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MA Gen L ch 110e § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110e - Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions of Foreign Corporations|Section 6 - Inconsistency With Other Laws; Applicability of Chapter

Section 6. If the jurisdiction under the laws of which an issuing public corporation is organized has adopted or adopts any law which expressly limits, restricts or otherwise affects the voting rights of any person in the event that such person acquires or proposes to acquire shares of such issuing public corporation which exceed or meet any level or range of ownership or voting powers specified in such law, and such law contains provisions that are expressly inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter as applicable to such issuing public corporation, the provisions of this chapter shall be inapplicable to such issuing public corporation to the extent necessary to resolve such inconsistency.
MA Gen L ch 110e § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110e - Regulation of Control Share Acquisitions of Foreign Corporations|Section 7 - Association or Trust's Power to Amend Instrument; Limitation

Section 7. No provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to limit the power of an association or trust to amend its instrument or declaration of trust to the extent otherwise lawful.
MA Gen L ch 110f § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110f - Business Combinations With Interested Shareholders|Section 1 - Business Combinations With Interested Stockholders; Restrictions

Section 1. A corporation shall not engage in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the date that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:  (a) prior to such date the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder; or  (b) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least ninety percent of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding, those shares owned by (1) persons who are directors and also officers and (2) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or  (c) on or subsequent to such date the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.
MA Gen L ch 110f § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110f - Business Combinations With Interested Shareholders|Section 4 - Maximum Required Vote of Shareholders

Section 4. No provision of a corporation's articles of organization or by-laws shall require, for any vote of stockholders required by this chapter, a greater vote of stockholders than that specified in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 1 - Title of Chapter

Section 1. This chapter may be cited as ''The Uniform Electronic Transactions Act''.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 3 - Application of Chapter; Transactions Governed by Other Laws

Section 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this chapter applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.  (b) This chapter shall not apply to a transaction to the extent it is governed by:  (1) A law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils or testamentary trusts;  (2) Chapter 106, other than sections 1–107 and 1–206, section 2 and section 2A of said chapter 106;  (3) This chapter applies to a transaction governed by the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001 et. seq., but is not intended to limit, modify or supersede section 101(c) of that Act, 15 U.S.C. section 7001(c). This chapter shall not apply to a signature, contract or other record, or otherwise to any transaction, to the extent it is governed by any of the laws or bodies of law indicated in the following subsection:—  (i) a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing the creation and execution of wills, codicils, or testamentary trusts;  (ii) a state statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing adoption, divorce or other matters of family law;  (iii) court orders or notices, or official court documents, including briefs, pleadings and other writings, required to be executed in connection with court proceedings;  (iv) a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing any notice of the cancellation or termination of utility services, including water, heat and power; or of the default, acceleration, repossession, foreclosure, or eviction, or the right to cure, under a credit agreement secured by, or a rental agreement for, a primary residence of an individual;  (v) a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing the cancellation or termination of health insurance or benefits or life insurance benefits, excluding annuities;  (vi) a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing recall of a product, or material failure of a product, that risks endangering health or safety; or  (vii) any document, required by a statute, regulation, or other rule of law governing, to accompany any transportation or handling of hazardous materials, pesticides or other toxic or dangerous materials.  (c) This chapter applies to an electronic record or electronic signature otherwise excluded from the application of this chapter under subsection (b) to the extent it is governed by a law other than those specified in said subsection (b).  (d) A transaction subject to this chapter shall also be subject to other applicable substantive law.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 4 - Electronic Records or Electronic Signatures Governed by Chapter

Section 4. This chapter applies to any electronic record or electronic signature created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored on or after the effective date of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 5 - Transactions Governed by Chapter; Consent of Parties; Waiver

Section 5. (a) This chapter does not require a record or signature to be created, generated, sent, communicated, received, stored, or otherwise processed or used by electronic means or in electronic form.  (b) This chapter applies only to transactions between parties each of which has agreed to conduct transactions by electronic means. Whether the parties agree to conduct a transaction by electronic means is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances, including the parties' conduct.  (c) A party that agrees to conduct a transaction by electronic means may refuse to conduct other transactions by electronic means. The right granted by this subsection may not be waived by agreement.  (d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the effect of any of its provisions may be varied by agreement. The presence in this chapter of the words ''unless otherwise agreed'', or words of similar import, shall not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by agreement.  (e) Whether an electronic record or electronic signature has legal consequences is determined by this chapter and other applicable law.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 6 - Construction of Chapter

