Section 8A. There shall be in the department of housing and community development a commission on Indian affairs, consisting of seven members who shall be appointed by the governor. All of the members shall be of American Indian descent and shall represent the major tribes of American Indian population located within the commonwealth. In the year nineteen hundred and ninety-three, three members shall be appointed for a term of three years, two members shall be appointed for a term of two years and two members shall be appointed for a term of one year. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a three-year term.
Said commission shall meet at least four times annually, but may meet as often as it deems necessary for the proper conduct of its affairs, and shall elect from its membership a chairman and such other officers as may be required, each to serve for a term of one year.
Said commission shall investigate problems common to American Indians and persons of American Indian descent who are residents of the commonwealth. It shall assist tribal councils, Indian organizations and individuals in their relationship with agencies of state and local government, assist with social services, education, employment opportunities, health, housing problems, civil rights, legal aid, treaties, taking of a census of American Indian residents, and any other rights or services concerning American Indian residents of the commonwealth.
Said commission may make recommendations to the director of housing and community development concerning programs and policies that will best serve the interest of the American Indian residents of the commonwealth. It shall make an annual report of its activities to said director and shall file a copy thereof with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives on or before the last Wednesday in January of each year.
Said commission shall provide for the burial expenses, up to three hundred dollars, for the remains of any person whose previously unknown grave has been disturbed, forcing its relocation, and whose identity has been determined by the state archaeologist to be that of an American Indian.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 6a - Executive Offices
Section 2 - Establishment of Executive Offices
Section 3 - Secretary; Appointment of Undersecretary
Section 4a - Performance Goals and Metrics; Strategies for Improvement
Section 5 - Access to Records, Copies of Documents, Information
Section 7 - Experts, Consultants, Assistants
Section 8a - Commission on Indian Affairs; Membership; Functions
Section 14a - Executive Office of Education
Section 16 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Section 16b - Division of Medical Assistance
Section 16d - Managed Care Oversight Board; Advisory Committee
Section 16f - Support to Individuals With Disabilities and Their Families
Section 16g - Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Section 16i - Housing and Economic Development Trust Fund
Section 16m - Masshealth Payment Policy Advisory Board; Composition; Powers and Duties; Staff
Section 16o - Health Disparities Council; Duties; Composition; Meetings; Annual Reports
Section 16s - Coordination of Purchase of Behavioral Health Services for Children
Section 16u - Network of Community-Based Services and Family Resource Centers
Section 16v - Bureau of Program Integrity; Members; Duties and Responsibilities
Section 16x - Contracts to Provide Housing and Support Services for Unaccompanied Homeless Youths
Section 16z - Pulmonary Hypertension Task Force
Section 16aa - Office of Health Equity
Section 18 - Agencies Within Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
Section 18 1/2 - Undersecretaries; Duties
Section 18 3/4 - Secretary of Public Safety; Functions
Section 18a - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 18a to 18j
Section 18e - Civil Proceedings by Attorney General
Section 18g - Retention of 911 Recordings
Section 18i - Monitoring of Emergency 911 Communications
Section 18j - Multi-Line Telephone System Required to Provide Enhanced 911 Service; Exemptions
Section 18k - Construction of Secs. 18a to 18j
Section 18l - Silver Alert Community Response System
Section 18o - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Planning Committee
Section 18q - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Vote on Establishment
Section 18r - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Powers
Section 18x - Statewide Sexual Assault Evidence Kit Tracking System