General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 29 State Finance

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 29, Section 1
  All words and terms defined by section 1 of chapter 7C and appearing in this chapter, except for the phrases "state agency'' and "state authority'',...
• Massachusetts General Laws - General Fund; deposit of revenue - Chapter 29, Section 2
  There shall be a General Fund of the commonwealth, into which all revenue payable to the commonwealth shall be paid, except revenue required by law...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 5 - Chapter 29, Section 2A
  Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Federal Capital Improvement Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2B
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Federal Capital Improvement Fund....
• Massachusetts General Laws - General Federal Grants Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2C
  All income from federal grants which shall include grants in aid and subventions, received by any department, institution, board, commission, agency, officer or employee of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 128 - Chapter 29, Section 2C1/2
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec. 13 - Chapter 29, Section 2D
  Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 32 - Chapter 29, Section 2E
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 2F 2G
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Stabilization Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2H
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Stabilization Fund, consisting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Tax Reduction Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2I
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Tax Reduction Fund, consisting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 130 - Chapter 29, Section 2J
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 131 - Chapter 29, Section 2K
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2L
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement Revolving...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 337 - Chapter 29, Section 2M 2N
  Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Issuance of bonds and notes payable from Commonwealth Transportation Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2O
  When authorized by a vote taken by the yeas and nays of two-thirds of each house of the general court present and voting on such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 132 - Chapter 29, Section 2P
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 133 - Chapter 29, Section 2P1/2
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Intragovernmental Service Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2Q
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Intragovernmental Service Fund. There...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 134 - Chapter 29, Section 2R
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 135 - Chapter 29, Section 2S
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 136 - Chapter 29, Section 2T
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 137 - Chapter 29, Section 2U
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Dairy Equalization Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2V
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dairy Equalization Fund. There...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2W
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Water Pollution Abatement and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 2X
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 138 - Chapter 29, Section 2Y
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2Z
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 139 - Chapter 29, Section 2AA
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 140 - Chapter 29, Section 2BB
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 141 - Chapter 29, Section 2CC
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 34 - Chapter 29, Section 2DD
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 142 - Chapter 29, Section 2EE
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 36 - Chapter 29, Section 2FF
  Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 145 - Chapter 29, Section 2GG
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 2HH
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 146 - Chapter 29, Section 2II
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Child Care Quality Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2JJ
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Child Care Quality Fund....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 147 - Chapter 29, Section 2KK
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 148 - Chapter 29, Section 2LL
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 149 - Chapter 29, Section 2MM
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 150 - Chapter 29, Section 2NN
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 151 - Chapter 29, Section 2OO
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2002, 118, Sec. 3 - Chapter 29, Section 2PP
  Repealed, 2002, 118, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Drinking Water Revolving Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2QQ
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Drinking Water Revolving Fund,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Workforce Training Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2RR
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Workforce Training Fund,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 152 - Chapter 29, Section 2SS
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Liability Management and Reduction Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2TT
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Liability Management and Reduction...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 153 - Chapter 29, Section 2UU
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 154 - Chapter 29, Section 2VV
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 155 - Chapter 29, Section 2WW
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 156 - Chapter 29, Section 2XX
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 157 - Chapter 29, Section 2YY
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2ZZ
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate nonlapsing, revolving fund to be known as the Catastrophic...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2AAA
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Health Insurance Portability and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 158 - Chapter 29, Section 2BBB
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 159 - Chapter 29, Section 2CCC
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2DDD
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth, a separate fund to be known as the Department of Fire Services...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2007, 61, Sec. 7 - Chapter 29, Section 2EEE
  Repealed, 2007, 61, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Dam Safety Trust - Chapter 29, Section 2FFF
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth an expendable trust to be known as the Dam Safety Trust. There...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; nursing home facilities - Chapter 29, Section 2GGG
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services and the department of public health shall deposit...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2HHH
  There shall be set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund. There...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2III
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Agricultural Resolve and Security...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Registers Technological Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2JJJ
  (a) There shall be established on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Registers Technological Fund for the benefit...
• Massachusetts General Laws - County Registers Technological Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2KKK
  (a) There shall be established on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund for the counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth and Nantucket,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2LLL
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Firearms Fingerprint Identity-Verification Trust...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2MMM
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Science, Technology...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Roche Community Rink Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2NNN
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Roche Community Rink Fund....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Care Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2OOO
    Section 2OOO. There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Care...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Essential Community Provider Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2PPP
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Essential Community Provider Trust...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Medical Assistance Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2QQQ
  There shall be established on the books of the commonwealth the Medical Assistance Trust Fund, which shall be administered by the secretary of health and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department of Developmental Services Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2RRR
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Department of Developmental Services...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Educational Rewards Grant Program Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2SSS
  There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Educational Rewards Grant Program...
