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- Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of governor - Chapter 6, Section 1
[ Text of section effective until July 1, 2007. For text effective July 1, 2007, see below.]The governor shall receive a salary of $140,535. Chapter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitation - Chapter 6, Section 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of council members; term limitation - Chapter 6, Section 3
- Massachusetts General Laws - Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limitation - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Governor's assistants; compensation - Chapter 6, Section 5
The governor may appoint a private secretary, an assistant private secretary, and such other assistants as may be necessary, who shall hold office during the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Executive secretary; messenger - Chapter 6, Section 6
- Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative secretary - Chapter 6, Section 6A
- Massachusetts General Laws - Stationery for council - Chapter 6, Section 7
- Massachusetts General Laws - Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures - Chapter 6, Section 8
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc - Chapter 6, Section 9
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions; expenses - Chapter 6, Section 10
The governor may appoint state officers as delegates to represent the commonwealth at such conventions as may be held in any part of the United...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reimbursement of expenses of persons representing commonwealth at conventions - Chapter 6, Section 11
The governor and council may reimburse members of unpaid commissions, and citizens who may be sent officially to represent the commonwealth at national conventions, for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation of legal counsel and commissioners - Chapter 6, Section 12
The compensation of legal counsel and commissioners appointed by the governor shall, unless otherwise provided, be determined by the governor and council, who shall approve...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Veterans day - Chapter 6, Section 12A
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of November eleventh as Veterans Day, in lasting recognition of the service and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Anniversary of death of General Pulaski - Chapter 6, Section 12B
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of October eleventh, the anniversary of the death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bunker Hill battle anniversary - Chapter 6, Section 12C
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of June seventeenth, the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, in commemoration...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Boston massacre anniversary - Chapter 6, Section 12D
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance on March fifth of the anniversary of the Boston Massacre wherein Crispus Attucks,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commodore John Barry day - Chapter 6, Section 12E
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September thirteenth as Commodore John Barry Day and recommending that it be observed by the people...
- Massachusetts General Laws - New Orleans day - Chapter 6, Section 12F
The governor shall annually in the month of December issue a proclamation setting apart January eighth as New Orleans Day and recommending that it be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - American education week - Chapter 6, Section 12G
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart one week in either October or November as American Education Week and recommending that such week...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Anniversary of death of General Lafayette - Chapter 6, Section 12H
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of May twentieth, the anniversary of the death of General Marquis de Lafayette,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - American Indian heritage week - Chapter 6, Section 12I
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of May as American Indian Heritage week, and recommending that it be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Patriots' day - Chapter 6, Section 12J
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of April nineteenth as Patriots’ Day, in commemoration of the opening events of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Evacuation day - Chapter 6, Section 12K
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March seventeenth as Evacuation Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Veteran firemen's muster day - Chapter 6, Section 12L
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for proper observance of Veteran Firemen’s Muster Day.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Student government day - Chapter 6, Section 12M
The governor shall annually set apart the first Friday in April or, with the approval of the commissioner of education, any other Friday, as Student...
- Massachusetts General Laws - United Nations day - Chapter 6, Section 12N
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of October twenty-fourth as United Nations Day, in commemoration of the taking effect...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Loyalty day - Chapter 6, Section 12O
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May first as Loyalty Day and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Civil rights week - Chapter 6, Section 12P
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week of December eighth through December fifteenth as civil rights week, and recommending that it...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 12Q
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of the last Monday in May as Memorial Day.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Polish constitution day - Chapter 6, Section 12R
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May third as Polish Constitution Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the world-famed constitution of
- Massachusetts General Laws - Peter Francisco day - Chapter 6, Section 12S
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of March fifteenth, as a day set apart in recognition of the heroic...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Observance of certain other days - Chapter 6, Section 12T
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourteenth day of January as Albert Schweitzer’s Reverence for Life Day, the third Monday of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Children's day - Chapter 6, Section 12U
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in June as Children’s Day and recommending that said day be observed by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Columbus day - Chapter 6, Section 12V
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in October as Columbus Day and recommending that it be observed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sight-saving month - Chapter 6, Section 12W
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of September as sight-saving month as a period of special attention to the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Teachers' day - Chapter 6, Section 12X
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the first Sunday in June as Teachers’ Day and recommending that said day be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Maritime day - Chapter 6, Section 12Y
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May twenty-second as Maritime Day and recommending that said day be observed in appropriate manner by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jamaican independence day - Chapter 6, Section 12Z
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the observance of the first Monday in August as Jamaican Independence Day and recommending that said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Iwo Jima day - Chapter 6, Section 12AA
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the observance of February nineteenth as Iwo Jima Day, commemorating the extreme heroism and courage of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tadeusz Kosciuszko day - Chapter 6, Section 12BB
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Sunday in February as Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public employees week - Chapter 6, Section 12CC
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of August as Public Employees Week during which suitable commemoration of the achievements...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pearl Harbor day - Chapter 6, Section 12DD
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside December seventh as Pearl Harbor Day in memory of the members of the armed services and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Grandparents' day - Chapter 6, Section 12EE
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the Sunday following the first Monday of September as Grandparents’ Day and recommending that said day...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah Samson - Chapter 6, Section 12FF
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May twenty-third as the anniversary of the enlistment of Deborah Samson, official heroine of the commonwealth,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Lithuanian independence day - Chapter 6, Section 12GG
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February sixteenth as Lithuanian Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the Declaration of Independence...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statue of Liberty awareness day - Chapter 6, Section 12HH
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October twenty-sixth as Statue of Liberty Awareness Day and recommending that such day be observed by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Slovak independence day - Chapter 6, Section 12II
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March fourteenth as Slovak Independence Day, in commemoration of the promulgation of the March fourteenth, nineteen...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Visiting nurse association week - Chapter 6, Section 12JJ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in May as Visiting Nurse Association Week and recommending that said week be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Labor week - Chapter 6, Section 12KK
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week in September as Labor Week and recommending that said week be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Social security day - Chapter 6, Section 12LL
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourteenth day of August as Social Security Day in recognition of the contribution of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Korean War veterans day - Chapter 6, Section 12MM
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart June twenty-fifth as Korean War Veterans Day, in commemoration of the heroic achievements of the members...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Human rights day - Chapter 6, Section 12NN
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December tenth as Human Rights Day in recognition of the adoption of the Universal Declaration on...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Exercise tiger day - Chapter 6, Section 12OO
