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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 20a - Actuarial Valuation Report on Liabilities for Health Care and Other Post-Employment Benefits for Retired Employees; Summary Report

Section 20A. When a governmental unit obtains an actuarial valuation report in accordance with GASB containing statements of the liabilities of the unit for health care and other post-employment benefits for its retired employees and their dependents, it shall submit a copy to PERAC no later than 90 days after receipt of such report. PERAC may require that the governmental unit provide additional information related to such liabilities, normal cost and benefit payments, as specified by the executive office for administration and finance, in consultation with PERAC. The governmental unit shall file the report and additional information with PERAC and the division of local services in the department of revenue. PERAC shall file a summary report of the information received pursuant to this section with the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the secretary of administration and finance and the board of trustees of the State Retiree Benefits Trust Fund established pursuant to section 24A of chapter 32A.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 24 - Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Section 24. An appropriate public authority of a political subdivision which has undertaken to provide health insurance coverage to its subscribers under this chapter may provide health care flexible spending accounts to allow certain subscribers, as determined by the appropriate public authority, to set aside a portion of earnings to pay for qualified expenses which may include, but shall not be limited to, out-of-pocket costs such as inpatient and outpatient copayments, calendar year deductibles, office visit copayments and prescription drug copayments.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 25 - Health Reimbursement Arrangements

Section 25. Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the appropriate public authority of a political subdivision which has undertaken to provide health insurance coverage to its subscribers under this chapter or transfer its subscribers to the commission under this chapter may provide health reimbursement arrangements to reimburse subscribers for qualified medical expenses which may include, but shall not be limited to, out-of-pocket costs such as inpatient and outpatient copayments, calendar year deductibles, office visit copayments and prescription drug copayments.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 26 - Enrollment Audit

Section 26. An appropriate public authority of a political subdivision which has undertaken to provide health insurance coverage to its subscribers under this chapter shall conduct an enrollment audit not less than once every 2 years. The audit shall be completed in order to ensure that members are appropriately eligible for coverage.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 27 - Historical Claims Data

Section 27. An insurance carrier, third party purchasing group or administrator or the commission in the case of a governmental unit, which has undertaken to provide health insurance coverage to its subscribers by acceptance of sections 19 or 23, shall, upon written request, provide the governmental unit or public employee committee with its historical claims data within 45 days of such request; provided, that all personally identifying information within such claims shall be redacted and released in a form and manner compliant with all applicable state and federal privacy statutes and regulations including, but not limited to, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 28 - Joint Negotiation and Purchase of Coverage

Section 28. Nothing in section 21, 22 or 23 shall be construed to prevent 2 or more governmental units under a joint purchase or trust agreement from jointly negotiating and purchasing coverage as authorized in section 12.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title IV - Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions › Chapter 32b - Contributory Group General or Blanket Insurance for Persons in the Service of Counties, Cities, Towns and Districts, and Their Dependents › Section 29 - Annual Report on Non-Medicare and Medicare Plans With Largest Subscriber Enrollments

Section 29. Each fiscal year, the commission shall prepare and place on its website a report delineating the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network co-payments and other design features offered by the commission in the non-Medicare plan with the largest subscriber enrollment and the dollar amount of the copayments, deductibles, tiered provider network copayments and other design features offered by the commission in the Medicare extension plan with the largest subscriber enrollment. The commission shall also provide information on its plans with the largest subscriber enrollment upon request of any appropriate public authority or political subdivision.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:—
''Commander-in-chief'', the governor of the commonwealth.
''Enlisted person'', a member, other than a commissioned officer or a warrant officer, in the military forces of the commonwealth.
''Military custodian'', the senior military officer in command of troops stationed in an armory or air installation unless otherwise designated by the commander-in-chief.
''Military forces of the commonwealth'', shall include the organized militia, as defined in section 4, and members of the unorganized militia, as defined in section 3, if drafted or accepted as volunteers under sections 55 and 56.
''Noncommissioned officer'', an enlisted person serving at a rank of corporal through command sergeant major in the army national guard or staff sergeant through command chief master sergeant in the air national guard.
''Officer'', a commissioned officer or a warrant officer in the military forces of the commonwealth.
''Organization'', a command composed of 2 or more units.
''Unit'', shall include headquarters, detachment, company, battery, troop and equivalent air unit and such other elements as may be determined by the commander-in-chief to come under such designation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 2 - Membership

