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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35v - Division of Occupational Licensure Trust Fund

Section 35V. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Division of Occupational Licensure Trust Fund, to be expended, without prior appropriation, by the division of occupational licensure. Unless a greater amount is authorized by law, the fund shall consist of 50 per cent of the revenue of any fee increase collected after July 1, 1996 by the various boards serving within the division under section 9 of chapter 13 and by the division. The fund shall consist of 100 per cent of any fee increase collected on or after July 1, 2013. The commissioner of occupational licensure shall make necessary expenditures from this account for the shared administrative costs of the operations and programs of the division. The commissioner shall further direct that funds from the account shall be expended to provide services in an amount reasonably related to the cost of each board or unit's administrative and regulatory mandates with consideration to revenue generated from each board or unit. The division may incur expenses, and the comptroller may certify for payment, amounts in anticipation of expected receipts; provided, however, that no expenditure shall be made from the fund which shall cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Moneys deposited into the trust fund that are unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, and that total not more than 50 per cent of the division's expenditures for the previous fiscal year, shall not revert to the General Fund. The commissioner shall report annually on March 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means: (i) the revenue credited to the trust fund; (ii) the amount of trust fund expenditures that are attributable to the shared administrative costs of the division and an explanation of why such administrative costs are necessary; (iii) an itemized list of the amount of trust funds expended by board or unit; and (iv) an analysis of the services provided based on trust fund expenditures by board or unit, including the manner in which the trust fund expenditures assist the division in meeting its regulatory mandates.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35vv - Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund

Section 35VV. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a trust to be known as the Social Innovation Financing Trust Fund for the purpose of funding contracts to improve outcomes and lower costs for contracted government services, hereinafter referred to as ''pay for success contracts'', subject to the requirements of subsection (b).
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of administration and finance, may enter into pay for success contracts. Each contract shall include: (1) a requirement that a substantial portion of the payment be conditioned on the achievement of specific outcomes based on defined performance targets; (2) an objective process by which an independent evaluator will determine whether the performance targets have been achieved; (3) a calculation of the amount and timing of payments that would be earned by the service provider during each year of the agreement if performance targets are achieved as determined by the independent evaluator; (4) a sinking fund requirement under which the secretary shall request an appropriation for each fiscal year that the contract is in effect, in an amount equal to the expected payments that the commonwealth would ultimately be obligated to pay in the future based upon service provided during that fiscal year, if performance targets were achieved; and (5) a determination by the secretary that the contract will result in significant performance improvements and budgetary savings across all impacted agencies if the performance targets are achieved.
(c) The secretary may provide that payments in future years under any such contracts shall constitute a general obligation of the commonwealth for which the full faith and credit of the commonwealth shall be pledged for the benefit of the providers of the contracted government services, but the total amount of payments under such contracts secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the commonwealth shall not exceed, in the aggregate, $50,000,000.
(d) The secretary shall be the trustee of the trust, shall administer the trust and shall ensure that all funds appropriated as described in this section are deposited in the trust and shall make payments from the trust in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contracts, without further appropriation. The secretary shall provide an annual status report on all contracts not later than February 1 to the house and senate committees on ways and means.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35ww - Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund

Section 35WW. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Homeless Animal Prevention and Care Fund. The fund shall be used by the department of agricultural resources to offset costs associated with the vaccination, spaying and neutering of homeless dogs and cats, to offset costs associated with the vaccination, spaying and neutering of dogs and cats owned by low-income residents and to assist with the training of animal control officers consistent with section 151C of chapter 140. The department may use the fund for necessary and reasonable administrative and personnel costs related to the specific purposes of the fund. The commissioner of agricultural resources shall establish rules and regulations relating to the fund.
The fund shall consist of all revenues received by the commonwealth pursuant to the voluntary check-off donation indicated on the department of revenue's annual income tax return authorized by section 6L of chapter 62 and from public and private sources as gifts, grants and donations to further reduce the population of homeless animals. Funds deposited and expended from the fund shall not be assessed any indirect costs.
The state treasurer shall deposit amounts in the fund in accordance with section 34 of chapter 29 in a manner that will secure the highest interest rate available consistent with the safety of the fund and with the requirement that all amounts on deposit shall be available for immediate withdrawal at any time. The fund may be expended by the commissioner of agricultural resources without further appropriation for the purposes stated in this section and any funds remaining at the end of any fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for use in subsequent fiscal years.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35xx - Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund

Section 35XX. (a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation, maintenance, nourishment and public safety of Horseneck Beach in the town of Westport. Any balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund, but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year. An annual report to include projects undertaken, expenditures made and income received by the fund shall be submitted to the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and to the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than October 1 of each year.
(b) The department of conservation and recreation shall impose a surcharge of $1 upon each fee charged and collected from admission to and parking in the Horseneck Beach Reservation. The additional monies collected from the surcharge shall be deposited into the Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund. Expenditures by the trust for public safety may be made available to the town of Westport's police, fire, ambulance and emergency personnel. On or before November 30 of each year, the department of conservation and recreation shall meet with the board of selectmen of the town of Westport to discuss the maintenance and safety plan for the beach for the next calendar year as well as the balance and expenditures from the Horseneck Beach Reservation Trust Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35yy - Dockside Testing Trust Fund

Section 35YY. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Dockside Testing Trust Fund to be expended, without prior appropriation, by the department of public health. The fund shall consist of fees to collected from harvesters of molluscan shellfish on Georges Bank in waters that are not monitored for the presence of paralytic shellfish toxin in the amount $35,000 per vessel that harvests molluscan shellfish in those waters. The commissioner shall make necessary expenditures from the fund only for the administrative costs of the operations and programs of the department related to regulating and monitoring the shellfish harvesters, including the testing of shellfish as necessary to ensure that they are safe for human consumption. The department may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of expected receipts, but no expenditure shall be made from the fund that would cause the fund to be in deficit at the close of a fiscal year. Moneys deposited in the fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35z - Counsel for Indigent Salary Enhancement Trust Fund

Section 35Z. There is hereby established a separate fund to be known as the Counsel for Indigent Salary Enhancement Trust Fund. There shall be credited to said fund all revenues collected pursuant to an initial filing fee of $15 for any private application for a criminal complaint for a misdemeanor by any party, not being a law enforcement officer or prosecutor, in any court of the commonwealth, from grants, gifts, contributions from any entity public or private and any revenue derived from the investment of amounts credited to said fund. The chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services shall expend funds, without further appropriation, solely for hourly rate enhancements for private bar advocates for the indigent. No expenditures from said fund shall cause said fund to be in deficiency at the end of a fiscal year. The court administrator, in consultation with the comptroller and the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services, shall report monthly to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the status of the fund. In the event that the court administrator, in consultation with the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services determines that the receipts for that fiscal year will be insufficient to pay hourly rate enhancements previously authorized, said chief counsel shall adjust hourly rate enhancements to ensure that the trust fund will have a positive balance at the end of the fiscal year.
On October 15 of each year the court administrator, in consultation with the comptroller, shall certify and report to the house and senate committees on ways and means and the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services the amount of trust fund receipts for the first quarter of the fiscal year and shall estimate total receipts for the fiscal year. No funds shall be expended from the trust before to the submission of said report. Upon receipt of the report, the chief counsel for the committee for public counsel services shall determine the hourly rate enhancement to be paid for that fiscal year, including retroactive payments for hours billed on or after July 1 of that fiscal year. Not more than $12,000,000 shall be expended from the trust fund in any fiscal year. Hourly rate enhancements funded from this trust shall not be construed as a funding obligation in the general appropriation act or supplemental appropriation acts. Any amounts received in excess of $12,000,000 in any fiscal year shall be credited to the General Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 35zz - Scusset Beach State Reservation Trust Fund

