General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 92B Commonwealth Zoological Corporation

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 92B, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Board”, the board of directors of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Organization; funding; board - Chapter 92B, Section 2
  There is hereby created a nonprofit body to be known as the Commonwealth Zoological Corporation. The corporation is hereby placed in the office, but shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - President and chief executive officer; powers - Chapter 92B, Section 3
  The board shall select a qualified individual to act as president and chief executive officer. The president shall present to the board for its approval...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Professional personnel system; employee management; affirmative action plan - Chapter 92B, Section 4
  The corporation shall have the authority to develop a flexible professional personnel system as necessary to attract and hire qualified professional employees to enhance the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Corporation powers - Chapter 92B, Section 5
  The corporation shall have the following powers: (a) to make, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations for the management of its affairs; (b) to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Corporation duties and obligations - Chapter 92B, Section 6
  The corporation shall have the following duties and obligations: (a) The corporation is hereby directed to maintain, repair, enhance and otherwise improve the zoos and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fiscal year; report - Chapter 92B, Section 7
  The corporation shall operate on the same fiscal year as the commonwealth and shall annually submit a detailed fiscal report of the corporation and the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Audits - Chapter 92B, Section 8
  The books and records of the corporation shall be audited biennially by an independent source chosen by the commission, at the expense of the corporation....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Financial assistance - Chapter 92B, Section 9
  The corporation may request financial assistance from the commonwealth for any capital projects undertaken at the zoos. Capital projects shall not include routine maintenance and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Existing agreements; incorporation by reference - Chapter 92B, Section 10
  The provisions of this chapter shall be construed to incorporate by reference any existing agreements between the commission and any other entity, public or private,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Zoo designations; metropolitan parks system - Chapter 92B, Section 11
  The zoos shall continue to be known as the Franklin Park Zoo and the Walter D. Stone Memorial Zoo but the corporation may offer sponsor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Zoo conditions; report - Chapter 92B, Section 12
  On or before January first, nineteen hundred and ninety-six, the corporation shall submit to the governor and the clerks of the house of representatives and...

Last modified: September 11, 2015