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MA Gen L ch 6 § 161 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 161 - Report

Section 161. The council shall annually, not later than the fourth Wednesday of April file a written report with the respective clerks of the senate and house of representatives which shall contain a reporting and analysis of the incidence and disposition of juvenile offenses during the preceding calendar year in every court in the commonwealth in which said matters are heard. Said report shall indicate the types of offenses charged together with the number of each such offenses heard in each of the several courts, with particular emphasis on providing data for the determination of the need for the establishment of additional juvenile courts and any changes in the needs of those juvenile courts already in existence.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 162 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 162 - Advisory Board on Compensation of Officials; Establishment; Appointment of Members; Duties; Report; Compensation and Expenses

Section 162. There shall be an advisory board on compensation of officials, consisting of 5 members appointed by the governor. The board shall study the adequacy of compensation of officials and shall submit a report, including recommendations, to the general court the results of its study and its recommendations, if any, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday in December of each odd-numbered year. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 163 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 163 - Management Engineering Task Force

Section 163. There shall be a board to be known as the Management Engineering Task Force to consist of not more than forty-five members, the number of which shall vary from time to time based on the magnitude of the work and number of departments to be surveyed as determined by the governor. Said members shall be representatives of the business and professional community of the commonwealth and shall be appointed annually by the governor for terms of one year. Said board shall make survey reports and recommendations on the operation of those departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth as the governor shall designate, shall study the management techniques and procedures used by the commonwealth and recommend any changes which improve the utilization of manpower and eliminate inefficiency and waste and shall make such other studies as it may deem to be in the best interest of the commonwealth.  Said board shall make its reports and recommendations to the secretary of the executive office which includes the departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth surveyed by such board, on or before October the thirtieth of each year. The secretary shall report to the governor on the findings of said task force, together with his recommendations on those findings, by the fourth Wednesday in December, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 165 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 165 - Duties

Section 165. The Massachusetts fire training council shall be the sole certifying agency for the certification and training of all levels of fire service personnel within the commonwealth and shall have statutory responsibility for the following:  (1) the establishment and certification of firefighting standards for recruit firefighters and a uniform training curriculum for all other levels of fire service personnel;  (2) the establishment of requirements for instructors employed in the Massachusetts firefighting academy;  (3) the establishment and promulgation of such rules and regulations for the operation of the Massachusetts firefighting academy;  (4) the location of the Massachusetts firefighting academy and area training centers;  (5) the establishment of standards for conducting training by the Massachusetts firefighting academy; and  (6) an annual review and approval of standards and the courses and curriculum offered by the Massachusetts firefighting academy.  The council shall consult and cooperate with any employing fire service agency, state university, college, community college, regional vocational school or other educational institution and the division of personnel administration concerning the development of firefighter training standards and facilities.  The council may provide for such necessary services to local fire training centers as are needed to meet standards established pursuant to this section.  The council may delegate to the director of the Massachusetts firefighting academy any such authority it deems appropriate for the operation of said academy.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 165a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 165a - Massachusetts Firefighting Academy

Section 165A. There is hereby established the Massachusetts firefighting academy which shall be the sole agency responsible for the training of all fire service personnel in the commonwealth. Said academy shall be responsible to the fire training council and shall be within the department of fire services within the executive office of public safety.  Said academy shall be directed by an executive director who shall be appointed by the Massachusetts fire training council and, subject to appropriation, make such expenditures and appoint such staff as may be necessary to carry out the function of said academy.  Said executive director shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and his salary shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of section forty-six C of said chapter thirty.  Said academy, with the approval of the Massachusetts fire training council, may accept for any of its purposes and functions any donations of property and grants of money from any governmental unit, public or private agency, institution, person, firm or corporation. Said grants shall be kept by the state treasurer in a separate fund to be known as the Massachusetts Firefighters Academy Trust Fund and shall be disbursed by the state treasurer at the direction of said council. Said trust fund may also be used to collect funds intended as compensation for services rendered by said academy, including but not limited to costs for administration, personnel, overtime and fringe benefits, from any governmental unit, public or private agency, institution, person, firm, or corporation.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 166 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 166 - Health Facilities Appeals Board; Establishment; Function; Members; Appointment; Qualifications; Compensation; Personnel

