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Section 1 Salary of governor
Section 2 Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitation
Section 3 Salary of council members; term limitation
Section 4 Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limits
Section 5 Governor’s assistants; compensation
Section 6 Executive secretary; messenger
Section 6A Administrative secretary
Section 7 Stationery for council
Section 8 Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures
Section 9 Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc.
Section 10 Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions; expenses
Section 11 Reimbursement of expenses of persons representing commonwealth at conventions
Section 12 Compensation of legal counsel and commissioners
Section 12A Veterans Day
Section 12AA Iwo Jima Day
Section 12B Anniversary of death of General Pulaski
Section 12BB Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day
Section 12C Bunker Hill battle anniversary
Section 12CC Public Employees Week
Section 12D Boston Massacre anniversary
Section 12DD Pearl Harbor Day
Section 12E Commodore John Barry Day
Section 12EE Grandparents’ Day
Section 12F New Orleans Day
Section 12FF Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah Samson
Section 12G American Education Week
Section 12GG Lithuanian Independence Day
Section 12H Anniversary of death of General Lafayette
Section 12HH Statue of Liberty Awareness Day
Section 12I American Indian Heritage week
Section 12II Slovak Independence Day
Section 12J Patriots’ Day
Section 12JJ Visiting Nurse Association Week
Section 12K Evacuation Day
Section 12KK Labor Week
Section 12L Veteran Firemen’s Muster Day
Section 12LL Social Security Day
Section 12M Student Government Day
Section 12MM Korean War Veterans Day
Section 12N United Nations Day
Section 12NN Human Rights Day
Section 12O Loyalty Day
Section 12OO Exercise Tiger Day
Section 12P Civil rights week
Section 12PP Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
Section 12Q Memorial Day
Section 12QQ Homeless Unity Day
Section 12R Polish Constitution Day
Section 12RR USO Appreciation Day
Section 12S Peter Francisco Day
Section 12SS Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
Section 12T Observance of certain other days
Section 12TT Destroyer Escort Day
Section 12U Children’s Day
Section 12UU School Principals’ Recognition Day
Section 12V Columbus Day
Section 12VV Native American Day
Section 12W Sight-saving month
Section 12WW Garden Week
Section 12X Teachers’ Day
Section 12XX Candle Safety Day
Section 12Y Maritime Day
Section 12YY International Education Week
Section 12Z Jamaican Independence Day
Section 12ZZ Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day
Section 13 Lincoln Day
Section 14 Flag Day
Section 14A Spanish War Memorial Day and Maine Memorial Day
Section 14B State Constitution Day
Section 14C Earth Week
Section 15 Arbor and Bird Day
Section 15A Constitution Day
Section 15AA Secretaries Week
Section 15AAA School Library Media Month
Section 15AAAA Robert Goddard Day
Section 15AAAAA Bill of Rights Day
Section 15B Senior Citizens Month
Section 15BB Massachusetts National Guard Week
Section 15BBB POW/MIA Day
Section 15BBBB Special Needs Awareness Day
Section 15BBBBB Juneteenth Independence Day
Section 15C American History Month
Section 15CC Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
Section 15CCC Homeless Awareness Week
Section 15CCCC Robert Frost Day
Section 15CCCCC Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Section 15D Massachusetts Art Week
Section 15DD Independence Day
Section 15DDD Silver-Haired Legislature Days
Section 15DDDD Lucy Stone Day
Section 15DDDDD Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
Section 15E Susan B. Anthony Day
Section 15EE Endangered Species Day
Section 15EEE Rabies Prevention Week
Section 15EEEE Italian-American Heritage Month
Section 15EEEEE Thrombosis Awareness Month
Section 15F Employ Handicapped Persons Week
Section 15FF Pro-Life Month
Section 15FFF Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
Section 15FFFF Irish-American Heritage Month
Section 15FFFFF Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
Section 15G Youth Honor Day
Section 15GG Employ the Older Worker Week
Section 15GGG Alzheimer’s Awareness Week
Section 15GGGG Portuguese-American Heritage Month
Section 15GGGGG Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Section 15H Boy Scout Week
Section 15HH John Carver Day
Section 15HHH Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week
Section 15HHHH Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness
Section 15HHHHH Philanthropy Day
Section 15I Liberty Tree Day
Section 15II Armenian Martyrs’ Day
Section 15III Independent Living Center Day
Section 15IIII Public Health Month
Section 15IIIII Jack Kerouac Day
Section 15J Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Day
Section 15JJ Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday
Section 15JJJ Police Memorial Day
Section 15JJJJ Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
Section 15JJJJJ Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Section 15K Cystic Fibrosis Week
Section 15KK National Family Week
Section 15KKK Workers’ Memorial Day
Section 15KKKK Arthritis Awareness Day
Section 15KKKKK Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day
Section 15L John F. Kennedy Day
Section 15LL Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Section 15LLL Lupus Awareness Month
Section 15LLLL Autistic Awareness Month
Section 15M Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
Section 15MM Vietnam Veterans Day
Section 15MMM Geographic Education Awareness Week
Section 15MMMM Luther Burbank Day
Section 15N Police Officers’ Week
Section 15NN State Walking Sunday
Section 15NNN Literacy Awareness Month
Section 15NNNN Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
Section 15O Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month
Section 15OO Saint Jean de Baptiste Day
Section 15OOO Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month
Section 15OOOO Civilian Conservation Corps Day
Section 15P Traffic Safety Week
Section 15PP Town Meeting Day
Section 15PPP Samuel Slater Day
Section 15PPPP Thomas Paine Day
Section 15Q United States Marine Corps Day
Section 15QQ Parliamentary Law Month
Section 15QQQ Caribbean Week
Section 15QQQQ Tartan Day
Section 15R Armistice Day
Section 15RR Greek Independence Day
Section 15RRR Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Section 15RRRR Missing Children’s Day
Section 15S Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Section 15SS Massachusetts Hospice Week
Section 15SSS Emergency Management Week
Section 15SSSS Unity Day
Section 15T Kalevala Day
Section 15TT Public Employees Appreciation Day
Section 15TTT Law Enforcement Memorial Month
Section 15TTTT Myositis Awareness Day
Section 15U Social Justice for Ireland Day
Section 15UU Practical Nursing Education Week
Section 15UUU Home Composting Recognition Week
Section 15UUUU Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15V White Cane Safety Day
Section 15VV Presidents Day
Section 15VVV Head Injury Awareness Month
Section 15VVVV Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15W National Hunting and Fishing Day
Section 15WW Youth in Government Day
Section 15WWW Polish-American Heritage Month
Section 15WWWW Armenian-American Heritage Month
Section 15X Child Nutrition Week
Section 15XX Joshua James Day
Section 15XXX Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Section 15XXXX Guardians’ Day
Section 15Y Jaycee Week and Day
Section 15YY Leif Ericson Day
Section 15YYY Clara Barton Week
Section 15YYYY World War II Commemoration Day
Section 15Z Bataan-Corregidor Day
Section 15ZZ Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Section 15ZZZ Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
Section 15ZZZZ Stalking Awareness Month
Section 16 Military officers serving under governor
Section 17 Commissions and boards serving under governor
Section 17A Governor’s cabinet
Section 18 Armory commission
Section 18A Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 11
Section 18B Public education nominating council; membership; duties
Section 19 Art commission; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc.
