General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 22 Department of Public Safety

• Massachusetts General Laws - Department established - Chapter 22, Section 1
  There shall be a department of public safety under the supervision and control of a commissioner of public safety.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; appointment and term; salary - Chapter 22, Section 2
  Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor for a term coterminous with that...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; division of inspection; board of building regulations - Chapter 22, Section 3
  The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. There shall be in the department a division of inspection as established by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 11A - Chapter 22, Section 3A 3B
  Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 89 - Chapter 22, Section 4
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division of inspection; chief of inspections; qualifications of inspectors; districts; enforcement of state building code; review by commissioner - Chapter 22, Section 4A
  There shall be within the department a division to be known as the division of inspection. The commissioner shall appoint a chief of inspections, who...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy commissioner; secretary - Chapter 22, Section 5
  There shall be in the department a deputy commissioner who shall also be the secretary. He shall be appointed by the commissioner, with the approval...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Inspectors and assistants; appointment - Chapter 22, Section 6
  The commissioner may appoint, transfer and remove inspectors, experts, clerks and other assistants. Except as provided in section two of chapter one hundred and forty-seven,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disqualification of convicts - Chapter 22, Section 6A
  No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be appointed as an inspector of the department.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenses; inspectors - Chapter 22, Section 7
  Each inspector in the department shall receive his actual traveling and necessary expenses when on duty, which shall be verified by oath and approved by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Injuries in line of duty; police services; medical expenses - Chapter 22, Section 7A
  The commissioner may authorize the payment, out of any appropriation made for traveling or other expenses of the department, of the reasonable hospital, medical and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Injuries or death in line of duty; police service; compensation - Chapter 22, Section 7B
  In determining the right of any inspector of the department performing police service, or his legal representatives, to receive compensation under any provision of law...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 17 - Chapter 22, Section 7C
  Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Oath of office - Chapter 22, Section 8
  Each inspector shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof, and unless his oath of office is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 19 - Chapter 22, Section 9 to 9U
  Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of boiler rules - Chapter 22, Section 10
  The commissioner shall appoint a board of boiler rules, consisting of the chief of inspections, or a boiler inspector of the division of inspection designated...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters - Chapter 22, Section 10A
  There shall be in the department of public safety a bureau to be known as the bureau of pipefitters, refrigeration technicians and sprinkler fitters. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of elevator regulations - Chapter 22, Section 11
  There shall be in the department a board to be known as the board of elevator regulations, which shall consist of eight members, to be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of elevator appeals; membership; powers and duties - Chapter 22, Section 11A
  There shall be in the department of public safety, but not under the control of the commissioner, a board to be known as the board...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bungee jumping; rules and regulations - Chapter 22, Section 11B
  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations relative to bungee jumping.
• Massachusetts General Laws - State athletic commission - Chapter 22, Section 12
  There shall be in the department a commission, to be known as the state athletic commission, which shall consist of the commissioner of the department...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec. 5 - Chapter 22, Section 13
  Repealed, 1972, 802, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Architectural access board; members; terms; rules and regulations; penalties; review; definitions - Chapter 22, Section 13A
  There shall be in the department of public safety a board to be known as the architectural access board, which shall consist of the director...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 92 - Chapter 22, Section 14
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 93 - Chapter 22, Section 15
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2004, 338, Sec. 7 - Chapter 22, Section 15A to 15C
  Repealed, 2004, 338, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec. 33 - Chapter 22, Section 15D
  Repealed, 1999, 127, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 19A - Chapter 22, Section 16 to 19
  Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Operation of carriage horses; rules and regulations - Chapter 22, Section 20
  The department of public safety is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations governing the operation of carriage horses.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Written notice of violation of certain laws and regulations; enforcement; contents; appeals - Chapter 22, Section 21
  [ Text of section added by 2011, 68, Sec. 35 effective July 1, 2011 until July 1, 2013. Repealed by 2013, 38, Sec. 36A. See...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Written notice of violation of certain laws and regulations; enforcement; contents; appeals - Chapter 22, Section 22
  [ Text of section added 2013, 38, Sec. 37 effective July 1, 2013. See 2013, 38, Sec. 219.](a) The commissioner may issue a written notice...

Last modified: September 11, 2015