Massachusetts Statutes

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…

Section 4G. The following agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office for administration and finance: the civil service commission; the municipal personnel advisory board; the Massachusetts office on disability; the state finance and governance board establishe…

Section 4H. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a division of administrative law appeals under the direction of a chief administrative magistrate who shall be appointed by the secretary of the executive office for administration and finance w…

Section 4I. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance, but not under its supervision or control, a commission to be known as the civil service commission, consisting of 5 members, 1 of whom because of vocation, employment, occupation or affiliation…

Section 4J. There shall be within the human resources division a division of management services, a division of information services, and a division of technical services. Each division shall be headed by a deputy commissioner. There shall be within each division of the human res…

Section 4K. There shall be in the executive office for administration and finance a municipal personnel advisory board. The municipal personnel advisory board shall consist of five members one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Mayors' Association and who shall be a m…

Section 4L. The operational services division is hereby authorized to acquire, warehouse, allocate and distribute surplus government property to tax supported and to non-profit institutions and others, eligible to acquire property in accordance with terms and conditions of the fe…

Section 4P. There shall be an extended illness leave bank for employees of the executive branch of the government of the commonwealth who participate therein. The secretary of administration and finance shall administer the bank and shall prescribe regulations governing its opera…

Section 4Q. A state agency or state authority which administers a grant program shall publish on the commonwealth's official internet website, in a format that is retrievable and printable all forms necessary for an application, including a grant program reference.

Section 4R. (a) There shall be a caseload and economic forecasting office within the executive office for administration and finance. The office shall forecast caseloads for state-subsidized childcare, MassHealth, emergency assistance and housing programs, the group insurance com…

Section 4S. (a) There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance an infrastructure cost council consisting of at least the following 13 members: the secretary of administration and finance who shall serve as chair; the secretary of economic development; t…

Section 4T. A position shall be established at the manager level under the supervision of the director of diversity and equal opportunity with the responsibility to promote diversity and equal opportunity in civil service employment throughout the commonwealth. The manager of civ…

Section 5. The secretary may, with the consent of the governor, appoint a first deputy commissioner of administration who shall also serve as undersecretary. The first deputy commissioner shall be a person of ability and experience; shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary; s…

Section 50. The public employee retirement administration commission, established under section 49, shall have general responsibility for the efficient administration of the public employee retirement system, under chapter 32. The public employee retirement administration commiss…

Section 52. The general court hereby finds and declares that using private contractors to provide public services formerly provided by state employees does not always promote the public interest. To ensure that citizens of the commonwealth receive high quality public services at …

Section 53. As used in sections fifty-two to fifty-five, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Agency'', an executive office, department, division, board, commission or other office or officer in the executive branch of the government of the commonw…