Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers

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...

Chapter 29a - Financing of the Judicial System

Section 1 - Costs of Judicial Branch to Be Paid by Commonwealth - Section 1. All costs of maintenance and operation of the...

Section 2 - County Supplies and Equipment Declared Property of Commonwealth - Section 2. All books, papers, equipment, furnishings, uniforms, supplies, records...

Section 3 - Fees, Fines, etc., Paid Into General Fund; Exceptions - Section 3. All fees, fines, forfeitures, penalties and any other...

Section 3a - Electronic Access to Docket, Calendar and Other Court Information; Fee-Based System - Section 3A. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in section...

Section 4 - Rental of Quarters and Space; Rental of Court Facilities - Section 4. The judicial branch may lease buildings and land...

Section 5 - Acquisition of Buildings Occupied by Judicial Branch - Section 5. If all or substantially all of any building...

Section 6 - Court Facilities Council - Section 6. There is hereby established a court facilities council....

Chapter 29b - State Revenue Growth Control - [Repealed, 1998, 194, Sec. 103.]

Chapter 29c - Massachusetts Clean Water Trust

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 2 - Massachusetts Clean Water Trust; Board of Trustees; Members; Officers - Section 2. (a) An unpaid board of trustees consisting of...

Section 3 - Purpose of Trust; Powers and Duties of Board - Section 3. (a) The purposes for which the trust is...

Section 4 - Monies Held in Trust; Administration of Fund - Section 4. (a) The board of trustees shall receive in...

Section 5 - Disbursement of Monies by Board of Trustees; Purposes - Section 5. Subject to limitations in other law respecting the...

Section 6 - Additional Authorized Applications and Disbursements of Fund Monies and Revenues; Contract Assistance Agreements; Criteria for Zero Rate of Interest Loans - Section 6. (a) Subject to limitations in other laws respecting...

Section 7 - Clean Water Act; Powers and Duties of Board - Section 7. The board is authorized and directed to take...

Section 8 - Appropriations to Water Pollution Abatement Trust; Agreements - Section 8. Upon the board's request, the state treasurer shall...

Section 9 - Bonds and Notes; Issuance - Section 9. (a) The board may provide by resolution for...

Section 10 - Loans to Local Governmental Units - Section 10. (a) Any local governmental unit may apply to...

Section 11 - Default on Loan; Remedies - Section 11. (a) In addition to other remedies of the...

Section 12 - Collection and Enforcement Powers of Local Governments - Section 12. (a) In order to provide for the collection...

Section 13 - Local Governmental Obligations; Issuance; Interest; Payment; Taxation - Section 13. (a) Local governmental obligations issued by a local...

Section 14 - Limited Obligations Payable From Local System Revenues - Section 14. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...

Section 15 - Security Agreements for Local Governmental Obligations - Section 15. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...

Section 16 - Termination of Trust - Section 16. The trust and its existence shall continue until...

Section 17 - Annual Reports - Section 17. The board, in cooperation with the state treasurer,...

Section 18 - Drinking Water Revolving Fund; Implementation and Administration; Subsidies and Financial Assistance - Section 18. (a) In addition to the powers and duties...

Section 19 - Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund - Section 19. There shall be a separate fund to be...

Section 20 - Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund Management Board; Annual Reports; Audit - Section 20. There shall be a Cape Cod and Islands...

Chapter 29d - The Health Care Security Trust - [Repealed, 2014, 165, Sec. 60.]

Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees

Section 1 - ''departments'' Defined - Section 1. The word ''departments'' as used in this chapter,...

Section 2 - Executive and Administrative Offices, etc.; Placement Under Control of Some State Department - Section 2. All executive and administrative offices, boards, commissions and...

Section 3 - Establishment of Divisions; Approval of Governor and Council - Section 3. In all cases where the executive and administrative...

Section 4 - Organization of Departments; Report to State Secretary - Section 4. A state department, board or commission shall, upon...

Section 5 - Conflicting Orders or Regulations; Appeal to Governor and Council - Section 5. In all cases where a question arises between...

Section 6 - Absence or Disability of Department Heads - Section 6. If, during the absence or disability of a...

Section 6a - Absence or Disability of Members, of Permanent State Boards, Etc. - Section 6A. If any member of a permanent state board...

Section 7 - Confidential Secretaries; Appointment and Removal - Section 7. Each officer, board and commission having supervision and...

Section 7b - Change of Name - Section 7B. Upon the change of name of any person...

Section 8 - Public Officers Appointed by Governor; Tenure - Section 8. A public officer appointed for any term by...

