Massachusetts Code — 41
Browse 282 sections in division 41 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 1. Town officers to be elected; tenure
- § 1A. District defined
- § 1B. Appointed town offices and boards; acceptance by voters
- § 2. Establishment of new board or office; effect; increase or decrease in board membership or number of officers
- § 3. City officers; powers and duties
- § 4. Penalty for failure to choose selectmen or assessors
- § 4A. Members of town and district boards eligible to hold other offices; salary
- § 5. Voting list; use
- § 6. Use of official ballots; towns authorized to provide for
- § 7. Use of official ballot; determination of extent
- § 8. Handling of ballots
- § 9. Handling of ballots after tabulation; sealing
- § 10. Failure to elect; procedure to fill vacancy; notice
- § 11. Appointment to fill vacancy in town office
- § 12. City clerks; tenure
- § 13. Bond of town clerk
- § 13A. Bond of city clerk
- § 13B. Renewal of licenses and permits; delegation of authority
- § 14. Temporary clerk
- § 15. Town clerks; powers and duties
- § 15A. Certification of appropriations
- § 16. Oaths of town officers; return of certificate
- § 17. Filing of city contracts; penalty for noncompliance
- § 18. Assistant city clerk
- § 18A. Records of city clerk; attestation
- § 18B. Facsimile signatures of city clerk or assistant city clerk
- § 19. Assistant town clerks; powers and duties; compensation
- § 19A. Certificate of appointment or election of clerk; filing requirements
- § 19B. City and town clerks; tenure of office
- § 19C. Acceptance of Sec. 19B; procedure; petition
- § 19D. Removal or suspension of clerk having permanent tenure
- § 19E. Procedure for filling vacancy following death or removal of clerk having permanent tenure
- § 19F. Additional compensation for serving as clerk of city council
- § 19G. Additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters
- § 19H. Maximum amount of additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters
- § 19I. Additional compensation for serving in other city or town positions
- § 19J. Additional compensation for serving as member of board of registrars of voters
- § 19K. Additional compensation for town clerk
- § 20. Selectmen; duties and oath; penalty
- § 21. Authorization for selectmen to act as or appoint other town officers
- § 21A. Removal of persons appointed to positions of chief of police or head of municipal police department
- § 22. Officers appointed by selectmen; tenure; compensation; vacancies
- § 23. Rescission of vote by selectmen; election of other officers; tenure
- § 23A. Executive secretary or town administrator; appointment; tenure
- § 23B. Town departments; investigations and reports
- § 23C. Persons acting on behalf of selectmen; appointment and removal
- § 23D. Municipal data processing centers
- § 24. Assessors; number; method of selection; tenure
- § 25. Appointment by selectmen; tenure of office
- § 25A. Assistant assessors; appointment by assessors; duties; compensation; tenure
- § 26. Appointment by selectmen where town so votes
- § 26A. Employment of counsel in certain proceedings
- § 28. Powers and duties of assistant assessors
- § 29. Oath of office; penalty for failure to take oath
- § 30. Penalty for false valuation
- § 30A. Vacancies; effect on powers of remaining assessors
- § 30B. Agreements for joint and cooperative assessment, classification and valuation of property
- § 34B. Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications
- § 35. Bond of treasurer; duties
- § 36. Powers of treasurer; prosecution of actions
- § 38. Powers of tax collector
- § 38A. Collection of accounts due city or town; powers and duties of tax collector
- § 39. Collection of taxes by constable
- § 39A. Assistant treasurer
- § 39C. Assistant collector
- § 40. Temporary town officers
- § 41. Payment of compensation; oath
- § 41A. Delivery of payroll checks to department heads
- § 41B. Payment of public employees by direct bank credits
- § 41C. Deposits in credit union; pension or retirement allowances
