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MA Gen L ch 29c § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 29c - Massachusetts Clean Water Trust|Section 16 - Termination of Trust

Section 16. The trust and its existence shall continue until terminated by law; provided, however, that no such law shall take effect so long as the trust shall have bonds outstanding unless adequate provision has been made for the payment or satisfaction thereof. Upon termination of the trust, the title to the fund and all other properties of the trust which remain after provision for the payment or satisfaction of all bonds of the trust shall vest in the commonwealth. The obligations, debts and liabilities of the trust shall be assumed by and imposed upon the commonwealth, and shall be transferred to the state treasurer or to such other successor as the general court may designate.
MA Gen L ch 29c § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title III - Laws Relating to State Officers|Chapter 29c - Massachusetts Clean Water Trust|Section 17 - Annual Reports

Section 17. The board, in cooperation with the state treasurer, shall, at all times keep full and accurate accounts of all receipts, expenditures and disbursements from the fund and all assets and liabilities of the trust which shall be open to inspection by any officer or duly appointed agent of the commonwealth. The trust shall submit an annual report, in writing, to the governor, the department and the clerk of the house of representatives who shall forward the same to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairman of the senate committee on ways and means and the chairman of the house committee on ways and means. Said report shall include financial statements relating to the operations, properties, and expenditures of the trust maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles so far as applicable and audited by an independent certified public accountant firm.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 1 (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 1 - ''departments'' Defined

Section 1. The word ''departments'' as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean all the departments of the commonwealth, except the department of banking and insurance, but including the divisions of banks and loan agencies, of insurance, and also including the several boards serving in the division of registration, the board of registration in medicine and each of the executive offices created by chapters six A and seven.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 2 (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 2 - Executive and Administrative Offices, etc.; Placement Under Control of Some State Department

Section 2. All executive and administrative offices, boards, commissions and other governmental organizations and agencies, except those serving directly under the governor or the governor and council, not by law placed under the direction and control of some state department, shall be placed thereunder by order of the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, until such time as the general court shall make provision therefor.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 3 (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 3 - Establishment of Divisions; Approval of Governor and Council

Section 3. In all cases where the executive and administrative head of a department is vested with authority to establish therein divisions not specifically provided for by law, the establishment of such divisions shall be subject to the approval of the governor and council.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 4 (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 4 - Organization of Departments; Report to State Secretary

Section 4. A state department, board or commission shall, upon organizing, report its organization to the state secretary.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 5 (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 5 - Conflicting Orders or Regulations; Appeal to Governor and Council

Section 5. In all cases where a question arises between executive or administrative departments, or officers or boards thereof, as to their respective jurisdictions or powers, or where such departments, or officers or boards thereof, issue conflicting orders or make conflicting rules and regulations, the governor and council may, on appeal by any such department or by any person affected thereby, determine the question, and order any such order, rule or regulation amended or annulled; provided, that this section shall not deprive any person of the right to pursue any other lawful remedy. The time within which such appeal may be taken shall be fixed by the governor and council.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 6 (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 6 - Absence or Disability of Department Heads

Section 6. If, during the absence or disability of a commissioner or head of an executive or administrative department or of a director or head of a division in a department, his duties are not specially authorized by law to be performed by another person, the commissioner or head of such department shall designate another person in his department to perform the duties of such person in case of and during such absence or disability, but a person so designated shall have no authority to make permanent appointments or removals. Every such designation shall be subject to approval by the governor, and shall remain in force and effect until revoked by the commissioner or head of such department or by the governor; provided, however, that such designation shall continue after the death of such commissioner or head of department until revoked by his successor.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 6a (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 6a - Absence or Disability of Members, of Permanent State Boards, Etc.

