Massachusetts Statutes

Section 25. (a) There is hereby established a council on the underground economy. The council shall coordinate joint efforts to combat the underground economy and employee misclassification, including efforts to: (1) foster compliance with the law by educating business owners and…

Section 26. (a) As used in this section, the term ''employment value'' shall mean the economic value of a particular occupation to the individual and the community, including but not limited to considerations of the entry wage, growth rate in employment, and present and projected…

Section 27. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Aggregate wage and workforce data report'', a report reflecting aggregate data from wage data reports, collected from covered employers …

Section 3A. There shall be a surcharge on fees assessed by the department of labor standards for the licensure, registration or certification of certain professionals, and on fees assessed for the renewal or duplication of such licenses, registrations or certifications, in accord…

Section 9H. Whenever the Governor shall determine that an emergency exists in respect to food, or fuel, or any other common necessity of life, including the providing of shelter, or any two or more of such necessaries of life, he may, by writing signed by him, designate the adjut…

Section 9J. The secretary, in consultation with the director of unemployment assistance, may adopt, amend, alter or repeal, and shall enforce, all rules, regulations and orders necessary for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 151A. The secretary shall seek the approval…

Section 9K. Subject to appropriation, the commissioner may appoint and employ all deputy or assistant directors, one of whom shall be designated to the labor relations representative, officers, accountants, clerks, secretaries, agents, investigators, auditors and other officers a…

Section 9N. (a) There shall be in the department of unemployment assistance, but not subject to the control of the director of unemployment assistance, a state advisory council of six members, citizens of the commonwealth, to be appointed by the governor. Two of said members shal…

Section 9O. There shall be within the executive office of labor and workforce development a department of labor relations, in this and the following 6 sections called the ''department,'' which shall be administered by a director, who shall be appointed by the governor. The depart…

Section 9P. The dispute resolution office shall consist of hearing officers, mediators, arbitrators, investigators, and other skilled professionals who shall attempt, through the use of pre-hearing investigative conferences, expedited hearings, mediation, deferral to arbitration,…

Section 9Q. (a) There shall be an advisory council to advise the department concerning policies, practices, and specific actions that the division might implement to better discharge its labor relations duties. The director shall provide for the council suitable meeting space and…

Section 9R. (a) There shall be in the department of labor relations a commonwealth employment relations board, in this and the following 5 sections called the ''board,'' consisting of 3 members to be appointed by the governor. The board shall in no respect be subject to the juris…

Section 9S. There shall be within the division the joint labor-management committee as established by chapter 1078 of the acts of 1973, and as most recently amended by chapter 589 of the acts of 1987.

Section 9T. (a) The division shall be administered by a director, who shall be appointed by the governor to serve for a term coterminous with that of the governor. The position of director shall be classified in accordance with section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be det…

Section 9U. The division shall, within 120 days of the close of each fiscal year, make a detailed report in writing to the general court, including without limitation: the number and types of cases filed with the division, including elections, and the disposition of all such case…

Section 1. (a) Within the executive office of economic development there shall be a Massachusetts office of business development, in this chapter referred to as MOBD, which shall be under the control of the secretary of economic development. The secretary shall, with the approval…

Section 10A. The MOBD shall establish a Buy Massachusetts Program. In implementing said program the MOBD shall analyze and compile a list of products or goods that companies and businesses in the commonwealth need or that are produced for them. The raw materials listed shall incl…

Section 10B. The secretary of economic development shall establish a Massachusetts advanced manufacturing collaborative, hereinafter referred to as the collaborative, within the executive office of economic development, which shall be responsible for advising and assisting on the…

Section 13. MOBD may employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out its duties under the provisions of chapter forty D. All departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or other agencies of the state government shall provide such assistance and information as MOBD…

Section 13A. For the purposes of sections 13A to 13Q, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Foreign offices'', foreign offices for international trade within the international trade office. ''Partnership'…

Section 13B. There shall be within the partnership the following offices: the office of travel and tourism, the Massachusetts international trade office and the commonwealth marketing office.