Section 2. The militia of the commonwealth shall consist of: (i) all able-bodied citizens and all other able-bodied persons who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, between the ages of 18 and 65, and who are residents of the commonwealth; and (ii) such other persons who, upon their own application, enlist or are commissioned pursuant to this chapter, subject to exemptions created by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 3 - Organized and Unorganized Militia

Section 3. The militia shall consist of two classes, namely, the organized militia, composed and organized as provided in this chapter, and the remainder, to be known as the unorganized militia. The unorganized militia shall not be subject to duty except in case of war, actual or threatened, invasion, the prevention of invasion, threats to homeland security and the assisting of civil officers in the execution of the laws.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 4 - Organized Militia, Composition

Section 4. The active or organized militia shall be composed of volunteers, and shall comprise the aides-de-camp of the commander-in-chief, the state staff, the armed forces of the commonwealth, as defined in section 10, the National Lancers, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment and the retired list. The organized militia shall constitute the military division of the executive branch of the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 4a - National Lancers; Organization

Section 4A. The National Lancers shall be organized as the commander-in-chief directs and may retain their name and the right to wear distinctive uniforms; provided, however, that such uniforms shall be approved by the commander-in-chief. The National Lancers may retain their methods of selecting their officers and conducting their internal affairs consistent with the laws of the commonwealth and the laws of the United States. The National Lancers may use land and stable facilities belonging to the commonwealth for their activities, equipment and exercises, without charge, and may receive from the commonwealth, its departments, divisions or bureaus or the federal government, without charge, any surplus equipment, goods or other materials, as are available, provided that such equipment, goods and materials shall remain the property of the commonwealth and shall be accounted for as such.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 4b - The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment; Organization

Section 4B. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment shall be organized as the commander-in-chief directs and may retain their name and the right to wear distinctive uniforms; provided, however, that such uniforms shall be provided by the adjutant general. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment may retain their methods of selecting officers and conducting their internal affairs consistent with the laws of the commonwealth and of the United States. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment may use land and facilities belonging to the commonwealth for their activities, equipment and exercises, without charge, and may receive from the commonwealth, its departments, divisions or bureaus or the federal government without charge, any surplus equipment, goods or other materials, as are available; provided, that such equipment, goods or other materials shall remain the property of the commonwealth and shall be accounted for as such.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 7 - Powers of Commander-in-Chief; Name and Location of Units; Rank of Personnel

Section 7. The commander-in-chief may prescribe in orders the organization of the military forces of the commonwealth, the designation and location of all units, and the numbers, titles, grades and duties of all officers and enlisted persons as he deems the interest of the service demands: provided, that the organization shall not conflict with the laws of the United States relating to the armed forces.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 11 - National Guard; Composition

Section 11. The national guard, army or air, shall consist of such organizations and units as the commander-in-chief may authorize to be formed, all to be organized in accordance with the laws of the United States affecting the national guard, army and air, and the regulations issued by the appropriate secretary of the department of defense.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 14 - Aides-De-Camp

Section 14. The aides-de-camp of the commander-in-chief shall consist of such appointed or detailed aides as the commander-in-chief deems necessary. Officers detailed under this section shall not be relieved from their ordinary national guard duties and may be removed at any time by and in the sole discretion of the commander-in-chief.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 19 - Massachusetts Military Academy; Establishment; Curriculum; Academic Board; Membership; Compensation

Section 19. (a) There is hereby established the Massachusetts Military Academy, hereinafter called the academy, which shall offer to selected enlisted persons and officers of the armed forces of the commonwealth of satisfactory educational and military attainments such courses of instruction to prepare them for the responsibility of commissioned command as the commander-in-chief may prescribe.
(b) Under such regulations as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, the educational policies, courses of study, standards of admission and graduation of the academy shall be determined by an academic board of twelve commissioned officers, of whom one shall be the senior army advisor and one shall be the commandant of the academy, to be appointed by the commander-in-chief. At least a majority of the members of said academic board shall be active officers of the national guard, army or air, at the time of their appointment. Members of the academic board shall serve for such terms as the commander-in-chief may prescribe, or until relieved by order of the commander-in-chief and at the commander-in-chief's sole discretion.
(c) Subject to the approval of the commander-in-chief, the academic board shall appoint a commandant and an assistant commandant of the academy, who shall serve for such terms as the academic board may prescribe, or until their resignations are accepted, or until they are relieved by a majority vote of the said board.
(d) The commandant shall select faculty members, instructors and employees and shall administer the academy in accordance with such regulations as the academic board may prescribe.
(e) The commandant and such other persons as may be detailed under the provisions of this section shall receive such pay and may incur such expenses for the operation of the academy as may be approved therefor.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 20 - Qualification for Appointment as Officer in the Armed Forces or for Commission in National Guard

