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Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,...
Section 2 - Limitations and Restrictions Upon Manner of Incurring Debt - Section 2. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by law, cities,...
Section 3 - Computation of Indebtedness - Section 3. The indebtedness of a city or town for...
Section 4 - Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue; Conditions; Limitations - Section 4. Cities, towns and districts may incur debt in...
Section 6 - Power to Incur Debt for Payment of Land Damages, Altering Grade Crossings, and Highway or Traffic Control Expenditures - Section 6. Cities and towns may, by a majority vote,...
Section 6a - Power to Borrow in Anticipation of Reimbursement by Federal Government or Commonwealth - Section 6A. If a city, town or district has been...
Section 7 - Cities and Towns; Purposes for Borrowing Money Within Debt Limit - Section 7. Cities and towns may incur debt, by a...
Section 8 - Cities and Towns; Purposes for Borrowing Money Outside Debt Limit - Section 8. Cities and towns may incur debt, by a...
Section 8a - Orders Authorizing Issuance of Bonds; Authentication - Section 8A. In any city which accepts this section upon...
Section 8b - Cities and Towns; Right to Replace Lost Funds Deposited; Liquidation or Insolvency of Depository Bank - Section 8B. The treasurer of any city, if authorized by...
Section 8c - Cities and Towns; Acquisition of Land for Conservation or Recreation Purposes in Anticipation of State or Federal Reimbursement of Expense; Temporary Debt Outside Limit Authorized - Section 8C. A city or town which has appropriated money...
Section 9 - Districts; Right to Borrow Money; Purposes; Amount - Section 9. Districts may by a two thirds vote authorize...
Section 10 - Debt Limit - Section 10. Except as otherwise provided by law, a city...
Section 11 - Debt Retirement; Provision for Earlier Payment - Section 11. Cities, towns and districts may pay or provide...
Section 14 - Liability for Lawful Debts - Section 14. Nothing in this chapter shall exempt a city...
Section 15 - Liability for Legal Debts Contracted Under Special Acts - Section 15. Cities, towns and districts authorized by special acts...
Section 16 - Issuance of Bonds, Notes and Certificates of Indebtedness; Procedure; Form; Contracts With Banking or Financial Institutions - Section 16. A city, town or district which has authorized...
Section 16a - Facsimile Signature - Section 16A. Any officer authorized to sign bonds or notes...
Section 16b - Facsimile Seal; Validity - Section 16B. The engraved or printed facsimile of a city,...
Section 17 - Temporary Loans; Refund; Repayment - Section 17. If a city, town or district votes to...
Section 18 - Discount of Notes - Section 18. Notes issued under section four, five, five A,...
Section 19 - Issuance of Notes Payable on Demand Forbidden; Procedure for Repaying Debts; Time for Making Final Payment - Section 19. Cities, towns and districts shall not issue any...
Section 19a - Inability to Pay Interest or Principal of Bonds, Notes or Certificates of Indebtedness; Notice; Certification to State Treasurer; Payment by State Treasurer - Section 19A. If it appears to the treasurer of a...
Section 20 - Proceeds From Sale of Bonds; Restrictions on Use; Disposition of Premiums - [ Text of section effective until December 13, 2021. For...
Section 20a - Advances Made in Anticipation of Proceeds - Section 20A. Cities, towns and districts that have duly authorized...
Section 21 - Call and Redemption Prior to Maturity - Section 21. An officer of a city, town or district...
Section 21a - Refunding Bonds; Issuance; Present Values - Section 21A. The city council of a city, the board...
Section 21b - Designation of Tax Credit Bonds; Sinking Fund; Sale of Tax Credit Bonds; Issuance of Refunding Bonds - Section 21B. The city council of a city, and in...
Section 21c - Lease Purchase Financing Agreements - Section 21C. A city, town or district may by a...
Section 22 - Rate of Interest - Section 22. All bonds, notes and other securities issued by...
Section 22a - Insurance, Letters or Lines of Credit for Bonds or Notes; Trust Agreements - Section 22A. Bonds or notes issued by a city may...
Section 22b - Bonds and Notes; Official Statements; Advertising; Collateral Tax Consequences to Social Security Recipients - Section 22B. Any official statement prepared in connection with the...
Section 22c - Security for Bonds or Notes; Insurance, Letters or Lines of Credit, Trust Agreements - Section 22C. Bonds or notes issued by a town or...
Section 23 - Forms for Notes - Section 23. The director shall furnish to the treasurer of...
Section 24 - Authentication; Certification - Section 24. When a city, town or district votes to...
Section 24a - Bearer Instruments - Section 24A. City, town and district notes may be made...
Section 27 - Certification; Evidence of Liability - Section 27. The certification of city, town or district notes...
