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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 11a - Dissolution; Voluntary; Charitable Corporation

Section 11A. (a) A charitable corporation constituting a public charity organized under any general or special law, which desires to voluntarily windup and close its affairs, may authorize its dissolution in accordance with this section. This section shall constitute the sole method for the voluntary dissolution of a charitable corporation.
(b) A petition for dissolution shall be authorized by vote of a majority of the corporation's board of directors entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that if the corporation has 1 or more classes of members, the corporation may, in its articles of incorporation, in a by-law adopted by the incorporators under section 3 or in a by-law adopted by the members, assign the power of authorization to the members acting by majority vote of the members entitled to vote thereon or provide that the exercise of the power shall be subject to approval by the members.
(c) If the corporation has no remaining assets, the petition for dissolution shall be submitted to the division of public charities of the office of the attorney general setting forth in substance the grounds of the application for dissolution together with the forms, affidavits and information as the division from time to time may prescribe. If the division is satisfied that the corporation has or will become inactive and that its dissolution would be in the public interest, the division may approve the dissolution of the corporation.
(d) If the corporation has remaining assets, the petition for its dissolution shall be filed in the supreme judicial court setting forth in substance the grounds for the application for dissolution and requesting the court to authorize the administration of its funds for similar public charitable purposes as the court may determine. The supreme judicial court may, by rule or order, provide that the petition and court authorization are not required for dissolutions approved by the division upon receipt of the forms, affidavits and information as the division may require if the corporation has net assets no greater than such amount as the court may provide in the rule or order or in such other situations as the court may provide.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 11b - Dissolution; Involuntary; Failure of Charitable Corporation to File Annual Financial Reports

Section 11B. If any charitable corporation described in section eleven A fails to comply for two consecutive years with the provisions of section eight F of chapter twelve requiring the filing of annual financial reports with the office of the attorney general, or if the attorney general is satisfied that such corporation has become inactive and that its dissolution would be in the public interest, the attorney general may petition the supreme judicial court for the dissolution of such corporation, requesting the court to authorize the administration of its funds for such similar public charitable purposes as the court may determine, and the court, after notice by mail or otherwise as it may order, may dissolve such corporation. The attorney general may include as many corporations in a single application as he deems fit, and the court may include in its decree any or all of said corporations. The clerk of the supreme judicial court shall submit to the commissioner of revenue a list of corporations so dissolved.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 11c - Filing Fees

Section 11C. Filing fees for the following shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven:
(a) For filing articles of organization required by section three.
(b) For filing articles of amendment required by section seven.
(c) For filing restated articles of organization in accordance with section seven.
(d) For filing a petition in accordance with section seven A.
(e) For filing articles of consolidation or merger in accordance with section ten.
(f) For the reservation of a name, or the extension of a reservation, and payment of the fee shall accompany the application.
(g) For filing all other certificates, statements, or reports required by this chapter unless another filing fee is specifically provided therefor.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 13 - Conferring of Degree or Issuance of Diploma or Certificate Purporting to Confer Degree by Medical Corporation Prohibited

Section 13. A corporation organized under this chapter for medical purposes shall not confer degrees, or issue diplomas or certificates conferring or purporting to confer degrees, unless specially authorized thereto by the general court. An officer, agent or servant of such corporation or any other person who confers degrees, or signs, issues or authorizes the signing or issuing of any diploma or certificate purporting to confer any degree of medicine or surgery, in violation hereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 14 - Establishment and Maintenance of Exhibition Grounds and Holding of Exhibition by Horse Breeding Corporation

Section 14. Corporations formed under this chapter for encouraging the raising of choice breeds of horses may establish and maintain grounds suitable for exhibitions and trials of the speed or strength of horses; may arrange for and advertise such exhibitions and trials upon such grounds, may collect admission fees thereto and may award purses or premiums to the participants therein, if such purses or premiums are raised only from voluntary subscriptions to the funds of the corporation, admission fees or fees for entering horses in such exhibitions or trials.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 15 - Trade or Employment Organizations