Section 20. A person shall not be eligible for appointment or to be appointed as an officer in the armed forces of the commonwealth if the individual is: (i) not a citizen of the United States and 18 years of age or over; (ii) under sentence of a court or board which disables such person from holding office or command; (iii) under suspension from command in the armed forces of the United States or of any state; (iv) under sentence of imprisonment by a civilian court, whether suspended or not; or (v) ineligible for such service under the laws of the United States. No person shall receive a commission in the national guard, army or air unless such person possesses such minimum qualifications as prescribed by the laws of the United States and has qualified for such commission.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 21 - State Judge Advocate or State Surgeon; Legal, Medical, Dental or Veterinary Officers Registration and Qualifications

Section 21. No person shall be eligible to appointment, or be appointed, as the state judge advocate or the state surgeon unless duly registered in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth, and complies with its laws relative to the practice of the profession. No person shall be eligible for appointment, or be appointed, as any other legal, medical, dental or veterinary commissioned officer unless duly qualified in accordance with such person's military service component requirements.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 22 - Eligibility for Appointment Without Professional Examination

Section 22. Subject to Article LIII of the Articles of Amendment of the Constitution, a person certified as eligible for any specific grade in the National Guard, army or air under the laws of the United States and who is a graduate of the Massachusetts Military Academy shall be eligible for appointment without professional examination.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 24 - Oaths; Form

Section 24. Every commissioned officer, before entering upon the performance of official duties or exercising any command, shall take and subscribe the following oath and declaration:
I, ___ , do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the constitution thereof and the constitution of the United States, that I will obey the lawful orders of all my superior officers, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as ___ according to the best of my ability and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the constitution and the laws of the commonwealth and the United States. So help me, God.
All officers shall take and subscribe the said oath before any competent authority or an officer qualified under section 81 to administer oaths, except retired officers and aides-de-camp of the commander-in-chief who may take said oath before any competent authority. The following certificate shall be printed on every commission and shall be signed by the person before whom the officer is qualified:
This may certify that ___ , commissioned as within on this ___ day of___ , A.D., ___ personally appeared and took and subscribed the oaths required by the constitution and laws of this commonwealth and by a law of the United States, as qualification for the discharge of official duties.
Before me, ___ .
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 25 - Officers; Performance of Duties; Prerequisites

Section 25. No person commissioned as an officer or appointed as a warrant officer in the national guard, army or air, shall enter upon the performance of official duties or exercise any command unless possessing such minimum qualifications, and shall have passed such other tests as to the person's physical, moral and professional fitness, as are prescribed by the laws of the United States, and shall have taken and subscribed to the oath of office. The commander-in-chief shall forthwith discharge, or place upon the retired list under section thirty-one, unless further time is allowed for cause, any officer failing to pass the tests required by this chapter or the laws of the United States and the regulations issued thereunder.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 27 - Seniority of Officers; Determination

Section 27. Seniority of officers of the same grade shall be determined by their date of rank, which shall be their date of appointment. Between officers of the same grade and date of rank the relative rank shall be determined by considering dates of rank in lower grades in the armed forces of the commonwealth, commissioned, warrant and enlisted, until seniority is established. If seniority is not so established it will be decided by relative age. The day of the appointment of an officer shall be stated in his commission and shall be considered as the date thereof.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 29 - Discharge of Officers; Grounds

Section 29. (a) At any time, the moral character, capacity and general fitness for the service of any service member may be investigated and determined by an efficiency board of 3 commissioned officers, senior in rank to the service member and designated by the commander-in-chief. One board member shall be a noncommissioned officer senior in rank to the service member if the service member before the board is an enlisted person. Any such investigation and board proceedings shall provide the service member due process consistent with military practice. The investigation may include misconduct in civil life for which the service member is not subject to court-martial. If the findings of the board are unfavorable to the service member and are approved by the commander-in-chief, the service member shall be appropriately disciplined or discharged.
(b) A service member may be honorably discharged by the commander-in-chief upon tender of resignation or upon appointment in a regular component or in another reserve component of the armed forces of the United States.
(c) The commander-in-chief may discharge a service member who is under sentence of imprisonment by a civilian court, whether suspended or not, or who has been absent without leave for 2 months continuously.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 31 - Discharge of Officers or Noncommissioned Officers for Superannuation; Retirement