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April twenty-eighth as Exercise Tiger Day in recognition of the thirty thousand servicemen who left Truro,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Former prisoner of war recognition day - Chapter 6, Section 12PP
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April ninth as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day and recommending that such day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Homeless unity day - Chapter 6, Section 12QQ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside February twentieth as Homeless Unity Day and recommending that such day be observed in an appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - USO appreciation day - Chapter 6, Section 12RR
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth day of February as USO Appreciation Day, and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy day - Chapter 6, Section 12SS
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting July twenty-second as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day and recommending that said day be observed by the people...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Destroyer escort day - Chapter 6, Section 12TT
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Saturday in June as Destroyer Escort Day in recognition of the proud history of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School principals' recognition day - Chapter 6, Section 12UU
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April twenty-seventh as School Principals’ Recognition Day, and recommending that said day be observed in an...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Native American Day - Chapter 6, Section 12VV
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Friday of September as Native American Day and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Garden week - Chapter 6, Section 12WW
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week beginning with the first Sunday in June as Garden Week, in recognition of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Candle safety day - Chapter 6, Section 12XX
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in December as Candle Safety Day to promote the safe use of candles...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Lincoln day - Chapter 6, Section 13
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February twelfth as Lincoln Day, and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Flag day - Chapter 6, Section 14
The governor shall annually set apart June fourteenth as Flag Day, and shall issue his proclamation recommending that the day be observed by the people...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Spanish War memorial day and Maine memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 14A
The governor shall annually set apart February fifteenth, the anniversary of the sinking of the United States battleship “Maine” in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State constitution day - Chapter 6, Section 14B
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-fifth day of October, the effective date of the state constitution, adopted in seventeen hundred...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Earth week - Chapter 6, Section 14C
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart one week in April as Earth Week, calling to the attention of all citizens the desirability...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arbor and bird day - Chapter 6, Section 15
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last Friday in April as Arbor and Bird Day, recommending its observance by the public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Constitution day - Chapter 6, Section 15A
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the seventeenth day of September as Constitution Day and recommending that it be observed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Senior citizens month - Chapter 6, Section 15B
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the month of May as Senior Citizens Month, recommending its observance by the public in honoring...
- Massachusetts General Laws - American history month - Chapter 6, Section 15C
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of February as American History Month and recommending that it be observed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts art week - Chapter 6, Section 15D
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last week of May as Massachusetts Art Week, and recommending that it be observed by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Susan B. Anthony day - Chapter 6, Section 15E
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the twenty-sixth day of August as Susan B. Anthony Day, recommending its observance by the public...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employ handicapped persons week - Chapter 6, Section 15F
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first full week of October as Employ Handicapped Persons Week.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Youth honor day - Chapter 6, Section 15G
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the thirty-first day of October as Youth Honor Day and recommending that it be observed by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Boy scout week - Chapter 6, Section 15H
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of Boy Scout Week as a period for special attention to the Boy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liberty tree day - Chapter 6, Section 15I
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart August fourteenth as Liberty Tree day commemorating the first public shade tree planting in the new...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc. day - Chapter 6, Section 15J
The governor shall annually set apart March twenty-seventh, the anniversary of the founding of Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., in recognition...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cystic fibrosis week - Chapter 6, Section 15K
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third full week of September as Cystic Fibrosis Week and recommending that it be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - John F. Kennedy day - Chapter 6, Section 15L
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last Sunday in November as John F. Kennedy Day and recommending that said day be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Battleship Massachusetts memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 15M
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of the last Saturday in June as Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day in commemoration...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Police officers' week - Chapter 6, Section 15N
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week in which May fifteen occurs as Police Officers’ Week, recommending the proper observance of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Keep Massachusetts beautiful month - Chapter 6, Section 15O
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the month of May as Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month, recommending its observance by the public by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Traffic safety week - Chapter 6, Section 15P
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of Traffic Safety Week as a period for special attention to traffic safety....
- Massachusetts General Laws - United States Marine Corps day - Chapter 6, Section 15Q
The governor shall annually set apart November the tenth, the anniversary of the founding of the United States Marine Corps, as United States Marine Corps...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Armistice day - Chapter 6, Section 15R
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of November the eleventh as Armistice Day, in lasting recognition of the service...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Martin Luther King, Jr. day - Chapter 6, Section 15S
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fifteenth day of January as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and recommending that said day...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Kalevala day - Chapter 6, Section 15T
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-eighth day of February as Kalevala Day in commemoration of the Knights and Ladies of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Social justice for Ireland day - Chapter 6, Section 15U
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Saturday in October as Social Justice for Ireland Day and recommending that said day...
- Massachusetts General Laws - White cane safety day - Chapter 6, Section 15V
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fifteenth day of October as White Cane Safety Day, and recommending that said day be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - National hunting and fishing day - Chapter 6, Section 15W
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Saturday of September as National Hunting and Fishing Day, and recommending that said day...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Child nutrition week - Chapter 6, Section 15X
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last week of January as Child Nutrition Week, and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jaycee week and day - Chapter 6, Section 15Y
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of January as Jaycee week, and the Wednesday of that week as Jaycee...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bataan-Corregidor day - Chapter 6, Section 15Z
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the ninth day of April as Bataan-Corregidor Day and recommending that said day be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Secretaries week - Chapter 6, Section 15AA
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of April as Secretaries Week and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts National Guard week - Chapter 6, Section 15BB
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart that week preceding Armed Forces day as Massachusetts National Guard week and recommending that said week...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Retired members of the Armed Forces day - Chapter 6, Section 15CC
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in June as “Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day” and recommending that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Independence day - Chapter 6, Section 15DD
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of July fourth as Independence Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Endangered species day - Chapter 6, Section 15EE
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Saturday in September as “Endangered Species Day” and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Pro-life month - Chapter 6, Section 15FF
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as “Pro-Life Month” and recommending that it be observed by the people...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employ the older worker week - Chapter 6, Section 15GG
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in March as Employ the Older Worker Week and recommending that said week...