Section 15. Corporations may be formed under this chapter for improving the condition of any employees in any one or more trades or employments, either relative to their employment or to the promotion of education, temperance, morality or social intercourse among them, or for paying benefits to sick or unemployed members, or to persons dependent upon deceased members or otherwise.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 16 - Approval of Certificate of Organization

Section 16. The state secretary shall not endorse his approval upon the certificate of organization of any such corporation, unless satisfied that the purposes thereof are lawful, that its by-laws are consistent with law and conform to the requirements of the two following sections.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17 - By-Laws

Section 17. The by-laws shall contain clear and distinct provisions relative to the election, admission and expulsion of members; the titles, duties, powers and tenure of the officers of the corporation and their election and removal; the number of members required for a quorum; the call for special meetings; the adoption, amendment and repeal of by-laws; the purposes to which the funds of the corporation may be applied and for which assessments may be laid upon the members; the conditions upon which a member or persons dependent upon a deceased member shall be entitled to benefits, if any are to be given by the corporation; the imposition of fines and forfeitures, if any; the deposit, investment and custody of the funds of the corporation; the periodical audit of the accounts of the treasurer; except that such by-laws may not restrict the right of the members thereof to offer nominations from the floor at the annual meeting of the corporation, nor prevent any member thereof from receiving a copy of the by-laws upon written request, but may require that for such nominations from the floor to be valid a notice signed by not less than seven members, giving the names of such nominees, be first filed with the corporation's recording officer not later than ten days prior to the date of the annual meeting. If pursuant to the by-laws, the report of a nominating committee is sent to the members at least thirty days prior to the date of the annual meeting, the by-laws may require, instead of the foregoing requirement, that the notice of nominations be first filed with the corporation's recording officer within twenty days after the nominating committee's report is sent out. A by-law shall not be repealed or amended, or an additional by-law adopted, unless notice of such proposed action shall have been given at a previous meeting; and such repeal, amendment or adoption shall not take effect until it has been approved by the state secretary as conformable to law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17a - Pay-Roll Deductions for Union Dues of Employees of State, County or Municipality; Revocation

Section 17A. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of an employee of an amount that the employee may specify in writing to that employee's employer or its representative under chapter 150E or to an employer made subject to chapter 150A by chapter 760 of the acts of 1962, for the payment of union dues or fees to an employee organization. The authorization for payroll deduction may be irrevocable pursuant to the terms of that authorization for a period of not more than 1 year after the authorization and shall be revocable solely pursuant to the terms of revocation specified in the employee authorization. An authorization consistent with the terms of this section shall be accepted by the employer. The treasurer of the employee organization or relief association shall notify the office of the employer responsible for implementing payroll deductions of an authorization revocation not later than 15 calendar days after it is received.
If an authorization for payroll deduction does not specify the terms for revocation, then the authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving not less than 60 calendar days notice in writing of that withdrawal to that employee's employer responsible for implementing payroll deductions and by filing a copy of the notice with the treasurer of the employee organization.
The state treasurer or the treasurer of the employer that employs the employee shall deduct from the salary of that employee the amount of union dues or fees certified to that treasurer on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the treasurer of the employee organization; provided, however, that the state treasurer or the treasurer of the employer, as applicable, is satisfied that the treasurer of the employee organization has given the employee organization a bond, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue, for the faithful performance of that treasurer's duties, in a sum and with such surety as is satisfactory to the state treasurer or treasurer of the employer. Whenever an employee organization is certified or obtains consent recognition under chapter 150A or chapter 150E, such deductions shall be made for dues or fees only to the certified or recognized employee organization.
This section shall be effective in a county, city or town that has accepted it in the manner provided by section 2 of chapter 740 of the acts of 1950 or that accepts this section in the following manner: (i) in a county, by vote of the county commissioners; (ii) in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter, by majority vote of its city council; (iii) in any other city, by vote of city council, approved by the mayor; and (iv) in a town, by vote of the board of selectmen.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17b - Community Chest, United Fund, Scholarship, etc.; Pay-Roll Deductions of Town, County or State Employees

