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MA Gen L ch 23e § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 5 - Industrial Accident Reviewing Board; Members; Appointment; Terms; Review; Salaries

Section 5. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident reviewing board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the reviewing board which shall consist of six members, not more than three of whom shall be a member of one political party. Any member appointed to the reviewing board shall be an attorney admitted to the Massachusetts bar or be a current or past member of the industrial accident board or the reviewing board at the time of such appointment. Members of the reviewing board shall be administrative law judges appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, for six year terms. The initial appointment of all members shall be for a term of 6 years; subsequent reappointments of sitting members shall be for an additional term of 6 years which shall commence on the date of expiration of the initial or subsequent term. The appointment or reappointment of members shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Nominees shall be submitted to the governor from a nominating panel under procedures to be established by the governor. Prior to the expiration of the term of office of a member, the conduct of said member shall be reviewed by such nominating panel, which shall recommend whether said member shall be retained in office. Such review shall include a report from the commissioner.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, a newly appointed member who has never previously served on the reviewing board, shall be reviewed for performance by the senior judge during his initial term between the twenty-first and the twenty-fourth month of the term. The performance review shall be subject to criteria established by the senior judge. If the performance review supports continuation of the term, said administrative law judge shall continue to serve the remainder of the appointed term. If the performance review recommends against a continuation of the appointed term, the performance review shall be submitted to the governor for appropriate action pursuant to section 8.  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter thirty to the contrary, the members of the reviewing board shall be placed in Job Group M–X, as set forth in section forty-six C of said chapter thirty. Reviewing board members shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to the duties of their office and shall not engage in any other employment or business activities during such hours.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 7 - Recall of Former Board Members

Section 7. If the workload of the board so requires, the governor with the advice and consent of the council, may, upon request of the commissioner, recall any former member of the board to sit as a member in any conference or hearing conducted under the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-two. Such former member when recalled, shall be assigned to such proceedings as the commissioner shall determine, and when so recalled and assigned he shall have all the powers and duties of a member of the board. The period for which a former member may be recalled shall not exceed one year, but the governor may, upon the request of the commissioner and the advice and consent of the council, recall said member for successive one year periods. No former member of the board shall represent any person before the board during the period for which he has been recalled as a member or decide cases in which he had an interest or involvement during his absence from the board. A former member so recalled shall be paid by the commonwealth in addition to any pension or retirement allowance received by him, the amount by which the regular salary of a member of the board exceeds such pension or retirement allowance which he is entitled to receive for the period.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 8 - Removal of Members of Board or Reviewing Board

Section 8. The commissioner and the senior judge shall have authority to initiate proceedings for the removal of a board or reviewing board member when the commissioner and the senior judge are of the opinion that such member has been guilty of misconduct, material neglect of duty, inability to perform the duties required of a member, or incompetence in the conduct of office. Upon recommendation of the commissioner and the senior judge, the governor shall commence an investigation of such member's record and practices, and shall require the commissioner and senior judge to provide any performance evaluations of such member made under the provisions of section nine along with any supporting documentation. Upon completion of his investigation, the governor may, with the advice and consent of the council, remove such member for misconduct, material neglect of duty, inability to perform the duties required of a member or incompetence in the conduct of his office.  The senior judge, board members and reviewing board members in the performance of their official duties shall be subject to the Model Code of Judicial Conduct for State Administrative Law Judges as promulgated by the American Bar Association. A complaint alleging grounds for removal under this section or alleging a violation of the code of judicial conduct may be initiated by a person affected by the exercise of official duties by the member. The commissioner shall establish a procedure for the fair disposition of the complaint, and may recommend appropriate action by the governor with respect thereto.  The members shall be provided with a written statement of the grounds for removal and a summary of the investigation by the governor. Removal procedures shall afford confidentiality, subject to considerations of due process and the provisions of section ten of chapter sixty-six. Any member so removed shall have the right to appeal his removal to the superior court department of the trial court.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 10 - Office of Legal Counsel

Section 10. There shall be within the department an office of legal counsel under the direction of a general counsel who shall report to the commissioner. The office shall be responsible for the investigation, defense and claims handling for claims against the Workers' Compensation Trust Fund, and for any other duties the commissioner may assign.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 11 - Fraud Investigations; Right to Request and Receive Information

