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MA Gen L ch 6a § 18v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18v - Regional 911 Emergency Communication District; Provisions for Sale, Lease or License of Facility, Building and Land

Section 18V. A district agreement established under section 18Q or any amendment to the district agreement may contain provisions authorizing any member municipality to sell, lease or license to the regional 911 emergency communication district any facility, building and any land appurtenant thereto or used in connection therewith or any other property useful for the purposes of the district. Notwithstanding section 3 of chapter 40 or any other general or special law to the contrary, any member municipality may authorize a sale, lease or license. For a sale, the terms and time of payment and the method by which the municipalities other than the selling municipality shall be assessed for payment shall be established in the district agreement or amendment; provided, however, that in no case shall payments be made which shall exceed 25 years. For a lease or license, the terms and time of payment and assessment shall be established in the district agreement or amendment. The term of a lease or license shall not exceed 25 years and may contain provisions for the extension of the lease or license for an additional term not to exceed 25 years at the option of the regional 911 emergency communication district board.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18w (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18w - Special Commission to Investigate and Study Improving Information and Resource Sharing Between Certain Public Bodies Related to Criminal Justice; Membership; Duties

Section 18W. There shall be a special commission established to investigate and study improving information and resource sharing among the office of probation, department of criminal justice information services, parole board, department of corrections, and all sheriffs in the commonwealth. The commission shall consist of the secretary of public safety and security or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as chair; the commissioner of probation or the commissioner's designee; commissioner of department of criminal justice information services or the commissioner's designee; the chair of the parole board or the chair's designee; the commissioner of correction or the commissioner's designee; the commissioner of youth services, or the commissioner's designee; and the president of the Massachusetts Sheriffs Association or the president's designee.  The investigation shall include, but not be limited to:  (a) identifying and eliminating redundant and duplicative practices, while promoting public safety and cost-effectiveness;  (b) developing a common risk and needs assessment tool for supervised individuals, to be used by the office of probation, trial court office of community supervision, parole board, department of corrections and sheriffs;  (c) developing policies and protocols for individuals who have been sentenced to supervision under more than one of the agencies or departments concurrently to ensure that said supervision is meted in an orderly and effective manner for those individuals who are subject to dual supervision;  (d) establishing procedures for the sharing of information on supervised individuals, including procedure for addressing any privacy issues raised by the sharing of information between agencies; provided, however, that if the commission discovers legal impediments to sharing information between the organizations it shall draft and report legislative recommendations to address such impediments;  (e) investigating the creation of a common office of performance management to track the effectiveness and outcomes of programs used by the office of probation, trial court office of community supervision, parole board, department of corrections and sheriffs; and  (f) investigating the effectiveness of the office of community corrections, potential improvements to its function and organization, including the feasibility and advisability of relocating it to the executive office of public safety and security.  The commission shall annually report on its activities and on any findings and recommendations to the chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary, the chairs of the joint committee on public safety and homeland security and chairs of the senate and house committees on ways and means not later than December 31.
MA Gen L ch 6a § 18y (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6a - Executive Offices|Section 18y - Annual Reporting by Law Enforcement Agencies, Medical Facilities, Crime Laboratories, and Any Other Facilities That Receive, Maintain, Store or Preserve Sexual Assault Evidence Kits

Section 18Y. Annually, on or before September 1st, the following reports regarding the previous fiscal year shall be submitted to the executive office of public safety and security by law enforcement agencies, medical facilities, crime laboratories, and any other facilities that receive, maintain, store or preserve sexual assault evidence kit. The reports shall contain: (i) the total number of all kits containing forensic samples collected or received; (ii) the date of collection or receipt of each kit; (iii) the category of each kit; (iv) the sexual assault that was reported to law enforcement; (v) whether or not the victim chose not to file a report with law enforcement (non-investigatory); (vi) the status of the kit; (vii) the total number of all kits remaining in possession of the medical facility, law enforcement or laboratory and all reasons for any kit in possession for more than 30 days; (viii) the total number of kits destroyed by medical facilities, law enforcement or laboratories, and reason for destruction; (ix) in the case of a medical facility, the date the kit was collected, the date the kit was reported to law enforcement and the date the kit was picked up by law enforcement; (x) in the case of law enforcement, the date the kit was picked up from a medical facility, the date the kit was delivered to the crime laboratory and, for kits belonging to another jurisdiction, the date that the jurisdiction was notified and the date it was picked up; and (xi) in the case of crime laboratories the date the kit was received, from which agency the kit was received, the date the kit was tested, the date the resulting information was entered into CODIS and the state DNA databases and all reasons a kit was not tested or a DNA profile was not created.  The executive office of public safety and security shall compile the information in a summary report that includes a list of all agencies or facilities that failed to participate in the audit. The annual summary report shall be made publicly available on the executive office of public safety and security's website and shall be submitted to the governor, the attorney general, the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate, and the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on the judiciary.  The executive office of public safety and security may obtain information from the tracking system established in section 18X and by additional means, such as manual counts and review of records such as case files.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 5 - Organization and Function as a Single State Agency for Administrative Purposes; Reporting Requirements