Section 9 - Public Officers Appointed by Governor; Removal - Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided...

Section 9a - Veterans Holding Unclassified Positions; Separation From State Service - Section 9A. A veteran, as defined in section one of...

Section 9b - Certain Permanent Public Employees; Arbitrary Removal; Protection; Disciplinary Proceedings for Abuse of Disabled Person - Section 9B. No person permanently employed in any institution under...

Section 9c - Mental Health, Developmental Services and Public Health Department Employees; Damages Caused by Patients - Section 9C. Any employee at the institutions under the control...

Section 9d - Teachers of Certain State Institutions; Removal; Lowering in Rank - Section 9D. No person permanently employed as a teacher in...

Section 9e - Chaplains; Exemption - Section 9E. No person employed as a chaplain by the...

Section 9f - State Employees Elected to Public Office; Leave of Absence - Section 9F. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the...

Section 9g - Public Employees Participating in World Athletic Competition; Leaves of Absence - Section 9G. Any employee of the commonwealth who qualifies as...

Section 9h - Public Employees Who Are Veterans; Participation in Veterans or Memorial Day Exercise; Time Off Granted; Exceptions - Section 9H. Any employee of the commonwealth, who is a...

Section 9i - Employees of Commonwealth; Leave of Absence With Pay for Serving as Red Cross Disaster Service Volunteers; Annual Report - Section 9I. (a) Any employee of the commonwealth may be...

Section 9j - Transfer of Employee Functions to Another Department or Agency; Employees Transferred; Wages, Seniority and Other Rights - Section 9J. In the event that the functions performed by...

Section 10 - Officers Requiring Gubernatorial Appointments; Filling Vacancies - Section 10. Any vacancy in any office, the original appointment...

Section 11 - Oaths of Office - Section 11. A person chosen or appointed to an office...

Section 12 - Oaths of Office; Failure to Take and Subscribe - Section 12. A person appointed to an office by the...

Section 13 - Fees for Certain Commissions, Etc. - Section 13. Before the delivery of a commission to a...

Section 14 - Approval of Bond; Withholding Commission - Section 14. If a bond is required of any person...

Section 15 - Bonds; Determining Amount - Section 15. When state officials or employees are required to...

Section 16 - Schedule Bonds - Section 16. State officers and heads of state departments may...

Section 17 - Bond Premiums; Reimbursement - Section 17. If an official having custody of property of...

Section 18 - Examination of Bonds - Section 18. Every public official having custody of any bond...

Section 19 - Failure to File Sufficient Bonds; Removal of Principal - Section 19. If a new bond is not filed, as...

Section 20 - Bonds Deposited With County Treasurers; Examination - Section 20. Bonds of public officers, except officers in Suffolk...

Section 21 - Multiple Salaries From Treasury - Section 21. A person shall not at the same time...

Section 22 - Plurality of Offices; Penalties - Section 22. Whoever wilfully violates the preceding section or wilfully...

Section 23 - Full Time Devotion to Duties; Certain State Officers - Section 23. Any person in any executive or administrative department...

Section 23a - Certain Trustees of State Institutions; Plurality of Positions - Section 23A. Any trustee of a state institution who is...

Section 24 - Office Hours - Section 24. All offices under the jurisdiction of any department...

Section 24a - Working on Legal Holidays; Compensation; Exceptions - Section 24A. If any person employed by the commonwealth is...

Section 24b - Assignments of Employee From Lower to Higher Grade - Section 24B. Whenever an employee in a lower grade is...

Section 24c - Overtime Pay; Prior Written Approval - Section 24C. No compensation shall be paid to any employee...

Section 25 - Expenses of State Officers, Etc. - Section 25. State officers, and members of departments receiving a...

Section 25a - Death Away From Home; Return of Body; Expenses - Section 25A. If any state officer or member of a...

Section 25b - Out-of-State Travel Expenses; Restrictions - Section 25B. No officer or employee of the commonwealth may...

Section 27 - Money Received for Commonwealth; Daily Remittance; Exceptions - Section 27. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all fees or...

Section 28 - Books and Accounts; Fiscal Year - Section 28. All books and accounts of all offices, departments,...

Section 29 - State Institutions; Keeping Books and Accounts - Section 29. Every treasurer and disbursing officer of a state...

Section 30 - Official Letters; Size of Paper - Section 30. Official letters of departments, institutions or officials of...

Section 30a - Official Letterheads; Uniform Style - Section 30A. The state secretary, the commissioner of administration and...

