General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 6 The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library

• Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of governor - Chapter 6, Section 1
  The governor shall receive a salary of $140,535, and an additional amount to be calculated by applying the adjustment percentage most recently ascertained by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitation - Chapter 6, Section 2
  The lieutenant governor shall receive a salary of $124,920 and an additional amount to be calculated by applying the adjustment percentage most recently ascertained by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Salary of council members; term limitation - Chapter 6, Section 3
  Each member of the council shall receive a salary of $26,025. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section to the contrary, any member of the council...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limits - 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• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 12 - Chapter 6, Section 6 to 7
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures - Chapter 6, Section 8
  The governor may expend each year such sums as may be appropriated for the entertainment of the president of the United States and other distinguished...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc. - Chapter 6, Section 9
  The governor and council shall co-operate in behalf of the commonwealth in all scientific surveys made by the United States government of harbors, rivers, shores...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions - 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• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 14 - Chapter 6, Section 11
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• 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.
• 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 - International Education Week - Chapter 6, Section 12YY
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week of November, or such other week if in conjunction with a federally recognized...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day - Chapter 6, Section 12ZZ
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October 21 as Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day, in conjunction with National Biomedical Research Day, and recommending...
• 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 the 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 - 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 May 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 - Lead Poisoning Prevention Week - Chapter 6, Section 15XXX
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the week beginning with the third Sunday of July as Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and recommending...
• 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 Heritage 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
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Autistic Awareness Month and recommending that the month be observed in...
• 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
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart July 18 as the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day and recommending...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Armenian-American Heritage Month - Chapter 6, Section 15WWWW
  The governor shall issue a proclamation setting apart the month of April as Armenian-American Heritage Month, in recognition of the significant contributions Armenian-Americans have made...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Guardians’ Day - Chapter 6, Section 15XXXX
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Sunday in April as Guardians’ Day, in recognition of the generous contributions of guardians...
• Massachusetts General Laws - World War II Commemoration Day - Chapter 6, Section 15YYYY
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 2 as World War II Commemoration Day, in honor of those who served in that...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Stalking Awareness Month - Chapter 6, Section 15ZZZZ
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of January as Stalking Awareness Month, to increase the public’s awareness of the deadly...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bill of Rights Day - Chapter 6, Section 15AAAAA
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 15 as Bill Of Rights Day, in respect for the first 10 Amendments to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Juneteenth Independence Day - Chapter 6, Section 15BBBBB
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the nineteenth of June as Juneteenth Independence Day, to be observed on the Sunday that is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month - Chapter 6, Section 15CCCCC
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of September as Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month to increase citizens’ awareness of a leading...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day - Chapter 6, Section 15DDDDD
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart December 24 as Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day, in recognition of the victims and survivors of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Thrombosis Awareness Month - Chapter 6, Section 15EEEEE
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of November as Thrombosis Awareness Month and recommending that said month be observed in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Phenylketonuria Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15FFFFF
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart May 24 as Phenylketonuria Awareness Day, in recognition of the lifelong struggles of people diagnosed with...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week - Chapter 6, Section 15GGGGG
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third full week in September as Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week, in recognition of the number...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Philanthropy Day - Chapter 6, Section 15HHHHH
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart November 15 as Philanthropy Day and recommending that those public and private organizations and individuals strongly...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Jack Kerouac Day - Chapter 6, Section 15IIIII
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart March 12 as Jack Kerouac Day, in recognition of Jack Kerouac’s contributions to American literature and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Lung Cancer Awareness Month - Chapter 6, Section 15JJJJJ
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of November as Lung Cancer Awareness Month to increase public awareness of lung cancer...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15KKKKK
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second Monday in June as Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day, in recognition of the outstanding contributions...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disability History Month - Chapter 6, Section 15LLLLL
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the month of October as Disability History Month to increase awareness and understanding of the contributions...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Polish American Congress Day - Chapter 6, Section 15MMMMM
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart October thirtieth as Polish American Congress Day, in recognition of the capacity of the Polish American...
• Massachusetts General Laws - No Name Calling Day - Chapter 6, Section 15NNNNN
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Wednesday in January as No Name Calling Day to increase public awareness of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day - Chapter 6, Section 15OOOOO
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting aside the fourth Saturday of September as Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day, recommending its observance by the public...
