Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 72: Articles of amendment; filing; time effective

Section 72. After any meeting at which any amendment of the articles of organization has been adopted, articles of amendment signed under the penalties of perjury by the president or any vice president and by the clerk or assistant clerk, setting forth such amendment and the due adoption thereof, shall be submitted to the state secretary. The amendment shall become effective when the articles of amendment are filed in accordance with section six, unless said articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing, in which event the amendment shall become effective on such later date.