Section 43B. Whenever an officer or employee of a county has been elected or appointed to an office the term whereof exceeds one year, and has filed a fidelity bond covering his entire term of office, and subsequent to such filing he is required by law to file such a bond annually, the acceptance of such an annual bond shall preclude recovery, under any such bond previously filed and accepted, whether for the term of one year or for a longer term, for any default occurring during the term of any such bond subsequently filed and accepted.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VI - Counties and County Officers
Chapter 35 - County Treasurers, State Supervision of County Accounts and County Finances
Section 1 - Qualifications; Election; Tenure
Section 2 - Assistant Treasurer; Bond; Duties
Section 4 - Salaries; Source of Payment
Section 7 - Commissioners Acting by Appointment; Compensation; Travel Expenses
Section 8 - Traveling Expenses
Section 9 - Wilful Violation of Duty; Penalties
Section 10 - Collection and Disbursement of County Funds; Investment of Funds
Section 10a - Disbursement of Matching Funds for Federally Funded Programs
Section 11 - Payment of Expenses, etc.; Restrictions
Section 14 - Statement of Law Authorizing Payment of Accounts; Liability for Payments; Exceptions
Section 15 - Accounts; Form and Contents
Section 18 - Suffolk and Nantucket Counties; Applicability of Laws
Section 19a - Accumulated Vacation Allowance; Payment Upon Death or Separation From Service
Section 19b - Deceased Officers and Employees; Payment of Salary to Next of Kin; Effect
Section 19c - Deposits in Credit Union; Pension or Retirement Allowances
Section 20 - Prosecution of Suits Upon Bonds, Notes, etc.; Joinder of Treasurer as Party
Section 21 - Delinquency of Officers as to Money Payments; Notification of District Attorney
Section 22 - Disposition of Surplus Money; Deposits; Investments; Interest
Section 22a - Deposit of Funds Restricted
Section 23 - Money Paid Into Courts; Disposition; Interest
Section 23a - Unclaimed Funds; Disposition
Section 24 - Overdue Accounts; Interest Charge
Section 25 - Annual Report; Contents
Section 26 - Annual Report of County Commissioners; Contents
Section 27 - Annual Reports; Publication and Distribution
Section 27a - Treasurer and Custodian of Certain Funds
Section 28 - Estimates of County Receipts and Expenditures; Preparation; Recordation
Section 30 - Taxes; Approval; Computation
Section 31 - Taxes; Apportionment, Assessment and Collection
Section 32a - Contributory Retirement Systems; Anticipated Costs; Recovery of Pension Costs
Section 34 - Expenses and Liabilities Incurred Prior to Appropriations; Limitations; Exceptions
Section 34a - Expenses Incurred Prior to Appropriation; Highway Agreements Excepted
Section 35 - Enforcement of Provisions; Conditions
Section 36 - County Receipts, Cash on Hand and Expenditures; Monthly Account
Section 36a - Emergency Borrowing for Extraordinary Expenditures
Section 37 - Borrowing Funds in Anticipation of Tax Income
Section 37a - Bonds and Notes; Method of Payment; Use of Proceeds; Limitations
Section 37b - Temporary Notes; Refunding; Payment
Section 38 - Sale of Notes or Securities; Bids Required; Exceptions
Section 38a - Bonds Issued Subject to Call and Redemption
Section 38b - Refunding Bonds and Notes; Issuance; Limitations
Section 39a - Forms for Note Issues; Contents, Etc.
Section 39b - Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39c - Bearer Notes; Procedure for Issuance
Section 39d - Payment of Notes; Notice
Section 39e - Certification Fee; Refunds
Section 39f - Effect of Certification
Section 39g - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Validity
Section 39h - Facsimile of County Seal on Bonds, etc.; Authorization of Making and Use
Section 40 - Fines; Accounting; Returns
Section 41 - Payments to Treasurers; Sworn Statements
Section 42 - Auditor of Boston; Additional Duty
Section 43 - Exchange of Order Instruments for Bearer Instruments; Penalty for Noncompliance
Section 43a - Surety Bonds of Officers and Employees; Payment of Premiums
Section 47 - Penalty for Noncompliance With Orders
Section 48 - Establishment of Board; Membership; Election; Tenure, Etc.
Section 49 - Classification of Positions; ''salary'' Defined
Section 51 - Personnel Board; Powers and Duties; Discharge of Employees, Etc.
Section 51b - Salary Schedules
Section 52 - Classification and Allocation of Offices and Positions; Review
Section 53 - County Commissioners; Powers and Duties
Section 53a - Director of Affirmative Action; Affirmative Action Plan; Reports
Section 55 - Salaries to Be Full Compensation; Overtime Pay, Etc.
Section 56 - Suffolk County; Applicability of Act; Classification Agencies in Other Counties