Massachusetts Statutes

Section 8. (a) The Agency may finance industrial development facilities and pollution control facilities and waste disposal facilities and exercise the powers of an industrial development financing authority under the provisions of chapter 40D throughout the commonwealth and may …

Section 9. The bonds of the Agency and any loan or extension of credit which is the subject of insurance or reinsurance or an insurance or reinsurance commitment pursuant to sections 4 and 5, shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonw…

Section 1. (a) Within the executive office of labor and workforce development, there shall be a department of career services, in this chapter called the department. (b) The mission of the department shall be to develop, coordinate, and maintain a coherent workforce development s…

Performance standards for workforce development and job training programs

Section 11. (a) There shall be in the department, but not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, a performance standards and workforce accountability task force, hereinafter called the task force. The task force shall develop and recommend policies that advance skills and workforce…

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Section 6. (a) The director of career services shall administer the system of free public employment offices established in sections 160 to 168A, inclusive, of chapter 149. (b) Said department shall have control of the establishment, maintenance and operation of free public emplo…

Section 7. (a) There shall be in the department but not subject to the department's jurisdiction, a state workforce development board. (b) The board shall consist of: the governor or a designee; the secretary of labor and workforce development or a designee; the secretary of econ…

Section 8. As used in sections 8 to 10, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Eligible service provider'', a community-based nonprofit organization that provides workforce development services, such as job skills training, education, placement servic…

Section 8A. The director of unemployment assistance shall administer and enforce the unemployment insurance system and the employer medical assistance contribution established in section 189 of chapter 149. The director, with the approval of the secretary, may assign personnel, r…

Section 9. A health professions worker training grant program is established for the purpose of responding to the need for workers in various health care professions, subject to the requirements of section 2RR of chapter 29. A qualifying consortium shall apply for grant funding f…

Section 1. The general court finds and declares that: (1) research in the life sciences and regenerative and preventative medicine presents a significant opportunity of yielding fundamental biological knowledge from which may emanate therapies to relieve, on a large scale, human …

Section 11. (a) The center, in consultation with the advisory board established by section 12, shall identify 1 existing life sciences entity with experience facilitating local or regional life science industry sectors to serve as a regional technology and innovation center in ea…

Section 13. The center shall develop a comprehensive, internet-based life sciences sector database for the organization of all relevant information, as determined by the center, related to the life sciences sector in the commonwealth. Access to said database shall be limited at t…

Section 14. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be for the benefit of the people of the commonwealth and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and as the operation of the center shall constitute the performance of essential government…

Section 15. The center shall annually complete a detailed report setting forth its operations and accomplishments; its receipts and expenditures during such fiscal year; its assets and liabilities at the end of its fiscal year; the anticipated return on investment to the commonwe…

Section 16. The books and records of the center 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 17. (1)(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 32, or of any general or special law to the contrary, the center shall establish 1 or more optional retirement programs that qualify under section 401, 408 or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, as may be amended from tim…

Section 18. The center shall be subject to section 16G of chapter 6A and section 56 of chapter 23A.

Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Affiliate'', any business which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control of anoth…

Section 3. (a) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. The center is hereby constituted a public instrumentality and the exercise by the center of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be considered to be th…

Section 4. (a) The center shall have all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate its purposes, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers: (1) to adopt and amend bylaws, regulations and procedures for the governance of its affairs a…

Section 5. (a) There shall be established a commonwealth life sciences investment program which shall be administered by the center. The purpose of the program shall be to expand life sciences-related employment opportunities in the commonwealth and to promote health-related inno…

Section 6. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a fund to be known as the Massachusetts Life Sciences Breakthrough Fund to finance the activities of the center. The fund shall be credited with: (i) any appropriations or other money authorized by the general…

Section 7. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a fund to be known as the Dr. Craig C. Mello Small Business Equity Investment Fund, hereinafter in this section referred to as the fund, to be held by the center separate and apart from its other funds. The fu…

Section 8. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a fund to be known as the Dr. Judah Folkman Higher Education Grant Fund, hereinafter in this section referred to as the fund, to be held by the center separate and apart from its other funds. The fund shall be…

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Affiliate'', any business which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control of anothe…

Section 10. The center shall develop an initiative to be known as the pathways out of poverty initiative. This initiative shall award grants to climatetech companies, regional employment boards, community-based nonprofit organizations, educational institutions or labor organizati…

Section 11. The books and records of the center and board relative to expenditures and investments of money from the fund and the trust fund shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the sta…

Section 12. The center shall be subject to section 16G of chapter 6A and section 56 of chapter 23A.

Section 13. (a) There shall be within the center a climatetech equity workforce and market development program to provide workforce training, educational and professional development, job placement, startup opportunities and grants to: (i) certified minority-owned and women-owned…

Section 15. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a separate fund to be known as the Climatetech Investment Fund to be administered by the center. The fund shall be credited with: (i) revenue from appropriations or other money authorized by the general court…

Section 16. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a climatetech tax incentive program that shall be administered by the center. The purpose of the program shall be to develop and expand climatetech related employment opportunities in the commonwealth and to …

Section 2. (a) There is hereby established a body politic and corporate to be known as the Massachusetts clean energy technology center. The center is hereby constituted a public instrumentality and the exercise by the center of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be consi…

Section 3. (a) The center shall have all powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate its purposes, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers: (1) to adopt and amend by-laws, regulations and procedures for the governance of its affairs …

Section 4. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of the commonwealth and for the improvement of their health and living conditions. The operation of the center shall constitute the performance of essential go…

Section 5. The center shall annually submit a report setting forth, relative to its operations, its receipts and expenditures during such fiscal year and its assets and liabilities during the fiscal year to the governor, the secretary of administration and finance, the comptrolle…

Section 6. Based on recommendations included in the clean energy study, the center shall, within 100 days of said study's completion, develop a statewide plan for the installation and operation of renewable energy generating facilities on real property owned by the commonwealth. …

Section 7. There is hereby established and placed within the center a program to be known as the climatetech seed grant program. Said program shall award grants to climatetech researchers, companies, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations and institutions. The cen…

Section 8. There is hereby established and placed within the center an initiative to be known as the green jobs initiative. Said initiative shall award grants to the commonwealth's public institutions of higher education as defined in section 5 of chapter 15A, municipally-owned i…

Section 8A. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a Massachusetts offshore wind industry investment program that shall be administered by the center. The purpose of the program shall be to develop and expand offshore wind industry-related employment opportun…

Section 9. (a) There is hereby established and placed within the center a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund, hereinafter referred to as the trust fund. The center shall hold the trust fund in an account or accounts separate from other fund…

Section 9A. (a) There shall be established and placed within the center a trust fund to be known as the Massachusetts Offshore Wind Industry Investment Trust Fund to be held by the center. The trust fund shall be credited with: (i) any appropriations, proceeds or other monies aut…

Section 1. The General Court finds and declares that: (1) ensuring public confidence in the integrity of the gaming licensing process and in the strict oversight of all gaming establishments through a rigorous regulatory scheme is the paramount policy objective of this chapter; (…

Section 10. (a) The commission shall set the minimum capital investment for a category 1 license; provided, however, that a gaming licensee shall make a capital investment of not less than $500,000,000 into the gaming establishment which shall include, but not be limited to, a ga…

Section 11. (a) The commission shall set the minimum capital investment for a category 2 license; provided, however, that the gaming licensee shall make a capital investment of not less than $125,000,000 into the gaming establishment, which shall include, but not be limited to, a…