Section 20 Powers and duties of art commission
Section 21 Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2
Section 22 to 25 Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40
Section 26 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment; term; organization; removal
Section 27 Duties of commissioners
Section 28 Compensation and expenses of commissioners
Section 28A to 28E Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2
Section 29 to 32 Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1
Section 33 Board of trustees of the state library
Section 34 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 35 Librarian; compensation, etc.
Section 36 Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts
Section 37 Trustees’ annual report
Section 37A Gifts in trust for state library
Section 38 Location; persons authorized to use
Section 39 Definitions applicable to Secs. 39 to 39B
Section 39A Depository library for state publications; collection; system
Section 39B Copies of state agency publications
Section 40 Board of trustees of soldiers’ home; superintendent
Section 41 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 42 Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1
Section 43 to 45 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5
Section 46, 47 Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5
Section 48 State racing commission
Section 49 to 52 Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2
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. 4
Section 56 Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory board
Section 57 Massachusetts aeronautics commission
Section 58 Director; compensation; qualifications; removal; duties
Section 59 Duties of director; commission employees; expenses
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. 12
Section 60 Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2
Section 61, 62 Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3
Section 63 Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2
Section 64 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1B
Section 65 to 67 Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
Section 68 Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18
Section 69 to 69B Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
Section 70 Board of trustees of Holyoke soldiers’ home
Section 71 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 72 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2
Section 73 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2
Section 74 Rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of funds
Section 75 Commissioner; employees; other offices
Section 76 Advisory council
Section 77 Definitions applicable to Secs. 74 to 84
Section 78 Vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation services
Section 78A Extended sheltered employment
Section 79 Commission; powers and duties
Section 80 Additional powers and duties of commission
Section 81 Cooperation with state agencies; agreements
Section 82 Federal funds; custodian; expenditure
Section 83 Gifts to commission; acceptance; investment
Section 84 Information or records confidential
Section 84A to 84I Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1
Section 85 Definitions applicable to Secs. 86 to 92
Section 86, 87 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
Section 88 Duties of commission
Section 89, 90 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
Section 91 Changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studies
Section 92 Nuclear material or facility; license or permit
Section 93 Injunction against violations
Section 94 to 96 Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2
Section 97 Finance advisory board; members; appointment, qualifications, etc.
Section 98 Duties of board
Section 99 Boxers’ fund board; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
Section 100 Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec. 1
Section 101 Obscene literature control commission; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
Section 102 to 104 Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1
Section 105 Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointments
Section 106 Duties of commission
Section 107 Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequests
Section 108 Manufactured homes commission; members; duties; compensation
Section 109 to 114 Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec. 2
Section 115 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 5
Section 115A Unit pricing of packaged commodities; retail sale; regulations; enforcement; penalties; report
Section 116 Municipal police training committee; members; chairperson; executive director
Section 116A Domestic violence complaints; basic training course; enforcement guidelines
Section 116B Hate crimes; police instruction
Section 116C Development and establishment of course on use and application of technology to increase public safety; regional and municipal police training schools
Section 116D Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instruction
Section 116E Development and establishment of course in bicycle safety enforcement
Section 117 Meetings; compensation of members
Section 118 Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schools
Section 119 Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11
Section 120 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3
Section 121 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 1
Section 122, 123 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4
Section 124 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3
Section 124A World War II, Korean emergency and Vietnam conflict memorial commission; members; compensation; honor rolls
Section 125 Health and welfare commission; establishment
Section 126 Duties of commission
Section 127 Advisory committee; members; meetings
Section 128 Regional offices; service regions; regional advisory committees; annual reports
Section 129 Massachusetts commission for the blind; composition; cooperation with federal agency; commissioner; advisory board
Section 130 Commissioner’s duties and powers; supervisors; divisions and directors; assistance to blind persons; funeral expenses
Section 131 Financial assistance program; eligibility, restriction; payment levels
Section 131A State supplementary payments; annual increases
Section 131B Federal agreement
Section 131C Applications; eligibility for assistance
Section 131D Monthly advancements to H.H.S.; audit
Section 131E Medical assistance program; eligibility
Section 131F Fraudulent procuring of payments; penalties
Section 131G Vouchers submitted by vendors
Section 131H Violations by vendor; ineligibility period
Section 131I Return of payments by ineligible recipients or vendors required
Section 131J Rules and regulations for administration of Secs. 129 to 149
Section 132 Advances to commissioner
Section 133 Definitions applicable to Secs. 133A to 133F
Section 133A Duties of officers, boards or authorities in charge of state buildings or property
Section 133B Powers and duties of commission
Section 133C New construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings or properties, vending facilities
Section 133D Rental or other charge for operation of vending facility
Section 133E Existing vending facilities; removal or nonrenewal of lease
Section 133F Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1
Section 133G Braille instruction for registrants; assessment
Section 134 Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; release
Section 135 Register of the blind; identification card; acceptance to verify identity; information displayed; fee
Section 136 Reports of medical authorities establishing blindness
Section 137 Applicants for medical assistance who do not qualify for cash assistance under section 131; determination as “blind”
Section 138 Solicitations for benefit of blind; license; appeal from refusal to issue
Section 139 Prohibition on solicitation for benefit of blind without a license; statement and display of license
Section 140 Rules and regulations relative to fund raising for blind; provision for penalties
Section 141 Penalty for violation of rules regulating solicitations for blind
Section 142 Exemptions and inapplicability of sections governing solicitation for blind
Section 143 Schools and workshops
Section 144 Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other states
Section 145 Study of problems relating to blindness; investigations; contact with physicians and other qualified facilities
Section 146 Commission divisions or bureaus; organizations and functions
Section 147 Cooperation with federal departments; development of state plans
Section 148 Acceptance and use of gifts
Section 149 Records concerning blind persons; custody, use and preservation
Section 150 Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8
Section 151 to 153 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6
Section 154 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4
Section 155 Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2
Section 156 Committee on criminal justice; membership; meetings; powers and duties
Section 156A Proposal review board; members; powers, etc.
