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MA Gen L ch 30 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 16 - Schedule Bonds

Section 16. State officers and heads of state departments may arrange for such schedule bonds as they deem advisable, which shall take the place of bonds required by law of them or any of their officers and employees. Every such schedule bond shall be a surety company bond with a surety company authorized to do business in the commonwealth as surety, conditioned that the officers and employees named in the bond shall faithfully perform the duties of their offices and employments, with other conditions or provisions required by law.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 17 - Bond Premiums; Reimbursement

Section 17. If an official having custody of property of the commonwealth, or charged with the duty of receiving or disbursing money, is required to give bond to the commonwealth for the faithful discharge of his duty, the commonwealth shall reimburse him for the amount paid by him to a surety company for becoming surety on his official bond. Premiums on all surety bonds paid by the commonwealth shall be paid out of the appropriations for expenses of the several officers and departments.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 18 - Examination of Bonds

Section 18. Every public official having custody of any bond for the faithful performance of the duties of any office, occupation, agency or trust, requiring the approval of any court, public officer, department or board other than the governor and council, shall, except in those cases where the duty is imposed upon the director of accounts, annually in March examine into the sufficiency of every such bond, and shall, whenever at any other time there is reason to believe that any such bond has become insufficient, examine into its sufficiency. The governor shall appoint a committee of the council which shall annually in March make such examination of bonds required to be approved by the governor or by the governor and council. If a bond is found upon examination to be insufficient, the person who has examined it shall forthwith notify the principal thereof and shall require him, within thirty days after the date of such notice, to file a new bond in conformity with law. All bonds requiring the approval of the state treasurer and all bonds requiring his examination as to their sufficiency shall, when he deems it necessary, be secured by a surety company approved by the commissioner of insurance.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 19 - Failure to File Sufficient Bonds; Removal of Principal

Section 19. If a new bond is not filed, as required by the preceding section, the governor with the advice and consent of the council, shall remove the principal from such office or trust or terminate his authority to exercise such occupation or agency.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 20 - Bonds Deposited With County Treasurers; Examination

Section 20. Bonds of public officers, except officers in Suffolk county, required to be deposited with county treasurers shall, at least once a year, be examined by the director of accounts or his representative. If such bond is insufficient, he shall report to the superior court, which shall require a new bond, satisfactory to it, within such time as it shall order.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 21 - Multiple Salaries From Treasury

Section 21. A person shall not at the same time receive more than one salary from the treasury of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 22 - Plurality of Offices; Penalties

Section 22. Whoever wilfully violates the preceding section or wilfully accepts or holds office in violation of article two of chapter six of the second part of the constitution, as amended by article twenty-seven of the amendments thereof, shall forfeit to the commonwealth the compensation from all offices held in violation of said provisions during the time they are so held, to be recovered by the attorney general, upon written complaint made within one year by any citizen.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 23 - Full Time Devotion to Duties; Certain State Officers

Section 23. Any person in any executive or administrative department who is appointed to office by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and who is paid a salary, may be required by the governor, with like advice and consent, to give his whole time to the duties of his office.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 23a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 23a - Certain Trustees of State Institutions; Plurality of Positions

Section 23A. Any trustee of a state institution who is appointed to such office by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall, during the term for which he was appointed, be ineligible to hold any other office or position in said institution.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 24 - Office Hours

Section 24. All offices under the jurisdiction of any department of the state government shall be open to the public for the transaction of business daily on days other than Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays for such hours, beginning not later than nine o'clock in the forenoon and ending not earlier than five o'clock in the afternoon, as may be set by the department head subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration, except that, if the convenience of the public so requires, any department head, subject to like approval, may keep any office under his jurisdiction open on any Saturday, not a legal holiday, from nine o'clock in the forenoon to twelve o'clock noon, and give any employee required to work on Saturday equivalent time off without loss of compensation. When the day or the last day for the performance of any act, including the making of any payment or tender of payment, authorized or required to be performed at such an office falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the act may be performed on the next succeeding business day.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 24a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 24a - Working on Legal Holidays; Compensation; Exceptions

