Chapter 6: THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY
- Section 1 Salary of governor; housing expenses; other sources of income
- Section 2 Salary of lieutenant governor; other sources of income
- Section 3 Salary of council members; term limitation
- Section 4 Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limits
- Section 5 Governor's employees; compensation
- Section 6 to 7 Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 12
- Section 8 Entertainment of distinguished guests; expenditures
- Section 9 Cooperation with federal surveys of waters, etc.
- Section 10 Appointment of delegates to represent commonwealth at conventions
- Section 11 Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 14
- Section 12 Compensation of legal counsel and commissioners
- Section 12A Veterans Day
- Section 12AA Iwo Jima Day
- Section 12B Anniversary of death of General Pulaski
- Section 12BB Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day
- Section 12C Bunker Hill battle anniversary
- Section 12CC Public Employees Week
- Section 12D Boston Massacre anniversary
- Section 12DD Pearl Harbor Day
- Section 12E Commodore John Barry Day
- Section 12EE Grandparents' Day
- Section 12F New Orleans Day
- Section 12FF Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah Samson
- Section 12G American Education Week
- Section 12GG Lithuanian Independence Day
- Section 12H Anniversary of death of General Lafayette
- Section 12HH Statue of Liberty Awareness Day
- Section 12I American Indian Heritage week
- Section 12II Slovak Independence Day
- Section 12J Patriots' Day
- Section 12JJ Visiting Nurse Association Week
- Section 12K Evacuation Day
- Section 12KK Labor Week
- Section 12L Veteran Firemen's Muster Day
- Section 12LL Social Security Day
- Section 12M Student Government Day
- Section 12MM Korean War Veterans Day
- Section 12N United Nations Day
- Section 12NN Human Rights Day
- Section 12O Loyalty Day
- Section 12OO Exercise Tiger Day
- Section 12P Civil rights week
- Section 12PP Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
- Section 12Q Memorial Day
- Section 12QQ Homeless Unity Day
- Section 12R Polish Constitution Day
- Section 12RR USO Appreciation Day
- Section 12S Peter Francisco Day
- Section 12SS Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
- Section 12T Observance of certain other days
- Section 12TT Destroyer Escort Day
- Section 12U Children's Day
- Section 12UU School Principals' Recognition Day
- Section 12V Columbus Day
- Section 12VV Native American Day
- Section 12W Sight-saving month
- Section 12WW Garden Week
- Section 12X Teachers' Day
- Section 12XX Candle Safety Day
- Section 12Y Maritime Day
- Section 12YY International Education Week
- Section 12Z Jamaican Independence Day
- Section 12ZZ Massachusetts Biomedical Research Day
- Section 13 Lincoln Day
- Section 14 Flag Day
- Section 14A Spanish War Memorial Day and Maine Memorial Day
- Section 14B State Constitution Day
- Section 14C Earth Week
- Section 15 Arbor and Bird Day
- Section 15A Constitution Day
- Section 15AA Secretaries Week
- Section 15AAA School Library Media Month
- Section 15AAAA Robert Goddard Day
- Section 15AAAAA Bill of Rights Day
- Section 15AAAAAA Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Day
- Section 15B Senior Citizens Month
- Section 15BB Massachusetts National Guard Week
- Section 15BBB POW/MIA Day
- Section 15BBBB Special Needs Awareness Day
- Section 15BBBBB Juneteenth Independence Day
- Section 15BBBBBB Farm-to-School Month
- Section 15C American History Month
- Section 15CC Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
- Section 15CCC Homeless Awareness Week
- Section 15CCCC Robert Frost Day
- Section 15CCCCC Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
- Section 15CCCCCC Ice Bucket Challenge Week
- Section 15D Massachusetts Art Week
- Section 15DD Independence Day
- Section 15DDD Silver–Haired Legislature Days
- Section 15DDDD Lucy Stone Day
- Section 15DDDDD Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
- Section 15DDDDDD Seatbelt Awareness Month
- Section 15E Susan B. Anthony Day
- Section 15EE Endangered Species Day
- Section 15EEE Rabies Prevention Week
- Section 15EEEE Italian–American Heritage Month
- Section 15EEEEE Thrombosis Awareness Month
- Section 15EEEEEE Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Section 15F Employ Handicapped Persons Week
- Section 15FF Pro–Life Month
- Section 15FFF Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
