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MA Gen L ch 22d § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22d - Department of Fire Services|Section 2 - Administration; Divisions

Section 2. The state fire marshal shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. There shall be within the department, a division of training, including the Massachusetts fire training council, established by section one hundred and sixty-four of chapter six, the Massachusetts firefighting academy, established by section one hundred and sixty-five A of said chapter six; a division of underground storage tanks, including the Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund Administrative Review Board as established by chapter twenty-one J; a division of fire safety under the charge of a director to be known as the director of fire safety; and a division of hazardous materials under the charge of a director to be known as the director of hazardous materials, the director of hazardous materials shall administer the regional hazardous material response teams.
MA Gen L ch 22d § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22d - Department of Fire Services|Section 3 - Appointment and Classification of State Fire Marshal

Section 3. The state fire marshal, or his successor, shall be appointed by the Massachusetts fire service commission, established in section one hundred and sixty-five B of chapter six and shall serve at the pleasure of said commission. The position of state fire marshal shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty and the state fire marshal shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:—  ''CODIS'' or ''combined DNA index system'', the Federal Bureau of Investigation's national DNA identification index system which facilitates the storage and exchange of DNA records submitted by state and local criminal justice and law enforcement agencies.  ''Colonel'', the colonel of state police.  ''DNA'', deoxyribonucleic acid.  ''DNA analysis'', DNA typing tests that generate numerical identification information and are obtained from a DNA sample.  ''DNA record'', DNA information that is derived from a DNA sample and DNA analysis and is stored in the state DNA database or in CODIS, including all records pertaining to DNA analysis.  ''DNA sample'', biological evidence of any nature that is utilized to conduct DNA analysis.  ''Department'', the department of state police.  ''Director'', the director of the crime laboratory within the department of state police.  ''FBI'', the Federal Bureau of Investigation within the United States department of justice.  ''State DNA database'', the DNA identification records system maintained and administered by the director.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 2 - State DNA Database; Director

Section 2. There is hereby established within the department of state police a state DNA database under the direction of the director. The director shall be a person knowledgeable in the field of forensic sciences and shall be paid an annual salary which shall be set by the colonel in consultation with the secretary of public safety and the secretary for administration and finance. Such salary shall be competitive with comparable or similar positions in other jurisdictions. The director shall have responsibility for DNA analysis and the management and administration of the state DNA database.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 3 - Submission of DNA Sample

Section 3. (a) Any person who is convicted of an offense that is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison and any person adjudicated a youthful offender by reason of an offense that would be punishable by imprisonment in the state prison if committed by an adult shall submit a DNA sample to the department or the commissioner of probation as a condition of probation forthwith upon conviction or, if sentenced to a term of imprisonment, the DNA sample shall be collected within 10 days of intake or return to the correctional facility to which the inmate has been sentenced. No person required to submit a DNA sample pursuant to this section shall be released from a correctional facility until a DNA sample has been collected.  (b) The trial court, the commissioner of probation and the department shall establish and implement a system for the electronic notification to the department whenever a person is convicted of an offense that requires the submission of a DNA sample under subsection (a). The sample shall be collected by a person authorized under section 4, in accordance with regulations or procedures established by the director. The results of such sample shall become part of the state DNA database. The submission of such DNA sample shall not be stayed pending a sentence appeal, motion for new trial, appeal to an appellate court or other post-conviction motion or petition.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 4 - Collection of DNA Samples; Civil Liability; Costs

Section 4. (a) The director may establish regulations or procedures for the collection of DNA samples, including standards for training and licensing personnel who may collect such samples. A physician, registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, phlebotomist, health care worker with phlebotomist training, a probation officer or a person approved and trained by the director shall collect DNA samples pursuant to section 3. No person authorized under this section to collect DNA samples, including buccal swabs and blood samples, shall be subject to civil liability for the act of withdrawing blood, or any other act directly related to the taking of a DNA sample; provided, however, that they shall employ recognized medical procedures and comply with all regulations or procedures promulgated by the director for the collection of DNA samples. Duly authorized law enforcement and correction personnel, including a probation officer, may employ reasonable force to assist in collecting DNA samples in cases where an individual refuses to submit to such collection as required under this chapter; provided, further, that such law enforcement and correction personnel, including a probation officer, shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for the use of such reasonable force.  (b) The cost of preparing, collecting and processing a DNA sample shall be assessed against the person required to submit a DNA sample, unless such person is indigent as defined in section 27A of chapter 261. The cost of preparing, collecting and processing a DNA sample shall be determined by the secretary for administration and finance in consultation with the director and shall be paid to the department and retained by it to offset costs associated with creating, maintaining and administering the state DNA database.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 5 - Collection Materials for DNA Samples

