2009 Massachusetts Code
PART I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
TITLE III LAWS RELATING TO STATE OFFICERS
CHAPTER 29 STATE FINANCE

• Section 1 Definitions
• Section 2 State revenues; disposition
• Section 2A Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 5
• Section 2AA Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 139
• Section 2AAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund
• Section 2B Federal Capital Improvement Fund
• Section 2BB Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 140
• Section 2BBB Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 158
• Section 2C General Federal Grants Fund
• Section 2C1/2 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 128
• Section 2CC Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 141
• Section 2CCC Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 159
• Section 2D Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec. 13
• Section 2DD Capital Expenditure Reserve Fund
• Section 2DDD Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund
• Section 2E Federal Highway Construction Program Fund
• Section 2EE Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 142
• Section 2EEE Repealed, 2007, 61, Sec. 7
• Section 2F Contingency, lump-sum or reserve accounts for capital planning and operations
• Section 2FF Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 36
• Section 2FFF Dam Safety Trust
• Section 2G Capital facility planning fund
• Section 2GG Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 145
• Section 2GGG Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; nursing home facilities
• Section 2H Commonwealth Stabilization Fund
• Section 2HH Federal Facilities Reserve Fund
• Section 2HHH Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund
• Section 2I Tax Reduction Fund
• Section 2II Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 146
• Section 2III Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund; gifts, grants, donations, annual audit and report
• Section 2J Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 130
• Section 2JJ Child Care Quality Fund
• Section 2JJJ Registers Technological Fund
• Section 2K Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 131
• Section 2KK Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 147
• Section 2KKK County Registers Technological Fund
• Section 2L Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund
• Section 2LL Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 148
• Section 2LLL Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund
• Section 2M, 2N Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 337
• Section 2MM Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 149
• Section 2MMM Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund
• Section 2NN Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 150
• Section 2NNN Roche Community Rink Fund
• Section 2O Infrastructure Fund
• Section 2OO Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 151
• Section 2OOO Commonwealth Care Trust Fund
• Section 2P Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 132
• Section 2P1/2 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 133
• Section 2PP Repealed, 2002, 118, Sec. 3
• Section 2PPP Essential Community Provider Trust Fund
• Section 2Q Intragovernmental Service Fund
• Section 2QQ Drinking Water Revolving Fund
• Section 2QQQ Medical Assistance Trust Fund
• Section 2R Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 134
• Section 2RR Workforce Training Fund
• Section 2RRR Department of Mental Retardation Trust Fund
• Section 2S Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 135
• Section 2SS Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 152
• Section 2SSS Educational Rewards Grant Program Fund
• Section 2T Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 136
• Section 2TT Liability Management and Reduction Fund
• Section 2TTT CITI Fund
• Section 2U Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 137
• Section 2UU Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 153
• Section 2UUU Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar-Internship Match Fund
• Section 2V Dairy Equalization Fund
• Section 2VV Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 154
• Section 2VVV International education and foreign language grant program fund
• Section 2W Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund
• Section 2WW Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 155
• Section 2WWW Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund
• Section 2X Allocation of revenues under Secs. 2M to 2O to Commonwealth Liability Reduction Fund
• Section 2XX Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 156
• Section 2XXX District Local Technical Assistance Fund
• Section 2Y Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 138
• Section 2YY Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 157
• Section 2YYY Courts Capital Project Fund
• Section 2Z Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund
• Section 2ZZ Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
• Section 3 Submission of statements showing prior appropriations, estimates, and recommendations; review
• Section 3A Proposed legislation affecting agencies; estimate of costs
• Section 3B Annual statement of planned expenditures and employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities
• Section 4 Estimates for purposes not covered by Sec. 3; evaluation; review
• Section 5 Repealed, 1997, 88, Sec. 7
• Section 5A Repealed, 1963, 473, Sec. 2
• Section 5B Estimates of total revenue and tax expenditures; consensus tax revenue forecast
• Section 5C Comptroller’s certification and disposition of consolidated net surplus
• Section 5D Indirect and fringe benefit costs expended from General Fund; recovery by comptroller
• Section 5E Repealed, 1991, 6, Sec. 17
• Section 5F Department financial plans; contents; use of information
• Section 6 Operating budget
• Section 6A Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47
• Section 6B Federal grant funds
• Section 6C Operating budget; expenditures from trust and bond funds; reconciliation of reports of budget director and comptroller
• Section 6D Appropriations
• Section 6E General appropriation bill; balanced budget
• Section 7 Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47
• Section 7A Long range capital facilities development plans; policy statements
• Section 7B Requirements for long range capital facilities development plans
• Section 7C Annual capital facility budgets
• Section 7D Submission of copies of plans and requests to agencies for review; reports; hearings
• Section 7E Study and review of plans and requests by commissioner; recommendations
• Section 7F Design and construction contingency reserve account
• Section 7G Emergency repair reserve account
• Section 7H Budget submitted by governor to general court; recommended corrective amendments message
• Section 7I Requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations for expenditures; review of proposed legislation providing for capital facility projects
• Section 7J Reports by commissioner of capital planning and operations
• Section 7K Study or program as prerequisite for appropriation or authorization
• Section 7L Appropriation laws for commonwealth expenses; subject matter
• Section 7M Transfer of funds among appropriation items for House of Representatives and Senate
• Section 7N Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses.