Section 24A. If any person employed by the commonwealth is required to work on any legal holiday, as listed in the first sentence of clause Eighteenth of section seven of chapter four, he shall be given an additional day off or, if such additional day off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he shall be entitled to an additional day's pay; provided, that any person whose regular day off, other than a Saturday, falls on any such legal holiday shall be given an additional day off or, if such additional day off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, an additional day's pay; and provided, further, that if the regular day off of any such person is Saturday and any such legal holiday falls on a Saturday, such person shall, where possible, be given the preceding Friday off without loss of pay, or if said day off cannot be given by reason of a personnel shortage or other cause, he shall be given an additional day off, as hereinbefore provided for other persons whose regular day off falls on a legal holiday, or, in lieu thereof, an additional day's pay.  This section shall not apply to elected officers, appointees of the governor, heads of departments and divisions, superintendents of institutions in the departments of mental health, developmental services, public health, public welfare, Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, Soldiers' Home in Holyoke and agencies under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services, to presidents of educational institutions or to principal officers in the correctional institutions.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 24b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 24b - Assignments of Employee From Lower to Higher Grade

Section 24B. Whenever an employee in a lower grade is assigned the duties of a position in a higher grade for a period of thirty days or longer, the appointing officer shall, if a vacancy exists or is to exist for the position in the higher grade, forthwith submit to the personnel administrator a requisition for approval of the appointment of such employee to such position. The approval of said administrator of such an appointment shall, if given, take effect as of the earliest date, as determined by the administrator, that he could have approved the appointment if acted upon by him on the date the appointment was made, but in no case shall he approve an appointment to take effect earlier than sixty days next preceding the date of the receipt of said requisition by him.  This section shall not apply to assignment of a person to cover a higher position when the holder of the higher grade position is absent on vacation leave, but shall apply when the holder of such higher graded position is on sick leave.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 24c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 24c - Overtime Pay; Prior Written Approval

Section 24C. No compensation shall be paid to any employee of the commonwealth for overtime services except upon the prior written approval of such overtime by the appointing authority, and, in the case of a department, office, commission, board or institution within any of the executive offices established by chapters six A and seven, upon the prior written approval of the secretary having charge of such executive office, in accordance with regulations established under section twenty-eight of chapter seven.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 25 - Expenses of State Officers, Etc.

Section 25. State officers, and members of departments receiving a salary or its equivalent, who are provided with offices by the commonwealth and whose duties require regular attendance at such offices, shall not be allowed or paid by the commonwealth any expenses in the nature of traveling or living expenses. Such officers or members of departments whose duties require them to travel elsewhere than to and from the offices provided for them by the commonwealth, and unpaid state officers or members of departments, and those whose duties do not require daily attendance and who receive compensation by the day, shall be allowed their actual reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of such duties, if such expenses are authorized by law to be paid by the commonwealth. Bills for such expenses shall be itemized and the dates when, and the purposes for which, such expenses were incurred shall be stated before their allowance by the comptroller.  In the case of allowable expenses incurred in the operation of private motor vehicles used in the performance of official duties, the maximum reimbursement shall not exceed a maximum established by the commissioner of administration. Said maximum shall be equivalent to the maximum reimbursement payable to state employees who are covered under a collective bargaining agreement for which an appropriation has been made by the general court. Said commissioner shall adjust said maximum, if such adjustment is required, on July first of each year and shall file a notice of such adjustment with the house and senate committees on ways and means at least ninety days prior to said date.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 25a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 25a - Death Away From Home; Return of Body; Expenses

Section 25A. If any state officer or member of a department who is allowed actual and reasonable expenses incurred while traveling in the performance of duty, under the provisions of section twenty-five, dies while in the performance of such duty away from home, his body shall be returned to his home at the expense of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 25b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 25b - Out-of-State Travel Expenses; Restrictions