• Massachusetts General Laws - CITI Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2TTT
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the CITI Fund for the continuation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar-Internship Match Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2UUU
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Board of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - International education and foreign language grant program fund - Chapter 29, Section 2VVV
  (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the international education and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2WWW
  (a) There is hereby established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Workforce Competitiveness Trust...
• Massachusetts General Laws - District Local Technical Assistance Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2XXX
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the District Local Technical Assistance...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Courts Capital Project Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2YYY
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Courts Capital Project Fund,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Transportation Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2ZZZ
  [ Subsection (a) effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July 1, 2014, see below.](a) There shall be established and set up on the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State Athletic Commission Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2AAAA
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the State Athletic Commission Fund,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2BBBB
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Local Aid Stabilization Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2CCCC
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Local Aid Stabilization Fund....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Gaming Economic Development Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2DDDD
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Gaming Economic Development Fund....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Local Capital Projects Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2EEEE
  There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a Local Capital Projects Fund. The fund shall be credited with any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2FFFF
  There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Distressed Hospital Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2GGGG
  (a) There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Distressed Hospital Trust Fund...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fingerprint-Based Background Check Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2HHHH
  [ First paragraph effective until September 3, 2013. For text effective September 3, 2013, see below.]There shall be established and set up on the books...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2IIII
  (a) There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dam and Seawall Repair...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public Safety Training Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2JJJJ
  [ Text of section added by 2013, 38, Sec. 42 effective December 1, 2013. See 2013, 38, Sec. 213.]There shall be established and set upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Medical Marijuana Trust Fund - Chapter 29, Section 2KKKK
  [ Text of section added by 2013, 36, Sec. 5 effective July 11, 2013.]There shall be established and set upon the books of the commonwealth...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Submission of statements showing prior appropriations, estimates, and recommendations; review - Chapter 29, Section 3
  Every officer having charge of any state agency which receives a periodic appropriation from the commonwealth, including all periodic appropriations to be met from budgeted...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Information to be provided by agency or authority receiving periodic appropriation upon request by committees - Chapter 29, Section 3A
  Any officer having charge of any state agency which receives a periodic appropriation from the commonwealth, or any officer of a state authority, shall upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual statement of planned expenditures and employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities - Chapter 29, Section 3B
  The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and the several regional transit authorities shall annually, on or before September 15, submit to the state budget director, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Estimates for purposes not covered by Sec. 3; review; public hearing - Chapter 29, Section 4
  Every officer having charge of any state agency who, in the officer’s annual reports or otherwise, recommends or petitions for the expenditure of money by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1997, 88, Sec. 7 - Chapter 29, Section 5
  Repealed, 1997, 88, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1963, 473, Sec. 2 - Chapter 29, Section 5A
  Repealed, 1963, 473, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Estimates of budgeted revenues and tax expenditures; consensus tax revenue forecast - Chapter 29, Section 5B
  The secretary of administration and finance, with the approval of the governor, shall on or before October 15 of every year, prepare estimates of budgeted...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Comptroller's certification and disposition of consolidated net surplus - Chapter 29, Section 5C
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. For text effective July 1, 2013, see below.]The comptroller shall annually, on or before October 31,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Indirect and fringe benefit costs expended from General Fund; recovery by comptroller - Chapter 29, Section 5D
  The comptroller shall determine, based on procedures established by the secretary of administration and finance, the amount expended during the fiscal year from each fund,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 6, Sec. 17 - Chapter 29, Section 5E
  Repealed, 1991, 6, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department financial plans; contents; use of information - Chapter 29, Section 5F
  Every officer having charge of any state agency which receives a periodic or other appropriation from the commonwealth, shall annually, on or before a date...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reporting and certification of tax revenues estimated to have been collected from capital gains income during preceding periods; transfer of excess amounts collected to Commonwealth Stabilization Fund and other funds - Chapter 29, Section 5G
  After each quarter, the department of revenue shall certify to the state comptroller the amount of tax revenues estimated to have been collected during the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Report on value of property assumed abandoned; certification of actual receipts; transfer of funds - Chapter 29, Section 5H
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer shall report by September 3 0 to the state comptroller, the executive office...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Operating budget - Chapter 29, Section 6
  The budget director shall study and review all estimates and requests for appropriations and other authorizations for expenditures of state funds filed with the budget...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47 - Chapter 29, Section 6A
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Federal grant funds - Chapter 29, Section 6B
  (a) The comptroller, in consultation with the secretary of administration and finance, shall promulgate regulations which shall not be subject to chapter 30A to govern...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Operating budget; expenditures from trust and bond funds; reconciliation of reports of budget director and comptroller - Chapter 29, Section 6C
  In addition to information required by section 6 to be included in the budget submitted by the governor, said budget shall also include the following...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appropriations; content and form of general, supplemental and deficiency appropriations acts - Chapter 29, Section 6D
  Each appropriation contained in the general appropriations or any supplemental appropriations acts shall include the following information: (a) the line-item number of the appropriation; (b)...