• Massachusetts General Laws - World Voice Week - Chapter 6, Section 15PPPPP
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart a week beginning on April 16 as World Voice Week, in recognition of the many citizens...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fragile X Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15QQQQQ
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart July 22 as Fragile X Awareness Day, in recognition of the successes achieved in diagnosis and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week - Chapter 6, Section 15RRRRR
  The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the third week in October of each year as Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week to raise...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts Service and Volunteerism Day - Chapter 6, Section 15SSSSS
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 84 effective July 22, 2014. See also, Section 15SSSSS added by 2014, 122, below.] The governor shall annually...
• Massachusetts General Laws - General Sylvanus Thayer Day - Chapter 6, Section 15TTTTT
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 122 effective June 6, 2014.] The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart June 9 as General...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Blue Star Mothers Month - Chapter 6, Section 15UUUUU
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 165, Sec. 7 effective July 1, 2014. See 2014, 165, Sec. 291. See also, Section 15UUUUU added by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15VVVVV
  [Text of section added by 2014, 175 as amended by 2014, 294, Sec. 1 effective November 18, 2014.] The governor shall annually issue a proclamation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Ataxia Awareness Day - Chapter 6, Section 15WWWWW
  [Text of section added by 2014, 294, Sec. 2 effective November 18, 2014.] The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart September 25 as...
• 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissions and boards serving under governor - Chapter 6, Section 17
  The armory commission, the art commission, the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioners of uniform state laws, the public bequest commission, the state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Governor’s cabinet - Chapter 6, Section 17A
  There shall be a cabinet, which shall serve under the governor. The cabinet shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Armory commission - Chapter 6, Section 18
  There shall be an armory commission composed as follows:—The adjutant general, who shall be chairman, the state quartermaster, who shall be clerk, and the air...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 11 - Chapter 6, Section 18A
  Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public education nominating council; membership; duties - Chapter 6, Section 18B
  (a) A public education nominating council is hereby established to advise the governor with respect to appointments to the board of education, the board of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Art commission; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc. - Chapter 6, Section 19
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. Repealed by 2013, 38, Sec. 5. See 2013, 38, Sec. 219.]There shall be an art commission...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of art commission - Chapter 6, Section 20
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. For text effective July 1, 2013, see below.]There shall be submitted to the art commission for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 21
  Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40 - Chapter 6, Section 22 to 25
  Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment; term; organization; removal - Chapter 6, Section 26
  There shall be a board of commissioners on uniform state laws, consisting of three suitable persons, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of commissioners - Chapter 6, Section 27
  The commissioners shall examine subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states of the United States is desirable, but which are outside of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation and expenses of commissioners - Chapter 6, Section 28
  They shall serve without compensation, but each commissioner shall be paid by the commonwealth the amount of his actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 28A to 28E
  Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 29 to 32
  Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of trustees of the state library - Chapter 6, Section 33
  There shall be a board of trustees of the state library, consisting of the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of trustees - Chapter 6, Section 34
  Said trustees shall have the management and control of the state library and of the moneys appropriated therefor. They may sell or otherwise dispose of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Librarian; compensation, etc. - Chapter 6, Section 35
  The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts - Chapter 6, Section 36
  The trustees of the state library may expend such sums annually as the general court may appropriate for permanent assistants and clerks, for books, maps,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Trustees’ annual report - Chapter 6, Section 37
  The trustees of the state library shall keep records of their doings, and shall make an annual report thereof, with a list of books, maps...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Gifts in trust for state library - Chapter 6, Section 37A
  The said trustees may receive in trust for the commonwealth any gift or bequest of money or securities for any purpose incident to the uses...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Location; persons authorized to use - Chapter 6, Section 38
  The state library shall be in the state house, and shall be kept open every day except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays for the use...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 39 to 39B - Chapter 6, Section 39
  As used in sections thirty-nine to thirty-nine B, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:— “Agency”, each agency,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Depository library for state publications; collection; system - Chapter 6, Section 39A
  (1) In order that all state publications of the commonwealth are preserved and made available for the use of citizens of the state, the state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of state agency publications - Chapter 6, Section 39B
  Each state agency shall furnish the state library eight copies of its publications. Said copies shall be forwarded to the state library no later than...
• 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
  Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 43 to 45
  Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 46 47
  Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 194, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 48
  Repealed, 2011, 194, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 49 to 52
  Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec.
• 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, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 53 to 55
  Inoperative as a result of title to the port properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 33; 1958, 599, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory board - Chapter 6, Section 56
  There shall be a commission to be known as the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Such commission shall consist of three members, to be known as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6, Section 57 to 59
  Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec.
