Section 12CC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of August as Public Employees Week during which suitable commemoration of the achievements of public employees shall be made.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Section 1 - Salary of Governor; Housing Expenses; Other Sources of Income
Section 2 - Salary of Lieutenant Governor; Other Sources of Income
Section 3 - Salary of Council Members; Term Limitation
Section 4 - Traveling Expenses of Lieutenant Governor and Council Members; Term Limits
Section 5 - Governor's Employees; Compensation
Section 8 - Entertainment of Distinguished Guests; Expenditures
Section 9 - Cooperation With Federal Surveys of Waters, Etc.
Section 10 - Appointment of Delegates to Represent Commonwealth at Conventions
Section 12 - Compensation of Legal Counsel and Commissioners
Section 12b - Anniversary of Death of General Pulaski
Section 12c - Bunker Hill Battle Anniversary
Section 12d - Boston Massacre Anniversary
Section 12e - Commodore John Barry Day
Section 12g - American Education Week
Section 12h - Anniversary of Death of General Lafayette
Section 12i - American Indian Heritage Week
Section 12l - Veteran Firemen's Muster Day
Section 12m - Student Government Day
Section 12n - United Nations Day
Section 12p - Civil Rights Week
Section 12r - Polish Constitution Day
Section 12s - Peter Francisco Day
Section 12t - Observance of Certain Other Days
Section 12w - Sight-Saving Month
Section 12z - Jamaican Independence Day
Section 12bb - Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day
Section 12cc - Public Employees Week
Section 12dd - Pearl Harbor Day
Section 12ee - Grandparents' Day
Section 12ff - Anniversary of Enlistment of Deborah Samson
Section 12gg - Lithuanian Independence Day
Section 12hh - Statue of Liberty Awareness Day
Section 12ii - Slovak Independence Day
Section 12jj - Visiting Nurse Association Week
Section 12ll - Social Security Day
Section 12mm - Korean War Veterans Day
Section 12nn - Human Rights Day
Section 12oo - Exercise Tiger Day
Section 12pp - Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
Section 12qq - Homeless Unity Day
Section 12rr - Uso Appreciation Day
Section 12ss - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
Section 12tt - Destroyer Escort Day
Section 12uu - School Principals' Recognition Day
Section 12vv - Native American Day
Section 12xx - Candle Safety Day
Section 12yy - International Education Week
Section 12zz - Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day
Section 14a - Spanish War Memorial Day and Maine Memorial Day
Section 14b - State Constitution Day
Section 15 - Arbor and Bird Day
Section 15a - Constitution Day
Section 15b - Senior Citizens Month
Section 15c - American History Month
Section 15d - Massachusetts Art Week
Section 15e - Susan B. Anthony Day
Section 15f - Employ Handicapped Persons Week
Section 15i - Liberty Tree Day
Section 15j - Italian American War Veterans of the United States, inc., Day
Section 15k - Cystic Fibrosis Week
Section 15l - John F. Kennedy Day
Section 15m - Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
Section 15n - Police Officers' Week
Section 15o - Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month
Section 15p - Traffic Safety Week
Section 15q - United States Marine Corps Day
Section 15s - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Section 15u - Social Justice for Ireland Day
Section 15v - White Cane Safety Day
Section 15w - National Hunting and Fishing Day
Section 15x - Child Nutrition Week
Section 15y - Jaycee Week and Day
Section 15z - Bataan–corregidor Day
Section 15aa - Secretaries Week
Section 15bb - Massachusetts National Guard Week
Section 15cc - Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
Section 15dd - Independence Day
Section 15ee - Endangered Species Day
Section 15gg - Employ the Older Worker Week
Section 15hh - John Carver Day
Section 15ii - Armenian Martyrs' Day
Section 15jj - Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday
Section 15kk - National Family Week
Section 15ll - Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Section 15mm - Vietnam Veterans Day
Section 15nn - State Walking Sunday
Section 15oo - Saint Jean De Baptiste Day
Section 15pp - Town Meeting Day
Section 15qq - Parliamentary Law Month
Section 15rr - Greek Independence Day
Section 15ss - Massachusetts Hospice Week
Section 15tt - Public Employees Appreciation Day
Section 15uu - Practical Nursing Education Week
Section 15ww - Youth in Government Day
Section 15xx - Joshua James Day
Section 15yy - Leif Ericson Day
Section 15zz - Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Section 15aaa - School Library Media Month
Section 15ccc - Homeless Awareness Week
Section 15ddd - Silver–haired Legislature Days
Section 15eee - Rabies Prevention Week
Section 15fff - Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
