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2023 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 131d - Monthly Advancements to h.h.s.; Audit

Section 131D. There shall be advanced from the state treasury to the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services prior to the first day of each month an amount equal to said Secretary's estimate of state supplementary payments for the blind for such month. The commissioner shall conduct, once in each fiscal year, an audit of such payments made by said Secretary on behalf of the commonwealth.
2023 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 131e - Medical Assistance Program; Eligibility

Section 131E. The commission shall administer a program of medical assistance for blind persons who reside in the commonwealth which shall in all respects be consistent with title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and amendments thereto, and with chapter one hundred and eighteen E and the state medical care plan and regulations established thereunder. The benefits of the program shall be available to all persons eligible for supplemental security income payments on account of blindness under the provisions of title XVI of the federal Social Security Act or for assistance under section one hundred and thirty-one. Such benefits shall be available to all others who would be eligible for financial assistance under either of the foregoing provisions but for income or resources, provided they meet the requirements of financial eligibility established pursuant to said chapter one hundred and eighteen E.
2023 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 131f - Fraudulent Procuring of Payments; Penalties

Section 131F. Any person or institution which knowingly makes a false representation to the commissioner or his agents, for the purpose of causing any persons, including the person making such representations, to be supported in whole or in part by the commonwealth, or for the purpose of procuring a payment under this chapter, or by fraudulent means obtains any such payment, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year.
2023 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 131g - Vouchers Submitted by Vendors

Section 131G. All vouchers submitted by a vendor under the medical assistance program authorized by section one hundred and thirty-one E shall be signed under the penalties of perjury; provided, however, that an institution, as defined in clause (d) of section two of chapter one hundred and eighteen E, may, in lieu of this requirement, agree in writing with the commissioner that its books and records will be available for inspection at all reasonable times by the commissioner with respect to services rendered under said assistance program.
2023 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 131h - Violations by Vendor; Ineligibility Period

Section 131H. Any vendor procuring a payment under the medical assistance program authorized by section one hundred and thirty-one E who violates any of the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-one F shall be ineligible to participate further in the program for a period of three years next subsequent to the date of said violation. However, a vendor shall not be considered in violation of section one hundred and thirty-one F upon submission of proof, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, that such violation was due solely to a clerical or administrative error.
2023 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 131i - Return of Payments by Ineligible Recipients or Vendors Required

Section 131I. Any recipient or vendor who receives any payment under this chapter to which he is not entitled, shall return such payment to the commonwealth by paying the same to the state treasurer as soon as demand is made upon him.
2023 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 131j - Rules and Regulations for Administration of Secs. 129 to 149

Section 131J. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary or desirable for the administration of sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive.
2023 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 132 - Advances to Commissioner

Section 132. There may be advanced annually to the commissioner from the state treasury, from the amount appropriated for the maintenance of the industries established by the commissioner such sum, approved by the governor, as may be necessary to be used as a working capital for said industries. Said sum when drawn from the treasury shall be deposited in a national bank or trust company to the credit of the commissioner, who shall give a bond in such sum and with sureties as the governor may approve.
2023 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 133 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 133a to 133f

Section 133. The following words and phrases, wherever used in sections one hundred and thirty-three A to one hundred and thirty-three F, inclusive, shall unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context have the following meanings:
(1) ''Blind persons'', a person who, after examination by a physician or by an optometrist, whichever such person shall select, has been determined to have
(a) not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or
(b) an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees.
(2) ''Commission'', the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
(3) ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind.
(4) ''Jurisdiction'', the control of the maintenance, operation and protection of public buildings and property of the commonwealth.
(5) ''Public buildings or property'', any building, land, or other real property owned by any department or agency of the commonwealth, or any counties thereof, with the exception of any building, land, or other real property under the jurisdiction of any state university or state institution of higher learning.
(6) ''Vending facility'', snack bars, cart service, shelters, counters, and such other appropriate auxiliary equipment which may be operated by blind licensees and which is necessary for the sale of newspapers, periodicals, confections, tobacco products, foods, beverages, and other articles or services dispensed automatically or manually and prepared on or off the premises in accordance with all applicable health laws, and including the vending or exchange of chances for any lottery authorized by law, and conducted by any agency of the commonwealth.
(7) ''Vendor'', a blind person licensed by the commission for the blind to operate a vending facility under the terms of the Randolph–Shepard Act.
(8) ''Randolph–Shepard Act'', the Randolph–Shepard Vending Stand Act (Pub. L. 74–732) as amended by Pub. L. 83–565 and Pub. L. 93–516, 20 U.S.C. Ch. 6A, Sec. 107.
(9) ''Randolph–Shepard Vending Facilities Program'', the program for the operation of vending facilities by blind persons established by the Randolph–Shepard Act.
(10) ''State licensing agency'', the state agency designated by the Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration under the regulations implementing the Randolph–Shepard Act to issue licenses to blind persons for the operation of vending facilities on federal and other property.
2023 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 133a - Duties of Officers, Boards or Authorities in Charge of State Buildings or Property

