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MA Gen L ch 6 § 17 (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 17 - Commissions and Boards Serving Under Governor

Section 17. The armory commission, the art commission, the executive office for administration and finance, the commissioners of uniform state laws, the public bequest commission, the state ballot law commission, and the superintendent, the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, who shall have the title of superintendent and is appointed by the board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, the Schooner Ernestina commission, the trustees of the state library, the Greylock reservation commission, the Port of Boston commission, the Massachusetts commission against discrimination, the Massachusetts office on disability, the state airport management board, weather amendment board, the boxers' fund board, state finance and governance board established under section 97 of chapter 6, medical, dental and nursing scholarship board, retirement law commission, the obscene literature control commission, the manufactured homes commission, the municipal police training committee, the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, the service corps commission, the World War II memorial commission, the health and welfare commission, state council on juvenile behavior, governor's mansion commission, the American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission, Massachusetts educational communications commission, the committee on criminal justice, the commission on the employment of people with disabilities, the nutrition board, the office of the child advocate and the commission on employee involvement and ownership, shall serve under the governor, and shall be subject to such supervision as the governor deems necessary and proper.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 17a (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 17a - Governor's Cabinet

Section 17A. There shall be a cabinet, which shall serve under the governor. The cabinet shall consist of the secretary of administration and finance, the secretary of education, the secretary of elder affairs, the secretary of energy and environmental affairs, the secretary of health and human services, the secretary of housing and economic development, the secretary of labor and workforce development, the secretary of public safety and security, the secretary of transportation, and other officers of the executive department that the governor may from time to time designate.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 18 (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 18 - Armory Commission

Section 18. There shall be an armory commission composed of the following members: the adjutant general, who shall serve as chairperson; the state quartermaster, who shall serve as clerk; 3 assistant adjutants general, 1 of whom shall be an army officer and 1 of whom shall be an air officer. Neither the adjutant general nor the state quartermaster shall receive additional compensation on account of their membership in the armory commission. The assistant adjutants general shall, if not currently on full-time military duty, receive 1 day's pay of grade and allowances for each day of service as a member of the armory commission.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 26 (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 26 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Appointment; Term; Organization; Removal

Section 26. There shall be a board of commissioners on uniform state laws, consisting of three suitable persons, who shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, for five year terms. Within thirty days after the appointment of such commissioners, they shall meet and organize. The governor may remove for cause any or all of said commissioners.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 27 (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 27 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Duties

Section 27. The commissioners shall examine subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states of the United States is desirable, but which are outside of the jurisdiction of the congress of the United States; shall confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states for the same purpose; shall consider and draft uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the several states; and generally shall devise and recommend such other or further course of action as may tend to accomplish such purposes. They shall keep a record of their doings, and shall make an annual report.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 28 (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 28 - Board of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; Compensation and Expenses

Section 28. They shall serve without compensation, but each commissioner shall be paid by the commonwealth the amount of his actual traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his official duty, after an account thereof has been audited by the commissioners. They shall keep a full account of their expenditures. They may make a contribution each year toward the expenses of the conference of commissioners on uniform state laws, to be paid from the appropriation for the expenses of the commissioners at the discretion of the attorney general.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 33 (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 33 - Board of Trustees of the State Library

Section 33. There shall be a board of trustees of the state library, consisting of the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the state secretary, who shall be trustees ex-officiis, and four other persons appointed by the governor, of whom one shall be appointed annually for a four year term commencing June first of the year of appointment. An ex-officio member of the board may designate another person to serve in his place by notice in writing to the librarian. Any person so designated shall serve until such member ceases to be a member of the board ex-officio or until sooner removed by such member by notice in writing to the librarian stating the reasons for removal. The board shall elect from its membership a chairman to serve for a term of one year. The librarian shall serve as clerk to the board. Four members of the board, or their designees, shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of the official business of the board.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 34 (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 34 - Powers and Duties of Trustees of the State Library

Section 34. Said trustees shall have the management and control of the state library and of the moneys appropriated therefor. They may sell or otherwise dispose of such books belonging to the library as they consider unsuitable for its purposes, and they may deposit any duplicate volumes for safe keeping and use in any town, city or college library in the commonwealth, upon such terms and conditions as they shall prescribe. They may make and enforce rules for the use of the library, and shall see that its rooms are properly prepared for the accommodation of persons permitted to use them.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 35 (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 35 - Librarian of the State Library; Compensation, Etc.

Section 35. The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint a librarian of the state library, who shall hold office during their pleasure and the position of librarian shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 36 (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 36 - Expenditures for State Library; Approval of Accounts

Section 36. The trustees of the state library may expend such sums annually as the general court may appropriate for permanent assistants and clerks, for books, maps, papers, periodicals and other material for the library and for binding the same and for incidental expenses including binding their report. All accounts for the maintenance of the state library shall be approved by the trustees thereof or by such person as may be designated for the purpose in a vote of said trustees who shall, nevertheless, remain responsible for such approval.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 37 (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 37 - Trustees of the State Library; Annual Report

Section 37. The trustees of the state library shall keep records of their doings, and shall make an annual report thereof, with a list of books, maps and charts lost, missing or acquired during the preceding fiscal year, specifying those obtained by exchange, gift or purchase, and such suggestions for the improvement of the library as they may deem proper.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 37a (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 37a - Gifts in Trust for State Library

Section 37A. The said trustees may receive in trust for the commonwealth any gift or bequest of money or securities for any purpose incident to the uses of the state library, and shall forthwith transfer any money or securities so received to the state treasurer, who shall administer the same as provided by section sixteen of chapter ten.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 38 (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 38 - State Library; Location; Persons Authorized to Use