Section 17B. Deductions on pay-roll schedules may be made from the salary of any town, county or state employee of any amount which such employee may specify in writing to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of a contribution to a community chest or united fund, or to scholarship and other fundraising initiatives that benefit a public institution of higher education, its affiliates and foundations as listed in section 5 of chapter 15A. Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is then employed. The treasurer of the town, county or state shall deduct from the salary of such employee such amount of contribution as may be certified to him on the pay-roll and transmit the sum so deducted to the community chest or united fund, or to scholarship and other fundraising initiatives that benefit a public institution of higher education, its affiliates and foundations as listed in section 5 of chapter 15A; provided, that the town, county or state treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that the treasurer of such community chest or united fund has given to said community chest or united fund a bond, in a form approved by the commissioner, for the faithful performance of his duties, in a sum and with such surety or sureties as are satisfactory to the town, county or state treasurer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17d - School Teachers; Payroll Deductions for Income Protection Insurance Premiums

Section 17D. With the approval of a school committee deductions may be made from the salary of a school teacher of any amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed for the payment of premiums for income protection insurance, and upon notification of such approval the treasurer of the city, town or district shall deduct from the salary of such teacher such amount of premium as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the insurance company providing said income protection insurance. Authorization by a school teacher for such deductions may be withdrawn by him by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to said school committee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17f - State Employees; Payroll Deductions for Contributions to Massachusetts Independent Health Agencies

Section 17F. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any state employee of any amount which such employee may specify in writing to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of a contribution to the Massachusetts Independent Health Agencies, provided, however, that a state employee shall have the right to select one or more affiliating agencies of said Massachusetts Independent Health Agencies to which he wishes to have his contribution credited. Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving sixty days notice in writing of such withdrawal to the officer, or the head of the department, board or commission, by whom or which he is then employed. The state treasurer shall deduct from the salary of such employee such amount of contribution as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the treasurer of the Massachusetts Independent Health Agencies Committee; provided that the state treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that the treasurer of such Massachusetts Independent Health Agencies Committee has given to said committee a bond, in a form approved by the commissioner, for the faithful performance of his duties, in a sum and with such surety or sureties as are satisfactory to the state treasurer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17h - Public Employees; Payroll Deductions for Periodic Pass for Public Transportation

Section 17H. Deductions on pay-roll schedules may be made from the salary of any state, county or municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county, municipal or other public officer, or the head of the state, county, municipal or public department, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is employed, for the payment of the cost of a periodic pass for public transportation for such time and for such amount as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or any regional transportation authorities may provide. Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to the state, county, municipal or public officer, or the head of the state, county, municipal or public department, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is then employed.
The state treasurer, the common paymaster as defined in section one hundred and thirty-three of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or the treasurer of the county, municipality or other public agency by which such employee is employed, shall deduct from the salary of such employee such amount for such periodic pass as may be certified to him on the pay-roll, and transmit the sum so deducted to the treasurer of said Authority.
This section shall be effective in any county, city or town which has accepted it in the manner provided by section two of chapter seven hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty, or which accepts it in the following manner:—In a county by vote of the county commissioners; in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter by majority vote of its city council; in any other city by vote of its city council, approved by the mayor; and in a town by vote of the board of selectmen.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17i - Payroll Deductions for Public School Teachers

Section 17I. A single deduction on payroll schedules shall be made from the salary of any school teacher in an amount which such teacher may specify in writing to the city, town or district school committee by which he is employed; provided, however, that no specific deduction shall be made for the payment of contributions to political campaign committees or political campaign organizations. Any such authorization may be withdrawn by such teacher by giving at least sixty days' notice in writing of such withdrawal to said school committee. The treasurer of the city, town or district shall deduct from the salary of such teacher such amount as may be certified to him on the payroll and shall transmit the sum so deducted to the state teacher association of which such teacher is a member within thirty days; provided, that the city, town or district treasurer is satisfied by such evidence as he may require that the treasurer of such state teacher association has given a bond, in form approved by the commissioner of corporations and taxation, for the faithful performance of his duties, in a sum and with such surety or sureties as are satisfactory to the city, town or district treasurer. The provisions of this section shall take effect in each city, town or regional school district which accepts the provisions hereof by vote of its school committee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17j - Public Employees; Payroll Deductions for Insurance or Employee Benefits

