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MA Gen L ch 9 § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary|Section 28 - Portraits and Art Objects in State House; Photographs

Section 28. The state secretary may cause either black and white or colored photographs to be made of such portraits and other important art objects in the state house as he shall determine. The original negatives of such photographs shall be stored by the Massachusetts historical commission, and prints therefrom shall be made available by the state secretary for the use of the general public upon the payment of such fee as he shall establish.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary|Section 29 - State Ballot Law Commission; Records Conservation Board

Section 29. The state ballot law commission and the records conservation board shall be within the department of the state secretary; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as diminishing the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the foregoing agencies by any provision of law.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary|Section 30 - Voting Equipment Loan Program

Section 30. There is hereby established the voting equipment loan program which shall be under the control of the state secretary. The sole purpose of said program shall be to provide, subject to appropriation, loans to municipalities to replace punch card voting systems, so-called, and data vote punch card voting systems, so-called. The state secretary is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations to implement said loan program; provided, however, that such regulations shall require that: (1) all loans shall be repaid to the commonwealth not later than ten years after any such loan is made; (2) such loans shall be repaid with a reasonable rate of interest, such rate to be determined by the secretary of administration and finance; (3) the method of repayment of such loans shall be through a deduction made on a recipient municipality's cherry sheet, so-called; and (4) loans may be made to communities which have replaced punch card voting systems, so-called, and data vote punch card voting systems, so-called, on or after January 1, 1995.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9 - Department of the State Secretary|Section 31 - Surcharge on Fees of Registers of Deeds and Assistant Recorders; Registries Under Control of State Secretary; Surcharge to Fund Improvements at Registries; Disposition of Surcharge

Section 31. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the fees of the registers of deeds and of the assistant recorders, except as otherwise provided, to be paid when the instrument is left for recording, filing or deposit shall be subject to a surcharge of $5. The surcharge shall be imposed for the purpose of automation, modernization, operation and technological improvements at the registries of deeds. Only those registries under the control of the state secretary shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this section. From March 15, 2003, until June 30, 2025, all surcharges on fees collected pursuant to this section shall be forwarded to the Registers Technological Fund, established in section 2JJJ of chapter 29. From July 1, 2025, all of the surcharges shall be forwarded to the General Fund as provided in section 2 of said chapter 29.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 1 - Definitions

 Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-  "Abuse", as provided in section 1 of chapter 209A.   "Address", a residential street, school or work address of an individual, as specified on the application to be a program participant under this chapter.   "Program participant", a person certified by the state secretary to participate in the program.   "Application assistant", an employee of a state or local agency, or of a nonprofit program that provides counseling, referral, shelter or other specialized service to victims of domestic abuse, rape, sexual assault, or stalking and who has been designated by the respective agency, and trained, accepted and registered by the state secretary to assist individuals in the completion of program participation applications.   "Secretary", the state secretary.   "Rape", as provided in sections 22, 22A, 22B, 22C and 23, 23A, 23B of chapter 265 and sections 2, 4 and 17 of chapter 272.   "Sexual assault", as provided in sections 13B, 13B1?„2, 13B3?„4, 13F, 13H, 24, 24B, 26D and 50 of chapter 265 and sections 4A, 17, 29A, 29B and 35A of chapter 272.  "Stalking", as provided in section 43 of chapter 265.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 2 - Address Confidentiality Program; Application and Certification Procedures; False Information; Penalty

 Section 2. There is hereby established an address confidentiality program to be administered by the secretary under the following application and certification procedures:   (1) Upon recommendation of an application assistant, an adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person may apply to the secretary to have an address designated by the secretary serve as the person's address or the address of the minor or incapacitated person.   (2) The secretary shall approve an application only if it is filed with the office of the secretary in the manner established by regulation, and on a form prescribed by the secretary. A completed application shall contain:   (i) the application preparation date, the applicant's signature and the signature and registration number of the application assistant who assisted the applicant in applying to be a program participant;   (ii) a designation of the secretary as agent for purposes of service of process and for receipt of first-class mail;   (iii) the mailing address where the applicant may be contacted by the secretary, or his designee, and the telephone number or numbers where the applicant may be called by the secretary or his designee; and,   (iv) one or more addresses that the applicant requests not be disclosed for the reason that disclosure will jeopardize the applicant's safety or increase the risk of violence to the applicant or members of the applicant's household.   (3) Upon receipt of a properly completed application, the secretary shall certify the applicant as a program participant. An applicant shall be certified for four years following the date of filing unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated before that date.   (4) The secretary shall forward all first class mail to the appropriate program participants.  (5) A person who knowingly provides false or incorrect information in an application or who knowingly falsely attests that disclosure of the applicant's address threatens the safety of the applicant or the applicant's children or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than six months in a house of correction and by cancellation of program certification.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 3 - Cancellation of Certification

