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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 10 - Construction

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 10. Wherever, in any general or special law, there are used the following words:-- (a) division of housing, (b) division of urban renewal, (c) bureau of relocation, (d) bureau of project development services, (e) bureau of construction services, (f) bureau of property management services, (g) bureau of community programs, (h) bureau of financial assistance, (i) state housing board, (j) bureau of planning assistance, (k) commonwealth service corps, (l) bureau of housing for the handicapped, or (m) words having the same connotation, said words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the department of housing and community development established by this chapter. Any reference in any general or special law to the administrative head of any of the agencies enumerated in the foregoing paragraph, or to the commissioner of community affairs, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the director of housing and community development or such officer or employee of the department of housing and community development as the director from time to time may designate.
Chapter 23B: Section 10. Construction
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 107 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 10. Wherever, in any general or special law, there are used the following words:-- (a) division of housing, (b) division of urban renewal, (c) bureau of relocation, (d) bureau of project development services, (e) bureau of construction services, (f) bureau of property management services, (g) bureau of community programs, (h) bureau of financial assistance, (i) state housing board, (j) bureau of planning assistance, (k) commonwealth service corps, (l) bureau of housing for the handicapped, (m) department of community affairs, (n) executive office of communities and development; (o) department of housing and community development, or (p) words having the same connotation, said words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the executive office of housing and livable communities established by this chapter and in section 16G 1/2 of chapter 6A. Any reference in any general or special law to the administrative head of any of the agencies enumerated in the foregoing paragraph shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the secretary of housing and livable communities or such officer or employee of the executive office of housing and livable communities as the secretary from time to time may designate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 12 - Urban Job Incentive Bureau; Programs

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. Repealed by 2023, 7, Sec. 111. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 12. There shall be in the Massachusetts office of business development an urban job incentive bureau. The bureau shall initiate, organize, develop and coordinate a statewide manpower employment assistance and training program designed to enlarge and improve the skills of the work force, especially those within urban areas containing sections of substantial poverty.
In the development of such a manpower program, the bureau shall coordinate with all existing state agencies including, but not limited to, the division of apprentice training in the department of labor and workforce development, the bureau of vocational education in the department of education and the rehabilitation commission, and with all individual or agency manpower and training programs sponsored, directed or funded by the federal government operating within the commonwealth. The bureau shall keep an inventory of all such programs and make an evaluation of their applicability to persons from sections of substantial poverty and the numbers of persons placed in employment during and immediately after the completion of each respective program. It shall, from time to time, determine and designate eligible sections of substantial poverty and it shall approve and certify the training or assistance programs which are to be utilized or undertaken by an eligible business facility.
In addition, it shall submit to the governor and the general court on or before the first Wednesday in December, nineteen hundred and seventy-one, and on an annual basis thereafter, a recommended program for improving state manpower development programs, especially in urban areas containing sections of substantial poverty. In developing such a program, it shall consider, but not be limited to, the advisability and feasibility of adopting or assisting in the adoption of new or more practical methods of vocational training and guidance, rehabilitation methods, special transportation opportunities, training allowances, support for special recruitment by existing agencies and other means of further involving private and public employers in employing persons from areas containing sections of substantial poverty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 13a - Eligible Section of Substantial Poverty

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. Repealed by 2023, 7, Sec. 111. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 13A. For the purposes solely of a determination of the Bureau with reference to an application for a renewal or extension of a certificate of eligibility pursuant to the provisions of clauses (a) and (b) of section fifteen, including, but only insofar as related to such a determination, for the purposes of clauses (c), (d), and (f) of section eleven, section thirteen, clause (d) of section fifteen, and section thirty-eight F of chapter sixty-three, the term "eligible section of substantial poverty,'' shall include, in addition to the areas currently defined by clause (a) of section eleven, such areas as had formerly been determined by the bureau pursuant to section twelve as satisfying the requirements of said clause (a) of section eleven for a taxable year prior to the taxable year for which such renewal or extension is sought; provided, that the applicant for such renewal or extension had, in such prior taxable year, operated a business facility located in a city or town which contained such eligible section or in a municipality which was contiguous to a city or town which contained such eligible section and, otherwise satisfying the requirements of section thirteen for such prior taxable year, had been properly issued a certificate of eligibility or renewal or extension thereof by the bureau for such prior taxable year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 14 - Certificate of Eligible Business Facility; Application