Section 133A. The officer, board or other authority in charge of any buildings or property of the commonwealth, or any county thereof, with the exception of any building, land, or other real property under the jurisdiction of any state university or state institution of higher learning, notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary:
(1) Shall adopt such policies and take such actions as may be necessary to assure that blind persons licensed by the commission for the blind will be given preference in the establishment and operation of vending facilities on property under their jurisdiction.
(2) Shall cooperate with the commission in surveys of property and buildings under their control in order to find suitable locations for the operation of vending facilities by blind persons, and after it has been determined that there is need for a vending facility and after the commission has determined that such a facility may be properly and satisfactorily operated by a blind person, shall cooperate with the commission in the installation of such vending facility.
(3) Shall no later than December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighty-three, notify the commission in writing of any and all existing locations where vending facilities might be operated by the commission under the Randolph-Shepard Vending Facility Program.
(4) Shall no less than thirty days prior to the reactivation or licensing for the operation of any vending facility inform the commission of such contemplated action.
2023 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 133b - Powers and Duties of Commission

Section 133B. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the commission:
(1) Shall prescribe such regulations as are consistent with the Randolph-Shepard act and may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this act.
(2) Shall conduct surveys to find locations where vending facilities may be properly and satisfactorily operated by blind persons who are participants in the Randolph-Shepard Vending Facilities Program and shall establish vending facilities as it deems appropriate.
(3) Shall provide such management and supervisory services as it deems necessary to assure that each vending facility will be operated in the most effective and productive manner possible.
(4) Shall provide plans and specifications for proposed vending facilities and equipment to the appropriate officer, board or authority for approval prior to installation, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(5) Shall take any such other action as the commissioner may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
2023 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 133c - New Construction, Remodeling, Etc. of Public Buildings or Properties, Vending Facilities

Section 133C. To effectuate further the purposes of this act, when new construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement of public buildings or properties with the exception of any building, land, or other real property under the jurisdiction of any state university or state institution of higher learning is authorized, the agency directing such construction, remodeling, leasing, acquisition or improvement, shall, when plans include provisions to dispense food products, make available suitable space and facilities for vending facilities to be operated therein by blind persons licensed by the commission for the blind pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
2023 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 133d - Rental or Other Charge for Operation of Vending Facility

Section 133D. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, no rental or other charge shall be demanded, assessed, exacted, required or received for the granting of authority to a vendor licensed by the commission for the blind to operate a vending facility pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
2023 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 133e - Existing Vending Facilities; Removal or Nonrenewal of Lease

Section 133E. In buildings and properties where a vending facility now exists the present operator shall not be removed nor shall he be precluded in any way from exercising any renewal of his existing lease.
2023 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 133g - Braille Instruction for Registrants; Assessment

Section 133G. The Massachusetts commission for the blind shall offer Braille instruction to its registrants; provided, however, that at a minimum such instruction shall be available at sufficient frequency and duration to afford such registrants an opportunity to learn Braille at the grade two Braille level. Vocational rehabilitation and independent living programs provided by the commission shall include within standard client evaluation a written assessment of the appropriateness of Braille instruction. Such assessment shall include: (i) the person's efficiency in reading and writing print as compared with a person of similar intellectual ability; (ii) the person's stamina in using print before fatigue occurs; and (iii) the person's prognosis for further sight loss. For purposes of this section ''grade two Braille'' shall mean a system of Braille used by the Library of Congress for the production of Braille materials, in which short forms and contractions of words or groups of words are used regularly.
2023 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 134 - Purchase of Articles Made by Blind Persons for Use in State and Other Public Institutions; Release