 Section 3. Certification for the program may be canceled if one or more of the following conditions applies:   (1) If the program participant obtains a name change, the participant loses certification as a program participant. A participant who has obtained a legal name change may apply to the secretary for recertification in the program if documentation of the legal name change is provided.   (2) If there is a change in the residential street address from the one listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the secretary with notice of the change in such manner as the secretary shall provide by regulation.  (3) Pursuant to paragraph (5) of section 2, the secretary shall cancel certification of a program participant who knowingly provides false information.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 4 - Acceptance of Address Designations by Secretary as a Substitute Address for Program Participants

 Section 4. Upon demonstration by a program participant of his certification in the program, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the secretary as a program participant's substitute address when creating a new public record unless the secretary has determined that:   (1) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the participant's actual residential address, such that it is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without such residential address; and   (2) The participant's actual residential address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 5 - Availability of Program Participant's Address for Inspection or Copying

 Section 5. The secretary shall not make a program participant's address, other than the address designated by the secretary, available for inspection or copying, except under the following circumstances:   (1) If requested of the secretary by the chief commanding officer of a law enforcement agency or his designee in the manner provided for by regulation.   (2) Upon request to the secretary by a commissioner of a state agency, or his specific designee, in the manner provided for by regulation and upon a showing of a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the participant's actual residential address, such that it is unable to fulfill its statutory duties and obligations without such residential address.   (3) To a person identified in a court order, upon the secretary's receipt of that court order which specifically orders the disclosure of a particular program participant's address and the reasons stated therefor.   (4) If certification has been canceled due to provision of false or incorrect information in an application or knowingly falsely attesting that disclosure of the applicant's address threatens the safety of the applicant or the applicants children or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, as provided for in paragraph (5) of section 2.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 6 - Application and Supporting Materials Not Classified as Public Record; Exemption From Mandatory Disclosure

 Section 6. The program participant's application and supporting materials shall not be a public record and shall be exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements of clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 and section 10 of chapter 66.
MA Gen L ch 9a § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 9a - Address Confidentiality Program|Section 7 - Regulations

 Section 7. The secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter and in doing so may consult with the secretary of health and human services and Jane Doe Inc., Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 1 - State Treasurer; Supervision of Department; Salary; Other Sources of Income

Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state treasurer, under the supervision and control of the state treasurer, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state treasurer shall receive a salary of $175,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially to reflect the aggregate quarterly change in salaries and wages in the commonwealth for the most recent 8 quarters as determined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the United States Department of Commerce.  (b) The state treasurer shall not receive earned income from any other source but may receive unearned or passive income.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 2 - Treasurer's Bond; Contents

Section 2. The state treasurer shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, with at least three sureties approved by the governor and council, or with a surety company as sole surety as provided in section one hundred and five of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, payable to the commonwealth, conditioned that he and all persons employed in his department shall faithfully discharge their duties and trusts; that he shall use all necessary and reasonable diligence and care in the safe keeping and lawful disposition of all money, bonds, notes, papers, books and other things pertaining to his department which shall come to his hands or to the hands of the persons employed by him; that he shall, upon reasonable notice, render true accounts of his doings when thereto required by law or by the senate or house of representatives; that he shall deliver over to his successor in office or to such other person as may be authorized to receive the same all money, bonds, notes, papers, books and other things belonging to said department; and that all balances and defalcations which shall appear against him shall forthwith be paid by him to the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 3 - Treasurer's Bond; Deposit With State Secretary; Actions Thereon

Section 3. The bond shall be deposited in the office of the state secretary; and upon the order of the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, or upon the order of the general court, the attorney general or any other person by them authorized therefor shall commence an action thereon and prosecute it to final judgment, execution and satisfaction.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 4 - First Deputy Treasurer; Duties; Absence, Disability or Removal of Treasurer

