General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 7 Executive Office for Administration and Finance

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 7, Section 1
  As used in this chapter the following words shall unless a contrary intention clearly appears, have the following meanings:— “Eligibility”, written criteria established before a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment of office - Chapter 7, Section 2
  There shall be an executive office for administration and finance, which shall serve directly under the governor.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Principal agency of executive department; purposes - Chapter 7, Section 3
  The executive office for administration and finance shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the commonwealth for the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec. 4 - Chapter 7, Section 3A
  Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Determination of charges and fees for state personnel or agency services, private use of state-owned property, meals served in state institutions and other public functions - Chapter 7, Section 3B
  Each fiscal year, under a schedule promulgated by the secretary, the secretary: (1) shall determine the amount to be charged by the commonwealth for each...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 329, Sec. 76 - Chapter 7, Section 3C
  Repealed, 1980, 329, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Supervision of state printing by state purchasing agent - Chapter 7, Section 3D
  The state purchasing agent shall supervise the state printing and all publications by the commonwealth shall be printed under the agent’s direction; provided, that this...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reports; annual printing; electronic form - Chapter 7, Section 3E
  All reports required to be made by permanent state departments, officers and commissions may, subject to the approval of the secretary and except as otherwise...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of agency publications; retention; electronic availability - Chapter 7, Section 3F
  Each state agency shall also provide 2 copies of its publication, as defined in section 39 of chapter 6 to the state secretary, 1 of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Secretary of administration and finance; appointment; salary; powers and duties; budget director - Chapter 7, Section 4
  The governor shall appoint the secretary of administration and finance. He shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, shall receive such salary as the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Departments and divisions - Chapter 7, Section 4A
  [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2014. For text effective July 1, 2014, see below.] The executive office for administration and finance shall include...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1998, 161, Sec. 44 - Chapter 7, Section 4B
  Repealed, 1998, 161, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 4 - Chapter 7, Section 4C
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employees; assistants and technical personnel - Chapter 7, Section 4D
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary shall appoint all employees of the executive office for administration and finance. Unless otherwise provided by law,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Production of agency records in connection with investigations - Chapter 7, Section 4E
  In addition to any powers provided in chapter 6A, in making any examination or investigation authorized under this chapter, the secretary may require the production...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 39 - Chapter 7, Section 4F
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Performance, Accountability and Transparency Trust - Chapter 7, Section 4F1/2
  There shall be established and set up a separate account, to be known as the Commonwealth Performance, Accountability and Transparency Trust, in this section called...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth Federal Grants Management Trust - Chapter 7, Section 4F3/4
  [ Text of section added by 2014, 257, Sec. 3 effective Aug. 6, 2014.] There shall be established and set up a separate account to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agencies within executive office for administration and finance - Chapter 7, Section 4G
  The following agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office for administration and finance: the civil service commission; the municipal personnel advisory board;...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Division of administrative law appeals; chief administrative magistrate - Chapter 7, Section 4H
  There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a division of administrative law appeals under the direction of a chief administrative magistrate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Civil service commission; members; chairman; appointment; tenure; political party restriction; compensation - Chapter 7, Section 4I
  There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance, but not under its supervision or control, a commission to be known as the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Divisions within the human resources division; commissioners, directors, etc.; duties and functions; tenure - Chapter 7, Section 4J
  There shall be within the human resources division a division of management services, a division of information services, and a division of technical services. Each...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Municipal personnel advisory board; members; election, etc.; rules and regulations - Chapter 7, Section 4K
  There shall be in the executive office for administration and finance a municipal personnel advisory board. The municipal personnel advisory board shall consist of five...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Operational services division; duties - Chapter 7, Section 4L
  The operational services division is hereby authorized to acquire, warehouse, allocate and distribute surplus government property to tax supported and to non-profit institutions and others,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Veterans’ services department; commissioner; duties - Chapter 7, Section 4M
  There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a department of veterans’ services under the supervision and control of a commissioner of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner’s expenses - Chapter 7, Section 4N
  The commissioner shall be allowed his traveling expenses when necessary for him to visit the city of Washington, and may expend for such purpose and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy commissioner; appointment - Chapter 7, Section 4O
  The commissioner of veterans’ services, with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, shall appoint and may remove a deputy commissioner of veterans’...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Extended illness leave bank; executive branch employees - Chapter 7, Section 4P
  There shall be an extended illness leave bank for employees of the executive branch of the government of the commonwealth who participate therein. The secretary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Website forms; grant program applications - Chapter 7, Section 4Q
  A state agency or state authority which administers a grant program shall publish on the commonwealth’s official internet website, in a format that is retrievable...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Caseload and economic forecasting office; functions; advisory board; data collection and analysis; required caseload forecasts; reporting - Chapter 7, Section 4R
  (a) There shall be within the office of commonwealth performance, accountability and transparency a caseload and economic forecasting office, in this section called the office....