Section 17J. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of any state, county, municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county or municipal officer, or public department head, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is employed, for any insurance or employee benefit offered in conjunction with the employee organization, which, in accordance with the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E is duly recognized by the employer or designated by the labor relations commission as the exclusive bargaining agent for the appropriate unit in which such employee is employed; provided, however, that such purpose has been approved by the comptroller. Deductions in an amount determined by the employee and in compliance with applicable law may also be made for any committee on political education designated by the employee pursuant to this section. The approval of the comptroller shall not be required for such deductions. All deductions pursuant to this section shall be made without charge to any person or entity. Any such authorization may be withdrawn by the employee by giving at least sixty days notice in writing to the state, county or municipal officer, or public department head, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is then employed.
The state treasurer, the common paymaster, as defined in section one hundred and thirty-three of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, or the treasurer of the county or municipality by which such employee is employed, shall deduct from the salary of such employee such amount of authorized deductions as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the recipient specified by such employee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17k - State Employees; Payroll Deductions for Near-Site Parking Fees, On-Site Child Care Fees and Other Employer-Provided Benefits

Section 17K. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of a state employee for the payment of the cost of near-site parking fees for state employees whose work location lacks adequate public transportation, for on-site state employer-provided child care fees and for other state employer-provided benefits. Any categories of payroll deductions established under this section for such other state employer-provided benefits shall be approved by the comptroller as appropriate payroll deductions. The state treasurer, the common paymaster as defined in section 133 of chapter 175, shall deduct from the salary of state employees the full amount for such near-site parking fees, on-site child care fees and fees for any such other state employer-provided benefits as are established pursuant to this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17l - Public Employee; Payroll Deductions for Qualified State Tuition Program

Section 17L. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of a state, county, municipal or other public employee of an amount which such employee may specify in writing to any state, county or municipal officer or public department head, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is employed, for deposit into a ''qualified state tuition program'' as defined under the Internal Revenue Code and any prepaid tuition program established under general or special law if such purpose has been approved by the comptroller. An employee may withdraw such authorization for the deduction by giving at least 60 days notice in writing to the state, county or municipal officer or public department head, board, commission or agency by whom or which he is then employed. The state treasurer, the common paymaster as defined in section 133 of chapter 175, or the treasurer of the county, municipality or other public employer by which such employee is employed shall deduct from the salary of such employee such amount of authorized deductions as may be certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum to the specified tuition program.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17m - State Police Employees; Payroll Deductions for Contributions to State Police Museum and Learning Center, Inc.

Section 17M. A deduction on a payroll schedule may be made from the salary of an employee of the department of state police in the amount of $3 per pay period for the payment of a contribution to Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center, Inc. A deduction under this section shall not be used in whole or in part for a political purpose. Authorization for the deduction shall be made by the employee in writing to the officer or head of the department and withdrawal of the authorization shall be made by a 60 day written notice to the officer or head of the department. The state treasurer shall deduct the contribution from the salary of the employee and transmit the sum to the treasurer of the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center, Inc. The state treasurer may require that the treasurer of the Massachusetts State Police Museum and Learning Center, Inc. give a bond, in a form approved by the commissioner of revenue, for the faithful performance of his duties in a sum and with surety satisfactory to the state treasurer.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 17n - University of Massachusetts Employee Payroll Deductions for Certain University Sponsored Activities; Withdrawal of Authorization; Transmittal of Sum