Section 11. For the purpose of investigating fraud and collecting data regarding workplace injuries, the department shall have the right to request and receive information from the department of revenue, the department of unemployment assistance, and the department of career services, the registry of motor vehicles, the department of welfare, the insurance fraud bureau of Massachusetts, the workers' compensation rating and inspection bureau, and individual insurers, self-insurers and self-insurance groups and shall forward information regarding fraudulent activities to these entities. Such information shall be provided within thirty days unless otherwise authorized by the commissioner. The division of administration shall document evidence of any fraudulent activity and promptly refer such documentation to the office of the attorney general.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 14 - Regional Offices

Section 14. The commissioner shall establish four permanent regional offices, and shall appoint at least one management level employee as supervisor of each such office, and such other officers, clerks, and assistants as are necessary for the discharge of duties in connection with such offices.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 15 - Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; Members; Appointment; Meetings; Quorum

Section 15. There is hereby established an advisory council on workers' compensation in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the advisory council to be appointed by the governor. The voting membership of said council shall be composed of five members representing employers in the commonwealth, at least one of whom shall represent manufacturing classifications, at least one of whom shall represent small business, at least one of whom shall represent contracting classifications, and at least one of whom shall represent self-insurers, and five members representing employees, all of whom shall be members of a duly recognized and independent employee organization, council, or union, and at least one of whom shall be a disabled worker. At least one employer representative shall be from a list of nominees provided by Associated Industries of Massachusetts. At least one employee representative shall be from a list of nominees provided by the Massachusetts AFL–CIO. The governor shall also appoint one member representing the insurance industry, the workers' compensation claimants' bar, one member representing the commonwealth's medical providers, and one member representing vocational rehabilitation providers, none of whom shall be voting members. The secretary of labor and workforce development and the director of economic development shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of his predecessor shall be appointed for the unexpired portion of such term. The chairman and the vice-chairman of such advisory council, one of whom shall be an employee representative and one of whom shall be an employer representative, shall be appointed from among voting members by the governor for two year terms. Such appointees shall not succeed themselves as chairman or vice-chairman. No member of said advisory council shall be subject to chapter thirty-one. Members shall receive their traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such expenses shall be paid from the special fund established in section sixty-five of chapter one hundred and fifty-two. Meetings of said advisory council shall be called by the chairman or upon petition by a majority of voting members. Such meetings shall be subject to the provisions of section eleven A1/2 of chapter thirty A. Said advisory council shall take no action pursuant to its authority under this chapter or said chapter one hundred and fifty-two unless a quorum of its voting members are present.  The presence of seven voting members of the advisory council, at least two of whom shall be representatives of employees, shall constitute a quorum. No action shall be taken by the advisory council without the affirmative vote of at least seven members.
MA Gen L ch 23e § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents|Section 16 - Advisory Council Personnel; Expenses

Section 16. The advisory council shall appoint such personnel as are necessary for the proper discharge of its duties, subject to the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development. The staff of the advisory council shall be funded from monies collected for the special revenue fund in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-five of said chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The advisory council may expend for personnel and office expenses funds appropriated to the department for that purpose.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 6 - Massachusetts Export Development Fund

Section 6. (a) There is hereby established within the Agency the Massachusetts Export Development Fund, referred to in this section and section 7 as the fund and which shall be the successor to the Massachusetts Export Finance Fund. Said Massachusetts Export Development Fund shall receive state, federal, and private monies and the return from investment generated thereby, and allocate the same for the purposes of the export finance program. Said fund shall consist of a separate account or accounts segregated from other Agency funds and to which shall be credited any state appropriation or funding from any other source, public or private, which may be made available to the fund.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the Agency shall utilize the fund, and be empowered to so utilize the fund, as provided in section 7.  (b) The liabilities or obligations of the Agency for any insurance, co-insurance or loan guarantees made pursuant to the Massachusetts export finance program, shall not extend beyond the funds which are allocated and deposited in the fund and shall not constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the commonwealth or of any subdivision thereof.  (c) Those monies which are deposited in the fund, pending allocation as provided in this section, may be invested in securities issued by the Treasury of the United States government or the government of the commonwealth. Returns from such investments shall be deposited in the fund and shall be used to support loan guarantees, insurance, and co-insurance as provided in section 7 and to defray the administrative and operational costs of the Massachusetts export finance program.  (d) The monies in the fund shall be paid out by the treasurer of the Agency in furtherance of the purposes of this section and section 7.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 9 - Investment in Bonds by Public Officers, Public Bodies, Insurance or Banking Institutions