Section 31 - Printing, Binding and Procuring Stationery for Commonwealth Offices and Departments - Section 31. The printing, binding and procuring of stationery for...

Section 32 - Annual Reports - Section 32. On or before the first Wednesday in December...

Section 33 - Annual Reports; Recommendations for Legislation - Section 33. Any state officer or department or head thereof...

Section 33a - Annual Reports; Recommendations to Avoid Special Legislation - Section 33A. If, in the opinion of a state officer...

Section 34 - Reports of Special Commissions; Drafts of Legislation - Section 34. All reports of special commissions recommending legislation shall...

Section 35 - Special Reports to State Purchasing Agent; Appeals - Section 35. State officers, departments or heads thereof may make...

Section 35a - Reports; Projects Requiring Assessments Upon Municipalities; Notice - Section 35A. Reports of state officers, departments or heads thereof,...

Section 36 - Motor Vehicles Owned by Commonwealth; Use and Marking; Regulations and Restrictions, Enforcement; Transfer - Section 36. The commissioner of administration shall establish and enforce...

Section 36a - Purchase, Replacement or Repair of Motor Vehicles; Authorization; Funds - Section 36A. Motor vehicles to be purchased from sums appropriated...

Section 37 - Rules and Regulations; Compliance With Statutory Filing Requirements - Section 37. Every department, board, commission, division, authority or official...

Section 38 - Reports on Public Employees; Central Personnel Register - Section 38. Every state officer, department or head thereof shall,...

Section 38a - Price Adjustment Clause in Contracts for Road, Bridge, Water and Sewer Projects Awarded Under Sec. 39m - Section 38A. Contracts for road and bridge projects awarded as...

Section 39a - Construction Contracts for Public Ways, Airports or Public Works; Truck Rentals; Security for Payment - Section 39A. Officers or agents executing a contract in behalf...

Section 39b - Construction Contracts for Public Ways, Airports or Public Works; Dump Trucks; Schedule of Rates; Disputes - Section 39B. Every contract entered into by the commonwealth or...

Section 39c - Actions Under Sec. 39a; Forbidden Defenses - Section 39C. In any action or claim instituted under section...

Section 39d - Additional Security - Section 39D. Nothing contained in section thirty-nine A shall be...

Section 39e - Inducing Rebates or Refunds of Transportation Charges; Penalties - Section 39E. Whoever, by force or the use of threats,...

Section 39f - Construction Contracts; Assignment and Subrogation; Subcontractor Defined; Enforcement of Claim for Direct Payment; Deposit, Reduction of Disputed Amounts - Section 39F. (1) Every contract awarded pursuant to sections forty-four...

Section 39g - Completion of Public Works; Semi-Final and Final Estimates; Payments; Extra Work; Disputed Items - Section 39G. Upon substantial completion of the work required by...

Section 39h - Indemnification of Contractors - Section 39H. Every contract entered into by or on behalf...

Section 39i - Deviations From Plans and Specifications - Section 39I. Every contractor having a contract for the construction,...

Section 39j - Public Construction Contracts; Effect of Decisions of Contracting Body or Administrative Board - Section 39J. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of any contract for...

Section 39k - Public Building Construction Contracts; Payments - Section 39K. Every contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling,...

Section 39l - Public Construction Work by Foreign Corporations; Restrictions and Reports - Section 39L. The commonwealth and every county, city, town, district,...

Section 39m - Contracts for Construction and Materials; Manner of Awarding - Section 39M. (a) Every contract for the construction, reconstruction, alteration,...

Section 39m1/2 - Project Oversight; Owner's Representative; Qualifications; Procurement; Powers and Duties - Section 39M1/2. (a) The following words shall have the following...

Section 39n - Construction Contracts; Equitable Adjustment in Contract Price for Differing Subsurface or Latent Physical Conditions - Section 39N. Every contract subject to section forty-four A of...

Section 39o - Contracts for Construction and Materials; Suspension, Delay or Interruption Due to Order of Awarding Authority; Adjustment in Contract Price; Written Claim - Section 39O. Every contract subject to the provisions of section...

Section 39p - Contracts for Construction and Materials; Awarding Authority's Decisions on Interpretation of Specifications, etc.; Time Limit; Notice - Section 39P. Every contract subject to section thirty-nine M of...

Section 39q - Contracts for Capital Facility Construction; Contents; Annual Claims Report - Section 39Q. (1) Every contract awarded by any state agency...

