Chapter 7

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall unless a contrary intention clearly appears, have the following meanings:— ''Eligibility'', written criteria established before a request for applications that is used to determine if an application for an award of gran…

Section 10. The secretary may make a special examination of the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money from the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assessments, and may repo…

Section 11. (a) Whenever requested to make a special examination under section 9, or after first obtaining the approval of the governor in making a special examination under the preceding section, the secretary may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the product…

Section 14C. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ''Agency'', a commonwealth authority, including a quasi-public independent entity performing a public function that does not receive di…

Section 15. The state purchasing agent shall cause all the printing under the state printing contract to be examined and measured, and no bill for printing shall be allowed unless it is in strict conformity with such contract. He may employ an expert in printing to examine the bi…

Section 2. There shall be an executive office for administration and finance, which shall serve directly under the governor.

Section 22. The secretary shall, subject to the approval of the governor and council, make rules, regulations and orders which shall regulate and govern the manner and method of the purchasing, delivering and handling of, and the contracting for, supplies, equipment and other pro…

Section 22A. Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to collective purchasing, but subject to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, the commonwealth and 1 or more of its cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or H…

Section 22B. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law relating to collective purchasing, but subject, however, to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, any two or more political subdivisions, as defined in section twenty-two A, may join together…

Section 22C. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may not procure goods or services from any person employing ten or more employees in an office or other facility located in Northern …

Section 22D. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two C, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, including hospital, nutritional, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and nonprescription …

Section 22E. Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two C twenty-two D, inclusive, shall be voidable.

Section 22F. The secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two C to twenty-two E, inclusive.

Section 22G. For the purposes of sections twenty-two H to twenty-two M, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Comparable low bid or offer'', a responsive and responsible bid or offer which is no more than ten…

Section 22H. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may not procure goods or services from any person listed on the restricted purchase list maintained by the secretary, or who is deter…

Section 22I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two H, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, including hospital, nutritional, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and non-prescription pro…

Section 22J. (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a restricted purchase list. The restricted purchase list shall contain the names of all persons currently doing business with Burma (Myanmar). (b) In establishing the restricted purchase list, the secretary shall consult…

Section 22K. The secretary is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.

Section 22L. Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive, shall be void.

Section 22M. Annually on or before January first, the secretary shall file a report with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives detailing compliance with sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.

Section 22N. The operational services division shall include a bureau of purchased services, hereinafter known as the bureau. The bureau shall have primary responsibility for the implementation and coordination of an efficient and accountable system of procurement, selection, spe…

Section 22O. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary relating to procurement, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency or authority shall establish a preference for the procurement of products or services from businesses, as defined in section…

Section 22P. (a) Notwithstanding section 39M of chapter 30 or any other general or special law to the contrary, governmental bodies may procure electric vehicles and the installation of charging stations for said electric vehicles under this chapter. The electric vehicles and the…

Section 23. Any appointed officer failing to comply with any rule, regulation or order made under section 22 may, after a hearing before the governor and council given to the official concerned, be removed by them.

Section 23A. Rules, regulations and orders adopted under clause (17) of section twenty-two shall, so far as may be approved by the governor and council, apply to the purchase by contractors of supplies and materials in the execution of any contract to which the commonwealth is a …

Section 23B. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency, authority or trustees or officers of a state college or university designated by such trustees when purchasing products of agriculture as defin…

Section 25. The state purchasing agent shall advise with the several state institutions that make or are able to make products suitable for the needs of state departments, offices and commissions, and with the heads of such departments, offices and commissions, with a view to asc…

Section 25A. The state purchasing agent may provide for the transfer of supplies and equipment purchased from state appropriations from one state agency to another when, in his opinion, such transfer is for the best interests of the commonwealth, and may provide for the making of…

Section 26. In order best to carry out the provisions of sections twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, and sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter thirty, there shall be established an advisory standardization board, consisting of the state purchasing agent …

Section 27. The state purchasing agent shall furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of the paper used in the execution of the contract for state printing as he may need to fill any order for printing received from any department of the commonwealth fo…

Section 27A. The state purchasing agent shall coordinate the purchase of travel and travel-related services by authorized officers and employees of the commonwealth to insure cost-effective management of the commonwealth's purchasing power for such services. The purchasing agent …

Section 28. The personnel administrator may carry on departmental research, tending to greater co-ordination and standardization of personnel administration, including the making of examinations and investigations, the employment of technical advisers for such purposes, and the m…

Section 28A. The said personnel administrator shall also, with advice and assistance from time to time from the principal appointing authorities of the commonwealth, organize or further develop, and generally direct, in every agency of the commonwealth so far as in his judgment f…

Section 28B. The personnel administrator shall organize, develop, and conduct an employee assistance program for persons whose job performance is being adversely affected by behavioral or medical problems including, but not limited to, addiction to alcohol or drugs and emotional …

Section 29. Any agency of the commonwealth which receives an appropriation of state funds shall not make any expenditure for any document printed, mimeographed or prepared in any other way, whether for outside or interdepartmental circulation, unless publication of such document …

Section 3. The executive office for administration and finance shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the commonwealth for the following purposes: (1) Developing, co-ordinating, administering and controlling the financial policies and…

Section 30. The human resources division shall collect at least once in every fiscal year such information relative to certain officials and employees of the commonwealth as shall be furnished to it under section thirty-eight of chapter thirty, which shall cover the fiscal year p…

Section 31A. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a suggestion awards board, to consist of the secretary, the comptroller, and the budget director, each of whom may from time to time designate a person to act in his stead, for the purpose of r…

Section 38A. Upon the receipt of the commission of notice under section six B of chapter thirty-eight that a site evaluation will be made to determine if skeletal remains are American Indian, the commission may designate a representative to be present when said site evaluation is…

Section 3B. Each fiscal year, under a schedule promulgated by the secretary, the secretary: (1) shall determine the amount to be charged by the commonwealth for each service of any kind performed by any state personnel or agency which is primarily for the benefit of any individua…

Section 3D. The state purchasing agent shall supervise the state printing and all publications by the commonwealth shall be printed under the agent's direction; provided, that this section shall not apply to topographic maps issued by state departments, to legislative printing or…

Section 3E. All reports required to be made by permanent state departments, officers and commissions may, subject to the approval of the secretary and except as otherwise provided, be printed annually or otherwise published in electronic form.

Section 3F. Each state agency shall also provide 2 copies of its publication, as defined in section 39 of chapter 6 to the state secretary, 1 of which shall be retained for 2 years as a reference copy. The state secretary shall determine which publications are of sufficient publi…

Section 4. The governor shall appoint the secretary of administration and finance. He shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, shall receive such salary as the governor may determine and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Except in the cases of the agenci…

Section 49. (a) There shall be within the executive office of administration and finance, but not subject to its control, a public employee retirement administration commission consisting of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed by the governor, three of whom shall be a…

Section 4A. The executive office for administration and finance shall include a division of capital asset management and maintenance, which shall be headed by a commissioner as provided in section 2 of chapter 7C, and a department of revenue as provided in chapter 14. The executi…

Section 4D. Except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary shall appoint all employees of the executive office for administration and finance. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments shall be made in accordance with chapter 31; provided, however, that in staff…

Section 4E. In addition to any powers provided in chapter 6A, in making any examination or investigation authorized under this chapter, the secretary may require the production of books, papers, contracts and documents in the custody of any agency other than those within the exec…