Section 9. The bonds of the Agency and any loan or extension of credit which is the subject of insurance or reinsurance or an insurance or reinsurance commitment pursuant to sections 4 and 5, shall be legal investments in which all public officers and public bodies of the commonwealth, its political subdivisions, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, banking associations, trust companies, savings banks and savings associations, including cooperative banks, building and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the commonwealth, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control, or belonging to them. The bonds and any loan or extension of credit which is the subject of insurance or reinsurance or an insurance or reinsurance commitment pursuant to said sections 4 and 5 are also hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by all public officers and bodies of the commonwealth or any Agency or political subdivisions thereof and all municipalities and public corporations for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the commonwealth is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 10 - Audits

Section 10. The books and records of the Agency shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 11 - Marine Seafood Processing Revolving Loan Fund; Separate Accounts

Section 11. The Marine Seafood Processing Revolving Loan Fund established under the provisions of section 38A of chapter 23A shall be under the control of the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency but shall consist of a separate account or accounts segregated from other Agency funds, to which shall be credited any appropriations made to the Agency for seafood processing industry purposes, together with such other accounts as may become available from any other source. The Agency may from time to time withdraw from the Marine Seafood Processing Loan Fund such amounts as may be necessary to provide funds for the administration of this section and sections 13 and 14. No funds shall be appropriated nor credited to the fund until the advisory council established pursuant to paragraph (a) of section 12, has filed an approved, recommended program with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives and with the commissioner of administration.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 13 - Grant and Approval of Loans

Section 13. The board of directors of the Agency may, upon application by a marine seafood processor, grant a loan based upon its finding that it will contribute to the economic stimulation of the company, support the growth of the seafood industry as a whole, and is consistent with its public purpose.  Any seafood processor may make an application to the Agency in a form approved by the Agency which shall contain at least the following:  (1) a general description of the company, including but not limited to, a business plan, corporate history, last audited financial statement and an inventory of equipment owned or to be purchased;  (2) a general description of the number, type and class of employees employed or to be employed in the operation and the total of salary expenditures;  (3) a description of all real estate held or used in conjunction with the applicant's business, including leased facilities and a list of encumbrances thereon;  (4) evidence that the loan will enhance seafood production, and the efficient operation of the facility, and also increase or retain employment;  (5) such other financial information as the Agency shall deem necessary including personal financial information of the applicant and principals of the applicant.  The powers, rights and funds granted to the Agency in this section and in sections 11 and 12 shall in no way derogate or diminish any other power or right of the Agency granted elsewhere, including without limitation, the Agency's power to make loans consistent with this chapter to seafood processors with funds other than those contained in the Marine Seafood Processing Loan Fund.
MA Gen L ch 23g § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23g - The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency|Section 14 - Acquisition of Lands

Section 14. Whenever the United States shall give notice that any lands, or any interest therein, are available for disposal or make advertisement for bids with respect to such lands, or such interest, the Agency as successor to the Massachusetts government land bank, may take whatever steps are required by federal law or regulations to acquire such lands, or such interest; provided, however, that the Agency shall, within one year from such notice or such advertisement, make no offer or bid to acquire such lands in competition with that of any municipality or municipalities, or any designee thereof, within which such land lies, unless such offer or bid is necessary, in the judgment of the Agency, to prevent acquisition of such lands, or such interest, other than by such municipality or municipalities, or any designee thereof, or the Agency. Upon the recording of a deed conveying to the Agency all of the interest of the United States of America in and to any lands included within the United States Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, title to which was granted by the commonwealth to the United States of America by and pursuant to chapter 535 of the acts of 1941, all right, title and interest of the commonwealth in and to any such lands shall pass to the Agency.