Section 27a - Effect of Provisions on Power to Issue Notes - Section 27A. The provisions of sections twenty-three to twenty-seven, inclusive,...
Section 28 - Report to Director of Accounts Required - Section 28. Whenever a city, town or district votes to...
Section 28a - Applicability of Finance Law to School Districts - [ Text of section effective until December 13, 2021. For...
Section 28b - Applicability of Finance Law to Planning Districts - Section 28B. The provisions of sections sixteen to twenty-eight, inclusive,...
Section 28c - Management of Solid Waste; Project Costs; Debt Obligations - Section 28C. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 30 - Determination of Amount of Appropriation for Departments - Section 30. A city, except Boston, wherein the appropriation for...
Section 31 - Liabilities in Excess of Appropriations Forbidden; Exceptions - [ Section impacted by 2020, 53, Sec. 7 effective April...
Section 31a - Report of Estimated Expenses; Period Covered; Contents - Section 31A. Every officer of any city except Boston having...
Section 31c - Construction Contracts; Certificate as to Availability of Funds; Effect of Certificate Upon Defense of Insufficiency of Appropriations - Section 31C. No contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling,...
Section 31d - Snow and Ice Removal; Emergency Expenditures; Reporting Requirements - Section 31D. Any city or town may incur liability and...
Section 32 - Submission of City Budget to City Council; Procedure for Approval, Rejection or Alteration - [Section impacted by 2020, 92, Secs. 11, 16 and 17,...
Section 33 - Power of Council to Add to Appropriation; Conditions; Limitations - Section 33. In case of the failure of the mayor...
Section 33a - Salary Provisions in Budget; Requirements and Limitations - Section 33A. The annual budget shall include sums sufficient to...
Section 33b - Transfer of Appropriations; Restrictions - Section 33B. (a) On recommendation of the mayor, the city...
Section 35 - Audits of Accounts; When Conducted; Governmental Units to Be Considered Districts; Copy to Be Sent to Chief Executive Officer; Costs - Section 35. Cities, towns, districts, and regional school districts shall...
Section 38 - Uniformity of Accounting Classifications; Standards; Authority of Director - Section 38. The director shall make, and from time to...
Section 39 - Results of Audit; Report to Municipality - Section 39. Upon the completion of an audit under section...
Section 40 - Audit of Accounts; Frequency; Reports - Section 40. For the purpose of conducting audits of the...
Section 41 - Failure to Meet Minimum Standards and Methods of Accounting; Expenses of Auditing; Payment - Section 41. Whenever it appears to the director that a...
Section 42 - Audits by Private Accountants; Required Reports - Section 42. Whenever a city, town or district causes an...
Section 42a - Pilot Program for Audits of Public Functions of City, Town, County, Etc. Where Irregularities or Illegal Acts Are Suspected; Establishment - Section 42A. The department of the state auditor, in accordance...
Section 43 - Accounting Reports; Returns; Forms - Section 43. The director shall annually require the auditor or...
Section 44 - Reports of Municipal Statistics; Publication - Section 44. The commissioner of revenue may obtain and compile...
Section 45 - Powers of Director; Attendance of Witnesses; Production of Books and Documents - Section 45. The director may require the attendance of witnesses...
Section 46a - Powers of Director; Investigation of Municipal Affairs - Section 46A. The director may, if conditions appear to the...
Section 47 - Right to Establish or Use - Section 47. No further sinking funds for the payment of...
Section 48 - Sinking Fund Commissioners; Powers and Duties; Records; Compensation - Section 48. The sinking fund commissioners shall have charge of...
Section 49 - Issuance of New Bonds - Section 49. If, when bonds payable from the sinking fund...
Section 52 - Issuance of Bonds in Exchange for Bearer Instruments - Section 52. A county, city, town or district, or any...
Section 53 - City, Town or District Funds; Use and Disposition - Section 53. All moneys received by any city, town or...
Section 53a - Grants and Gifts; Acceptance and Expenditure - Section 53A. An officer or department of any city or...
Section 53a1/2 - Gifts of Tangible Personal Property; Acceptance - Section 53A1/2. A city council, with the mayor's approval if...
Section 53b - Contributions by Commonwealth; Application to Indebtedness - Section 53B. Any sums allotted and paid by the commonwealth...
Section 53c - Deposit and Expenditure of Compensation for Off-Duty or Special Detail Work; Appropriation for Special Fund; Fee - Section 53C. All money received by a city, town or...
Section 53d - Recreation and Park Self-Supporting Service Revolving Funds; Creation; Authorized Use of Funds; Annual Report; Revocation of Provisions - Section 53D. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three, any city...