Section 156B Executive director; qualifications; duties; staff; compensation
Section 157 American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission
Section 158 Massachusetts educational communications commission
Section 159 Council on juvenile behavior
Section 160 Duties; quarters; clerical assistants
Section 161 Report
Section 162 Advisory board on compensation of officials; establishment; appointment of members; duties; report; compensation and expenses
Section 163 Management engineering task force
Section 164 Massachusetts fire training council
Section 165 Duties
Section 165A Massachusetts firefighting academy
Section 165B Massachusetts fire service commission
Section 166 Health facilities appeals board; establishment; function; members; appointment; qualifications; compensation; personnel
Section 166A Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 7
Section 166B Advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions; establishment; members; meetings; function
Section 167 Definitions applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178
Section 168 Criminal history systems board; meetings; expenses; regulations; powers and duties; executive director and other employees; reports; funds
Section 168A Transmission of probation and parole records to criminal history systems board
Section 168B Rules and regulations
Section 168C Post-secondary schools; annual uniform crime reports; campus security policies
Section 169 Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5
Section 170 Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5
Section 171 Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative information
Section 172 Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; listing; access limited; rules; use of information
Section 172A Fees; requests for information
Section 172B Children and families department; youth services department; available information
Section 172C Dissemination of criminal offender record information to agencies employing or referring individuals to provide services to elderly or disabled persons
Section 172D Availability of information to IV-D agency
Section 172E Dissemination of criminal offender record information to long term care facilities
Section 172F Conviction and arrest data available to department of early education and care
Section 172G Children’s camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteers
Section 172H Children’s programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data; volunteers
Section 172I Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employees
Section 172J Commissioner of banks to obtain criminal record information of applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F; restriction on use
Section 173 Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restricted
Section 174 Interstate system for exchange of record information; supervision of participation by state and local agencies; access limited; telecommunications access terminals
Section 175 Inspection of record information by individual concerned; corrections; procedure; restrictions
Section 176 Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable relief
Section 177 Violations; civil liability
Section 178 Violations; punishment
Section 178A Victims; certification to receive information
Section 178B Death of offender; cessation of restrictions
Section 178C Definitions applicable to Secs. 178C to 178P
Section 178D Sex offender registry
Section 178E Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments, and FBI
Section 178F Annual verification of registration data; homeless shelter as residence of sex offender; juveniles; disclosure of information
Section 178F1/2 Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offenders
Section 178G Termination of obligation to register
Section 178H Failure to register, verify information or provide notice of change of address; providing false information; penalties
Section 178I Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentiality
Section 178J Request for sex offender information; notice of penalty for misuse; data required to receive report
Section 178K Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notification
Section 178L Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel
Section 178M Judicial review of final classification
Section 178N Misuse of information; penalties
Section 178O Liability of public officials and employees for sex offender registry information
Section 178P Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrest
Section 178Q Sex offender registry fee
Section 179 Board of underwater archaeological resources; members; terms; director; staff
Section 180 Powers and duties in preserving underwater archaeological resources; state title; definition
Section 181 Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointment
Section 182 Advisory function; duties
Section 182A Schooner Ernestina commission
Section 182B Powers
Section 182C Department of environmental management; annual audit; home berth
Section 183 Motor vehicle insurance merit rating board
Section 183A Massachusetts cost containment council
Section 184 Medicolegal investigation commission
Section 184A Forensic sciences advisory board
Section 185 Massachusetts office on disability; director; appointments
Section 186 Application for grants; agreements; standards and procedures
Section 187 Duties and functions
Section 188 Availability of information
Section 189 Advisory council; membership; duties
Section 190 Massachusetts industrial advisory board
Section 191 Definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199
Section 192 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulations
Section 193 Commissioner
Section 194 Functions of commission
Section 195 Advisory council
Section 196 Interpreter referral service
Section 197 Telecommunication devices; rental, lease or sale
Section 198 Advice to other agencies; provision of requested resources
Section 199 Records of commission; confidentiality
Section 200 Fire safety commission; membership; quorum; compensation; duties
Section 201 Automatic sprinkler appeals board; procedures
Section 202 Child abuse prevention board; members; term; executive director; removal
Section 203 Meetings; reports; powers and duties
Section 204 Employee involvement and ownership commission; members; term; duties
Section 205 Office for refugees and immigrants
Section 206 State refugee coordinator; duties; salary; hours; appointment of employees
Section 207 Powers of office
Section 208 Governor’s advisory council for refugees and immigrants; membership; functions
Section 209 to 213 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 2
Section 214 Madeline Amy Sweeney award for civilian bravery
Section 215 Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals
State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Massachusetts > PARTI > TITLEII > CHAPTER6
Section 1 Salary of governor
Section 2 Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitation
Section 3 Salary of council members; term limitation
Section 4 Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limits
Section 5 Governor’s assistants; compensation
Section 6 Executive secretary; messenger
Section 6A Administrative secretary
Section 7 Stationery for council
Section 8 Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures
Section 9 Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc.
Section 10 Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions; expenses
Section 11 Reimbursement of expenses of persons representing commonwealth at conventions
Section 12 Compensation of legal counsel and commissioners
Section 12A Veterans Day
Section 12AA Iwo Jima Day
Section 12B Anniversary of death of General Pulaski
Section 12BB Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day
Section 12C Bunker Hill battle anniversary
Section 12CC Public Employees Week
Section 12D Boston Massacre anniversary
Section 12DD Pearl Harbor Day
Section 12E Commodore John Barry Day
Section 12EE Grandparents’ Day
Section 12F New Orleans Day
Section 12FF Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah Samson
Section 12G American Education Week
Section 12GG Lithuanian Independence Day
Section 12H Anniversary of death of General Lafayette
Section 12HH Statue of Liberty Awareness Day
Section 12I American Indian Heritage week
Section 12II Slovak Independence Day
Section 12J Patriots’ Day
Section 12JJ Visiting Nurse Association Week
Section 12K Evacuation Day
Section 12KK Labor Week
Section 12L Veteran Firemen’s Muster Day
Section 12LL Social Security Day
Section 12M Student Government Day
Section 12MM Korean War Veterans Day
Section 12N United Nations Day
Section 12NN Human Rights Day
Section 12O Loyalty Day
Section 12OO Exercise Tiger Day
Section 12P Civil rights week
Section 12PP Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
Section 12Q Memorial Day
Section 12QQ Homeless Unity Day
Section 12R Polish Constitution Day
Section 12RR USO Appreciation Day
Section 12S Peter Francisco Day
Section 12SS Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
Section 12T Observance of certain other days
Section 12TT Destroyer Escort Day
Section 12U Children’s Day
Section 12UU School Principals’ Recognition Day
Section 12V Columbus Day
Section 12VV Native American Day
Section 12W Sight-saving month
Section 12WW Garden Week
Section 12X Teachers’ Day
Section 12XX Candle Safety Day
Section 12Y Maritime Day
