Massachusetts General Laws
Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers
Chapter 29 - State Finance

Section 2ddd - Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund - Section 2DDD. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2fff - Dam Safety Trust - Section 2FFF. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2ggg - Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; Nursing Home Facilities - Section 2GGG. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 2hhh - Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund - Section 2HHH. There shall be set up on the books...

Section 2iii - Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund - Section 2III. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2jjj - Registers Technological Fund - Section 2JJJ. (a) There shall be established on the books...

Section 2kkk - County Registers Technological Fund - Section 2KKK. (a) There shall be established on the books...

Section 2lll - Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund - Section 2LLL. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2mmm - Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund - Section 2MMM. (a) There is hereby established and set up...

Section 2nnn - Roche Community Rink Fund - Section 2NNN. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2ooo - Commonwealth Care Trust Fund - Section 2OOO. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2ppp - Essential Community Provider Trust Fund - Section 2PPP. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2qqq - Medical Assistance Trust Fund - Section 2QQQ. There shall be established on the books of...

Section 2rrr - Department of Developmental Services Trust Fund - Section 2RRR. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2sss - Educational Rewards Grant Program Fund - Section 2SSS. There is hereby established and set up on...

Section 2ttt - Citi Fund - Section 2TTT. (a) There is hereby established and set up...

Section 2uuu - Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar–internship Match Fund - Section 2UUU. (a) There is hereby established and set up...

Section 2vvv - International Education and Foreign Language Grant Program Fund - Section 2VVV. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 2www - Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund - Section 2WWW. (a) There is hereby established and set up...

Section 2xxx - District Local Technical Assistance Fund - Section 2XXX. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2yyy - Courts Capital Project Fund - Section 2YYY. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2zzz - Commonwealth Transportation Fund - Section 2ZZZ. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 2aaaa - State Athletic Commission Fund - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 2bbbb - Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund - Section 2BBBB. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2cccc - Local Aid Stabilization Fund - Section 2CCCC. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2dddd - Gaming Economic Development Fund - Section 2DDDD. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2eeee - Local Capital Projects Fund - Section 2EEEE. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2ffff - Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund - Section 2FFFF. There shall be established upon the books of...

Section 2gggg - Distressed Hospital Trust Fund - Section 2GGGG. (a) There shall be established and set upon...

Section 2hhhh - Fingerprint-Based Background Check Trust Fund - [ First paragraph effective until July 29, 2021. For text...

Section 2iiii - Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund - Section 2IIII. (a) There shall be established and set upon...

Section 2jjjj - Public Safety Training Fund - Section 2JJJJ. There shall be established and set upon the...

Section 2kkkk - Medical Marijuana Trust Fund - Section 2KKKK. There shall be established and set upon the...

Section 2llll - Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fund - Section 2LLLL. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2mmmm - Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund - Section 2MMMM. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 2nnnn - Regional Water Entity Reimbursement Fund - [Text of section added by 2014, 259, Sec. 17. See...

Section 2oooo - Advanced Manufacturing, Technology and Hospitality Training Trust Fund - Section 2OOOO. (a) There shall be established and set upon...

Section 2pppp - Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program Fund - Section 2PPPP. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2qqqq - Logan Airport Health Study Trust Fund - Section 2QQQQ. There shall be established and set up on...

Section 2rrrr - Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fund - Section 2RRRR. (a) There shall be a Municipal Naloxone Bulk...

Section 2ssss - Masshealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund - Section 2SSSS. (a) There shall be a MassHealth Delivery System...

Section 2tttt - Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund - Section 2TTTT. (a) There shall be a Community Hospital Reinvestment...

Section 2uuuu - Long–term Care Facility Quality Improvement Fund - Section 2UUUU. There shall be a Long–Term Care Facility Quality...

Section 2vvvv - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Trust Fund - Section 2VVVV. There shall be a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner...

Section 2wwww - Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund - [ Text of section applicable as provided by 2017, 47,...

Section 2xxxx - Municipal Epinephrine Bulk Purchase Trust Fund - Section 2XXXX. (a) There shall be a Municipal Epinephrine Bulk...

Section 2yyyy - Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund - [ Text of section effective until June 30, 2023. Repealed...

Section 2zzzz - Debt and Long-Term Liability Reduction Trust Fund - Section 2ZZZZ. (a) There shall be a Debt and Long-Term...

Section 2aaaaa - Safety Net Provider Trust Fund - Section 2AAAAA. There shall be a Safety Net Provider Trust...