Section 17N. Deductions on payroll schedules may be made from the salary of a university of Massachusetts employee of an amount which the employee may specify in writing to the payroll office of the campus where he is employed for payment of certain university sponsored activities. The authorization may be withdrawn by the employee, by giving 60 days notice in writing of the withdrawal to the payroll office where he is employed. The treasurer of the university shall deduct from the salary of the employee the amount of authorized deductions certified to him on the payroll and transmit the sum so deducted to the recipient specified by the employee.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 18 - Expulsion of Member; Examination of Books by Member

Section 18. No member of such corporation shall be expelled by vote of less than a majority of all the members thereof, nor by vote of less than three quarters of the members present and voting upon such expulsion. Every member of such corporation and every person who has an interest in its funds shall be entitled to examine its books and records.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 19 - Fines Imposed on Members by Unions

Section 19. No fine or notice of intention to impose a fine by any union or any other association, incorporated or unincorporated, or by any authorized representative thereof, upon any member, according to the rules to which such member has agreed to conform, shall be held to be unlawful or coercive as to such member or as to any other person; provided, that such fine is reasonable in amount and is for a legal purpose.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 20 - Medical Milk Commission; Formation; Definition

Section 20. For the purpose of supervising the production of milk, any five or more registered physicians may form a corporation under this chapter. The members of the board of health of any town where such corporation is formed shall be ex officiis members of the corporation. At least one member of said board of health shall be a member of the board of directors thereof.
For the purposes of this section and sections twenty-one to twenty-five, inclusive, the word ''milk'' shall include goats' milk.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 21 - Medical Milk Commission; Naming and Designation of Town Where Established

Section 21. The name of any such corporation shall be ''Medical Milk Commission of '', designating the name of the town where such corporation is established, and, if more than one such corporation shall be organized in any town, the subsequent corporations shall use the name designated herein, but shall indicate in such name its proper sequence in incorporation by adding thereto the words ''Number Two'' or ''Number Three'' and so forth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 22 - Salary, Emolument or Other Compensation Received by Member From Dairymen Prohibited

Section 22. No member of any such corporation shall receive directly or indirectly therefrom, or from any dairymen producing milk under agreement with the corporation, any salary or emolument or any compensation of any kind for any services rendered as a member of such corporation, or for any services rendered under sections twenty to twenty-five, inclusive. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars, and shall be removed from his office as a member of said corporation and thereafter be disqualified from becoming a member of any such corporation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 23 - Contracts for Production of Milk

Section 23. Every such corporation may enter into written agreements with any dairymen for the production of milk under the supervision of such corporation and prescribe in such agreements the conditions under which such milk shall be produced, which, however, shall be approved by the department of public health and shall not fall below the standards of purity and quality for certified milk as fixed by the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions and the standards for milk fixed by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 25 - Violations; Penalty

Section 25. Whoever sells or exchanges, or offers or exposes for sale or exchange as and for certified milk any milk not conforming to the regulations prescribed by and bearing the certification of a corporation organized under sections twenty to twenty-five, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 26 - Change of Location by Certain Corporations

Section 26. No corporation organized under general laws for the purpose of fostering, encouraging or engaging in athletic exercises or for the establishment and maintenance of places for reading rooms, libraries or social meetings, or organized under this chapter for the purpose of maintaining grounds suitable for exhibitions and trials of the speed or strength of horses, shall change its location from the town where it is located to another town within the commonwealth, nor change its location within any town, until written consent therefor has been obtained from the police commissioner in Boston, the aldermen in any other city or the selectmen in the town where the corporation proposes to acquire a new location. Such consent shall not take effect until a copy thereof, duly attested by the clerk or secretary of the board or officer consenting thereto, has been filed in the office of the state secretary. A change of location by a corporation contrary to this section shall be sufficient cause for the revocation of its charter by the state secretary.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 26b - Corporation in Good Standing; Certificate

