§ 1 Transfer date for abolished counties
§ 2 Governments of abolished counties
§ 3 County commissioners; terms
§ 4 Abolished counties’ functions, duties and responsibilities transferred to commonwealth; employees transferred under administrative office of trial court
§ 5 Liabilities, debts and assets of abolished counties
§ 6 Real and personal property of abolished counties
§ 7 Leases and contracts of abolished counties
§ 8 Plan to recover amounts paid by commonwealth for liabilities and debts of abolished counties
§ 9 Treasurers of abolished counties
§ 10 Registries of deeds of abolished counties; employees, functions and proceedings transferred to commonwealth
§ 11 Rights of employees of registries of deeds
§ 12 Sheriffs of abolished counties
§ 13 Employees of sheriffs of abolished counties
§ 14 Sheriffs, deputies, jailers, superintendents, keepers, officers, and assistants and other employees of the sheriffs of abolished counties
§ 15 Statutory rights of employees of abolished counties
§ 16 Group insurance coverage for employees
§ 17 Education aid for independent agricultural and technical schools
§ 18 Retirement systems
§ 19 Regional retirement systems; boards; members
§ 19A Essex regional retirement system; Essex regional retirement board; Essex regional retirement board advisory council; benefits; appointment of receiver upon violation by retirement board
§ 20 Cities and towns; regional charter commissions; regional councils of government
§ 21 Secretary of administration and finance; plans for effective transfer of county functions to commonwealth
§ 22 Municipalities of abolished counties; dog funds

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 34B - Abolition of County Government

  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
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  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
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  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.