Section 13C. The partnership shall have the power to: (1) adopt and amend by-laws, regulations and procedures for the governance of its affairs and the conduct of its business for the administration and enforcement of this sections 13A to 13Q, inclusive; provided, however, that r…

Section 13D. (a) The partnership and the agencies within the partnership shall, for the purposes of compliance with state finance law, operate as a state agency, as defined in section 1 of chapter 29, and shall be subject to the laws applicable to agencies under the control of th…

Section 13E. There shall be within the partnership an office of travel and tourism which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The powers and duties given to the executive director of the office of travel and tourism in this chapter and in any other…

Section 13F. The office of travel and tourism shall serve as the principal agency for promoting the recreational, cultural, historic and scenic resources of the commonwealth to increase its desirability as a location for tourism, convention, travel and recreation-related activiti…

Section 13G. The executive director of travel and tourism may, subject to appropriation, appoint and may, with like approval, remove all such employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of tourism. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall…

Section 13H. There shall be an advisory commission on travel and tourism to the partnership to develop budget recommendations and marketing strategies for the promotion of travel and tourism to the commonwealth. The executive director of travel and tourism shall convene the advis…

Section 13I. The office of travel and tourism may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of tourism by the treasurer of the partnership as custodian.

Section 13J. (a) The following offices shall be within the office of travel and tourism: the Massachusetts film office, which shall be the official and lead agency to facilitate motion picture production and development in the commonwealth, and the Massachusetts sports partnershi…

Section 13K. (a) There shall be within the partnership a Massachusetts international trade office, which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The executive director shall be appointed by the secretary of economic development. The executive director…

Section 13L. (a) The executive director of the international trade office may establish 1 or more foreign offices for international trade. The foreign offices may be located in any country that the executive director of the international trade office determines to be best suited …

Section 13M. There shall be a director of each foreign office appointed by the executive director of the international trade office, who shall be a person with at least 2 years of experience in international trade, having had administrative or business experience in the country w…

Section 13N. The executive director of the international trade office may, subject to appropriation, enter into leases for office space as may be necessary and to purchase or lease equipment as may be needed for the operation of foreign offices.

Section 13O. The executive director of the international trade office may accept funds in the name of the international trade office and the foreign offices from private and public groups, agencies and persons, which shall be held in trust for use by the treasurer of the partners…

Section 13P. The executive director of the international trade office and the director of any foreign office shall annually file a financial report with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint legislative committee on economic development and emerg…

Section 13Q. The international trade office shall contract with the Massachusetts export center to provide technical assistance to companies operating in the commonwealth that export products to other countries.

Section 13R. The executive director of the international trade office may establish an advisory council to assist and advise the director on matters related to the administration and evaluation of the international trade programs provided through the international trade office.

Section 13S. The executive director of the international trade office, or staff hired by said executive director, shall evaluate the continuing impacts on state laws and regulations of international trade policy and international trade agreements, examine proposed international t…

Section 13T. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund which shall be administered by the Massachusetts marketing partnership established in section 13A and held by the partnership separate and apart from its other funds. There shall be credited to the fund $10,000,00…

Section 13U. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Executive director'', the executive director of the office of travel and tourism under section 13E. ''Secretary'', the secreta…

Section 13V. (a) There shall be a commission, within the international trade office, on Massachusetts-Ireland trade which shall evaluate the economic interests of, and review ways to strengthen the relationship between, the commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. The commission…

Section 13W. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate, non-budgeted special revenue fund known as the Sports and Entertainment Events Fund, which shall be administered by the office of travel and tourism established in section 13F. The…

Section 14. The office of travel and tourism is hereby directed, subject to appropriation, to establish a program for financial assistance to those public or nonprofit agencies which promote or provide services for tourism, convention, travel and recreation in the commonwealth. F…

Section 2. MOBD shall serve as the principal agency of the government of the commonwealth for the following purposes: (a) Promoting, developing and expanding all sectors of the economy by capitalizing on and fostering the technological, industrial, manufacturing, educational, cul…

Section 28A. Any public, private or nonprofit corporation, existing under the laws of the commonwealth, may, subject to the approval of the city council in a city, the town council in a town having a town council, and the town meeting in any other town, apply for the privilege of…

Section 3. (a) MOBD shall contain such divisions, offices and programs as the director shall determine are necessary to achieve the mission and administer the programs of MOBD. (b) MOBD shall develop, operate and maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no cost, …