• 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, Sec. 12 - Chapter 6, Section 59A to 59C
  Inoperative as a result of title to the airport properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 32; 1958, 599, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 60
  Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3 - Chapter 6, Section 61 62
  Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2,
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 63
  Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1B - Chapter 6, Section 64
  Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 65 to 67
  Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18 - Chapter 6, Section 68
  Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 69 to 69B
  Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec.
• 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
  Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 73
  Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - 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 to 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
  The commission shall cooperate with the department of industrial accidents in the executive office of labor and workforce development, the department of career services in...
• 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 to 84I
  Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 86 to 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 - Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 86 87
  Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec.
• 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 - Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 89 90
  Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec.
• 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 to 96
  Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - State finance and governance board; membership - Chapter 6, Section 97
  (a) As used in this section and section 98, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Board”, the state finance and governance board established...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of state finance and governance board - Chapter 6, Section 98
  (a) The board shall promote transparency, public accountability and adherence to best practices by all state entities with respect to proper governance of state entities...
• 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
  Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec.
• 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 102 to 104
  Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointments - Chapter 6, Section 105
  There shall be a commission on the employment of people with disabilities, in this section and sections 106 and 107, called the commission, consisting 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Manufactured homes commission; members; duties; compensation - Chapter 6, Section 108
  There shall be a manufactured home commission, hereinafter called the commission, consisting of five members, not more than three of whom shall be of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 109 to 114
  Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 115
  Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unit pricing of packaged commodities; retail sale; regulations; enforcement; penalties; report - Chapter 6, Section 115A
  The director of standards may adopt regulations establishing lists of packaged commodities necessary for personal, family or household use to be offered for sale at...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Municipal police training committee; members; chairperson; executive director - 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
  [Text of section effective until July 1, 2015. For text effective July 1, 2015, see below.] (a) The municipal police training committee shall establish within...
• 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 - Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instruction - Chapter 6, Section 116D
  The municipal police training committee shall provide instruction, under section 96B of chapter 41, on the policies and procedures developed under clause (9) of section...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Development and establishment of course in bicycle safety enforcement - Chapter 6, Section 116E
  (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 - Harbormaster training council - Chapter 6, Section 116F
  There shall be a harbormaster training council within the executive office of public safety. The council shall consist of 11 members, 1 of whom shall...
• 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 - Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11 - Chapter 6, Section 119
  Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6, Section 120
  Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 1 - Chapter 6, Section 121
  Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 122 123
  Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3 - Chapter 6, Section 124
  Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec.
• 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,...
• 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 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
  At the discretion of the Social Security Administration, the commissioner shall enter into an agreement with the Social Security Administration, under which the commonwealth may...
• 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 H.H.S.; 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 to 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 to 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
  Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec.
• 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; fee - 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 section 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
  Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6, Section 151 to 153
  Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4 - Chapter 6, Section 154
  Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 155
  Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Committee on criminal justice; membership; 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission - 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 - 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 - Council on juvenile behavior - 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory board on compensation of officials; establishment; appointment of members; duties; report; compensation and expenses - Chapter 6, Section 162
  There shall be an advisory board on compensation of officials, consisting of 5 members appointed by the governor. The board shall study the adequacy of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Management engineering task force - Chapter 6, Section 163
  There shall be a board to be known as the Management Engineering Task Force to consist of not more than forty-five members, the number of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts fire training council - Chapter 6, Section 164
  There is hereby established in the department of fire services within the executive office of public safety the Massachusetts fire training council, hereinafter called the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties - Chapter 6, Section 165
  The Massachusetts fire training council shall be the sole certifying agency for the certification and training of all levels of fire service personnel within the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts firefighting academy - Chapter 6, Section 165A
  There is hereby established the Massachusetts firefighting academy which shall be the sole agency responsible for the training of all fire service personnel in the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts fire service commission - Chapter 6, Section 165B
  There is hereby established in the executive office of public safety the Massachusetts fire service commission, hereinafter called the commission, to consist of the secretary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Health facilities appeals board; establishment; function; members; appointment; qualifications; compensation; personnel - Chapter 6, Section 166
  There shall be within the executive office of health and human services a health facilities appeals board, hereinafter called the board, which shall make determinations...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 7 - Chapter 6, Section 166A
  Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions; establishment; members; meetings; function - Chapter 6, Section 166B
  There shall be within the executive office of health and human services an advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions, hereinafter called the committee. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178L - Chapter 6, Section 167
  The following words shall, whenever used in this section or in sections 168 to 178L, inclusive, have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Department of criminal justice information services - Chapter 6, Section 167A
  (a) There shall be within the executive office a department of criminal justice information services which shall be under the supervision and control of a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Criminal record review board - Chapter 6, Section 168
  (a) There shall be a criminal record review board within the department of criminal justice information services consisting of the following persons: the secretary of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transmission of probation and parole records to the department - 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 department shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the prompt collection, exchange, dissemination and distribution of firearms record information in...