Section 166. There shall be within the executive office of health and human services a health facilities appeals board, hereinafter called the board, which shall make determinations on appeals filed pursuant to section twenty-five E of chapter one hundred and eleven. The board shall consist of five persons to be appointed for terms of three years by the governor, at least three of whom shall be consumers of health care services who are not officers or employees of, and do not bear any fiduciary relationship to a person or institution providing health care services. The legal representation of the personal interests of an individual engaged in health care shall not, for the purposes of this section, constitute a fiduciary relationship. One such consumer member shall be a member of the bar of the commonwealth and shall be designated by the governor to serve as chairman of the board. Persons appointed to the board shall be knowledgeable in matters pertaining to the delivery of health care services; and the governor, in making said appointments, shall consider any persons recommended to him for such purpose by the comprehensive health planning agencies established pursuant to sections three hundred and fourteen (a) and three hundred and fourteen (b) of the Federal Public Health Service Act.  Each member of the board shall be paid fifty dollars for each day spent in the performance of his duty, not to exceed six thousand dollars in any fiscal year, and shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of his duties.  The board, subject to appropriation, may employ such persons, none of whom shall be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty, as may be required to discharge its responsibilities. Such persons may include, without limitation, hearing officers and persons experienced in serving as masters and auditors in the supreme judicial and superior courts.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 166b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 166b - Advisory Committee on Chaplains in State Institutions; Establishment; Members; Meetings; Function

Section 166B. There shall be within the executive office of health and human services an advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions, hereinafter called the committee. The committee shall consist of at least three chaplains, representative of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant faith groups, a representative of other faith groups who may make application based on the size of the constituency of such groups related to the population of such groups in state institutions, the secretary of the executive office of health and human services or his designee, a representative of the superintendents of state institutions, and two members at large, all to be appointed by the governor. The chaplain members of the committee shall be recommended to the governor by their respective governing bodies. Members of the committee shall be appointed for terms of three years and a chairman shall be designated by the governor. The committee shall meet at least four times a year. Special meetings may be called at the request of the chairman, the secretary of the executive office of health and human services, or a majority of the members of the committee.  The committee shall be responsible for maintaining consistent communication between religious bodies and departments of the commonwealth making use of services of chaplains and when necessary shall propose appropriate legislation to provide for and regulate the services of chaplains in the institutions of the commonwealth.  No provision of this section shall be construed as lessening the authority of any judicatory executive whose tradition requires that he be ultimately responsible for establishing criteria for appointment or actually appointing chaplains who would then be accepted for service in state institutions or regions.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 168a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 168a - Transmission of Probation and Parole Records to the Department

Section 168A. The commissioner of probation, the commissioner of corrections, the chairman of the parole board and the county commissioners of counties other than Suffolk county shall transmit to the department in such form and at such times as the board shall require, detailed and complete records relative to all probation and parole cases, and permits to be at liberty granted or issued by them, respectively, the revoking of the same and the length of time served on each sentence of imprisonment by each prisoner so released specifying the institution where each such sentence was served; and under the direction of the board a record shall be kept of all such cases as the board may require. Police officials shall cooperate with the board in obtaining and reporting information concerning persons under the care and custody of the probation department and parole board. The commissioner of probation, commissioner of corrections, chairman of the parole board and commissioner of youth services shall at all times give to the board such information as may be obtained from the records concerning persons under sentence or who have been released.  The information obtained and recorded shall not be regarded as public records and shall not be open for public inspection but shall be accessible to the justices, the departments of probation, corrections, and youth services, the parole board, the Massachusetts sentencing commission, and to such local and state governments as the board may determine. Upon payment of a fee of three dollars for each search, such records shall be accessible to such departments of the federal government and to such educational and charitable corporations and institutions as the board may determine.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 168b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 168b - Rules and Regulations

Section 168B. The executive director of the department shall promulgate rules and regulations to ensure the prompt collection, exchange, dissemination and distribution of firearms record information in accordance with sections 121 to 131P, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and forty.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 171 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 171 - Regulations Generally; Continuing Education Program; Evaluative Information

