Chapter 10

Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state treasurer, under the supervision and control of the state treasurer, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state treasurer shall receive a salary of $175,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted bienni…

Section 10. The state treasurer shall annually, on the second Wednesday in September, report to the general court a statement of the transactions of the department of the state treasurer for the preceding fiscal year, including a specific statement of all warrants remaining unpai…

Section 10A. The state treasurer shall whenever possible, establish a preference in the deposit of the commonwealth's cash reserves to those lending and banking institutions that exceed the statewide average for lending to small businesses, as defined in section 57 of chapter 23A…

Section 10B. The state treasurer, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance and the comptroller, shall prepare and submit to the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before the last day of August, November, February and May official cash flow…

Section 12. Upon a vacancy in the office of state treasurer, the state secretary, with two suitable persons appointed by warrant of the governor, shall, after notice to the former treasurer, or, if he is deceased, to his heirs, executors or administrators, and to his sureties or …

Section 13. As soon thereafter as may be, and after like notice, the state secretary and the two persons so appointed shall cause the packages to be examined, and a true inventory to be taken of the money and of all bonds, notes, securities, books and such other things pertaining…

Section 14. The new state treasurer shall, upon his election or appointment and qualification, give duplicate receipts for all property of the commonwealth transmitted to him, one of which shall be deposited with the state secretary; and such receipts shall be sufficient evidence…

Section 15. The state treasurer may receive from the trustees of Massachusetts training schools the principal of the various trust funds conveyed or bequeathed to the said trustees for the use of any institution of which they are trustees; and upon the request of said trustees he…

Section 16. He shall invest, reinvest and hold in the name of the commonwealth any money or securities, or the proceeds thereof, received from the department of education under section three of chapter sixty-nine, or from the trustees of the state library under section thirty-sev…

Section 17. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any fund given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or the department of mental health for the use of mentally ill persons or to the commonwealth or the department of developmental services for the use of persons with an i…

Section 17A. The state treasurer shall receive all funds given to the commonwealth for the use of the military forces as provided in section one hundred and four A of chapter thirty-three. The said funds, if in cash, shall be invested safely by the state treasurer, or, if in secu…

Section 17B. The state treasurer may receive the principal of any funds given or bequeathed to the commonwealth or to any department, office, commission, board or institution where there is no specific statutory authority to receive said fund; provided, however, that acceptance o…

Section 18. There shall be a state board of retirement serving in the department for the purpose of administering the state employees' retirement system established under the provisions of chapter thirty-two. Such board shall consist of five members as follows: the state treasure…

Section 19. The members of the state board of retirement shall serve without compensation, but they shall be reimbursed from the expense fund of the state employees' retirement system for any expense or loss of salary or wages which they may incur through service on the board. Al…

Section 2. The state treasurer shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, with at least three sureties approved by the governor and council, or with a surety company as sole surety as provided in section one hundred and five of chapter one hundred and seventy-fiv…

Section 20. The state treasurer may appoint and remove such clerical and other assistants as may be required to carry on the work of the state board of retirement.

Section 21. There shall be a board to be known as the commissioners on firemen's relief serving in the department and consisting of the state treasurer, ex officio, two members appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and two members appointed by the…

Section 22. The provisions of this section and sections twenty-three to thirty-five, inclusive, sections thirty-seven to forty, inclusive, and sections fifty-six to fifty-eight, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the ''state lottery law.''

Section 23. There shall be, in the office of the state treasurer, a state lottery commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of the state treasurer, the secretary of public safety or his designee, the state comptroller or his designee, and two persons to be appoint…

Section 24. (a) The commission is hereby authorized to conduct a state lottery and shall determine: (i) the types of lotteries to be conducted; (ii) the prices of tickets or shares in the lottery; (iii) the number and sizes of the prizes on the winning tickets or shares; (iv) the…

Section 24A. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''group agreement'' shall mean any lottery activity in which the commission participates pursuant to a written agreement between the commission, on behalf of the commonwealth, and any state, territory, country or other sovereignt…

Section 25. (a) The apportionment of the total revenues accruing from the sale of lottery tickets or shares and from all other sources at the point of sale at a licensed agent shall be as follows: (i) the payment of prizes to the holders of winning tickets or shares, which in any…

Section 26. The state treasurer shall, subject to the approval of the governor, appoint a director of the state lottery, hereinafter called the director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the state treasurer, shall devote their entire time and attention to the duties of the offi…

