Massachusetts Statutes

Section 35. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Homeless'', a veteran: (i) who is undomiciled and unable to secure permanent and stable housing without special assistance, including,…

Section 36. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Development cost'', an expenditure directly related to the construction or substantial rehabilitation of a qualified conversion projec…

Section 5A. There shall be within the executive office a housing appeals committee, consisting of 3 members to be appointed by the secretary, of whom 1 shall be an officer or employee of the executive office or any agency or division within the executive office, and 2 members to …

Section 5B. There shall be within the executive office a joint task force on housing for persons with disabilities, consisting of one employee of the executive office to be appointed by the secretary; 1 employee of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency to be appointed by the e…

Section 6. The secretary shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of the executive office of housing and livable communities, including all divisions, bureaus, offices, and agencies within …

Section 7. The executive office of housing livable communities may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, whether public or private, including but not limited to the United States of America or its agencies, for the purpose of …

Section 8. The secretary shall appoint and may remove all employees in the executive office and its divisions and agencies. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter thirty-one. From time to time the secretary ma…

Section 9. The secretary or such person or persons he may designate from time to time may certify to the existence of any fact which may be a condition to the validity of any bond or note of any housing authority as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B o…

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Applicant'', any legal entity, or person seeking assistance pursuant to this chapter for an employee involvement or employee ownership project, or, …

Section 16. There shall be established within the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation a separate fund to be known as the Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund, the proceeds of which shall be used to provide low interest long term loans to individuals for the purchase of suc…

Section 17. (a) There is hereby established a Massachusetts center for employee ownership within the Massachusetts office of business development established pursuant to section 1 of chapter 23A. The Massachusetts center for employee ownership shall provide education, conduct out…

Section 18. (a) The duties of the program of employee involvement and ownership shall be consistent with the provisions of section seventeen and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) promotion of employee involvement and employee ownership; (2) coordination with other availab…

Section 19. The director may promote and accept requests for grants for start-up employee involvement programs in state agencies, the majority of whose employees are not subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, authorities of the commonwealth, the Massachuset…

Section 1A. It is hereby found and declared that: There exists in the commonwealth a critical shortage of training and education programs necessary to meet the growing needs of business and industry for skilled employees and the corresponding needs of our people for opportunities…

Section 2. A Massachusetts industrial service program shall be established in the executive office of economic development, under the joint supervision of the director of business and technology, the director of the department of labor, and the director of workforce development. …

Section 21. No applicant shall receive assistance or funding from the program of employee involvement and ownership without the written consent and participation of any collective bargaining agent for the employees of the applicant's employer and, where said employees are not rep…

Section 22. The program of employee involvement and ownership shall promote the creation of area labor-management committees and assist said committees in promoting employee involvement and ownership activities in manufacturing, service, and technical industries as well as in the…

Section 23. No employee shall be disciplined, suspended, terminated, retaliated against or otherwise affected because of the employee's participation or nonparticipation in any employee involvement or employee ownership project or program or activity related to such project or pr…

Section 24. The industrial service program may, subject to appropriation or from funds made available from any other public or private source and pursuant to rules and regulations adopted pursuant to section two, provide grants-in-aid to educational institutions, not in excess of…

Section 25. Upon approval of a grant-in-aid application by the director, the program shall immediately provide notification of its decision to the department of transitional assistance and the department of labor and workforce development. Such notification shall include the foll…

Section 26. As used in sections twenty-seven to twenty-nine, inclusive, the following term shall have the following meaning:— ''Displaced homemaker'', an individual who has worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members…

Section 27. The director of the industrial service program shall appoint members of a state-wide advisory council on displaced homemakers hereafter referred to as the advisory council established for the purpose of making recommendations relative to the implementation and monitor…

Section 28. The director with advice from the displaced homemaker advisory council shall provide for the establishment of not less than five multi-purpose service centers, designed to meet the demographic and geographic needs of the displaced homemaker population. These multi-pur…

Section 29. The director shall report annually to the governor and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate and the advisory council on the work of the program. Such report shall include the number of people served at each cen…

Section 3. Subject to appropriation, the secretary of economic development and the secretary of labor and workforce development shall hire an executive director and such other employees as they may from time to time find necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the p…

Section 30. (a) As used in this section the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise have the following meanings:— ''Manufacturing network'', a group of five or more private sector firms engaged in trade which work cooperatively to improve competitiven…

Section 31. The industrial service program shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the program's activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the governor. The annual repo…

Section 32. The books and records of the industrial service program shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.

Section 33. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.

Section 4. The powers and duties of the Massachusetts industrial service program shall include but not be limited to: (a) assisting, upon the request of a private business, in alleviating, adverse conditions which threaten to cause a large loss of employment, plant closure, or fa…

Section 5. In performing the duties pursuant to clause (a) of section four the director may contract with private consultants either for the purpose of assessing the viability of a business likely to experience a large loss of employment, plant closure, or failure, and developing…

Section 6. In any case where the program, pursuant to clause (a) of section four is assisting a business to locate new owners, the office shall give priority to effectuating the sale of said business either to its employees or to a resident of Massachusetts. In such cases, the di…

Section 7. Any documentary materials, data, or conversations whatsoever made or received by any employee of the program and consisting of, or to the extent that such materials, data, or conversations consist of, trade secrets or commercial or financial information regarding the o…

Section 1. There shall be a department of industrial accidents, hereinafter referred to as the department under the supervision and control of a director of industrial accidents, hereinafter in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, called the director. The govern…

Section 10. There shall be within the department an office of legal counsel under the direction of a general counsel who shall report to the commissioner. The office shall be responsible for the investigation, defense and claims handling for claims against the Workers' Compensati…

Section 11. For the purpose of investigating fraud and collecting data regarding workplace injuries, the department shall have the right to request and receive information from the department of revenue, the department of unemployment assistance, and the department of career serv…

Section 14. The commissioner shall establish four permanent regional offices, and shall appoint at least one management level employee as supervisor of each such office, and such other officers, clerks, and assistants as are necessary for the discharge of duties in connection wit…

Section 15. There is hereby established an advisory council on workers' compensation in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the advisory council to be appointed by the governor. The voting membership of said council shall be composed of five members repre…

Section 16. The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development. The staff of the advisory council shall be funded from monies collected for the spec…

Section 17. The advisory council shall monitor, recommend, give testimony, and report on all aspects of the workers' compensation system, except the adjudication of particular claims or complaints. Its powers include the issuance of reports, recommendations for legislation, polic…

Section 2. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce. He shall hav…

Section 3. (a) There shall be within the department a division of administration, under the supervision and control of a director of administration, and a division of dispute resolution, under the supervision and direction of a senior judge, each of whom shall be appointed by the…

Section 4. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the board, which shall consist of twenty-one members, who shall be administrative judges appointed for six year terms …

Section 5. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident reviewing board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the reviewing board which shall consist of six members, not more than three of whom shall be a member of one…

Section 6. The industrial accident board and the industrial accident reviewing board shall be under the supervision and administrative control of the senior judge. The senior judge shall direct and supervise the activities of all members of the board and the reviewing board. The …

Section 7. If the workload of the board so requires, the governor with the advice and consent of the council, may, upon request of the commissioner, recall any former member of the board to sit as a member in any conference or hearing conducted under the provisions of chapter one…