Section 35ZZ. (a) There shall be established the Scusset Beach State Reservation Trust Fund to be used, without further appropriation, for the long-term preservation and maintenance of Scusset Beach. Any balance in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund but shall remain available for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years. No expenditure made from the fund shall cause the fund to become deficient at any point during a fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 37 - Sale of Lottery Tickets in Conjunction With Game of Beano; Licensing of Certain Organizations; Restrictions; Gross Profit Minimum; Payment of Prizes; Apportionment of Revenue

Section 37. The director may license any organization licensed to conduct the game of beano under the provisions of section 38 to sell lottery tickets or shares; provided, that such tickets are sold only on the premises of said organization for which such license has been issued; and provided further, that the funds derived therefrom shall be used exclusively for educational, charitable or religious purposes. The commission shall sell lottery tickets to such licensed organizations and any such licensed organization reselling such tickets shall not be subject to prosecution for setting up and promoting a lottery or any other crime incidental thereto or for selling or having in its possession said lottery tickets.
The commission shall sell lottery tickets to such licensed organizations and shall determine the price at which said licensed organizations shall resell said tickets, which price shall be printed on each ticket. Each licensed organization shall be entitled to retain as gross profit not more than 30 per cent of the resale value of tickets sold by it, and shall be solely responsible for paying prizes won by tickets sold by it, which prizes shall be determined by the commission and be not less than 45 per cent of the resale value of said tickets.
The commission shall sell lottery tickets to said licensed organizations for 10 per cent of their resale value. The revenue derived by the commission from said sales of lottery tickets shall be apportioned as follows: (1) for the payment of costs; provided, however, that notwithstanding the provisions of section 25, the costs incurred by the commission in the operation and administration of the activities authorized by this section, including the expenses of the commission and the costs resulting from any contract or contracts entered into for promotional, advertising or operational service or for the purchase or lease of lottery equipment, materials and tickets, in no case shall exceed one half of said revenue, subject to appropriation; (2) the balance of said revenue, as determined by the comptroller on June 1 and December 1 of each year, shall be credited to the State Lottery and Gaming Fund to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section 18C of chapter 58.
Organizations licensed under this section shall be considered sales agents for the purposes of this chapter. Activities authorized by this section shall be subject to all provisions of the state lottery law not inconsistent herewith.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 38a - Council on Compulsive Gambling; Posting of Notice of Availability

Section 38A. Every licensee shall keep conspicuously posted on his premises a notice containing the name and numbers of the council on compulsive gambling and a statement of its availability to offer assistance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 39 - Beano; Gross Receipt Tax; Returns; Disposition and Crediting of Receipts

Section 39. Any organization operating or conducting a game under section thirty-eight shall file a return with the commission, on a form prepared by it, within ten days after such game is held or within such further time as the commission may allow, and shall pay therewith a tax of five per cent of the gross receipts derived from such game. All such returns shall be public records.
All sums received by said commission from the tax imposed by this section as taxes, interest thereon, fees, penalties, forfeitures, costs of suits or fines, less all amounts refunded thereon, together with any interest or costs paid on account of such refunds, shall be paid into the treasury of the commonwealth and shall be credited as follows:—
(a) Two fifths of all such sums received shall be credited to the State Lottery and Gaming Fund established under the provisions of section thirty-five and, subject to appropriation, the state lottery commission may expend such sums for the expenses incurred in the administration of sections thirty-seven and thirty-eight.
(b) Three-fifths of all such sums received shall be credited to the General Fund.
(c) Any unappropriated balance remaining in the State Lottery and Gaming Fund from the sums credited under subsection (a), as determined by the comptroller as of June first and December first of each year, shall be credited to the General Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 39a - Raffles and Bazaars; Information and Reports Required; Regulations