- Section 15FFFF Irish–American Heritage Month
- Section 15FFFFF Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
- Section 15FFFFFF Asian American Pacific Islander Month
- Section 15G Youth Honor Day
- Section 15GG Employ the Older Worker Week
- Section 15GGG Alzheimer's Awareness Week
- Section 15GGGG Portuguese–American Heritage Month
- Section 15GGGGG Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
- Section 15GGGGGG Massachusetts Maple Month
- Section 15H Boy Scout Week
- Section 15HH John Carver Day
- Section 15HHH Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week
- Section 15HHHH Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness
- Section 15HHHHH Philanthropy Day
- Section 15HHHHHH Gold Star Wives Day
- Section 15I Liberty Tree Day
- Section 15II Armenian Martyrs' Day
- Section 15III Independent Living Center Day
- Section 15IIII Public Health Month
- Section 15IIIII Jack Kerouac Day
- Section 15IIIIII Gold Star Mothers and Families Day
- Section 15J Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Day
- Section 15JJ Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday
- Section 15JJJ Police Memorial Day
- Section 15JJJJ Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
- Section 15JJJJJ Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Section 15JJJJJJ Frederick Douglass Day
- Section 15K Cystic Fibrosis Week
- Section 15KK National Family Week
- Section 15KKK Workers' Memorial Day
- Section 15KKKK Arthritis Awareness Day
- Section 15KKKKK Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day
- Section 15KKKKKK United States Navy Day
- Section 15L John F. Kennedy Day
- Section 15LL Licensed Practical Nurse Week
- Section 15LLL Lupus Awareness Month
- Section 15LLLL Autistic Awareness Month
- Section 15LLLLL Disability History Month
- Section 15LLLLLL United States Cadet Nurse Corps Day
- Section 15M Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
- Section 15MM Vietnam Veterans Day
- Section 15MMM Geographic Education Awareness Week
- Section 15MMMM Luther Burbank Day
- Section 15MMMMM Polish American Congress Day
- Section 15MMMMMM Overdose Awareness Day
- Section 15N Police Officers' Week
- Section 15NN State Walking Sunday
- Section 15NNN Literacy Awareness Month
- Section 15NNNN Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
- Section 15NNNNN No Name Calling Day
- Section 15NNNNNN Negro Election Day
- Section 15O Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month
- Section 15OO Saint Jean de Baptiste Day
- Section 15OOO Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month
- Section 15OOOO Civilian Conservation Corps Day
- Section 15OOOOO Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day
- Section 15OOOOOO Observance of the founding of the United States Army
- Section 15P Traffic Safety Week
- Section 15PP Town Meeting Day
- Section 15PPP Samuel Slater Day
- Section 15PPPP Thomas Paine Day
- Section 15PPPPP World Voice Week
- Section 15PPPPPP Observance of the founding of the United States Air Force
- Section 15Q United States Marine Corps Day
- Section 15QQ Parliamentary Law Month
- Section 15QQQ Caribbean Week
- Section 15QQQQ Tartan Day
- Section 15QQQQQ Fragile X Awareness Day
- Section 15QQQQQQ Observance of the founding of the National Guard
- Section 15R Armistice Day
- Section 15RR Greek Independence Day
- Section 15RRR Emergency Responders Memorial Day
- Section 15RRRR Missing Children's Day
- Section 15RRRRR Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week
- Section 15RRRRRR Observance of the founding of the United States Coast Guard
- Section 15S Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Section 15SS Massachusetts Hospice Week
- Section 15SSS Emergency Management Week
- Section 15SSSS Unity Day
- Section 15SSSSS Massachusetts Service and Volunteerism Day
- Section 15SSSSSS Massachusetts Emancipation Day; Quock Walker Day
- Section 15T Kalevala Day
- Section 15TT Public Employees Appreciation Day
- Section 15TTT Law Enforcement Memorial Month
- Section 15TTTT Myositis Awareness Day
- Section 15TTTTT General Sylvanus Thayer Day
- Section 15TTTTTT Rare Disease Day
- Section 15U Social Justice for Ireland Day
- Section 15UU Practical Nursing Education Week
- Section 15UUU Home Composting Recognition Week
- Section 15UUUU Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
- Section 15UUUUU Blue Star Mothers Month
- Section 15UUUUUU to 15WWWWWW [There is no 6:15UUUUUU to 15WWWWWW.]