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. Repealed by 2023, 7, Sec. 111. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 14. Any corporation, with respect to any business facility which it owns or operates and which meets the requirements of section thirteen may file with the bureau an application for a certificate that such facility is an eligible business facility. Such application shall be in such form and shall contain such information, exhibits and supporting data as the bureau may prescribe.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 24a - Fuel Assistance and Weatherization Assistance Programs; Coordination

Section 24A. Subgrantees of fuel assistance programs shall provide written notice of the existence of weatherization assistance programs when such programs are available to all recipients of fuel assistance, and shall provide written notice of the names of said recipients to weatherization assistance program subgrantees.
Subgrantees of the weatherization assistance program shall provide written notice of the existence of said program to all recipients of the fuel assistance program within six months of the receipt of the name of said recipient from the subgrantee providing fuel assistance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 26 - Public Purpose for State Assisted Rental Housing

Section 26. It is hereby found and declared that there now exists in many cities and towns in the commonwealth an acute shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons and families of low or moderate income and others. That this shortage is inimical to the safety, health, morals and welfare of the residents of the commonwealth and the sound growth of communities therein.
That a large and significant number of commonwealth residents have and will be subject to hardship in finding decent, safe and sanitary housing unless new facilities are constructed and existing housing, where appropriate is rehabilitated. Unless the supply of housing is increased significantly and expeditiously, a large number of residents of the commonwealth, especially low or moderate income persons or families, will be compelled to live in unsanitary, overcrowded and unsafe conditions to the detriment of the health, welfare and well-being of these persons and of the whole community of which they are a part. By increasing the housing supply of the commonwealth, the clearance, replanning, development and redevelopment of blighted areas will be aided, and the critical shortage of adequate housing will be ameliorated.
It is further found and declared that this public exigency, emergency and distress has not been met in any way by private agencies. Private enterprise, without the assistance contemplated in this chapter cannot achieve the construction of decent, safe and sanitary housing at rentals which persons and families of low or moderate income can afford in situations where permanent betterment of living conditions is to be hoped for. Moreover, experience has demonstrated that concentration of low income persons and families even in standard structures built with public subsidy does not eliminate slum conditions. It is, therefore, imperative that private enterprise be encouraged to build housing which will prevent the recurrence of slum conditions and assist in their permanent elimination by housing persons of varied economic means in the same project and neighborhoods, and which will promote the development, or redevelopment of blighted open areas, decadent or substandard areas by eliminating blight, decay or deterioration in such areas, or the imminent threat of such blight, decay or deterioration in such areas.
It is hereby further found and declared that the authority and powers conferred under this chapter and the expenditure of public monies pursuant thereto constitutes a serving of a valid public purpose and the enactment of the provisions hereinafter set forth is in the public interest and is hereby so declared to be such as a matter of determination by the general court.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 1a - Declaration of Need for Employment Skills Training and Education; Findings