Section 39A. Any organization holding a beano license, issued pursuant to section thirty-eight, which also holds a raffle permit issued pursuant to section seven A of chapter two hundred and seventy-one, shall submit such information and reports to the director concerning raffles and bazaars conducted by it as may be required by commission regulations, and the commission may establish regulations governing the operation of raffles and bazaars conducted by such organizations. The director may suspend or revoke any such raffle permit for violation of said section seven A of said chapter two hundred and seventy-one or of commission regulations.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 40 - Violations of Secs. 38 and 39; Submitting False Information; Penalties

Section 40. Whoever violates any provision of sections thirty-eight and thirty-nine the punishment for which is not otherwise provided, and whoever submits false information on any application, report or return required by any provision of said sections, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than one year, or both.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 42 - State Election Campaign Fund

Section 42. There shall be established on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the State Election Campaign Fund, consisting of all revenues received under section 6C of chapter 62, and all other monies credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source pursuant to law.
The state treasurer shall deposit the fund in accordance with sections 34 and 34A of chapter 29 in such manner as will secure the highest interest rate available consistent with safety of the fund and with the requirement that all amounts on deposit be available for immediate withdrawal at any time after June 30 in any year in which elections are held for statewide elective office.
The state election campaign fund shall be expended only for the payment to eligible candidates, as determined under chapter 55C of amounts due on account of public financing on campaigns for statewide elective office and any unexpended balances shall be redeposited, as herein provided, pending the next year in which elections are held for statewide elective office.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 42a - Allocation of Funds

Section 42A. On or before the eighth Tuesday before the primacy election in any year in which elections are held for statewide elective office, the balance of the state election campaign fund shall be determined by the comptroller as of June 30th of that year and the State Election Campaign Fund shall thereupon be divided by the comptroller into primary and state election accounts as follows: (a) 50 per cent of the fund shall be allocated to the primary election account which shall be further subdivided into as many primary candidate accounts as there are candidates for statewide elective office who have been certified by the director of campaign and political finance as eligible for public financing pursuant to section 4 of chapter 55C. Each primary candidate account of a candidate for governor so certified shall first be credited with $750,000. If the primary election account does not contain sufficient funds, this amount shall be proportionately reduced accordingly. Thereafter, funds remaining in the primary election account shall be proportionately allocated in equal amounts to the remaining primary candidate accounts; (b) 50 per cent of the fund shall be allocated to the state election account. On or before the fourth Tuesday preceding the state election, the state election account shall be further subdivided into as many state election candidate accounts as there are candidates for statewide elective office who have been certified by the director of campaign and political finance as eligible for public financing pursuant to section 6 of chapter 55C; provided, however, that one state election candidate account only shall be established for each governor and lieutenant governor team of candidates. Each state election candidate account for a team of candidates for governor and lieutenant governor so certified shall first be credited with $750,000. If the state election account does not contain sufficient funds, this amount shall be proportionately reduced accordingly. Thereafter, funds remaining in the state election account shall be proportionately allocated in equal amounts to the remaining state election candidate accounts.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 42b - Primary Candidate Accounts

Section 42B. On or before the eighth, sixth, fourth and second Tuesday before the primary election in any year in which elections for statewide elective office are held the state treasurer shall without further appropriation distribute from each primary candidate account the amounts then certified by the director of campaign and political finance to be due to each eligible candidate. All distributions shall be made by direct deposit to the depository account designated by such candidates under section 19 of chapter 55. Immediately following the second Tuesday before the primary election all primary candidate accounts established under section 43 shall be closed and any balances remaining shall be allocated to the general election account and shall be available for distribution as herein provided.
On or before the fourth and second Tuesday before the state election in any year in which elections are held for statewide elective office, the state treasurer shall without further appropriation distribute from each state election candidate account the amounts then certified by the director of campaign and political finance to be due to each eligible candidate. All distributions shall be made by direct deposit to the depository accounts designated by such candidates under section 19 of chapter 55. Immediately following the second Tuesday before the state election all state election candidate accounts established under section 43 shall be closed and any balances remaining shall be redeposited as provided in section 41 pending the next year in which statewide elections are held.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 42c - State Auditor Report