Section 5. (a) The department shall be organized and shall function as a single state agency 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, and divisions within the department 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, legal, procurement, asset management, and, subject to the approval of the executive office of technology services and security, information technology. All employees performing functions so designated shall be employed directly by the secretary.  The department may enter into agreements under section 22A and 22B of chapter 7 and in all respects not governed by general or special laws expressly made applicable to the department shall adhere to good business practices to be determined by the department in its procurement of equipment, materials, property, supplies and services.  (b) On December 15 and at 6–month intervals thereafter, the secretary shall report to the joint committee on transportation, the house and senate committees on bonding, capital expenditures and state assets and the house and senate committees on ways and means on the department's progress in implementing the requirements of this section, the operating and capital expenditures made by the department in implementing the requirements of this section and on the administrative savings that have been achieved through the implementation of the requirements of this section.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 6a - Office of Performance Management and Innovation; Goals

Section 6A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the goals established by the office of performance management and innovation under subsection (b) of section 6 shall include, but not be limited to: (1) for the division of highways, the reduction of commuting times by at least 10 per cent in each region for each rolling 5–year period, after adjusting for seasonal variations and for changes in the economic activity in the region; (2) for the division of highways, the reduction of fatalities by at least 10 per cent for each rolling 5–year period; (3) for the division of highways, the reduction of the accident rate by at least 10 per cent for each rolling 5–year period; (4) for the division of highways, the reduction of the administrative disbursement rate per mile by at least 10 per cent for each rolling 5–year period; (5) for the division of highways, increasing the maintenance disbursements per mile by at least the same total dollar amount as the total dollar amount saved by the reduction of the administrative disbursement rate per mile under clause (4), for each corresponding 5–year period; (6) for the Mass Transit division, a decrease in the urban transit bus fleet age for each transit authority of at least 10 per cent for each rolling 5–year period; (7) for the Mass Transit division, a reduction of fatalities as a result of transit accidents in each transit authority by at least 10 per cent for each rolling 5–year period; (8) for the Mass Transit division, an increase in the farebox recovery ratio of at least 10 per cent for each transit authority for each rolling 5–year period; (9) for the Mass Transit division, an increase in the on-time performance percentage for each transit authority of at least 2 per cent for each rolling 5–year period, until that percentage reaches 98 per cent; and (10) for the Mass Transit division, an increase of at least 5 per cent in the revenue miles per active vehicle reported to the Federal Transit Administration for each transit authority for each rolling 5–year period.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 7 - Employee Performance Evaluation Program

Section 7. Unless otherwise required by section 6A of chapter 31 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the secretary shall design and implement a program for performance evaluation of employees. The sole purpose of the program shall be the improvement of the performance of individual employees and the department and, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all information compiled by said program shall be confidential and shall not be public records under section 10 of chapter 66 or clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4. The department may consult with individuals and organizations and may contract for technical assistance for the purpose of the program to the extent it deems necessary.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 8 - Money Received to Be Held as Trust Funds

Section 8. All moneys received pursuant to this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of refunding bonds or as revenues or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. The resolution authorizing the refunding bonds or the trust agreement securing such notes or bonds shall provide that any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such moneys shall be deposited shall act as trustee of such moneys and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this chapter and such resolution or trust agreement may provide.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 9 - Internal Special Audit Unit

