Massachusetts Statutes

Section 28. They shall serve without compensation, but each commissioner shall be paid by the commonwealth the amount of his actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duty, after an account thereof has been audited by the commissioner…

Section 3. Each member of the council shall receive a salary of $36,025. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section to the contrary, any member of the council who has served, or but for resignation would have served, four consecutive terms in that office within the precedin…

Section 33. There shall be a board of trustees of the state library, consisting of the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the state secretary, who shall be trustees ex-officiis, and four other persons appointed by the governor, of whom one sh…

Section 34. Said trustees shall have the management and control of the state library and of the moneys appropriated therefor. They may sell or otherwise dispose of such books belonging to the library as they consider unsuitable for its purposes, and they may deposit any duplicate…

Section 35. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and the position of librarian shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the sala…

Section 36. The trustees of the state library may expend such sums annually as the general court may appropriate for permanent assistants and clerks, for books, maps, papers, periodicals and other material for the library and for binding the same and for incidental expenses inclu…

Section 37. The trustees of the state library shall keep records of their doings, and shall make an annual report thereof, with a list of books, maps and charts lost, missing or acquired during the preceding fiscal year, specifying those obtained by exchange, gift or purchase, an…

Section 37A. The said trustees may receive in trust for the commonwealth any gift or bequest of money or securities for any purpose incident to the uses of the state library, and shall forthwith transfer any money or securities so received to the state treasurer, who shall admini…

Section 38. The state library shall be in the state house, and shall be kept open every day except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays for the use of the governor, lieutenant governor, council, general court and such officers of the government and other persons as may be permitte…

Section 39. As used in sections thirty-nine to thirty-nine B, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:— ''Agency'', each agency, office, state-supported institution of higher education, department, authority, executi…

Section 39A. (1) In order that all state publications of the commonwealth are preserved and made available for the use of citizens of the state, the state library is hereby designated as the depository library for Massachusetts state publications. (2) The state library shall main…

Section 39B. Each state agency shall furnish the state library 1 copy of its publications, provided in the format in which it was created, such as print or electronic, not later than 5 working days after creation of said publication. The state library shall make copies available …

Section 4. The lieutenant governor and each member of the council shall be paid for his travel from his abode to the place of sitting of the governor and council, and return, such amounts as he certifies in writing that he has actually expended therefor in the performance of his …

Section 40. (a) There shall be a board of trustees for each state-operated veterans' home, consisting of 5 persons, 3 of whom shall be war veterans, Gold Star Mothers or Gold Star family members, family members of active or former residents or family members of disabled American …

Section 41. Section 41. (a)(1) There shall be a veterans' homes council. The council shall advise the secretary of veterans' services to ensure the health, well-being and safety of residents of state-operated veterans' homes and access to equitable, high quality and competent car…

Section 5. The governor may appoint such employees as may be necessary, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor, and shall receive such salaries as may be approved by the governor.

Section 56. There shall be a commission to be known as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Such commission shall consist of three members, to be known as commissioners, who shall be appointed by the governor. One commissioner shall reside in Worcester, Hampden, H…

Section 74. There shall be a commission for persons with disabilities to be known as MassAbility, in this section and in sections seventy-five to eighty-four, inclusive, called the commission. The commission shall cooperate with all federal agencies in the administration of 29 US…

Section 75. (a) The commission shall be under the direction, supervision and control of the commissioner of MassAbility, in sections seventy-five to eighty-four, inclusive, called the commissioner, who shall be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the app…

Section 76. There shall be an advisory council to consist of fourteen members to be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor. Said advisory council shall advise the commissioner in matters of interest relating to the delivery of r…

Section 77. The following words and phrases as used in sections seventy-four to eighty-four, inclusive, shall have the following meanings: ''Vocational rehabilitation services'', any goods and services necessary to render a person with a disability employable including, but not l…

Section 78. (1) The commission shall, subject to appropriation, directly provide or purchase vocational rehabilitation services or independent living rehabilitation services for any person with a disability who meets the eligibility criteria prescribed by the commission and who i…

Section 79. The commission shall have the following powers and duties:— (a) it shall continuously study the problems of vocational rehabilitation and may make investigations, demonstrations and reports thereon, and shall establish and maintain contact with such physicians, person…

Section 8. The governor may expend each year such sums as may be appropriated for the entertainment of the president of the United States and other distinguished guests while visiting or passing through the commonwealth.