Section 42C. The state auditor shall conduct a post-audit of all accounts and transactions involving the state election campaign fund for any year in which elections are held for statewide elective office and shall conduct such other special audits and post-audits as he may deem necessary. The state auditor shall publish a report of any post-audit required by this section on or before April 1 of the year following any year in which elections are held for statewide elective office. The comptroller shall conduct a post-audit of the accounts and transaction of any candidate for state auditor.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 46 - Anthracite Coal Mining Reclamation Fund

Section 46. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Anthracite Coal Mining Reclamation Fund. Said fund shall consist of all funds received by the commissioner of environmental protection for the purpose of administering the provisions of chapter twenty-one B and all other monies credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 48 - Milk Producers Security Fund

Section 48. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Milk Producers Security Fund, consisting of revenues received under the provisions of section 13B of chapter 128, and all other monies credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.
The state treasurer shall receive, deposit, and invest all monies transmitted to him under the provisions of said section 13B in such manner that will insure the highest interest rate available consistent with safety of the fund and with the requirement that all deposits be available for immediate withdrawal for payment to milk producers upon receipt of notice, certified by the commissioner of food and agriculture, that these amounts are due them.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 50 - Children's Trust Fund

Section 50. There shall be established upon the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Children's Trust Fund, which shall not be subject to further appropriation. Said fund shall be expended for the purposes set forth in the fourth paragraph of section two hundred and two and subsections (1) to (9), inclusive, of section two hundred and three of chapter six.
The child abuse prevention board, established pursuant to section two hundred and two and two hundred and three of chapter six, is authorized to receive and expend monies received from (1) state appropriations; (2) gifts, grants and donations from public or private sources; (3) federal reimbursements, grants-in-aid, or other monies credited or transferred from any other fund or source pursuant to law; (4) and any interest earned from the Children's Trust Fund. Such funds shall be impressed with a trust and held for said board in the Children's Trust Fund. The treasurer may receive, deposit and invest funds held for said board in a manner that will insure the highest interest rate available consistent with the safety of said Children's Trust Fund.
The books and records of the Children's Trust Fund shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
The comptroller is hereby authorized to transfer to the Children's Trust Fund all monies, including interest, in the Child Abuse Prevention Fund.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 52 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Creation

Section 52. There shall be, in the office of the treasurer, but not subject to its control, a Massachusetts cultural council, hereinafter referred to in this section and in sections 53 to 58A, inclusive, as the council, consisting of nineteen members to be appointed by the governor from among qualified private citizens of the commonwealth who have demonstrated scholarship or creativity in, or distinguished service to, the arts, humanities, interpretive sciences, or local arts. The members of the council shall serve staggered, three year terms. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, the member's successor shall be appointed for a term of three years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term. Elected public officials shall not be eligible for appointment to the council. Said members shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. In making such appointments the governor shall give due consideration to recommendations made by representative civic, educational, and professional groups concerned with the arts, humanities, interpretive sciences or local arts and shall maintain a reasonable representation among them. The council shall include at least 1 member residing in each of the 14 counties an not more than 3 members residing in any 1 county. The governor shall designate a chairman and vice chairman from the members of the council to serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The council shall, by majority vote, approve for each year a program and a budget, and the chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the council to carry out such programs within the budget.
The council shall have an executive director with experience and a continuing interest in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the chairman and the council, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the council, all subject to the consent of a majority of the council. The position of executive director and all other positions established pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty nor the provisions of chapter thirty-one.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 53 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Powers and Duties

Section 53. The council shall promote excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of its communities. The council shall make such reviews or surveys as it deems advisable of the facilities, activities, and needs of public and private institutions, and organizations within the commonwealth concerned with the arts, humanities, and interpretive sciences, and community and local arts organizations within the commonwealth. It shall encourage and make recommendations concerning the development on the local level of institutions and organizations which further the practice, study and appreciation of the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences in the interests of the citizens of the commonwealth. The council shall annually submit to the budget director the estimates required by sections three and four of chapter twenty-nine, and shall file an annual report as required by sections thirty-two and thirty-three of chapter thirty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 54 - Massachusetts Cultural Council; Hearings; Rules and Regulations