- § 42. Contents of pay roll
- § 43. Penalty
- § 43A. Defense of actions against treasurers and collectors; indemnification
- § 44. Sinking fund commissioners; election; tenure; appointment of secretary and treasurer
- § 45. Board of commissioners of trust funds; membership; powers and duties
- § 45A. Commissioners in towns under five thousand population
- § 46. Town treasurer; duties; bond
- § 47. Powers and duties
- § 48. Tenure of city auditor
- § 49. Vacancy in office of auditor
- § 49A. Assistant auditors; powers and duties; compensation
- § 50. Powers and duties of auditors
- § 51. Accounts payable; notice to creditors; part payments
- § 52. Approval of bills
- § 53. Auditing of public trusts
- § 54. Notice to auditor of payment of public funds to treasurer
- § 54A. Notification to assessors of receipts
- § 55. Town accountant; tenure; powers and duties
- § 56. Warrants for payment of bills
- § 57. Books of account and financial records
- § 58. Duties; notice of condition of appropriations; record of appropriations
- § 59. Annual estimates; furnishing to town accountant
- § 60. Table of estimated appropriations
- § 61. Annual report
- § 61A. Appointment of temporary officers upon vacancy of certain offices; tenure; bond; removal; powers and duties
- § 62. Highway surveyor; duties
- § 63. Road and sewer commissioners
- § 64. Road commissioners; powers and duties
- § 65. Sewer commissioners; powers and duties
- § 66. Superintendent of streets; appointment; tenure
- § 67. One superintendent of streets for two or more towns
- § 68. Superintendent of streets; powers and duties
- § 69. Superintendent of water or sewer department
- § 69A. Water commissioners; election; tenure; quorum; vacancies
- § 69B. Water commissioners; powers and duties
- § 69C. Submission of adoption of board of public works to electorate; ballot
- § 69D. Board of public works; membership; election; tenure; powers and duties
- § 69E. Superintendent of public works; appointment; powers and duties
- § 69F. Submission to voters of revocation of acceptance; conditions; effect
- § 69G. Office of lands and natural resources; establishment; powers and duties; director and assistants
- § 70. Planning board; duties
- § 71. Annual report
- § 72. Ordinances and by-laws
- § 73. Board of survey; membership; length of existence; suspension of powers and duties
- § 74. Approval of plans filed by citizens
- § 75. Preparation of plans by board
- § 76. Substitution of new plans
- § 77. Construction or alteration of public ways; restrictions
- § 78. Recordation of plan; necessity of approval by board
- § 79. Entry upon lands by board of survey for examinations and surveys
- § 80. Establishment and discontinuance of exterior way lines
- § 81. Damages
- § 81A. Planning board; establishment; membership; tenure; vacancies
- § 81B. Planning board; powers and duties
- § 81C. Studies and reports of board; acting as park commissioners
- § 81D. Master plan; economic development supplement
- § 81E. Official map; purpose; recordation
- § 81F. Alteration of official map; damages for injuries
- § 81G. Applicability of municipal planning laws to municipal powers over public ways and parks
- § 81H. Part of official map; laying out, altering or relocating public ways
- § 81I. Duties of municipalities having no official map in respect to construction of ways; reference to planning board
- § 81J. Establishment and discontinuance of exterior lines of ways in municipalities with planning boards; damages for injuries
- § 81K. Designation of subdivision control law
- § 81L. Definitions
- § 81M. Purpose of law
- § 81N. Territorial extent of law; acceptance by municipalities
- § 81O. Regulation of new subdivisions
- § 81P. Approval of plans not subject to control law; procedure
- § 81Q. Planning board; adoption of rules and regulations
- § 81R. Waiver of strict compliance with rules and regulations
- § 81S. Submission of preliminary plan; approval or disapproval; recording
- § 81T. Notice of submission of plan; hearing