Section 39r - Keeping and Maintaining of Books, Records and Accounts; Statement of Management on Internal Accounting Control; Financial Statements; Enforcement - Section 39R. (a) The words defined herein shall have the...

Section 39s - Contracts for Construction; Requirements - Section 39S. (a) As used in this section the word...

Section 39t - Controlled Insurance Program - Section 39T. Notwithstanding section 8 of chapter 268A, section 44F...

Section 40 - Discharge or Release of Bonds - Section 40. Bonds given to the commonwealth, any county, city,...

Section 41 - State Institutions; Sales of Property; Itemized Accounts - Section 41. If sales of property of the commonwealth are...

Section 42 - Records Conservation Board; Composition; Powers and Duties; Sale or Destruction of Records; Records Defined; Inquiries From Departments or Agencies - Section 42. The state librarian, the attorney general, the state...

Section 43 - Fees for Copying Records; Keeping by Employees; Penalties - Section 43. No person employed in any state department shall...

Section 44 - Employees as Agents for Others; Sale of Lands - Section 44. No officer or employee of the commonwealth shall...

Section 44a - Land Owned by Commonwealth; Sale to Counties, etc.; Highway Purposes - Section 44A. A commissioner or head of a state department...

Section 44b - Petroleum Pipe Line; Laying on State Lands - Section 44B. A commissioner or head of a state department...

Section 45 - Office and Position Classification Plan; Pay Plan - Section 45. The personnel administrator shall establish, administer and keep...

Section 46 - Administration of Classification and Pay Plans - Section 46. (1) The following shall be the salary schedule...

Section 46c - Management Pay Plan - Section 46C. (1) The following shall be the salary schedule...

Section 46d - Appointments to Positions; Promotions From Positions Classified Under Civil Service Provisions - Section 46D. Whenever it is deemed practicable in the judgment...

Section 46e - Civil Service Classifications; Positions Reimbursed by Federal Government - Section 46E. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 46f - Tenure - Section 46F. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections nine A, nine...

Section 46g - Overtime Compensation - Section 46G. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty B of...

Section 46h - Vacation, Sick-Leave, Personal Leave and Benefits - Section 46H. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 46i - Additional Duties of Personnel Administrator - Section 46I. In addition to his other responsibilities and duties,...

Section 48 - Incumbents of Positions Classified; Duties - Section 48. Incumbents of offices or positions classified under sections...

Section 49 - Appeal From Classification - Section 49. A manager or an employee of the commonwealth...

Section 50 - Limit of Application of Secs. 45 to 49 - [ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For...

Section 51 - Purchasing of Goods, Supplies, Equipment and Services for State Departments - Section 51. All goods, supplies, equipment and services, except for...

Section 52 - Approval of Purchases - Section 52. No goods, supplies, equipment or services, other than...

Section 53 - Grievances of Employees; Disposition; Appeals - Section 53. The personnel administrator shall make and from time...

Section 57 - Finality of Decision; Grievances Requiring Payment of Money; Disposition - Section 57. The decision of the civil service commission shall...

Section 58 - Injuries Sustained in Service of State; Compensation - Section 58. Any employee of the commonwealth eligible to receive...

Section 59 - Persons Under Indictment for Misconduct in Office; Suspension; Temporary Appointees - Section 59. An officer or employee of the commonwealth, or...

Section 60 - Co-Operative Education Programs; Employment of Students - Section 60. The personnel administrator shall cooperate with public and...

Section 61 - Determination of Impact by Agencies; Damages to Environment; Prevention or Minimization; Foreseeable Climate Change Impacts; Definition Applicable to This Section and Sec. 62 - Section 61. All agencies, departments, boards, commissions and authorities of...

Section 62 - Definitions - [ Introductory paragraph effective until June 24, 2021. For text...

Section 62a - Notice of Intent to Apply; Forms; Certification of Need for Environmental Impact Report; Application of Section - Section 62A. A person applying or intending to apply to...

Section 62b - Environmental Impact Reports; Preparation and Submission; Funding - Section 62B. In the case of projects directly undertaken by...

Section 62c - Notice of Availability of Environmental Impact Statement; Public and Agency Review - Section 62C. Any environmental impact report shall be submitted to...

Section 62d - Permit Applications; Time for Agency Determination - Section 62D. Agencies shall act on permit applications within ninety...

Section 62e - Categories of Projects and Permits Not Requiring Environmental Impact Reports; Establishment; Application - Section 62E. With the approval of the secretary of the...