Section 26B. A corporation which is required to file annual reports with the state secretary shall be deemed to be in good standing with the state secretary if such corporation has filed all annual reports required to be filed by it with the state secretary, has paid all fees due with respect to such reports, the charter of the corporation has not been revoked pursuant to section twenty-six A, and the secretary has not received notice of its dissolution pursuant to section eleven, eleven A or eleven B. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the state secretary shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any corporation meeting the requirements of this section, that such corporation appears from the records in his office to be in good standing.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180 - Corporations for Charitable and Certain Other Purposes › Section 27 - Conviction Under Liquor or Gambling Laws; Voiding Charter

Section 27. If any person is convicted of exposing and keeping for sale or selling alcoholic beverages, as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight, on the premises occupied by any club or organization described in section four or of illegal gaming upon said premises or of being present where implements of gaming are found upon said premises, or if any such beverages, casks or other vessels or implements of sale and furniture used or kept and provided to be used in the illegal keeping or sale of such beverages, or implements of gaming, are seized on said premises and are forfeited, the selectmen, or the aldermen, in the place where such club or organization is situated, except Boston, and in Boston the police commissioner, shall immediately give notice to the state secretary, who, upon receipt thereof, shall declare the charter of such club or organization void, and shall publish a notice in at least one newspaper published in the county where such club or organization is located that such incorporation is void and of no further effect.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''Charitable purpose'', the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or religion, the promotion of health, the promotion of a governmental purpose or the promotion of any other purpose the achievement of which is beneficial to the community.
''Endowment fund'', an institutional fund or part thereof that, under the terms of a gift instrument, is not wholly expendable by the institution on a current basis; provided, however, that ''endowment fund'' shall not include assets that an institution designates as an endowment fund for its own use.
''Gift instrument'', a record, including an institutional solicitation, under which property is granted to, transferred to or held by an institution as an institutional fund.
''Institution'', (i) a person, other than an individual, organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes; (ii) a government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality to the extent that it holds funds exclusively for a charitable purpose; or (iii) a trust that had both charitable and noncharitable interests, after all noncharitable interests have terminated.
''Institutional fund'', a fund held by an institution exclusively for charitable purposes or a fund held by trustee for a charitable community trust, but not including: (i) program-related assets; (ii) a fund held for an institution by a trustee that is not an institution, other than a fund which is held for a charitable community trust; or (iii) a fund in which a beneficiary that is not an institution has an interest, other than an interest that could arise upon violation or failure of the purposes of the fund.
''Person'', an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality or any other legal or commercial entity.
''Program-related asset'', an asset held by an institution primarily to accomplish a charitable purpose of the institution and not primarily for investment.
''Record'', information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 3 - Appropriation for Expenditure or Accumulation of Endowment Fund; Rules of Construction

Section 3. (a) Subject to the intent of a donor expressed in the gift instrument, an institution may appropriate for expenditure or accumulate so much of an endowment fund as the institution determines is prudent for the uses, benefits, purposes and duration for which the endowment fund is established. Unless stated otherwise in the gift instrument, the assets in an endowment fund shall be donor-restricted assets until appropriated for expenditure by the institution. In making a determination to appropriate or accumulate, the institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, and shall consider, if relevant, the following factors:
(i) the duration and preservation of the endowment fund;
(ii) the purposes of the institution and the endowment fund;
(iii) general economic conditions;
(iv) the possible effect of inflation or deflation;
(v) the expected total return from income and the appreciation of investments;
(vi) other resources of the institution; and
(vii) the investment policy of the institution.
(b) To limit the authority to appropriate for expenditure or accumulate under subsection (a), a gift instrument shall specifically state the limitation.
(c) Terms in a gift instrument designating a gift as an endowment, or a direction or authorization in the gift instrument to use only ''income'', ''interest'', ''dividends'' or ''rents, issues or profits'', or ''to preserve the principal intact'' or words of similar import shall:
(i) create an endowment fund of permanent duration unless other language in the gift instrument limits the duration of the fund; and
(ii) not, standing alone, limit the authority to appropriate for expenditure or accumulate under subsection (a).
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 4 - Delegation of Management and Investment of an Institutional Fund

