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Section 1 - Attorney General; Supervision of Department; Salary; Qualifications; Other Sources of Income - Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the...
Section 2 - Assistants and Employees; Appointment; Duties; Compensation; Tenure; Vacancies - Section 2. The attorney general shall appoint a first assistant...
Section 2a - Attorney General; Disability; Filling Vacancies - Section 2A. If the attorney general is disabled from performing...
Section 2b - Annual Personnel Report - Section 2B. The attorney general shall file an annual report...
Section 3 - Appearances for Commonwealth, Prosecution or Defense; Rendering of Legal Services; Payment of Expenses for Representation of Department of Transportation - Section 3. The attorney general shall appear for the commonwealth...
Section 3e - Defense of Actions Against Officers or Employees - Section 3E. Upon the filing with the attorney general of...
Section 4 - Claims of Commonwealth; Enforcement - Section 4. He shall enforce the collection of such money...
Section 4a - Acceptance of Gifts or Grants of Money or Property - Section 4A. The department may accept any gifts or grants...
Section 5 - Civil Actions to Recover Money for Commonwealth - Section 5. All civil actions to recover money for the...
Section 5a - False Claims; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 5a to 5o - Section 5A. As used in sections 5A to 5O, inclusive,...
Section 5b - False Claims; Liability - Section 5B. (a) Any person who: (1) knowingly presents, or...
Section 5c - Violations Under Secs. 5b to 5o; Investigation by Attorney General; Relators; Civil Actions - Section 5C. (1) The attorney general shall investigate violations under...
Section 5d - Prosecution by Attorney General; Relator's Right to Continue as Party to Action - Section 5D. (1) If the attorney general proceeds with the...
Section 5e - Alternate Remedies Available to Determine Civil Penalty - Section 5E. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5C, the attorney...
Section 5f - Payments to Relators; Limitations - Section 5F. (1) If the attorney general proceeds with an...
Section 5g - Actions Brought Against Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer, Secretary of State, etc.; Jurisdiction - Section 5G. (a) No court shall have jurisdiction over an...
Section 5h - Money Recovered by Commonwealth; False Claims Prosecution Fund - Section 5H. (1) All money recovered by the commonwealth, as...
Section 5i - Awards of Attorney General Fees and Expenses; Awards of Costs and Attorney Fees Against Relators; Liability - Section 5I. (1) If the attorney general initiates an action...
Section 5j - Employers Preventing Employees From Acting to Further False Claim Actions; Liability - Section 5J. (1) No employer shall make, adopt or enforce...
Section 5k - Limitation of Actions; Intervention by Attorney General; Final Judgments in Criminal Proceedings - Section 5K. (1) A civil action pursuant to sections 5B...
Section 5l - Preponderance of the Evidence Standard - Section 5L. In any action brought pursuant to sections 5B...
Section 5m - Rules, Regulations or Guidelines; Attorney General - Section 5M. The attorney general may promulgate any rules, regulations...
Section 5n - Civil Investigative Demands; Attorney General - Section 5N. (1) Notwithstanding any general or special law, procedural...
Section 5o - Agency Reporting Requirements - Section 5O. Nothing in sections 5B to 5M, inclusive, shall...
Section 6 - Consultation With and Giving of Advice and Assistance to District Attorneys - Section 6. He shall consult with and advise district attorneys...
Section 6a - Conferences of District Attorneys and Other Officials; Notification as to New Laws - Section 6A. He may from time to time, and as...
Section 7 - Persons Intruding on Land, Property or Rights of Commonwealth; Prosecution - Section 7. He may, if in his judgment the public...
Section 8 - Due Application of Charity Funds Enforced - Section 8. The attorney general shall enforce the due application...
Section 8a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 8a to 8m - Section 8A. As used in this section and in sections...
Section 8b - Division of Public Charities; Duties - Section 8B. There shall be in the department of the...
Section 8c - Director of Public Charities; Designation - Section 8C. The executive and administrative head of the division...
Section 8d - Employees; Appointment and Removal - Section 8D. The director may appoint and remove, subject to...
Section 8e - Charitable Corporations; Registration by Filing of Information; Exceptions; Penalties; Enforcement - Section 8E. (a) A public charity established, organized or chartered...
Section 8f - Annual Reports of Public Charities; Financial Statements; Fees; Penalties; Enforcement - Section 8F. The trustee or trustees or the governing board...
Section 8g - Attorney General as a Party; Service - Section 8G. The attorney general shall be made a party...
Section 8h - Investigations by Attorney General - Section 8H. (1) The attorney general, whenever he believes that...
Section 8i - Compliance With Investigations; Enforcement; Penalties - Section 8I. A person upon whom a notice is served...
Section 8j - Rules and Regulations - Section 8J. The director shall from time to time formulate...
Section 8k - Gift for Public Charitable Purpose; Presumed Intention - Section 8K. A gift made for a public charitable purpose...
Section 8l - Fiscal Records - Section 8L. Every public charity required to file written annual...
Section 8m - Public Records; Inspection - Section 8M. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all...
Section 8n - Fees, Costs, Penalties and Other Monies; General Fund - Section 8N. All fees, attorneys fees, costs, civil penalties and...
Section 9 - Advice and Aid to General Court and Committees - Section 9. He shall, when required by either branch of...
Section 10 - Violations of Court Orders; Restraint of Trade; Institution of Investigations and Appropriate Actions - Section 10. He shall take cognizance of all violations of...