Section 54. The council may hold public and private hearings; may enter into contracts with individuals, organizations and institutions for services furthering the objectives of the council's program; may enter into contracts with local or regional associations for cooperative endeavors furthering the council's programs; may accept gifts, contributions and bequests of funds from individuals, foundations and from federal, state or other governmental bodies for the purpose of furthering the council's program; may make and sign any agreement and may do and perform any and all acts which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of sections fifty-two through fifty-eight, inclusive.
The council shall establish and from time to time issue or revise as necessary, guidelines, rules, rulings or regulations for the use of state arts lottery or other funds allocable to it and for its own and local or regional cultural council operations and procedures, and to interpret or carry out the purposes of sections fifty-two through fifty-eight inclusive, including but not limited to, the power to delegate certain of the council's decision-making as the council may deem appropriate to a committee of the council's membership specially knowledgeable in the appropriate discipline or subject matter. The council may request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the commonwealth such assistance and data as will enable it properly to carry out its powers and duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 55 - Federal Funding; Plan; Administration

Section 55. This section and sections fifty-three and fifty-four shall constitute the plan of the commonwealth as required by the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (Public Law 89–209). The council shall be the sole agency of the commonwealth for the administration of said Act. The state treasurer shall be custodian of funds received by the commonwealth under section 5 (h) of said Act, and said funds shall be expended solely by the council, without special appropriation, on projects and productions approved by it which carry out one or more of the objectives of section 5 (c) of said Act.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 56 - Distribution of Arts Lottery Funds; Applications

Section 56. The council shall stimulate and encourage the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences within cities and towns by administering the distribution of the Arts Lottery Fund established under the provisions of section fifty-seven to the several cities and towns as hereinafter provided and providing guidance, advice, and assistance to local or regional cultural councils established under the provisions of section fifty-eight.
The council shall receive applications for said funds from local and regional cultural councils and shall determine if applications for funds comply with said guidelines, rules, rulings or regulations. The council, upon the determination of compliance with its guidelines, rules, rulings or regulations, shall certify to the comptroller the payment to the several cities and towns to the extent that monies would be payable to such cities and towns under the provisions of section eighteen C of chapter fifty-eight; provided, however, that the definition of ''persons who reside in the commonwealth'' as contained in clause (3) of paragraph (a) of said section eighteen C shall be construed not to include the population of those cities, towns or consortiums of cities and towns which have not established local or regional cultural councils for the purpose of distributing funds under the provisions of this section; and further provided, however, that the arts lottery funds for the arts shall not be added to the Local Aid Fund pursuant to the provisions of section two D of chapter twenty-nine but shall be separately distributed as provided in section fifty-eight. Arts lottery funds so certified and allocable to a local or regional cultural council shall be deposited with the treasurer of the appropriate city or town and expended as provided in such applications as approved by the council and as provided in section fifty-eight. Funds not so certified shall, at the discretion of the council, be retained for the account of such local or regional cultural council, or expended or distributed by the council for the benefit of such one or more local regional cultural councils as the council may deem appropriate.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 58a - State-Designated Cultural Districts

