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MA Gen L ch 40j § 6e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 6e - E&ndash;health Institute Fund

Section 6E. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the corporation a separate fund to be known as the e–Health Institute Fund, referred to in this section as the fund. There shall be credited to the fund revenue from appropriations or other monies authorized by the general court and specifically designated to be credited to the fund, including but not limited to any investment income earned on the fund's assets and all other sources. The corporation shall hold the fund in an account or accounts separate from other funds, including other funds established under this chapter. Amounts credited to the fund shall be available for reasonable expenditure by the corporation, without further appropriation, for any and all activities consistent with this section and supportive of the purposes specified in section 6D, including but not limited to, in the form of grants, contracts, loans and such other vehicles as the corporation may determine are appropriate. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended or applied only with the approval of the executive director of the corporation upon consultation with the health information technology council established under section 2 of chapter 118I of the General Laws. Amounts credited to the fund shall not be applied to the commonwealth's match for federal funds for which a state match is required unless the federal funds to be matched are allocated to the corporation for use to further the purposes set out in this section, as reasonably determined by the executive director of the corporation; provided, however, that there are no other sources of funds available to meet federal matching requirements in order to secure such federal funds, as reasonably determined by the executive director of the corporation. Revenues deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in the following fiscal year.  [There is no subsection (b).]
MA Gen L ch 40j § 6h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 6h - Big Data Innovation and Workforce Fund

Section 6H. There shall be established and set up on the books of the corporation a Big Data Innovation and Workforce Fund. There shall be credited to the fund the proceeds of any bonds or notes of the commonwealth issued for the purpose of the fund and any appropriations designated by the general court. The corporation shall hold the fund in an account separate from other funds, including other funds established under this chapter. Amounts credited to the fund shall be available for expenditure by the corporation without further appropriation for all activities consistent with this section and which support the purposes specified in this section as the corporation may determine are appropriate including, without limitation, grants, contracts and loans. Amounts credited to the fund shall be expended or applied only with the approval of the executive director of the corporation upon consultation with the director of the John Adams Innovation Institute. Amounts credited to the fund shall be used to promote the use of big data, open data and analytics by including, but not limited to: (i) bringing together academia, industry, public sector and private sector organizations to make recommendations regarding how to educate and prepare a workforce for careers in big data including, but not limited to, through continuing education programs, advanced degree programs and community college and science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, courses to close the skills gap; (ii) providing access to tools and technology to enable academia and industry to analyze open data sets to help identify and solve problems in transportation, public health, energy and other areas of public policy concern and to support economic development; (iii) providing challenge grants that enable departments, agencies and instrumentalities of the commonwealth that utilize big data to solve public policy concerns and to support economic development; and (iv) supporting the development of big data at the Venture Development Center at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. The corporation shall support efforts to develop policies and guidelines to safeguard personally identifiable information.
MA Gen L ch 40j § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 7 - Executive Director

Section 7. (a) The board shall select a qualified individual to act as executive director and shall delegate to the executive director full authority to manage the affairs of the corporation and the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The executive director shall present to the board for its approval annual budgets, staffing plans, operating plans and production plans. The executive director shall supervise the employees of the corporation and the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center and shall have the power to hire and fire them. The executive director shall serve as chief liaison officer to the participating businesses and participating institutions in order to enhance their support of and participation in the affairs of the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center. The executive director shall provide that the resources of the Massachusetts Microelectronics Center are made available to participating institutions in a nondiscriminatory manner.  (b) If, pursuant to section six, the board establishes additional centers, it shall determine whether or not to appoint individual executive directors with similar authority for such centers, in view of the technology in question.
MA Gen L ch 40j § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 8 - Annual Report

Section 8. The corporation annually shall submit a complete and detailed report of the center's activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives and to the clerk of the senate.
MA Gen L ch 40j § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 9 - Audits

Section 9. The books and records of the corporation 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 40j § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 10 - Construction of Chapter

Section 10. The provisions of this chapter being necessary for the welfare of the commonwealth and its inhabitants shall be liberally construed to effect its purpose.
MA Gen L ch 40j § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 11 - Application of Chapter 12a

Section 11. The provisions of chapter twelve A which are applicable to a public authority or a public agency shall apply to the corporation.
MA Gen L ch 40j § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40j - Massachusetts Technology Park Corporation|Section 13 - Application of Other Laws to the Technology Park Corporation