Section 1A. It is hereby found and declared that:
There exists in the commonwealth a critical shortage of training and education programs necessary to meet the growing needs of business and industry for skilled employees and the corresponding needs of our people for opportunities for new or more rewarding employment.
As a result of this shortage, business and industry is unable to obtain sufficient numbers of qualified employees for continued operation and expansion within the commonwealth, of our people, particularly those who are victims of economic dislocation, and those minority and economically disadvantaged groups, are denied significant and substantial employment opportunities.
The loss of economic and employment activity from the commonwealth contributes to a decline in the tax base, leads to unemployment and underemployment of our people, causes an increase in welfare and unemployment costs, and constitutes a threat to the general welfare of the entire commonwealth.
This shortage is occasioned by the inability of educational institutions to secure the resources necessary for the development and substantial expansion of programs of skills training and education which are consistent with employment need;
Business and industry is the primary source of employment information, technical assistance and financial support required for such program development and expansion;
Business and industry supports educational institutions, through increased and more comprehensive relationships of cooperation and assistance, is necessary to enable educational institutions to meet the needs of business and industry for skilled employees and the needs of our people for new or more rewarding employment opportunities;
Educational institutions are unable to attract sufficient support from business and industry within the limits of their existing resources and through the normal operation of the private enterprise system.
It is an important function of government to increase opportunities for gainful employment, to assist in promoting a productive and expanding economy, to encourage the flow of business and industry support to educational institutions, and otherwise to improve the prosperity and general welfare of the inhabitants of the commonwealth.
Therefore, it is found that it is in the public interest of the commonwealth to promote the prosperity and general welfare of its citizens, a public purpose for which public money may be expended, to encourage and facilitate the formation of comprehensive cooperative relationships between business and industry and educational institutions which provide for the development and significant expansion of programs of skills training and education consistent with employment needs, and to make interested individuals aware of the employment opportunities presented thereby.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 2 - Industrial Service Program; Rules; Procedures

Section 2. A Massachusetts industrial service program shall be established in the executive office of economic development, under the joint supervision of the director of business and technology, the director of the department of labor, and the director of workforce development.
The secretary, in consultation with the director of business and technology, the director of labor, and the director of workforce development, shall issue rules, regulations and procedures governing the application for and delivery of the services provided for in this section and sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and sections 24 to 26, inclusive, as necessary to carry out this chapter.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 5 - Private Consultants; Contracts

Section 5. In performing the duties pursuant to clause (a) of section four the director may contract with private consultants either for the purpose of assessing the viability of a business likely to experience a large loss of employment, plant closure, or failure, and developing an adjustment strategy to keep the business viable and maintain employment, or for the purpose of securing new ownership or new management or both necessary to keep the business in operation as a viable business and maintain employment; provided, however, that before contracting for such services, the director shall determine: (a) that business is unable to pay for these services; and (b) the director cannot obtain such services of sufficient quality and with sufficient speed from an existing state agency, department, office or quasi public corporation to properly perform said duties.
To perform the duties pursuant to clause (h) of section four, a technical assistance fund is hereby established to be used by the director to contract with private consultants solely for the purposes of assessing the feasibility of converting an existing business to an employee-owned business or for assessing the feasibility of establishing a start-up employee-owned business, and for providing other technical assistance to employee-owned businesses and employee-ownership projects including, but not limited to, legal assistance, marketing assistance and educational services; provided, however, that before contracting for such services, the director shall determine that:
(a) the employee-owned business or employee-ownership project is unable to pay for such services;
(b) such services cannot be obtained of sufficient quality and with sufficient speed from an existing state agency, department, office or quasi-public corporation to properly perform said duties; and
(c) the employee-owned business or employee-ownership project agrees to repay the program for the cost of the technical assistance provided the feasibility assessment is positive, based on terms and conditions established by the director.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 6 - Sale of Business; Notice to Employees; Assistance for Buyers

Section 6. In any case where the program, pursuant to clause (a) of section four is assisting a business to locate new owners, the office shall give priority to effectuating the sale of said business either to its employees or to a resident of Massachusetts. In such cases, the director shall inform the employees that the business is for sale, inform the employees of their opportunity to purchase the business, and provide the employees with the same assistance in purchasing said business for which other interested buyers may be eligible.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 7 - Documentary Materials, Data or Conversations Regarding Business Operations; Public Records

Section 7. Any documentary materials, data, or conversations whatsoever made or received by any employee of the program and consisting of, or to the extent that such materials, data, or conversations consist of, trade secrets or commercial or financial information regarding the operation of any business conducted by an applicant for assistance which the program is empowered to render or regarding the competitive position of such applicant in a particular field of endeavor, shall not be deemed public records of the program and specifically shall not be subject to the provisions of section ten of chapter sixty-six.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 16 - Employee&ndash;ownership Revolving Loan Fund