Section 6. This chapter shall be construed and applied:  (1) to facilitate electronic transactions consistent with other applicable law;  (2) to be consistent with reasonable practices concerning electronic transactions and with the continued expansion of those practices; and  (3) to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 7 - Electronic Signature; Enforceability; Satisfaction of Legal Requirements

Section 7. (a) A record or signature may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form.  (b) A contract may not be denied legal effect or enforceability solely because an electronic record was used in its formation.  (c) If a law requires a record to be in writing, an electronic record satisfies the law.  (d) If a law requires a signature, an electronic signature satisfies the law.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 8 - Information Provided in Electronic Form; Posting or Display of Records; Ability to Retain; Agreements Regarding Non-Use of United States Mail

Section 8. (a) If parties have agreed to conduct a transaction by electronic means and a law requires a person to provide, send or deliver information in writing to another person, the requirement is satisfied if the information is provided, sent, or delivered, as the case may be, in an electronic record capable of retention by the recipient at the time of receipt. An electronic record is not capable of retention by the recipient if the sender or its information processing system inhibits the ability of the recipient to print or store the electronic record.  (b) If a law, other than this chapter, requires a record to be posted or displayed in a certain manner, to be sent, communicated, or transmitted by a specified method, or to contain information that is formatted in a certain manner, the following rules apply:  (1) The record shall be posted or displayed in the manner specified in the other law.  (2) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2) of subsection (d), the record shall be sent, communicated, or transmitted by the method specified in the other law.  (3) The record shall contain the information formatted in the manner specified in the other law.  (c) If a sender inhibits the ability of a recipient to store or print an electronic record, the electronic record shall not be enforceable against the recipient.  (d) The requirements of this section may not be varied by agreement, but:  (1) to the extent a law other than this chapter requires information to be provided, sent, or delivered in writing but permits that requirement to be varied by agreement, the requirement under subsection (a) that the information be in the form of an electronic record capable of retention may also be varied by agreement; and  (2) a requirement under a law other than this chapter to send, communicate, or transmit a record by regular United States mail, may be varied by agreement to the extent permitted by the other law.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 9 - Attribution of Electronic Signature; Effect

Section 9. (a) An electronic record or electronic signature is attributable to a person if it was the act of the person. The act of the person may be shown in any manner, including a showing of the efficacy of any security procedure applied to determine the person to which the electronic record or electronic signature was attributable.  (b) The effect of an electronic record or electronic signature attributed to a person under subsection (a) is determined from the context and surrounding circumstances at the time of its creation, execution, or adoption, including the parties' agreement, if any, and otherwise as provided by law.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 10 - Change or Error During Transmission of Electronic Record

Section 10. If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules shall apply:—  (1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.  (2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:  (A) promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person; and  (B) takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and  (C) has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.  (3) If neither subparagraph (1) nor subparagraph (2) applies, the change or error has the effect provided by other law and the parties' contract, if any.  (4) Subparagraphs (2) and (3) may not be varied by agreement.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 11 - Fulfillment of Notarization, Acknowledgement, Verification, or Oath Requirements

Section 11. If a law requires a signature or record to be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the requirement is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform those acts, together with all other information required to be included by other applicable law, is attached to or logically associated with the signature or record.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 12 - Retention Requirements