Section 4. (a) Subject to any specific limitation set forth in a gift instrument or in other general or special law, an institution may delegate to an external agent the management and investment of an institutional fund to the extent that an institution could prudently delegate under the circumstances. An institution shall act in good faith, with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumstances, in:
(i) selecting an agent;
(ii) establishing the scope and terms of the delegation, consistent with the purposes of the institution and the institutional fund; and
(iii) periodically reviewing the agent's actions in order to monitor the agent's performance and compliance with the scope and terms of the delegation.
(b) In performing a delegated function, an agent shall owe a duty to the institution to exercise reasonable care to comply with the scope and terms of the delegation.
(c) An institution that complies with subsection (a) shall not be liable for the decisions or actions of an agent to which the function was delegated.
(d) By accepting delegation of a management or investment function from an institution that is subject to the laws of the commonwealth, an agent submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the commonwealth in all proceedings arising from or related to the delegation or the performance of the delegated function.
(e) An institution may delegate management and investment functions to its committees, officers or employees as authorized by any other general or special law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 5 - Release or Modification of Restriction on Management, Investment, Duration or Purpose

Section 5. (a) If the donor consents in a record, an institution may release or modify, in whole or in part, a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the management, investment, duration or purpose of an institutional fund. A release or modification shall not allow a fund to be used for a purpose other than a charitable purpose of the institution.
(b) The court, upon application of an institution, may modify a restriction contained in a gift instrument regarding the management, investment or duration of an institutional fund if the restriction has become impracticable or wasteful, if it impairs the management or investment of the fund or if, because of circumstances not anticipated by the donor, a modification of a restriction will further the purposes of the fund. The attorney general shall be made a party to any such application and resulting proceeding. To the extent practicable, a modification shall be made in accordance with the donor's probable intention.
(c) If a particular charitable purpose or a restriction contained in a gift instrument on the use of an institutional fund becomes unlawful, impracticable, impossible to achieve or wasteful, the court, upon application of an institution, may modify the purpose of the fund or the restriction on the use of the fund in a manner consistent with the charitable purposes expressed in the gift instrument. The attorney general shall be made a party to any such application and resulting proceeding.
(d) The supreme judicial court may by rule or order provide that an application otherwise subject to court approval pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), may be approved by the attorney general if the value of the fund is not greater than such amount as the court may provide or in such other situations as the court may so provide.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 7 - Application of Chapter

Section 7. This chapter shall apply to institutional funds existing on or established after June 30, 2009. As applied to institutional funds existing on June 30, 2009, this chapter shall govern only decisions made or actions taken on or after that date.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 8 - Effect of Chapter on Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act

Section 8. This chapter modifies, limits and supersedes the electronic signatures in the Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit or supersede Section 101(c) of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103 of said act, 15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b).
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 180a - Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds › Section 9 - Construction and Application of Chapter

Section 9. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. To the extent that any provision of the law, rule or regulation is in conflict with this chapter, specifically to the extent that any such conflict would operate to defeat or otherwise interfere with the purposes of this chapter, this chapter shall supersede and take precedence over any such law, rule or regulation. This act shall be construed to the maximum extent possible so as to not constitute an impairment of contract.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title XXII - Corporations › Chapter 182 - Voluntary Associations and Certain Trusts › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. The following words, as used in this chapter, shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in section two A, have the following meanings: ''Association'', a voluntary association under a written instrument or declaration of trust, the beneficial interest under which is divided into transferable certificates of participation or shares. ''Secretary'', the state secretary. ''Department'', the department of public utilities or the department of telecommunications and cable. When used in sections two to seven, inclusive, and twelve to fourteen, inclusive, of this chapter, the word ''trust'' shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in section two A, mean a trust operating under a written instrument or declaration of trust, the beneficial interest under which is divided into transferable certificates of participation or shares, other than a trust established for the sole purpose of exercising the voting rights pertaining to corporate stock or other securities in accordance with the terms of a written instrument.