Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 30a - State Administrative Procedure
Section 6d - Expected Regulations; Publication of List

Section 6D. The state secretary shall publish, annually, in the first issue of the Massachusetts Register a plan submitted by each executive office containing a list of regulations expected to be promulgated during the next twelve month period. The state secretary shall publish a semi-annual update of said list six months after the initial plan is published. For the purposes of this section, ''executive office'' shall include the board of regents and the department of education.
Each executive office shall publish on its website a list of statutes passed in the previous 24 months for which regulations are required and for which regulations have not been adopted, identifying the session law in which the statutory authority was passed and containing a brief statement as to the agency's plan to adopt the regulations. Semi-annually, the plan shall be updated on the website and filed with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the chairs of the joint committee on state administration and regulatory oversight.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers

Chapter 30a - State Administrative Procedure

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1a - Department of Correction; Application of Chapter

Section 1b - Department of Youth Services; Application of Chapter

Section 1c - Parole Board; Application of Chapter

Section 1d - Criminal Record Review Board; Application of Chapter

Section 2 - Regulations Requiring Hearings; Adoptions, Amendments or Repeals; Small Business Impact Statement; Emergency Regulations

Section 3 - Regulations Not Requiring Hearings; Small Business Impact Statement; Adoptions, Amendments or Repeals

Section 3a - Publication of Required Notices

Section 4 - Petitions for Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of Regulations

Section 5 - Regulations; Filing; Small Business Impact Statement

Section 5a - Review of Rules and Regulations Regarding Economic Impact on Small Businesses

Section 6 - Massachusetts Register; Publication of Filed Documents and Regulations; Legal Effect; Distribution of Issues

Section 6a - Code of Massachusetts Regulations; Publication

Section 6b - Agencies to Purchase Register Issues; Public Access

Section 6c - Failure to Comply With Sec. 6b; Report

Section 6d - Expected Regulations; Publication of List

Section 6e - Failure to Comply With Sec. 6d; Report

Section 7 - Judicial Review of Regulations

Section 8 - Advisory Rulings by Agencies

Section 10 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Appeals

Section 10a - Damage to Environment; Intervention in Adjudicatory Proceeding; Procedure

Section 11 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Additional Requirements

Section 11b - Studies of State Boards, Commissions and Authorities; Notice to City or Town Affected

Section 11c - Hearings in Municipalities

Section 12 - Adjudicatory Proceedings; Subpoenas

Section 13 - Licenses; Revocation, etc.; Hearings; Exceptions; Student Loan Defaulters

Section 13a - Issuance and Renewal of Licenses; Social Security Number of Applicant; Information Provided to Iv–d Agency

Section 14 - Judicial Review

Section 15 - Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court; Concurrent Jurisdiction

Section 16 - Supreme Judicial Court; Powers

Section 17 - Partial Invalidity of Chapter; Effect

Section 18 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 18 to 25

Section 19 - Division of Open Government; Open Meeting Law Training; Open Meeting Law Advisory Commission; Annual Report

Section 20 - Meetings of a Public Body to Be Open to the Public; Notice of Meeting; Remote Participation; Recording and Transmission of Meeting; Removal of Persons for Disruption of Proceedings; Office Holders to Certify Receipt of Open Meeting Law a...

Section 21 - Meeting of Public Body in Executive Session

Section 22 - Minutes of Meetings

Section 23 - Enforcement of Open Meeting Law; Complaints; Hearing; Civil Action

Section 24 - Investigation by Attorney General of Violations of Open Meeting Law

Section 25 - Authority of Attorney General to Promulgate Rules and Regulations, Letter Rulings and Advisory Opinions