Section 134. The state purchasing agent, such officers in charge of state institutions as may be authorized by him to make purchases and officers in charge of other public institutions shall purchase brooms, mops and other supplies, other than products of prison labor, from the commission of the blind; provided, that the commission has the same for sale and that they were assembled, manufactured or otherwise produced by persons under the supervision of the commission or in industrial schools or workshops under its supervision. Said purchasing agent and officers shall, when employing persons for piano tuning, cane seating or mattress renovating, employ persons who are under the supervision of said commission or who work in any such industrial school or workshop. Any officer who wilfully refuses or neglects to comply with any requirement of this section relative to the purchase of articles and employment of persons shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars. The term ''public institutions'', as used in this section, shall include all offices, departments and institutions of the several counties, cities and towns. The commissioner may issue a release from the provisions of this section upon request of the purchasing officer of a county, city or town, when convenience or emergency requires it.
2023 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 135 - Register of the Blind; Identification Card; Acceptance to Verify Identity; Information Displayed; Fee

Section 135. The commissioner of the commission for the blind shall maintain a register of the blind in the commonwealth which shall describe therein the condition, cause of blindness and capacity for education and industrial training. Said register shall be maintained on a current basis so as to give information which will aid in planning improved facilities and services to the blind and restoration and conservation of sight. Any identification card issued by said commissioner providing that a blind person may receive free transportation shall not contain any statement requiring that the blind person shall be accompanied by a guide.
The contents of the register shall be released only under such circumstances and conditions as the commissioner may establish by regulation.
Any person who accepts a motor vehicle operator's license to verify the identity of another person for the purpose of granting credit and, including but not limited to, the cashing of checks, shall extend the same acceptance to the identification card issued by the commission under this section to legally blind residents of the commonwealth.
Identification cards issued by the commission under this section shall display, with the exception of class of operator, the same information as appears on a Massachusetts motor vehicle operator's license.
2023 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 136 - Reports of Medical Authorities Establishing Blindness

Section 136. Whenever, upon examination at a clinic, hospital or other institution, or elsewhere, by a physician or optometrist, the visual acuity of any person is found to be with correction 20/200 or less in the better eye, or the peripheral field of his vision to have contracted to the ten degrees radius or less regardless of visual acuity, the superintendent of such institution, or the physician, optometrist or other person who conducted or was in charge of the examination if it took place elsewhere than in such an institution, shall within thirty days report to the commissioner the result of the examination and that blindness of the person has been established.
The failure to report to the commissioner within said thirty days shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.
2023 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 137 - Applicants for Medical Assistance Who Do Not Qualify for Cash Assistance Under Sec. 131; Determination as ''blind''

Section 137. Upon receipt of an application for medical assistance from a blind individual who does not qualify for cash assistance under the provisions of section one hundred and thirty-one, the commission shall determine whether said individual meets the definition of ''blind'' in title XVI of the federal Social Security Act and the regulations established thereunder.
2023 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 138 - Solicitations for Benefit of Blind; License; Appeal From Refusal to Issue

Section 138. The commissioner, upon written application stating the purpose and manner of raising funds, the time during which it is proposed to solicit, and the time and place of any proposed entertainment or game, may issue licenses to raise funds for the benefit of the blind. He may order a hearing on any such application, and may require such public notice thereof to be given as he deems expedient. If the commissioner has reasonable grounds for believing that a violation of law is intended, or that the granting of the license will not be for the public interest, he may refuse to issue the same. Every such license shall contain the name of the applicant, the purpose for which it is granted, and the period, which shall not exceed one year, for which it is issued. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the commissioner to issue such a license may appeal to the advisory board of the commission, whose decision shall be final.
2023 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 139 - Prohibition on Solicitation for Benefit of Blind Without a License; Statement and Display of License