Section 6A. If any member of a permanent state board or commission or of a board or commission appointed under an interstate compact who serves as such by virtue of holding any other office or position is unable by reason of absence or disability to perform his duties as such member, he may, by a writing filed in the office of such board or commission, designate an officer or employee in his department who shall, without additional compensation therefor, perform such duties in case of and during such absence or disability, but a person so designated shall have no authority to make any appointments or removals. Any such designation may in like manner be revoked at any time.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 7 (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 7 - Confidential Secretaries; Appointment and Removal

Section 7. Each officer, board and commission having supervision and control of an executive or administrative department, including the commissioner of administration, the first deputy commissioner of administration, the comptroller, the purchasing agent, the budget director, the personnel administrator and the the commissioner of industrial accidents in the department of labor and workforce development, each commissioner of the department of banking and insurance, the state superintendent of buildings, and the alcoholic beverages control commission, but not including the several boards serving in the division of registration, may appoint and remove a person to serve as a confidential secretary. Such appointment shall be in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-five to fifty, inclusive, and shall be exempt from the provisions of sections nine A and nine B of chapter thirty and from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 7b (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 7b - Change of Name

Section 7B. Upon the change of name of any person holding an executive, administrative or legislative office in the state government, he shall register his new name with the secretary.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 8 (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 8 - Public Officers Appointed by Governor; Tenure

Section 8. A public officer appointed for any term by the governor, with or without the advice and consent of the council, shall hold his office during the term for which he is appointed and until his successor in office has qualified, unless he is sooner removed in accordance with law. Unless otherwise provided, the beginning of the term of office of a public officer appointed by the governor shall be the date of his appointment, or, if he is appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, it shall be the date of his confirmation; but no officer shall enter upon the duties of his office until he is duly qualified as provided by law.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9 (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 9 - Public Officers Appointed by Governor; Removal

Section 9. Unless some other mode of removal is provided by law, a public officer, if appointed by the governor, may at any time be removed by him for cause, and, if appointed by him with the advice and consent of the council, may be so removed with its advice and consent.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9a (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 9a - Veterans Holding Unclassified Positions; Separation From State Service

Section 9A. A veteran, as defined in section one of chapter thirty-one, who holds an office or position in the service of the commonwealth not classified under said chapter thirty-one, other than an elective office, an appointive office for a fixed term or an office or position under section seven of this chapter, and has held such office or position for not less than three years, shall not be involuntarily separated from such office or position except subject to and in accordance with the provisions of sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-one to the same extent as if said office or position were classified under said chapter. If the separation in the case of such unclassified offices or positions results from lack of work or lack of money, such a veteran shall not be separated from his office or position while similar offices or positions in the same group or grade, as defined in section forty-five of this chapter, exist unless all such offices or positions are held by such veterans, in which case such separation shall occur in the inverse order of their respective original appointments.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9c (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 9c - Mental Health, Developmental Services and Public Health Department Employees; Damages Caused by Patients

Section 9C. Any employee at the institutions under the control of the departments of mental health, developmental services and public health whose uniform or other clothing, eyeglasses, dentures and the like are destroyed or damaged because of the violence of any patient under his care as determined by the appointing authority of said employee, shall have the same replaced or repaired by the department employing said employee free of any charge to such employee.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9d (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 9d - Teachers of Certain State Institutions; Removal; Lowering in Rank

Section 9D. No person permanently employed as a teacher in any institution under the department of mental health, developmental services, public health, public welfare, correction, or youth services, who is not classified under chapter thirty-one, shall, after having served as such teacher for a period of three years in such institution, be discharged, removed, suspended, laid off, transferred without his consent, lowered in rank or compensation, nor shall his office or position be abolished, except for just cause and in the manner provided by sections forty-one to forty-five, inclusive, of said chapter thirty-one.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9e (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 9e - Chaplains; Exemption

Section 9E. No person employed as a chaplain by the commonwealth shall be classified under chapter thirty-one or be subject to the provisions of sections nine A, nine B, nine D, or twenty-four A of chapter thirty, or sections thirty A or thirty B of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9f (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 9f - State Employees Elected to Public Office; Leave of Absence

Section 9F. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any person permanently employed by the commonwealth, subject to the provisions of section nine B, who holds an elective state or county office or who is elected mayor by the people of any city in the commonwealth, shall, upon his written request, made to the appointing authority, be granted a leave of absence without pay from his position or employment for all or for such portion of the term for which he was elected, as he may at any time, or from time to time, designate, and he shall not be suspended or discharged and shall suffer no loss of tenure rights as a result of such leave of absence.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9g (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 9g - Public Employees Participating in World Athletic Competition; Leaves of Absence

