General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 34B Abolition of County Government
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer date for abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 1
The government of each of the following counties, in this chapter called an “abolished county” is hereby abolished as of the following date, in this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Governments of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 2
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the government of each abolished county, except the office of county treasurer, is...
- Massachusetts General Laws - County commissioners; terms - Chapter 34B, Section 3
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the terms of an abolished county’s commissioners shall expire upon the transfer date....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Abolished counties’ functions, duties and responsibilities transferred to commonwealth; employees transferred under administrative office of trial court - Chapter 34B, Section 4
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all functions, duties and responsibilities of an abolished county pursuant to this chapter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liabilities, debts and assets of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 5
All valid liabilities and debts of an abolished county which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Real and personal property of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 6
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, all rights, title and interest in real and personal property owned or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Leases and contracts of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 7
All valid leases and contracts of an abolished county which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Plan to recover amounts paid by commonwealth for liabilities and debts of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 8
(a) For the purpose of recovering amounts expended by the commonwealth for the liabilities and other debts assumed and paid by the commonwealth on behalf...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Treasurers of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 9
The treasurer of an abolished county shall cooperate with the secretary of administration and finance in effecting the orderly transfer of assets, liabilities, personnel, functions,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Registries of deeds of abolished counties; employees, functions and proceedings transferred to commonwealth - Chapter 34B, Section 10
(a)(1) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an abolished county’s registers of deeds holding office immediately before the transfer date shall become...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rights of employees of registries of deeds - Chapter 34B, Section 11
The rights of all employees of each registry of deeds of an abolished county and Hampshire county and the Suffolk and Berkshire county registries of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sheriffs of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 12
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the sheriff of an abolished county, including Franklin county, in office immediately before...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employees of sheriffs of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 13
An employee of a sheriff of an abolished county, or of Hampshire county after August 31, 1998 shall be an “employee” or “public employee” as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sheriffs, deputies, jailers, superintendents, keepers, officers, and assistants and other employees of the sheriffs of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 14
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, the sheriff, all deputies, jailers, superintendents, keepers, officers,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statutory rights of employees of abolished counties - Chapter 34B, Section 15
All officers and employees of an abolished county or of Hampshire county or of the Suffolk and Berkshire counties’ registries of deeds transferred to the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Group insurance coverage for employees - Chapter 34B, Section 16
(a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, employees of an abolished county or of the Suffolk and Berkshire counties’...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Education aid for independent agricultural and technical schools - Chapter 34B, Section 17
The amount of state education aid for an independent agricultural and technical school, established pursuant to chapter 74A, shall be supplemented, in the first fiscal...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Retirement systems - Chapter 34B, Section 18
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, an abolished county’s employees who retired on or before the transfer date, and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional retirement systems; boards; members - Chapter 34B, Section 19
Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 32 or any general or special law to the contrary, the retirement system of a county abolished pursuant to this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Essex regional retirement system; Essex regional retirement board; Essex regional retirement board advisory council; benefits; appointment of receiver upon violation by retirement board - Chapter 34B, Section 19A
(a) The contributory retirement system for Essex county, operating under the terms of sections 1 to 28, inclusive, of chapter 32, shall be known as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cities and towns; regional charter commissions; regional councils of government - Chapter 34B, Section 20
(a) A city or town within or contiguous to an abolished county or to be abolished county, which accepts the provisions of this section by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Secretary of administration and finance; plans for effective transfer of county functions to commonwealth - Chapter 34B, Section 21
The secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the comptroller, the state secretary, the judiciary, and such other departments of the commonwealth as may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Municipalities of abolished counties; dog funds - Chapter 34B, Section 22
Notwithstanding the provisions any general or special law to the contrary, the municipalities of an abolished county shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions...
Last modified: September 11, 2015