- Massachusetts General Laws - John Carver day - Chapter 6, Section 15HH
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Sunday in June as John Carver Day in memory of John Carver, the first...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Armenian martyrs' day - Chapter 6, Section 15II
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-fourth day of April as Armenian Martyrs’ Day, and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fire fighters memorial Sunday - Chapter 6, Section 15JJ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in June as “Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday”, to honor all departed fire fighters...
- Massachusetts General Laws - National family week - Chapter 6, Section 15KK
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of May as National Family Week, and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Licensed practical nurse week - Chapter 6, Section 15LL
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second last full week in April as Licensed Practical Nurse Week and recommending that said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Vietnam veterans day - Chapter 6, Section 15MM
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March twenty-ninth as “Vietnam Veterans Day” and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State walking Sunday - Chapter 6, Section 15NN
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in June as State Walking Sunday, and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Saint Jean de Baptiste day - Chapter 6, Section 15OO
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Sunday of June as Saint Jean de Baptiste Day, recommending that said day be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Town meeting day - Chapter 6, Section 15PP
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October eighth, as Town Meeting Day in commemoration of the holding of the first town meeting,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Parliamentary law month - Chapter 6, Section 15QQ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Parliamentary Law Month and recommending that said month be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Greek independence day - Chapter 6, Section 15RR
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-fifth day of March as Greek Independence Day and recommending that said day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts hospice week - Chapter 6, Section 15SS
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week in November as Massachusetts Hospice Week and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public employees appreciation day - Chapter 6, Section 15TT
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Wednesday in June as “Public Employees Appreciation Day” in recognition of the service and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Practical nursing education week - Chapter 6, Section 15UU
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last full week of March as Practical Nursing Education Week and recommending that said week...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Presidents day - Chapter 6, Section 15VV
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the twenty-ninth day of May as Presidents Day in memory of John Adams, John Quincy Adams,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Youth in government day - Chapter 6, Section 15WW
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Friday in August as “Youth in Government Day” to call attention to the youth...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Joshua James day - Chapter 6, Section 15XX
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Sunday in May as Joshua James Day, the first keeper of the Point Allerton...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Leif Ericson day - Chapter 6, Section 15YY
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October ninth as Leif Ericson Day and recommending a period of special attention to the Norse...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts whale awareness day - Chapter 6, Section 15ZZ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Thursday of May as Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day and recommending that said day be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School library media month - Chapter 6, Section 15AAA
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as School Library Media Month and recommending that said month be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - POW/MIA day - Chapter 6, Section 15BBB
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Friday in September as POW/MIA Day in remembrance of the courage and plight of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Homeless awareness week - Chapter 6, Section 15CCC
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last week in February as Homeless Awareness Week and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Silver-haired legislature days - Chapter 6, Section 15DDD
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in November, as Silver-Haired Legislature Days, and recommending that said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rabies prevention week - Chapter 6, Section 15EEE
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week of June as Rabies Prevention Week and recommending that said week be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Official state crier and greeter of commonwealth - Chapter 6, Section 15FFF
The governor shall appoint a person to be titled as the Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth. Said crier and greeter shall be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Alzheimer's awareness week - Chapter 6, Section 15GGG
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week following the Sunday following the first Monday of September as Alzheimer’s Awareness Week and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employee involvement and employee ownership week - Chapter 6, Section 15HHH
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week in October as Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week and recommending that said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Independent living center day - Chapter 6, Section 15III
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first Sunday of October as Independent Living Center Day and recommending that said day be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts police memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 15JJJ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May fifteenth as Massachusetts Police Memorial Day, to honor all police officers killed in the line...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Workers' memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 15KKK
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Friday in April as Workers’ Memorial Day in remembrance of the courage and integrity...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Lupus awareness month - Chapter 6, Section 15LLL
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Lupus Awareness Month and recommending that said month be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Geographic education awareness week - Chapter 6, Section 15MMM
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week of November as Geographic Education Awareness Week, in recognition of the need of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Literacy awareness month - Chapter 6, Section 15NNN
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the month of September as Literacy Awareness Month, and recommending its observance by the public by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reflex sympathetic dystrophy awareness month - Chapter 6, Section 15OOO
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of July as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month and recommending that said month be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Samuel Slater day - Chapter 6, Section 15PPP
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December twentieth as Samuel Slater Day, in recognition of the beginning of America’s Industrial Revolution along...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Caribbean week - Chapter 6, Section 15QQQ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the last week of August as Caribbean Week and recommending that said week be observed in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Emergency responders memorial day - Chapter 6, Section 15RRR
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Sunday in May of each year as Massachusetts Emergency Responders Memorial Day to honor...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Emergency management week - Chapter 6, Section 15SSS
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for the proper observance of Emergency Management Week during the week following the second Sunday of May...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Law enforcement memorial month - Chapter 6, Section 15TTT
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of May as Law Enforcement Memorial Month and recommending that said month be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Home composting recognition week - Chapter 6, Section 15UUU
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week in October as Home Composting Recognition Week, recognizing the benefits to the environment...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Head injury awareness month - Chapter 6, Section 15VVV
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Head Injury Awareness Month and recommending that said month be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Polish-American heritage month - Chapter 6, Section 15WWW
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Polish-American Heritage Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Polish-Americans have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Clara Barton week. - Chapter 6, Section 15YYY
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week commencing on December 25 as Clara Barton Week, in recognition of her countless humanitarian...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Eddie Eagle gun safety week. - Chapter 6, Section 15ZZZ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of October as Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week and recommending that said week...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Robert Goddard day. - Chapter 6, Section 15AAAA
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 16 as Robert Goddard Day, in recognition of his outstanding scientific contributions to the commonwealth...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Special needs awareness day. - Chapter 6, Section 15BBBB
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May 23 as Special Needs Awareness Day, in recognition of those who suffer from physical, mental...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Robert Frost day. - Chapter 6, Section 15CCCC
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Saturday in October as Robert Frost Day, in recognition of Robert Frost’s years in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Lucy Stone day - Chapter 6, Section 15DDDD
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 8 as Lucy Stone Day and recommending that said day be observed in an appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Italian-American heritage month - Chapter 6, Section 15EEEE
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Italian-American Heritage Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Italian-Americans have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Irish-American Heritage Month - Chapter 6, Section 15FFFF
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of March as Irish-American Heritage Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Irish-Americans have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Portuguese-American month - Chapter 6, Section 15GGGG
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of June as Portuguese-American Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Portuguese-Americans have made...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness - Chapter 6, Section 15HHHH