- § 81U. Approval, modification or disapproval of plan by board; prerequisites for decision
- § 81V. Final approval of plan; endorsements; certificate
- § 81W. Modification, amendment or rescission of approval of plan; conditions
- § 81X. Requirements for registration of plan
- § 81Y. Restrictions on construction of public ways, improvements and buildings; liability of grantors, etc.; court jurisdiction
- § 81Z. Board of appeals; membership; tenure; removal; vacancies; jurisdiction
- § 81AA. Board of appeals; rules; meetings; powers and duties; hearings
- § 81BB. Appeal to superior court; counsel; costs; surety or bond; speedy trial
- § 81CC. Powers of planning boards; entry on lands
- § 81DD. Application of law; damages
- § 81EE. Recordation; evidence that subdivision control law is in effect; suspension
- § 81FF. Application of subdivision control law on registered and unregistered land; jurisdiction of land court
- § 81GG. Powers of planning boards established under prior law; severability provision
- § 82. Authority to establish art commissions
- § 83. Appointment; membership; compensation; tenure; removal
- § 84. Powers and duties; penalty
- § 85. Weighers, measurers and surveyors of goods or commodities; appointment; qualifications; tenure; removal
- § 86. Powers and duties; penalty for misrepresentation
- § 87. Applicability of Secs. 85 and 86 to weighers, etc., of particular commodities
- § 87A. Weighers and measurers of motor vehicles and trailers; appointment
- § 88. Weighers of fish
- § 89. Deputy weighers of fish
- § 90. Weighers of fish; penalty for violation of oath of office
- § 90A. Interfering with fish weigher or deputies; penalty
- § 91. Constables; appointment and removal in cities
- § 91A. Constables; appointment in towns
- § 91B. Appointments; qualifications; application; investigation
- § 92. Service of civil process
- § 93. Remedies on bond
- § 94. Powers and duties
- § 95. Territorial jurisdiction
- § 95A. Service of civil process fees
- § 95B. Records of service of civil process fees
- § 96. Police officers; appointment; tenure; discharge
- § 96A. Persons disqualified
- § 96B. Police training schools; supervisory training; attendance by persons exercising police powers; wages and expenses; exceptions; removal for failure to attend
- § 97. Police departments; establishment
- § 97A. Police departments; chief of police; powers and duties
- § 97B. Rape reporting and prosecution units within police departments; training and funding; personnel; retention and preservation of forensic evidence
- § 97C. Special telephone exchange for reporting of rape
- § 97D. Confidentiality of reports of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence; access by victim and certain individuals in performance of their duties; violations; penalties
- § 97E. Chief of police; attendance at conventions
- § 97F. Firefighter duties; performance by police
- § 98. Powers and duties
- § 98A. Arrest on fresh and continued pursuit
- § 98B. Foot patrol
- § 98C. Badges; identification by name or number
- § 98D. Identification cards
- § 98E. Public solicitations using words ''police'' or ''firefighters''
- § 98F. Daily logs; public records; confidentiality of certain entries
- § 98G. Domestic abuse; police reports
- § 98H. Settlement agreements for professional misconduct by law enforcement officer; nondisclosure, non-disparagement or similar clauses
- § 99. Requisition of police officers by other towns
- § 99A. Members of regular police or fire department and fire alarm division; residence outside city or town
- § 99B. Regional police district law; purpose of Secs. 99B to 99K
- § 99C. Establishment
- § 99D. Town elections for acceptance; ballots
- § 99E. Powers and duties
- § 99F. Regional police district commission; membership; officers
- § 99G. Budget; apportionment; appropriations
- § 99H. Annual audits
- § 99I. Costs and expenses; annual estimates; apportionment; assessment of towns
- § 99J. Regional district police department; pending prosecutions; personnel transfers.