Section 25B. No officer or employee of the commonwealth may travel out of state at public expense except in accordance with rules and regulations established by the commissioner of administration for the expenditure of funds for travel out of state by employees of the commonwealth, and except with the prior written approval of his appointing authority, and, in the case of a department, office, commission, board, or institution within any of the executive offices established by chapters six A and seven upon the prior written approval of the secretary having charge of such executive office. The officer approving such out-of-state travel shall forthwith file notification of such approval with the budget director and the comptroller.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 27 - Money Received for Commonwealth; Daily Remittance; Exceptions

Section 27. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all fees or other money received on account of the commonwealth shall be paid daily into the treasury thereof, but if in the opinion of the commissioner of administration and the state treasurer the interests of the commonwealth require, payments may be made weekly in accordance with such rules and regulations as the state treasurer may prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 28 - Books and Accounts; Fiscal Year

Section 28. All books and accounts of all offices, departments, boards, commissions and institutions of the commonwealth shall be kept by the fiscal year established for them, respectively, by clause ninth of section seven of chapter four.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 29 - State Institutions; Keeping Books and Accounts

Section 29. Every treasurer and disbursing officer of a state institution shall maintain an office at his institution where all books, accounts and vouchers of such institution shall be kept. The books shall show all receipts and disbursements on account of the institution.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 30 - Official Letters; Size of Paper

Section 30. Official letters of departments, institutions or officials of the commonwealth shall be written or printed, so far as practicable, on paper eight and one half inches wide and eleven inches long.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 30a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 30a - Official Letterheads; Uniform Style

Section 30A. The state secretary, the commissioner of administration and the state purchasing agent shall, after consultation with state officers, heads of departments and superintendents of institutions, determine a uniform style of headings for letterheads to be used by all executive and administrative officers and departments and all institutions; but other styles may be authorized in limited quantities for special purposes.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 31 - Printing, Binding and Procuring Stationery for Commonwealth Offices and Departments

Section 31. The printing, binding and procuring of stationery for the use of the several offices and departments of the commonwealth shall be under the direction of the heads of said offices or departments and shall be approved by them.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 32 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 32 - Annual Reports

Section 32. On or before the first Wednesday in December following the termination of each fiscal year, every state officer, department, board and commission or head thereof that is required by law to make an annual report shall deposit such report with the state secretary, except where by statute some other time is established for the filing of the report of said officer, department, board or commission. Such an annual report shall, except as otherwise expressly provided, cover such fiscal year, and, except for facts or information specifically required by law, shall be a brief summary of such fiscal year's work, together with recommendations for the succeeding fiscal year. Such an annual report of any elected state officer for the fiscal year preceding the termination of his service as such may also include a like report for the period between the end of such fiscal year and the termination of his service aforesaid.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 33 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 33 - Annual Reports; Recommendations for Legislation

Section 33. Any state officer or department or head thereof making an annual report may include therein, in even-numbered years, recommendations for legislative action which recommendations shall contain a detailed explanation of reasons therefor, other than requests for appropriations or any matters required to be covered by budget estimates submitted to the budget director under section three or four of chapter twenty-nine. Such recommendations shall be filed with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday in November preceding the first annual session of the general court.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 33a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 33a - Annual Reports; Recommendations to Avoid Special Legislation

Section 33A. If, in the opinion of a state officer or department required to submit annual reports, the necessity of enacting special bills in relation to any particular subject of legislation may, without detriment to the public interest, be avoided in whole or in part by the enactment of general legislation, such officer or department shall submit from time to time in any such report recommendations for such changes in or additions to the General Laws as will accomplish said purpose.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 34 - Reports of Special Commissions; Drafts of Legislation

Section 34. All reports of special commissions recommending legislation shall be accompanied by drafts of bills embodying the legislation recommended.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 35 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 30 - General Provisions Relative to State Departments, Commissions, Officers and Employees|Section 35 - Special Reports to State Purchasing Agent; Appeals

Section 35. State officers, departments or heads thereof may make such special reports as the state purchasing agent deems to be of practical utility. Appeal may be taken from any decision of the state purchasing agent hereunder to the committee of the executive council appointed to consider matters of finance whose decision shall be final.