Section 16. There shall be established within the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation a separate fund to be known as the Employee–Ownership Revolving Loan Fund, the proceeds of which shall be used to provide low interest long term loans to individuals for the purchase of such individual's ownership interest in an employee-owned business. The fund shall consist of all monies designated for that fund by the board of directors of the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation in consultation with the director of the Massachusetts center for employee ownership.
Said board shall administer the employee-ownership revolving loan fund program. The application process and the terms and conditions of approving such loans shall be determined by the board in consultation with the director. Said fund shall be subject to the reporting and auditing requirements of section 56 of chapter 23A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 17 - Center for Employee Ownership; Purpose; Powers and Duties of Director

Section 17. (a) There is hereby established a Massachusetts center for employee ownership within the Massachusetts office of business development established pursuant to section 1 of chapter 23A. The Massachusetts center for employee ownership shall provide education, conduct outreach and promote efforts to create an overall environment in the commonwealth to: (i) expand and enhance employee ownership; (ii) increase the number of employee-owned companies; (iii) publicize and promote the benefits of employee involvement and ownership to policy makers and the general public; (iv) encourage collaborative outreach efforts regarding involvement and ownership in the workplace; (v) research and evaluate employee involvement and employee ownership in the commonwealth; (vi) showcase employee ownership initiatives in the commonwealth; (vii) facilitate and coordinate the sharing of existing information and resources; and (viii) provide grants pursuant to this chapter.
(b)(1) The director of the Massachusetts center for employee ownership shall have the power to hire staff, appoint any specific committee or task force and contract with consultants, agents or advisors deemed necessary to further the purposes of this section.
(2) The director may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source to further the work of the center; provided, however, that any money received shall be deposited with the state treasurer to be kept in a separate fund in the treasury to be named the Massachusetts Center for Employee Ownership Fund dedicated to the center and for expenditure without appropriation by the director of the center in accordance with the conditions of such a gift or grant. Amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years.
(3) The director shall issue rules, regulations and procedures governing the application for and delivery of services which are deemed necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the center.
(4) Annually, the director shall file a report with the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, including an inventory of employee-owned businesses in the state and the specific activities taken by the center to support and promote the transition of traditionally structured companies to an employee ownership model.
(5) The director shall be a full-time employee of the Massachusetts office of business development and shall be appointed by and report directly to the director of the Massachusetts office of business development.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 19 - Start-Up Programs; Requests for Grants; Memoranda of Understanding

Section 19. The director may promote and accept requests for grants for start-up employee involvement programs in state agencies, the majority of whose employees are not subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, authorities of the commonwealth, the Massachusetts board of regents of higher education or any institution under its authority, regional and municipal authorities, cities, towns, regional school districts and independent vocational schools. The school committee of a city or town may request such grants for the public school system under its control. Any such grant to cities and towns for such public school systems shall be deposited with the treasurer of such city or town to be expended by the school committee without further appropriation. Such grant requests shall include, but not be limited to, an approved statement of purpose and an implementation plan to which participating labor and employer representatives have committed themselves in writing. Said grants shall be on a matching basis with said participating state agency, the majority of whose employees are not subject to the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty E, authority of the commonwealth, Massachusetts board of regents of higher education, city, town, regional school district or independent vocational school funding. Said grants shall be used for, but not be limited to, training managers, union leadership and employees in employee involvement strategies and methods.
Said director is authorized to enter into memoranda of understanding with the state agencies including, but not limited to, the office of employee relations, the human resources division within the executive office for administration and finance and the board of conciliation and arbitration, which are already actively involved in coordinating the commonwealth's employee involvement program. Such memoranda of understanding shall include, but not be limited to, joint sponsorship of conferences, workshops, and education and outreach materials.
Said director shall develop memoranda of understanding with state agencies which are or might be involved with employee ownership, including agencies of the commonwealth which are involved with providing capital sources.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 20 - Assistance for Applicants; Outreach Program