Section 2bbbbb - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund - Section 2BBBBB. There shall be an Underground Storage Tank Petroleum...

Section 2ccccc - Civics Project Trust Fund - Section 2CCCCC. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 2ddddd - Technical Rescue Services Fund - Section 2DDDDD. There shall be a Technical Rescue Services Fund....

Section 2eeeee - Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund - Section 2EEEEE. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Veterans and...

Section 2fffff - Home Care Technology Trust Fund - Section 2FFFFF. (a) There shall be a Home Care Technology...

Section 2ggggg - Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund - Section 2GGGGG. There shall be a Behavioral Health Outreach, Access...

Section 2hhhhh - Massachusetts Cultural and Performing Arts Mitigation Trust Fund - Section 2HHHHH. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Cultural and...

Section 2iiiii - Early Education and Care Public-Private Trust Fund - Section 2IIIII. (a) There shall be an Early Education and...

Section 2jjjjj - Federal Covid-19 Response Fund - Section 2JJJJJ. (a) There shall be a federal COVID-19 response...

Section 2kkkkk - Nonpublic Ambulance Service Reimbursement Trust Fund - Section 2KKKKK. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 2lllll - Low-Income Services Solar Program - [ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 54...

Section 2mmmmm - Genocide Education Trust Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 98, Sec. 1...

Section 2nnnnn - Student Loan Assistance Trust Fund - Section 2NNNNN. There shall be a Student Loan Assistance Trust...

Section 2ooooo - Healthy Soils Program Fund - Section 2OOOOO. (a) There shall be established and set upon...

Section 2ppppp - Academic Health Department Partnerships Trust Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 24, Sec. 17...

Section 2qqqqq - Criminal Justice and Community Support Trust Fund - [ Text of section added by 2021, 24, Sec. 17...

Section 3 - Submission of Statements Showing Prior Appropriations, Estimates, and Recommendations; Review - Section 3. Every officer having charge of any state agency...

Section 3a - Information to Be Provided by Agency or Authority Receiving Periodic Appropriation Upon Request by Committees - Section 3A. Any officer having charge of any state agency...

Section 3b - Annual Statement of Planned Expenditures and Employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Regional Transit Authorities - Section 3B. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the several...

Section 4 - Estimates for Purposes Not Covered by Sec. 3; Review; Public Hearing - Section 4. Every officer having charge of any state agency...

Section 5b - Estimates of Budgeted Revenues and Tax Expenditures; Consensus Tax Revenue Forecast - Section 5B. The secretary of administration and finance, with the...

Section 5c - Comptroller's Certification and Disposition of Consolidated Net Surplus - Section 5C. The comptroller shall annually, on or before October...

Section 5d - Indirect and Fringe Benefit Costs Expended From General Fund; Recovery by Comptroller - Section 5D. The comptroller shall determine, based on procedures established...

Section 5f - Department Financial Plans; Contents; Use of Information - Section 5F. Every officer having charge of any state agency...

Section 5g - Reporting and Certification of Tax Revenues Estimated to Have Been Collected From Capital Gains Income During Preceding Periods; Transfer of Excess Amounts Collected to Commonwealth Stabilization Fund and Other Funds - Section 5G. After each quarter, the department of revenue shall...

Section 5h - Report on Value of Property Assumed Abandoned; Certification of Actual Receipts; Transfer of Funds - Section 5H. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 6 - Operating Budget - Section 6. The budget director shall study and review all...

Section 6b - Federal Grant Funds - Section 6B. (a) The comptroller, in consultation with the secretary...

Section 6c - Operating Budget; Expenditures From Trust and Bond Funds; Reconciliation of Reports of Budget Director and Comptroller - Section 6C. In addition to information required by section 6...

Section 6d - Appropriations; Content and Form of General, Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations Acts - Section 6D. Each appropriation contained in the general appropriations or...

Section 6e - General Appropriation Bill; Balanced Budget - Section 6E. The governor shall recommend, the general court shall...

Section 7h - Budget Submitted by Governor to General Court; Recommended Corrective Amendments Message - Section 7H. The governor shall submit to the general court...

Section 7h1/2 - Growth Rate of Potential Gross State Product; Actual Economic Growth Benchmark; Report - Section 7H1/2. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 7i - Requests and Recommendations for Appropriations or Authorizations for Expenditures - Section 7I. All requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations...

Section 7l - Appropriation Laws for Commonwealth Expenses; Subject Matter - Section 7L. A law making an appropriation for expenses of...