• Massachusetts General Laws - First deputy commissioner of administration - Chapter 7, Section 5
  The secretary may, with the consent of the governor, appoint a first deputy commissioner of administration who shall also serve as undersecretary. The first deputy...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec. 4 - Chapter 7, Section 5A 5B
  Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 704, Sec. 9 - Chapter 7, Section 6
  Repealed, 1969, 704, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec. 25 - Chapter 7, Section 6A
  Repealed, 1994, 60, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 44 - Chapter 7, Section 6B
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec. 5 - Chapter 7, Section 6C
  Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1968, 492, Sec. 2 - Chapter 7, Section 6D
  Repealed, 1968, 492, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 44 - Chapter 7, Section 6E
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Coordinator of flexible hours employment within human resources division; plans or programs; report - Chapter 7, Section 6F
  There shall be a coordinator of flexible hours employment within the human resources division who shall work on the development, implementation and oversight of plans...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report to governor - Chapter 7, Section 7
  The secretary shall, on or before the first Wednesday in December of each year ending in an even number, submit a report to the governor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Agreement for fire protection of commonwealth’s institutions - Chapter 7, Section 7A
  The secretary may on behalf of the commonwealth enter into agreements for fire protection with municipalities adjacent to cities and towns in which institutions of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reports on estimates by state departments, officers, etc., to budget director - Chapter 7, Section 8
  On the request of either branch of the general court or of the ways and means committee of either branch, or of the governor, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Requested special examination on matters of management or finances - Chapter 7, Section 9
  On request of either branch of the general court or of the ways and means committee of either branch or of the governor, the secretary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State passenger vehicles and light duty pickup trucks; regulations governing use; report; personal use prohibited; purchase of hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles; acquisition; annual report - Chapter 7, Section 9A
  The secretary shall promulgate regulations governing the use of state passenger vehicles and light duty pickup trucks. Said regulations shall be aimed at proscribing the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Special examinations and reports on matters affecting management or finances - Chapter 7, Section 10
  The secretary may make a special examination of the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Hearings on management or finances; witnesses; production of records, depositions, etc.; penalties - Chapter 7, Section 11
  (a) Whenever requested to make a special examination under section 9, or after first obtaining the approval of the governor in making a special examination...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec. 5 - Chapter 7, Section 12
  Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 2 - Chapter 7, Section 13 to 14A
  Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1990, 177, Sec. 15 - Chapter 7, Section 14B
  Repealed, 1990, 177, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Development and operation of searchable website; contents - Chapter 7, Section 14C
  (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- [ Definition of "Agency'' of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State purchasing agent; examination of printing bills - Chapter 7, Section 15
  The state purchasing agent shall cause all the printing under the state printing contract to be examined and measured, and no bill for printing shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 2 - Chapter 7, Section 16 to 21
  Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Purchase of supplies and equipment; rules and regulations; duties of state purchasing agent - Chapter 7, Section 22
  The secretary shall, subject to the approval of the governor and council, make rules, regulations and orders which shall regulate and govern the manner and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Collective purchasing by commonwealth and political subdivisions - Chapter 7, Section 22A
  Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to collective purchasing, but subject to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, the commonwealth and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Collective purchasing by political subdivisions - Chapter 7, Section 22B
  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law relating to collective purchasing, but subject, however, to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, any two...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 22C to 22F - Chapter 7, Section 22B1/2
  For the purposes of sections 22C to 22F, inclusive, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words shall have the following meanings: “Comparable low...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Procurement by state of goods or services from persons with an office or facility in Northern Ireland; certification; bids - Chapter 7, Section 22C
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may not procure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Purchase of medical supplies by state agencies - Chapter 7, Section 22D
  (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two C, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Contracts entered in violation of Secs. 22C and 22D - Chapter 7, Section 22E
  Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two C twenty-two D, inclusive, shall be voidable.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Authorization to promulgate regulations - Chapter 7, Section 22F
  The secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two C to twenty-two E, inclusive.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 22H to 22M - Chapter 7, Section 22G
