Chapter 30

Section 62G. In the case of projects for which an environmental impact statement is required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, draft and final federal environmental impact statements may be submitted in lieu of environmental impact reports.

Section 62H. An agency or person intending to commence an action or proceeding alleging an improper determination of whether a project requires the preparation of an environmental impact report under section sixty-two A, shall first provide notice of intention to commence such ac…

Section 62I. A person who is proposing a new use or structure or modification of an existing use or structure within landlocked tidelands as defined in section 1 of chapter 91 that is otherwise required to file an environmental notification form pursuant to section 62A and files …

Section 62J. To enable the public to assess the impact of proposed projects that affect their environment, health and safety through the project review process established under sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, the secretary shall provide opportunities for meaningful public in…

Section 62K. The secretary shall consider the environmental justice principles, as defined in section 62, in making any policy or determination, or taking any action relating to a project review, undertaken pursuant to sections 61 through 62J, inclusive, to reduce the potential f…

Section 62L. There shall be an environmental justice council to advise and provide recommendations to the secretary of energy and environmental affairs on relevant policies and standards to achieve the environmental justice principles. The council shall consist of not less than 9…

Section 63. Every holder, as that term is defined in section one of chapter sixty-six A, shall, on or before September first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six, or upon the subsequent establishment, termination, or change in the character of such personal data system, file with th…

Section 64. No mental health hospital or public health hospital shall be converted to use by the department of correction without the express approval of the general court.

Section 65. (a) A lawyer who is not a regular state employee or person who is compensated through the automated payroll system of the commonwealth shall not provide legal services for the commonwealth, or for any department, agency, board or commission thereof, unless and until:-…

Section 6A. If any member of a permanent state board or commission or of a board or commission appointed under an interstate compact who serves as such by virtue of holding any other office or position is unable by reason of absence or disability to perform his duties as such mem…

Section 7. Each officer, board and commission having supervision and control of an executive or administrative department, including the commissioner of administration, the first deputy commissioner of administration, the comptroller, the purchasing agent, the budget director, th…

Section 7B. Upon the change of name of any person holding an executive, administrative or legislative office in the state government, he shall register his new name with the secretary.

Section 8. A public officer appointed for any term by the governor, with or without the advice and consent of the council, shall hold his office during the term for which he is appointed and until his successor in office has qualified, unless he is sooner removed in accordance wi…

Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided by law, a public officer, if appointed by the governor, may at any time be removed by him for cause, and, if appointed by him with the advice and consent of the council, may be so removed with its advice and consent.

Section 9A. A veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, who holds an office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under said chapter thirty-one, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position u…

Section 9B. No person permanently employed in any institution under the department of mental health, developmental services, public health, public welfare, correction or youth services, or in a state-operated veterans' home, except an employee, other than a nurse, rendering profe…

Section 9C. Any employee at the institutions under the control of the departments of mental health, developmental services and public health whose uniform or other clothing, eyeglasses, dentures and the like are destroyed or damaged because of the violence of any patient under hi…

Section 9D. No person permanently employed as a teacher in any institution under the department of mental health, developmental services, public health, public welfare, correction, or youth services, who is not classified under chapter thirty-one, shall, after having served as su…

Section 9E. No person employed as a chaplain by the commonwealth shall be classified under chapter thirty-one or be subject to the provisions of sections nine A, nine B, nine D, or twenty-four A of chapter thirty, or sections thirty A or thirty B of chapter one hundred and forty-…

Section 9F. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person permanently employed by the commonwealth, subject to the provisions of section nine B, who holds an elective state or county office or who is elected mayor by the people of any city in the commonw…

Section 9G. Any employee of the commonwealth who qualifies as a member of a team representing the United States in any World athletic or Olympic competition shall be granted a leave of absence with pay for the purpose of engaging in competition. Paid leave shall be limited to the…

Section 9H. Any employee of the commonwealth, who is a veteran as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four or is a member of a department of war veterans listed in section seventeen of chapter eight, and who desires to participate in a Veterans Day or Memori…

Section 9I. (a) Any employee of the commonwealth may be granted a leave of absence with pay for the purpose of serving as an American Red Cross volunteer in specialized disaster relief services in connection with any disaster at the request of the American Red Cross for such an e…

Section 9J. In the event that the functions performed by employees in one department or agency are transferred to another department or agency, the employees performing such functions shall be transferred to the receiving department or agency without impairment of wages, seniorit…