Section 31. An officer or noncommissioned officer in the armed forces of the commonwealth at the age of 65 shall be honorably discharged or, upon request by such officer and pursuant to the eligibility requirements of this section, placed upon the retired list with the highest grade held in the active military service.
A member of the army or air national guard of the commonwealth, with at least a total of 20 years of service as an officer or noncommissioned officer in the army or air national guard of the commonwealth or the uniformed services of the United States, of which at least the last 5 years of service shall have been in the army or air national guard of the commonwealth or the state staff, shall be placed upon the retired list with any grade held by the member in the active military service or 1 grade higher, but not to exceed the grade of major general; provided, however, that any such member who has had federal recognition in the grade of major general may, upon request, be placed upon the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general.
Members of the armed forces of the commonwealth on the retired list accepting appointment to or a commission in the active military forces of the commonwealth may again be placed upon said retired list, at their own request.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 32 - Discharge or Retirement for Disability

Section 32. The commander-in-chief may order any member of the military forces of the commonwealth before a medical board, consisting of at least 3 medical officers, and if the board reports such member of the military forces of the commonwealth to be physically unable to perform the assigned military duties, the commander-in-chief may order the member of the military forces of the commonwealth discharged or placed on the retired list.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 33 - Retired Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers; Duties; Compensation

Section 33. Retired officers and non-commissioned officers shall be placed on the retired list by the commander-in-chief, by regulations promulgated by the commander-in-chief, and on occasions of ceremony may, and when acting under orders as hereinafter provided shall wear the uniform of their retired grade. They shall be eligible to perform any military duty to the same extent as if not retired, and the commander-in-chief may require them to serve upon military boards, courts of inquiry and courts-martial, or to perform any other duty, and while actively engaged in such duty they shall receive the pay and allowances under the provisions of subsection (a) of section eighty-three. They shall be amenable to court-martial for military offenses.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 41 - Aid by Armed Forces to the Civil Authority in Cases of Riot, Natural Disaster or Catastrophe or When Necessary to Preserve Order and Afford Protection to Persons and Property; Powers and Duties of Military Police Forces of the National Guard

Section 41. (a) The commander-in-chief may issue an order directed to the commander of any organization or unit of the armed forces of the commonwealth directing the command, or any part thereof, to appear at a time and place specified in the order to aid the civil authority in suppressing violations of law, preserving order, affording protection and supporting the laws if 1 of the following situations occurs: (i) in the case of a tumult, riot, mob or body of persons acting together by force to violate or resist the laws of the commonwealth or when such tumult, riot or mob is threatened; (ii) in the case of public catastrophe or natural disaster; (iii) if the usual police provisions are inadequate to preserve order and afford protection to persons and property; or (iv) if additional support to civilian law enforcement is necessary. The order may be issued upon the initiative of the commander-in-chief, or at the request of the sheriff of a county, the mayor or city manager of a city or the selectmen of a town.
(b) Military police forces of the national guard, both army and air, may exercise all the powers of constables, except the service of civil process, and of police officers and, when ordered to perform law enforcement duties, shall appear for duty armed and equipped: (i) at all times upon all land and buildings held for military purposes and all other military property of the commonwealth; or (ii) when on duty within the commonwealth under this chapter or Title 32 of the United States Code; provided, however, that all such military police forces shall hold the appropriate law enforcement occupational specialty as certified by the armed forces of the United States.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 43 - Written Orders; Conditions; Contents

Section 43. Whenever practicable all orders issued under section forty-one shall be in writing and signed by the commander-in-chief or a designated representative. Such orders shall set forth the purpose to be accomplished by the military officer to whom addressed, but shall not prescribe the military measures to be used or the orders to be issued by such officer, who shall use such measures and issue such orders as he deems necessary to accomplish the purpose indicated.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 44 - Unit Called Into Service; Duties of Commander

Section 44. The officer to whom the order of the commander-in-chief is directed shall forthwith order the troops therein called for to appear at the time and place appointed, and shall immediately notify the commander-in-chief of his order, in the most expeditious manner, through the usual military channels.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 46 - Armed Forces of the Commonwealth to Appear Armed and Equipped to Execute Orders Issued Under Sec. 41