Section 12. (a) If a law requires that a record be retained, the requirement is satisfied by retaining an electronic record which:—  (1) accurately reflects the information set forth in the record after it was first generated in its final form as an electronic record or otherwise; and  (2) remains accessible for later reference.  (b) A requirement to retain a record in accordance with subsection (a) shall not apply to any information the sole purpose of which is to enable the record to be sent, communicated or received.  (c) A person may satisfy subsection (a) by using the services of another person if the requirements of that subsection are satisfied.  (d) If a law requires a record to be presented or retained in its original form, or provides consequences if the record is not presented or retained in its original form, that law is satisfied by an electronic record retained in accordance with subsection (a).  (e) If a law requires retention of a check, that requirement is satisfied by retention of an electronic record of the information on the front and back of the check in accordance with subsection (a).  (f) A record retained as an electronic record in accordance with subsection (a) satisfies a law requiring a person to retain a record for evidentiary, audit, or like purposes, unless a law enacted after the effective date of this chapter specifically prohibits the use of an electronic record for the specified purpose.  (g) This section shall not preclude a governmental agency of the commonwealth from specifying additional requirements for the retention of a record subject to the agency's jurisdiction.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 13 - Legal Proceedings

Section 13. In a legal proceeding, evidence of a record or signature may not be excluded solely because it is in electronic form.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 14 - Automated Transactions; Contracts

Section 14. In an automated transaction, the following rules shall apply:—  (1) A contract may be formed by the interaction of electronic agents of the parties, even if no individual was aware of or reviewed the electronic agents' actions or the resulting terms and agreements.  (2) A contract may be formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, acting on the individual's own behalf or for another person, including by an interaction in which the individual performs actions that the individual is free to refuse to perform and which the individual knows or has reason to know will cause the electronic agent to complete the transaction or performance.  (3) The terms of the contract are determined by the substantive law applicable to it.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 15 - When Electronic Record Is Sent and Received; Location; Knowledge; Documentation

Section 15. (a) Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is sent when it:—  (1) is addressed properly or otherwise directed properly to an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record;  (2) is in a form capable of being processed by that system; and  (3) enters an information processing system outside the control of the sender or of a person that sent the electronic record on behalf of the sender or enters a region of the information processing system designated or used by the recipient which is under the control of the recipient.  (b) Unless otherwise agreed between a sender and the recipient, an electronic record is received when:  (1) it enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and  (2) it is in a form capable of being processed by that system.  (c) Subsection (b) applies even if the place the information processing system is located is different from the place the electronic record is considered to be received under subsection (d).  (d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the electronic record or agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic record is deemed to be sent from the sender's place of business and to be received at the recipient's place of business. For purposes of this subsection, the following rules shall apply:—  (1) If the sender or recipient has more than 1 place of business, the place of business of that person is the place having the closest relationship to the underlying transaction.  (2) If the sender or the recipient does not have a place of business, the place of business is the sender's or recipient's residence, as the case may be.  (e) An electronic record is received under subsection (b) even if no individual is aware of its receipt.  (f) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subsection (b) establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.  (g) If a person is aware that an electronic record purportedly sent under subsection (a), or purportedly received under subsection (b), was not actually sent or received, the legal effect of the sending or receipt is determined by other applicable law. Except to the extent permitted by the other law, the requirements of this subsection may not be varied by agreement.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 17 - Creation, Maintenance and Preservation of Electronic Records by Executive Department Agencies and Other Government Agencies

Section 17. (a) The supervisor of records under section 1 of chapter 66 and clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4, the records conservation board under section 42 of chapter 30, and the information technology division under section 7 of chapter 4A, shall determine whether, the extent to which and the manner by which each executive department agency shall create, maintain and preserve electronic records, signatures and contracts and the method of converting paper government records to electronic format. Nothing in this chapter shall affect the existing authority of the supervisor of records, the records conservation board or the information technology division under the cited sections.  (b) The supervisor of records under section 1 of chapter 66 and clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4, and the records conservation board under section 42 of chapter 30, shall determine whether, the extent to which and the manner by which each government agency not in the executive department, nor in the legislative or judicial departments, shall create, maintain and preserve electronic records, signatures and contracts and the method of converting paper government records to electronic format.
MA Gen L ch 110g § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 110g - Uniform Electronic Transactions|Section 18 - Promotion of Consistency and Interoperability Among Governmental Agencies and Nongovernmental Persons; Standards

Section 18. The chief information officer and the supervisor of records shall encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with other governmental agencies and nongovernmental persons. If appropriate, they may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of the commonwealth may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.