• Massachusetts General Laws - General appropriation bill; balanced budget - Chapter 29, Section 6E
  The governor shall recommend, the general court shall enact and the governor shall approve a general appropriation bill which shall constitute a balanced budget for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47 - Chapter 29, Section 7
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 7A to 7G
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Budget submitted by governor to general court; recommended corrective amendments message - Chapter 29, Section 7H
  [ First paragraph effective until October 29, 2013. For text effective October 29, 2013, see below.]The governor shall submit to the general court annually within...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Growth rate of potential gross state product; actual economic growth benchmark; report - Chapter 29, Section 7H1/2
  (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: “Actual economic growth benchmark,” the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations for expenditures; review relating to capital facilities projects - Chapter 29, Section 7I
  [ Text of section effective until October 29, 2013. For text effective October 29, 2013, see below.]  Section 7I. All requests and recommendations for appropriations or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 7J 7K
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appropriation laws for commonwealth expenses; subject matter - Chapter 29, Section 7L
  A law making an appropriation for expenses of the commonwealth shall not contain provisions on any other subject matter. As used in this section, expenses...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of funds among appropriation items for House of Representatives and Senate - Chapter 29, Section 7M
  The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate may transfer funds, as needed, among items of appropriation for the house...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses - Chapter 29, Section 7N
  The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, acting jointly, may transfer funds, as needed, among the items of appropriation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of funds from items appropriated to joint legislative expenses to items for the house of representatives and the senate - Chapter 29, Section 7O
  The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, acting jointly, may transfer funds, as needed, from the items of appropriation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 612, Sec. 7 - Chapter 29, Section 8
  Repealed, 1953, 612, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1984, 484, Sec. 34 - Chapter 29, Section 8A
  Repealed, 1984, 484, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 8B to 9
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 166 - Chapter 29, Section 9A
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Allotment of monies made available by appropriation to state agencies; initial and supplemental allotments by secretary - Chapter 29, Section 9B
  Any monies made available by appropriation to state agencies under the control of the governor or a secretary, but not including the courts, the office...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deficiency of revenue - Chapter 29, Section 9C
  Whenever, in the opinion of the secretary of administration and finance, budgeted revenues as determined by the secretary from time to time during any fiscal...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Anticipated decrease in estimated revenue - Chapter 29, Section 9D
  Whenever it appears probable to any officer having charge of any office, department or undertaking, that amounts to be received from the federal government or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insufficient appropriations for required expenditures - Chapter 29, Section 9E
  Whenever it appears to any officer having charge of any office, department or undertaking that any appropriation therefor will be insufficient to meet all of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Periodic appropriations; notification of expenditures - Chapter 29, Section 9F
  After the close of each monthly accounting period, the comptroller shall notify the secretary of administration and finance and each officer having charge of an...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization of expenditures - Chapter 29, Section 9G
  Sums made available by appropriation or otherwise to offices, departments or undertakings for studies, plans, designs, construction, acquisition, purchase or repair of capital facilities, of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Publication of allocation of commonwealth debt for capital facility projects - Chapter 29, Section 9G.5
  [ Text of section added by 2013, 118, Sec. 6 effective October 29, 2013.]  Section 9G1/2. On or before July 1 of each year, the governor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1945, 637, Sec. 3 - Chapter 29, Section 10
  Repealed, 1945, 637, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1945, 242, Sec. 10 - Chapter 29, Section 11
  Repealed, 1945, 242, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appropriations for fiscal year - Chapter 29, Section 12
  Appropriations by the general court shall be made for the fiscal year unless otherwise specifically provided in such appropriation.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Obligations incurred against appropriation or subsidiary accounts for future items delivered or services rendered - Chapter 29, Section 12A
  Beginning June 1 of any year, obligations may be incurred against appropriations for items to be delivered or for services to be rendered on or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fiscal year for payment of classified personal services - Chapter 29, Section 12B
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the fiscal year for the payment of classified...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Encumbrances outstanding at close of fiscal year - Chapter 29, Section 13
