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Section 1 - State Treasurer; Supervision of Department; Salary; Other Sources of Income - Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the...
Section 2 - Treasurer's Bond; Contents - Section 2. The state treasurer shall give bond in the...
Section 3 - Treasurer's Bond; Deposit With State Secretary; Actions Thereon - Section 3. The bond shall be deposited in the office...
Section 4 - First Deputy Treasurer; Duties; Absence, Disability or Removal of Treasurer - Section 4. If any person represents on oath that the...
Section 5 - Deputies and Assistants; Appointment; Bond; Duties; Compensation; Veterans' Preference; Civil Service - Section 5. The state treasurer may appoint and may for...
Section 5a - Annual Personnel Report - Section 5A. The state treasurer shall file an annual report...
Section 5c - Investment Division; Responsibilities - Section 5C. The state treasurer shall establish an investment division,...
Section 7 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Soldiers' Homes - Section 7. He shall receive from the United States all...
Section 8 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Highways - Section 8. He shall receive from the United States all...
Section 8a - Receipt of Federal Funds for Forest Fire Prevention - Section 8A. He shall receive from the United States all...
Section 9 - Accounts; Overdue Bonds, Notes and Securities; Transmission to Attorney General and Committees on Ways and Means - Section 9. He shall annually, on the first Monday of...
Section 9a - Debt Statements - Section 9A. A debt statement shall be forwarded on a...
Section 10 - Annual Report to General Court; Statement of Transactions - Section 10. The state treasurer shall annually, on the second...
Section 10a - Preferential Deposits of Cash Reserves to Lending and Banking Institutions That Lend to Small Businesses - Section 10A. The state treasurer shall whenever possible, establish a...
Section 10b - Submission of Official Cash Flow Projections to the Committees on Ways and Means; Variance Reports; Reporting on Banking Institutions Into Which Cash Deposits Are Made - Section 10B. The state treasurer, in consultation with the secretary...
Section 12 - State Treasurer; Death; Vacancy; Care of Property and Funds - Section 12. Upon a vacancy in the office of state...
Section 13 - State Treasurer; Death; Vacancy; Inventory of Property and Funds - Section 13. As soon thereafter as may be, and after...
Section 14 - State Treasurer; Duplicate Receipts by New Treasurer - Section 14. The new state treasurer shall, upon his election...
Section 15 - Trust Funds; Massachusetts Training Schools; Authority to Receive; Duties - Section 15. The state treasurer may receive from the trustees...
Section 16 - Trust Funds; Receipts From Department of Education or State Library Trustees; Authority to Receive, Invest, Hold and Disburse - Section 16. He shall invest, reinvest and hold in the...
Section 17 - Trust Funds; Mental Health Department or Developmental Services Department; Authority to Receive; Duties - Section 17. The state treasurer may receive the principal of...
Section 17a - Trust Funds; Military Forces; Authority to Receive; Duties - Section 17A. The state treasurer shall receive all funds given...
Section 17b - Trust Funds; Receipt, Disbursement and Investment - Section 17B. The state treasurer may receive the principal of...
Section 18 - State Board of Retirement; Membership, Tenure - Section 18. There shall be a state board of retirement...
Section 19 - State Board of Retirement; Reimbursement of Expense or Loss - Section 19. The members of the state board of retirement...
Section 20 - Clerical and Other Assistants, Appointment - Section 20. The state treasurer may appoint and remove such...
Section 21 - Commissioners on Firemen's Relief; Membership - Section 21. There shall be a board to be known...
Section 22 - Citation - Section 22. The provisions of this section and sections twenty-three...
Section 23 - State Lottery Commission; Members; Appointment; Terms; Chairman; Vacancies; Expenses; Quarters - Section 23. There shall be, in the office of the...
Section 24 - State Lottery Commission; Powers and Duties - Section 24. The commission is hereby authorized to conduct a...
Section 24a - Agreements for Creation of Multi-Jurisdictional Lottery Game; Revenues; Notice of Odds - Section 24A. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''group...
