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MA Gen L ch 7 § 22j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22j - Restricted Purchase List; Persons Doing Business With Burma (Myanmar)

Section 22J. (a) The secretary shall establish and maintain a restricted purchase list. The restricted purchase list shall contain the names of all persons currently doing business with Burma (Myanmar).  (b) In establishing the restricted purchase list, the secretary shall consult United Nations reports, resources of the Investor Responsibility Research Center and the Associates to Develop Democratic Burma, and other reliable sources. The secretary shall also place the name of any person who, in the statement described in section twenty-two H, declared that he meets the criteria for being so listed.  (c) The restricted purchase list shall be updated at least once every three months.  (d) The secretary shall provide the lists to all state agencies and state authorities and to the house of representatives and to the senate.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22k - Promulgation of Regulations

Section 22K. The secretary is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate regulations to assure the timely and effective implementation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22l - Void Contracts

Section 22L. Any contract entered into in violation of sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive, shall be void.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22m - Annual Report of Compliance

Section 22M. Annually on or before January first, the secretary shall file a report with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives detailing compliance with sections twenty-two G to twenty-two M, inclusive.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 22o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 22o - Preferential Procurement of Products or Services Within the Commonwealth

Section 22O. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary relating to procurement, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency or authority shall establish a preference for the procurement of products or services from businesses, as defined in section 3A of chapter 23A, with their principal place of business in the commonwealth. In addition, the operational services division shall endeavor to ensure that in any fiscal year no less than 15 per cent of statewide procurement contracts are entered into with businesses, as so defined, which: (i) are independently owned and operated; (ii) have a principal place of business in the commonwealth; (iii) have been in business for at least 1 year; and (iv) are defined as a small business under applicable federal law or are defined by the division as small businesses pursuant to the small business purchasing program.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 23 - Removal; Noncompliance of Officers

Section 23. Any appointed officer failing to comply with any rule, regulation or order made under section 22 may, after a hearing before the governor and council given to the official concerned, be removed by them.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 23a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 23a - Applicability of Approved Rules, Regulations or Orders

Section 23A. Rules, regulations and orders adopted under clause (17) of section twenty-two shall, so far as may be approved by the governor and council, apply to the purchase by contractors of supplies and materials in the execution of any contract to which the commonwealth is a party for the construction, reconstruction or repair of any public work; and there shall be inserted in any such contract a stipulation to such effect. Any appointed officer or agent of the commonwealth entering into such a contract in its behalf who fails to insert such a stipulation in such a contract as required by such a rule, regulation or order may, after a hearing before the governor and council, be removed by them.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 23b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 23b - Preference for Products Grown in or Produced From Products Grown in Commonwealth

Section 23B. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, and to the extent permitted by federal law, a state agency, authority or trustees or officers of a state college or university designated by such trustees when purchasing products of agriculture as defined in section 1A of chapter 128, including but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, meats, crops, horticultural products or products processed into value added products as part of a Massachusetts farm operation, shall prefer products grown in the commonwealth or products produced using products grown in the commonwealth as well as fish, seafood, and other aquatic products.  (b) To effectuate the preference for those products of agriculture grown or produced using locally-grown products, the state purchasing agent responsible for procuring the products on behalf of a state agency, authority or trustees or officers of a state college or university designated by such trustees shall, in advertising for bids, contracts or otherwise procuring products of agriculture, make reasonable efforts to facilitate the purchase of such products of agriculture grown or produced using products grown in the commonwealth.  (c) The state purchasing agent responsible for procuring the products on behalf of a state agency or authority shall purchase the products of agriculture grown or produced using products grown in the commonwealth, unless the price of the goods exceeds, by more than 10 per cent, the price of products of agriculture grown or produced using products grown outside of the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 25 - Advice to State Institutions Making Suitable Products for State Entities

Section 25. The state purchasing agent shall advise with the several state institutions that make or are able to make products suitable for the needs of state departments, offices and commissions, and with the heads of such departments, offices and commissions, with a view to ascertaining how best to improve or change such products or the quality or price thereof so as to meet the needs of such state departments, offices and commissions, and may make to such institutions such recommendations relating thereto as seem best.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 25a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 25a - Transfer of Supplies Between State Agencies; Approval of Amount Purchased

Section 25A. The state purchasing agent may provide for the transfer of supplies and equipment purchased from state appropriations from one state agency to another when, in his opinion, such transfer is for the best interests of the commonwealth, and may provide for the making of suitable adjustments on the books of account of the commonwealth of such transfer. He shall also have authority to approve the amount or quantities of all supplies and materials purchased by state agencies, notwithstanding that such agency has conformed to the regulations relative to such purchases and that an appropriation is available therefor. In case an application by a state agency is not approved by the state purchasing agent, such agency may appeal in writing to the commissioner, whose decision shall be final.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 26 - Advisory Standardization Board