Section 7m - Transfer of Funds Among Appropriation Items for House of Representatives and Senate - Section 7M. The speaker of the house of representatives and...

Section 7n - Transfer of Funds Among Items of Appropriation for Joint Legislative Expenses - Section 7N. The speaker of the house of representatives and...

Section 7o - Transfer of Funds From Items Appropriated to Joint Legislative Expenses to Items for the House of Representatives and the Senate - Section 7O. The speaker of the house of representatives and...

Section 9b - Allotment of Monies Made Available by Appropriation to State Agencies; Initial and Supplemental Allotments by Secretary - Section 9B. Any monies made available by appropriation to state...

Section 9c - Deficiency of Revenue - Section 9C. Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary of...

Section 9d - Anticipated Decrease in Estimated Revenue - Section 9D. Whenever it appears probable to any officer having...

Section 9e - Insufficient Appropriations for Required Expenditures - Section 9E. Whenever it appears to any officer having charge...

Section 9f - Periodic Appropriations; Notification of Expenditures - Section 9F. After the close of each monthly accounting period,...

Section 9g - Authorization of Expenditures - Section 9G. Sums made available by appropriation or otherwise to...

Section 9g1/2 - Publication of Allocation of Commonwealth Debt for Capital Facility Projects - Section 9G1/2. On or before July 1 of each year,...

Section 12 - Appropriations for Fiscal Year - Section 12. Appropriations by the general court shall be made...

Section 12a - Obligations Incurred Against Appropriation or Subsidiary Accounts for Future Items Delivered or Services Rendered - Section 12A. Beginning June 1 of any year, obligations may...

Section 12b - Fiscal Year for Payment of Classified Personal Services - Section 12B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 13 - Encumbrances Outstanding at Close of Fiscal Year - Section 13. Encumbrances outstanding on the records of the comptroller's...

Section 13a - Transfer of Unexpended Balance of Fund, Trust Fund or Other Separate Account to General Fund - Section 13A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 14 - Appropriations for Other Than Ordinary Maintenance; Unencumbered Balance - Section 14. (a) Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance, unless...

Section 15 - Successive Appropriations - Section 15. An appropriation shall supersede an earlier one made...

Section 16 - Payments From Ordinary Revenue; Cash on Hand - Section 16. Payments authorized by appropriation acts shall be made...

Section 17 - Withholding Appropriations; Unadjusted Accounts - Section 17. An appropriation act shall not be construed to...

Section 18 - Payments From the Treasury Regulated - Section 18. Except as otherwise provided, no money shall be...

Section 19a - Time of Making Transfers Called for in General Appropriation Acts - Section 19A. Whenever a general appropriation act provides that transfers...

Section 20 - Authorization of Payments - Section 20. No account or demand requiring the certificate of...

Section 20c - Late Penalty Interest; Submission of Invoice - Section 20C. Any commercial vendor to whom any state agency...

Section 22 - Payments Limited; Expenses Incurred - Section 22. Except as otherwise expressly provided, no greater sum...

Section 23 - Advancements From Treasury; Management of State Agency Funds; Funding of Checks and Drafts - Section 23. Any officer authorized to expend money in behalf...

Section 23a - Payments for Human Service Programs; Rules and Regulations Relating to Eligibility - Section 23A. Subject to sections 24 and 25, the comptroller...

Section 24 - Advancements; Certification of Immediate Use - Section 24. Such officers shall certify that the amount is...

Section 25 - Advancements; Detailed Statements; Filing by Recipients - Section 25. Such officers shall, within 30 days after receipt...

Section 26 - Expenses in Excess of Appropriations or Allotments - Section 26. Expenses of offices and departments for compensation of...

Section 27 - Expenses and Increases Regulated - Section 27. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 27c - Certain Laws, Rules, Etc. Relating to Costs or Assessments Effective Only by Vote of Acceptance or Appropriation; Written Notice Requesting Determination; Class Actions - Section 27C. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the...

Section 28 - State Publications; Costs; Payments - Section 28. The cost of printing and publishing any publication...

Section 29 - Subsidiary Accounts; Emergency Increase or Decrease by Interchange; Sufficiency of Funds to Cover Disbursements - Section 29. Any subsidiary account set up as prescribed in...

Section 29a - Consultants; Employment and Compensation; Legislative Reports - Section 29A. The secretary of administration and finance shall make,...

