Section 10. The comptroller shall establish policies and procedures that require all accounting statements included in reports of departments, offices and commissions to reconcile to the official books and records of the commonwealth before the publication of such reports. No such report shall be published by any such department, office or commission until such statements are so confirmed.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 7a - Office of the Comptroller
Section 1 - Office of the Comptroller; Appointment; Removal; Vacancies
Section 2 - Advisory Board; Membership; Terms; Expenses; Duties
Section 3 - Examination of Accounts and Demands; Overdue Debts; Certificates of Amounts Due
Section 5 - Bills and Vouchers; Certified Copies; Regulations
Section 5a - Late Penalty Interest Payments; Adoption of Rules and Regulations
Section 7 - Accounting System; Forms and Books of Account
Section 8 - General Books of Account; Systems of Accounts; Treatment of Debtors; Late Charges
Section 9a - Audit of Commonwealth Financial Operations; Procedures
Section 11 - Furnishing of Accounting Statements
Section 13 - Budget Preparation; Co-Operation of Comptroller's Office
Section 15 - Rules and Regulations
Section 16 - Administration of the Liability Management and Reduction Fund
Section 17 - Account to Fund Terminal Leave Payments; Federal Grant Funds.