  Encumbrances outstanding on the records of the comptroller’s office at the close of the fiscal year may be applied to the payment thereof in the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance; unencumbered balance - Chapter 29, Section 14
  (a) Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance, unless otherwise specifically provided in the appropriation, shall be available for expenditure in the 2 fiscal years following...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Successive appropriations - Chapter 29, Section 15
  An appropriation shall supersede an earlier one made for the same object.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payments from ordinary revenue; cash on hand - Chapter 29, Section 16
  Payments authorized by appropriation acts shall be made from budgeted revenue, if no other provision is expressly made for such payment.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Withholding appropriations; unadjusted accounts - Chapter 29, Section 17
  An appropriation act shall not be construed to require a payment to a person with whom the commonwealth has an unadjusted account. The governor, upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payments from the treasury regulated - Chapter 29, Section 18
  Except as otherwise provided, no money shall be paid by the commonwealth without a warrant from the governor drawn in accordance with an appropriation then...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 19
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Time of making transfers called for in general appropriation acts - Chapter 29, Section 19A
  Whenever a general appropriation act provides that transfers shall be made from a fund, account or receipts, of a specific sum, a percentage of payments,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization of payments - Chapter 29, Section 20
  No account or demand requiring the certificate of the comptroller or warrant of the governor shall be paid from an appropriation unless it has been...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Orders or claims for extra work or materials; notice - Chapter 29, Section 20A
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. Repealed by 2013, 38, Sec. 44. See 2013, 38, Sec. 219.]No order for, or claim for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 366, Sec. 1 - Chapter 29, Section 20B
  Repealed, 1996, 366, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Late penalty interest; submission of invoice - Chapter 29, Section 20C
  Any commercial vendor to whom any state agency of the commonwealth is liable for late penalty interest under section 29B shall, prior to payment of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 21
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payments limited; expenses incurred - Chapter 29, Section 22
  Except as otherwise expressly provided, no greater sum from an appropriation shall be drawn from the treasury at any one time than is necessary to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advancements from treasury; management of state agency funds; funding of checks and drafts - Chapter 29, Section 23
  Any officer authorized to expend money in behalf of the commonwealth may have money advanced to the officer from the treasury for such purposes, in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payments for human service programs; rules and regulations relating to eligibility - Chapter 29, Section 23A
  Subject to sections 24 and 25, the comptroller shall provide for payments by officers receiving advances under this chapter and to section 20 of chapter...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advancements; certification of immediate use - Chapter 29, Section 24
  Such officers shall certify that the amount is needed for immediate use, and, as specifically as may be, the purposes for which the expenditure is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advancements; detailed statements; filing by recipients - Chapter 29, Section 25
  Such officers shall, within 30 days after receipt of an advance, file with the comptroller a detailed statement of the amounts expended subsequent to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotments - Chapter 29, Section 26
  Expenses of offices and departments for compensation of officers, members and employees and for other purposes shall not exceed the appropriations made therefor by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 26A 26B
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenses and increases regulated - Chapter 29, Section 27
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no department, office, commission and institution shall incur an expense, increase a salary or employ a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 17 - Chapter 29, Section 27A
  Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditure of funds for lease or purchase of data processing or reproduction equipment restricted - Chapter 29, Section 27B
  No state agency, excepting the departments of the attorney general, state auditor, state secretary and state treasurer, shall initiate any encumbrance or make any expenditure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Certain laws, rules, etc. relating to costs or assessments effective only by vote of acceptance or appropriation; written notice requesting determination; class actions - Chapter 29, Section 27C
  Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary: (a) Any law taking effect on or after January 1, 1981 imposing any direct service or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State publications; costs; payments - Chapter 29, Section 28
  The cost of printing and publishing any publication issued by or on behalf of the commonwealth by any office or department shall be paid from...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Subsidiary accounts; emergency increase or decrease by interchange; sufficiency of funds to cover disbursements - Chapter 29, Section 29
