General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 20 Department of Food and Agriculture
- Massachusetts General Laws - Department; board; commissioner - Chapter 20, Section 1
There shall be a department of food and agriculture under the supervision and control of a board of food and agriculture, hereinafter called the board,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation of commissioner - Chapter 20, Section 2
The position of commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of commissioner - Chapter 20, Section 3
The commissioner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department and shall have charge of the administration and enforcement of all laws which...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant commissioner - Chapter 20, Section 4
The commissioner, with the approval of the board of food and agriculture, may appoint an assistant commissioner and with like approval may remove him.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation and traveling expenses of assistant commissioner - Chapter 20, Section 5
The position of assistant commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Organization; divisions and bureaus; directors and other personnel - Chapter 20, Section 6
The commissioner shall organize the department into divisions and bureaus and shall assign to said divisions their functions. The commissioner, with the approval of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Intern scholarship program - Chapter 20, Section 6A
There shall be established an intern scholarship program which shall be administered by the commissioner. The commissioner, subject to appropriation and grants from other sources,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Equine advisory committee; members; terms - Chapter 20, Section 6B
There shall be in the department a committee to be known as the equine advisory committee which shall consist of seven members to be appointed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts food policy council - Chapter 20, Section 6C
(a) There shall be established a Massachusetts food policy council, hereinafter referred to as the council. The council shall consist of 17 members, 1 of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1983, 691, Sec. 3 - Chapter 20, Section 7 to 9
Repealed, 1983, 691, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 60 - Chapter 20, Section 10 to 18
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Appeal - Chapter 20, Section 19
Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner may, within ten days after such decision, appeal therefrom, by petition to the superior court in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 61 - Chapter 20, Section 20 21
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Non-development covenants - Chapter 20, Section 22
Notwithstanding the requirements of sections forty F to forty I, inclusive, of chapter seven, the department may acquire non-development covenants for terms of limited duration....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Program to assist in acquisition of agricultural preservation restrictions - Chapter 20, Section 23
(a) The secretary of environmental affairs shall establish a program to assist the commonwealth in the acquisition of agricultural preservation restrictions as defined in section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Agricultural lands preservation committee - Chapter 20, Section 24
(a) There shall be an agricultural lands preservation committee in the department of agricultural resources, the members of which shall be the commissioner of agricultural...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report of agricultural lands preservation committee - Chapter 20, Section 25
The agricultural lands preservation committee shall prepare an annual report. The report shall include the number and geographic distribution of applications accepted and rejected, the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Property tax assessment of land under agricultural preservation restrictions - Chapter 20, Section 26
Land under agricultural preservation restrictions, while actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use as defined in sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Farm viability technical assistance and implementation funding - Chapter 20, Section 27
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department may offer farm viability technical assistance and implementation funding to an owner of land...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Linked loan program; definitions applicable to this section and Sec. 29 - Chapter 20, Section 28
(a) For the purposes of this section and section 29, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:— “Agriculture”, farming in all of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Farm Capital Linked Loan Fund - Chapter 20, Section 29
There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Farm Capital Linked Loan Fund,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts dairy promotion board; membership; assessment and collection of fee upon milk delivered by producers; annual audit - Chapter 20, Section 30
(a) There shall be established a Massachusetts dairy promotion board which shall consist of 9 members: 1 of whom shall be the secretary of administration...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dairy Promotion Trust Fund - Chapter 20, Section 31
There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dairy Promotion Trust Fund, consisting...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund - Chapter 20, Section 32
There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth an Agricultural Inspection and Infrastructure Trust Fund, consisting of: (i) fee revenues from...
Last modified: September 11, 2015