Section 139. No person shall offer for sale tags, tickets, souvenirs, or other merchandise, or conduct an entertainment or game, or otherwise solicit funds, for the benefit of any blind person or group of blind persons, without a license under section one hundred and thirty-eight. Whoever receives such a license shall cause to appear upon every article sold thereunder, and shall post in a conspicuous place near the entrance of any building where an entertainment or game is to be held thereunder, a statement that such sale, entertainment or game has been duly licensed by the commissioner, and shall comply with all rules and regulations made by said commissioner under authority of section one hundred and forty.
2023 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 140 - Rules and Regulations Relative to Fund Raising for Blind; Provision for Penalties

Section 140. The commissioner may make rules and regulations relative to the conduct of sales, entertainments, soliciting campaigns and other methods of raising funds for the benefit of blind persons, and may by such rules and regulations limit the amount of commissions and other compensation to be received by persons engaged in raising such funds. Such rules and regulations may provide penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding a fine of five hundred dollars for any particular offense.
2023 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 141 - Penalty for Violation of Rules Regulating Solicitations for Blind

Section 141. Whoever violates any provision of section one hundred and thirty-nine shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year, or both. A conviction of any such violation shall be reported forthwith by the court or magistrate to the commissioner, who may revoke the license of any licensed person so convicted.
2023 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 142 - Exemptions and Inapplicability of Sections Governing Solicitation for Blind

Section 142. Sections one hundred and thirty-eight to one hundred and forty-one, inclusive, shall not apply to Perkins School for the Blind, or to any organization incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth prior to January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and theretofore engaged in work for the blind; nor shall the provision of said sections restrict any blind person in the pursuit of a gainful occupation if he does not hold out his blindness as an inducement of patronage, or prohibit the featuring of blind artists at duly licensed places of amusements, or at entertainments for the benefit of charitable, benevolent or religious organizations not subject to said sections.
2023 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 143 - Schools and Workshops

Section 143. The commissioner shall, with the approval of the governor, establish, equip and maintain schools for the industrial training of blind persons and workshops for their training and employment. He may pay suitable wages to the employees of such schools and workshops and may devise means for the sale and distribution of products of such schools and workshops.
The commissioner shall establish standards for the assignment and compensation of blind workers and trainees, for the closure of such workshops as he determines are incapable of becoming financially viable, and the transfer of blind workers to private nonprofit, or similar, workshops for the employment of handicapped persons. Any blind worker so transferred may elect, in lieu of accepting such transfer, to retire under the provisions of chapter six hundred and sixty-nine of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-seven and shall, regardless of age or years in employment, be regarded as meeting the eligibility requirements of that statute.
No blind worker or trainee shall be compensated according to a standard which results in that person receiving less than the minimum wage required by 29 USC 206.
2023 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 144 - Support of Workmen and Pupils at Workshops; Pupils From Other States

Section 144. The commissioner may provide or pay for temporary lodgings and temporary support for workmen or pupils received at any industrial school or workshop and may contribute to the support of pupils from the commonwealth receiving instruction in institutions outside thereof. The commissioner, with the advice of the advisory board, may subsidize the earnings of blind employees in any such school or workshop. He may receive in schools established by the commission pupils from other states upon the payment of such fees as it may determine.
2023 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 145 - Study of Problems Relating to Blindness; Investigations; Contact With Physicians and Other Qualified Facilities

Section 145. (a) The commission shall continuously study the problems relating to blindness and make investigations, demonstrations and reports thereon, and shall establish and maintain contact with physicians and other qualified persons or facilities available to render competent services to the blind.
(b) The commission may establish and operate rehabilitation facilities and workshops for the blind, and make grants to public and contracts with private nonprofit organizations for such purposes and employ such other means as the commissioner may deem appropriate for the amelioration of the condition of blindness.
(c) The commission may supervise the operation of small business enterprises established to provide employment for blind persons.
(d) The commission shall make an annual report.
2023 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 146 - Commission Divisions or Bureaus; Organizations and Functions

Section 146. There shall be in the commission such divisions or bureaus as the commissioner shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive. The commissioner shall organize such divisions or bureaus and may assign to them such functions as he deems advisable.
2023 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 147 - Cooperation With Federal Departments; Development of State Plans