• Section 7O Transfer of funds from items appropriated to joint legislative expenses to items for the house of representatives and the senate
• Section 8 Repealed, 1953, 612, Sec. 7
• Section 8A Repealed, 1984, 484, Sec. 34
• Section 8B Bidders on work other than building construction or repair; statements; qualification for classes of work; hearings
• Section 8C Contracts for repair, etc., on certain highway routes; hours of nonemergency work restricted
• Section 9 Lack of appropriations to carry out construction, etc.; paying for estimates
• Section 9A Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 166
• Section 9B Agencies; monies; initial and supplemental allotments by governor; reports
• Section 9C Deficiency of revenue
• Section 9D Anticipated decrease in estimated revenue
• Section 9E Insufficient appropriations for required expenditures
• Section 9F Periodic appropriations; notification of expenditures
• Section 9G Authorization of expenditures
• Section 10 Repealed, 1945, 637, Sec. 3
• Section 11 Repealed, 1945, 242, Sec. 10
• Section 12 Appropriations for fiscal year
• Section 12A Obligations incurred against appropriation or subsidiary accounts for future items delivered or services rendered
• Section 12B Fiscal year for payment of classified personal services
• Section 13 Appropriations for ordinary maintenance; outstanding encumbrances; unexpended appropriations
• Section 14 Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance; unencumbered balance
• Section 15 Successive appropriations
• Section 16 Payments from ordinary revenue; cash on hand
• Section 17 Withholding appropriations; unadjusted accounts
• Section 18 Payments from the treasury regulated
• Section 19 Itemized bills
• Section 19A Time of making transfers called for in general appropriation acts
• Section 20 Authorization of payments
• Section 20A Orders or claims for extra work or materials; notice
• Section 20B Repealed, 1996, 366, Sec. 1
• Section 20C Late penalty interest; submission of invoice
• Section 21 Office expenses; approval of governor and council
• Section 22 Payments limited; expenses incurred
• Section 23 Advancements from treasury; management of state agency funds; funding of checks and drafts
• Section 23A Payments for human service programs; rules and regulations relating to eligibility
• Section 24 Advancements; certification of immediate use
• Section 25 Advancements; detailed statements; filing by recipients
• Section 26 Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotments
• Section 26A Certification of design work; contracts for design services
• Section 26B Certification of construction work; contracts for construction
• Section 27 Expenses and increases regulated
• Section 27A Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 17
• Section 27B Expenditure of funds for lease or purchase of data processing or reproduction equipment restricted
• 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
• Section 28 State publications; costs; payments
• Section 29 Subsidiary accounts; emergency increase or decrease by interchange; sufficiency of funds to cover disbursements
• Section 29A Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reports
• Section 29B Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., services
• Section 29C Acquisition of property or services from commercial vendor by general court or agency; liability for late penalty interest
• Section 29D Private debt collectors, employment by state agencies
• Section 29E Maximum reimbursement for project costs
• Section 29F Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstances
• Section 29G Utility expenses of commonwealth; recoupment of overcharges
• Section 29H Overdue payments to commonwealth; late charges
• Section 29I Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements and chargebacks; reports
• Section 30 Insurance
• Section 31 Salaries; advances; teachers; centralized payroll system; direct credit to bank accounts; wage garnishments
• Section 31A Death, dismissal or retirement of state employees; accumulated vacation or sick-leave allowances; payments
• Section 31B Teachers; weekly payments
• Section 31C Schools and colleges; non-teaching positions; vacation time
• Section 31D Payment of salaries upon death of officers or employees; discharge of liability
• Section 31E Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salaries
• Section 32 Unclaimed check fund; refunds
• Section 32A Unpaid wages and salaries; unclaimed wage fund; refunds
• Section 33 Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 2
• Section 34 Deposit of public monies
• Section 34A Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 39
• Section 35 Bonds or other securities; assignments, etc.
