US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

TITLE III. — LAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS.

• Chapter 29 — Section 1. Definitions.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2. State revenues; disposition.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2A. Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 5.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2B. Federal Capital Improvement Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2C. General Federal Grants Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2C½. Local Aid Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2D. Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec. 13.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2E. Federal Highway Construction Program Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2F. Contingency, lump-sum or reserve accounts for capital planning and operations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2G. Capital facility planning fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2H. Commonwealth stabilization fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2I. Tax reduction fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2J. Environmental Challenge Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2K. Toxics Use Reduction Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2L. Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2M, 2N. Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 337.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2O. Infrastructure Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2P. Environmental Permitting and Compliance Assurance Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2P½. Safe Drinking Water Act Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2Q. Intragovernmental service fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2R. Maximization Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2S. Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2T. Watershed management fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2U. Ponkapoag recreational fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2V. Dairy Equalization Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2W. Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2X. Allocation of revenues under secs. 2M — 2O and to Commonwealth Liability Reduction Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2Y. Clean Air Act Compliance Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2Z. Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2AA. State building management fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2BB. Assisted Living Administrative Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2CC. Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center Building Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2DD. Capital expenditure reserve fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2EE. Second century fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2FF. Children's and seniors' health care assistance fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2GG. Health protection fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2HH. Federal facilities reserve fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2II. Leo J. Martin recreation fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2JJ. Child care quality fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2KK. Transitional aid to needy families fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2LL. Child care fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2MM. Social services program fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2NN. Caseload increase mitigation fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2OO. Local consumer inspection fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2PP. Voting equipment loan fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2QQ. Drinking water revolving fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2RR. Workforce training fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2SS. Firearms records keeping fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2TT. Liability management and reduction fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2UU. Danvers state hospital reuse fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2VV. Brownfields revitalization fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2WW. Adoption affordability assistance fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2XX. Tobacco Settlement Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2YY. False Claims Prosecution Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2ZZ. Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2AAA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund.
• Chapter 29 — Section 2BBB. One-Time Capital Projects Improvement Fund
• Chapter 29 — Section 2CCC. Open Space Acquisition Fund.
• Chapter 29: Section 2DDD Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2EEE Health Care Quality Improvement Trust Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2FFF Dam Safety Trust
• Chapter 29: Section 2GGG Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; nursing home facilities
• Chapter 29: Section 2HHH Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2III Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund; gifts — grants, donations, annual audit and report
• Chapter 29: Section 2JJJ Registers Technological Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2KKK County Registers Technological Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2LLL Firearms fingerprint identity verification trust fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2MMM Massachusetts Mathematics — Science, Technology and Engineering Grant Fund
• Chapter 29: Section 2NNN Roche Community Rink Fund
• Chapter 29 — Section 3. Submission of statements showing prior appropriations, estimates, and recommendations; review.
• Chapter 29 — Section 3A. Proposed legislation affecting agencies; estimate of costs.
• Chapter 29 — Section 3B. Annual statement of planned expenditures and employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities.
• Chapter 29 — Section 4. Estimates for purposes not covered by sec. 3; evaluation; review.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5. Repealed, 1997, 88, Sec. 7.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5A. Repealed, 1963, 473, Sec. 2.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5B. Estimates of total revenue and tax expenditures; consensus tax revenue forecast.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5C. Comptroller's certification and disposition of consolidated net surplus.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5D. Fringe benefit costs expended from general fund; recovery by comptroller.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5E. Repealed, 1991, 6, Sec. 17.
• Chapter 29 — Section 5F. Department financial plans; contents; use of information.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6. Operating budget.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6A. Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6B. Federal grant funds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6C. Operating budget; expenditures from trust and bond funds; reconciliation of reports of budget director and comptroller.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6D. Appropriations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 6E. General appropriation bill; balanced budget.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7. Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7A. Long range capital facilities development plans; policy statements.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7B. Requirements for long range capital facilities development plans.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7C. Annual capital facility budgets.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7D. Submission of copies of plans and requests to agencies for review; reports; hearings.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7E. Study and review of plans and requests by commissioner; recommendations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7F. Design and construction contingency reserve account.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7G. Emergency repair reserve account.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7H. Budget submitted by governor to general court; recommended corrective amendments message.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7I. Requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations for expenditures; review of proposed legislation providing for capital facility projects.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7J. Reports by commissioner of capital planning and operations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7K. Study or program as prerequisite for appropriation or authorization.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7L. Appropriation laws for commonwealth expenses; subject matter.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7M. Transfer of funds among appropriation items for House of Representatives and Senate.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7N. Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses.