  Any subsidiary account set up as prescribed in a schedule referred to in section 27, on the books of any department, office, commission or institution,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reports - Chapter 29, Section 29A
  The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the use of consultants in all...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., services - Chapter 29, Section 29B
  The secretary of administration and finance shall make, and may from time to time amend, rules and regulations governing the procurement and administration of contracts...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Acquisition of property or services from commercial vendor by general court or agency; liability for late penalty interest - Chapter 29, Section 29C
  Except as otherwise provided for by law, the general court or any agency of the executive or judicial branches of the government which acquires property...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Private debt collectors, employment by state agencies - Chapter 29, Section 29D
  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the officer having charge of any state agency may retain the services of 1 or more private persons, companies,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Maximum reimbursement for project costs - Chapter 29, Section 29E
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the comptroller may enter into contracts or interdepartmental service agreements for the purpose of identifying and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstances - Chapter 29, Section 29F
  (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Affiliates”, entities which are affiliates...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Utility expenses of commonwealth; recoupment of overcharges - Chapter 29, Section 29G
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the officer having charge of a state agency may retain the services of private persons, companies,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Overdue payments to commonwealth; late charges - Chapter 29, Section 29H
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the comptroller may assess late charge rates, in addition to any other late fees or interest provided by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements and chargebacks; reports - Chapter 29, Section 29I
  The comptroller shall develop and implement a payment system and regulations for interdepartmental fiscal transactions including interdepartmental service agreements and interdepartmental chargebacks. The chargeback system...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Use of state funds to pay for executive or legislative agent prohibited - Chapter 29, Section 29J
  Notwithstanding section 50 of chapter 3, or any other general or special law to the contrary, a state agency or state authority shall not use...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Audit by state authority of appropriations received from the commonwealth equal to or in excess of $500,000; audit committee; compensation committee; annual financial report; limitation on compensation of executives and employees of state authority - Chapter 29, Section 29K
  (a) Each state authority that receives a total amount of appropriations from the commonwealth equal to or in excess of $500,000 in any fiscal year...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance - Chapter 29, Section 30
  No officer or board shall insure any property of the commonwealth without special authority of law.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Centralized payroll system; duties of comptroller; authorized payments; wage garnishments - Chapter 29, Section 31
  The comptroller, in consultation with the personnel administrator and the secretary of administration and finance, may establish a centralized payroll system and may include salaries...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death, dismissal or retirement of state employees; accumulated vacation or sick-leave allowances; payments - Chapter 29, Section 31A
  (a) Upon the death of a state employee who is eligible for vacation under the rules of the director of personnel and standardization, or judge,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Teachers; weekly payments - Chapter 29, Section 31B
  Teachers in institutions of the commonwealth having weekly payrolls, at the option of the department within which such institutions are established, may be paid weekly.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Schools and colleges; non-teaching positions; vacation time - Chapter 29, Section 31C
  Any officer or employee of the commonwealth, employed in a non-teaching position in any school or college within any department of the commonwealth, whose regular...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payment of salaries upon death of officers or employees; discharge of liability - Chapter 29, Section 31D
  Whenever an officer or employee or former officer or employee of the commonwealth dies, and the commonwealth owes that officer or employee any sum or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salaries - Chapter 29, Section 31E
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a state employee, during working hours and at such times as are approved by the employee’s...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Time for presentment for payment of checks issued by the state treasurer; place for payment of checks not timely presented; transfer of unclaimed funds; refunds - Chapter 29, Section 32
  Any check issued by the state treasurer or by any agent or agency of the commonwealth, other than checks issued in payment of obligations of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unpaid wages and salaries; unclaimed wage fund; refunds - Chapter 29, Section 32A
  No wage or salary which is or shall be due from the commonwealth shall be payable later than 6 years after the same has or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 2 - Chapter 29, Section 33
  Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deposit of public monies - Chapter 29, Section 34
