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MA Gen L ch 7 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 5 - First Deputy Commissioner of Administration

Section 5. The secretary may, with the consent of the governor, appoint a first deputy commissioner of administration who shall also serve as undersecretary. The first deputy commissioner shall be a person of ability and experience; shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary; shall receive such salary as the secretary, with the approval of the governor, shall determine, and, shall devote the first deputy commissioner's entire time to the duties of the first deputy commissioner's office. The first deputy commissioner shall exercise such authority and discharge such duties of the secretary as the secretary may delegate to the first deputy commissioner; and in the absence or incapacity of the secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the position of the secretary, the said first deputy commissioner shall act as the secretary until the absence or incapacity shall have terminated or the vacancy shall have been filled.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 6f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 6f - Coordinator of Flexible Hours Employment Within Human Resources Division; Plans or Programs; Report

Section 6F. There shall be a coordinator of flexible hours employment within the human resources division who shall work on the development, implementation and oversight of plans for the utilization, within all executive agencies, of persons who choose to be employed for a reduced number of hours per week and for the recruitment of such persons for civil service and non-civil service employment. All state agencies shall report to the coordinator the progress of implementation of any flexible hours plan in such agency. Such reports shall be filed on a semi-annual basis, beginning six months from the effective date of such program. Such reports shall include:  (1) The number of regular part-time employees currently employed and the percentage of the full-time workforce represented by this number;  (2) The agency policy for full-time employees who wish to convert to part-time status;  (3) Agency plans to increase the number and scope and grade range of part-time employees during the next reporting period;  (4) Extent of flextime programs in the agency.  The coordinator shall recommend to said department such action, including the submission of legislation and the making of rules, as shall be necessary from time to time in order to implement a plan or plans for flexible hours employment and in order to secure for flexible hours employees the normal advantages of their positions, including without limitation vacation time, sick leave, maternity leave, bonuses, advancement, seniority, length of service credit, benefits and participation in benefit plans or programs. The coordinator shall make an annual report to the personnel administrator containing information as to the activities of the program during the preceding year. Such report shall be a public record, and copies of it shall be furnished to the governor and to the state library.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 7 - Annual Report to Governor

Section 7. The secretary shall, on or before the first Wednesday in December of each year ending in an even number, submit a report to the governor listing and discussing the proposals which have been made and the accomplishments which have been achieved during the preceding two years in the areas of improving departmental organization, structure, procedures, and administrative practices; promoting economy and efficiency and avoiding useless labor and expense in the business affairs of the commonwealth; and developing and improving programs, policies and activities which enhance the public service of the commonwealth. Said report shall contain a summary of the objectives of such proposals, their disposition, and such further recommendations for legislative or executive actions concerning these proposals or additional proposals as, in the judgment of the secretary, should be made in order to improve the programs, services and business affairs of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 7a - Agreement for Fire Protection of Commonwealth's Institutions

Section 7A. The secretary may on behalf of the commonwealth enter into agreements for fire protection with municipalities adjacent to cities and towns in which institutions of the various departments of the commonwealth are located when such agreement is deemed necessary by the secretary.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 8 - Reports on Estimates by State Departments, Officers, etc., to Budget Director

Section 8. On the request of either branch of the general court or of the ways and means committee of either branch, or of the governor, the secretary shall make a report of such of the estimates of departments, officers and commissions made to the budget director under sections three and four of chapter twenty-nine as may be required, and it may make recommendations relative thereto.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 9 - Requested Special Examination on Matters of Management or Finances

Section 9. On request of either branch of the general court or of the ways and means committee of either branch or of the governor, the secretary shall make a special examination of, and give to them any information in the secretary's possession relative to, any matter affecting the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives an annual appropriation of money from the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assessments.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 10 - Special Examinations and Reports on Matters Affecting Management or Finances

Section 10. The secretary may make a special examination of the management or finances of any department, officer, commission or undertaking which receives annual appropriations of money from the commonwealth, including annual appropriations to be met by assessments, and may report on the management or finances to the governor and to the general court.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 11 - Hearings on Management or Finances; Witnesses; Production of Records, Depositions, etc.; Penalties