Section 58A. (a) The council shall establish criteria and guidelines for state-designated cultural districts. A cultural district shall be a geographical area of a city or town with a concentration of cultural facilities located within it. Cultural districts shall attract artists and cultural enterprises to a community, encourage business and job development, establish tourist destinations, preserve and reuse historic buildings, enhance property values and foster local cultural development. The council shall assist a city or town if the city or town wishes to develop or foster a cultural district. The council shall develop an application process, with specific guidelines and criteria, for a city or town that wishes to develop or foster a cultural district. Executive branch agencies, constitutional offices and quasi-governmental agencies shall identify programs and services that support and enhance the development of cultural districts and ensure that those programs and services are accessible to such districts. The council shall consult with the Massachusetts historical commission in developing and establishing criteria and guidelines regarding preservation and reuse of historic buildings.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, executive branch agencies, constitutional offices and quasi-governmental agencies including, but not limited to, the council and historic preservation programs, shall review and revise regulations and other economic development tools, including the evaluative criteria of such historic preservation programs, in order to support and encourage the development and success of state-designated cultural districts.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 59 - Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund

Section 59. There is hereby established on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund known as the Head Injury Treatment Services Trust Fund. Said trust fund shall consist of monies paid to the commonwealth pursuant to sections 20 and 24 of chapter 90, sections 8 and 34 of chapter 90B and any interest or investment earnings on such monies, except for monies deposited in the Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund under section 59A. The state treasurer, ex officio, shall be the custodian of said trust fund and shall receive, deposit and invest all monies transmitted to him under the provisions of this section and shall credit interest and earnings on the trust fund to said trust fund. Funds collected pursuant to said section 24 shall be expended without further appropriation for the purpose of developing and maintaining nonresidential rehabilitation services for head injured persons in such manner as the commissioner of rehabilitation may direct. Funds collected pursuant to said section 20 shall be expended without further appropriation for the purpose of developing and maintaining residential and nonresidential rehabilitation services for head injured persons in such manner as the commissioner of rehabilitation may direct. In order to ensure that said services established by the commissioner continue without interruption, the comptroller may certify for payment amounts in anticipation of revenues collected for the corresponding quarter during the previous fiscal year.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 59a - Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund

Section 59A. (a) There is hereby established on the books of the commonwealth a separate trust fund known as the Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund. The trust fund shall consist of monies paid to the commonwealth on a surcharge of $50 assessed against any person who seeks reinstatement of his or her license to operate after the license has been suspended as a result of receiving 3 speeding convictions pursuant to section 17 of chapter 90 within any 1–year period or as a result of receiving 3 surchargeable offenses within any 2–year period or as a result of receiving 7 surchargeable offenses within any 3–year period. The surcharge assessed against a person who seeks reinstatement of the person's license to operate after the license has been suspended shall be $50 greater for each successive reinstatement under this section. The surcharge shall be transferred by the registrar of motor vehicles to the state treasurer for deposit into the Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund.
(b) The state treasurer shall be the custodian of the Thomas P. Kennedy Spinal Cord Injury Trust Fund and shall receive, deposit and invest all monies transmitted to the state treasurer under this section and shall credit interest and earnings on the trust fund to the trust fund. The monies shall be expended for the purpose of medical cure research services for spinal cord injured persons in such manner as the commissioner of public health may direct.
(c) The commissioner of public health shall appoint an advisory board, consisting of 2 physicians and 1 member of the spinal cord community for the purpose of reviewing proposals for funding research in spinal cord injury and making related recommendations.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 10 - Department of the State Treasurer › Section 61 - Motor Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund

Section 61. There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund to be known as the Motor Vehicle Inspection Trust Fund. There shall be credited to said fund all monies received or collected, including interest earned thereon, by the commonwealth pursuant to the seventh paragraph of section 7A of chapter 90 for a motor vehicle inspection. Amounts so credited shall be received and held in trust by the commonwealth and shall be expended, without further appropriation, solely for the purposes of administration and implementation of the motor vehicle inspection program established pursuant to said section 7A and sections 142J and 142M of chapter 111, including the direct personnel costs associated with said inspection program. The fund may incur a negative balance in anticipation of revenues to be received; provided, however, that the fund shall be in balance by June 30, 2011, and shall be in balance at the close of each fiscal year thereafter. All revenues credited to and all expenditures made from said fund shall be reported, by subsidiary, on the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system and all personnel compensated from said fund shall be recorded on the human resources classification management system, so-called.