Section 9G. Any employee of the commonwealth who qualifies as a member of a team representing the United States in any World athletic or Olympic competition shall be granted a leave of absence with pay for the purpose of engaging in competition. Paid leave shall be limited to the period of the official training camp and competition combined, or for a period of sixty calendar days whichever is shorter. The word ''team'' shall include the group leader, coach, official and any athletes who comprise the official delegation of the United States to the World or Olympic competition.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9h (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 9h - Public Employees Who Are Veterans; Participation in Veterans or Memorial Day Exercise; Time Off Granted; Exceptions

Section 9H. Any employee of the commonwealth, who is a veteran as defined in clause Forty-third of section seven of chapter four or is a member of a department of war veterans listed in section seventeen of chapter eight, and who desires to participate in a Veterans Day or Memorial Day exercise, parade or service, shall be granted a reasonable and sufficient period of time off from his duties to attend and participate in such services or exercises.  This section shall not apply to employees whose services are essential and critical to public health or public safety, including but not limited to those employees whose regular and major duties require them to have the care, custody, instruction or supervision of inmates in correctional facilities and institutions or of persons who are mentally ill or mentally defective or defective delinquents, firefighters, police officers, guards and other persons who are determined to be essential and critical to the effective delivery of public services to the commonwealth. Any time off taken by an employee of the commonwealth under this section shall be without pay; provided, however, that any such employee may elect to apply accrued vacation or personal leave time to such time off.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 9j (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 9j - Transfer of Employee Functions to Another Department or Agency; Employees Transferred; Wages, Seniority and Other Rights

Section 9J. In the event that the functions performed by employees in one department or agency are transferred to another department or agency, the employees performing such functions shall be transferred to the receiving department or agency without impairment of wages, seniority, collective bargaining, civil service or other rights enjoyed at the time of the transfer. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any reduction in workforce otherwise permitted under collective bargaining agreements or civil service rules or regulations.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 10 (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 10 - Officers Requiring Gubernatorial Appointments; Filling Vacancies

Section 10. Any vacancy in any office, the original appointment to which is required by law to be made by the governor, with or without the advice and consent of the council, and for which no other method of filling vacancies is expressly provided by law, shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner provided for an original appointment; and the appointment of a successor of any incumbent of any such office who is holding over after the expiration of his term of office shall be made in like manner for the remainder of the term which would have begun at such expiration if his successor had then been appointed.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 11 (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 11 - Oaths of Office

Section 11. A person chosen or appointed to an office may, unless otherwise provided by law, take and subscribe the oaths required to qualify him before the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of the commonwealth, two councillors or two commissioners appointed under section three of chapter two hundred and twenty-two.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 12 (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 12 - Oaths of Office; Failure to Take and Subscribe

Section 12. A person appointed to an office by the governor with or without the advice and consent of the council shall be notified of his appointment by the state secretary and his commission delivered to him upon qualification, and if he does not, within three months after the date of such appointment, take and subscribe the oaths of office, his appointment shall be void, and the secretary shall forthwith notify him thereof, and shall also certify said facts to the governor. This section shall be printed on every such commission.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 13 (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 13 - Fees for Certain Commissions, Etc.

Section 13. Before the delivery of a commission to a person appointed commissioner under section three or four of chapter two hundred and twenty-two, master in chancery or justice of the peace, he shall pay to the state secretary a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven. Before the delivery of a commission to a person appointed a notary public he shall pay to the state secretary a fee as determined annually under the aforementioned provision. Upon the change of name of any woman who has been appointed and qualified as a notary public, she shall re-register under her new name and shall pay to the state secretary a fee as determined annually under the aforementioned provision.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 14 (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 14 - Approval of Bond; Withholding Commission

Section 14. If a bond is required of any person appointed to office by the governor with or without the advice and consent of the council, the commission shall not issue until the bond has been approved.
MA Gen L ch 30 § 15 (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 15 - Bonds; Determining Amount

Section 15. When state officials or employees are required to give bond in which the amount is not fixed by law, the comptroller shall fix the amount and shall require that such bonds be made uniform so far as possible.