Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 150e - Labor Relations: Public Employees
Section 14 - Information Statement and Financial Report Required of Employee Organizations; Filing; Enforcement

Section 14. No person or association of persons shall operate or maintain an employee organization under this chapter unless and until there has been filed with the commission a written statement signed by the president and secretary of such employee organization setting forth the names and addresses of all of the officers of such organization, the aims and objectives of such organization, the scale of dues, initiation fees, fines and assessments to be charged to the members, and the annual salaries to be paid to the officers.
Every employee organization shall keep an adequate record of its financial transactions and shall make annually available to its members and to non-member employees who are required to pay a service fee under section twelve of this act, within 90 days after the end of its fiscal year, a detailed written financial report in the form of a balance sheet and operating statement. Such report shall indicate the total of its receipts of any kind and the sources of such receipts, and disbursements made by it during its last fiscal year. A copy of such report shall be filed with the commission.
In the event of failure of compliance with this section, the commission shall compel such compliance by appropriate order, said order to be enforceable in the superior court for the county wherein such violation has occurred in the same manner as other orders of the commission under this chapter.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XXI - Labor and Industries

Chapter 150e - Labor Relations: Public Employees

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Collective Bargaining; Self Organization

Section 3 - Bargaining Units; Rules and Regulations; Procedures; Officers Excepted

Section 4 - Exclusive Representative; Hearing; Election; Stipulation; Certification; Review; Verification of Evidence of Written Majority Authorization

Section 5 - Exclusive Representative; Powers and Duties; Payment of Cost and Fees by Non-Member; Grievances

Section 5a - Exclusive Representative; Public Employees; Duty to Provide Contact Information; Disclosure of Personal Information and Communications; Use of Email; Use of Government Buildings for Meetings; Failure to Comply

Section 6 - Negotiations; Meetings

Section 7 - Collective Bargaining Agreements; Term; Appropriation Requests; Provisions; Legal Conflicts, Priority of Agreement; Review of Agreement by Retirement Board

Section 8 - Grievance Procedure; Arbitration

Section 9 - Impasses in Negotiations

Section 9a - Strikes Prohibited; Investigation; Enforcement Proceedings

Section 10 - Prohibited Practices

Section 11 - Complaints; Investigation; Hearing; Orders; Review; Hearings Before Board

Section 12 - Service Fee; Imposition; Amount; Discrimination

Section 13 - List of Employee Organizations; Required Information; Filing; Compliance, Enforcement

Section 14 - Information Statement and Financial Report Required of Employee Organizations; Filing; Enforcement

Section 15 - Penalties