Chapter 6

Section 1. (a) The governor shall receive a salary of $185,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in…

Section 10. The governor may appoint state officers as delegates to represent the commonwealth at such conventions as may be held in any part of the United States for the purpose of considering questions of charity, reform, statistics, insurance and other matters affecting the we…

Section 101. There shall be an obscene literature control commission consisting of seven members, of whom one shall be an educator, one a representative of the Protestant faith, one a representative of the Catholic faith and one a representative of the Jewish faith, to be appoint…

Section 105. There shall be a commission on the employment of people with disabilities, in this section and sections 106 and 107, called the commission, consisting of the secretary of economic development, the director of consumer affairs and business regulation, the secretary of…

Section 106. The commission shall promote employment to maximize the independence, productivity, and integration of all citizens in the commonwealth with disabilities. Said purposes shall be accomplished through the encouragement and advocacy by the commission of the following: (…

Section 107. The commission shall report annually to the general court and to the governor its activities and its recommendations. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services. The commission may appoint an executive secretary who shall be exempt…

Section 108. There shall be a manufactured home commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of five members, not more than three of whom shall be of the same political party, to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. At least one o…

Section 115A. The director of standards may adopt regulations establishing lists of packaged commodities necessary for personal, family or household use to be offered for sale at retail and which may not be sold in retail stores unless there is posted in a conspicuous place at or…

Section 116. There shall be a municipal police training committee within the executive office of public safety. Members of said committee shall be as follows: 5 chiefs of police to be appointed by the governor from nominations submitted by the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Assoc…

Section 116A. (a) The municipal police training committee shall establish, within the recruit basic training curriculum, a course for regional and municipal police training schools for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in the handling of domestic violen…

Section 116B. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in section thirty-two of chapter twenty-two C. The municipal police training committee shall inc…

Section 116C. (a) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish within the recruit basic training curriculum a course for police training schools, academies and programs for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in law enforcement and …

Section 116D. The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction, under section 96B of chapter 41, on the policies and procedures developed under clause (9) of section 183/4 of chapter 6A for the identification and immediate protection, care and custody of minors w…

Section 116E. (a) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish within the recruit basic training curriculum a course for police training schools, academies and programs for the training of law enforcement officers in bicycle safety enforcement and develop g…

Section 116F. There shall be a harbormaster training council within the executive office of public safety. The council shall consist of 11 members, 1 of whom shall be a member of the state police marine unit with knowledge of marine law enforcement and operations who shall be app…

Section 116G. (a) As used in this section, ''bias-free policing shall have the same meaning as defined in section 1 of chapter 6E. (b) The municipal police training committee, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security, shall establish and develop an …

Section 116H. (a) The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop an in-service training program designed to train school resource officers, as defined in section 37P of chapter 71. Such program shall include training on: (i) the ways in which legal standards …

Section 116I. The municipal police training committee shall establish and develop within the recruit basic training curriculum a program for regional and municipal police training schools for the training of law enforcement officers in the commonwealth in appropriate interactions…

Section 116J. The municipal police training committee, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security, shall establish and develop basic and in-service training programs designed to train officers on the regulation of physical force under section 14 of ch…

Section 116K. (a) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish, within its recruit basic training curriculum and its in-service training curriculum available to in-service trainees, a course for police training schools, academies and programs for the traini…

Section 117. The committee shall meet monthly and at other times when ordered by the governor, secretary or chairman or upon the written request of 3 members. Committee members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their necessary expenses incurred in the dis…

Section 118. The municipal police training committee shall approve or disapprove municipal police training schools and shall make rules and regulations subject to the approval of the governor and council, for such schools, relating to courses of study, attendance requirements, eq…

Section 12. The compensation of legal counsel and commissioners appointed by the governor shall, unless otherwise provided, be determined by the governor.

Section 124A. There shall be a World War II, Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict memorial commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of the secretary of veterans' services, ex officio, and two persons to be appointed by the governor, of whom one shall be a direct…

Section 125. There shall be a health and welfare commission, in this section and in sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and twenty-nine, inclusive, called the commission, consisting of the commissioner of public health, the commissioner of mental health, the commis…

Section 126. The commission shall review, and make recommendations for all new programs that provide for co-ordinating the services of the departments of public health, mental health, and transitional assistance, and of MassAbility. The commission shall, wherever feasible, recomm…

Section 127. The commission may establish an advisory committee of thirty unpaid members, to be appointed by the chairman for a term of four years, of whom one shall represent the medical schools, one the Massachusetts Medical Society, one the dental schools, one the Massachusett…

Section 128. The commission may establish regional offices equipped to offer the public complete information or services which are the responsibility of any of said three departments of mental health, public health, public welfare and MassAbility. The commission shall give high p…

Section 129. There shall be a commission for the blind, to be known as the Massachusetts commission for the blind, in this section and in sections one hundred and thirty to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, called the commission, consisting of a commissioner of the blind and…

Section 12A. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of November eleventh as Veterans Day, in lasting recognition of the service and sacrifice of those sons and daughters of Massachusetts who served in the armed forces of the United States…

Section 12AA. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the observance of February nineteenth as Iwo Jima Day, commemorating the extreme heroism and courage of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who participated in the successful assault…

Section 12B. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of October eleventh, the anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war f…

Section 12BB. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Sunday in February as Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the public in recognition of the one hundred and seventy thousand Polish-Amer…

Section 12C. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of June seventeenth, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, in commemoration of the early events of the American revolution.

Section 12CC. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of August as Public Employees Week during which suitable commemoration of the achievements of public employees shall be made.

Section 12D. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance on March fifth of the anniversary of the Boston Massacre wherein Crispus Attucks, an American of African descent, and Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, Samuel Gray and Patrick Carr met he…

Section 12DD. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside December seventh as Pearl Harbor Day in memory of the members of the armed services and civilians killed, wounded and declared missing and presumed dead and recommending that said day be observed in an a…

Section 12E. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September thirteenth as Commodore John Barry Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end that the m…

Section 12EE. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the Sunday following the first Monday of September as Grandparents' Day and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12F. The governor shall annually in the month of December issue a proclamation setting apart January eighth as New Orleans Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end …

Section 12FF. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May twenty-third as the anniversary of the enlistment of Deborah Samson, official heroine of the commonwealth, under the name of Robert Shurtliff, in the Continental Army, in recognition of her courage, …

Section 12G. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart one week in either October or November as American Education Week and recommending that such week be properly observed as a period of special attention to the work of our schools.

Section 12GG. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February sixteenth as Lithuanian Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence in the year nineteen hundred and eighteen which established Lithuania as a sover…

Section 12H. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of May twentieth, the anniversary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette, revolutionary war hero, in lasting recognition of his gallant and illustrious service in the war for Ameri…

Section 12HH. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October twenty-sixth as Statue of Liberty Awareness Day and recommending that such day be observed by all public elementary school students in an appropriate manner.

Section 12I. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of May as American Indian Heritage week, and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises commemorative of the Indian tribes of Massachusetts. Wednesday of said…

Section 12II. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March fourteenth as Slovak Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the March fourteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine Declaration of Slovak National Independence which established t…

Section 12J. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of April nineteenth as Patriots' Day, in commemoration of the opening events of the War of the Revolution and the struggle through which the nation passed in its early days.

Section 12JJ. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in May as Visiting Nurse Association Week and recommending that said week be observed in the appropriate manner by the people.

Section 12K. The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March seventeenth as Evacuation Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools and otherwise, as he may see fit, to the end that the first major mi…