Section 80. In carrying out the provisions of sections seventy-four to eighty-four, inclusive, the commission shall cooperate with relevant federal agencies and shall develop a state plan including such methods of administration as are found by said agencies and the commission to…

Section 81. The commission shall cooperate with the department of industrial accidents in the executive office of labor and workforce development, the department of career services in the executive office of labor and workforce development, the departments of transitional assista…

Section 82. The state treasurer shall be supervisor of funds allotted to the commonwealth from appropriations made pursuant to the federal laws set forth in sections seventy-four and eighty. The funds so allotted shall be expended, without specific appropriation, under the order …

Section 83. The commission is hereby authorized and directed to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the provisions of sections seventy-four to eighty-four, inclusive. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the commission…

Section 84. All records relating to clients and applicants of the commission and all personal and medical information or records given or made available to the commission, including but not limited to, names and addresses of clients and applicants, shall be confidential and for t…

Section 85. As used in sections eighty-six to ninety-two, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meaning unless the context indicates otherwise:— ''Atomic energy'', all forms of energy released in the course of nuclear fission or nuclear transformation. ''By-prod…

Section 88. Said commission shall keep itself fully and currently informed on the development of atomic energy as it may affect the welfare of the commonwealth, shall consult and advise with the co-ordinator of atomic development, and the governor and council, and shall render an…

Section 9. The governor and council shall co-operate in behalf of the commonwealth in all scientific surveys made by the United States government of harbors, rivers, shores or waters within the commonwealth, and shall represent the commonwealth in relation to such surveys, and pr…

Section 91. The following departments, divisions and agencies are directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need, if any, for changes in the laws and regulations administered by them that would arise from the presence within the commonwealth of special nucle…

Section 92. No person shall manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire or possess any special nuclear material, by-product material, production facility, or utilization facility, or act as an operator of a production or utilization facility within this commonwealth unless…

Section 93. Whenever, in the opinion of the attorney general, any person is violating or is about to violate section ninety-two, the attorney general may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such person from engaging or continuing to engage in the activity violat…

Section 97. (a) As used in this section and section 98, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Board'', the state finance and governance board established by subsection (b). ''Derivative financial products'', financial instruments with values derived from or bas…

Section 98. (a) The board shall promote transparency, public accountability and adherence to best practices by all state entities with respect to proper governance of state entities and investments, borrowing or other financial transactions made or entered into by state entities …

Section 1. The following terms, as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Secretary'', the head of an executive office established under section two. ''State agency'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.

Section 105. There shall be an executive office of veterans' services under the supervision and control of a secretary of veterans' services, who shall be a veteran appointed by the governor, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed by governor at an…

Section 106. The secretary shall manage and control all state-operated veterans' homes in the commonwealth, and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by such homes.

Section 107. The secretary shall be allowed their traveling expenses when necessary for the secretary to visit Washington, D.C., and may expend for such purpose and for all other expenses necessary for the proper performance of the secretary's duties such sums as are annually app…

Section 108. The secretary of veterans' services shall appoint and may remove a deputy secretary of veterans' services who shall devote their full-time during business hours to the duties of their office. The deputy secretary shall be subject to the direction and control of the s…

Section 109. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ''Government agency'', a legal entity of state government established by the general court or by executive order as an agency,…

Section 14A. Section 14A. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF EDUCATION (a) There shall be an executive office of education, which shall include the departments of early education and care, elementary and secondary education, and higher education. (b) The executive office of education shall be u…

Section 16. The executive office of health and human services shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department for the following purposes: (a) developing, coordinating, administering and managing the health, welfare and human services operations, policies and progr…

Section 16AA. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ''Disparities'', differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that e…