Section 62f - Emergencies; Commencement of Projects; Land Acquisition - Section 62F. A project may commence prior to compliance with...

Section 62g - Federal Environmental Impact Statements in Lieu of Reports - Section 62G. In the case of projects for which an...

Section 62h - Action or Proceeding Alleging Improper Determination of Need for Environmental Impact Report or Noncompliance With Law; Notice; Commencement; Matters Raised - Section 62H. An agency or person intending to commence an...

Section 62i - Environmental Notification Forms Filed on or After November 15, 2007; Requirements - Section 62I. A person who is proposing a new use...

Section 62j - Opportunities for Public to Assess Impact of Proposed Projects; Impact on Environmental Justice Population; Measures to Improve Public Participation; Meaning of Designated Geographic Area - [ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 60...

Section 62k - Consideration of Environmental Justice Principles; Establishment of Standards and Guidelines - [ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 60...

Section 62l - Environmental Justice Council; Membership; Duties; Recommendations - [ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 60...

Section 63 - Notice to State Secretary; Specifications; Report - Section 63. Every holder, as that term is defined in...

Section 64 - Conversion of Hospitals; Approval of General Court - Section 64. No mental health hospital or public health hospital...

Section 65 - Legal Services for Commonwealth Provided Under Contract - Section 65. (a) A lawyer who is not a regular...

Chapter 30a - State Administrative Procedure

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter— (1) ''Adjudicatory...

Section 1a - Department of Correction; Application of Chapter - Section 1A. The department of correction shall be subject to...

Section 1b - Department of Youth Services; Application of Chapter - Section 1B. The department of youth services shall be subject...

Section 1c - Parole Board; Application of Chapter - Section 1C. The parole board shall be subject to sections...

Section 1d - Criminal Record Review Board; Application of Chapter - Section 1D. The criminal record review board shall be subject...

Section 2 - Regulations Requiring Hearings; Adoptions, Amendments or Repeals; Small Business Impact Statement; Emergency Regulations - Section 2. A public hearing is required prior to the...

Section 3 - Regulations Not Requiring Hearings; Small Business Impact Statement; Adoptions, Amendments or Repeals - Section 3. Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of...

Section 3a - Publication of Required Notices - Section 3A. Notices filed in accordance with sections two and...

Section 4 - Petitions for Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of Regulations - Section 4. Any interested person may petition an agency requesting...

Section 5 - Regulations; Filing; Small Business Impact Statement - Section 5. Two attested copies of the regulations of each...

Section 5a - Review of Rules and Regulations Regarding Economic Impact on Small Businesses - Section 5A. Rules and regulations shall be reviewed at least...

Section 6 - Massachusetts Register; Publication of Filed Documents and Regulations; Legal Effect; Distribution of Issues - Section 6. Documents required or authorized to be published by...

Section 6a - Code of Massachusetts Regulations; Publication - Section 6A. Prior to publication of the first issue of...

Section 6b - Agencies to Purchase Register Issues; Public Access - Section 6B. Each agency shall purchase a copy or copies...

Section 6c - Failure to Comply With Sec. 6b; Report - Section 6C. If the state secretary finds that any agency...

Section 6d - Expected Regulations; Publication of List - Section 6D. The state secretary shall publish, annually, in the...

Section 6e - Failure to Comply With Sec. 6d; Report - Section 6E. If the state secretary finds that any agency...

Section 7 - Judicial Review of Regulations - Section 7. Unless an exclusive mode of review is provided...

Section 8 - Advisory Rulings by Agencies - Section 8. On request of any interested person, an agency...

Section 10 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Appeals - Section 10. In conducting adjudicatory proceedings, as defined in this...

Section 10a - Damage to Environment; Intervention in Adjudicatory Proceeding; Procedure - Section 10A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section ten, not less...

Section 11 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Additional Requirements - Section 11. In addition to other requirements imposed by law...

Section 11b - Studies of State Boards, Commissions and Authorities; Notice to City or Town Affected - Section 11B. All state boards and commissions and the governing...

Section 11c - Hearings in Municipalities - Section 11C. Any agency which is required by law to...

Section 12 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Subpoenas - Section 12. In conducting adjudicatory proceedings, agencies shall issue, vacate,...

Section 13 - Licenses; Revocation, etc.; Hearings; Exceptions; Student Loan Defaulters - Section 13. ''License'', as used in this section, includes any...

Section 13a - Issuance and Renewal of Licenses; Social Security Number of Applicant; Information Provided to Iv–d Agency - Section 13A. Agencies and political subdivisions of the commonwealth, that...