Section 5. The department shall provide all collection materials, labels and instructions for the collection of DNA samples pursuant to this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 6 - Filing and Storage of DNA Records

Section 6. All DNA samples collected pursuant to sections 3 and 4 shall be forwarded to the director for the purpose of DNA analysis. The director shall provide for the receipt and analysis of DNA samples and for the filing and storage of DNA records derived from such DNA analysis in the state DNA database. The director shall promulgate regulations governing the collection, submission, receipt, identification, storage and disposal of DNA samples.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 7 - Laboratories and Facilities

Section 7. The department is hereby authorized to establish such laboratories and facilities within the commonwealth as may be necessary to conduct forensic and DNA analysis. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the department is hereby authorized to enter into such contracts, agreements or partnerships with governmental or nongovernmental entities, including educational, scientific, medical or not for profit entities, as the director may deem necessary to meet the purposes of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 8 - Rules Governing Testing and Analysis; Quality Assurance Program; Independent Forensic Laboratories

Section 8. The director shall establish procedural rules governing the testing and analysis of DNA samples and a quality assurance program, which shall include proficiency standards for laboratories and analysts responsible for performing DNA testing and analysis. Such procedural rules and quality assurance program shall be compatible with the procedural rules and quality assurance program utilized by the FBI and shall establish compatible laboratory techniques, laboratory equipment, supplies, computer software and acceptance criteria for DNA records in CODIS. The director may employ independent forensic laboratories to perform the DNA analysis required under section 3; provided, however, that such laboratories shall comply with the regulations established pursuant to this section and the procedural rules and quality assurance program established pursuant to this section. With respect to any independent forensic laboratory that performs or seeks to perform the DNA analysis required under section 3, the director may audit such laboratory for compliance with such regulations or procedures as may be adopted under this chapter and may revoke such laboratory's right to create and exchange DNA records on the ground that such laboratory has failed to comply with any regulations, procedures, rules or quality assurance programs established pursuant to this section.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 9 - Confidentiality of Records

Section 9. All DNA records collected pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or agency unless such disclosure shall be authorized by this chapter. DNA records shall not be stored in a criminal offender record information system operated by the department of criminal justice information services pursuant to sections 167 to 178, inclusive, of chapter 6.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 10 - Furnishing of Records by Director

Section 10. (a) The director shall furnish records in his possession, including DNA records and analysis, to police departments in cities and towns, to the department, to the department of correction, to a sheriff's department, to the parole board or to prosecuting officers within the commonwealth upon request in writing or electronically.  (b) The director shall make DNA records available upon written or electronic request to: (1) local, state and federal criminal justice and law enforcement and prosecuting agencies, including forensic laboratories serving such agencies, for identification purposes in order to further official criminal investigations or prosecutions; provided, however, that any DNA sample obtained directly from a person not otherwise required to provide a DNA sample under this chapter and delivered to the director for comparison with DNA records in the state DNA database shall have been obtained pursuant to a warrant; (2) the FBI for storage and maintenance in CODIS; and (3) any person who has been identified and charged with a criminal offense as a result of a search of DNA records stored in the state DNA database; provided, however, that such access shall be limited to DNA information pertaining to such individual.  (c) The director shall make DNA records available upon written or electronic request to meet such purposes or comply with such statutory obligations as may be required under federal law as a condition to obtaining federal grants or funding.  (d) The director may, in his discretion, make DNA records available to authorized persons or organizations, upon written or electronic request, for the limited purpose of (1) advancing DNA analysis methods and supporting statistical interpretation of DNA analysis, including development of population databases; provided, however, that personal identifying information shall be removed from DNA records disclosed for such purposes; (2) assisting in the identification of human remains from mass disasters; (3) assisting the identification and recovery of missing persons; and (4) advancing other humanitarian purposes.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 11 - Failure to Provide DNA Sample; Penalty

Section 11. A person required to provide a DNA sample pursuant to this chapter and who, after notice, willfully fails to provide such DNA required by section 3 shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 6 months or both.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 12 - Unauthorized Disclosure of Records; Penalty

Section 12. Any person who, by virtue of employment or official position, has possession of, or access to, a DNA sample or record or portion thereof contained in the state DNA database and who purposely discloses such record or portion thereof in any manner to any person or agency not authorized to receive such record or portion thereof shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months or both.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 13 - Obtaining Records Without Proper Authorization; Penalty