Section 46. Armed forces of the commonwealth shall appear at the time and place appointed by the order, issued under section 41, armed and equipped and shall obey and execute the orders received or any additional orders received from the commander-in-chief.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 47 - Excuse From Duty Upon Physician's Certificate of Disability

Section 47. No officer or enlisted person of the armed forces of the commonwealth, not on leave of absence, shall be excused from duty if ordered to duty under section 38, 40 or 41 except upon a physician's certificate of disability.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 49 - Payment

Section 49. Upon the termination of any service of the armed forces of the commonwealth under an order of the commander-in-chief, the adjutant general or a designated representative shall certify to the state treasurer the expense of said service, and the state treasurer shall thereupon assess said expense in the manner provided for by section twenty of chapter fifty-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 50 - Use of Streets and Highways; Right of Way; Exceptions; Permission to Mount Flashing, Rotating or Oscillating Red Lights on Vehicle

Section 50. (a) The armed forces of the United States and any part of the armed forces of the commonwealth parading or performing any duty according to law shall have the right of way in any street or highway through which they may pass, and drivers of military vehicles may drive such vehicles through an intersection of ways contrary to any traffic signs or signals regulating traffic at such intersection, if a police officer or duly authorized member of the military service is stationed at the intersection to regulate traffic; provided, that the carriage of the United States mails, the legitimate functions of the police and the progress and operation of fire departments shall not be disrupted. Motor vehicles of the armed forces of the commonwealth may be equipped with sirens or other audible warning devices and with visible warning devices as provided in section 7E of chapter 90.
(b) A vehicle owned or operated by a designated member of the armed forces of the commonwealth who is assigned public safety duties that require immediate emergency response to incidents or events, such as emergency response to hazardous materials or weapons of mass destruction incidents may, with prior written authorization by the adjutant general, and only by authority of a permit issued by the registrar of motor vehicles, have mounted thereon flashing, rotating or oscillating red lights. Said emergency lights may only be activated when circumstances reasonably require an immediate emergency response. Upon termination of the duties which warranted the issuance of the permit, the adjutant general shall immediately notify in writing the registrar of motor vehicles who shall forthwith revoke such red light permit. Upon revocation, the registrar of motor vehicles shall notify the owner and operator of the vehicle for which such permit was issued and the owner and operator shall thereafter be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $300, unless otherwise provided.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 51 - Occupation of Land and Buildings; Exceptions; Liability for Damages

Section 51. When on duty under orders of the commander-in-chief, the military forces of the commonwealth may enter upon and occupy any public or private lands within the commonwealth for the necessary purposes of such duty, and no officer or enlisted person shall thereby become liable, either civilly or criminally, for trespass; but except in times of invasion, insurrection, riot, natural disaster, threats to homeland or national security, public catastrophe or danger, no organization of the armed forces nor individual members thereof shall be permitted to enter houses or other buildings or their immediate enclosures, without the consent of the owner or tenant in possession, nor to go upon the gardens, lawns, tobacco fields, cranberry bogs, vineyards, nurseries, planted fields, orchards or cemeteries unless extreme necessity for such entry exists, and then only in obedience to the specific orders of the senior officer present.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 52 - Damages to Lands; Compensation

Section 52. In the case of land entered upon under section fifty-one for an encampment or other substantial occupancy, the owner thereof shall receive damages in the nature of compensation for the use of the land and for any injury to the same resulting from such occupancy; and in the case of land so entered upon or passed over in the course of maneuvers, field exercises, or any similar transient purposes, the owner shall receive damages for any injury to the same resulting from such entry, but shall not be entitled to compensation for the use of the land. The amount of damages to be paid by the commonwealth under this section shall be as agreed upon by the owner of the land with an officer or board of officers appointed by the commander-in-chief to adjust the claim; provided, that if the parties are unable to agree, the damages shall be assessed under chapter seventy-nine.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 53 - Immunity From Liability for Damages Caused While Performing Military Duty

Section 53. No officers or enlisted persons shall be liable, either civilly or criminally, for any damage to property or injury to any person, including consequential death, caused by them or by their order, while performing any military duty lawfully ordered under this chapter, unless the act or order causing such damage or injury was manifestly beyond the scope of the authority of such officers or enlisted persons and except as otherwise provided by chapter 258.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 55 - Unorganized Militia; Method of Impressing Into Service