• 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
  Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5 - Chapter 6, Section 170
  Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative information - Chapter 6, Section 171
  The department 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 - Right of applicant to criminal history record prior to questioning or adverse decision; penalties for failure to provide applicant with criminal history information; maintenance of written criminal offender record information policy - Chapter 6, Section 171A
  In connection with any decision regarding employment, volunteer opportunities, housing or professional licensing, a person in possession of an applicant’s criminal offender record information shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Maintenance of criminal offender record information in electronic format; accessibility via world wide web; eligibility for access to database; use and dissemination of criminal offender record information - Chapter 6, Section 172
  (a) The department shall maintain criminal offender record information in a database, which shall exist in an electronic format and be accessible via the world...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fee for request for criminal offender record information or self-audit; permitted uses of revenues received under this section - Chapter 6, Section 172A
  [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July 1, 2014, see below.] The commissioner shall assess a fee for each request...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Children and families department; youth services department; available information - Chapter 6, Section 172B
  Notwithstanding any provision of section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter or of any other provision of law, the following information shall be available to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Local fingerprint submission requirement for applicants for licenses in specified occupations - Chapter 6, Section 172B1/2
  Municipalities may, by local ordinance, require applicants for licenses in specified occupations to submit a full set of fingerprints for the purpose of conducting a...
• 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, assisted living residences and continuing care facilities - Chapter 6, Section 172E
  Notwithstanding any provision of section 172 to the contrary, criminal offender record information shall be available to a long term care facility, as defined in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Conviction and arrest data available to department of early education and care - Chapter 6, Section 172F
  Notwithstanding section 172, the following information shall be available, upon request, to the department of early education and care for the purposes of evaluating any...
• 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 - 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 - Commissioner of banks to obtain criminal record information of applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F; restriction on use - Chapter 6, Section 172J
  Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner of banks may obtain all available criminal offender record information...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Climbing wall or challenge course program employee or volunteer previously subject to record check; simultaneous applications for record check - Chapter 6, Section 172K
  Notwithstanding section 172 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any children’s camp or school that plans to employ or accept as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector under 42 U.S.C. § 18031(i) required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee - Chapter 6, Section 172L
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 165, Sec. 10 effective July 1, 2014. See 2014, 165, Sec. 291. See also, Section 172L added by...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Person licensed pursuant to section 122 of chapter 140 required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles - Chapter 6, Section 172L-2
  [Text of section added by 2014, 284, Sec. 3 effective January 1, 2015. See 2014, 284, Sec. 108. See also, Section 172L added by 2014,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restricted - Chapter 6, Section 173
  The commissioner may approve research programs to obtain criminal offender record information; provided, however, that said research programs shall not publish any information that either...
• 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 - Right of subject to inspect criminal offender record information; correction of inaccurate or incomplete information; procedure; restrict - Chapter 6, Section 175
  A subject shall have the right to inspect, and if practicable, obtain a copy of all criminal offender record information from the department that refers...
• 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 - Requesting or obtaining criminal offender record information or self-audit under false pretenses; unlawful communication of record information; falsification of record information; unlawful request or requirement that person provide his or her record information; punishment - Chapter 6, Section 178
  An individual or entity who knowingly requests, obtains or attempts to obtain criminal offender record information or a self-audit from the department under false pretenses,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Use of criminal offender record information to commit crime against or harass subject; penalty - Chapter 6, Section 1781/2
  Whoever uses criminal offender record information to commit a crime against the subject of the criminal offender record information or to engage in harassment of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Right of victim of crime, witness or family member of homicide victim to obtain criminal offender record information of person accused or convicted; disclosure of other information by criminal justice agencies - Chapter 6, Section 178A
  A victim of crime, witness or family member of a homicide victim, all as defined by section 1 of chapter 258B, may obtain all available...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death of offender; cessation of restrictions - 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 178C to 178P - 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 department, shall establish and maintain a central computerized registry of all sex...