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the period from November 20th to December 20th, inclusive, as a time for survivors of homicide...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public health month - Chapter 6, Section 15IIII
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Public Health Month, in recognition for the achieved and future successes...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15JJJJ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart February 14 as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day in recognition of the thousands of residents across...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arthritis awareness day - Chapter 6, Section 15KKKK
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third Sunday in October as Arthritis Awareness Day and recommending that the day be observed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Autistic Awareness Month - Chapter 6, Section 15LLLL
[ Text of section added by 2002, 85. See also, Section 15LLLL added by 2002, 459, below.]The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Luther Burbank Day - Chapter 6, Section 15MMMM
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 7 as Luther Burbank Day in recognition of his outstanding contributions to agriculture and plant...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time - Chapter 6, Section 15NNNN
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the period beginning the last week of March to the last week of April, inclusive, as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Civilian Conservation Corps Day - Chapter 6, Section 15OOOO
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 31 as Civilian Conservation Corps Day, in recognition of the contribution of its 100,000 members...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Thomas Paine Day - Chapter 6, Section 15PPPP
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart January 29 as Thomas Paine Day, in honor of one of America’s founding fathers, a patriot...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tartan Day - Chapter 6, Section 15QQQQ
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April 6 as Tartan Day, in recognition of the significant contributions of Scottish-Americans have made to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Missing Children’s Day - Chapter 6, Section 15RRRR
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May 25 as Missing Children’s Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Unity Day - Chapter 6, Section 15SSSS
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 11 as Unity Day, the official state day honoring all September 11, 2001 victims and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Myositis Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15TTTT
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 21 as Myositis Awareness Day and recommending that the day be observed in an appropriate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day - Chapter 6, Section 15UUUU
The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart June 27 as the 9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day and recommending...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day - Chapter 6, Section 15VVVV
[ Text of section added by 2004, 12. See also, Section 15VVVV added by 2004, 43, below.]The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Jack Kerouac Day - Chapter 6, Section 15VVVV
[ Text of section added by 2004, 12. See also, Section 15VVVV added by 2004, 43, below.]The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Military officers serving under governor - Chapter 6, Section 16
The aides-de-camp of the commander-in-chief and all officers included in the organization of the land and naval forces of the commonwealth, including the adjutant general...
Certain Officers Under Governor and Council.
Governor's Cabinet.
Armory Commission.
Public Education Nominating Council.
Art Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Art commission; membership; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc - Chapter 6, Section 19
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of art commission - Chapter 6, Section 20
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 21
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40 - Chapter 6, Section 22-25
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment, term; organization; removal - Chapter 6, Section 26
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of commissioners - Chapter 6, Section 27
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation and expenses of commissioners - Chapter 6, Section 28
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 28A-28E
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 29-32
Trustees and Librarian of State Library.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Trustees of state library; composition; appointment; term; designated trustees; chairman; clerk; quorum - Chapter 6, Section 33
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of trustees - Chapter 6, Section 34
- Massachusetts General Laws - Librarian; compensation, etc - Chapter 6, Section 35
- Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts - Chapter 6, Section 36
- Massachusetts General Laws - Trustees' annual report - Chapter 6, Section 37
- Massachusetts General Laws - Gifts in trust for state library - Chapter 6, Section 37A
State Library.
- Massachusetts General Laws - State library; location; persons authorized to use - Chapter 6, Section 38
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 6, Section 39
- Massachusetts General Laws - Depository library for state publications; collection; system - Chapter 6, Section 39A
- Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of state agency publications - Chapter 6, Section 39B
Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of trustees of soldiers' home; superintendent. - Chapter 6, Section 40
There shall be a board of trustees of the Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts, consisting of seven persons, at least five of whom shall be war...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of trustees - Chapter 6, Section 41
Said board of trustees shall have the management and control of said home and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 42
Chapter 6: Section 42. Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - to 45. Repealed, 2003, 25, Sec.5 - Chapter 6, Section 43
Chapter 6: Section 43 to 45. Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5
- Massachusetts General Laws - 47. Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 46
Chapter 6: Section 46, 47. Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5
State Racing Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment; tenure; compensation - Chapter 6, Section 48
[ Text of section effective until January 1, 2010. For text effective January 1, 2010, see below.]There shall be a commission to be known as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 49-52
Chapter 6: Section 49 to 52. Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2
Port of Boston Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inoperative as a result of title to the port properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 33; 1958, 599 - Chapter 6, Section 53-55
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory board - Chapter 6, Section 56
Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts aeronautics commission; appointment, term, compensation, expenses; offices; indemnification of pilots; report - Chapter 6, Section 57
- Massachusetts General Laws - Director; compensation; qualifications; removal; duties - Chapter 6, Section 58
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of director; commission employees; expenses - Chapter 6, Section 59
State Airport Management Board.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inoperative as a result of title to the airport properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 32; 1958, 599 - Chapter 6, Section 59A-59C
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 60
- Massachusetts General Laws - 62. Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3 - Chapter 6, Section 61
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 63
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1B - Chapter 6, Section 64
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 65-67
Chapter 6: Section 65 to 67. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18 - Chapter 6, Section 68
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 69-69B
Chapter 6: Section 69 to 69B. Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of trustees of Holyoke soldiers' home - Chapter 6, Section 70
There shall be a board of trustees of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, consisting of seven persons, who shall be residents of the counties of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of trustees - Chapter 6, Section 71
Said board of trustees shall have the management and control of said home and all property, real and personal, of the commonwealth and occupied or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 72
Chapter 6: Section 72. Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 73
Chapter 6: Section 73. Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of funds - Chapter 6, Section 74
There shall be a commission for the rehabilitation of handicapped persons to be known as the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, in this section and in sections...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner; employees; other offices. - Chapter 6, Section 75
(a) The commission shall be under the direction, supervision and control of the commissioner of rehabilitation, in sections seventy-five to eighty-four, inclusive, called the commissioner,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council. - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to secs. 74--84 - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation services - Chapter 6, Section 78
(1) The commission shall, subject to appropriation, directly provide or purchase vocational rehabilitation services or independent living rehabilitation services for any handicapped individual who meets...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Extended sheltered employment. - Chapter 6, Section 78A
The commission shall, subject to appropriation, administer a program of extended sheltered employment for those handicapped persons over sixteen years of age, who, after individual...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission; powers and duties - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Additional powers and duties of commission - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation with state agencies; agreements. - Chapter 6, Section 81
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]The commission shall cooperate with the division of industrial...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Federal funds; custodian; expenditure - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Gifts to commission; acceptance; investment - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Information or records confidential - Chapter 6, 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,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 84A-84I
Chapter 6: Section 84A to 84I. Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to secs. 86--92 - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - 87. Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 86
Chapter 6: Section 86, 87. Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of commission - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - 90. Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 89
Chapter 6: Section 89, 90. Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
- Massachusetts General Laws - Changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studies. - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nuclear material or facility; license or permit - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Injunction against violations - Chapter 6, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 94-96
Chapter 6: Section 94 to 96. Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2
Finance Advisory Board.