• Chapter 29 — Section 7O. Transfer of funds from items appropriated to joint legislative expenses to items for the house of representatives and the senate.
• Chapter 29 — Section 8. Repealed, 1953, 612, Sec. 7.
• Chapter 29 — Section 8A. Repealed, 1984, 484, Sec. 34.
• Chapter 29 — Section 8B. Bidders on work other than building construction or repair; statements; qualification for classes of work; hearings.
• Chapter 29 — Section 8C. Contracts for repair, etc., on certain highway routes; hours of nonemergency work restricted.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9. Lack of appropriations to carry out construction, etc.; paying for estimates.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9A. Metropolitan district commission; budget estimates.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9B. Agencies monies; initial and supplemental allotments by governor; reports.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9C. Deficiency of revenue.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9D. Anticipated decrease in estimated revenue.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9E. Insufficient appropriations for required expenditures.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9F. Periodic appropriations; notification of expenditures.
• Chapter 29 — Section 9G. Authorization of expenditures.
• Chapter 29 — Section 10. Repealed, 1945, 637, Sec. 3.
• Chapter 29 — Section 11. Repealed, 1945, 242, Sec. 10.
• Chapter 29 — Section 12. Appropriations for fiscal year.
• Chapter 29 — Section 12A. Obligations incurred against appropriation or subsidiary accounts for future items delivered or services rendered.
• Chapter 29 — Section 12B. Fiscal year for payment of classified personal services.
• Chapter 29 — Section 13. Appropriations for ordinary maintenance; outstanding encumbrances; unexpended appropriations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 14. Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance; unencumbered balance.
• Chapter 29 — Section 15. Successive appropriations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 16. Payments from ordinary revenue; cash on hand.
• Chapter 29 — Section 17. Withholding appropriations; unadjusted accounts.
• Chapter 29 — Section 18. Payments from the treasury regulated.
• Chapter 29 — Section 19. Itemized bills.
• Chapter 29 — Section 19A. Time of making transfers called for in general appropriation acts.
• Chapter 29 — Section 20. Authorization of payments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 20A. Orders or claims for extra work or materials; notice.
• Chapter 29 — Section 20B. Repealed, 1996, 366, Sec. 1.
• Chapter 29 — Section 20C. Late penalty interest; submission of invoice.
• Chapter 29 — Section 21. Office expenses; approval of governor and council.
• Chapter 29 — Section 22. Payments limited; expenses incurred.
• Chapter 29 — Section 23. Advancements from treasury; management of state agency funds; funding of checks and drafts.
• Chapter 29 — Section 23A. Payments for human service programs; rules and regulations relating to eligibility.
• Chapter 29 — Section 24. Advancements; certification of immediate use.
• Chapter 29 — Section 25. Advancements; detailed statements; filing by recipients.
• Chapter 29 — Section 26. Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 26A. Certification of design work; contracts for design services.
• Chapter 29 — Section 26B. Certification of construction work; contracts for construction.
• Chapter 29 — Section 27. Expenses and increases regulated.
• Chapter 29 — Section 27A. Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 17.
• Chapter 29 — Section 27B. Expenditure of funds for lease or purchase of data processing or reproduction equipment restricted.
• Chapter 29 — Section 27C. Certain laws, rules, etc. relating to costs or assessments effective only by vote of acceptance or appropriation; written notice requesting determination; class actions.
• Chapter 29 — Section 28. State publications; costs; payments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29. Subsidiary accounts, increase or decrease by interchange; affidavits; sufficiency of funds to cover disbursements.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29A. Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reports.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29B. Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., services.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29C. Acquisition of property or services from commercial vendor by general court or agency; liability for late penalty interest.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29D. Private debt collectors; employment by state agencies.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29E. Maximum reimbursement for project costs.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29F. Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstances.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29G. Utility expenses of commonwealth; recoupment of overcharges.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29H. Overdue payments to commonwealth; late charges.
• Chapter 29 — Section 29I. Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements; chargebacks; reports.
• Chapter 29 — Section 30. Insurance.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31. Salaries; advances; teachers; centralized weekly payroll system; direct credit to bank accounts; wage garnishes.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31A. Death, dismissal or retirement of state employees; accumulated vacation or sick-leave allowances; payments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31B. Teachers; weekly payments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31C. Schools and colleges; non-teaching positions; vacation time.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31D. Payment of salaries upon death of officers or employees; discharge of liability.
• Chapter 29 — Section 31E. Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salaries.