Section 11. (a) Whenever requested to make a special examination under section 9, or after first obtaining the approval of the governor in making a special examination under the preceding section, the secretary may require the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all books, papers, contracts and documents relating to the special examination.  (b) Witnesses shall be summoned in the same manner and shall be paid the same fees as witnesses before the superior court.  (c) The secretary may prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct of hearings and the secretary may administer oaths to witnesses or take their affirmation. If any person summoned and paid as a witness refuses to:  (1) attend;  (2) be sworn or to affirm;  (3) answer any question; or  (4) produce any book, contract, document or paper pertinent to the matter before the secretary, a justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, upon application by the secretary, may issue an order requiring such person to appear before the secretary, and to produce the books, contracts, documents and papers and to give evidence touching the matter in question.  Failure to obey such an order of the court may be punished by the court as contempt of that court.  (d) A person summoned and paid who refuses to attend, or to be sworn or to affirm, or to answer any proper question, or to produce any book, contract, document or paper, pertinent to the matter before the secretary, and any person who willfully interrupts or disturbs any hearing, or who is disorderly at a hearing, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50 dollars or by imprisonment for not more than 1 month, or both.  (e) Upon application by the secretary, commissions to take depositions of persons outside the commonwealth may be issued by a justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, to be used in hearings before the secretary and all laws and rules relating to such commissions in civil actions shall apply to commissions issued under this section. This section shall not be construed to compel any person to give any testimony or to produce any evidence, documentary or otherwise, which may tend to incriminate that person.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 15 - State Purchasing Agent; Examination of Printing Bills

Section 15. The state purchasing agent shall cause all the printing under the state printing contract to be examined and measured, and no bill for printing shall be allowed unless it is in strict conformity with such contract. He may employ an expert in printing to examine the bills for printing under such contract and perform such other clerical assistance as the state purchasing agent may require.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22a - Collective Purchasing by Commonwealth and Political Subdivisions

Section 22A. Notwithstanding any general or special law relating to collective purchasing, but subject to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, the commonwealth and 1 or more of its cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, or 2 or more cities, towns, districts, counties, authorities or commonwealth or Horace Mann charter schools, hereinafter called political subdivisions, may make purchases of materials, supplies, equipment or services through the state purchasing agent subject to such rules, regulations and procedures as may be established from time to time by the purchasing agent; provided, however, that the political subdivision shall accept sole responsibility for any payment due the vendor for its share of such purchase.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22b - Collective Purchasing by Political Subdivisions

Section 22B. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law relating to collective purchasing, but subject, however, to all other laws regulating public purchases and competitive bidding, any two or more political subdivisions, as defined in section twenty-two A, may join together for the purpose of obtaining and accepting competitive bids on similar items of materials, supplies, equipment or services which they intend to purchase, provided that each political subdivision shall accept sole responsibility for any payment due the vendor for its share of such purchase. No political subdivision which serves as a purchasing agent under the provisions of this section shall be liable solely by reason of its actions as such agent for any claim based upon a breach of warranty or defects in the design, manufacture or installation of the materials, supplies or equipment purchased pursuant to this section.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22b1/2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22b1/2 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22c to 22f

Section 22B1/2. For the purposes of sections 22C to 22F, inclusive, unless a contrary intention clearly appears, the following words shall have the following meanings:  ''Comparable low bid or offer'', a responsive and responsible bid or offer which is not more than 10 per cent greater than the lowest bid or offer submitted for goods or services.  ''Essential'', necessary in order that a state agency or state authority may perform its mission, there being no substitute, to avoid irreparable, harm to the agency or authority programs.  ''Person'', an individual, partnership, firm, association, corporation or other entity or a subsidiary thereof.  ''Secretary'', the secretary of administration and finance.  ''State agency'', awarding authorities of the commonwealth including, but not limited to, executive offices, agencies, departments, commissions and public institutions of higher education.  ''State authority'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22d - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies

Section 22D. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two C, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, including hospital, nutritional, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and nonprescription products specifically manufactured to satisfy identified health care needs, for which there is no medical substitute. The determination of whether no medical substitute exists shall be made by the state agency requiring the supply, pursuant to general standards of good medical and professional practice. The state agency shall give notice to the state purchasing agent in writing, certifying compliance with this exemption, said notice and certification being sufficient to allow the purchase of medical supplies under this exemption.  (b) to the extent that a person doing business in Northern Ireland is providing only medical supplies, as described in subsection (a), to persons in Northern Ireland, then the supply of goods or equipment to the commonwealth by said person shall also be exempt from the preference requirements of these regulations. This exemption from the preference requirements shall not apply in any case in which the nature of any person's business dealings in Northern Ireland include both medical and nonmedical supplies.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22e - Contracts Entered in Violation of Secs. 22c and 22d

Section 22E. Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two C twenty-two D, inclusive, shall be voidable.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22f - Authorization to Promulgate Regulations

Section 22F. The secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two C to twenty-two E, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22g - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22h to 22m

Section 22G. For the purposes of sections twenty-two H to twenty-two M, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:—  ''Comparable low bid or offer'', a responsive and responsible bid or offer which is no more than ten percent greater than the lowest bid or offer submitted for goods or a service.  ''Distribution agreement'', an agreement to guarantee a contract for the supply of goods or a service.  ''Doing business with Burma (Myanmar)'',  (a) having a principal place of business, place of incorporation or its corporate headquarters in Burma (Myanmar) or having any operations, leases, franchises, majority-owned subsidiaries, distribution agreements, or any other similar agreements in Burma (Myanmar), or being the majority-owned subsidiary, licensee or franchise of such a person;  (b) providing financial services to the government of Burma (Myanmar), including providing direct loans, underwriting government securities, providing any consulting advice or assistance, providing brokerage services, acting as a trustee or escrow agent, or otherwise acting as an agent pursuant to a contractual agreement;  (c) promoting the importation or sale of gems, timber, oil, gas or other related products, commerce in which is largely controlled by the government of Burma (Myanmar), from Burma (Myanmar);  (d) providing any goods or services to the government of Burma (Myanmar).  ''Essential'', necessary in order that an agency or authority may perform its mission, there being no substitute, to avoid irreparable harm to agency or authority programs.  ''Franchise'', authorization by a person to sell his products.  ''Government of Burma (Myanmar)'', any public or quasi-public entity operating within Burma (Myanmar), including, but not limited to, municipal, provincial, national or other governmental and military bodies, including all departments and agencies of such bodies, public utilities, public facilities, or any national corporation in which Burma (Myanmar) has a financial interest or operational responsibilities.  ''License'', permission granted by a person to another, or to the government of Burma (Myanmar), to exercise a certain privilege or to carry on a particular business.  ''Majority-owned subsidiary'', a company that is at least fifty-one percent owned by another company.  ''Person'', any individual and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity, or their subsidiaries.  ''Secretary'', the secretary of administration and finance.  ''State agency'', all awarding authorities of the commonwealth, including, but not limited to, all executive offices, agencies, departments, commissions, and public institutions of higher education, and any office, department or division of the judiciary.  ''State authority'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 29.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22h - Procurement of Goods or Services From Bidders or Offerors on Restricted Purchase List

Section 22H. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may not procure goods or services from any person listed on the restricted purchase list maintained by the secretary, or who is determined through affidavit or through other reliable methods to meet the criteria for so being listed.  (b) A state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the state senate may procure goods or services from a person who is on or who is so determined to meet the criteria of the restricted purchase list only after certifying in writing to the secretary or, in the case of a state authority, to the chief operating officer that:  (1) the procurement is essential; and  (2) compliance with paragraph (a) would eliminate the only bid or offer, or would result in inadequate competition.  (c) In any solicitation, a state agency, a state authority, the house of representatives or the senate shall provide ample notice of the requirements of this section. Prior to reviewing responses to bid documents for any procurements, or, if there are none, prior to entering into any contractual arrangement, the awarding authority shall obtain from such person seeking a contract a statement, under the pains and penalties of perjury, from an authorized representative of such person seeking a contract, on a form to be provided by the awarding authority, declaring the nature and extent to which said person is engaging in activities which would subject said person to inclusion on the restricted purchase list.  (d) In any procurement that includes bidders or offerors who are on or meet the criteria of the restricted purchase list, the awarding authority may award the contract to a person who is on or who meets the criteria of the restricted purchase list only if there is no comparable low bid or offer by a person who is not on the restricted purchase list.  (e) A person with operations in Burma (Myanmar) for the sole purpose of reporting the news, or solely for the purpose of providing goods or services for the provision of international telecommunications shall not be subject to the provisions of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22i - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies

Section 22I. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-two H, a state agency may purchase medical supplies intended to preserve or prolong life or to cure, prevent, or ameliorate diseases, including hospital, nutritional, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and non-prescription products specifically manufactured to satisfy identified health care needs, or for which there is no medical substitute. The determination of whether no medical substitute exists shall be made by the state agency requiring the supply, pursuant to general standards of good medical and professional practice. The state agency shall give notice to the state purchasing agent in writing, certifying compliance with this exemption, said notice and certification being sufficient to allow the purchase of medical supplies under this exemption.  To the extent that a person doing business in Burma (Myanmar) is providing only medical supplies, as described hereinabove, to persons in Burma (Myanmar), then the supply of goods or equipment to the commonwealth by said person shall also be exempt from the preference requirements of these regulations. This exemption from the preference requirements shall not apply in any case in which the nature of any person's business dealings in Burma (Myanmar) include both medical and non-medical supplies.  Any person from whom a procurement would be restricted under this section shall not supply goods or services to any state agency, state authority, the house of representatives or senate under any other provision of this chapter, or any other general or special law.