Section 26. In order best to carry out the provisions of sections twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, and sections fifty-one and fifty-two of chapter thirty, there shall be established an advisory standardization board, consisting of the state purchasing agent as its head and such representatives of the several departments, offices and commissions most affected by said provisions as shall be designated by the heads thereof. Said board shall consider and advise as to the needs of the various state activities, how far they can be reasonably harmonized and covered by standard specifications, and what, if any, materials are so lacking in importance or uniformity as to warrant blanket authorization for their local purchase.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 27 - Furnishing Paper to Reformatory by Purchasing Agent

Section 27. The state purchasing agent shall furnish to the superintendent of the Massachusetts reformatory such of the paper used in the execution of the contract for state printing as he may need to fill any order for printing received from any department of the commonwealth for printing not included in said contract.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 27a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 27a - Travel-Related Services; Purchase Coordination

Section 27A. The state purchasing agent shall coordinate the purchase of travel and travel-related services by authorized officers and employees of the commonwealth to insure cost-effective management of the commonwealth's purchasing power for such services.  The purchasing agent may contract with one or more vendors to coordinate the management of the purchase of said services.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 28a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 28a - Training and Educational Programs; Officers and Employees; Managers; Judges and Court Personnel; Agreements

Section 28A. The said personnel administrator shall also, with advice and assistance from time to time from the principal appointing authorities of the commonwealth, organize or further develop, and generally direct, in every agency of the commonwealth so far as in his judgment feasible, programs for the training, encouragement and advancement of officers and employees serving in offices and positions required to be classified under section forty-five of chapter thirty.  The said personnel administrator, with the approval of the secretary, shall also organize, develop and generally direct a program or programs of training for the managers of the commonwealth which shall include an incentive pay plan based on credits for approved management training courses conducted by the Institute for Governmental Services at the University of Massachusetts or for courses completed at any other accredited public or private institution of higher education. Such program or programs may provide for a manager to be released from work assignments during normal working hours and for the payment of tuition and costs of required course materials; provided, however, that subject to appropriation, such program or programs shall be available to managers in all agencies of the commonwealth. Said personnel administrator shall establish a pay incentive plan.  Said administrator may enter into agreements with mayors of cities or, in cities having city managers, with city managers, and with boards of selectmen in towns, for in-service training programs for engineering employees of such cities and towns; provided that such agreements shall require that at least fifty per cent of the cost of such training shall be paid for by each respective city or town.  Said administrator may enter into agreements with the supreme judicial court, the chief justice of the trial court, the court administrator of the trial court, or the chief justices of the several departments of the trial court for programs for the continuing education of judges and other court personnel.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 28b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 28b - Employee Assistance Program

Section 28B. The personnel administrator shall organize, develop, and conduct an employee assistance program for persons whose job performance is being adversely affected by behavioral or medical problems including, but not limited to, addiction to alcohol or drugs and emotional illness.  Said program shall be organized with the advice and assistance of agency appointing authorities and labor organizations. A coordinator of employee assistance programs shall be employed in the bureau of employee development of the division of personnel administration. Said coordinator shall report annually to the legislature on the status of the program.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 29 - Expenditures for Documents; Approval; Filing; Sales

Section 29. Any agency of the commonwealth which receives an appropriation of state funds shall not make any expenditure for any document printed, mimeographed or prepared in any other way, whether for outside or interdepartmental circulation, unless publication of such document shall have been approved by the state purchasing agent, and the state purchasing agent is hereby authorized and directed to require such agencies to summarize and consolidate such documents when feasible. Each such document authorized to be printed which is four pages or more in length shall state on its face the estimated cost per copy, including the cost of paper, printing and binding.  Every original manuscript of annual reports of state agencies, whether printed in full or in summarized or consolidated form or not printed, shall be filed with the state secretary. Except as otherwise provided by law, agencies selling documents shall do so at not less than the stated estimated cost; provided, however, that such agencies may dispose of excess copies of documents no longer current as provided by rules and regulations of the secretary. This section shall not apply to publications issued by the officers of either branch of the general court, or issued under special authority given by the general court, or to the regular annual reports of the attorney general, state treasurer, state auditor or state secretary, or to reports of capital trials prepared by the attorney general under section eleven of chapter twelve, or to publications prepared by the state secretary in conformity with sections two and four of chapter five.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 30 - Public Record of State Officials and Employees; Salaries; Publication