• Chapter 29 — Section 32. Unclaimed check fund; refunds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 32A. Unpaid wages and salaries; unclaimed wage fund; refunds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 33. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 2.
• Chapter 29 — Section 34. Deposit of public monies.
• Chapter 29 — Section 34A. Deposit of commonwealth money.
• Chapter 29 — Section 35. Bonds or other securities; assignments, etc..
• Chapter 29 — Section 36. Mortgages held by commonwealth; discharge; assignments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 37. Real estate acquired by foreclosure; sale by state.
• Chapter 29 — Section 38. Investment of commonwealth funds; loans.
• Chapter 29 — Section 38A. Investment funds; establishment; sale of participation units.
• Chapter 29 — Section 38B. Deferred compensation committee; state treasurer's office.
• Chapter 29 — Section 38C. Investments; bonds or notes; contracts; powers of state treasurer.
• Chapter 29 — Section 39. Bonds, etc., held by commonwealth; exchanges.
• Chapter 29 — Section 40. Trust deposits with state regulated.
• Chapter 29 — Section 41. Bonds, etc., of commonwealth; custody.
• Chapter 29 — Section 42. Notes and securities; annual examination.
• Chapter 29 — Section 43. Repealed, 1926, 143.
• Chapter 29 — Section 44. Unappropriated income.
• Chapter 29 — Section 45. Securities purchased for sinking funds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 46. Transfer of securities from one fund to another.
• Chapter 29 — Section 47. Borrowing in anticipation of receipts; use of notes to pay taxes of bearer.
• Chapter 29 — Section 47A. Assessments for metropolitan districts; borrowing in anticipation.
• Chapter 29 — Section 48. Commonwealth bonds and notes, signatures.
• Chapter 29 — Section 48A. Facsimile signatures, bonds, notes, interest coupons; signatures of former officers.
• Chapter 29 — Section 48B. Bonds and notes; official statements; advertising; collateral tax consequences to social security recipients.
• Chapter 29 — Section 49. Sinking fund for commonwealth bonds; investments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 49A. Minibonds; issuance and sale; limitations; regulations.
• Chapter 29 — Section 49B. Insurance or credit line security for bonds and notes; agreements with brokers.
• Chapter 29 — Section 49C. College savings programs; issuance and sale of bonds; powers and duties of state treasurer.
• Chapter 29 — Section 50. Accounts includable in state tax; certification.
• Chapter 29 — Section 51. Assessments on metropolitan districts for bonds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 52. Repealed.
• Chapter 29 — Section 53. Notes or bonds maturing later than three years after issuance; requirements for inviting purchase proposals; waiver.
• Chapter 29 — Section 53A. Refunding bonds; issuance; proceeds; terms; report.
• Chapter 29 — Section 54. Deposits or other security for proposals by bidders.
• Chapter 29 — Section 55. Sale of bonds, etc.; expenditures.
• Chapter 29 — Section 56. Transfers of reverted funds; sales of bonds or other securities.
• Chapter 29 — Section 57. Repealed, 1968, 536.
• Chapter 29 — Section 58. Registered bonds exchanging for coupon bonds or defaced bonds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 59. Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; duplicates.
• Chapter 29 — Section 60. Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner's indemnity bonds.
• Chapter 29 — Section 60A. General obligations of the commonwealth, full faith and credit; negotiable instruments; direct debt limit.
• Chapter 29 — Section 60B. Debt of commonwealth; appropriation limit.
• Chapter 29 — Section 61. Claims against commonwealth; oath of claimants.
• Chapter 29 — Section 62. Repealed, 1943, 83, Sec. 2.
• Chapter 29 — Section 63. Unlawful exercise or departments abuse of power; commonwealth; commissions, officers, etc.; court restraint.
• Chapter 29 — Section 64. Deferred compensation contracts; public employees; investments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 64A. Individual retirement accounts; public employees.
• Chapter 29 — Section 64B. Deferred compensation contracts between governmental bodies and employees; investments.
• Chapter 29 — Section 64C. Individual retirement accounts between governmental bodies and employees.
• Chapter 29 — Section 64D. Deferred compensation program, annuity or other defined contribution plan; required participation.
• Chapter 29 — Section 65. Delegation of certain powers and duties by secretaries of executive offices established under chapters six A and seven; review by commissioner.
• Chapter 29 — Section 66. Violation of state finance laws; penalties.
• Chapter 29 — Section 67--70. Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 346.
• Chapter 29 — Section 71. Treasurer's obligation regarding local aid intercepts.