{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-164-31","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, § 31","heading":"Amount of stock in gas companies held by corporation","body":"Section 31. A manufacturing or other corporation having its place of business in a city or town where a gas company proposes to manufacture gas for light may hold not more than ten per cent of the capital stock of such gas company; provided, that the foregoing provisions shall not prevent a domestic corporation having its principal place of business in the commonwealth from holding more than ten per cent of the capital stock of a gas company.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 164"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter164/Section31","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:53Z","sha256":"35d9d34c246a3a074d6f73b197da34a00f54f37441f4eb64cf66bdb09d80e3c9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-164-30","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-164-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}