  For the purposes of sections twenty-two H to twenty-two M, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Comparable...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Procurement of goods or services from bidders or offerors on restricted purchase list - Chapter 7, Section 22H
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may not procure...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Purchase of medical supplies by state agencies - Chapter 7, Section 22I
  Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two H, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent, or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Restricted purchase list; persons doing business with Burma (Myanmar) - Chapter 7, Section 22J
  (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a restricted purchase list. The restricted purchase list shall contain the names of all persons currently doing business...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Promulgation of regulations - Chapter 7, Section 22K
  The secretary is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Void contracts - Chapter 7, Section 22L
  Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive, shall be void.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report of compliance - Chapter 7, Section 22M
  Annually on or before January first, the secretary shall file a report with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives detailing compliance...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bureau of purchased services; responsibilities; pricing methods; appeals; audits; rules and regulations - Chapter 7, Section 22N
  The operational services division shall include a bureau of purchased services, hereinafter known as the bureau. The bureau shall have primary responsibility for the implementation...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Preferential procurement of products or services within the commonwealth - Chapter 7, Section 22O
  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary relating to procurement, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency or authority...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal; noncompliance of officers - Chapter 7, Section 23
  Any appointed officer failing to comply with any rule, regulation or order made under section 22 may, after a hearing before the governor and council...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability of approved rules, regulations or orders - Chapter 7, Section 23A
  Rules, regulations and orders adopted under clause (17) of section twenty-two shall, so far as may be approved by the governor and council, apply to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Preference for products grown in or produced from products grown in commonwealth - Chapter 7, Section 23B
  (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency, authority or trustees or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1989, 731, Sec. 3 - Chapter 7, Section 24
  Repealed, 1989, 731, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advice to state institutions making suitable products for state entities - Chapter 7, Section 25
  The state purchasing agent shall advise with the several state institutions that make or are able to make products suitable for the needs of state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of supplies between state agencies; approval of amount purchased - Chapter 7, Section 25A
  The state purchasing agent may provide for the transfer of supplies and equipment purchased from state appropriations from one state agency to another when, in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Advisory standardization board - Chapter 7, Section 26
  In order best to carry out the provisions of sections twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, and sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter thirty, there shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Furnishing paper to reformatory by purchasing agent - Chapter 7, Section 27
  The state purchasing agent shall furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of the paper used in the execution of the contract for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Travel-related services; purchase coordination - Chapter 7, Section 27A
  The state purchasing agent shall coordinate the purchase of travel and travel-related services by authorized officers and employees of the commonwealth to insure cost-effective management...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Personnel administration; research; technical advisors; rules and regulations - Chapter 7, Section 28
  The personnel administrator may carry on departmental research, tending to greater co-ordination and standardization of personnel administration, including the making of examinations and investigations, the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Training and educational programs; officers and employees; managers; judges and court personnel; agreements - Chapter 7, Section 28A
  The said personnel administrator shall also, with advice and assistance from time to time from the principal appointing authorities of the commonwealth, organize or further...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employee assistance program - Chapter 7, Section 28B
  The personnel administrator shall organize, develop, and conduct an employee assistance program for persons whose job performance is being adversely affected by behavioral or medical...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditures for documents; approval; filing; sales - Chapter 7, Section 29
  Any agency of the commonwealth which receives an appropriation of state funds shall not make any expenditure for any document printed, mimeographed or prepared in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public record of state officials and employees; salaries; publication - Chapter 7, Section 30
  The human resources division shall collect at least once in every fiscal year such information relative to certain officials and employees of the commonwealth as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1969, 704, Sec. 9 - Chapter 7, Section 30A
  Repealed, 1969, 704, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1984, 189, Sec. 5 - Chapter 7, Section 30B to 30P
  Repealed, 1984, 189, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec. 6 - Chapter 7, Section 30Q to 30T