Boxers' Fund Board.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Boxers' fund board; members; appointment, compensation, etc - Chapter 6, Section 99
There shall be a board, to be known as the boxers’ fund board, hereinafter called the board, to consist of the commissioner of public safety,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 100
Chapter 6: Section 100. Repealed, 1965, c. 572, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Obscene literature control commission; members; appointment, compensation, etc - Chapter 6, Section 101
There shall be an obscene literature control commission consisting of seven members, of whom one shall be an educator, one a representative of the Protestant...
Retirement Law Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 102-104
Chapter 6: Section 102 to 104. Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointments. - Chapter 6, Section 105
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]There shall be a commission on the employment of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of commission - Chapter 6, Section 106
The commission shall promote employment to maximize the independence, productivity, and integration of all citizens in the commonwealth with disabilities. Said purposes shall be accomplished...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequests - Chapter 6, Section 107
The commission shall report annually to the general court and to the governor its activities and its recommendations. The members of the commission shall receive...
Manufactured Homes Commission.
Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
Consumers' Council.
Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal justice training council; members; chairman; appointments - Chapter 6, Section 116
There shall be a municipal police training committee within the executive office of public safety. Members of said committee shall be as follows:-- 5 chiefs...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Domestic violence complaints; basic training course; enforcement guidelines - Chapter 6, Section 116A
(a) The municipal police training committee shall establish within the recruit basic training curriculum a course for regional and municipal police training schools on or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hate crimes; police instruction - Chapter 6, Section 116B
The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction for police officers in identifying, responding to and reporting all incidents of hate crime, as defined in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Development and establishment of course on use and application of technology to increase public safety; regional and municipal police training schools - Chapter 6, Section 116C
(a) The municipal police training committee shall develop and establish within the recruit basic training curriculum a course for regional and municipal police training schools...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Meetings; compensation of members - Chapter 6, Section 117
The committee shall meet monthly and at other times when ordered by the governor, secretary or chairman or upon the written request of 3 members....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schools - Chapter 6, Section 118
The municipal police training committee shall approve or disapprove municipal police training schools and shall make rules and regulations subject to the approval of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Quarters; executive director; secretary; clerks and assistants; compensation; gifts, contributions, grants and bequest - Chapter 6, Section 119
Chapter 6: Section 119. Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6, Section 120
Chapter 6: Section 120. Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth service corps; purposes; director and associate directors; employees; emblem; duties; corpsmen - Chapter 6, Section 121
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 1.]There is hereby created a commonwealth service corps to be composed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - 123. Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 122
Chapter 6: Section 122, 123. Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6, Section 124
Chapter 6: Section 124. Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3
- Massachusetts General Laws - World War II, Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict memorial commission; members; compensation; honor rolls - Chapter 6, Section 124A
There shall be a World War II, Korean Emergency and Vietnam Conflict memorial commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of the commissioner of veterans’ services,...
Health and Welfare Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Health and welfare commission; establishment - Chapter 6, Section 125
There shall be a health and welfare commission, in this section and in sections one hundred and twenty-six to one hundred and twenty-nine, inclusive, called...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of commission - Chapter 6, Section 126
The commission shall review, and make recommendations for all new programs that provide for co-ordinating the services of the departments of public health, mental health,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory committee; members; meetings. - Chapter 6, Section 127
The commission may establish an advisory committee of thirty unpaid members, to be appointed by the chairman for a term of four years, of whom...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional offices; service regions; regional advisory committees; annual reports - Chapter 6, Section 128
The commission may establish regional offices equipped to offer the public complete information or services which are the responsibility of any of said three departments...
