Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state secretary under the supervision and control of the state secretary, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state secretary shall make a quarterly return on oath to the governor of all fees of office received by the state secretary and give to the state treasurer a bond, in a penal sum and with sureties approved by the governor, conditioned satisfactorily to account for all money received by the state secretary in the state secretary's official capacity. The state secretary shall receive a salary of $165,000, and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.
(b) The state secretary shall not receive earned income from any other source but may receive unearned or passive income.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary
Section 1 - State Secretary; Duties; Bond; Salary; Other Sources of Income
Section 2 - Deputies; Assistants; Civil Service
Section 2b - Annual Personnel Report
Section 2c - Funding for Archives Museum
Section 3 - Deputies; Power to Act in Absence of Secretary
Section 4 - Supervisor of Public Records
Section 4a - Acts, Resolves and Constitutional Amendments; Publication
Section 4b - Pamphlet Edition of Laws; Distribution of Copies of Individual Laws
Section 4c - Cumulative Table of Changes in General Statutes
Section 4d - Distribution of Printed Copies of Official Reports
Section 4e - Reports of War Veterans' Organizations
Section 4f - Distribution of Judicial Decisions and General Laws to Cities and Towns
Section 4g - Subsequent Distribution to City or Town; Insurance
Section 4h - Distribution of Laws and Documents to Members of General Court
Section 5 - Traveling, Clerical and Other Expenses of Supervisor
Section 8 - Information Available to Federal Census Authorities
Section 9a - Local Election Districts Review Commission; Membership; Compensation; Duties
Section 10a - Administration and Enforcement of Chapter 110a; Staff
Section 11 - Great Seal; Custody; Certified Copies of Records as Evidence
Section 12 - Books and Records of Maine Lands; Custody
Section 13 - Stereotype and Other Plates; Custody and Disposition
Section 15 - Justices and Notaries; Notice of Expiration of Commissions
Section 15a - Justices and Notaries; Acting After Expiration of Commission; Validation Certificate
Section 16 - Annual List of Designated Justices of the Peace
Section 19 - Destruction or Sale of Documents of No Value; Reproduction of Records of Corporations.
Section 20a - Central Register of Contracting Opportunities Offered by Governmental Agencies
Section 21 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Membership; Term
Section 22 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Committees and Advisory Boards; Rules
Section 23 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Primary Function; Powers and Duties
Section 24 - Commission on Interstate Cooperation; Reporting
Section 26 - Massachusetts Historical Commission; Establishment
Section 26b - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 26a, 26c, and 27 to 27c
Section 26c - State Register of Historic Places
Section 26d - Property Listings; Regulations
Section 27b - Federal Historic Preservation Act; Surveys and Plans; Custody and Expenditure of Funds
Section 27c - Projects; Notice; Adverse Effect; Review
Section 27d - Historic Homesteads
Section 28 - Portraits and Art Objects in State House; Photographs
Section 29 - State Ballot Law Commission; Records Conservation Board