  Repealed, 1991, 412, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 2 - Chapter 7, Section 31
  Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Suggestion awards board; function; prizes - Chapter 7, Section 31A
  There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a suggestion awards board, to consist of the secretary, the comptroller, and the budget...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec. 5 - Chapter 7, Section 32
  Repealed, 1962, 757, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 2 - Chapter 7, Section 33 to 35
  Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 6 - Chapter 7, Section 36
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1976, 283, Sec. 3C - Chapter 7, Section 37
  Repealed, 1976, 283, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 9 - Chapter 7, Section 37A
  Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 176 - Chapter 7, Section 38
  Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - American Indian skeletal remains; preservation; excavation; analysis - Chapter 7, Section 38A
  Upon the receipt of the commission of notice under section six B of chapter thirty-eight that a site evaluation will be made to determine if...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 38A1/2 to 38P
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 39
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 39A to 39D
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 40
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 40A to 40N
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 41
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 41A to 41C
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 42
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 42A to 42K
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 43
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 66 - Chapter 7, Section 43A to 43I
  Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec. 18 - Chapter 7, Section 43J 43K
  Repealed, 1995, 38, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 7 - Chapter 7, Section 44 to 48
  Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Public employee retirement administration commission; members; executive director - Chapter 7, Section 49
  (a) There shall be within the executive office of administration and finance, but not subject to its control, a public employee retirement administration commission consisting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Commissioner of public employee retirement; powers and duties; investment advisory unit - Chapter 7, Section 50
  The public employee retirement administration commission, established under section 49, shall have general responsibility for the efficient administration of the public employee retirement system, under...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2005, 45, Sec. 4 - Chapter 7, Section 51
  Repealed, 2005, 45, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Privatization contracts; need to regulate - Chapter 7, Section 52
  The general court hereby finds and declares that using private contractors to provide public services formerly provided by state employees does not always promote the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 7, Section 53
  As used in sections fifty-two to fifty-five, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:— “Agency”, an executive office, department, division, board, commission or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Statement of services; wage rates; health insurance; hiring of former agency employees; cost estimate; bids; certification to state auditor - Chapter 7, Section 54
  No agency shall make any privatization contract and no such contract shall be valid unless the agency, in consultation with the executive office for administration...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Objection by state auditor; review - Chapter 7, Section 55
  (a) An agency shall not make any privatization contract and no such contract shall be valid if, within thirty business days after receiving the certificate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Payments by state in support of or in opposition to an employee organization; prohibition - Chapter 7, Section 56
  Payments by the commonwealth, or by any agency, authority or political subdivision thereof, pursuant to a contract with any person or entity shall not be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Statement of policy promoting minority, women and veterans businesses - Chapter 7, Section 57
  It is the policy of the commonwealth to promote and facilitate the fullest possible participation by all citizens in the affairs of the commonwealth. Minority,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 59 to 61 - Chapter 7, Section 58
  As used in sections 59 to 61 of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless a contrary intent is clearly indicated:—...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Supplier diversity office - Chapter 7, Section 58A
  There shall be a supplier diversity office which shall be an office within the operational services division of the executive office for administration and finance.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Director of supplier diversity office - Chapter 7, Section 59
  SDO shall have a director and such other specialists as may be authorized. The director shall have all necessary authority, subject to the direction, control...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unified Certification Program Trust Fund - Chapter 7, Section 60
  (a) There shall be established a separate account to be known as the Unified Certification Program Trust Fund, in this section called the fund. The...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of supplier diversity office - Chapter 7, Section 61
  (a) SDO shall adopt regulations and policies for the establishment and management of the office's certification process, including regulations and policies governing the streamlining, approval,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report on capital projects; contents - Chapter 7, Section 62
  The executive office for administration and finance shall report annually to the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets and the...

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