Section 13. The corporation shall be subject to section 16G of chapter 6A and section 56 of chapter 23A.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. Definitions.—as used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meaning:—  ''Agricultural land'', land suitable for agricultural or horticultural use, including land rated by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service as Class 1 through Class IV, unique, or of statewide or local area importance.  ''Agricultural lands preservation committee'', committee established under the provisions of section eleven B of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.  ''Commissioner'', commissioner of the department of food and agriculture.  ''Committee'', municipal agricultural incentive areas committee established pursuant to section two.  ''Department'', the department of food and agriculture.  ''Land in agricultural or horticultural use'', land which meets the requirements for such land for classification under chapter sixty-one A, whether or not such land is so classified.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 2 - Agricultural Incentive Area Committee

Section 2. The board of selectmen in a town or the mayor of a city with approval of the city council may establish an agricultural incentive area committee for the purpose of investigating, delineating, and establishing an agricultural incentive area in the municipality, hereinafter called area.  Said committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the board of selectmen or by the mayor with the approval of the city council. Said members shall include one member of the board of selectmen or city council, one member of the planning board, one member of the conservation commission, three residents of the municipality whose principal occupation is agriculture or horticulture and one person from the public at large.  Each member shall serve for a term of three years, except that in the initial appointments two members shall serve for a term of one year, three members shall serve for a term of two years and two members shall serve for a term of three years.  Any member of said committee so appointed may, after a public hearing if requested, be removed for cause and a new member appointed by the appointing authority.  All members of the committee shall serve without compensation.  The committee shall elect annually a chairman and vice-chairman from its own members and a secretary who need not be a member of the committee. The committee shall hold an annual meeting in March and from time to time at the call of the chairman or upon the request of any two members. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The committee may, by a vote of a majority of its members then in office, adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of its business. Rules and regulations adopted may be amended or repealed by a two-thirds vote of its members.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 3 - Location of Agricultural or Horticultural Land; Informational Meetings

Section 3. The committee shall locate and map all land in agricultural or horticultural use within the town or city showing such soil classification information as is available from the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. Such map or maps shall indicate property boundaries, the owner of the land, and the present zoning classification of said land. Conservation districts as established pursuant to the provisions of chapter twenty-one, regional planning districts as established pursuant to the provisions of chapter forty B, and the department of food and agriculture shall make available to the committee such maps, data, and other available information as is pertinent to the work of the committee.  The committee shall make available in one or more public places, the aforementioned maps, and provide printed information to all affected landowners. Said committee shall hold one or more public informational meetings in order to explain the purposes and requirements of such agricultural incentive areas. Notice of said meetings shall be given by registered mail to all affected or abutting landowners and by publication.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 6 - Property Tax; Assessment

Section 6. Land in an agricultural incentive area, determined by the local assessor to be actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural, or agricultural and horticultural use as defined in sections one to five, inclusive, of chapter sixty-one A, shall be assessed for general property tax purposes at values no greater than those determined by the methods and provisions of section ten of said chapter sixty-one A.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 7 - Special or Betterment Assessments

Section 7. Land in an agricultural incentive area, determined by the local assessor to be actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural, or agricultural and horticultural use as defined in sections one to five, inclusive, of chapter sixty-one A and which is subject to special assessments or betterment assessments shall be so assessed as provided under section eighteen of said chapter sixty-one A.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 8 - Eligibility of Area for Purchase of Agricultural Preservation Restrictions; Priority

Section 8. Land in an agricultural incentive area shall receive priority for a determination of eligibility for the purchase of agricultural preservation restrictions by the commonwealth pursuant to the program established by section eleven A to eleven D, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 9 - Rules and Regulations

Section 9. The commissioner of the department of food and agriculture is hereby empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations and to prescribe such forms as he shall deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 40l § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40l - Agricultural Incentive Areas|Section 10 - Local Acceptance of Chapter

Section 10. The provisions of this chapter shall apply in a city after acceptance by a majority vote of the city council with the approval of the mayor, in the case of a city with a Plan A, Plan B or Plan F charter; by a majority vote of the city council, in the case of a city with a Plan C, Plan D or Plan E charter; by a majority vote of the annual town meeting or a special town meeting called for the purpose, in the case of a municipality with a town meeting form of government; or by a majority vote of the town council, in the case of a municipality with a town council form of government.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 1 - Public Employer Self-Insurance Groups