Section 12YY International Education Week
Section 12Z Jamaican Independence Day
Section 12ZZ Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day
Section 13 Lincoln Day
Section 14 Flag Day
Section 14A Spanish War Memorial Day and Maine Memorial Day
Section 14B State Constitution Day
Section 14C Earth Week
Section 15 Arbor and Bird Day
Section 15A Constitution Day
Section 15AA Secretaries Week
Section 15AAA School Library Media Month
Section 15AAAA Robert Goddard Day
Section 15AAAAA Bill of Rights Day
Section 15B Senior Citizens Month
Section 15BB Massachusetts National Guard Week
Section 15BBB POW/MIA Day
Section 15BBBB Special Needs Awareness Day
Section 15BBBBB Juneteenth Independence Day
Section 15C American History Month
Section 15CC Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
Section 15CCC Homeless Awareness Week
Section 15CCCC Robert Frost Day
Section 15CCCCC Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Section 15D Massachusetts Art Week
Section 15DD Independence Day
Section 15DDD Silver-Haired Legislature Days
Section 15DDDD Lucy Stone Day
Section 15DDDDD Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
Section 15E Susan B. Anthony Day
Section 15EE Endangered Species Day
Section 15EEE Rabies Prevention Week
Section 15EEEE Italian-American Heritage Month
Section 15EEEEE Thrombosis Awareness Month
Section 15F Employ Handicapped Persons Week
Section 15FF Pro-Life Month
Section 15FFF Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
Section 15FFFF Irish-American Heritage Month
Section 15FFFFF Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
Section 15G Youth Honor Day
Section 15GG Employ the Older Worker Week
Section 15GGG Alzheimer’s Awareness Week
Section 15GGGG Portuguese-American Heritage Month
Section 15GGGGG Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Section 15H Boy Scout Week
Section 15HH John Carver Day
Section 15HHH Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week
Section 15HHHH Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness
Section 15HHHHH Philanthropy Day
Section 15I Liberty Tree Day
Section 15II Armenian Martyrs’ Day
Section 15III Independent Living Center Day
Section 15IIII Public Health Month
Section 15IIIII Jack Kerouac Day
Section 15J Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Day
Section 15JJ Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday
Section 15JJJ Police Memorial Day
Section 15JJJJ Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
Section 15JJJJJ Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Section 15K Cystic Fibrosis Week
Section 15KK National Family Week
Section 15KKK Workers’ Memorial Day
Section 15KKKK Arthritis Awareness Day
Section 15KKKKK Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day
Section 15L John F. Kennedy Day
Section 15LL Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Section 15LLL Lupus Awareness Month
Section 15LLLL Autistic Awareness Month
Section 15M Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
Section 15MM Vietnam Veterans Day
Section 15MMM Geographic Education Awareness Week
Section 15MMMM Luther Burbank Day
Section 15N Police Officers’ Week
Section 15NN State Walking Sunday
Section 15NNN Literacy Awareness Month
Section 15NNNN Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
Section 15O Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month
Section 15OO Saint Jean de Baptiste Day
Section 15OOO Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month
Section 15OOOO Civilian Conservation Corps Day
Section 15P Traffic Safety Week
Section 15PP Town Meeting Day
Section 15PPP Samuel Slater Day
Section 15PPPP Thomas Paine Day
Section 15Q United States Marine Corps Day
Section 15QQ Parliamentary Law Month
Section 15QQQ Caribbean Week
Section 15QQQQ Tartan Day
Section 15R Armistice Day
Section 15RR Greek Independence Day
Section 15RRR Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Section 15RRRR Missing Children’s Day
Section 15S Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Section 15SS Massachusetts Hospice Week
Section 15SSS Emergency Management Week
Section 15SSSS Unity Day
Section 15T Kalevala Day
Section 15TT Public Employees Appreciation Day
Section 15TTT Law Enforcement Memorial Month
Section 15TTTT Myositis Awareness Day
Section 15U Social Justice for Ireland Day
Section 15UU Practical Nursing Education Week
Section 15UUU Home Composting Recognition Week
Section 15UUUU Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15V White Cane Safety Day
Section 15VV Presidents Day
Section 15VVV Head Injury Awareness Month
Section 15VVVV Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15W National Hunting and Fishing Day
Section 15WW Youth in Government Day
Section 15WWW Polish-American Heritage Month
Section 15WWWW Armenian-American Heritage Month
Section 15X Child Nutrition Week
Section 15XX Joshua James Day
Section 15XXX Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Section 15XXXX Guardians’ Day
Section 15Y Jaycee Week and Day
Section 15YY Leif Ericson Day
Section 15YYY Clara Barton Week
Section 15YYYY World War II Commemoration Day
Section 15Z Bataan-Corregidor Day
Section 15ZZ Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Section 15ZZZ Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
Section 15ZZZZ Stalking Awareness Month
Section 16 Military officers serving under governor
Section 17 Commissions and boards serving under governor
Section 17A Governor’s cabinet
Section 18 Armory commission
Section 18A Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 11
Section 18B Public education nominating council; membership; duties
Section 19 Art commission; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc.
Section 20 Powers and duties of art commission
Section 21 Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2
Section 22 to 25 Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40
Section 26 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment; term; organization; removal
Section 27 Duties of commissioners
Section 28 Compensation and expenses of commissioners
Section 28A to 28E Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2
Section 29 to 32 Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1
Section 33 Board of trustees of the state library
Section 34 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 35 Librarian; compensation, etc.
Section 36 Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts
Section 37 Trustees’ annual report
Section 37A Gifts in trust for state library
Section 38 Location; persons authorized to use
Section 39 Definitions applicable to Secs. 39 to 39B
Section 39A Depository library for state publications; collection; system
Section 39B Copies of state agency publications
Section 40 Board of trustees of soldiers’ home; superintendent
Section 41 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 42 Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1
Section 43 to 45 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5
Section 46, 47 Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5
Section 48 State racing commission
Section 49 to 52 Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2
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. 4
Section 56 Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory board
Section 57 Massachusetts aeronautics commission
Section 58 Director; compensation; qualifications; removal; duties
Section 59 Duties of director; commission employees; expenses
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. 12
Section 60 Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2
Section 61, 62 Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3
Section 63 Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2
Section 64 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1B
Section 65 to 67 Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
Section 68 Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18
Section 69 to 69B Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
Section 70 Board of trustees of Holyoke soldiers’ home
Section 71 Powers and duties of trustees
Section 72 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2
Section 73 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2
Section 74 Rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of funds
Section 75 Commissioner; employees; other offices
Section 76 Advisory council
Section 77 Definitions applicable to Secs. 74 to 84
Section 78 Vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation services
Section 78A Extended sheltered employment
Section 79 Commission; powers and duties
Section 80 Additional powers and duties of commission
Section 81 Cooperation with state agencies; agreements
Section 82 Federal funds; custodian; expenditure
Section 83 Gifts to commission; acceptance; investment
Section 84 Information or records confidential
Section 84A to 84I Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1
Section 85 Definitions applicable to Secs. 86 to 92
Section 86, 87 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
Section 88 Duties of commission
Section 89, 90 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
Section 91 Changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studies
Section 92 Nuclear material or facility; license or permit
Section 93 Injunction against violations
Section 94 to 96 Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2
Section 97 Finance advisory board; members; appointment, qualifications, etc.