Section 30. The human resources division shall collect at least once in every fiscal year such information relative to certain officials and employees of the commonwealth as shall be furnished to it under section thirty-eight of chapter thirty, which shall cover the fiscal year preceding. From the information so collected it shall keep a record, open to public inspection, showing the name, residence, designation, rate of compensation and date of appointment or qualification of every such official and employee, and any increase in the rate of salary or compensation paid him during the preceding fiscal year. The record shall also contain such other information concerning such officials and employees as, in the opinion of the personnel administrator, may be desirable. The comptroller shall, upon the request of the administrator, verify a list of such officials and employees, the amounts and rates of compensation and other information concerning payments to officials and employees about whom information is furnished. The administrator shall, on or before April fifteenth in each even-numbered year, publish a document containing such information concerning said officials and employees in the employ of the commonwealth on the preceding June thirtieth as, in its opinion, may be of public interest. Said document shall contain such summary and comparative tables as will best show the numbers of officials and employees in the service of the commonwealth during the two years preceding said June thirtieth, and during a further period of two years prior thereto, to be arranged in such manner as will make them of the greatest practical utility. The document may be revised or rearranged at the discretion of the administrator.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 31a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 31a - Suggestion Awards Board; Function; Prizes

Section 31A. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a suggestion awards board, to consist of the secretary, the comptroller, and the budget director, each of whom may from time to time designate a person to act in his stead, for the purpose of receiving and judging suggestions made by officers or employees of the commonwealth as to methods of improving existing governmental procedures; installing new procedures for the betterment of the state service; increasing the efficiency of the several state departments, boards, commissions, or institutions operating under any state department, division, board or commission; reducing the cost of state government; or improving the service rendered to the public by any department, division, board, commission or institution.  Said suggestion awards board shall from time to time award cash prizes to the officers or employees who have submitted suggestions which, in the opinion of the board, merit an award for increasing the efficiency of the state service. The board shall, subject to the approval of the governor, establish rules relative to the receiving and judging of such suggestions, the amount of the awards to be given, and the qualifications of the contestants, and may, subject to appropriation, expend sums for awards of cash and for investigation, publicity, clerical and other services and expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 38a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 38a - American Indian Skeletal Remains; Preservation; Excavation; Analysis

Section 38A. Upon the receipt of the commission of notice under section six B of chapter thirty-eight that a site evaluation will be made to determine if skeletal remains are American Indian, the commission may designate a representative to be present when said site evaluation is made. If the state archaeologist and commission determine that said remains are American Indian, the owner of the land whereon the remains were discovered, the state archaeologist, the commission and other interested parties shall determine whether prudent and feasible alternatives exist to avoid, minimize or mitigate harm to the Indian burial site. If it is not prudent and feasible to preserve the remains in the original Indian burial site then the state archaeologist shall excavate and recover the remains under the supervision of the commission on Indian affairs. The commission and state archaeologist shall then consult to determine how the remains shall be disposed.  The final plan or agreement, which shall be in writing, may include provisions for preservation in situ; or the conducting of additional scientific and archaeological research and investigation with the approval of the commission on Indian affairs, or the immediate reinterment of the remains or with the consent of the site's owner, or the execution of a preservation restriction pursuant to section thirty-two of chapter one hundred and eighty-four. If it is determined that the remains are to be reinterred it shall be the responsibility of the commission on Indian affairs to conduct the reinterment.  The state archaeologist and commission shall consult to determine whether a skeletal analysis shall be made; said analysis must be completed within one year of the date of approval. If more than one year is required to conduct said analysis, the commission and state archaeologist shall consult to determine whether the one year may be extended. If they fail to agree on whether the skeletal analysis shall be extended for more than one year, they shall each designate three qualified persons who shall meet and make a recommendation to the commission on Indian affairs on whether a skeletal analysis of the remains shall be made. The commission shall make the final decision on whether a skeletal analysis of the remains shall be conducted for longer than one year. It will be the responsibility of the commission on Indian affairs to reinter the remains when the skeletal analysis is completed.
MA Gen L ch 7 § 52 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance|Section 52 - Privatization Contracts; Need to Regulate

Section 52. The general court hereby finds and declares that using private contractors to provide public services formerly provided by state employees does not always promote the public interest. To ensure that citizens of the commonwealth receive high quality public services at low cost, with due regard for the taxpayers of the commonwealth and the needs of public and private workers, the general court finds it necessary to regulate such privatization contracts in accordance with sections fifty-three to fifty-five, inclusive. The general court does not intend to restrict the use of community facilities to provide care for clients of state agencies, if any privatization contract relating to such facilities otherwise complies with the provisions of said sections fifty-three to fifty-five, inclusive.