Section 9. (a) There shall be within the department but not subject to the department's control an internal special audit unit. The inspector general shall appoint a director of internal special audits who shall serve as an assistant inspector general under the supervision of the inspector general and who shall serve for a term of 6 years. The inspector general may remove the director for cause and shall fill any vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. The director shall devote full time and attention to the duties of the unit.  (b) The director may appoint and remove, subject to the approval of the inspector general, such persons as the director shall deem necessary to perform the functions of the unit; provided, however, that section 9A of chapter 30 and chapter 31 shall not apply to those employees. Employees of the unit shall have experience with accounting, auditing, financial analysis, applicable law, business management and public administration and shall devote their full time and efforts to the unit. Employees shall be subject to the rules and regulations established for employees of the office of the inspector general pursuant to chapter 12A. Each person appointed to a position in the unit shall have experience and skill in the field of the person's position.  (c) Pursuant to chapter 12A, the unit shall monitor the quality, efficiency and integrity of the department's operating and capital programs, including those of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and seek to prevent, detect and correct fraud, waste and abuse in the expenditure of public or private transportation funds. In accordance with said chapter 12A, the department shall cooperate with the unit in carrying out the unit's duties, including granting access to persons, documents, databases, electronic data and other materials deemed necessary by the director to conduct an investigation, audit or review.  (d) The director may report and refer any instances of fraud, waste or abuse in the expenditure of transportation funds or the procurement of any supplies, services or construction by the department to the inspector general for investigation pursuant to chapter 12A and the results of such investigation may be referred to the attorney general for appropriate action.  (e) The director shall submit an annual report of the unit's activities for the preceding calendar year, including, but not limited to, findings referred to the inspector general for investigation, to the joint committee on transportation and the house and senate committees on ways and means on or before March 15 of each year. The secretary shall make the annual report and all such reports from previous years available on the department's website.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 12 - Integrated Asset Management System

Section 12. The department shall, subject to the approval and oversight of the executive office of technology services and security, develop and implement a single integrated asset management system to oversee and coordinate the maintenance, preservation, reconstruction and investment of all of the assets in its possession, custody and control. The department may use programs and services offered by the division of capital asset management and maintenance and the information technology division or separate offices, divisions, and authorities within the department to aid in its development of an integrated asset management system as long as, in the judgment of the department, such programs and services compare favorably with those available from private vendors and are offered at competitive prices.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 14 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Contracts

Section 14. The department shall be deemed to be a public agency for purposes of, and shall be subject to, section 39M of chapter 30 and sections 44A to 44H, inclusive, of chapter 149 and shall comply with requirements applicable to an independent public authority for publication of contract information in the central register established pursuant to section 20A of chapter 9.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 15 - Department as Public Agency for Purposes of State Finance Law

Section 15. The department shall, for the purposes of compliance with state finance law, operate as a state agency as defined in section 1 of chapter 29 and shall be subject to the provisions applicable to agencies under the control of the governor including, but not limited to, chapter 29, chapter 7A, chapter 7 and chapter 10; provided, however, that the comptroller may identify any additional instructions or actions necessary for the department to manage fiscal operations in the state accounting system and meet statewide and other governmental accounting and audit standards. The department shall properly classify the department's operating and capital expenditures, and shall not include any salaries of employees in the department's capital expenditures, unless used as the state match to federal funding for transportation projects; provided, however, that the department shall report annually, on or before February 1, to the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on transportation, on the following: (i) the amount of capital expenditures used as the state match to federally-eligible capital projects; (ii) the total number of department employee salaries included in capital expenditures, including a breakdown by division of the position titles and accompanying salaries; (iii) the total number of employees of the division of highways assigned to capital projects; (iv) a schedule of transportation capital projects where employee salaries are included in capital expenditures; (v) the status of said projects; (vi) any projected cost savings; and (vii) the impact of including department employee salaries in capital expenditures on the ability of the division of highways to plan, design, construct and complete transportation capital projects. Unless otherwise exempted by law or the applicable central service agency, the department shall participate in any other available commonwealth central services including, but not limited, to the state payroll system pursuant to section 31 of chapter 29, and may purchase other goods and services provided by state agencies in accordance with comptroller provisions. This section shall not apply to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Massachusetts Port Authority or the regional transit authorities. The comptroller may chargeback the department for the transition and ongoing costs for participation in the state accounting and payroll systems and may retain and expend such costs without further appropriation for the purposes of this section. The department shall be subject to section 5D of chapter 29 and subsection (f) of section 6B of chapter 29.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 16 - Annual Finance Plan

Section 16. Each fiscal year the department shall submit an annual finance plan to the secretary of administration and finance, and updates to such plan, in accordance with instructions issued by said secretary. The plan shall be made available on the department's website.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 18 - Appearance by Office of the Attorney General in Civil Proceedings Against the Department

Section 18. The office of the attorney general shall appear for the department, its divisions, departments, agencies and officers, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority and their officers, in all suits and other civil proceedings in which the department is a party or interested, or in which the official acts and doings of said divisions, departments, agencies and officers are called into question, to the same extent and in the same manner as provided to the commonwealth and state departments, officers and commissions under section 3 of chapter 12. The department and its divisions, departments and agencies, but not including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the regional transit authorities and the Massachusetts Port Authority, shall be generally considered to be an agency of the commonwealth for purposes of: (i) said chapter 12; (ii) any general or special law pertaining to judicial remedies or procedures; and (iii) court rules and standing orders; and shall not be considered to be encompassed by the words ''person'' or ''whoever'' in any general or special law unless a contrary intention clearly appears.