Section 25 - Apportionment of Lottery Revenues - Section 25. The apportionment of the total revenues accruing from...
Section 26 - Director of the State Lottery; Appointment; Powers and Duties - Section 26. The state treasurer shall, subject to the approval...
Section 26a - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Performance Management Systems - Section 26A. (a) The director shall operate and administer an...
Section 27 - Sale of Tickets; Agents; Licensing; Restrictions - Section 27. No person, other than a fraternal, veterans', or...
Section 27a - Keno; Licenses; Growth Revenues; Distribution - Section 27A. (a) The lottery commission is hereby authorized and...
Section 28 - Assignability of Prizes; Liability of Commissioner and Director - Section 28. The right of any person to a prize...
Section 28a - Past-Due Child Support; Disbursement of Prizes - Section 28A. Prior to disbursement of a prize in excess...
Section 28b - List of Winning Lottery Ticket Holders; Transmission to Department of Transitional Assistance, Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Iv–d Agency - Section 28B. The commission shall, on a monthly basis, transmit...
Section 29 - Prohibited Sales; Penalty - Section 29. No person shall sell a ticket or share...
Section 30 - Forgery, Alteration, Etc. of Lottery Tickets; Penalties - Section 30. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters,...
Section 30a - Prohibited Acts Concerning State Lottery Commission Members or Employees; Penalties - Section 30A. Whoever impersonates a member or employee of the...
Section 30b - Suspension of License to Sell Lottery Tickets Due to Suspension or Revocation of Cigar or Tobacco License - Section 30B. Upon receiving notice from the commissioner of revenue...
Section 31 - Ineligible Persons - Section 31. No ticket or share shall be purchased by,...
Section 32 - Unclaimed Prize Money - Section 32. Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a...
Section 33 - Deposit, Handling and Disbursement of Funds; Deduction of Agents' Compensation; Competitive Arrangements; Open Records - Section 33. The director may make such arrangements for any...
Section 34 - Minors; Payment of Prize Money - Section 34. If the person entitled to a prize or...
Section 35 - State Lottery and Gaming Fund; Expenditures - Section 35. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35d - Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund - Section 35D. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35e - Organ Transplant Fund - Section 35E. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35e.5 - Organ and Tissue Donor Registration Fund - Section 35E.5. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35f - School Improvement Fund - Section 35F. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35i - Retirement Law Commission - Section 35I. There shall be, in the office of the...
Section 35m - Board of Registration in Medicine Trust Fund - Section 35M. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 35n - Martin Luther King Commission Trust Fund - Section 35N. There is hereby established on the books of...
Section 35o - Massachusetts United States Olympic Fund - Section 35O. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35p - State House Special Event Fund - Section 35P. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 35r - Massachusetts State Public Health HIV and Hepatitis Fund - Section 35R. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35s - Teacher, Principal and Superintendent Quality Endowment Fund - Section 35S. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35t - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority State and Local Contribution Fund - Section 35T. As used in this section, the following words...
Section 35u - Mbta Infrastructure Renovation Fund - Section 35U. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35v - Division of Professional Licensure Trust Fund - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...
Section 35x - Quality in Health Professions Trust Fund - Section 35X. (a) There shall be established upon the books...
Section 35z - Counsel for Indigent Salary Enhancement Trust Fund - Section 35Z. There is hereby established a separate fund to...
Section 35aa - Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund - Section 35AA. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35bb - School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust Fund - Section 35BB. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 35cc - Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund - Section 35CC. There shall be an expendable trust, to be...
Section 35dd - State Parks Preservation Trust Fund - Section 35DD. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35ff - Massachusetts Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund - Section 35FF. (a) There is hereby established and placed within...
Section 35gg - Abandoned Vessel Trust Fund - Section 35GG. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35hh - Ocean Resources and Waterways Trust Fund - Section 35HH. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35ii - Rggi Auction Trust Fund - Section 35II. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35jj - Enhanced 911 Fund - Section 35JJ. (a) There is hereby established and set up...