Section 98 Duties of board
Section 99 Boxers’ fund board; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
Section 100 Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec. 1
Section 101 Obscene literature control commission; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
Section 102 to 104 Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1
Section 105 Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointments
Section 106 Duties of commission
Section 107 Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequests
Section 108 Manufactured homes commission; members; duties; compensation
Section 109 to 114 Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec. 2
Section 115 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 5
Section 115A Unit pricing of packaged commodities; retail sale; regulations; enforcement; penalties; report
Section 116 Municipal police training committee; members; chairperson; executive director
Section 116A Domestic violence complaints; basic training course; enforcement guidelines
Section 116B Hate crimes; police instruction
Section 116C Development and establishment of course on use and application of technology to increase public safety; regional and municipal police training schools
Section 116D Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instruction
Section 116E Development and establishment of course in bicycle safety enforcement
Section 117 Meetings; compensation of members
Section 118 Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schools
Section 119 Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11
Section 120 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3
Section 121 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 1
Section 122, 123 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4
Section 124 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3
Section 124A World War II, Korean emergency and Vietnam conflict memorial commission; members; compensation; honor rolls
Section 125 Health and welfare commission; establishment
Section 126 Duties of commission
Section 127 Advisory committee; members; meetings
Section 128 Regional offices; service regions; regional advisory committees; annual reports
Section 129 Massachusetts commission for the blind; composition; cooperation with federal agency; commissioner; advisory board
Section 130 Commissioner’s duties and powers; supervisors; divisions and directors; assistance to blind persons; funeral expenses
Section 131 Financial assistance program; eligibility, restriction; payment levels
Section 131A State supplementary payments; annual increases
Section 131B Federal agreement
Section 131C Applications; eligibility for assistance
Section 131D Monthly advancements to H.H.S.; audit
Section 131E Medical assistance program; eligibility
Section 131F Fraudulent procuring of payments; penalties
Section 131G Vouchers submitted by vendors
Section 131H Violations by vendor; ineligibility period
Section 131I Return of payments by ineligible recipients or vendors required
Section 131J Rules and regulations for administration of Secs. 129 to 149
Section 132 Advances to commissioner
Section 133 Definitions applicable to Secs. 133A to 133F
Section 133A Duties of officers, boards or authorities in charge of state buildings or property
Section 133B Powers and duties of commission
Section 133C New construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings or properties, vending facilities
Section 133D Rental or other charge for operation of vending facility
Section 133E Existing vending facilities; removal or nonrenewal of lease
Section 133F Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1
Section 133G Braille instruction for registrants; assessment
Section 134 Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; release
Section 135 Register of the blind; identification card; acceptance to verify identity; information displayed; fee
Section 136 Reports of medical authorities establishing blindness
Section 137 Applicants for medical assistance who do not qualify for cash assistance under section 131; determination as “blind”
Section 138 Solicitations for benefit of blind; license; appeal from refusal to issue
Section 139 Prohibition on solicitation for benefit of blind without a license; statement and display of license
Section 140 Rules and regulations relative to fund raising for blind; provision for penalties
Section 141 Penalty for violation of rules regulating solicitations for blind
Section 142 Exemptions and inapplicability of sections governing solicitation for blind
Section 143 Schools and workshops
Section 144 Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other states
Section 145 Study of problems relating to blindness; investigations; contact with physicians and other qualified facilities
Section 146 Commission divisions or bureaus; organizations and functions
Section 147 Cooperation with federal departments; development of state plans
Section 148 Acceptance and use of gifts
Section 149 Records concerning blind persons; custody, use and preservation
Section 150 Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8
Section 151 to 153 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6
Section 154 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4
Section 155 Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2
Section 156 Committee on criminal justice; membership; meetings; powers and duties
Section 156A Proposal review board; members; powers, etc.
Section 156B Executive director; qualifications; duties; staff; compensation
Section 157 American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission
Section 158 Massachusetts educational communications commission
Section 159 Council on juvenile behavior
Section 160 Duties; quarters; clerical assistants
Section 161 Report
Section 162 Advisory board on compensation of officials; establishment; appointment of members; duties; report; compensation and expenses
Section 163 Management engineering task force
Section 164 Massachusetts fire training council
Section 165 Duties
Section 165A Massachusetts firefighting academy
Section 165B Massachusetts fire service commission
Section 166 Health facilities appeals board; establishment; function; members; appointment; qualifications; compensation; personnel
Section 166A Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 7
Section 166B Advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions; establishment; members; meetings; function
Section 167 Definitions applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178
Section 168 Criminal history systems board; meetings; expenses; regulations; powers and duties; executive director and other employees; reports; funds
Section 168A Transmission of probation and parole records to criminal history systems board
Section 168B Rules and regulations
Section 168C Post-secondary schools; annual uniform crime reports; campus security policies
Section 169 Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5
Section 170 Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5
Section 171 Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative information
Section 172 Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; listing; access limited; rules; use of information
Section 172A Fees; requests for information
Section 172B Children and families department; youth services department; available information
Section 172C Dissemination of criminal offender record information to agencies employing or referring individuals to provide services to elderly or disabled persons
Section 172D Availability of information to IV-D agency
Section 172E Dissemination of criminal offender record information to long term care facilities
Section 172F Conviction and arrest data available to department of early education and care
Section 172G Children’s camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteers
Section 172H Children’s programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data; volunteers
Section 172I Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employees
Section 172J Commissioner of banks to obtain criminal record information of applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F; restriction on use
Section 173 Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restricted
Section 174 Interstate system for exchange of record information; supervision of participation by state and local agencies; access limited; telecommunications access terminals
Section 175 Inspection of record information by individual concerned; corrections; procedure; restrictions
Section 176 Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable relief
Section 177 Violations; civil liability
Section 178 Violations; punishment
Section 178A Victims; certification to receive information
Section 178B Death of offender; cessation of restrictions
Section 178C Definitions applicable to Secs. 178C to 178P
Section 178D Sex offender registry