- Section 15V White Cane Safety Day
- Section 15VV Presidents Day
- Section 15VVV Head Injury Awareness Month
- Section 15VVVV Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
- Section 15VVVVV PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day
- Section 15W National Hunting and Fishing Day
- Section 15WW Youth in Government Day
- Section 15WWW Polish–American Heritage Month
- Section 15WWWW Armenian–American Heritage Month
- Section 15WWWWW Ataxia Awareness Day
- Section 15X Child Nutrition Week
- Section 15XX Joshua James Day
- Section 15XXX Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
- Section 15XXXX Guardians' Day
- Section 15XXXXX Southbridge Lions Club Bow Ties for Esophageal Cancer Awareness Day
- Section 15XXXXXX School Custodian Day
- Section 15Y Jaycee Week and Day
- Section 15YY Leif Ericson Day
- Section 15YYY Clara Barton Week
- Section 15YYYY World War II Commemoration Day
- Section 15YYYYY Massachusetts Race Amity Day
- Section 15YYYYYY United States Navy Seabees Day
- Section 15Z Bataan–Corregidor Day
- Section 15ZZ Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
- Section 15ZZZ Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
- Section 15ZZZZ Stalking Awareness Month
- Section 15ZZZZZ First Responder Day
- Section 15ZZZZZZ Right Whale Day
- Section 16 Military officers serving under governor
- Section 17 Commissions and boards serving under governor
- Section 17A Governor's cabinet
- Section 18 Armory commission
- Section 18A Repealed, 1996, 151, Sec. 11
- Section 18B Public education nominating council; membership; duties
- Section 19 Repealed, 2013, 38, Sec. 5
- Section 20 Art commission; members; powers and duties
- Section 21 Repealed, 1930, 416, Sec. 2
- Section 22 to 25 Repealed, 1993, 110, Sec. 40
- Section 26 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; appointment; term; organization; removal
- Section 27 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; duties
- Section 28 Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; compensation and expenses
- Section 28A to 28E Repealed, 1968, 420, Sec. 2
- Section 29 to 32 Repealed, 1977, 927, Sec. 1
- Section 33 Board of trustees of the state library
- Section 34 Powers and duties of trustees of the state library
- Section 35 Librarian of the state library; compensation, etc.
- Section 36 Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts
- Section 37 Trustees of the state library; annual report
- Section 37A Gifts in trust for state library
- Section 38 State library; location; persons authorized to use
- Section 39 Definitions applicable to Secs. 39 to 39B
- Section 39A Depository library for state publications; collection; system
- Section 39B State library; copies of state agency publications
- Section 40 Board of trustees for state-operated veterans' homes
- Section 41 Veterans' home council
- Section 42 Repealed, 1977, 940, Sec. 1
- Section 43 to 45 Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 5
- Section 46, 47 Repealed, 1966, 444, Sec. 5
- Section 48 Repealed, 2011, 194, Sec. 4
- Section 49 to 52 Repealed, 1953, 409, Sec. 2
- Section 53 to 55 Inoperative as a result of title to the port properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 33; 1958, 599, Sec. 4
- Section 56 Massachusetts commission against discrimination; appointment, responsibilities; employees; regional offices; advisory board
- Section 57 to 59 Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 3
- Section 59A to 59C Inoperative as a result of title to the airport properties vesting in the Massachusetts Port Authority. See 1956, 465, Sec. 32; 1958, 599, Sec. 12
- Section 60 Repealed, 1955, 584, Sec. 2
- Section 61, 62 Repealed, 1953, 612, Secs. 2, 3
- Section 63 Repealed, 1954, 581, Sec. 2
- Section 64 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 1B
- Section 65 to 67 Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
- Section 68 Repealed, 1952, 605, Sec. 18
- Section 69 to 69B Repealed, 1969, 838, Sec. 2
- Section 70, 71 Repealed, 2022, 144, Sec. 4
- Section 72 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2
- Section 73 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2
- Section 74 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of funds
- Section 75 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; commissioner; employees; other offices
- Section 76 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; advisory council
- Section 77 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; definitions applicable to Secs. 74 to 84
- Section 78 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation services
- Section 78A Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; extended sheltered employment
- Section 79 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; powers and duties
- Section 80 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; additional powers and duties
- Section 81 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; cooperation with state agencies; agreements
- Section 82 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; federal funds; custodian; expenditure
- Section 83 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; gifts to commission; acceptance; investment
- Section 84 Massachusetts rehabilitation commission; information or records confidential
- Section 84A to 84I Repealed, 1985, 716, Sec. 1
- Section 85 Definitions applicable to Secs. 86 to 92
- Section 86, 87 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
- Section 88 Atomic energy commission; duties
- Section 89, 90 Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
- Section 91 Nuclear material or facility; changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studies
- Section 92 Nuclear material or facility; license or permit
- Section 93 Nuclear material or facility; injunction against violations
- Section 94 to 96 Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2
- Section 97 State finance and governance board; membership
- Section 98 Duties of state finance and governance board
- Section 99 Repealed, 2017, 6, Sec. 1
- Section 100 Repealed, 1965, 572, Sec. 1
- Section 101 Obscene literature control commission; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