Section 4. If any person represents on oath that the treasurer is incapacitated by reason of mental illness or manifestly insolvent, or has absconded or concealed himself, or is absent from the commonwealth or from the duties of his office to the hazard of the public treasury, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, if upon examination such representation appears to be true, may designate the first deputy treasurer, upon his giving bond to the commonwealth for the faithful performance of his duties in a sum and with sureties approved by them, to perform the duties of the office until the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, otherwise orders.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 5 - Deputies and Assistants; Appointment; Bond; Duties; Compensation; Veterans' Preference; Civil Service

Section 5. The state treasurer may appoint and may for cause remove a first, second, third, fourth and fifth deputy treasurer and shall prescribe their respective duties. During the illness, absence or other disability of the treasurer, his official duties shall be performed by the said deputies in the order of seniority. The state treasurer may from time to time authorize a deputy treasurer of the department to exercise in his name any power or to perform in his name any duty which is or shall be assigned to said treasurer by any provision of law, and may at any time revoke any such authority. The treasurer may employ in his department the necessary personnel to assist him in the performance of his duties and expend for other assistance such sums as may be appropriated therefor. Said treasurer may, however, employ a retirement administrator to assist him in the performance of his duties in connection with the board of retirement. He may employ a suitable person whom, upon his written recommendation, the governor may appoint as a special state police officer for a term of three years unless sooner removed; in employing said person preference shall be given to persons who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war and have been honorably discharged from such service or released from active duty therein. All said employees shall give bond to the commonwealth, with sureties to be approved by the treasurer, for the faithful performance of their duties. The treasurer shall establish the salaries, duties and personnel regulations of all officers and employees within the department of the state treasurer; provided, however, that the salaries of said officers and employees shall not exceed the sum annually appropriated therefor by the general court. The provisions of sections nine A and forty-five of chapter thirty, chapter thirty-one and chapter one hundred and fifty E shall not apply to officers and employees within the department of the state treasurer.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 5a - Annual Personnel Report

Section 5A. The state treasurer shall file an annual report not later than the first Wednesday in February with the senate and house committees on ways and means containing the job classification, duties and salary of each officer and employee within the department and all personnel regulations established pursuant to section five. The treasurer shall file amendments to such report with the senate and house committees on ways and means whenever any changes become effective.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 5c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 5c - Investment Division; Responsibilities

Section 5C. The state treasurer shall establish an investment division, under the direction of a deputy state treasurer, for investments, who shall be responsible for the investment of all state funds under the custody of the state treasurer, including without limitation temporary cash investment.  The state treasurer may retain such professional investment counsel or other counsel to evaluate and recommend policies for cash and investment management for the commonwealth or its subdivisions.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 7 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Soldiers' Homes

Section 7. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money paid for the benefit of the Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts and of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke under authority of any act of congress, and such funds shall, subject to appropriation, be available for expenditure for the maintenance of said institutions.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 8 - Receipt of Federal Funds for Highways

Section 8. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money payable to the commonwealth under any act of congress for the construction of any highways therein. The sums so received shall be credited to the Highway Fund.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 8a - Receipt of Federal Funds for Forest Fire Prevention

Section 8A. He shall receive from the United States all sums of money payable to the commonwealth under any act of congress, providing for co-operation in the prevention of forest fires, by way of reimbursement for sums expended by the commonwealth on account of such prevention, or otherwise, and any sums allotted to the commonwealth for the purpose of protecting, preserving or developing its woodlands.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 9 - Accounts; Overdue Bonds, Notes and Securities; Transmission to Attorney General and Committees on Ways and Means

Section 9. He shall annually, on the first Monday of May, transmit to the attorney general and the house and senate committees on ways and means an account of bonds, notes and securities in the treasury in which the commonwealth is interested and on which the principal or interest remains due and unpaid or of which the conditions have not been performed, classifying them under distinct heads.
MA Gen L ch 10 § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer|Section 9a - Debt Statements

Section 9A. A debt statement shall be forwarded on a quarterly basis to the state treasurer, comptroller and the house and senate committees on ways and means by those agencies of the commonwealth and authorities identified by the comptroller under subsection (c) of section 12 of chapter 7A, having authority to issue notes or bonds. Said debt statement shall be certified by an authorized official of said agency or authority. Such debt statement shall include authorized, unissued and outstanding bonds and notes of the authority or agency as of the first day of each quarter. Said debt statement shall include the debt service requirements of both principal and interest for the subsequent 24–month period and an estimate of the date and principal amount of bonds and notes to be sold in the subsequent 12–month period. Said debt statement shall be filed under rules and regulations prescribed by the state treasurer.