Section 35kk - Harbormaster Training Trust Fund - Section 35KK. (a) There shall be established a Harbormaster Training...
Section 35ll - Nantasket Beach Reservation Trust Fund - Section 35LL. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35nn - Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Fund - Section 35NN. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35oo - Off–highway Vehicle Program Fund - Section 35OO. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35pp - Salisbury Beach Preservation Trust Fund - Section 35PP. (a) There shall be established the Salisbury Beach...
Section 35qq - Economic Empowerment Trust Fund - Section 35QQ. (a) There shall be an Economic Empowerment Trust...
Section 35rr - Health Information Technology Trust Fund - Section 35RR. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35ss - Build America Bonds Subsidy Trust Fund - Section 35SS. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35tt - Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Grant Trust Fund - Section 35TT. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35vv - Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund - Section 35VV. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35ww - Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund - Section 35WW. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35xx - Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund - Section 35XX. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35yy - Dockside Testing Trust Fund - Section 35YY. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 35zz - Scusset Beach State Reservation Trust Fund - Section 35ZZ. (a) There shall be established the Scusset Beach...
Section 35aaa - Community First Trust Fund - Section 35AAA. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 35bbb - Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund - Section 35BBB. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 35ccc - Flood Control Compact Fund - Section 35CCC. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35ddd - Public Records Assistance Fund - Section 35DDD. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 35eee - Commonwealth Facility Trust for Energy Efficiency - [Text of section added by 2018, 154, Sec. 11. See...
Section 35fff - Nickerson State Park Trust Fund - Section 35FFF. (a) There shall be a Nickerson State Park...
Section 35ggg - Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention Trust Fund - [Text of section added by 2018, 208, Sec. 7. See...
Section 35hhh - Transfer of Development Rights Revolving Fund - Section 35HHH. (a) There shall be a Transfer of Development...
Section 35iii - Castle Island and Marine Park Trust Fund - Section 35III. There shall be a Castle Island and Marine...
Section 35jjj - Fishing Innovation Fund - Section 35JJJ. (a) There shall be a Fishing Innovation Fund....
Section 35kkk - Agricultural Innovation Fund - Section 35KKK. (a) There shall be an Agricultural Innovation Fund....
Section 35lll - Garden of Peace Trust Fund - Section 35LLL. There shall be a Garden of Peace Trust...
Section 35mmm - Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Trust Fund - Section 35MMM. There shall be a Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention...
Section 35nnn - Twenty-First Century Education Trust Fund - Section 35NNN. (a) There shall be a Twenty-First Century Education...
Section 35ooo - Summer Camp Stabilization Trust Fund - [Text of section added by 2020, 227, Sec. 10 effective...
Section 35ppp - Wellfleet Hollow State Campground Trust Fund - Section 35PPP. (a) There shall be a Wellfleet Hollow State...
Section 35qqq - Revere Beach Reservation Trust Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 33, Sec. 1...
Section 35rrr - Student Opportunity Act Investment Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 33, Sec. 1...
Section 35sss - Broadband Innovation Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 102, Sec. 4...
Section 36 - Audits - Section 36. The state auditor shall conduct an audit of...
Section 37 - Sale of Lottery Tickets in Conjunction With Game of Beano; Licensing of Certain Organizations; Restrictions; Gross Profit Minimum; Payment of Prizes; Apportionment of Revenue - Section 37. The director may license any organization licensed to...
Section 38 - Beano; Licensing of Certain Organizations; Restrictions; Rules and Regulations; Violations; Penalties; Receipts and Expenditures; Records and Reports - Section 38. Any fraternal organization having chapters or branches in...
Section 38a - Council on Compulsive Gambling; Posting of Notice of Availability - Section 38A. Every licensee shall keep conspicuously posted on his...
Section 39 - Beano; Gross Receipt Tax; Returns; Disposition and Crediting of Receipts - Section 39. Any organization operating or conducting a game under...