- Section 102 to 104 Repealed, 1987, 697, Sec. 1
- Section 105 Commission on employment of people with disabilities; members; chairperson; appointments
- Section 106 Duties of commission
- Section 107 Annual reports; compensation of members; executive secretary; gifts and bequests
- Section 108 Manufactured homes commission; members; duties; compensation
- Section 109 to 114 Repealed, 1970, 849, Sec. 2
- Section 115 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 5
- Section 115A Unit pricing of packaged commodities; retail sale; regulations; enforcement; penalties; report
- Section 116 Municipal police training committee; members; chairperson; executive director
- Section 116A Domestic violence and sexual violence complaints; basic training course; guidelines for law enforcement response
- Section 116B Hate crimes; police instruction
- Section 116C Development and establishment of course on use and application of technology to increase public safety; regional and municipal police training schools
- Section 116D Protection, care and custody of minors upon arrest of parents or guardians; police instruction
- Section 116E Development and establishment of course in bicycle safety enforcement
- Section 116F Harbormaster training council
- Section 116G In-service training program for local law enforcement officers and officials; bias-free policing; de-escalation and disengagement tactics; incidents impacted by mental health or developmental disability issues
- Section 116H Municipal police training committee; in-service training program for school resource officers
- Section 116I Municipal police training committee; training program for appropriate interactions with persons on the autism spectrum or with other intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Section 116J Municipal police training committee; basic and in-service training programs for regulation of physical force
- Section 116K Municipal police training committee; basic and in-service training programs on mental wellness and suicide prevention
- Section 117 Meetings; compensation of members
- Section 118 Municipal police training schools; approval; rules and regulations relative to schools
- Section 119 Repealed, 2002, 196, Sec. 11
- Section 120 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 3
- Section 121 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 1
- Section 122, 123 Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4
- Section 124 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 3
- Section 124A World War II, Korean emergency and Vietnam conflict memorial commission; members; compensation; honor rolls
- Section 125 Health and welfare commission; establishment
- Section 126 Duties of commission
- Section 127 Advisory committee; members; meetings
- Section 128 Regional offices; service regions; regional advisory committees; annual reports
- Section 129 Massachusetts commission for the blind; composition; cooperation with federal agency; commissioner; advisory board
- Section 130 Commissioner's duties and powers; supervisors; divisions and directors; assistance to blind persons; funeral expenses
- Section 131 Financial assistance program; eligibility, restriction; payment levels
- Section 131A State supplementary payments; annual increases
- Section 131B Federal agreement
- Section 131C Applications; eligibility for assistance
- Section 131D Monthly advancements to H.H.S.; audit
- Section 131E Medical assistance program; eligibility
- Section 131F Fraudulent procuring of payments; penalties
- Section 131G Vouchers submitted by vendors
- Section 131H Violations by vendor; ineligibility period
- Section 131I Return of payments by ineligible recipients or vendors required
- Section 131J Rules and regulations for administration of Secs. 129 to 149
- Section 132 Advances to commissioner
- Section 133 Definitions applicable to Secs. 133A to 133F
- Section 133A Duties of officers, boards or authorities in charge of state buildings or property
- Section 133B Powers and duties of commission
- Section 133C New construction, remodeling, etc. of public buildings or properties, vending facilities
- Section 133D Rental or other charge for operation of vending facility
- Section 133E Existing vending facilities; removal or nonrenewal of lease
- Section 133F Repealed, 1983, 636, Sec. 1
- Section 133G Braille instruction for registrants; assessment
- Section 134 Purchase of articles made by blind persons for use in state and other public institutions; release
- Section 135 Register of the blind; identification card; acceptance to verify identity; information displayed; fee
- Section 136 Reports of medical authorities establishing blindness
- Section 137 Applicants for medical assistance who do not qualify for cash assistance under Sec. 131; determination as ''blind''
- Section 138 Solicitations for benefit of blind; license; appeal from refusal to issue
- Section 139 Prohibition on solicitation for benefit of blind without a license; statement and display of license
- Section 140 Rules and regulations relative to fund raising for blind; provision for penalties
- Section 141 Penalty for violation of rules regulating solicitations for blind
- Section 142 Exemptions and inapplicability of sections governing solicitation for blind
- Section 143 Schools and workshops
- Section 144 Support of workmen and pupils at workshops; pupils from other states
- Section 145 Study of problems relating to blindness; investigations; contact with physicians and other qualified facilities
- Section 146 Commission divisions or bureaus; organizations and functions
- Section 147 Cooperation with federal departments; development of state plans
- Section 148 Acceptance and use of gifts
- Section 149 Records concerning blind persons; custody, use and preservation
- Section 150 Repealed, 1973, 1210, Sec. 8
- Section 151 to 153 Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6
- Section 154 Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 4
- Section 155 Repealed, 1969, 471, Sec. 2
- Section 156 Committee on criminal justice; membership; meetings; powers and duties
- Section 156A Proposal review board; members; powers, etc.