Section 55. When necessary to call out any part of the unorganized militia for duty, the commander-in-chief shall issue a proclamation directed to the mayors or city managers and selectmen, who shall forthwith, by written order or oral notice to each individual, or by proclamation on their part, appoint a time and place for the assembling of the unorganized militia in their respective cities and towns, and shall then and there draft as many thereof, or accept as many volunteers, as are required by the order of the commander-in-chief, and shall forthwith forward to the adjutant general a list of the persons so drafted or accepted as volunteers.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 56 - Term of Enlistment; Training

Section 56. The part of the unorganized militia so drafted or accepted shall immediately be mustered under the orders of the commander-in-chief into the service of the commonwealth for three years, or for such less period as the commander-in-chief may direct, and shall be organized into new units, or assigned to organizations of the organized militia then existing. Such new organizations shall be officered, equipped, trained and governed according to the laws for the government of the organized militia. The commander-in-chief may detail officers to train and command such new organizations until their officers shall have qualified.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 61 - Unit Training Periods; Meetings of Instruction for Noncommissioned Officers; Frequency; Arrests for Absence Without Leave

Section 61. (a) In addition to the duty required by sections 38, 40, 41 or 60, every unit of the armed forces of the commonwealth, except the state defense force, in active national guard or a similar organization composed as permitted by law, shall assemble for training at least 48 times in each year, and more often if so directed by the unit or organization commander. Organization drills and parades may be held in place of unit drills, and transportation to and from the place of such drills and parades shall be furnished for the units composing the organization if authorized by the adjutant general.
(b) Organization and unit commanders may call meetings of instruction for the noncommissioned officers of their commands as they deem necessary.
(c) Any police officer authorized to make arrests within the commonwealth may apprehend without a warrant any member of the armed forces of the commonwealth absent without leave from any assembly for training under paragraph (a), meeting for instruction under paragraph (b) or training under service conditions under section sixty and keep him in custody, but for not more than twenty-four hours, until taken into custody by the armed forces of the commonwealth; provided, however, that such apprehension and such keeping in custody shall have been requested in writing by the commanding officer of any unit of said armed forces.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 64 - Exclusion of Traffic From Public Ways and Highways During Target Practice

Section 64. The commander-in-chief may exclude traffic from public ways and highways during target practice or maneuvers of any organization or unit of the armed forces of the commonwealth or the United States or of any state thereof if public convenience or safety so requires.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 65 - Boundaries of Encampments; Establishment; Limitations; Penalty for Trespass or Resisting Sentry

Section 65. Every commanding officer, when on duty, may fix necessary bounds and limits to any parade or encampment, but not including a public road within such bounds in such manner as to prevent traveling thereon, within which bounds and limits no person shall enter without authorization. Whoever intrudes within the limits of the parade or encampment, after being forbidden, may be ejected, forcibly if necessary, or may be confined under guard during the time of parade or encampment, or during a shorter time, at the discretion of the commanding officer; and whoever resists a sentry may be detained by order of the commanding officer and dealt with as provided in section sixty-six.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 66 - Obstructing or Interfering With Armed Forces; Penalty

Section 66. Whoever willfully obstructs, interferes with or hinders an officer or enlisted person while on duty or at any parade, drill or assembly for military purposes may be detained at the discretion of the commanding officer and delivered into the custody of a police officer for examination or trial before a court having jurisdiction. A violation of this section, section 65 or 123 or an individual who obstructs or interferes with the armed forces of the United States or any part of the armed forces of the commonwealth in the exercise or enjoyment of the right of way granted by section 50 shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in a house of correction for not less than 30 days nor more than 21/2 years or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 67a - Medal of Liberty

Section 67A. There shall be a medal of liberty which shall be awarded to the next of kin of service men and women from the commonwealth killed in action or who died in service while in a designated combat area in the line of duty or who died as a result of wounds received in action or who died as a result of a training accident in the line of duty. The adjutant general and 2 field grade officers of the armed forces of the commonwealth detailed by the adjutant general shall constitute a commission to make recommendations to the commander-in-chief for the awarding of the medal of liberty. If a fallen service member from the commonwealth who qualifies for the medal of liberty has no surviving spouse, children, siblings or parents, such service member's next closest surviving relative including, but not limited to, any nephews or nieces, shall be eligible for the medal of liberty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 67b - Massachusetts Medal of Fidelity