  (a) State officers, departments, institutions and other agencies may, with the written consent of the state treasurer, deposit a portion of the public monies in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 39 - Chapter 29, Section 34A
  Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds or other securities; assignments, etc. - Chapter 29, Section 35
  No bond or security belonging to the commonwealth shall be transferred except with the written approval of the governor. A note, bond, mortgage or other...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Mortgages held by commonwealth; discharge; assignments - Chapter 29, Section 36
  If the state treasurer is authorized to discharge a mortgage held by the commonwealth, the state treasurer may assign it instead of discharging it; but...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Real estate acquired by foreclosure; sale by state - Chapter 29, Section 37
  Real estate acquired by the commonwealth by foreclosure may, with the approval of the governor and council, be conveyed by the state treasurer upon payment...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investment of commonwealth funds; loans - Chapter 29, Section 38
  With the exception of funds used in connection with a deferred compensation program for state employees, and funds of the state employees’ retirement system or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investment funds; establishment; sale of participation units - Chapter 29, Section 38A
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state treasurer may establish 1 or more combined investment funds to invest funds of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deferred compensation committee - Chapter 29, Section 38B
  There shall be in the office of the state treasurer a deferred compensation committee, consisting of 3 members; 1 of whom shall be appointed by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Investments; bonds or notes; contracts; powers of state treasurer; payments to constitute general obligations - Chapter 29, Section 38C
  In connection with or incidental to the acquisition or carrying of any investment or program of investment or carrying of bonds or notes, the state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds, etc., held by commonwealth; exchanges - Chapter 29, Section 39
  When the commonwealth holds any bond, note or certificate of indebtedness payable to bearer and issued by a county, city, town or district or any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Trust deposits with state; form; investment - Chapter 29, Section 40
  No deposit required to be made by any corporation in trust with the state treasurer, or any part thereof, shall consist of a mortgage upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds, etc., of commonwealth; custody - Chapter 29, Section 41
  The state treasurer shall have the custody and keep a separate account of all notes, bonds and mortgages belonging to the commonwealth, and shall receive...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 42
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1926, 143 - Chapter 29, Section 43
  Repealed, 1926,
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unappropriated income - Chapter 29, Section 44
  The income or any surplus of funds belonging to or in the custody of the commonwealth shall, unless otherwise provided, be added to the principal.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Securities purchased for sinking funds - Chapter 29, Section 45
  No securities shall hereafter be purchased for any sinking fund which do not mature on or prior to the maturity date of the indebtedness on...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of securities from one fund to another - Chapter 29, Section 46
  The state treasurer, instead of selling any securities, belonging to any fund over which the commonwealth has exclusive control, to meet maturing liabilities, may transfer...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Borrowing in anticipation of receipts; use of notes to pay taxes of bearer - Chapter 29, Section 47
  The state treasurer may borrow at any time during the fiscal year, in anticipation of the receipts for that year, such sums of money as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 47A
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Signatures on bonds and notes - Chapter 29, Section 48
  Bonds issued by the commonwealth shall be signed by the state treasurer or a deputy treasurer and approved by the governor. Notes issued by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Facsimile signatures, bonds, notes, interest coupons; signatures of former officers - Chapter 29, Section 48A
  Facsimiles of the signature of the governor on original issues or transfers of bonds or notes of the commonwealth shall have the same validity and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds and notes; official statements; advertising; collateral tax consequences to social security recipients - Chapter 29, Section 48B
  Any official statement prepared in connection with the sale of any bonds or notes of the commonwealth and all advertising of such bonds and notes,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sinking fund for commonwealth bonds; investments - Chapter 29, Section 49
  The aggregate principal amount of bonds, if any, of any issue of commonwealth bonds stated to mature in any year may vary from the aggregate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Minibonds; issuance and sale; limitations; regulations - Chapter 29, Section 49A
  Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, whenever the state treasurer is authorized to issue and sell bonds of the commonwealth and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insurance or credit line security for bonds and notes; agreements with brokers - Chapter 29, Section 49B
  In addition to any other security provided by laws, bonds and notes of the commonwealth may, in the discretion of the state treasurer, be secured...
