereon to be held at a time and place fixed in the notice, which shall be not less than twenty-one days after the date of the service thereof.  At the time and place fixed for such hearing, such bank shall have an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why an order should not be made by the commissioner requiring such bank to cease and desist from the acts, methods or practices so complained of.  The commissioner, upon such hearing, may administer oaths, examine and cross examine witnesses, receive oral and documentary evidence, and shall have the power to summons witnesses, compel their attendance, and require the production of books, papers, records, correspondence or other documents which he deems relevant to the inquiry. The commissioner upon such hearing shall cause to be made a stenographic record of all the evidence and all the proceedings had at such hearing. In the case of a refusal by any bank to comply with any summons issued hereunder or to testify with respect to any matter relative to the subject matter of such hearing, the superior court of Suffolk county or the county in which the principal office of the bank is located, upon application of the commissioner, may issue an order requiring such bank to comply with such summons and to so testify. Any failure to obey any such order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt thereof.  Statements of charges, notices, orders and other processes of the commissioner under this section may be served by anyone duly authorized by the commissioner, either in the manner provided by law for service of process in civil actions, or by registering and mailing a copy thereof to the bank affected by such statement, notice, order or other process at its principal office. The verified return by the person so serving such statement, notice, order or other process, setting forth the manner of such service, shall be proof of the same, and the return postcard receipt for such statement, notice, order or other process, registered and mailed as aforesaid, shall be proof of the service of the same.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2d - Unfair Practices; Findings; Cease and Desist Orders; Penalty; Modification of Order

Section 2D. If, after such hearing, the commissioner shall determine that the bank charged has engaged in an unfair or deceptive act or practice, he shall reduce his findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon the bank charged with the violation a copy of such findings and an order requiring such bank to cease and desist from engaging in such method of competition, act or practice. In addition, any bank which commits such an act or practice may be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars for each and every such act or practice.  Until the expiration of the time allowed under section two E for filing a petition for review, if no such petition has been filed within such time or, if a petition has been filed within such time, then until the transcript of the record in the proceeding has been filed in the supreme judicial court, as hereinafter provided, the commissioner may at any time, upon such notice and in such manner as he shall deem proper, modify or set aside, in whole or in part, any order issued by him under this section.  Upon the expiration of the time allowed for filing such a petition for review and in the event that no such petition has been duly filed, the commissioner may at any time, after notice and opportunity for hearing, reopen and alter, modify or set aside, in whole or in part, any order issued by him under this section whenever in his opinion conditions of fact or of law have so changed as to require such action or if the public interest shall so require.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2f - Violations of Cease and Desist Orders; Penalties

Section 2F. Any bank which violates a cease and desist order of the commissioner under section two D after it has become final, and while such order is in effect, shall forfeit and pay to the commonwealth a sum not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation, which sum may be recovered in a civil action. Upon order of the commissioner, such bank shall also be subject to the suspension or revocation of its charter or such other relief as is reasonable and appropriate.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2g - Penalties for Unfair Practices; Enforcement

Section 2G. The powers vested in the commissioner by sections two A to two F, inclusive, shall be in addition to any other powers to enforce any penalties, fines or forfeitures authorized by law with respect to the methods, acts and practices which may be declared by the commissioner hereunder to be unfair or deceptive.
MA Gen L ch 167 § 2h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 167 - Supervision of Banks|Section 2h - Notice to Commissioner of Activity or Investment of Savings Bank, Co-Operative Bank or Trust Company; Waiver or Extension of Notice Period

Section 2H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a savings bank, co-operative bank or a trust company may engage in any activity or invest in any products or services which are related or incidental to banking, are not prohibited by law and do not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of the savings bank, co-operative bank or a trust company with 30 days notice to the commissioner. Upon the expiration of the notice period, the bank may engage in any such activity or invest in any such products or services. At the time of the notice or at any time the notice is pending, the bank may request that the commissioner waive the remaining notice period. During the notice period, the commissioner may extend the notice period for 30 days for additional review. During such extended period, the commissioner may: make no comment, which would allow the bank to proceed at the end of the period; subject the bank's activity or investment to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may impose; or deny the bank to proceed with any such activity or investment.