Section 15ggg - Alzheimer's Awareness Week
Section 15hhh - Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week
Section 15iii - Independent Living Center Day
Section 15jjj - Police Memorial Day
Section 15kkk - Workers' Memorial Day
Section 15lll - Lupus Awareness Month
Section 15mmm - Geographic Education Awareness Week
Section 15nnn - Literacy Awareness Month
Section 15ooo - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month
Section 15ppp - Samuel Slater Day
Section 15qqq - Caribbean Week
Section 15rrr - Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Section 15sss - Emergency Management Week
Section 15ttt - Law Enforcement Memorial Month
Section 15uuu - Home Composting Recognition Week
Section 15vvv - Head Injury Awareness Month
Section 15www - Polish–american Heritage Month
Section 15xxx - Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Section 15yyy - Clara Barton Week
Section 15zzz - Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
Section 15aaaa - Robert Goddard Day
Section 15bbbb - Special Needs Awareness Day
Section 15cccc - Robert Frost Day
Section 15dddd - Lucy Stone Day
Section 15eeee - Italian–american Heritage Month
Section 15ffff - Irish–american Heritage Month
Section 15gggg - Portuguese–american Heritage Month
Section 15hhhh - Time Period for Survivors of Homicide Victims Awareness
Section 15iiii - Public Health Month
Section 15jjjj - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
Section 15kkkk - Arthritis Awareness Day
Section 15llll - Autistic Awareness Month
Section 15mmmm - Luther Burbank Day
Section 15nnnn - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
Section 15oooo - Civilian Conservation Corps Day
Section 15pppp - Thomas Paine Day
Section 15rrrr - Missing Children's Day
Section 15tttt - Myositis Awareness Day
Section 15uuuu - Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15vvvv - Fifty-Fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15wwww - Armenian–american Heritage Month
Section 15xxxx - Guardians' Day
Section 15yyyy - World War II Commemoration Day
Section 15zzzz - Stalking Awareness Month
Section 15aaaaa - Bill of Rights Day
Section 15bbbbb - Juneteenth Independence Day
Section 15ccccc - Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Section 15ddddd - Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
Section 15eeeee - Thrombosis Awareness Month
Section 15fffff - Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
Section 15ggggg - Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Section 15hhhhh - Philanthropy Day
Section 15iiiii - Jack Kerouac Day
Section 15jjjjj - Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Section 15kkkkk - Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day
Section 15lllll - Disability History Month
Section 15mmmmm - Polish American Congress Day
Section 15nnnnn - No Name Calling Day
Section 15ooooo - Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day
Section 15ppppp - World Voice Week
Section 15qqqqq - Fragile X Awareness Day
Section 15rrrrr - Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week
Section 15sssss - Massachusetts Service and Volunteerism Day
Section 15ttttt - General Sylvanus Thayer Day
Section 15uuuuu - Blue Star Mothers Month
Section 15vvvvv - Pandas/pans Awareness Day
Section 15wwwww - Ataxia Awareness Day
Section 15xxxxx - Southbridge Lions Club Bow Ties for Esophageal Cancer Awareness Day
Section 15yyyyy - Massachusetts Race Amity Day
Section 15zzzzz - First Responder Day
Section 15aaaaaa - Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Day
Section 15bbbbbb - Farm-to-School Month
Section 15cccccc - Ice Bucket Challenge Week
Section 15dddddd - Seatbelt Awareness Month
Section 15eeeeee - Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Section 15ffffff - Asian American Pacific Islander Month
Section 15gggggg - Massachusetts Maple Month
Section 15hhhhhh - Gold Star Wives Day
Section 15iiiiii - Gold Star Mothers and Families Day
Section 15jjjjjj - Frederick Douglass Day
Section 15kkkkkk - United States Navy Day
Section 15llllll - United States Cadet Nurse Corps Day
Section 15mmmmmm - Overdose Awareness Day
Section 16 - Military Officers Serving Under Governor
Section 17 - Commissions and Boards Serving Under Governor
Section 17a - Governor's Cabinet
Section 18 - Armory Commission
Section 18b - Public Education Nominating Council; Membership; Duties
Section 20 - Art Commission; Members; Powers and Duties
Section 26 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Appointment; Term; Organization; Removal
Section 27 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Duties
Section 28 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Compensation and Expenses
Section 33 - Board of Trustees of the State Library
Section 34 - Powers and Duties of Trustees of the State Library
Section 35 - Librarian of the State Library; Compensation, Etc.