Section 178E Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments, and FBI
Section 178F Annual verification of registration data; homeless shelter as residence of sex offender; juveniles; disclosure of information
Section 178F1/2 Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offenders
Section 178G Termination of obligation to register
Section 178H Failure to register, verify information or provide notice of change of address; providing false information; penalties
Section 178I Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentiality
Section 178J Request for sex offender information; notice of penalty for misuse; data required to receive report
Section 178K Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notification
Section 178L Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel
Section 178M Judicial review of final classification
Section 178N Misuse of information; penalties
Section 178O Liability of public officials and employees for sex offender registry information
Section 178P Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrest
Section 178Q Sex offender registry fee
Section 179 Board of underwater archaeological resources; members; terms; director; staff
Section 180 Powers and duties in preserving underwater archaeological resources; state title; definition
Section 181 Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointment
Section 182 Advisory function; duties
Section 182A Schooner Ernestina commission
Section 182B Powers
Section 182C Department of environmental management; annual audit; home berth
Section 183 Motor vehicle insurance merit rating board
Section 183A Massachusetts cost containment council
Section 184 Medicolegal investigation commission
Section 184A Forensic sciences advisory board
Section 185 Massachusetts office on disability; director; appointments
Section 186 Application for grants; agreements; standards and procedures
Section 187 Duties and functions
Section 188 Availability of information
Section 189 Advisory council; membership; duties
Section 190 Massachusetts industrial advisory board
Section 191 Definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199
Section 192 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulations
Section 193 Commissioner
Section 194 Functions of commission
Section 195 Advisory council
Section 196 Interpreter referral service
Section 197 Telecommunication devices; rental, lease or sale
Section 198 Advice to other agencies; provision of requested resources
Section 199 Records of commission; confidentiality
Section 200 Fire safety commission; membership; quorum; compensation; duties
Section 201 Automatic sprinkler appeals board; procedures
Section 202 Child abuse prevention board; members; term; executive director; removal
Section 203 Meetings; reports; powers and duties
Section 204 Employee involvement and ownership commission; members; term; duties
Section 205 Office for refugees and immigrants
Section 206 State refugee coordinator; duties; salary; hours; appointment of employees
Section 207 Powers of office
Section 208 Governor’s advisory council for refugees and immigrants; membership; functions
Section 209 to 213 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 2
Section 214 Madeline Amy Sweeney award for civilian bravery
Section 215 Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals
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CHAPTER6 Section 1 Salary of governorSection 2 Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitationSection 3 Salary of council members; term limitationSection 4 Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limitsSection 5 Governor’s assistants; compensationSection 6 Executive secretary; messengerSection 6A Administrative secretarySection 7 Stationery for councilSection 8 Entertainment of distinguished guests; expendituresSection 9 Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc.Section 10 Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions; expensesSection 11 Reimbursement of expenses of persons representing commonwealth at conventionsSection 12 Compensation of legal counsel and commissionersSection 12A Veterans DaySection 12AA Iwo Jima DaySection 12B Anniversary of death of General PulaskiSection 12BB Tadeusz Kosciuszko DaySection 12C Bunker Hill battle anniversarySection 12CC Public Employees WeekSection 12D Boston Massacre anniversarySection 12DD Pearl Harbor DaySection 12E Commodore John Barry DaySection 12EE Grandparents’ DaySection 12F New Orleans DaySection 12FF Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah SamsonSection 12G American Education WeekSection 12GG Lithuanian Independence DaySection 12H Anniversary of death of General LafayetteSection 12HH Statue of Liberty Awareness DaySection 12I American Indian Heritage weekSection 12II Slovak Independence DaySection 12J Patriots’ DaySection 12JJ Visiting Nurse Association WeekSection 12K Evacuation DaySection 12KK Labor WeekSection 12L Veteran Firemen’s Muster DaySection 12LL Social Security DaySection 12M Student Government DaySection 12MM Korean War Veterans DaySection 12N United Nations DaySection 12NN Human Rights DaySection 12O Loyalty DaySection 12OO Exercise Tiger DaySection 12P Civil rights weekSection 12PP Former Prisoner of War Recognition DaySection 12Q Memorial DaySection 12QQ Homeless Unity DaySection 12R Polish Constitution DaySection 12RR USO Appreciation DaySection 12S Peter Francisco DaySection 12SS Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy DaySection 12T Observance of certain other daysSection 12TT Destroyer Escort DaySection 12U Children’s DaySection 12UU School Principals’ Recognition DaySection 12V Columbus DaySection 12VV Native American DaySection 12W Sight-saving monthSection 12WW Garden WeekSection 12X Teachers’ DaySection 12XX Candle Safety DaySection 12Y Maritime DaySection 12YY International Education WeekSection 12Z Jamaican Independence DaySection 12ZZ Massachusetts Biomedical Research DaySection 13 Lincoln DaySection 14 Flag DaySection 14A Spanish War Memorial Day and Maine Memorial DaySection 14B State Constitution DaySection 14C Earth WeekSection 15 Arbor and Bird DaySection 15A Constitution DaySection 15AA Secretaries WeekSection 15AAA School Library Media MonthSection 15AAAA Robert Goddard DaySection 15AAAAA Bill of Rights DaySection 15B Senior Citizens MonthSection 15BB Massachusetts National Guard WeekSection 15BBB POW/MIA DaySection 15BBBB Special Needs Awareness DaySection 15BBBBB Juneteenth Independence DaySection 15C American History MonthSection 15CC Retired Members of the Armed Forces DaySection 15CCC Homeless Awareness WeekSection 15CCCC Robert Frost DaySection 15CCCCC Brain Aneurysm Awareness MonthSection 15D Massachusetts Art WeekSection 15DD Independence DaySection 15DDD Silver-Haired Legislature DaysSection 15DDDD Lucy Stone DaySection 15DDDDD Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance DaySection 15E Susan B. Anthony DaySection 15EE Endangered Species DaySection 15EEE Rabies Prevention WeekSection 15EEEE Italian-American Heritage MonthSection 15EEEEE Thrombosis Awareness MonthSection 15F Employ Handicapped Persons WeekSection 15FF Pro-Life MonthSection 15FFF Official State Crier and Greeter of the CommonwealthSection 15FFFF Irish-American Heritage MonthSection 15FFFFF Phenylketonuria Awareness DaySection 15G Youth Honor DaySection 15GG Employ the Older Worker WeekSection 15GGG Alzheimer’s Awareness WeekSection 15GGGG Portuguese-American Heritage MonthSection 15GGGGG Mitochondrial Disease Awareness WeekSection 15H Boy Scout WeekSection 15HH John Carver DaySection 15HHH Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership WeekSection 15HHHH Time period for survivors of homicide victims awarenessSection 15HHHHH Philanthropy DaySection 15I Liberty Tree DaySection 15II Armenian Martyrs’ DaySection 15III Independent Living Center DaySection 15IIII Public Health MonthSection 15IIIII Jack Kerouac DaySection 15J Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., DaySection 15JJ Fire Fighters Memorial SundaySection 15JJJ Police Memorial DaySection 15JJJJ Congenital Heart Defect Awareness DaySection 15JJJJJ Lung Cancer Awareness MonthSection 15K Cystic Fibrosis WeekSection 15KK National Family WeekSection 15KKK Workers’ Memorial DaySection 15KKKK Arthritis Awareness DaySection 15KKKKK Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness DaySection 15L John F. Kennedy DaySection 15LL Licensed Practical Nurse WeekSection 15LLL Lupus Awareness MonthSection 15LLLL Autistic Awareness MonthSection 15M Battleship Massachusetts Memorial DaySection 15MM Vietnam Veterans DaySection 15MMM Geographic Education Awareness WeekSection 15MMMM Luther Burbank DaySection 15N Police Officers’ WeekSection 15NN State Walking SundaySection 15NNN Literacy Awareness MonthSection 15NNNN Motorcycle Safety and Awareness TimeSection 15O Keep Massachusetts Beautiful MonthSection 15OO Saint Jean de Baptiste DaySection 15OOO Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness MonthSection 15OOOO Civilian Conservation Corps DaySection 15P Traffic Safety WeekSection 15PP Town Meeting DaySection 15PPP Samuel Slater DaySection 15PPPP Thomas Paine DaySection 15Q United States Marine Corps DaySection 15QQ Parliamentary Law MonthSection 15QQQ Caribbean WeekSection 15QQQQ Tartan DaySection 15R Armistice DaySection 15RR Greek Independence DaySection 15RRR Emergency Responders Memorial DaySection 15RRRR Missing Children’s DaySection 15S Martin Luther King, Jr. DaySection 15SS Massachusetts Hospice WeekSection 15SSS Emergency Management WeekSection 15SSSS Unity DaySection 15T Kalevala DaySection 15TT Public Employees Appreciation DaySection 15TTT Law Enforcement Memorial MonthSection 15TTTT Myositis Awareness DaySection 15U Social Justice for Ireland DaySection 15UU Practical Nursing Education WeekSection 15UUU Home Composting Recognition WeekSection 15UUUU Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War DaySection 15V White Cane Safety DaySection 15VV Presidents DaySection 15VVV Head Injury Awareness MonthSection 15VVVV Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War DaySection 15W National Hunting and Fishing DaySection 15WW Youth in Government DaySection 15WWW Polish-American Heritage MonthSection 15WWWW Armenian-American Heritage MonthSection 15X Child Nutrition WeekSection 15XX Joshua James DaySection 15XXX Lead Poisoning Prevention WeekSection 15XXXX Guardians’ DaySection 15Y Jaycee Week and DaySection 15YY Leif Ericson DaySection 15YYY Clara Barton WeekSection 15YYYY World War II Commemoration DaySection 15Z Bataan-Corregidor DaySection 15ZZ Massachusetts Whale Awareness DaySection 15ZZZ Eddie Eagle Gun Safety WeekSection 15ZZZZ Stalking Awareness MonthSection 16 Military officers serving under governorSection 17 Commissions and boards serving under governorSection 17A Governor’s cabinetSection 18 Armory commissionSection 18A Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 11Section 18B Public education nominating council; membership; dutiesSection 19 Art commission; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc.Section 20 Powers and duties of art commissionSection 21 Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2Section 22 to 25 Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40Section 26 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment; term; organization; removalSection 27 Duties of commissionersSection 28 Compensation and expenses of commissionersSection 28A to 28E Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2Section 29 to 32 Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1Section 33 Board of trustees of the state librarySection 34 Powers and duties of trusteesSection 35 Librarian; compensation, etc.Section 36 Expenditures for state library; approval of accountsSection 37 Trustees’ annual reportSection 37A Gifts in trust for state librarySection 38 Location; persons authorized to useSection 39 Definitions applicable to Secs. 39 to 39BSection 39A Depository library for state publications; collection; systemSection 39B Copies of state agency publicationsSection 40 Board of trustees of soldiers’ home; superintendentSection 41 Powers and duties of trusteesSection 42 Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1Section 43 to 45 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5Section 46, 47 Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5Section 48 State racing commissionSection 49 to 52 Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2Section 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. 4Section 56 Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory boardSection 57 Massachusetts aeronautics commissionSection 58 Director; compensation; qualifications; removal; dutiesSection 59 Duties of director; commission employees; expensesSection 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. 12Section 60 Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2Section 61, 62 Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3Section 63 Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2Section 64 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1BSection 65 to 67 Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2Section 68 Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18Section 69 to 69B Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2Section 70 Board of trustees of Holyoke soldiers’ homeSection 71 Powers and duties of trusteesSection 72 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2Section 73 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2Section 74 Rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of fundsSection 75 Commissioner; employees; other officesSection 76 Advisory councilSection 77 Definitions applicable to Secs. 74 to 84Section 78 Vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation servicesSection 78A Extended sheltered employmentSection 79 Commission; powers and dutiesSection 80 Additional powers and duties of commissionSection 81 Cooperation with state agencies; agreementsSection 82 Federal funds; custodian; expenditureSection 83 Gifts to commission; acceptance; investmentSection 84 Information or records confidentialSection 84A to 84I Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1Section 85 Definitions applicable to Secs. 86 to 92Section 86, 87 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2Section 88 Duties of commissionSection 89, 90 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2Section 91 Changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studiesSection 92 Nuclear material or facility; license or permitSection 93 Injunction against violationsSection 94 to 96 Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2Section 97 Finance advisory board; members; appointment, qualifications, etc.Section 98 Duties of boardSection 99 Boxers’ fund board; members; appointment, compensation, etc.Section 100 Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec. 1Section 101 Obscene literature control commission; members; appointment, compensation, etc.Section 102 to 104 Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1Section 105 Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointmentsSection 106 Duties of commissionSection 107 Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequestsSection 108 Manufactured homes commission; members; duties; compensationSection 109 to 114 Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec. 2Section 115 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 5Section 115A Unit pricing of packaged commodities; retail sale; regulations; enforcement; penalties; reportSection 116 Municipal police training committee; members; chairperson; executive directorSection 116A Domestic violence complaints; basic training course; enforcement guidelinesSection 116B Hate crimes; police instructionSection 116C Development and establishment of course on use and application of technology to increase public safety; regional and municipal police training schoolsSection 116D Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instructionSection 116E Development and establishment of course in bicycle safety enforcementSection 117 Meetings; compensation of membersSection 118 Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schoolsSection 119 Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11Section 120 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3Section 121 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 1Section 122, 123 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4Section 124 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3Section 124A World War II, Korean emergency and Vietnam conflict memorial commission; members; compensation; honor rollsSection 125 Health and welfare commission; establishmentSection 126 Duties of commissionSection 127 Advisory committee; members; meetingsSection 128 Regional offices; service regions; regional advisory committees; annual reportsSection 129 Massachusetts commission for the blind; composition; cooperation with federal agency; commissioner; advisory boardSection 130 Commissioner’s duties and powers; supervisors; divisions and directors; assistance to blind persons; funeral expensesSection 131 Financial assistance program; eligibility, restriction; payment levelsSection 131A State supplementary payments; annual increasesSection 131B Federal agreementSection 131C Applications; eligibility for assistanceSection 131D Monthly advancements to H.H.S.; auditSection 131E Medical assistance program; eligibilitySection 131F Fraudulent procuring of payments; penaltiesSection 131G Vouchers submitted by vendorsSection 131H Violations by vendor; ineligibility periodSection 131I Return of payments by ineligible recipients or vendors requiredSection 131J Rules and regulations for administration of Secs. 129 to 149Section 132 Advances to commissionerSection 133 Definitions applicable to Secs. 133A to 133FSection 133A Duties of officers, boards