Section 29b - Contracts With Organizations Providing Social, etc., Services - Section 29B. The secretary of administration and finance shall make,...

Section 29c - Acquisition of Property or Services From Commercial Vendor by General Court or Agency; Liability for Late Penalty Interest - Section 29C. Except as otherwise provided for by law, the...

Section 29d - Private Debt Collectors, Employment by State Agencies - Section 29D. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the officer...

Section 29e - Maximum Reimbursement for Project Costs - Section 29E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 29f - Debarment From Bidding; Definitions; Lists; Notice; Affiliates; Mitigating Circumstances - Section 29F. (a) As used in this section the following...

Section 29g - Utility Expenses of Commonwealth; Recoupment of Overcharges - Section 29G. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 29h - Overdue Payments to Commonwealth; Late Charges - Section 29H. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the...

Section 29i - Payment System for Interdepartmental Fiscal Transactions; Service Agreements and Chargebacks; Reports - Section 29I. The comptroller shall develop and implement a payment...

Section 29j - Use of State Funds to Pay for Executive or Legislative Agent Prohibited - Section 29J. Notwithstanding section 50 of chapter 3, or any...

Section 29k - Audit by State Authority of Appropriations Received From the Commonwealth Equal to or in Excess of $500,000; Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; Annual Financial Report; Limitation on Compensation of Executives and Employees of Sta... - Section 29K. (a) Each state authority that receives a total...

Section 30 - Insuring Property of the Commonwealth - Section 30. No officer or board shall insure any property...

Section 31 - Centralized Payroll System; Duties of Comptroller; Authorized Payments; Wage Garnishments - Section 31. The comptroller, in consultation with the personnel administrator...

Section 31a - Death, Dismissal or Retirement of State Employees; Accumulated Vacation or Sick-Leave Allowances; Payments - Section 31A. (a) Upon the death of a state employee...

Section 31b - Teachers; Weekly Payments - Section 31B. Teachers in institutions of the commonwealth having weekly...

Section 31c - Schools and Colleges; Non-Teaching Positions; Vacation Time - Section 31C. Any officer or employee of the commonwealth, employed...

Section 31d - Payment of Salaries Upon Death of Officers or Employees; Discharge of Liability - Section 31D. Whenever an officer or employee or former officer...

Section 31e - Voluntary Services at Public Schools by State Employees; Effect on Salaries - Section 31E. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 32 - Time for Presentment for Payment of Checks Issued by the State Treasurer; Place for Payment of Checks Not Timely Presented; Transfer of Unclaimed Funds; Refunds - Section 32. Any check issued by the state treasurer or...

Section 32a - Unpaid Wages and Salaries; Unclaimed Wage Fund; Refunds - Section 32A. No wage or salary which is or shall...

Section 34 - Deposit of Public Monies - Section 34. (a) State officers, departments, institutions and other agencies...

Section 35 - Bonds or Other Securities; Assignments, Etc. - Section 35. No bond or security belonging to the commonwealth...

Section 36 - Mortgages Held by Commonwealth; Discharge; Assignments - Section 36. If the state treasurer is authorized to discharge...

Section 37 - Real Estate Acquired by Foreclosure; Sale by State - Section 37. Real estate acquired by the commonwealth by foreclosure...

Section 38 - Investment of Commonwealth Funds; Loans - Section 38. With the exception of funds used in connection...

Section 38a - Investment Funds; Establishment; Sale of Participation Units - Section 38A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 38b - Deferred Compensation Committee - Section 38B. There shall be in the office of the...

Section 38c - Investments; Bonds or Notes; Contracts; Powers of State Treasurer; Payments to Constitute General Obligations - Section 38C. In connection with or incidental to the acquisition...

Section 39 - Bonds, etc., Held by Commonwealth; Exchanges - Section 39. When the commonwealth holds any bond, note or...

Section 40 - Trust Deposits With State; Form; Investment - Section 40. No deposit required to be made by any...

Section 41 - Bonds, etc., of Commonwealth; Custody - Section 41. The state treasurer shall have the custody and...

Section 44 - Unappropriated Income - Section 44. The income or any surplus of funds belonging...

Section 45 - Securities Purchased for Sinking Funds - Section 45. No securities shall hereafter be purchased for any...

Section 46 - Transfer of Securities From One Fund to Another - Section 46. The state treasurer, instead of selling any securities,...

Section 47 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Receipts; Use of Notes to Pay Taxes of Bearer - Section 47. The state treasurer may borrow at any time...