Section 20. (a) The program of employee involvement and ownership shall assist applicants seeking to institute or implement employee-ownership projects by serving as an advocate for such applicants in obtaining financial and other assistance from private sources and from other governmental agencies. Said program shall make such applicants aware of the financial assistance available for qualified employee-ownership projects pursuant to this chapter and may, upon request, assist applicants in the preparation of applications for such financial assistance.
(b) Said program shall coordinate with and assist the board of directors of the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation in the approval process for persons and businesses seeking financial assistance pursuant to this chapter for employee-ownership projects.
(c) Said program shall compile and make available to applicants a directory of qualified vendors of professional services essential to employee-ownership projects.
(d) Said program may assist applicants seeking to institute or implement employee-ownership projects by making the staff of said program available for aid in the preparation of legal and other necessary documentation.
(e) Said program may design and implement a special outreach program to inform and educate potential retiring owners of small businesses about the benefits of employee-ownership. Said program shall include, but not be limited to, generating a list of closely held businesses domiciled in the commonwealth, developing information materials, explaining the benefits and assistance available to retiring owners interested in selling their businesses to the employees of the business, and targeting said informational materials to the identified small business owners.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 21 - Collective Bargaining Agents; Consent

Section 21. No applicant shall receive assistance or funding from the program of employee involvement and ownership without the written consent and participation of any collective bargaining agent for the employees of the applicant's employer and, where said employees are not represented by any collective bargaining agent, without the written consent and agreement of the employer as determined by said program.
The new owners of an employee-owned business that receive funds through the program of employee involvement and ownership or the economic stabilization trust, pursuant to this chapter, shall recognize that a condition of the receipt of any assistance including, but not limited to, a feasibility study, loan, financing or investment from said economic stabilization trust or program is the requirement that the new owners of said business shall retain and continue to recognize any duly certified collective bargaining agent and shall assume any existing contracts or other current agreement with employees, related to terms and conditions of work until the date of expiration of such contract or agreement.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 22 - Area Labor-Management Committees

Section 22. The program of employee involvement and ownership shall promote the creation of area labor-management committees and assist said committees in promoting employee involvement and ownership activities in manufacturing, service, and technical industries as well as in the public sector.
Said program may award grants to area labor-management committees on a competitive basis, promote the interaction of business and labor leaders in initiating employee involvement efforts, and perform other related matters.
Any area labor-management committees receiving such grants shall provide educational programs and outreach relating to employment involvement activities.
Said program shall provide technical support to said area labor-management committees, including staff training, public relations, developing educational materials and coordinating joint area labor-management committees' activities.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 23 - Retaliation for Participation or Nonparticipation

Section 23. No employee shall be disciplined, suspended, terminated, retaliated against or otherwise affected because of the employee's participation or nonparticipation in any employee involvement or employee ownership project or program or activity related to such project or program.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 25 - Notification to Department of Transitional Assistance and Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Section 25. Upon approval of a grant-in-aid application by the director, the program shall immediately provide notification of its decision to the department of transitional assistance and the department of labor and workforce development. Such notification shall include the following information regarding the supported program: the trade, occupation or profession with which the program is concerned; a description of the curriculum, the requirements for participation, and the procedures for making application; the duration of the program; a description of support services available to participants in the program; and any other information relevant to encouraging and facilitating the participation in the program of those in economic need.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 26 - Definition of Displaced Homemaker

Section 26. As used in sections twenty-seven to twenty-nine, inclusive, the following term shall have the following meaning:— ''Displaced homemaker'', an individual who has worked in the home for a substantial number of years providing unpaid household services for family members, has had, or would have, difficulty in securing employment; has been dependent on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by such income, has been dependent on government assistance but is no longer eligible for such aid, or is supported as the parent of minor children by government assistance or spousal child support payments but whose children are within two years of reaching their majority; and is not gainfully employed or is underemployed.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 27 - State-Wide Advisory Council on Displaced Homemakers