Section 147. In carrying out the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, the commission shall cooperate with the secretaries of the United States Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and shall develop state plans including such methods of administration as are found by said secretaries and the commission to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of said sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive, to assure that the benefits of all federal laws may be available to the commonwealth and its citizens.
2023 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 148 - Acceptance and Use of Gifts

Section 148. The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and use gifts made unconditionally by will or otherwise for carrying out the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one hundred and forty-nine, inclusive. Gifts made under such conditions as in the judgment of the commission are proper and consistent with said provisions may be so accepted and shall be held, invested, reinvested and the principal and interest may be used in accordance with the conditions of the gift and may be expended under the order or the approval of the commission without specific appropriation.
2023 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 149 - Records Concerning Blind Persons; Custody, Use and Preservation

Section 149. The commission shall have power to establish and to enforce reasonable rules and regulations governing the custody, use and preservation of the records, papers and files and communications of the commission concerning blind persons. No other department, bureau or agency of the commonwealth or of any political subdivision thereof, which, under any provision of law is furnished with the names of recipients of aid to the blind, shall permit the publication of lists of such names or make use thereof for purposes not directly connected with the administration of aid to the blind.
2023 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 156a - Proposal Review Board; Members; Powers, Etc.

Section 156A. There shall be a proposal review board to consist of the chairman of the committee on criminal justice, the attorney general, and nine other members of the committee designated annually by the governor which shall include the following: a member of the general court, a chief executive officer of a city or a selectman, a representative of the police, a representative of the courts, a representative of a prosecution or defense agency, a representative of the correction, probation or parole departments, a member engaged in work with or concerning juvenile delinquents, and two of the four members of the committee who are not officers or employees of the commonwealth nor any political subdivision thereof. The chairman of the committee on criminal justice shall also serve as chairman of the proposal review board. The proposal review board shall evaluate and approve or disapprove competitive applications to the committee for funding. Proposal review board members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred as proposal review board members. Five members shall constitute a quorum. The proposal review board shall meet at the call of the chairman as may be necessary to conduct its business.
2023 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 156b - Executive Director; Qualifications; Duties; Staff; Compensation

Section 156B. There shall be an executive director of the committee, hereinafter referred to as the executive director. He shall be appointed and may be removed by the governor, who shall select his appointee from among candidates recommended by the committee. The executive director 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. The executive director shall be qualified by training and experience in the field of criminal justice, and preferably shall be experienced in the planning, development and evaluation of criminal justice services and programs. He shall be the chief administrative and executive officer of the committee. He shall attend the meetings of the committee, and shall report to the committee upon the performance by the staff of their duties. The executive director shall, with the approval of the governor, establish such staff positions and employ such administrative, research, technical, legal, clerical, and other personnel and consultants as may be necessary to perform the duties of the committee. Such personnel shall receive such compensation as the executive director, with the approval of the governor, shall from time to time fix, and shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or of section nine A of chapter thirty.
2023 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 157 - American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission

Section 157. There shall be an American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission to consist of seven members, all of whom shall be American citizens descended from Canadians of French ancestry and residents of the commonwealth, to be appointed by the governor for terms of seven years. The governor shall designate one of the members as chairman and shall fill vacancies for the unexpired term. The members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Said commission shall establish, maintain and develop cultural ties between French-Canadians and Franco-Americans; foster a special interest in the historical and cultural background of both groups, as well as in the economic, political, social and artistic life of the countries here involved; and shall help establish or promote French language programs in the schools of the commonwealth.
2023 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 159 - Council on Juvenile Behavior