Section 53e - Agencies, Boards, etc.; Annual Operating Costs; Offset by Estimated Receipts of User Fees - Section 53E. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three, a city...
Section 53e1/2 - Revolving Funds - [Section impacted by 2020, 53, Sec. 8 effective April 3,...
Section 53e3/4 - Energy Revolving Loan Fund - Section 53E3/4. (a) Notwithstanding section 53 to the contrary, a...
Section 53f - Deposits of Public Funds in Banking Institutions in Return for Banking Services - Section 53F. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 53f1/2 - Enterprise Funds - Section 53F1/2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three or any...
Section 53f3/4 - Peg Access and Cable Related Fund - Section 53F3/4. Notwithstanding section 53 or any other general or...
Section 53g - Employment of Outside Consultants - Section 53G. Notwithstanding section 53, any city or town that...
Section 53g1/2 - Special Account for Deposits to Secure the Performance of an Obligation by an Applicant for a License or Permit - Section 53G1/2. Notwithstanding section 53, in a city or town...
Section 53h - Rebate to Federal Government to Exclude Interest Paid on Bonds From Gross Income - Section 53H. Notwithstanding the provisions of section fifty-three, any city,...
Section 53i - Settlement or Incorporation Celebrations; Special Fund - Section 53I. A city or town, for the celebration of...
Section 53j - Reservation of Revenues From Betterments or Special Assessments to Repay Debt Issued in Connection to Such Improvements - Section 53J. Notwithstanding sections 53 and 53F.5, in any city,...
Section 54 - Investment of Trust Funds - Section 54. Trust funds, including cemetery perpetual care funds, unless...
Section 55 - Public Funds on Deposit; Limitations; Investments - Section 55. A city, town, or district or regional school...
Section 55a - Liability of Depositor for Losses Due to Bankruptcy - Section 55A. A city, town, district or regional school district...
Section 55b - Investment of Public Funds - Section 55B. All moneys held in the name of a...
Section 55c - Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund - Section 55C. (a) Notwithstanding section 53 or any other general...
Section 56 - Towns; Fiscal Year - Section 56. The fiscal year of all towns of the...
Section 56a - Cities; Fiscal Year - Section 56A. The fiscal year of all cities of the...
Section 57 - Taxation; Interest on Debts Incurred in Aid of a Railroad - Section 57. A city or town owing debts incurred in...
Section 58 - Cities and Towns; Limitation on Purchasing Powers - Section 58. No city or town shall pay a bill...
Section 59 - Enforcement of Chapter - Section 59. The supreme judicial or superior court, by mandamus...
Section 60 - Penalty for Violation of Law Controlling Handling of Town and District Notes - Section 60. A town treasurer or a treasurer of a...
Section 61 - Penalty for Refusal to Issue Bond in Exchange for Bearer Instruments in Sinking Funds - Section 61. A county, city, town, district or corporation which...
Section 62 - Penalty for Violation of Provisions of Chapter by Officials - Section 62. Any city, town or district officer who knowingly...
Section 63 - Sale or Other Disposal of Realty; Disposition of Proceeds - [ Text of section effective until December 13, 2021. For...
Section 63a - Sales of Public Land; Payment of Taxes - Section 63A. Whenever in any fiscal year a town, which...
Section 64 - Payment of Bills Incurred in Excess of Appropriations - Section 64. Any town or city having unpaid bills of...
Section 65 - Vacation Pay; Advances to Employees - Section 65. In any city which accepts this section by...
Section 66 - Advances to Public Employees - Section 66. In any city having a plan E or...
Section 67 - Deferred Compensation Program for Employees; Authorized Investments; Requisites; Limitations - Section 67. The treasurer of any city or town, on...
Section 67a - Employee Individual Retirement Accounts - Section 67A. The treasurer of any city or town, on...
Section 68 - Retroactive Salary Increases - Section 68. Whenever a city, town or district votes to...
Section 69 - Municipal or District Services, Fees or Charges; Insufficient Funds Checks or Electronic Funds Transfers; Penalty - Section 69. If a check or electronic funds transfer in...
Section 70 - Payment for Municipal Programs, Services, and Activities; Federal Government Reimbursements and Other Resources - Section 70. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections thirty-one and fifty-three,...
Section 71 - Contracts for Revenue Raising Activities; Regulations and Guidelines; Negotiation - Section 71. Contracts under the authority of section seventy shall...
Section 72 - Federal Funds for Reimbursable Medical Expenses; Distribution - Section 72. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...
Section 73 - Requests for Proposals for Design and Construction Services in Public-Private Partnership Development Agreement Seeking Assistance Under Chapter 29c; Technical Assistance From Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Oversight Commissio... - Section 73. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...