Section 27. The director of the industrial service program shall appoint members of a state-wide advisory council on displaced homemakers hereafter referred to as the advisory council established for the purpose of making recommendations relative to the implementation and monitoring of a state-wide plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council, from time to time, shall suggest to said director new programs for displaced homemakers and report its evaluations of existing displaced homemaker programs, services and activities together with recommendations for any necessary changes for the purpose of assisting said director in coordinating, promoting and establishing a state plan for displaced homemakers. The advisory council shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the funding and emergency assistance of regional multi-purpose service centers; shall provide the director with recommendations regarding the coordination of state, the division of occupational education, the job training partnership act and other available funding.
The advisory council shall be composed of representatives from social service agencies, community based organizations, education, business and training agencies. Membership should also include displaced homemakers, ethnic minorities and a geographic distribution. The director or his designee shall be the executive secretary of said advisory council and a non-voting member.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 28 - Multi-Purpose Service Centers

Section 28. The director with advice from the displaced homemaker advisory council shall provide for the establishment of not less than five multi-purpose service centers, designed to meet the demographic and geographic needs of the displaced homemaker population. These multi-purpose service centers shall provide services including but not limited to:
(1) job counseling services specifically designated for a person seeking employment after a number of years as a homemaker and shall operate to counsel displaced homemakers with respect to appropriate job opportunities including crises intervention, peer support, life skills training such as confidence building, problem solving and decision making;
(2) job training referrals, career counseling, job placement services developed by working with government agencies and private employers; training and placement programs for jobs in the public and private sectors; assistance to displaced homemakers in gaining admission to existing public and private job training programs and opportunities;
(3) prevocational training and educational services including outreach and information about such other programs which are determined to be of interest and benefit to such displaced homemakers by the advisory council;
(4) outreach and information services with respect to government employment, education, health, legal and unemployment assistance programs which the advisory council determines would be of interest and benefit to such displaced homemakers;
(5) a clearinghouse providing resource libraries including films and books; area program planning; in-service training for center staff and directories of existing counseling, educational and job training programs.
Supervisory, technical and administrative positions relating to multi-purpose service centers established under this act shall, to the extent feasible, be filled by such displaced homemakers.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 29 - Report to Governor

Section 29. The director shall report annually to the governor and file a copy thereof with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate and the advisory council on the work of the program. Such report shall include the number of people served at each center, the type of services received, the number of people placed in employment, training and educational programs and follow-up data on such programs, and the cost effectiveness of center programs.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 30 - Industrial Service Program; Manufacturing Network Grants

Section 30. (a) As used in this section the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise have the following meanings:—
''Manufacturing network'', a group of five or more private sector firms engaged in trade which work cooperatively to improve competitiveness; the network may also include industry associations and universities.
''Trade'', firms that sell their goods or services, into markets for which national or international competition exists.
(b) The industrial service program, hereinafter referred to as ''the program,'' shall support the creation and development of manufacturing networks to enhance the quality of Massachusetts manufactured products and improve the national and international competitiveness of Massachusetts manufacturing firms.
The program shall provide manufacturing network grants based on criteria established by its director. The program shall not grant, in any fiscal year, more than fifteen percent of funds appropriated for manufacturing networks to any one network. State funds for each network shall be matched in at least an equal amount by the members of the network, provided however that up to seventy-five percent of the matching funds may be in the form of in-kind contributions, which may include personnel and shall be included in the report required by subsection (c).
The program shall assist manufacturing networks to:
(1) share, develop and finance improvements and innovation in manufacturing technology;
(2) improve productivity, including but not limited to, total quality management, statistical quality control and just-in-time production;
(3) enhance work force development and employee training;
(4) access new export markets;
(5) improve work organization and management practices, including but not limited to increasing front-line employee responsibility and participation;
(6) convert from military- to civilian-based production;
(7) meet environmental standards or regulations;
(8) reduce employee health care costs and improve workplace safety; and
(9) engage in other related activities.
(c) The program shall annually file with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives on or before January first, a report of its activities in support of manufacturing networks in the commonwealth. Said report shall include, but not be limited to: (1) a financial statement summarizing the corporation activities involving manufacturing networks; (2) the number and types of manufacturers assisted and a description of the assistance provided; and (3) legislative recommendations to enhance the competitiveness of Massachusetts manufacturers.
(d) Said program shall work cooperatively with the university of Massachusetts and the department of labor and workforce development.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23d - Employee-Ownership Revolving Loan Fund › Section 31 - Industrial Service Program Annual Report on Program Activities