Section 67B. There shall be a Massachusetts medal of fidelity to be presented to the next of kin of a service member or veteran who died as the result of (i) service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder; (ii) a condition resulting from a service-connected traumatic brain injury; or (iii) a service-connected disease, condition or injury related to the exposure to harmful toxins, herbicides, agents or materials, where the exposure occurred while serving in the armed forces of the United States, active or reserve components, or the Massachusetts national guard. A service member shall have entered military service or state active duty from the commonwealth, have been a resident of the commonwealth at the time of death or have been a member of the Massachusetts national guard at the time of death. To be eligible, a service member or veteran must have served after December 6, 1941. The adjutant general or designee and 2 field grade officers of the armed forces of the commonwealth detailed by the commander-in-chief shall constitute a commission to make recommendations to the commander-in-chief for the awarding of the Massachusetts medal of fidelity.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 83 - Pay and Allowances for Certain Duties

Section 83. (a) For duty performed under sections 60 and 61 by members of the armed forces of the commonwealth not serving in a federal duty status, there may be allowed and paid from funds appropriated for that purpose the same rate of pay of like grade as they would receive if they were on active duty status in the armed forces of the United States with less than 2 years service and such subsistence, travel or other allowances as the adjutant general may authorize.
(b) For duty performed under sections 38, 40 and 41, there shall be allowed and paid to members of the armed forces of the commonwealth from funds appropriated for that purpose the same rate of base pay for length of service and allowances for housing and subsistence as if they were on active duty status in the armed forces of the United States; provided, however, that the compensation shall not be less than $200 per day and shall be subject to subsection (c).
(c) For duty performed under said sections 38, 40, 41 and 60, the pay and allowances authorized under this section shall be reduced by any amounts received from the United States government as pay or allowances for military service performed during the same pay period.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 84 - Travel Expenses

Section 84. To each officer and enlisted person of the armed forces of the commonwealth required and authorized to travel under any section of this chapter, there shall be allowed and paid from funds appropriated therefor and under such regulations as the adjutant general may prescribe, the following:—
(1) For travel by privately owned motor vehicle, the current mileage rate authorized by law and any regulations pursuant thereto.
(2) For travel by modes of commercial travel, actual transportation expense.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 88 - Death or Disability Compensation

Section 88. (a) An officer or enlisted person of the Massachusetts organized militia who, while performing any duty lawfully ordered under this chapter without willful neglect on the part of the person, receives injury, is disabled or contracts a sickness or disease that incapacitates the person from pursuing the person's usual business or occupation shall, during the period of incapacity, receive compensation to be fixed by a board appointed under section 90 to inquire into the claim and the actual and necessary expenses for medical services and care, medicines and hospitalization or replacement or repair of eyeglasses, dentures or prosthetic devices worn or carried and amounts related to lost wages.
(b) If the death of a member of the Massachusetts organized militia results from injury, sickness or disease received while in the line of duty pursuant to orders under titles 10 and 32 of the United States Code or this chapter and the injury, sickness or disease resulting in the death was not the result of the decedent's willful neglect, a single payment of $200,000 shall be paid to the surviving spouse; provided, however, that if there is no surviving spouse, the amount shall be paid in equal shares to the children of the decedent; provided further, that if there is no surviving spouse and no children, the amount shall be paid in equal shares to the surviving parents of the decedent, and if there are no surviving parents, the amount shall be paid in equal shares to the surviving siblings.
(c) For the purposes of subsection (b), parents shall include fathers and mothers through adoption; provided, however, that preference to any claim as the decedent's parents shall be given to those who exercised a relationship on the date, or most nearly before the date, on which the decedent began their lawful duty as a member of the Massachusetts organized militia.
(d) Subsection (b) shall apply to service members whose death occurred on or after April 2, 2019 and those who have not received a final decision from the board of compensation as appointed under section 90.
(e) All claims presented under this section shall be made in the manner provided in section 90.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title V - Militia › Chapter 33 - Militia › Section 88b - Group Life Insurance; Partial Payment of Premium by Commonwealth

Section 88B. Fifty per cent of the monthly premiums for any coverage held in the serviceman's group life insurance program administered by the Veterans Administration, or an equivalent group life insurance program of the servicemember's choosing provided that the reimbursement shall not exceed 50 per cent of the monthly premium cost of the Serviceman's Group Life Insurance, for a member of the Massachusetts National Guard shall be borne by the commonwealth.