Section 26A. (a) The director shall operate and administer an office of performance management and innovation that shall, without limitation, administer this section. All departments of the commission shall report to the office of performance management and innovation with regard…

Section 27. No person, other than a fraternal, veterans', or charitable organization, shall be licensed as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares if such person engages in business exclusively as a lottery sales agent. Before issuing such license the director shall consider t…

Section 27A. (a) The lottery commission is hereby authorized and directed to implement the game known as Keno. Said commission shall implement Keno on October first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three. Said commission shall implement Keno so as to either include the participation …

Section 28. The right of any person to a prize drawn is not assignable except under the following limited circumstances: (1) Payment of any prize drawn may be paid to the estate of a deceased prize winner or to the IV–D agency under chapter 119A. (2) Payment of any prize drawn ma…

Section 28A. Prior to disbursement of a prize in excess of $600, the commission shall review information furnished by the IV–D agency and by the department of revenue, as set forth in chapter 119A and in this section to ascertain whether the holder of a winning ticket owes past d…

Section 28B. The commission shall, on a monthly basis, transmit to the department of transitional assistance, the executive office of health and human services, the office of Medicaid and the IV–D agency, as set forth in chapter 119A, a list of all persons who were the holders of…

Section 29. No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets or shares, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giv…

Section 3. The bond shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary; and upon the order of the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, or upon the order of the general court, the attorney general or any other person by them authorized therefor shall commence…

Section 30. Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes or counterfeits a state lottery ticket or share shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than three years or in a jail for not more than two years, or by a fine of…

Section 30A. Whoever impersonates a member or employee of the state lottery commission shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than four hundred dollars. Whoever promises or engages to secure a licens…

Section 30B. Upon receiving notice from the commissioner of revenue that a retailer, as defined in section 1 of chapter 64C, a cigar retailer, as defined in section 7B of said chapter 64C, or an electronic nicotine delivery system retailer, as defined in section 7E of said chapte…

Section 31. No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any of the following persons: any member or employee of the commission, except as authorized by the director for investigative purposes, or to any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing…

Section 32. Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the director for the person entitled thereto for one year after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for said money within such year, the prize money shall be …

Section 33. The director may make such arrangements for any person, including a bank, to perform such functions, activities or services in connection with the operation of the lottery as he may deem advisable pursuant to the rules and regulations of the commission, for the deposi…

Section 34. If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of eighteen years, and such prize is less than five thousand dollars, the director may direct payment of the prize by delivery to an adult member of the minor's family or a guardian of the minor …

Section 35. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the State Lottery and Gaming Fund. Said fund shall consist of all revenues received from the sale of lottery tickets or shares, and all other monies credited or tran…

Section 35AA. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Smart Growth Housing Trust Fund to be used, without appropriation, by the executive office of housing and livable communities for the purpose of making payments…

Section 35AAA. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a Community First Trust Fund. The secretary of health and human services may expend not more than $16,000,000 deposited in the fund and may enter into interagency service agreements as necessary to ensur…

Section 35BB. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Authority'', the Massachusetts School Building Authority, established under section 1A of chapter 70B. ''Dedicated sales tax revenue amount…

Section 35BBB. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Douglas State Forest Maintenance Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation, maintenance, nourishment and public safety of the Douglas State Fores…

Section 35CC. There shall be an expendable trust, to be known as the Massachusetts Military Family Relief Fund, the purpose of which is to help members of the Massachusetts National Guard and Massachusetts residents who are members of the reserves of the armed forces of the Unite…

Section 35CCC. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Flood Control Compact Fund, which shall be administered by the department of conservation and recreation. The fund shall be credited with: (i) all sums received by the commonwealth on account …

Section 35D. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund, for nongame wildlife programs in the commonwealth. Said fund shall consist of all revenues received by the commonwe…

Section 35DD. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the State Parks Preservation Trust Fund, to be expended without prior appropriation, by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs for the purposes of mainta…

Section 35DDD. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Public Records Assistance Fund, which shall be administered by the Massachusetts office of information technology. The fund shall be credited with: (i) all punitive damages assessed pursuant t…

Section 35E. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Organ Transplant Fund, to assist residents of the commonwealth in paying all or part of any costs associated with a medically required organ transplant. Said fun…

Section 35EEE. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Commonwealth Facility Trust for Energy Efficiency, in this section referred to as the trust. There shall be credited to the trust: (i) an initial $500,000 transfer from the Energy Credit, Effi…