• Section 36 Mortgages held by commonwealth; discharge; assignments
• Section 37 Real estate acquired by foreclosure; sale by state
• Section 38 Investment of commonwealth funds; loans
• Section 38A Investment funds; establishment; sale of participation units
• Section 38B Deferred compensation committee; state treasurer’s office
• Section 38C Investments; bonds or notes; contracts; powers of state treasurer; payments to constitute general obligations
• Section 39 Bonds, etc., held by commonwealth; exchanges
• Section 40 Trust deposits with state regulated
• Section 41 Bonds, etc., of commonwealth; custody
• Section 42 Notes and securities; annual examination
• Section 43 Repealed, 1926, 143
• Section 44 Unappropriated income
• Section 45 Securities purchased for sinking funds
• Section 46 Transfer of securities from one fund to another
• Section 47 Borrowing in anticipation of receipts; use of notes to pay taxes of bearer
• Section 47A Assessments for metropolitan districts; borrowing in anticipation
• Section 48 Commonwealth bonds and notes, signatures
• Section 48A Facsimile signatures, bonds, notes, interest coupons; signatures of former officers
• Section 48B Bonds and notes; official statements; advertising; collateral tax consequences to social security recipients
• Section 49 Sinking fund for commonwealth bonds; investments
• Section 49A Minibonds; issuance and sale; limitations; regulations
• Section 49B Insurance or credit line security for bonds and notes; agreements with brokers
• Section 49C College savings programs; issuance and sale of bonds; powers and duties of state treasurer
• Section 50 Accounts includable in state tax; certification
• Section 51 Assessments on metropolitan districts for bonds
• Section 52 Repealed, 1999, 68, Sec. 7
• Section 53 Notes or bonds maturing later than three years after issuance; requirements for inviting purchase proposals; waiver
• Section 53A Refunding bonds; issuance; proceeds; terms; report
• Section 54 Deposits or other security for proposals by bidders
• Section 55 Sale of bonds, etc.; expenditures
• Section 56 Transfers of reverted funds; sales of bonds or other securities
• Section 57 Repealed, 1968, 536
• Section 58 Registered bonds exchanged for coupon bonds or defaced bonds
• Section 59 Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; duplicates
• Section 60 Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner’s indemnity bonds
• Section 60A General obligations of the commonwealth, full faith and credit; negotiable instruments; direct debt limit
• Section 60B Debt of the commonwealth; appropriation limit
• Section 61 Claims for materials or labor against commonwealth; oath of claimants
• Section 62 Repealed, 1943, 83, Sec. 2
• Section 63 Unlawful exercise or departments abuse of power; commonwealth, commissions, officers, etc.; court restraint
• Section 64 Deferred compensation contracts; public employees; investments
• Section 64A Individual retirement accounts; public employees
• Section 64B Deferred compensation contracts between governmental bodies and employees; investments
• Section 64C Individual retirement accounts between governmental bodies and employees
• Section 64D Deferred compensation program, annuity or other defined contribution plan; required participation
• Section 65 Delegation of certain powers and duties by secretaries of executive offices established under Chapters six A and seven; review by commissioner
• Section 66 Violation of state finance laws; penalties
• Section 67 to 70 Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 346
• Section 71 Treasurer’s obligation regarding local aid intercepts