Section 36 - Expenditures for State Library; Approval of Accounts
Section 37 - Trustees of the State Library; Annual Report
Section 37a - Gifts in Trust for State Library
Section 38 - State Library; Location; Persons Authorized to Use
Section 39 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 39 to 39b
Section 39a - Depository Library for State Publications; Collection; System
Section 39b - State Library; Copies of State Agency Publications
Section 40 - Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts; Superintendent
Section 41 - Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts; Powers and Duties
Section 70 - Board of Trustees of Soldier's Home in Holyoke; Members
Section 71 - Board of Trustees of Soldier's Home in Holyoke; Powers and Duties
Section 74 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Establishment; Expenditure of Funds
Section 75 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Commissioner; Employees; Other Offices
Section 76 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Advisory Council
Section 77 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Definitions Applicable to Secs. 74 to 84
Section 78a - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Extended Sheltered Employment
Section 79 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Powers and Duties
Section 80 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Additional Powers and Duties
Section 81 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Cooperation With State Agencies; Agreements
Section 82 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Federal Funds; Custodian; Expenditure
Section 83 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Gifts to Commission; Acceptance; Investment
Section 84 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Information or Records Confidential
Section 85 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 86 to 92
Section 88 - Atomic Energy Commission; Duties
Section 91 - Nuclear Material or Facility; Changes in Laws; Certain Departments to Initiate Studies
Section 92 - Nuclear Material or Facility; License or Permit
Section 93 - Nuclear Material or Facility; Injunction Against Violations
Section 97 - State Finance and Governance Board; Membership
Section 98 - Duties of State Finance and Governance Board
Section 101 - Obscene Literature Control Commission; Members; Appointment, Compensation, Etc.
Section 106 - Duties of Commission
Section 107 - Annual Reports; Compensation of Members; Executive Secretary; Gifts and Bequests
Section 108 - Manufactured Homes Commission; Members; Duties; Compensation
Section 116 - Municipal Police Training Committee; Members; Chairperson; Executive Director
Section 116b - Hate Crimes; Police Instruction
Section 116e - Development and Establishment of Course in Bicycle Safety Enforcement
Section 116f - Harbormaster Training Council
Section 117 - Meetings; Compensation of Members
Section 118 - Municipal Police Training Schools; Approval; Rules and Regulations Relative to Schools
Section 125 - Health and Welfare Commission; Establishment
Section 126 - Duties of Commission
Section 127 - Advisory Committee; Members; Meetings
Section 128 - Regional Offices; Service Regions; Regional Advisory Committees; Annual Reports
Section 131 - Financial Assistance Program; Eligibility, Restriction; Payment Levels
Section 131a - State Supplementary Payments; Annual Increases
Section 131b - Federal Agreement
Section 131c - Applications; Eligibility for Assistance
Section 131d - Monthly Advancements to h.h.s.; Audit
Section 131e - Medical Assistance Program; Eligibility
Section 131f - Fraudulent Procuring of Payments; Penalties
Section 131g - Vouchers Submitted by Vendors
Section 131h - Violations by Vendor; Ineligibility Period
Section 131i - Return of Payments by Ineligible Recipients or Vendors Required
Section 131j - Rules and Regulations for Administration of Secs. 129 to 149
Section 132 - Advances to Commissioner
Section 133 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 133a to 133f
Section 133a - Duties of Officers, Boards or Authorities in Charge of State Buildings or Property
Section 133b - Powers and Duties of Commission
Section 133d - Rental or Other Charge for Operation of Vending Facility
Section 133e - Existing Vending Facilities; Removal or Nonrenewal of Lease
Section 133g - Braille Instruction for Registrants; Assessment
Section 136 - Reports of Medical Authorities Establishing Blindness
Section 138 - Solicitations for Benefit of Blind; License; Appeal From Refusal to Issue
Section 140 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Fund Raising for Blind; Provision for Penalties
Section 141 - Penalty for Violation of Rules Regulating Solicitations for Blind
Section 142 - Exemptions and Inapplicability of Sections Governing Solicitation for Blind
Section 143 - Schools and Workshops
Section 144 - Support of Workmen and Pupils at Workshops; Pupils From Other States
Section 146 - Commission Divisions or Bureaus; Organizations and Functions
Section 147 - Cooperation With Federal Departments; Development of State Plans
Section 148 - Acceptance and Use of Gifts
Section 149 - Records Concerning Blind Persons; Custody, Use and Preservation
Section 156 - Committee on Criminal Justice; Membership; Meetings; Powers and Duties
Section 156a - Proposal Review Board; Members; Powers, Etc.