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts commission for the blind; composition; cooperation with federal agency; commissioner; advisory board. - Chapter 6, Section 129
There shall be a commission for the blind, to be known as the Massachusetts commission for the blind, in this section and in sections one...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner's duties and powers; supervisors; divisions and directors; assistance to blind persons; funeral expenses - Chapter 6, Section 130
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the commission. The commissioner shall have charge of the administration and enforcement of all laws...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Financial assistance program; eligibility, restriction; payment levels - Chapter 6, Section 131
The commission shall administer a program of financial assistance for blind persons who reside within the commonwealth. Such assistance, which shall be called state supplementary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State supplementary payments; annual increases - Chapter 6, Section 131A
State supplementary payments for the blind shall be maintained at levels which increase annually at the same rate as state supplementary payments for the aged...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Federal agreement - Chapter 6, Section 131B
The commissioner shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, under which said Secretary shall,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Applications; eligibility for assistance - Chapter 6, Section 131C
An application to the Social Security Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services for supplemental security income benefits on account of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Monthly advancements to health and human services; audit - Chapter 6, Section 131D
There shall be advanced from the state treasury to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services prior to the first...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Medical assistance program; eligibility - Chapter 6, Section 131E
The commission shall administer a program of medical assistance for blind persons who reside in the commonwealth which shall in all respects be consistent with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fraudulent procuring of payments; penalties - Chapter 6, Section 131F
Any person or institution which knowingly makes a false representation to the commissioner or his agents, for the purpose of causing any persons, including the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Vouchers submitted by vendors - Chapter 6, Section 131G
All vouchers submitted by a vendor under the medical assistance program authorized by section one hundred and thirty-one E shall be signed under the penalties...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations by vendor; ineligibility period - Chapter 6, Section 131H
Any vendor procuring a payment under the medical assistance program authorized by section one hundred and thirty-one E who violates any of the provisions of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Return of payments by ineligible recipients or vendors required - Chapter 6, Section 131I
Any recipient or vendor who receives any payment under this chapter to which he is not entitled, shall return such payment to the commonwealth by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations for administration of secs. 129[149 - Chapter 6, Section 131J
The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary or desirable for the administration of sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advances to commissioner - Chapter 6, Section 132
There may be advanced annually to the commissioner from the state treasury, from the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the industries established by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to secs. 133A[133F - Chapter 6, Section 133
The following words and phrases, wherever used in sections one hundred and thirty-three A to one hundred and thirty-three F, inclusive, shall unless a different...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of officers, boards or authorities in charge of state buildings or property - Chapter 6, Section 133A
The officer, board or other authority in charge of any buildings or property of the commonwealth, or any county thereof, with the exception of any...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of commission - Chapter 6, Section 133B
In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission: (1) Shall prescribe such regulations as are consistent with the Randolph-Shepard act and may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - New construction, remodeling, etc., of public buildings or properties, vending facilities - Chapter 6, Section 133C
To effectuate further the purposes of this act, when new construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement of public buildings or properties with the exception of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rental or other charge for operation of vending facility - Chapter 6, Section 133D
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no rental or other charge shall be demanded, assessed, exacted, required or received...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Existing vending facilities; removal or nonrenewal of lease - Chapter 6, Section 133E
In buildings and properties where a vending facility now exists the present operator shall not be removed nor shall he be precluded in any way...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 133F
Chapter 6: Section 133F. Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1
- Massachusetts General Laws - Braille instruction for registrants; assessment - Chapter 6, Section 133G
The Massachusetts commission for the blind shall offer Braille instruction to its registrants; provided, however, that at a minimum such instruction shall be available at...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; release - Chapter 6, Section 134
The state purchasing agent, such officers in charge of state institutions as may be authorized by him to make purchases and officers in charge of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Register of the blind; identification card; acceptance to verify identity; information displayed - Chapter 6, Section 135
The commissioner of the commission for the blind shall maintain a register of the blind in the commonwealth which shall describe therein the condition, cause...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reports of medical authorities establishing blindness - Chapter 6, Section 136
Whenever, upon examination at a clinic, hospital or other institution, or elsewhere, by a physician or optometrist, the visual acuity of any person is found...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Applicants for medical assistance who do not qualify for cash assistance under sec. 131; determination as "blind" - Chapter 6, Section 137
Upon receipt of an application for medical assistance from a blind individual who does not qualify for cash assistance under the provisions of section one...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Solicitations for benefit of blind; license; appeal from refusal to issue - Chapter 6, Section 138
The commissioner, upon written application stating the purpose and manner of raising funds, the time during which it is proposed to solicit, and the time...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Prohibition on solicitation for benefit of blind without a license; statement and display of license - Chapter 6, Section 139
No person shall offer for sale tags, tickets, souvenirs, or other merchandise, or conduct an entertainment or game, or otherwise solicit funds, for the benefit...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations relative to fund raising for blind; provision for penalties - Chapter 6, Section 140
The commissioner may make rules and regulations relative to the conduct of sales, entertainments, soliciting campaigns and other methods of raising funds for the benefit...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Penalty for violation of rules regulating solicitations for blind - Chapter 6, Section 141
Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and thirty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Exemptions and inapplicability of sections governing solicitation for blind - Chapter 6, Section 142
Sections one hundred and thirty-eight to one hundred and forty-one, inclusive, shall not apply to Perkins School for the Blind, or to any organization incorporated...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Schools and workshops - Chapter 6, Section 143
The commissioner shall, with the approval of the governor, establish, equip and maintain schools for the industrial training of blind persons and workshops for their...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other states - Chapter 6, Section 144
The commissioner may provide or pay for temporary lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any industrial school or workshop and may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Study of problems relating to blindness; investigations; contact with physicians and other qualified facilities - Chapter 6, Section 145
(a) The commission shall continuously study the problems relating to blindness and make investigations, demonstrations and reports thereon, and shall establish and maintain contact with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commission divisions or bureaus; organizations and functions - Chapter 6, Section 146
There shall be in the commission such divisions or bureaus as the commissioner shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of sections one hundred...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation with federal departments; development of state plans - Chapter 6, Section 147
In carrying out the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, the commission shall cooperate with the secretaries of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acceptance and use of gifts - Chapter 6, Section 148
The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the provisions of sections...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Records concerning blind persons; custody, use and preservation - Chapter 6, Section 149
The commission shall have power to establish and to enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8 - Chapter 6, Section 150
Chapter 6: Section 150. Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8
Advisory Council on Home and Family.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6, Section 151-153
Chapter 6: Section 151 to 153. Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 154
Chapter 6: Section 154. Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 155
Chapter 6: Section 155. Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2
Committee on Criminal Justice.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment; membership, etc.; meetings; powers and duties - Chapter 6, Section 156
There shall be within the executive office of public safety, a committee on criminal justice, hereinafter called the committee, to consist of the attorney general...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Proposal review board; members; powers, etc. - Chapter 6, Section 156A
There shall be a proposal review board to consist of the chairman of the committee on criminal justice, the attorney general, and nine other members...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Executive director; qualifications; duties; staff; compensation - Chapter 6, Section 156B
There shall be an executive director of the committee, hereinafter referred to as the executive director. He shall be appointed and may be removed by...
American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission.
- Massachusetts General Laws - American and canadian french cultural exchange commission; establishment; membership; appointment; terms; expenses; function - Chapter 6, Section 157
There shall be an American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission to consist of seven members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts educational communications commission; establishment; membership; appointment; terms; duties and powers; personnel; facilities; programming - Chapter 6, Section 158
There shall be a Massachusetts educational communications commission, consisting of fourteen members to be appointed by the governor, of whom one shall be a member...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State council on juvenile behavior; establishment; membership; appointment; qualifications; chairman; term of successors; expenses; executive secretary; salary - Chapter 6, Section 159
There shall be a state council on juvenile behavior in this section and in section one hundred and sixty called the council, to consist of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties; quarters; clerical assistants - Chapter 6, Section 160
The council shall from time to time examine the laws and procedures relating to the correction and prevention of juvenile delinquency and the degree of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Report - Chapter 6, Section 161
The council shall annually, not later than the fourth Wednesday of April file a written report with the respective clerks of the senate and house...