Section 13. Any person who, without proper authorization, willfully obtains a DNA record or a portion thereof contained in the state DNA database shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than six months or both.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 14 - Tampering With DNA Sample or DNA Record; Penalty

Section 14. Any person who tampers with or attempts to tamper with a DNA sample or DNA record with the intent to interfere with DNA analysis shall be subject to punishment by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and a half years or both such fine and imprisonment.
MA Gen L ch 22e § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 22e - State DNA Database|Section 15 - Expungement of Record

Section 15. Any person whose DNA record has been included in the state DNA database may apply to the superior court to have such record expunged on the grounds that the conviction or judicial determination that resulted in the inclusion of the person's DNA record in the state DNA database has been reversed and the case dismissed; provided, however, that one year shall have elapsed from the date the judgment reversing or dismissing the conviction became final or such person shall have obtained, in writing, authorization from the district attorney that no further prosecution is contemplated under the original offense for which such person was convicted or for which the original judicial determination was entered.
MA Gen L ch 23 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23 - Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development|Section 1 - Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development Created; Adoption of Regulations; Constituent Departments

Section 1. There shall be an executive office of labor and workforce development, which shall be under the supervision and control of a secretary of labor and workforce development, appointed by the governor. The secretary of labor and workforce development may, pursuant to chapter 30A, adopt regulations for the implementation or interpretation of any law enforced or administered by any department, office, agency, or other entity in the executive office of labor and workforce development. In the executive office shall be the department of unemployment assistance, the department of career services, the department of industrial accidents, the department of labor standards, the department of family and medical leave and the department of labor relations. Each department shall be headed by a director and each department may, with the approval of the secretary of labor and workforce development, adopt regulations under chapter 30A. The executive office shall be organized and shall function as a single state agency with the authority and control for administrative purposes including, but not limited to, for the purposes of the accounting and financial system of the commonwealth. The secretary shall, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, identify and consolidate administrative activities and functions common to the separate offices, departments and divisions within the office and may designate such functions ''core administrative functions' in order to improve administrative efficiency and preserve fiscal resources; provided, however, that common functions that shall be designated core administrative functions shall include, but shall not be limited to, human resources, financial management, information technology, legal, procurement and asset management.
MA Gen L ch 23 § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23 - Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development|Section 3a - Surcharge on Fees Assessed by Department of Labor Standards

Section 3A. There shall be a surcharge on fees assessed by the department of labor standards for the licensure, registration or certification of certain professionals, and on fees assessed for the renewal or duplication of such licenses, registrations or certifications, in accordance with the provisions of this section. The amount of the surcharge shall be as follows: a $25 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified individually by the department of labor standards to perform deleading services; a $25 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified individually by the department of labor standards to perform asbestos abatement services; a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified on behalf of corporate and other classifications of businesses by the department of labor standards to perform deleading services; a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified on behalf of corporate and other classifications of businesses by the department of labor standards to perform asbestos abatement services; a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified by the department of labor standards to provide asbestos abatement analytical services; a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified by the department of labor standards to provide asbestos abatement training; a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or certified by the department of labor standards to provide deleading training; and a $50 annual surcharge to those persons licensed or registered to operate an employment agency as defined by section 46A of chapter 140. Said surcharges shall be collected by the department of labor standards and transmitted to the treasurer for deposit into the general fund.
MA Gen L ch 23 § 9j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23 - Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development|Section 9j - Rules, Regulations and Orders Necessary for the Administration and Enforcement of Chapter 151a; Expenditures; Reports

Section 9J. The secretary, in consultation with the director of unemployment assistance, may adopt, amend, alter or repeal, and shall enforce, all rules, regulations and orders necessary for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 151A. The secretary shall seek the approval of the director of unemployment assistance if the changes may affect the operations of the free public employment offices. Such rules and regulations, and any amendments, alterations or repeals thereof, shall, so far as they affect the property rights of any class of employers or employees, be subject to the approval of said state advisory council, and shall, upon the filing with the state secretary of a certified copy thereof and a certificate that they have been approved by said state advisory council if subject to such approval, have the force and effect of law. Copies of such rules and regulations, and amendments, alterations and repeals thereof, shall be provided by the director of unemployment assistance for public distribution. The director of unemployment assistance may make any expenditures, subject to appropriation, require any reports and take any other action, necessary and suitable to carry out the provisions of said chapter. He shall make an annual report to the governor and to the general court covering the administration and operation of said chapter during the preceding fiscal year, together with such recommendations as he deems proper.