Section 171. The department shall promulgate regulations (a) creating a continuing program of data auditing and verification to assure the accuracy and completeness of criminal offender record information; and (b) assuring the security of criminal offender record information from unauthorized disclosures at all levels of operation.  The department shall cause to be initiated for employees of all agencies that maintain, receive, or are eligible to maintain or receive criminal offender record information a continuing educational program in the proper use and control of such information.  The content and use of evaluative information, and the inspection, receipt of copies and challenge of such information by an individual shall not be governed by the provisions of this act except as provided in this paragraph. Each criminal justice agency holding evaluative information shall, pursuant to section two of chapter thirty A, promulgate regulations to govern the content and use of evaluative information, and to govern, limit or prohibit the inspection, receipt of copies and challenge of such information by an individual referred to therein. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, provide that an agency which generates evaluative information shall make such information available within a reasonable time period upon request to the individual referred to therein unless such information falls within such exemptions as the agency shall establish in said regulations. No agency shall establish an exemption for evaluative material unless disclosure of such information would pose a direct and articulable threat to the safety of any individual or the security of a correctional facility, and such threat shall have been detailed in a certificate which is kept with such evaluative information. An agency shall reply in writing, upon the request of an individual for the release of their evaluative information. Said writing shall include the agency's decision to release or withhold the evaluative information in whole or in part and a listing of all sources of origin for all evaluative information generated by the custodial agency.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 171a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 171a - Right of Applicant to Criminal History Record Prior to Questioning or Adverse Decision; Penalties for Failure to Provide Applicant With Criminal History Information; Maintenance of Written Criminal Offender Record Information Policy

Section 171A. In connection with any decision regarding employment, volunteer opportunities, housing or professional licensing, a person in possession of an applicant's criminal offender record information shall provide the applicant with the criminal history record in the person's possession, whether obtained from the department or any other source prior to questioning the applicant about his criminal history. If the person makes a decision adverse to the applicant on the basis of his criminal history, the person shall also provide the applicant with the criminal history record in the person's possession, whether obtained from the department or any other source; provided, however, that if the person has provided the applicant with a copy of his criminal offender record information prior to questioning the person is not required to provide the information a second time in connection with an adverse decision based on this information.  Failure to provide such criminal history information to an applicant pursuant to this section may subject the offending person to investigation, hearing and sanctions by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a person from making an adverse decision on the basis of an individual's criminal history or to provide or permit a claim of an unlawful practice under chapter 151B or an independent cause of action in a court of civil jurisdiction for a claim arising out of an adverse decision based on criminal history except as otherwise provided under chapter 151B.  A person who annually conducts 5 or more criminal background investigations, whether criminal offender record information is obtained from the department or any other source, shall maintain a written criminal offender record information policy providing that, in addition to any obligations required by the commissioner by regulation, it will: (i) notify the applicant of the potential adverse decision based on the criminal offender record information; (ii) provide a copy of the criminal offender record information and the policy to the applicant; and (iii) provide information concerning the process for correcting a criminal record.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172a - Fee for Request for Criminal Offender Record Information or Self-Audit; Permitted Uses of Revenues Received Under This Section

Section 172A. The commissioner shall assess a fee for each request for criminal offender record information or self-audit, according to a fee structure established by the secretary of public safety and security. No fee shall be assessed for a request made by a victim of crime or a witness or a family member of a homicide victim, all as defined in section 1 of chapter 258B, or for a request made by any local, state or federal government entity, including any requests from navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector authority under 42 U.S.C. § 18031(i), or veterans organizations requesting information relative to employees, volunteers and veterans that such organizations shall provide housing for. The commissioner shall waive the fee or a portion of the fee from such other persons as provided in the department's rules and regulations. The department is authorized to enter into contracts and agreements for reduced or bulk fees for requestors who make extensive use of the database.  The department shall be authorized, subject to appropriation, to retain a portion of the revenues received by the commonwealth under this section for the following purposes: to assist ex-offenders in obtaining and maintaining employment, including, but not limited to, workforce development training and other applicable training programs, training and auditing requestors described in subsection (a) of section 172, providing education and assistance regarding the correction of criminal records, including but not limited to, training judges, providing the necessary information to employers and other applicable persons in possession of an applicant's criminal offender record information, and to operate and maintain the public safety information system and the criminal records review board.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 172b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6 - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Council, Certain Officers Under the Governor and Council, and State Library|Section 172b - Children and Families Department; Youth Services Department; Available Information

Section 172B. Notwithstanding any provision of section one hundred seventy-two of this chapter or of any other provision of law, the following information shall be available to the department of children and families and the department of youth services, upon request, for the purpose of evaluating any and all foster homes and adoptive homes, whether with public or private agencies, in order to further the protection of children: conviction data, arrest data, sealed record data, and juvenile arrest or conviction data. The department of children and families and the department of youth services shall not make, and shall prohibit, any dissemination of such information, for any purpose other than as set forth herein.