Section 159. There shall be a state council on juvenile behavior in this section and in section one hundred and sixty called the council, to consist of the attorney general or his designee, the commissioner of youth services and thirteen persons to be appointed by the governor, one of said appointees shall be experienced in law enforcement in the field of juvenile delinquency, one shall be trained in child psychology, one in the education of delinquent children, one in social welfare, families and juvenile problems, one shall be a psychiatrist with a knowledge of the juvenile and adolescent mind, one shall represent the juvenile courts, one shall represent the federal office of economic opportunity as it affects juveniles and adolescents, one shall represent public child welfare agencies, one shall represent private child welfare agencies, and one shall be a member of the bar experienced in the law and court procedures relating to juvenile delinquency or juvenile behavioral problems. The governor shall designate one of the appointive members as chairman of the council. Upon the expiration of the term of an appointive member his successor shall be appointed for a term of five years. The members of the council shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. The council shall appoint an executive secretary who shall have had at least ten years of experience in juvenile delinquency work and who shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one. The executive secretary shall receive a salary of seventeen thousand two hundred and thirty-nine dollars.
2023 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 160 - Duties; Quarters; Clerical Assistants

Section 160. The council shall from time to time examine the laws and procedures relating to the correction and prevention of juvenile delinquency and the degree of rehabilitation of juvenile offenders, with a view to advising the justices of the juvenile courts of matters affecting juvenile behavior, and to revising the laws relative to the treatment and disposition of juvenile offenders. Said council shall be provided with quarters in the state house or in the state office building, and may appoint such clerical assistants as may be necessary.
2023 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 161 - Report

Section 161. The council shall annually, not later than the fourth Wednesday of April file a written report with the respective clerks of the senate and house of representatives which shall contain a reporting and analysis of the incidence and disposition of juvenile offenses during the preceding calendar year in every court in the commonwealth in which said matters are heard. Said report shall indicate the types of offenses charged together with the number of each such offenses heard in each of the several courts, with particular emphasis on providing data for the determination of the need for the establishment of additional juvenile courts and any changes in the needs of those juvenile courts already in existence.
2023 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 162 - Advisory Board on Compensation of Officials; Establishment; Appointment of Members; Duties; Report; Compensation and Expenses

Section 162. There shall be an advisory board on compensation of officials, consisting of 5 members appointed by the governor. The board shall study the adequacy of compensation of officials and shall submit a report, including recommendations, to the general court the results of its study and its recommendations, if any, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives on or before the first Wednesday in December of each odd-numbered year. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
2023 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 163 - Management Engineering Task Force

Section 163. There shall be a board to be known as the Management Engineering Task Force to consist of not more than forty-five members, the number of which shall vary from time to time based on the magnitude of the work and number of departments to be surveyed as determined by the governor. Said members shall be representatives of the business and professional community of the commonwealth and shall be appointed annually by the governor for terms of one year. Said board shall make survey reports and recommendations on the operation of those departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth as the governor shall designate, shall study the management techniques and procedures used by the commonwealth and recommend any changes which improve the utilization of manpower and eliminate inefficiency and waste and shall make such other studies as it may deem to be in the best interest of the commonwealth.
Said board shall make its reports and recommendations to the secretary of the executive office which includes the departments, divisions and agencies of the commonwealth surveyed by such board, on or before October the thirtieth of each year. The secretary shall report to the governor on the findings of said task force, together with his recommendations on those findings, by the fourth Wednesday in December, and shall file copies thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate.
2023 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 165 - Duties

Section 165. The Massachusetts fire training council shall be the sole certifying agency for the certification and training of all levels of fire service personnel within the commonwealth and shall have statutory responsibility for the following:
(1) the establishment and certification of firefighting standards for recruit firefighters and a uniform training curriculum for all other levels of fire service personnel;
(2) the establishment of requirements for instructors employed in the Massachusetts firefighting academy;
(3) the establishment and promulgation of such rules and regulations for the operation of the Massachusetts firefighting academy;
(4) the location of the Massachusetts firefighting academy and area training centers;
(5) the establishment of standards for conducting training by the Massachusetts firefighting academy; and
(6) an annual review and approval of standards and the courses and curriculum offered by the Massachusetts firefighting academy.
The council shall consult and cooperate with any employing fire service agency, state university, college, community college, regional vocational school or other educational institution and the division of personnel administration concerning the development of firefighter training standards and facilities.
The council may provide for such necessary services to local fire training centers as are needed to meet standards established pursuant to this section.
The council may delegate to the director of the Massachusetts firefighting academy any such authority it deems appropriate for the operation of said academy.