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MA Gen L ch 12 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 10 - Violations of Court Orders; Restraint of Trade; Institution of Investigations and Appropriate Actions

Section 10. He shall take cognizance of all violations of law or of orders of courts, tribunals or commissions affecting the general welfare of the people, including combinations, agreements and unlawful practices in restraint of trade or for the suppression of competition, or for the undue enhancement of the price of articles or commodities in common use, and shall institute or cause to be instituted such criminal or civil proceedings before the appropriate state and federal courts, tribunals and commissions as he may deem to be for the public interest, and shall investigate all matters in which he has reason to believe that there have been such violations. Whenever it appears to the attorney general that the commonwealth or any city, town, or other governmental agency, body or authority established under the laws of the commonwealth has been so injured or damaged by any conspiracy, combination or agreement in restraint of trade or commerce or similar unlawful action, as to entitle the commonwealth, a city, town, or other such governmental agency, body or authority to a right to bring any action or proceeding for the recovery of damages under the provisions of any federal anti-trust or other similar law, the attorney general shall have authority to institute and prosecute any such actions or proceedings on behalf of the commonwealth or of any city, town, or other governmental agency, body or authority established under the laws of the commonwealth, and shall have authority to intervene on behalf of the commonwealth or of any city, town or other governmental agency, body or authority in such actions or proceedings. For the purposes of this section, he may appoint necessary assistants, with such compensation as, with the approval of the governor and council, he may fix, and may expend such sums as may be approved by the governor and council. In criminal proceedings hereunder he may require district attorneys to assist him and under his direction to act for him in their respective districts.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11 - Annual Report of Cases Handled

Section 11. He shall make an annual report showing the number of cases tried, argued or conducted by him during the preceding fiscal year, with suggestions and recommendations as to the amendment and the proper and economical administration of the laws. He shall include in his annual report a statement of his acts under section nine, with suggestions and recommendations relative thereto. He may, with the approval of the governor and council, prepare and publish such reports of capital trials as he deems expedient for public use. One copy shall be sent to each public and law library in the commonwealth, and the balance may be sold, or otherwise disposed of, at the discretion of the state secretary.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11a - Division of Civil Rights and Liberties

Section 11A. There shall be in the department of the attorney general a division of civil rights and liberties. The attorney general shall designate an assistant attorney general as director of said division. Said director may appoint and remove, subject to the approval of the attorney general, such expert, clerical and other assistants as the work of the division may require.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11b - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Obscene Literature Commission

Section 11B. The board of commissioners on uniform state laws and the obscene literature commission are hereby declared to be within the department of the attorney general; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the foregoing agencies by any provision of law.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11c - Narcotic and Harmful Drugs; Training Program for Law Enforcement Officers

Section 11C. The attorney general shall establish a program designed to train law enforcement officials, including municipal, metropolitan and state police, in practices and procedures relating to the narcotic and harmful drug laws of the commonwealth. The program shall include, but shall not limited to, the dissemination of information concerning:  (1) the laws of the commonwealth relating to the possession, sale, and manufacture of narcotic and harmful drugs;  (2) the methods and procedures for detecting and ascertaining the identity of the various narcotic and harmful drugs;  (3) law enforcement techniques, intelligence operations, and methods of promoting cooperation among the municipal, metropolitan, and state police departments;  (4) search and seizure techniques in accordance with the Constitution of the United States and with the Constitution and laws of the commonwealth;  (5) the physiological and psychological effects of the various narcotic and harmful drugs;  (6) the underlying psychological and sociological causes of drug use and drug abuse;  (7) opportunities for treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependent persons; and  (8) educational programs relating to drugs sponsored by the department of education, other public agencies, and private organizations.  The attorney general may appoint such expert, clerical and other staff members as the operation of the training program may require.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11f - Insurance Companies; Intervention in Legal Proceedings on Behalf of Consumers; Expenditure of Funds

Section 11F. The attorney general is hereby authorized to intervene in administrative or judicial proceedings held in the commonwealth on behalf of any group of consumers in connection with any matter involving the rates, charges, premiums and prices charged by any insurance company doing business in the commonwealth and subject to the division of insurance within the department of banking and insurance.  For the purpose of such intervention the attorney general may expend such funds as may be appropriated therefor; provided, however, that such expenditures shall not exceed annually one hundred and fifty percent of the amount assessed against insurance companies under the provisions of section eight F of chapter twenty-six.  The attorney general shall have no authority to expend any of such funds wherever the expenditure thereof shall conflict with the duties imposed upon him under the provisions of section three.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11g - Local Consumer Aid Fund; Eligibility for Assistance

Section 11G. There shall be established within the department of the attorney general a local consumer aid fund, which may receive and expend monies as may be appropriated to said fund by the general court, as well as additional monies which may be made available from sources other than the General Fund. The purpose of said fund shall be to provide financial assistance to eligible, local or regional agencies which deal with the resolution of consumer problems. The attorney general shall determine the standards for eligibility in order for such agencies to receive financial assistance. No more than ten per cent of said fund may be expended for administrative purposes.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11i - Violations of Constitutional Rights; Civil Actions by Aggrieved Persons; Costs and Fees

Section 11I. Any person whose exercise or enjoyment of rights secured by the constitution or laws of the United States, or of rights secured by the constitution or laws of the commonwealth, has been interfered with, or attempted to be interfered with, as described in section 11H, may institute and prosecute in his own name and on his own behalf a civil action for injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief as provided for in said section, including the award of compensatory money damages. Any aggrieved person or persons who prevail in an action authorized by this section shall be entitled to an award of the costs of the litigation and reasonable attorneys' fees in an amount to be fixed by the court.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11k - Division of Victim Compensation and Assistance

Section 11K. Subject to appropriation, there shall be established within the department of the attorney general a division of victim compensation and assistance to administer the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight C. The attorney general shall designate a program director of said division. Said program director may appoint and remove, subject to the approval of the attorney general, such investigative, legal, clerical and other assistants as the work of the division may require. The program director shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to chapter thirty A as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of said chapter two hundred and fifty-eight C.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 11n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 11n - Monitoring Health Care Market Trends; Investigation of Unfair Methods of Competition or Anti-Competitive Behavior; Exemption or Waiver From Federal Law

Section 11N. (a) The attorney general shall monitor trends in the health care market including, but not limited to, trends in provider organization size and composition, consolidation in the provider market, payer contracting trends and patient access and quality issues in the health care market. The attorney general may obtain the following information from a private health care payer, public health care payer, provider or provider organization, as those terms are defined in section 1 of chapter 6D: (i) any information that is required to be submitted under sections 8, 9 and 10 of chapter 12C, (ii) filings, applications and supporting documentation related to any cost and market impact review under section 13 of chapter 6D (iii) filings, applications and supporting documentation related to a determination of need application filed under section 25C of chapter 111; and (iv) filings, applications and supporting documentation submitted to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the Office of the Inspector General for any demonstration project. Under section 17 of chapter 12C and section 8 of chapter 6D and subject to the limitations stated in those sections, the attorney general may require that any provider, provider organization, private health care payer or public health care payer produce documents, answer interrogatories and provide testimony under oath related to health care costs and cost trends, the factors that contribute to cost growth within the commonwealth's health care system and the relationship between provider costs and payer premium rates.  (b) The attorney general may investigate any provider organization referred to the attorney general by the health policy commission under section 13 of chapter 6D to determine whether the provider organization engaged in unfair methods of competition or anti-competitive behavior in violation of chapter 93A or any other law, and, if appropriate, take action under chapter 93A or any other law to protect consumers in the health care market.  (c) The attorney general may intervene or otherwise participate in efforts by the commonwealth to obtain exemptions or waivers from certain federal laws regarding provider market conduct, including, from the federal Office of the Inspector General, a waiver of, or expansion of, the ''safe harbors'' provided for under 42 U.S.C. section 1320a–7b and obtaining from the federal Office of the Inspector General a waiver of, or exemption from, 42 U.S.C. section 1395nn subsections (a) to (e).  (d) Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the attorney general to protect consumers in the health care market under any other law.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 12 - District Attorneys; Qualifications; Election; Term; Appearances

Section 12. There shall be a district attorney for each district set forth in the following section, who shall be a resident therein and a member of the bar of the commonwealth and shall be elected as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of chapter fifty-four. He shall serve for four years beginning with the first Wednesday of January after his election and until his successor is qualified.  The district attorney shall appear for a county constituting such district in all civil actions in which such county is a party under the provisions of chapter two hundred and fifty-eight.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 13 - Districts for Administration of Criminal Law or Defense of Civil Actions

Section 13. For the administration of the criminal law, or for the defense of civil actions brought pursuant to chapter two hundred and fifty-eight, Suffolk county shall constitute the Suffolk district; Middlesex county, the northern district; Essex county, the eastern district; Norfolk county, the Norfolk district; Plymouth county, the Plymouth district; Bristol county, the Bristol district; Barnstable, Nantucket and Dukes counties, the Cape and Islands district; Worcester county, excluding the town of Athol, the middle district; Berkshire county, the Berkshire district; Hampden county, the Hampden district; and Franklin county, including the town of Athol, and Hampshire county, the northwestern district.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 15 - Practice of Law Prohibited; Salary

Section 15. District attorneys shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to their duties, shall neither directly nor indirectly engage in the practice of law, and shall receive from the commonwealth a salary of $191,000 annually.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 16 - Salaries of Assistant District Attorneys

Section 16. Each district attorney shall, subject to appropriation and subject to the conditions of this section, appoint and may, at his pleasure, remove such assistant district attorneys as are necessary to the functioning of the office of the district attorney. Assistant district attorneys shall receive from the commonwealth salaries as recommended by the district attorney appointing them, subject to appropriation and subject to the conditions of this section. No assistant district attorney shall be appointed and no such salary shall be paid unless and until such position and such salary (a) shall have been recommenced in writing by the district attorney making the appointment and (b) shall have been included in a schedule of offices and positions approved by the house and senate committees on ways and means. The provisions of sections nine A and forty-five of chapter thirty, chapter thirty-one, and chapter one hundred and fifty E shall not apply to said assistant district attorneys. Assistant district attorneys shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to their duties, and shall neither directly nor indirectly engage in the practice of law.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 18 - Appointment of an Assistant to District Attorney; Compensation

Section 18. If there is no assistant district attorney, the district attorney may employ a clerk to aid him; and in the northern, eastern, middle, Norfolk, Plymouth, Berkshire, Hampden and northwestern districts, the district attorney may appoint, for the sitting at which the appointment is made, a competent person to act as an assistant to the district attorney. The compensation of any person employed or appointed hereunder shall be paid by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 19 - Suffolk District; Appointment of Messengers and Other Employees

Section 19. The district attorney for the Suffolk district may appoint a messenger and such stenographers, telephone operators and other office assistants as in his opinion the interests of the commonwealth require. The compensation of any person appointed hereunder shall be paid by the commonwealth, and any such person may be removed by said district attorney at his pleasure.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 20 - Additional Legal Assistants; Tenure; Compensation; Powers

Section 20. The district attorneys may each employ additional legal assistants. The length of time of such employment shall in no instance exceed six months. The amount of compensation shall be determined by the district attorney providing that for legal assistants who devote their entire time to the duties of legal assistants and do not, either directly or indirectly, engage in the private practice of law said compensation shall in no instance exceed ten thousand dollars and for part-time legal assistants shall in no instance exceed five thousand dollars. Such compensation shall be paid, subject to appropriation, by the commonwealth upon presentation of bills approved by the district attorney. In matters connected with the work for which he is so employed a legal assistant shall have all the powers and authority of an assistant district attorney.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 20a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 20a - Suffolk and Northern Districts; Special Assistant District Attorney, Appointment and Removal; Duties; Power; Salary

Section 20A. The district attorney for the Suffolk district and the district attorney for the northern district may each appoint an attorney at law as a special assistant district attorney, whose duties shall be the listing and assignment of cases, under the supervision of the district attorney, and may remove him at pleasure. Such special assistants shall have all powers of an assistant district attorney, and shall receive from the commonwealth a salary not exceeding twenty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars.
MA Gen L ch 12 § 20c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12 - Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys|Section 20c - Special Assistant District Attorneys; Appointment, Removal and Salary; Participation in Federal Demonstration Programs

Section 20C. The district attorneys may each appoint and may remove at pleasure such additional attorneys-at-law as special assistant district attorneys as may be necessary to participate in federally funded demonstration programs under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 or other federal acts; provided that the compensation of such special assistant district attorneys shall be paid from federal funds. Such special assistant district attorneys shall have all the powers of assistant district attorneys and shall receive such salary not exceeding that provided in section sixteen for assistant district attorneys in their respective districts as the district attorney may determine.