Section 15WWW. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Polish–American Heritage Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Polish–Americans have made to the commonwealth and to the United States. The governor may include such contributions as he shall see fit, after consultation with Polish–American groups, in such proclamation and shall recommend that said month be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.
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