or authorities in charge of state buildings or propertySection 133B Powers and duties of commissionSection 133C New construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings or properties, vending facilitiesSection 133D Rental or other charge for operation of vending facilitySection 133E Existing vending facilities; removal or nonrenewal of leaseSection 133F Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1Section 133G Braille instruction for registrants; assessmentSection 134 Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; releaseSection 135 Register of the blind; identification card; acceptance to verify identity; information displayed; feeSection 136 Reports of medical authorities establishing blindnessSection 137 Applicants for medical assistance who do not qualify for cash assistance under section 131; determination as “blind”Section 138 Solicitations for benefit of blind; license; appeal from refusal to issueSection 139 Prohibition on solicitation for benefit of blind without a license; statement and display of licenseSection 140 Rules and regulations relative to fund raising for blind; provision for penaltiesSection 141 Penalty for violation of rules regulating solicitations for blindSection 142 Exemptions and inapplicability of sections governing solicitation for blindSection 143 Schools and workshopsSection 144 Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other statesSection 145 Study of problems relating to blindness; investigations; contact with physicians and other qualified facilitiesSection 146 Commission divisions or bureaus; organizations and functionsSection 147 Cooperation with federal departments; development of state plansSection 148 Acceptance and use of giftsSection 149 Records concerning blind persons; custody, use and preservationSection 150 Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8Section 151 to 153 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6Section 154 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4Section 155 Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2Section 156 Committee on criminal justice; membership; meetings; powers and dutiesSection 156A Proposal review board; members; powers, etc.Section 156B Executive director; qualifications; duties; staff; compensationSection 157 American and Canadian French cultural exchange commissionSection 158 Massachusetts educational communications commissionSection 159 Council on juvenile behaviorSection 160 Duties; quarters; clerical assistantsSection 161 ReportSection 162 Advisory board on compensation of officials; establishment; appointment of members; duties; report; compensation and expensesSection 163 Management engineering task forceSection 164 Massachusetts fire training councilSection 165 DutiesSection 165A Massachusetts firefighting academySection 165B Massachusetts fire service commissionSection 166 Health facilities appeals board; establishment; function; members; appointment; qualifications; compensation; personnelSection 166A Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 7Section 166B Advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions; establishment; members; meetings; functionSection 167 Definitions applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178Section 168 Criminal history systems board; meetings; expenses; regulations; powers and duties; executive director and other employees; reports; fundsSection 168A Transmission of probation and parole records to criminal history systems boardSection 168B Rules and regulationsSection 168C Post-secondary schools; annual uniform crime reports; campus security policiesSection 169 Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5Section 170 Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5Section 171 Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative informationSection 172 Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; listing; access limited; rules; use of informationSection 172A Fees; requests for informationSection 172B Children and families department; youth services department; available informationSection 172C Dissemination of criminal offender record information to agencies employing or referring individuals to provide services to elderly or disabled personsSection 172D Availability of information to IV-D agencySection 172E Dissemination of criminal offender record information to long term care facilitiesSection 172F Conviction and arrest data available to department of early education and careSection 172G Children’s camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteersSection 172H Children’s programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data; volunteersSection 172I Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employeesSection 172J Commissioner of banks to obtain criminal record information of applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F; restriction on useSection 173 Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restrictedSection 174 Interstate system for exchange of record information; supervision of participation by state and local agencies; access limited; telecommunications access terminalsSection 175 Inspection of record information by individual concerned; corrections; procedure; restrictionsSection 176 Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable reliefSection 177 Violations; civil liabilitySection 178 Violations; punishmentSection 178A Victims; certification to receive informationSection 178B Death of offender; cessation of restrictionsSection 178C Definitions applicable to Secs. 178C to 178PSection 178D Sex offender registrySection 178E Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments, and FBISection 178F Annual verification of registration data; homeless shelter as residence of sex offender; juveniles; disclosure of informationSection 178F1/2 Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offendersSection 178G Termination of obligation to registerSection 178H Failure to register, verify information or provide notice of change of address; providing false information; penaltiesSection 178I Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentialitySection 178J Request for sex offender information; notice of penalty for misuse; data required to receive reportSection 178K Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notificationSection 178L Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counselSection 178M Judicial review of final classificationSection 178N Misuse of information; penaltiesSection 178O Liability of public officials and employees for sex offender registry informationSection 178P Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrestSection 178Q Sex offender registry feeSection 179 Board of underwater archaeological resources; members; terms; director; staffSection 180 Powers and duties in preserving underwater archaeological resources; state title; definitionSection 181 Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointmentSection 182 Advisory function; dutiesSection 182A Schooner Ernestina commissionSection 182B PowersSection 182C Department of environmental management; annual audit; home berthSection 183 Motor vehicle insurance merit rating boardSection 183A Massachusetts cost containment councilSection 184 Medicolegal investigation commissionSection 184A Forensic sciences advisory boardSection 185 Massachusetts office on disability; director; appointmentsSection 186 Application for grants; agreements; standards and proceduresSection 187 Duties and functionsSection 188 Availability of informationSection 189 Advisory council; membership; dutiesSection 190 Massachusetts industrial advisory boardSection 191 Definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199Section 192 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulationsSection 193 CommissionerSection 194 Functions of commissionSection 195 Advisory councilSection 196 Interpreter referral serviceSection 197 Telecommunication devices; rental, lease or saleSection 198 Advice to other agencies; provision of requested resourcesSection 199 Records of commission; confidentialitySection 200 Fire safety commission; membership; quorum; compensation; dutiesSection 201 Automatic sprinkler appeals board; proceduresSection 202 Child abuse prevention board; members; term; executive director; removalSection 203 Meetings; reports; powers and dutiesSection 204 Employee involvement and ownership commission; members; term; dutiesSection 205 Office for refugees and immigrantsSection 206 State refugee coordinator; duties; salary; hours; appointment of employeesSection 207 Powers of officeSection 208 Governor’s advisory council for refugees and immigrants; membership; functionsSection 209 to 213 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 2Section 214 Madeline Amy Sweeney award for civilian braverySection 215 Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals
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