Section 156b - Executive Director; Qualifications; Duties; Staff; Compensation
Section 157 - American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission
Section 158 - Massachusetts Educational Communications Commission
Section 159 - Council on Juvenile Behavior
Section 160 - Duties; Quarters; Clerical Assistants
Section 163 - Management Engineering Task Force
Section 164 - Massachusetts Fire Training Council
Section 165a - Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
Section 165b - Massachusetts Fire Service Commission
Section 167 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178l
Section 167a - Department of Criminal Justice Information Services
Section 168 - Criminal Record Review Board
Section 168a - Transmission of Probation and Parole Records to the Department
Section 168b - Rules and Regulations
Section 168c - Post-Secondary Schools; Annual Uniform Crime Reports; Campus Security Policies
Section 168d - Sexual Misconduct Climate Survey
Section 168e - Adoption of Policies on Sexual Misconduct Involving Students or Employees
Section 171 - Regulations Generally; Continuing Education Program; Evaluative Information
Section 172b - Children and Families Department; Youth Services Department; Available Information
Section 172d - Availability of Information to Iv–d Agency
Section 172f - Conviction and Arrest Data Available to Department of Early Education and Care
Section 172g - Children's Camps to Obtain Criminal and Juvenile Data; Employees and Volunteers
Section 172h - Children's Programs to Obtain Criminal and Juvenile Data
Section 172i - Schools to Obtain Criminal Records of Taxicab Employees
Section 173 - Regulations for Program Research; Monitoring; Access Restricted
Section 176 - Appeal; De Novo Hearing; Equitable Relief
Section 177 - Violations; Civil Liability
Section 178b - Death of Offender; Cessation of Restrictions
Section 178c - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 178c to 178p
Section 178d - Sex Offender Registry
Section 178f1/2 - Registration by Personal Appearance; Level 2 or Level 3 Sex Offenders
Section 178f3/4 - Global Positioning System Device to Be Worn by Homeless Sex Offender
Section 178g - Termination of Obligation to Register
Section 178i - Report Identifying Sex Offender; Request for Information; Confidentiality
Section 178m - Judicial Review of Final Classification
Section 178n - Misuse of Information; Penalties
Section 178o - Liability of Public Officials and Employees for Sex Offender Registry Information
Section 178q - Sex Offender Registry Fee
Section 179 - Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources; Members; Terms; Director; Staff
Section 182 - Advisory Function; Duties
Section 182a - Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Advisory Board
Section 183a - Massachusetts Cost Containment Council
Section 184 - Medicolegal Investigation Commission
Section 184a - Forensic Sciences Oversight Board
Section 185 - Massachusetts Office on Disability; Director; Appointments
Section 186 - Application for Grants; Agreements; Standards and Procedures
Section 187 - Duties and Functions
Section 188 - Availability of Information
Section 189 - Advisory Council; Membership; Duties
Section 193 - Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Commissioner
Section 194 - Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Functions
Section 195 - Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Advisory Council
Section 196 - Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Interpreter Referral Service
Section 199 - Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; Records; Confidentiality
Section 200 - Fire Safety Commission; Membership; Quorum; Compensation; Duties
Section 201 - Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board; Procedures
Section 202 - Child Abuse Prevention Board; Members; Term; Executive Director; Removal
Section 203 - Meetings; Reports; Powers and Duties
Section 204 - Employee Involvement and Ownership Commission; Members; Term; Duties
Section 205 - Office for Refugees and Immigrants
Section 206 - State Refugee Coordinator; Duties; Salary; Hours; Appointment of Employees
Section 207 - Powers of Office
Section 208 - Governor's Advisory Council for Refugees and Immigrants; Membership; Functions
Section 208a - Office for Refugees and Immigrants Trust Fund
Section 214 - Madeline Amy Sweeney Award for Civilian Bravery
Section 215 - Interagency Child Welfare Task Force; Membership; Goals
Section 217 - Commission on Autism; Membership; Powers and Duties; Annual Report
Section 219 - Commission on Community Behavioral Health Promotion and Prevention