Section 39a - Raffles and Bazaars; Information and Reports Required; Regulations - Section 39A. Any organization holding a beano license, issued pursuant...
Section 40 - Violations of Secs. 38 and 39; Submitting False Information; Penalties - Section 40. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-eight and...
Section 42 - State Election Campaign Fund - Section 42. There shall be established on the books of...
Section 42a - Allocation of Funds - Section 42A. On or before the eighth Tuesday before the...
Section 42b - Primary Candidate Accounts - Section 42B. On or before the eighth, sixth, fourth and...
Section 42c - State Auditor Report - Section 42C. The state auditor shall conduct a post-audit of...
Section 46 - Anthracite Coal Mining Reclamation Fund - Section 46. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 48 - Milk Producers Security Fund - Section 48. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 50 - Children's Trust Fund - Section 50. There shall be established upon the books of...
Section 52 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Creation - Section 52. There shall be, in the office of the...
Section 53 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Powers and Duties - Section 53. The council shall promote excellence, access, education, and...
Section 54 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Hearings; Rules and Regulations - Section 54. The council may hold public and private hearings;...
Section 55 - Federal Funding; Plan; Administration - Section 55. This section and sections fifty-three and fifty-four shall...
Section 56 - Distribution of Arts Lottery Funds; Applications - Section 56. The council shall stimulate and encourage the arts,...
Section 56a - Application of Other Laws to the Council - Section 56A. The council shall be subject to section 16G...
Section 57 - State Arts Lottery Fund - Section 57. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 58 - Local and Regional Cultural Councils - Section 58. Any city or town may establish a local...
Section 58a - State-Designated Cultural Districts - Section 58A. (a) The council shall establish criteria and guidelines...
Section 59 - Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund - Section 59. There is hereby established on the books of...
Section 59a - Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund - Section 59A. (a) There is hereby established on the books...
Section 61 - Motor Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund - Section 61. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 63 1/2 - Central Artery and Statewide Road and Bridge Infrastructure Fund - Section 63 1/2. There shall be established and set up...
Section 63a - Central Artery/tunnel Project Repair and Maintenance Trust Fund; Credits to Fund From Judgments and Settlement Payments; Disbursements; Reversion of Fund Balance Upon Abolishment or Alteration of Fund or Section; Unauthorized Disburseme... - [Text of section added by 2007, 228, Sec. 5. See...
Section 66 - Victims of Drunk Driving Trust Fund - Section 66. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 66a - Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund - Section 66A. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 67 - Commonwealth Security Trust Fund - Section 67. (a) There shall be established and set up...
Section 68 - Worker and Small Investor Protection Fund - Section 68. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 69 - Securities Fraud Prosecution Fund - Section 69. There shall be established and set up on...
Section 69b - Endowment Incentive Holding Fund - Section 69B. (a) There shall be set up on the...
Section 70 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Members - Section 70. There shall be a commission to be known...
Section 71 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Duties - Section 71. The commission shall have general supervision of the...
Section 72 - Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission; Appointments - Section 72. The commission may appoint and remove a secretary....
Section 72a - Gaming Liquor Enforcement Unit - Section 72A. The commissioner of the alcoholic beverages control commission...
Section 74 - Alcoholic Beverage License Applicants and Licensees; Building Safety Certificate of Inspection - Section 74. The commission shall require all applicants for alcoholic...
Section 75 - Water Supply Protection Trust; Water Supply Protection Program - Section 75. (a) There shall be established a water supply...
Section 76 - Cannabis Control Commission; Members; Appointment; Terms; Removal; Quorum; Salary; Officers; Code of Ethics; Operation as State Agency - Section 76. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts cannabis control...
Section 77 - Cannabis Advisory Board - Section 77. (a) There shall be a cannabis advisory board...
Section 78 - Payment to Persons Who Served in Armed Forces in Active Service as Part of Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Noble Eagle, Inherent Resolve or Freedom Sentinel or Successor or Related Operations - Section 78. (a) As used in this section, ''active service...