Section 14 - Judicial Review - Section 14. Except so far as any provision of law...

Section 15 - Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court; Concurrent Jurisdiction - Section 15. The supreme judicial court and the appeals court...

Section 16 - Supreme Judicial Court; Powers - Section 16. The supreme judicial court shall have the power...

Section 17 - Partial Invalidity of Chapter; Effect - Section 17. If any provision of this chapter or the...

Section 18 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 18 to 25 - Section 18. As used in this section and sections 19...

Section 19 - Division of Open Government; Open Meeting Law Training; Open Meeting Law Advisory Commission; Annual Report - Section 19. (a) There shall be in the department of...

Section 20 - Meetings of a Public Body to Be Open to the Public; Notice of Meeting; Remote Participation; Recording and Transmission of Meeting; Removal of Persons for Disruption of Proceedings; Office Holders to Certify Receipt of Open Meeting Law a... - [Section impacted by 2020, 53, Sec. 17, as amended by...

Section 21 - Meeting of Public Body in Executive Session - Section 21. (a) A public body may meet in executive...

Section 22 - Minutes of Meetings - Section 22. (a) A public body shall create and maintain...

Section 23 - Enforcement of Open Meeting Law; Complaints; Hearing; Civil Action - Section 23. (a) Subject to appropriation, the attorney general shall...

Section 24 - Investigation by Attorney General of Violations of Open Meeting Law - Section 24. (a) Whenever the attorney general has reasonable cause...

Section 25 - Authority of Attorney General to Promulgate Rules and Regulations, Letter Rulings and Advisory Opinions - Section 25. (a) The attorney general shall have the authority...

Chapter 30b - Uniform Procurement Act

Section 1 - Application of Chapter - Section 1. (a) This chapter shall apply to every contract...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter the following words...

Section 3 - Procurement Contracts; Files - Section 3. A procurement officer who awards a contract in...

Section 4 - Submission of Quotations - Section 4. (a) Except as permitted pursuant to this section...

Section 5 - Competitive Sealed Bidding Procedures - Section 5. (a) Except as permitted under section six or...

Section 6 - Competitive Sealed Proposals; Requests for Proposals; Additional Evaluation Criteria - Section 6. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into...

Section 6a - Utilization of Reverse Auctions for the Acquisition of Supplies and Services - Section 6A. (a) A chief procurement officer may enter into...

Section 7 - Sole Source Procurements - Section 7. (a) A procurement officer may award a contract...

Section 8 - Emergency Procurements - Section 8. Whenever the time required to comply with a...

Section 9 - Cancellation of Invitation for Bids; Rejection of Bids or Proposals - Section 9. The procurement officer may cancel an invitation for...

Section 10 - Certification of Good Faith - Section 10. A person submitting a bid or a proposal...

Section 11 - Splitting of Procurements - Section 11. No person shall cause or conspire to cause...

Section 12 - Term of Contract; Information to Be Included in Solicitation; Cancellation of Contract - Section 12. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law and subject...

Section 13 - Increase of Services or Supplies Specified in Contract - Section 13. The governmental body may increase the quantity of...

Section 13a - Recycling or Composting Contracts; Modifications and Amendments - Section 13A. With respect to contracts for the recycling or...

Section 14 - Specification Requirements; Proprietary Supply or Service and Sole Source Procurement - Section 14. Unless no other manner of description suffices, and...

Section 15 - Tangible Supply; Disposition - Section 15. (a) A governmental body shall dispose of a...

Section 16 - Real Property; Disposition or Acquisition - Section 16. (a) If a governmental body duly authorized by...

Section 17 - Writing Requirement; Invalidation of Contracts; Forfeiture; Civil Actions - Section 17. (a) All contracts in the amount of $10,000...

Section 18 - Sheltered Market Programs - Section 18. (a) For purposes of this section the following...

Section 19 - Delegation of Procurement Officer's Powers and Duties - Section 19. Subject to the provisions of section one hundred...

Section 20 - Preference for Products of Agriculture Grown or Produced Using Products Grown in Commonwealth; Governmental Bodies - Section 20. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to...

Section 22 - Cooperative Purchasing Agreements Between Public Procurement Units or Public Procurement Unit and External Procurement Activity - Section 22. A public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor,...

Section 23 - Cooperative Purchasing Agreements Between Public Procurement Units or Public Procurement Unit and External Procurement Activity - Section 23. A public procurement unit may participate in, sponsor,...

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Massachusetts General Laws Part I - Administration of the Government Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers

Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers