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MA Gen L ch 7a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7a - Office of the Comptroller|Section 17 - Account to Fund Terminal Leave Payments; Federal Grant Funds.

Section 17. The comptroller shall administer an account the purpose of which shall be to fund terminal leave payments for employees whose salaries were paid from federal funds immediately prior to their leaving state service and to fund certain liabilities resulting from the agreement between the commonwealth and the federal government in accordance with Public Law 101–453. For the purpose of funding the account, the comptroller may transfer and expend without further appropriation an amount equal to the liability for the costs from the revenues collected in accordance with section 6B of chapter 29 to the account.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:—  (a) ''Asset'', all property that is in the lawful possession of or otherwise held by a state agency, and shall include without limitation both real and personal property and property interests regardless of whether they are held in tangible or intangible form. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the word ''asset'' shall include land, buildings, structures, leases, easements, licenses, electronic and communication equipment, and time sharing capacities, air, water, and mineral rights, utilities, vehicles, and professional and technical services and expertise.  (b) ''Asset management board'' or ''board'', the asset management board established pursuant to section two.  (c) ''Asset management project'' or ''project'', any project for the management of assets that is proposed for the consideration of the board by a state agency and approved by the asset management board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that this term shall not include any project involving the sale or permanent disposition of any asset.  (d) ''State agency'' or ''agency'', any executive office, department, agency, board, or commission of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 2 - Asset Management Board; Establishment; Membership

Section 2. (a) There is hereby established an asset management board. The board shall be within but not subject to the control of the executive office of administration and finance. The board shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance or his designee, ex officio, who shall serve as chair; the inspector general or his designee, ex officio; and three additional public members appointed by the governor. Of the public members initially so appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term of two years and one shall be appointed for a term of three years. Public members shall be appointed for terms of three years, without reappointment. At least one public member shall possess substantial expertise in the field of real estate management and development, and at least one public member shall possess substantial experience in the field of finance.  (b) Public members of the board shall serve without compensation. Public members of the board shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. The board's activities shall be supported by staff of the secretary of administration and finance.  (c) No member of the asset management board shall participate in the approval of a project if the member or any member of his immediate family has a direct or indirect present or future financial interest in the approval of the project or in any way will benefit financially therefrom.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 5 - Inventory of Assets; Proposed Projects Involving Real Property Interests; Notice of Submission

Section 5. Prior to the submission of any project to the asset management board, the state agency making such submission shall first develop an inventory of its assets and identify those assets that are underutilized or might otherwise qualify for management as part of an asset management project pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. If such proposed project is limited to one or more institutions or facilities, such inventory likewise may be limited to the assets contained at such institution or facility. Notice of the submission of a proposed project which involves interests in real property shall be sent to the division of capital asset management and maintenance together with a copy of the inventory. Each such agency proposal shall be submitted to the asset management board only after approval of the executive office within which such agency is located, or, in the case of institutions of higher education, the board of regents.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 6 - Development and Management of Proposed Projects; Assistance

Section 6. Each proposed project may be developed and managed with the assistance of individuals with expertise in the management of assets similar to the assets included in the proposed project; provided, that the board shall examine the proposed relationship between such individual and the state agency to ensure compliance with the standards of paragraph (i) of subsection (a) of section four. The cost of such assistance may be paid from funds available to the agency for such purpose or from funds held in trust pursuant to the provisions of section eight.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 7 - Real Property; Title Held by State Agency Prior to Enactment of Chapter 7, Sec. 40e

Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of section forty E of chapter seven to the contrary, real property, title to which was held in the name of a state agency, or the board of trustees of a facility of a state agency prior to the enactment of said section shall, for the sole purposes of this chapter be considered real property in the lawful possession of the state agency from which such land was transferred to the commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of said section.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 8 - Asset Management Project Trust Funds; Establishment

Section 8. Notwithstanding the provisions of section four F of chapter seven or any other provision of the General Laws to the contrary, at the request of a state agency, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to establish one or more asset management project trust funds for each state agency with approved asset management projects. Such trust or trusts shall be established to receive fifty percent of the proceeds accruing to an agency as a result of revenues produced by one or more approved asset management projects. The remainder of the proceeds shall be deposited in the General Fund. The administrator in charge of each such state agency shall serve as sole trustee of said trust or trusts, and shall administer the trust so as to advance the purposes served by the agency. No expenditures from said trusts shall be made without the authorization from the secretary of the executive office of administration and finance. All expenditures from said trust funds shall conform to standard state accounting procedures and to such further requirements as prescribed by the comptroller. Each such agency shall report annually to the house and senate committees on ways and means the amount of funds received in and expenditures made from any trust established pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 7b § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7b - Asset Management Board|Section 9 - Effect on Powers and Duties of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance Division

Section 9. The provisions of this chapter are not intended and shall not be construed to limit, override or otherwise modify the procedures, powers and duties of the division of capital asset management and maintenance unless specifically so authorized by the asset management board pursuant to the standards and procedures established by this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 3 - Coordination of Capital Facility Project Plans and Programs

Section 3. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall advise the governor and the secretary of administration and finance on the means and methods available to coordinate capital facility project plans and programs of all public agencies and the federal government in order to establish relative priorities and to avoid duplication and conflicts. The commissioner shall create a central depository for planning documents as they relate to that end, and amendments thereto and revisions thereof prepared by or for public agencies. Effective on the effective date of this act, every public agency shall submit a list and description of such documents as currently exist and as they are promulgated and upon the commissioner's request, submit to him a copy thereof. The commissioner may by rule and regulation identify the documents required to be submitted.  The division of capital asset management and maintenance, if it is not designated as the state clearinghouse as provided for by the federal Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as amended, and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be notified in a timely manner by the agency designated as the state clearinghouse as to any capital facility projects being reviewed by said agency. The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall review such projects in light of current long range capital facility plans and other programs and policies of the commonwealth and submit his comments and recommendations to the agency designated as the state clearinghouse.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 5 - Building Project Control and Supervision by Commissioner; Delegation of Project Control and Supervision to State Agency or Building Authority

Section 5. The commissioner shall, in a manner and to the extent provided by this chapter, control and supervise any building project to be undertaken by a state agency or building authority when the estimated cost of the project exceeds $250,000 and involves structural or mechanical work. The commissioner may, upon request of a state agency or building authority, delegate project control and supervision to that state agency or building authority over projects involving structural or mechanical work whose estimated cost is less than $5,000,000 if the commissioner determines that the agency or authority has the ability to control and supervise such project. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any state agency or building authority shall control and supervise its own building projects when the estimated cost of such project is less than $250,000, or if the project does not involve structural or mechanical work. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner may delegate control and supervision over projects involving structural or mechanical work with an estimated cost of less than $10,000,000 to the University of Massachusetts if the commissioner determines that the University of Massachusetts has the ability to control and supervise such project. As used in this section, ''estimated cost'' shall mean the estimated construction cost stated in a study or program prepared in accordance with section 59.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 7 - Court Facilities Acquisition, Control, Disposition, etc.; Director of Court Facilities

Section 7. Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of chapter 211, the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall: (1) be responsible for the acquisition, control and disposition of court facilities on behalf of the commonwealth, in the manner and to the extent provided in this chapter for other real property of the commonwealth; (2) provide facilities for the trial court, the appeals court and the supreme judicial court; (3) be responsible for planning and budgeting for such court facilities in the manner and to the extent provided in this chapter and in chapter 29 for capital facilities of state agencies; and (4) have jurisdiction over capital facility projects undertaken by the office of the chief administrative justice of the trial court for such court facilities in the manner and to the extent provided in this chapter and in chapter 149 for capital facility projects undertaken by state agencies. Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, all real property owned by the commonwealth for use as a courthouse, whenever such property was acquired, shall be held in the name of the commonwealth as provided in sections 32 and 33, and the division of capital asset management and maintenance shall hold the deeds to all such property as provided in section 39.  There shall be within the division of capital asset management and maintenance a director of court facilities. The director of court facilities shall be appointed by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance with the advice of the chief administrative justice of the trial court and the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, and may be removed in like manner. Said position shall not be subject to section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. Said director shall have the qualifications deemed necessary by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance. Said director shall perform such duties of said commissioner with respect to court facilities as said commissioner shall assign, including at least the duty to respond to any inquiry from a county, city or town or from the office of the chief administrative justice of the trial court regarding court facilities.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 10 - Advisory Council on Capital Asset Management and Maintenance

Section 10. In order to assist himself in the performance of his functions the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall establish an advisory council on capital asset management and maintenance which shall meet at such times as the commissioner shall set, but no less often than once every 3 months, to seek information, advice, and counsel as to the recommendation, establishment, and evaluation of priorities and schedules for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, demolition, installation, repair and maintenance of capital facilities. Such of the executive officers of public agencies directly responsible for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, demolition, installation, repair and maintenance of capital facilities or their designees as the commissioner may request shall attend those meetings.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 11 - Office of Programming; Director of Programming

Section 11. There shall be located within the division of capital asset management and maintenance an office of programming headed by a director of programming. Said director shall be appointed by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance, with the prior written approval of the secretary of administration and finance, and may be removed in like manner. The position of director shall not be subject to chapter 31 or section 9A of chapter 30.  No person shall be appointed director of the office of programming unless the person has extensive experience in the study and programming of buildings.  The commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance shall be responsible for the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties assigned by law to the office of programming, which shall be under his direction, control, and supervision.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 13 - Office of Project Management; Director of Project Management

Section 13. There shall be within the division of capital asset management and maintenance an office of project management headed by a director of project management.  The director shall be appointed by the commissioner of capital asset management and maintenance with the approval of the secretary of administration and finance, and may be removed in like manner. Said position shall not be subject to section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. No person shall be appointed director of said bureau unless at the time thereof said person shall be registered by the commonwealth as an architect or professional engineer under chapter 112 and shall have proven ability and extensive experience in the management of the design and construction of buildings.  The director may appoint such deputies and other supervisory staff as the work of the office may require, subject to appropriation and the commissioner's approval. Such staff shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall not be subject to chapter 31 or to section 9A of chapter 30. The director shall appoint, subject to appropriation and subject to the commissioner's approval, all other officers and employees of said office.  The commissioner shall be responsible for the exercise of all powers and the performance of all duties assigned by law to said office, which shall be under his direction. The director shall advise the commissioner as to rules and regulations, standards and guidelines, and priorities and schedules to be established for the office and the division of capital asset management and maintenance.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 18 - Request for Change Order; Approval or Disapproval; Appeal

Section 18. Any request for a change order shall be processed promptly, in compliance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner, and otherwise according to the requirements of section 39P of chapter 30. Requests shall be submitted to the project manager, who shall, after consultation with the designer and the using agency, approve or disapprove the request. The project manager shall, after obtaining any other required approvals or disapprovals, notify in writing the designer, the using agency and the requesting party of the request and shall issue a written change order or written notice of disapproval to the contractor. If the approval or disapproval would result in a deviation, as defined by regulations of the commissioner from (a) any study or program which must be prepared in accordance with section 59 or (b) any other pre-design document which must be prepared in accordance with any other statute, appropriation or authorization or administrative directive consistent therewith, the decision made shall be subject to appeal by the using agency to the secretary of administration and finance. Such appeal shall set forth in writing the reasons therefor and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the commissioner at the time the appeal is filed with the commissioner. The commissioner shall, within 10 days following the receipt of such appeal, render a written decision thereon, which shall be final and conclusive.
MA Gen L ch 7c § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7c - Capital Asset Management and Maintenance|Section 19 - Equitable Adjustment in Contract Price Due to Change in Contractor's Cost of Performance Resulting From Change Order

Section 19. If any change order under section 17 causes any change in the contractor's cost of performance of any work under the contract, whether or not that work is changed by any order, either the contractor or the project manager may request an equitable adjustment in the contract price. A request for such an adjustment shall be in writing and shall be submitted by the party making such claim to the other party before commencement of the pertinent work or as soon thereafter as possible, and in any event within 30 days of receipt by the contractor of an approved change order or the mailing or furnishing to the commonwealth by the contractor of written notice that the contractor regards an order as a change order. Except for claims on defective specifications, no claim for any change under this section shall be allowed for any costs incurred more than 20 days before the contractor gives written notice as required by this section. In the case of defective specifications for which the commonwealth is responsible, the equitable adjustment shall include any cost reasonably incurred by the contractor in attempting to comply with such defective specifications.  The project manager and the contractor shall by negotiation agree upon an equitable adjustment in the contract price before commencement of the pertinent work or as soon thereafter as possible. Notice of the adjustment shall be given to the director. In the absence of agreement by the parties on an equitable adjustment in the contract price, the project manager shall unilaterally determine the costs attributable to the change order. Unilateral equitable adjustments of the project manager shall be reduced to writing and a copy mailed or otherwise furnished to the contractor. Such adjustments shall be final and conclusive unless, within 30 days from the date of receipt of such copy, the contractor mails or otherwise furnishes to the project manager a written appeal addressed to the commissioner, and otherwise complies with the requirements set forth in section 39Q of chapter 30. Said section shall govern further appeal to the division of hearing officers.