- Section 156B Executive director; qualifications; duties; staff; compensation
- Section 157 American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission
- Section 158 Massachusetts educational communications commission
- Section 159 Council on juvenile behavior
- Section 160 Duties; quarters; clerical assistants
- Section 161 Report
- Section 162 Advisory board on compensation of officials; establishment; appointment of members; duties; report; compensation and expenses
- Section 163 Management engineering task force
- Section 164 Massachusetts fire training council
- Section 165 Duties
- Section 165A Massachusetts firefighting academy
- Section 165B Massachusetts fire service commission
- Section 166 Health facilities appeals board; establishment; function; members; appointment; qualifications; compensation; personnel
- Section 166A Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 7
- Section 166B Advisory committee on chaplains in state institutions; establishment; members; meetings; function
- Section 167 Definitions applicable to Secs. 167 and 168 to 178L
- Section 167A Department of criminal justice information services
- Section 168 Criminal record review board
- Section 168A Transmission of probation and parole records to the department
- Section 168B Rules and regulations
- Section 168C Post-secondary schools; annual uniform crime reports; campus security policies
- Section 168D Sexual misconduct climate survey
- Section 168E Adoption of policies on sexual misconduct involving students or employees
- Section 169 Repealed, 1979, 702, Sec. 5
- Section 170 Repealed, 1990, 319, Sec. 5
- Section 171 Regulations generally; continuing education program; evaluative information
- Section 171A Right of applicant to criminal history record prior to questioning or adverse decision; penalties for failure to provide applicant with criminal history information; maintenance of written criminal offender record information policy
- Section 172 Maintenance of criminal offender record information in electronic format; accessibility via world wide web; eligibility for access to database; use and dissemination of criminal offender record information
- Section 172A Fee for request for criminal offender record information or self-audit; permitted uses of revenues received under this section
- Section 172B Children and families department; youth services department; available information
- Section 172B1/2 Local fingerprint submission requirement for applicants for licenses in specified occupations
- Section 172C Dissemination of criminal offender record information to agencies employing or referring individuals to provide services to elderly or disabled persons
- Section 172D Availability of information to IV–D agency
- Section 172E Dissemination of criminal offender record information to long term care facilities, assisted living residences and continuing care facilities
- Section 172F Conviction and arrest data available to department of early education and care
- Section 172G Children's camps to obtain criminal and juvenile data; employees and volunteers
- Section 172H Children's programs to obtain criminal and juvenile data
- Section 172I Schools to obtain criminal records of taxicab employees
- Section 172J Commissioner of banks to obtain criminal record information of applicants for licensure pursuant to chapter 255F; restriction on use
- Section 172K Climbing wall or challenge course program employee or volunteer previously subject to record check; simultaneous applications for record check
- Section 172L Navigator organizations certified by the commonwealth health insurance connector under 42 U.S.C. § 18031(i) required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee
- Section 172M Person licensed pursuant to Sec. 122 of chapter 140 required to obtain criminal offender record information prior to hiring new employee who may have direct and unmonitored contact with firearms, shotguns or rifles
- Section 172N Requirements for professional licenses; list of specific disqualifying criminal convictions
- Section 172O Fingerprint-based criminal background check; purpose; process; requests; consent; results
- Section 173 Regulations for program research; monitoring; access restricted
- Section 174 Interstate system for exchange of record information; supervision of participation by state and local agencies; access limited; telecommunications access terminals
- Section 175 Right of subject to inspect criminal offender record information; correction of inaccurate or incomplete information; procedure; restrict
- Section 176 Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable relief
- Section 177 Violations; civil liability
- Section 178 Requesting or obtaining criminal offender record information or self-audit under false pretenses; unlawful communication of record information; falsification of record information; unlawful request or requirement that person provide his or her record information; punishment
- Section 178A Right of victim of crime, witness or family member of homicide victim to obtain criminal offender record information of person accused or convicted; disclosure of other information by criminal justice agencies