Section 1. Five or more public entities may participate in an organization in which the governmental units are members, and agree to effect such property and casualty insurance coverage as the governmental unit may otherwise purchase by itself.  A self-insurance group that is issued a certificate of approval by the commissioner shall not be deemed to be insurers or insurance companies and shall not be subject to the provisions of the insurance laws and regulations of this commonwealth except as otherwise provided herein.  The provision of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit municipal electric departments from participating in a municipal electric department self-insurance trust fund establishing pursuant to chapter one hundred and sixty-four.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 2 - Definitions

Section 2. ''Administrator'', an individual, partnership, corporation, or unincorporated association engaged by a public employer self-insurance group's board of trustees and to provide day to day management of the group.  ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of insurance.  ''Insolvent'' or ''Insolvency'', the inability of a public employer self-insurance group to pay its outstanding lawful obligations as they mature in the regular course of business, as may be shown either by an excess of its required reserves and other liabilities over its assets or by its not having sufficient assets to reinsure all of its outstanding liabilities after paying all accrued claims owed by it.  ''Public employers self-insurance group'' or ''group'', a not-for-profit association consisting of five or more employers, all of whom are public entities, who enter into agreements to pool their liabilities for property and casualty benefits. For purposes of this chapter, a municipal electric department self-insurance trust fund established pursuant to sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and thirty-two, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and sixty-four shall not be a ''public employers self-insurance group'' or ''group''.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 3 - Certificate of Approval Required

Section 3. No person, association or other entity shall act as a public employer self-insurance group unless it has been issued a certificate of approval by the commissioner.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 5 - Certificate of Approval; Duration; Termination; Merger of Groups

Section 5. (A) The certificate of approval issued by the commissioner to a public employer self-insurance group authorizes the group to provide insurance coverage. The certificate of approval remains in effect until terminated at the request of the group or revoked by the commissioner pursuant to provisions of section sixteen.  (B) The commissioner shall not grant the request of any group to terminate its certificate of approval unless the group has insured or reinsured all incurred obligations with an authorized insurer under an agreement filed with and approved in writing by the commissioner. Such obligation shall include both known claims and expenses associated therewith and claims incurred but not reported and expenses associated therewith.  Subject to the approval of the commissioner, a group may merge with another public employer self-insurance group only if the resulting group assumes in full all obligations of the merging groups. The commissioner may hold a hearing on the merger and shall do so if any party, including a member of either group, so requests.
MA Gen L ch 40m § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts|Chapter 40m - Governmental Units Pooled Insurance|Section 7 - Board of Trustees; Powers and Duties

Section 7. Each public employer self-insurance group shall be operated by a board of trustees which shall consist of not less than three persons who are elected officials or employees of public entities within this commonwealth. The board of trustees of each group shall ensure that all claims are paid promptly and take all necessary precautions to safeguard the assets of the group, including all of the following:  (A) The board of trustees shall:  (1) Maintain responsibility for all monies collected or disbursed from the group and segregate all monies in a claims fund account and an administrative fund account. Net premiums shall be placed into a designated depository for the sole purpose of paying claims, allocated claims expenses, reinsurance or excess insurance, and special fund contributions. This shall be called the claims fund account. The remaining net premium after any payments for reinsurance or excess insurance shall be placed in a designated depository for the payment of taxes, general regulatory fees and assessments and administrative costs. This shall be called the administrative fund account.  (2) Maintain minutes of its meetings and make such minutes available to the commissioner.  (3) Designate an administrator to carry out the policies established by the board of trustees and to provide day to day management of the group and delineate in the written minutes of its meetings the areas of authority it delegates to the administrator.  (4) Funds not needed for current obligations may be invested by the board of trustees in accordance with section fifty-four of chapter forty-four.  (5) Retain an independent certified public accountant to prepare the statement of financial conditions required by subsection (A) of section ten.  (B) The board of trustees shall not borrow any monies from the group or in the name of the group except in the ordinary course of business, without first advising the commissioner of the nature and purpose of the loan and obtaining prior approval from the commissioner.