Advisory Board on Legislative and Constitutional Officers' Compensation.
Massachusetts Fire Training Council.
Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
Massachusetts Fire Service Commission
Health Facilities Appeals Board
Advisory Committee on Chaplains in State Institutions
Criminal Offender Record Information System
- Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal history systems board; meetings; expenses; regulations; powers and duties; executive director and other employees; reports; funds. - Chapter 6, Section 168
There shall be a criminal history systems board, hereinafter called the board, consisting of the following persons: the secretary of public safety, who shall serve...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Probation and parole records; transmission to criminal history systems board; access - Chapter 6, Section 168A
The commissioner of probation, the commissioner of corrections, the chairman of the parole board and the county commissioners of counties other than Suffolk county shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations. - Chapter 6, Section 168B
The executive director of the criminal history systems board shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the prompt collection, exchange, dissemination and distribution of firearms...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Post-secondary schools; annual uniform crime reports; campus security policies - Chapter 6, Section 168C
(a) Each public or private degree-granting post-secondary institution of higher education shall submit, on an annual basis, a uniform crime report, consistent with the Federal...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 169
Chapter 6: Section 169. Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 170
Chapter 6: Section 170. Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative information - Chapter 6, Section 171
The board shall promulgate regulations (a) creating a continuing program of data auditing and verification to assure the accuracy and completeness of criminal offender record...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; access limited; use of information - Chapter 6, Section 172
Except as otherwise provided in this section and sections one hundred and seventy-three to one hundred and seventy-five, inclusive, criminal offender record information, and where...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fee assessments for requests for information; limitations - Chapter 6, Section 172A
The criminal history systems board shall assess a fee of $30 for each request for criminal offender record information. A fee shall not be assessed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Availability of information to social services and youth services departments - Chapter 6, Section 172B
[ Text of section effective until July 8, 2008. For text effective July 8, 2008, see below.]Notwithstanding any provision of section one hundred seventy-two of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dissemination of criminal offender record information to agencies employing or referring individuals to provide services to elderly or disabled persons. - Chapter 6, Section 172C
For purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Elderly person”, an individual who is sixty...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Availability of information to IV-D agency. - Chapter 6, Section 172D
Notwithstanding any provision of section 172 or of any other provision of law, the following information shall be available to the IV-D agency as set...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dissemination of criminal offender record information to long term care facilities. - Chapter 6, Section 172E
Notwithstanding any provision of section 172, criminal offender record information shall be available to any long term care facility, as defined in section 72W of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conviction and arrest data available to child care services - Chapter 6, Section 172F
[ Text of section effective until July 31, 2008. For text effective July 31, 2008, see below.]Notwithstanding the provisions of section 172, the following information...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Children’s camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteers - Chapter 6, Section 172G
Notwithstanding section 172, section 60 or 60A of chapter 119, or any other general or special law to the contrary, operators of camps for children...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Children’s programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data; volunteers - Chapter 6, Section 172H
Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any entity or organization primarily engaged in providing activities or programs to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employees - Chapter 6, Section 172I
Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, taxicab companies that have contracted to provide transportation of pupils pursuant to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restricted - Chapter 6, Section 173
The board shall promulgate regulations to govern the use of criminal offender record information for purposes of program research. Such regulations shall require preservation of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Interstate system for exchange of record information; supervision of participation by state and local agencies; access limited; telecommunications access terminals - Chapter 6, Section 174
The board shall supervise the participation by all state and local agencies in any interstate system for the exchange of criminal offender record information, and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inspection of record information by individual concerned; corrections; procedure; restrictions - Chapter 6, Section 175
Each individual shall have the right to inspect, and if practicable, copy, criminal offender record information which refers to him. If an individual believes such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable relief - Chapter 6, Section 176
Any individual or agency aggrieved by any order or decision of the board may appeal such order or decision to the superior court in the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; civil liability - Chapter 6, Section 177
Any aggrieved person may institute a civil action in superior court for damages or to restrain any violation of sections one hundred and sixty-eight to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations; punishment - Chapter 6, Section 178
Any person who willfully requests, obtains or seeks to obtain criminal offender record information under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Requests for information from victims, witnesses, or family members of homicide victims; certification - Chapter 6, Section 178A
A victim of crime, witness, or family member of a homicide victim, all as defined by section one of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight B,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Restrictions to cease upon death of individuals concerned - Chapter 6, Section 178B
The restrictions on the dissemination of criminal offender record information as provided in this chapter shall cease to exist at the death of the individual...
Sex Offender Registry
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 6, Section 178C
As used in sections 178C to 178P, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Agency”, an agency, department, board, commission or entity within...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sex offender registry - Chapter 6, Section 178D
The sex offender registry board, known as the board, in cooperation with the criminal history systems board, shall establish and maintain a central computerized registry...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments and FBI - Chapter 6, Section 178E
(a) Within 5 days of receiving upon sentence any sex offender required to register under sections 178C to 178Q, inclusive, the agency which has custody...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual verification of registration data; homeless shelter as residence of sex offender; juveniles; disclosure of information - Chapter 6, Section 178F
Except as provided in section 178F1/2 for a sex offender finally classified by the board as a level 2 or a level 3 sex offender,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - ½. Yearly personal appearance to verify data - Chapter 6, Section 178F
Section 178F1/2. A sex offender finally classified by the board as a level 2 or a level 3 sex offender who is required to register...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Termination of obligation to register - Chapter 6, Section 178G
The duty of a sex offender required to register pursuant to this chapter and to comply with the requirements hereof shall, unless sooner terminated by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to register, verify information or provide notice of change of address; providing false information; penalties - Chapter 6, Section 178H
(a) A sex offender required to register pursuant to this chapter who knowingly: (i) fails to register; (ii) fails to verify registration information; (iii) fails...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentiality - Chapter 6, Section 178I
Any person who is 18 years of age or older and who states that he is requesting sex offender registry information for his own protection...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Request for sex offender information; notice of penalty for misuse; data required to receive report - Chapter 6, Section 178J
(a) A person who requests sex offender registry information shall: (1) be 18 years of age or older; (2) appear in person at a city or town...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notification - Chapter 6, Section 178K
(1) There shall be, in the criminal history systems board, but not subject to its jurisdiction, a sex offender registry board which shall consist of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Classifications of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel - Chapter 6, Section 178L
(1) Upon review of any information useful in assessing the risk of reoffense and the degree of dangerousness posed to the public by the sex...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Judicial review of final classification - Chapter 6, Section 178M
An offender may seek judicial review, in accordance with section 14 of chapter 30A, of the board’s final classification and registration requirements. The court shall,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Misuse of information; penalties - Chapter 6, Section 178N
Information contained in the sex offender registry shall not be used to commit a crime against a sex offender or to engage in illegal discrimination...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Liability of public officials and employees for sex offender registry information - Chapter 6, Section 178O
Police officials and other public employees acting in good faith shall not be liable in a civil or criminal proceeding for any publication on the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrest. - Chapter 6, Section 178P
Whenever a police officer has probable cause to believe that a sex offender has failed to comply with the registration requirements of sections 178C to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sex offender registry fee - Chapter 6, Section 178Q
The sex offender registry board shall assess upon every sex offender a sex offender registration fee of $75, hereinafter referred to as a sex offender...
Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources.
Nutrition Board
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointment. - Chapter 6, Section 181
[ First paragraph effective until July 31, 2008. For text effective July 31, 2008, see below.]There shall be in the executive office of health and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory function and duties - Chapter 6, Section 182
The nutrition board shall act in an advisory capacity to the secretaries and commissioners having membership on the board as provided in section one hundred...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Schooner Ernestina commission; membership; term; compensation; meeting - Chapter 6, Section 182A
There shall be a commission to be known as the Schooner Ernestina commission, to consist of nine persons to be appointed by the governor, one...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of Schooner Ernestina commission - Chapter 6, Section 182B
The Schooner Ernestina commission is hereby authorized and empowered:— (a) to hold, administer, operate, preserve and maintain said vessel for educational or training purposes. Said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Schooner Ernestina commission to be placed in department of environmental management; annual audit; home berth - Chapter 6, Section 182C
The Schooner Ernestina commission shall be placed in the department of environmental management and will work jointly with said agency so that operational and managerial...
Motor Vehicle Insurance Merit Rating Board.
Massachusetts Cost Containment Council
Committee on Medicolegal Investigation.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Medicolegal investigation commission - Chapter 6, Section 184
There shall be in the executive office of public safety a commission on medicolegal investigation, hereinafter called the commission, to consist of the attorney general,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts office on disability; director; appointments - Chapter 6, Section 185
There shall be a Massachusetts office on disability, in this section and in sections one hundred and eighty-six to one hundred and eighty-nine, inclusive, called...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application for grants; agreements; standards and procedures - Chapter 6, Section 186
Subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration, the director may apply for and accept on behalf of the commonwealth any federal, local or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties and functions - Chapter 6, Section 187
The office, in order to bring about full and equal participation in all aspects of life by all persons with disabilities in the commonwealth, shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Availability of information - Chapter 6, Section 188
In order to fulfill the functions of the office such information as the director may require shall be made available to him, upon request, by...
Massachusetts Office on Disability
Massachusetts Industrial Advisory Board
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner. - Chapter 6, Section 193
The secretary of health and human services shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, the commissioner. Said commissioner shall be classified in accordance with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Functions of commission - Chapter 6, Section 194
The commission shall serve as the principal agency of the commonwealth, on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing persons, shall advocate, provide and coordinate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council - Chapter 6, Section 195
The governor shall appoint an advisory council of no fewer than twelve and no more than twenty members. Persons shall be eligible for appointment if...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Interpreter referral service - Chapter 6, Section 196
The commission shall maintain and coordinate a statewide interpreter referral service for use by any public and private agencies and individuals for any situations including...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Telecommunication devices; rental, lease or sale. - Chapter 6, Section 197
Subject to the appropriation of funds therefor, the commission shall purchase, pursuant to sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter thirty, telecommunication devices for the deaf...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advice to other agencies; provision of requested resources - Chapter 6, Section 198
In order to facilitate appropriate delivery of state services to deaf and hard of hearing individuals the commission shall advise other agencies of the needs...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Records of commission; confidentiality - Chapter 6, Section 199
All records pertaining to clients and applicants of the commission and all personal and medical information or records given or made available to the commission,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fire safety commission; membership; quorum; compensation; duties - Chapter 6, Section 200
There shall be established a fire safety commission, hereinafter called the commission, to consist of the state fire marshal or his designee, the chairman of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Automatic sprinkler appeals board; procedures - Chapter 6, Section 201
There shall be an automatic sprinkler appeals board, hereinafter called the appeals board, to consist of the fire safety commission established under the provisions of...
Child Abuse Prevention Board
Commission on Employee Involvement and Ownership
Office for Refugees and Immigrants.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Office for refugees and immigrants. - Chapter 6, Section 205
There is hereby established an office for refugees and immigrants under the exclusive supervision and control of a director who shall be appointed by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State refugee coordinator; duties; salary; hours; appointment of employees. - Chapter 6, Section 206
The director shall be the state refugee coordinator pursuant to the federal Refugee Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-212, March 17, 1980), as it may be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers of office - Chapter 6, Section 207
The office shall have the following powers: (a) to plan, coordinate, monitor, and administer programs that provide transitional assistance to refugees and immigrants and that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Governor's advisory council for refugees and immigrants; membership; functions. - Chapter 6, Section 208
[ First paragraph effective until July 31, 2008. For text effective July 31, 2008, see below.]There is hereby established a council, to be known as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts office of volunteerism. - Chapter 6, Section 209
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 2.]There is hereby established a Massachusetts office of volunteerism, in this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application for grants; power to contract. - Chapter 6, Section 210
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 2.]Subject to the approval of the secretary of administration, the director...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties. - Chapter 6, Section 211
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 2.]The office, in order to plan, initiate, promote and evaluate a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Requests for information by director. - Chapter 6, Section 212
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 2.]In order to fulfill the functions of the office such information...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory council; membership; terms; duties. - Chapter 6, Section 213
[ Text of section effective until November 27, 2007. Repealed by 2007, 192, Sec. 2.]The governor initially shall appoint an advisory council of volunteerism which...
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