• 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 sex offenders; 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 - Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offenders - Chapter 6, Section 178F.5
  [ First paragraph effective until August 7, 2013. For text effective August 7, 2013, see below.]  Section 178F1/2. A sex offender finally classified by the board...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Global positioning system device to be worn by homeless sex offender - Chapter 6, Section 178F3/4
  A homeless sex offender shall wear a global positioning system device, or any comparable device, administered by the commissioner of probation.
• 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notification; information sharing system relevant for determination or reevaluation of sex offender's level designation - Chapter 6, Section 178K
  (1) There shall be, in the executive office of public safety and security, a sex offender registry board which shall consist of seven members who...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel; reclassification - 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
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2013. For text effective July 1, 2013, see below.]An offender may seek judicial review, in accordance with...
• 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; risk of reoffense information disclosure - 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Board of underwater archaeological resources; members; terms; director; staff - Chapter 6, Section 179
  There shall be in the executive office of environmental affairs a board of underwater archaeological resources, hereinafter referred to as the board. The board shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties in preserving underwater archaeological resources; state title; definition - Chapter 6, Section 180
  It shall be the duty and responsibility of the board to encourage the discovery and reporting of and to protect and preserve historical, scientific and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointment - Chapter 6, Section 181
  There shall be in the executive office of health and human services a nutrition board, hereinafter referred to as the board, which shall consist of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory function; 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 - 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 - 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 - 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 6 - Chapter 6, Section 183
  Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts cost containment council - Chapter 6, Section 183A
  There is hereby established a Massachusetts cost containment council, hereinafter called the council. The council shall consist of the following persons or their designees: the...
• 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 - Forensic sciences advisory board - Chapter 6, Section 184A
  [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July 1, 2014, see below.] There shall be in the executive office of public...
• 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 General Laws - Advisory council; membership; duties - Chapter 6, Section 189
  The advisory council shall consist of the commissioner of mental health, the commissioner of rehabilitation, the commissioner for the blind, the director of the office...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2011, 3, Sec. 10 - Chapter 6, Section 190
  Repealed, 2011, 3, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199 - Chapter 6, Section 191
  As used in sections one hundred and ninety-one to one hundred and ninety-nine, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulations - Chapter 6, Section 192
  There shall be a commission for the deaf and hard of hearing to be known as the Massachusetts commission for the deaf and hard of...
• 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Child abuse prevention board; members; term; executive director; removal - Chapter 6, Section 202
  There is hereby established a child abuse prevention board, in this section and in section 203 referred to as the board, which shall consist of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Meetings; reports; powers and duties - Chapter 6, Section 203
  The board shall meet at least four times annually. On or before March fifteenth of every year the board shall file a report with the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employee involvement and ownership commission; members; term; duties - Chapter 6, Section 204
  There shall be a commission on employee involvement and ownership, hereinafter called the commission, to consist of thirteen members including the director of economic development...
• 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
  There is hereby established a council, to be known as the governor’s advisory council for refugees and immigrants, to consist of not less than 15...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Office for Refugees and Immigrants Trust Fund - Chapter 6, Section 208A
  [ Text of section added by 2013, 38, Sec. 14 effective July 1, 2013. See 2013, 38, Sec. 219.]There shall be an Office for Refugees...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 2 - Chapter 6, Section 209 to 213
  Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Madeline Amy Sweeney award for civilian bravery - Chapter 6, Section 214
  There shall be presented annually on September 11 an award for civilian bravery in memory of Madeline Amy Sweeney, a victim on American Airlines Flight...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals - Chapter 6, Section 215
  There shall be an interagency child welfare task force. The secretary of health and human services shall serve as its chair. The member agencies shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Military asset and security strategy task force; membership; powers and duties; meetings - Chapter 6, Section 216
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 48, Sec. 3 effective March 14, 2014.] (a) Within the office of the governor, there shall be a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, advisory council; membership; powers and duties; executive committee - Chapter 6, Section 217
  [Text of section added by 2014, 165, Sec. 12 effective July 1, 2014. See 2014, 165, Sec. 291. See also, Section 217 added by 2014,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commission on autism; membership; powers and duties; annual report - Chapter 6, Section 217-2
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 226, Sec. 1 effective November 3, 2014. See also, Section 217 added by 2014, 165, Sec. 12 effective...

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