Section 48 - Signatures on Bonds and Notes - Section 48. Bonds issued by the commonwealth shall be signed...

Section 48a - Facsimile Signatures, Bonds, Notes, Interest Coupons; Signatures of Former Officers - Section 48A. Facsimiles of the signature of the governor on...

Section 48b - Bonds and Notes; Official Statements; Advertising; Collateral Tax Consequences to Social Security Recipients - Section 48B. Any official statement prepared in connection with the...

Section 49 - Sinking Fund for Commonwealth Bonds; Investments - Section 49. The aggregate principal amount of bonds, if any,...

Section 49a - Minibonds; Issuance and Sale; Limitations; Regulations - Section 49A. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to...

Section 49b - Insurance or Credit Line Security for Bonds and Notes; Agreements With Brokers - Section 49B. In addition to any other security provided by...

Section 49c - College Savings Programs; Issuance and Sale of Bonds; Powers and Duties of State Treasurer - Section 49C. (a) In issuing bonds of the commonwealth, under...

Section 50 - Serial and Sinking Fund Payments; Certification - Section 50. The state treasurer shall annually in December certify...

Section 53 - Notes or Bonds Maturing Later Than Three Years After Issuance; Requirements for Inviting Purchase Proposals; Waiver - Section 53. Whenever there is to be an issue of...

Section 53a - Refunding Bonds; Issuance; Proceeds; Terms; Report - Section 53A. The state treasurer may, upon request of the...

Section 54 - Deposits or Other Security for Proposals by Bidders - Section 54. The state treasurer may require each bidder submitting...

Section 55 - Sale of Bonds, etc.; Expenditures - Section 55. The state treasurer may annually expend such sums...

Section 56 - Transfers of Reverted Funds; Sales of Bonds or Other Securities - Section 56. Funds from a sale of specific bonds or...

Section 58 - Registered Bonds Exchanged for Coupon Bonds or Defaced Bonds - Section 58. The state treasurer may, upon terms and regulations...

Section 59 - Lost or Destroyed Interest-Bearing Bonds; Duplicates - Section 59. If it appears to the governor and council...

Section 60 - Lost or Destroyed Interest-Bearing Bonds; Owner's Indemnity Bonds - Section 60. The owner of such bond shall surrender so...

Section 60a - General Obligations of the Commonwealth, Full Faith and Credit; Negotiable Instruments; Direct Debt Limit - Section 60A. Unless otherwise specifically provided, provisions contained in any...

Section 60b - Capital Debt Affordability Committee; Estimation of Prudent Amount of New Debt Each Fiscal Year - Section 60B. (a) In this section, the following words shall,...

Section 61 - Claims for Materials or Labor Against Commonwealth; Oath of Claimants - Section 61. The comptroller or any other person authorized to...

Section 63 - Unlawful Exercise or Departments Abuse of Power; Commonwealth, Commissions, Officers, etc.; Court Restraint - Section 63. If a department, commission, board, officer, employee or...

Section 64 - Deferred Compensation Contracts; Public Employees; Investments; Budgets - Section 64. The state treasurer, on behalf of the commonwealth,...

Section 64a - Individual Retirement Accounts; Public Employees - Section 64A. The state treasurer of the commonwealth, on behalf...

Section 64b - Deferred Compensation Contracts Between Governmental Bodies and Employees; Investments - Section 64B. The treasurer or, if there is no treasurer,...

Section 64c - Individual Retirement Accounts Between Governmental Bodies and Employees - Section 64C. The treasurer or, if there is no treasurer,...

Section 64d - Deferred Compensation Program, Annuity or Other Defined Contribution Plan; Required Participation - Section 64D. Any governmental body, as defined in section 64B,...

Section 64e - Qualified Defined Contribution Plan for Employees of Not-for-Profit Employer - Section 64E. (a) As used in this section, the term...

Section 65 - Delegation of Certain Powers and Duties by Secretaries of Executive Offices Established Under Chapters Six a and Seven; Review by Secretary of Administration and Finance - Section 65. The secretary having charge of any of the...

Section 66 - Violation of State Finance Laws; Penalties - Section 66. Any officer or employee who knowingly violates, authorizes...

Section 71 - Treasurer's Obligation Regarding Local Aid Intercepts - Section 71. This chapter shall not be construed to affect...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers Chapter 29 - State Finance

Massachusetts General Laws
Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers
Chapter 29 - State Finance