Section 11 - Annual Report of Cases Handled - Section 11. He shall make an annual report showing the...
Section 11a - Division of Civil Rights and Liberties - Section 11A. There shall be in the department of the...
Section 11b - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Obscene Literature Commission - Section 11B. The board of commissioners on uniform state laws...
Section 11c - Narcotic and Harmful Drugs; Training Program for Law Enforcement Officers - Section 11C. The attorney general shall establish a program designed...
Section 11d - Division of Environmental Protection - Section 11D. There shall be in the department of the...
Section 11e - Public Utilities; Office of Ratepayer Advocacy; Intervention in Legal Proceedings on Behalf of Consumers; Expenditure of Funds; Expert or Consultant; Information Requests - Section 11E. (a) There shall be within the office of...
Section 11f - Insurance Companies; Intervention in Legal Proceedings on Behalf of Consumers; Expenditure of Funds - Section 11F. The attorney general is hereby authorized to intervene...
Section 11g - Local Consumer Aid Fund; Eligibility for Assistance - Section 11G. There shall be established within the department of...
Section 11h - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Civil Actions by Attorney General; Venue; Compensatory Damages; Fees and Costs; Civil Penalties - [Text of section effective until July 1, 2021. For text...
Section 11i - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Civil Actions by Aggrieved Persons; Costs and Fees - Section 11I. Any person whose exercise or enjoyment of rights...
Section 11j - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Temporary Restraining Orders and Injunctions; Violations; Punishment; Vacation of Order - [First paragraph effective until July 1, 2021. For text effective...
Section 11k - Division of Victim Compensation and Assistance - Section 11K. Subject to appropriation, there shall be established within...
Section 11l - Unlicensed Mental Health and Unlicensed Health Professionals; Sexual Contact With Patients or Clients; Temporary Restraining Order, Injunction; Violation; Penalty - Section 11L. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 11m - Division of Gaming Enforcement - Section 11M. (a) As used in this section the following...
Section 11n - Monitoring Health Care Market Trends; Investigation of Unfair Methods of Competition or Anti-Competitive Behavior; Exemption or Waiver From Federal Law - Section 11N. (a) The attorney general shall monitor trends in...
Section 12 - District Attorneys; Qualifications; Election; Term; Appearances - Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each...
Section 13 - Districts for Administration of Criminal Law or Defense of Civil Actions - Section 13. For the administration of the criminal law, or...
Section 15 - Practice of Law Prohibited; Salary - Section 15. District attorneys shall devote their full time during...
Section 16 - Salaries of Assistant District Attorneys - Section 16. Each district attorney shall, subject to appropriation and...
Section 18 - Appointment of an Assistant to District Attorney; Compensation - Section 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the...
Section 19 - Suffolk District; Appointment of Messengers and Other Employees - Section 19. The district attorney for the Suffolk district may...
Section 20 - Additional Legal Assistants; Tenure; Compensation; Powers - Section 20. The district attorneys may each employ additional legal...
Section 20a - Suffolk and Northern Districts; Special Assistant District Attorney, Appointment and Removal; Duties; Power; Salary - Section 20A. The district attorney for the Suffolk district and...
Section 20c - Special Assistant District Attorneys; Appointment, Removal and Salary; Participation in Federal Demonstration Programs - Section 20C. The district attorneys may each appoint and may...
Section 20d - District Attorneys Association; Executive Director; Report on Criminally Prosecuted Child Abuse and Neglect Cases - Section 20D. The district attorneys may appoint a suitable person...
Section 21 - Suffolk District; Police and Detective Service - Section 21. The superintendent of police of Boston shall, upon...
Section 22 - Clerical and Stenographic Workers - Section 22. The district attorney for the Northern, Norfolk and...
Section 23 - Payment for Traveling Expenses; Exceptions - Section 23. Except as otherwise provided in section twenty-four of...
Section 24 - Expenses Payable by Commonwealth - Section 24. A district attorney, in the name of the...
Section 25 - Advanced Expenses; Conditions; Vouchers - Section 25. Money to be used for the necessary expenses...
Section 25a - Advance of Expenses Necessary in Performance of Duties; Limitation; Accounting; Unexpended Balance - Section 25A. Money to be used for necessary expenses to...
Section 26 - Court Appointment of Substitute in Absence of Attorney General and District Attorney - Section 26. The supreme judicial or superior court may at...
Section 27 - District Attorneys; Duties; Control of Attorney General - Section 27. District attorneys within their respective districts shall appear...
Section 28 - Suits on Recognizances; Discontinuance - Section 28. District attorneys shall commence suits upon recognizances in...
Section 29 - Accounting for Fees, Bills of Costs and Money Received - Section 29. The attorney general and the district attorneys shall...
Section 30 - Fees for Services in Performance of Duty; Appearance in Civil Action - Section 30. No prosecuting officer shall receive any fee or...
Section 32 - Community Based Juvenile Justice Programs; District Attorneys - Section 32. (a) The district attorneys in the Suffolk, Middlesex,...
Section 33 - Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Training Program for District Attorneys and Assistant District Attorneys - Section 33. The Massachusetts District Attorneys' Association shall provide training...
Section 34 - Pre-Arraignment Diversion Program - Section 34. The district attorneys shall, within their respective districts,...
Section 35 - Student Loan Ombudsman - [Text of section added by 2020, 358, Sec. 3 effective...