Section 31. The industrial service program shall annually submit a complete and detailed report of the program's activities within ninety days after the end of the fiscal year to the clerk of the house of representatives, the clerk of the senate, and the governor. The annual report shall include, but not be limited to, descriptions of all programs funded, an evaluation of the performance of each program, a summary of the public monies expended, and detailed descriptions of the individuals trained, educated and employed, including, in particular, the number of minority and economically disadvantaged individuals. The report shall include: (a) a description of the activities of the program of employee involvement and ownership; (b) any recommendations to improve the performance of said program; and (c) a description and evaluation of state-wide employee involvement and employee ownership programs undertaken by and in the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents › Section 1 - Director of Industrial Accidents; Appointment; Term; Salary

Section 1. There shall be a department of industrial accidents, hereinafter referred to as the department under the supervision and control of a director of industrial accidents, hereinafter in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, called the director. The governor shall appoint the director to serve for a term coterminous with that of the governor. Upon the expiration of the term of office of the director, he may be reappointed by the governor. The position of 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 director shall devote his full time to the duties of his office and shall not engage in other employment or business activities during regular business hours.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents › Section 2 - Director Executive and Administrative Head of Department

Section 2. The director shall be the executive and administrative head of the department. He shall have charge of the administration of the department and enforcement of all laws, rules and regulations which it is the duty of the department to administer and enforce. He shall have authority pursuant to the provisions of chapter thirty A to issue any regulation for the enforcement and administration of the provisions of this chapter and chapter one hundred and fifty-two. The director shall prepare an annual operating budget and other funding requirements and requests pursuant to said chapter one hundred and fifty-two to be submitted to the secretary of labor and workforce development.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23e - Division of Industrial Accidents › Section 4 - Industrial Accident Board; Members; Appointment; Terms; Review; Salaries

Section 4. There shall be within the division of dispute resolution an industrial accident board, in this chapter and in chapter one hundred and fifty-two called the board, which shall consist of twenty-one members, who shall be administrative judges appointed for six year terms by the governor with the advice and consent of the council, not more than eleven of whom shall be from the same political party. The initial appointment of a member shall be for a term of 6 years; subsequent reappointment of a member shall be for a term of 6 years which shall commence on the date of expiration of the initial or subsequent term. The appointment or reappointment of a member shall be made by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Nominees shall be submitted to the governor from a nominating panel under procedures to be established by the governor. Prior to the expiration of the term of office of a member, the conduct of said member shall be reviewed by such nominating panel, which shall recommend whether said member shall be retained in office. Such review shall include a report from the commissioner.
Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an appointed member, who has not previously served on the industrial accident board, shall be reviewed for performance by the senior judge between the 21st and the 24th month of the member's initial term. The performance review shall be subject to criteria established by the senior judge. If the performance review supports continuation of the appointed term, that member shall continue to serve the remainder of the appointed term. If the performance review recommends against a continuation of the appointed term, the performance review shall be submitted to the governor for appropriate action pursuant to section 8.
Notwithstanding any provision of chapter thirty to the contrary, the commissioner shall be placed in Job Group M–X, as set forth in section forty-six C of chapter thirty, and the members of the board shall be placed in Job Group M–IX, as set forth in said section forty-six C at not less than Step 7, of the management salary schedule, the first deputy director of administration and the deputy director of dispute resolution shall be placed in Job Group M–VII, as set out in said section forty-six C, at not less than Step 7.
Members of the board shall devote their full time during ordinary business hours to the respective duties assigned them and shall not engage in outside employment or business activities during such hours.