Section 38. The state library shall be in the state house, and shall be kept open every day except Saturday, Sunday and legal holidays for the use of the governor, lieutenant governor, council, general court and such officers of the government and other persons as may be permitted to use it.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 39 (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 39 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 39 to 39b

Section 39. As used in sections thirty-nine to thirty-nine B, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:—  ''Agency'', each agency, office, state-supported institution of higher education, department, authority, executive office, bureau, officer, board, committee, task force, commission, special commission, division, executive office of the commonwealth, whether permanent or temporary in nature, including any state agency supported wholly or in part by public funds.  ''Publication'', any document, study, rule, regulation, report, directory, pamphlet, brochure, periodical, newsletter, bibliography, microphotographic form, tape or disc recording, annual, biennial or special report, statistical compendium, or other printed material regardless of its format or manner of duplication, issued in the name of or at the request of any agency of the commonwealth or produced and issued as part of a contract entered into by any agency of the commonwealth regardless of the source of funding, provided they constitute ''public records'' as defined in clause Twenty-sixth of section seven of chapter four, excepting correspondence, blank forms, and university press publications.  ''Regional public libraries'', those libraries as defined in section nineteen C of chapter seventy-eight. These definitions shall not include any records of the general court.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 39a (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 39a - Depository Library for State Publications; Collection; System

Section 39A. (1) In order that all state publications of the commonwealth are preserved and made available for the use of citizens of the state, the state library is hereby designated as the depository library for Massachusetts state publications.  (2) The state library shall maintain a complete collection of Massachusetts state publications, both current and historic.  (3) A depository library system, providing for the distribution of state documents to the Library of Congress and to each of the regional public libraries in the state shall be established and maintained by the state library.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 39b (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 39b - State Library; Copies of State Agency Publications

Section 39B. Each state agency shall furnish the state library eight copies of its publications. Said copies shall be forwarded to the state library no later than five working days after they are received from the printer or contractor. The state library shall make three copies available for public consultation in the library and for permanent historic preservation by the library. The others shall be provided to the Library of Congress and to each of the state's regional public libraries.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 40 (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 40 - Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts; Superintendent

Section 40. There shall be a board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts, consisting of seven persons, at least five of whom shall be war veterans. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor shall be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor, to serve for seven years. The secretary shall designate one of the members as chairman. The members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.  The secretary of health and human services shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, the superintendent of the soldiers' home, who shall have the title of commandant, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary and may be removed by the secretary at any time, subject to the approval of the governor.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 41 (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 41 - Board of Trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts; Powers and Duties

Section 41. Said board of trustees shall have the management and control of said home and all property, real and personal, belonging to the commonwealth and occupied or used by said home, and shall hold and administer in trust the property included in the ''legacy fund'' and the ''effects accounts'', if and when the transfer thereof to the commonwealth is effected pursuant to a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, and in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by such decree. In the management and control of said home as aforesaid, said board of trustees shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as are vested and imposed in the trustees of state hospitals under the provisions of chapter nineteen, so far as applicable.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 70 (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 70 - Board of Trustees of Soldier's Home in Holyoke; Members

Section 70. There shall be a board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, consisting of seven persons, who shall be residents of the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire. Each of said counties shall be represented on said board by at least one trustee who is a resident therein. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a member, his successor shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, to serve for seven years. The governor shall designate one of the members as chairman. The members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 71 (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 71 - Board of Trustees of Soldier's Home in Holyoke; Powers and Duties

Section 71. The board of trustees of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke shall manage and control the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke and all property, real and personal, of the commonwealth that is occupied or used by the home. In the management and control of the home, the board of trustees shall: (i) adopt reasonable rules and regulations governing outpatient treatment at, admission to and hospitalization in the home; and (ii) appoint a superintendent. The superintendent shall be the administrative head of the home. The superintendent shall, subject to the approval of the trustees, appoint and may remove a medical director, a treasurer and an assistant treasurer. The treasurer and assistant treasurer shall devote their full time and attention to the duties of their office. Section 49 of chapter 31 shall apply to the appointment of the treasurer and assistant treasurer. The medical director shall have responsibility for the medical, surgical and outpatient facilities and shall make recommendations to the superintendent regarding the appointments of all physicians, nurses and other medical staff. The superintendent shall also appoint and remove such other persons as the superintendent deems necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the facilities of the home.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 74 (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 74 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Establishment; Expenditure of Funds

Section 74. There shall be a commission for the rehabilitation of handicapped persons to be known as the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission, in this section and in sections seventy-five to eighty-four, inclusive, called the commission. The commission shall cooperate with all federal agencies in the administration of 29 USC 720, relating to the rehabilitation of handicapped persons, and may expend, subject to appropriation, such state, federal or other funds as are available for the rehabilitation, employment, and independent living needs of handicapped persons.
MA Gen L ch 6 § 76 (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 76 - Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Advisory Council

Section 76. There shall be an advisory council to consist of fourteen members to be appointed by the secretary of health and human services, with the approval of the governor. Said advisory council shall advise the commissioner in matters of interest relating to the delivery of rehabilitation services. At least five of the members shall be individuals or immediate family members of individuals with handicaps. The terms of the initial members shall be as follows: three shall be appointed for one year, three shall be appointed for two years, three shall be appointed for three years and five shall be appointed for four years. Upon the expiration of the term of a member, his successor shall be appointed for a term of four years. Said members shall elect a chairman and shall meet at least quarterly. They shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. If any member is absent from two regularly scheduled quarterly meetings in any one calendar year, the office of such member may be declared vacant by the chairman. Upon notification by the chairman that a vacancy exists, the secretary of health and human services shall appoint, with the approval of the governor, another member to fill the unexpired term.