- § 99K. Revocation of acceptance of regional police district law; town elections; ballot; continuity of district
- § 100. Indemnification of police officers, firemen and persons aiding them; actions for intentional or negligent injuries inflicted upon same
- § 100B. Indemnification of retired police officers and fire fighters
- § 100G. Payment of funeral and burial expenses of fire fighters and police officers killed in performance of duties; acceptance of section
- § 100H. Indemnification of law enforcement officers for dogs used in connection with official duties
- § 101. Commissioner of public safety; powers and duties
- § 101A. Police officers or firefighters; tobacco smoking
- § 102. Inspector of health
- § 102A. Appointment in towns under three thousand population
- § 102B. Appointment in towns of 5,000 or more inhabitants
- § 103. Purchasing department; purchasing agent; duties and salaries
- § 104. Establishment of purchasing department; submission to electorate
- § 105. Board of trustees for soldiers' memorials; powers and duties; membership; tenure; vacancies; rules and regulations
- § 106. Tree warden; appointment; term
- § 106A. Town physician; appointment in certain towns
- § 106B. Capital planning committee; establishment; duties
- § 107. Oath of office; beginning of term
- § 108. Compensation
- § 108A. Classification of positions; compensation plans; rules and regulations
- § 108B. Assessors and tax collectors in districts; compensation and expenses
- § 108C. By-laws pertaining to administration of personnel; consolidation
- § 108D. Fire fighters; minimum annual compensation
- § 108E. Policemen; schedule of minimum annual compensation
- § 108F. Fire fighters; schedule of minimum annual compensation
- § 108G. Policemen; alternate schedule of minimum annual compensation
- § 108H. Fire fighters assigned to photographic work; additional compensation
- § 108I. Policemen assigned to photographic or fingerprint identification work; additional compensation
- § 108J. Equal pay of male and female employees
- § 108K. Female police officers; equality of compensation
- § 108L. Police career incentive pay program; salary increases; reimbursement of cities or towns
- § 108M. Police officers attending law enforcement courses at accredited college or university for degree; payment of salary; duty hours; agreement
- § 108N. Town manager, administrator, executive secretary, or administrative assistant; employment contract
- § 108O. Employment contracts for police chiefs and fire chiefs
- § 108P. Additional compensation for collectors or treasurers
- § 109. Resignation; notice; residence requirements
- § 109A. Fidelity bonds; payment of premiums
- § 110. Authorization for holidays
- § 110A. Office hours on Saturday
- § 111. Vacations of certain employees
- § 111A. Vacations for police and firemen
- § 111B. Sick leaves; accumulation
- § 111C. Attendance by employee veterans at funerals or memorial services for veterans
- § 111D. Vacations for police and firemen
- § 111E. Vacation pay for terminated employees; conditions
- § 111F. Leave with pay for incapacitated employees
- § 111G. Additional vacation time for longevity
- § 111H. Overtime pay for police officers; conditions
- § 111I. Compensation due deceased employees; disposition
- § 111J. Attendance at veterans' conventions
- § 111K. Firemen; summer vacations
- § 111L. Policemen and firemen; vacations; 20 years' service
- § 111M. Emergency medical technicians; leave without loss of pay while incapacitated
- § 111N. Indemnification of emergency medical technicians for certain expenses
- § 112. Preference in public employment
- § 112A. Veterans in unclassified positions; procedure for involuntary separation
- § 113. Use of official ballots
- § 114. Application of election laws
- § 115. Nomination papers; filing; certificates of nomination
- § 116. Duties of prudential committee and clerk in certain districts
- § 117. District elections; provision for election equipment; liability for expenses
- § 118. District elections; provision for forms, tally and vote sheets
- § 119. District meetings; qualifications
- § 120. Fiscal year of districts
- § 121. District treasurers; qualifications
- § 122. Temporary treasurer; appointment; bond
- § 123. Temporary clerk; appointment; bond
- § 123A. Assistant treasurers and assistant clerks; appointment; bond
- § 124. Fire and water districts; appropriation for cost of water favorability studies
- § 125. Temporary housing assistance plans
- § 126. Definitions
- § 127. Eligibility to apply for tenure; offices excepted; restrictions; duration of tenure; removal for cause
- § 128. City offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
- § 129. Town offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
- § 130. Applicability of town tenure provisions to districts
- § 131. City or town offices; application statement by head of department for tenure of its members; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
- § 132. Tenure limitations
- § 133. Appointment and reappointment of police officers