• Massachusetts General Laws - College savings programs; issuance and sale of bonds; powers and duties of state treasurer - Chapter 29, Section 49C
  (a) In issuing bonds of the commonwealth, under the law applicable thereto, the state treasurer may, under the conditions in this section, set aside and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Serial and sinking fund payments; certification - Chapter 29, Section 50
  The state treasurer shall annually in December certify to the budget director the amount necessary to provide for serial and sinking fund payments with respect...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112 - Chapter 29, Section 51
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1999, 68, Sec. 7 - Chapter 29, Section 52
  Repealed, 1999, 68, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notes or bonds maturing later than three years after issuance; requirements for inviting purchase proposals; waiver - Chapter 29, Section 53
  Whenever there is to be an issue of bonds or notes of the commonwealth maturing at a time later than 3 years from their dates,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Refunding bonds; issuance; proceeds; terms; report - Chapter 29, Section 53A
  The state treasurer may, upon request of the governor, issue and sell refunding bonds of the commonwealth in an amount to be specified by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deposits or other security for proposals by bidders - Chapter 29, Section 54
  The state treasurer may require each bidder submitting a proposal under section 53, as a condition precedent to the consideration of such bidder’s proposal, to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sale of bonds, etc.; expenditures - Chapter 29, Section 55
  The state treasurer may annually expend such sums as the general court shall appropriate for the purpose of providing for and advertising sales of bonds...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfers of reverted funds; sales of bonds or other securities - Chapter 29, Section 56
  Funds from a sale of specific bonds or other securities which have reverted at the close of a fiscal year, under the act authorizing the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1968, 536 - Chapter 29, Section 57
  Repealed, 1968,
• Massachusetts General Laws - Registered bonds exchanged for coupon bonds or defaced bonds - Chapter 29, Section 58
  The state treasurer may, upon terms and regulations prescribed by the governor and council, issue, in denominations of not less than $1,000, registered bonds in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; duplicates - Chapter 29, Section 59
  If it appears to the governor and council that any interest-bearing bond of the commonwealth identified by number and description has, without bad faith upon...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner’s indemnity bonds - Chapter 29, Section 60
  The owner of such bond shall surrender so much thereof as may remain, if any, and shall give to the state treasurer a bond in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - General obligations of the commonwealth, full faith and credit; negotiable instruments; direct debt limit - Chapter 29, Section 60A
  Unless otherwise specifically provided, provisions contained in any act heretofore or hereafter enacted by a vote, taken by the yeas and nays of 2/3 of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Capital debt affordability committee; estimation of prudent amount of new debt each fiscal year - Chapter 29, Section 60B
  (a) In this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings.  "Committee'', the capital debt affordability committee established under...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Claims for materials or labor against commonwealth; oath of claimants - Chapter 29, Section 61
  The comptroller or any other person authorized to approve claims for materials, supplies or other articles furnished to, or for service or labor performed for,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1943, 83, Sec. 2 - Chapter 29, Section 62
  Repealed, 1943, 83, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unlawful exercise or departments abuse of power; commonwealth, commissions, officers, etc.; court restraint - Chapter 29, Section 63
  If a department, commission, board, officer, employee or agent of the commonwealth is about to expend money or incur obligations purporting to bind the commonwealth...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deferred compensation contracts; public employees; investments - Chapter 29, Section 64
  The state treasurer, on behalf of the commonwealth, may contract with an employee to defer a portion of that employee’s compensation and may, for the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Individual retirement accounts; public employees - Chapter 29, Section 64A
  The state treasurer of the commonwealth, on behalf of the commonwealth, may contract with an employee to make contributions for and in the name of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deferred compensation contracts between governmental bodies and employees; investments - Chapter 29, Section 64B
  The treasurer or, if there is no treasurer, the chief financial officer by whatever name that person is called, on behalf of any political subdivision,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Individual retirement accounts between governmental bodies and employees - Chapter 29, Section 64C
  The treasurer or, if there is no treasurer, the chief financial officer, by whatever name that person is called, of any political subdivision, body politic...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deferred compensation program, annuity or other defined contribution plan; required participation - Chapter 29, Section 64D
  Any governmental body, as defined in section 64B, may require any person, who is receiving compensation from the governmental body for services performed and who...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Qualified defined contribution plan for employees of not-for-profit employer - Chapter 29, Section 64E
  (a) As used in this section, the term “not-for-profit employer” shall include eligible organizations incorporated under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, that are...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Delegation of certain powers and duties by secretaries of executive offices established under Chapters six A and seven; review by secretary of administration and finance - Chapter 29, Section 65
  The secretary having charge of any of the executive offices established by chapters 6A and 7 may by rule or regulation not inconsistent with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Violation of state finance laws; penalties - Chapter 29, Section 66
  Any officer or employee who knowingly violates, authorizes or directs another officer or employee to violate this chapter, or any rule or regulation promulgated under...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 346 - Chapter 29, Section 67 to 70
  Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Treasurer’s obligation regarding local aid intercepts - Chapter 29, Section 71
  This chapter shall not be construed to affect the obligation of the state treasurer to withhold from the receipts, distributions, reimbursements or other assistance payable...

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