- Section 178B Death of offender; cessation of restrictions
- Section 178C Definitions applicable to Secs. 178C to 178P
- Section 178D Sex offender registry
- Section 178E Transmission of registration data to criminal history systems board, police departments, and FBI
- Section 178F Annual verification of registration data; homeless sex offenders; juveniles; disclosure of information
- Section 178F1/2 Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offenders
- Section 178F3/4 Global positioning system device to be worn by homeless sex offender
- Section 178G Termination of obligation to register
- Section 178H Failure to register, verify information or provide notice of change of address; providing false information; penalties
- Section 178I Report identifying sex offender; request for information; confidentiality
- Section 178J Request for sex offender information; notice of penalty for misuse; data required to receive report
- Section 178K Sex offender registry board; member qualifications; guidelines to assess risk of reoffense; notification; information sharing system relevant for determination or reevaluation of sex offender's level designation
- Section 178L Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel; reclassification
- Section 178M Judicial review of final classification
- Section 178N Misuse of information; penalties
- Section 178O Liability of public officials and employees for sex offender registry information
- Section 178P Failure to comply with registration requirements; right to arrest; risk of reoffense information disclosure
- Section 178Q Sex offender registry fee
- Section 179 Board of underwater archaeological resources; members; terms; director; staff
- Section 180 Powers and duties in preserving underwater archaeological resources; state title; definition
- Section 181 Nutrition board; establishment; members; secretary and executive secretary; staff; appointment
- Section 182 Advisory function; duties
- Section 182A Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey advisory board
- Section 182B Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey to be held by Massachusetts Maritime Academy for educational and training purposes and tourism; powers
- Section 182C Home berth
- Section 183 Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 6
- Section 183A Massachusetts cost containment council
- Section 184 Medicolegal investigation commission
- Section 184A Forensic sciences oversight board
- Section 185 Massachusetts office on disability; director; appointments
- Section 186 Application for grants; agreements; standards and procedures
- Section 187 Duties and functions
- Section 188 Availability of information
- Section 189 Advisory council; membership; duties
- Section 190 Repealed, 2011, 3, Sec. 10
- Section 191 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199
- Section 192 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulations
- Section 193 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; commissioner
- Section 194 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; functions
- Section 195 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; advisory council
- Section 196 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; interpreter referral service
- Section 197 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; telecommunication devices; rental, lease or sale
- Section 198 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; advice to other agencies; provision of requested resources
- Section 199 Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; records; confidentiality
- Section 200 Fire safety commission; membership; quorum; compensation; duties
- Section 201 Automatic sprinkler appeals board; procedures
- Section 202 Child abuse prevention board; members; term; executive director; removal
- Section 203 Meetings; reports; powers and duties
- Section 204 Employee ownership advisory board; members; term; meetings; duties
- Section 205 Office for refugees and immigrants
- Section 206 State refugee coordinator; duties; salary; hours; appointment of employees
- Section 207 Powers of office
- Section 208 Governor's advisory council for refugees and immigrants; membership; functions
- Section 208A Office for Refugees and Immigrants Trust Fund
- Section 209 to 213 Repealed, 2007, 192, Sec. 2
- Section 214 Madeline Amy Sweeney award for civilian bravery
- Section 215 Interagency child welfare task force; membership; goals
- Section 216 Military asset and security strategy task force; membership; powers and duties; meetings
- Section 217 Commission on autism; membership; powers and duties; annual report
- Section 218 Science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, advisory council; membership; powers and duties; executive committee
- Section 219 Commission on community behavioral health promotion and prevention
- Section 220 Facial recognition searches; requests; valid purposes; documentation; reporting; exceptions
- Section 221 Hate crimes task force
- Section 222 State agencies; responsibilities
- Section 1781/2 Use of criminal offender record information to commit crime against or harass subject; penalty