Section 1 - Salary of governor
Section 2 - Salary of lieutenant governor; term limitation
Section 3 - Salary of council members; term limitation
Section 4 - Traveling expenses of lieutenant governor and council members; term limits
Section 5 - Governor's assistants; compensation
Section 6 - Executive secretary; messenger
Section 6A - Administrative secretary
Section 7 - Stationery for council
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; expenses
Section 11 - Reimbursement of expenses of persons representing commonwealth at conventions
Section 12 - Compensation of legal counsel and commissioners
Section 12A - Veterans Day
Section 12B - Anniversary of death of General Pulaski
Section 12C - Bunker Hill battle anniversary
Section 12D - Boston Massacre anniversary
Section 12E - Commodore John Barry Day
Section 12F - New Orleans Day
Section 12G - American Education Week
Section 12H - Anniversary of death of General Lafayette
Section 12I - American Indian Heritage week
Section 12J - Patriots’ Day
Section 12K - Evacuation Day
Section 12L - Veteran Firemen’s Muster Day
Section 12M - Student Government Day
Section 12N - United Nations Day
Section 12O - Loyalty Day
Section 12P - Civil rights week
Section 12Q - Memorial Day
Section 12R - Polish Constitution Day
Section 12S - Peter Francisco Day
Section 12T - Observance of certain other days
Section 12U - Children’s Day
Section 12V - Columbus Day
Section 12W - Sight-saving month
Section 12X - Teachers’ Day
Section 12Y - Maritime Day
Section 12Z - Jamaican Independence Day
Section 12AA - Iwo Jima Day
Section 12BB - Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day
Section 12CC - Public Employees Week
Section 12DD - Pearl Harbor Day
Section 12EE - Grandparents’ Day
Section 12FF - Anniversary of enlistment of Deborah Samson
Section 12GG - Lithuanian Independence Day
Section 12HH - Statue of Liberty Awareness Day
Section 12II - Slovak Independence Day
Section 12JJ - Visiting Nurse Association Week
Section 12KK - Labor Week
Section 12LL - Social Security Day
Section 12MM - Korean War Veterans Day
Section 12NN - Human Rights Day
Section 12OO - Exercise Tiger Day
Section 12PP - Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
Section 12QQ - Homeless Unity Day
Section 12RR - USO Appreciation Day
Section 12SS - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day
Section 12TT - Destroyer Escort Day
Section 12UU - School Principals’ Recognition Day
Section 12VV - Native American Day
Section 12WW - Garden Week
Section 12XX - Candle Safety Day
Section 12YY - International Education Week
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 15B - Senior Citizens Month
Section 15C - American History Month
Section 15D - Massachusetts Art Week
Section 15E - Susan B. Anthony Day
Section 15F - Employ Handicapped Persons Week
Section 15G - Youth Honor Day
Section 15H - Boy Scout Week
Section 15I - Liberty Tree Day
Section 15J - Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Day
Section 15K - Cystic Fibrosis Week
Section 15L - John F. Kennedy Day
Section 15M - Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
Section 15N - Police Officers’ Week
Section 15O - Keep Massachusetts Beautiful Month
Section 15P - Traffic Safety Week
Section 15Q - United States Marine Corps Day
Section 15R - Armistice Day
Section 15S - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Section 15T - Kalevala Day
Section 15U - Social Justice for Ireland Day
Section 15V - White Cane Safety Day
Section 15W - National Hunting and Fishing Day
Section 15X - Child Nutrition Week
Section 15Y - Jaycee Week and Day
Section 15Z - Bataan-Corregidor Day
Section 15AA - Secretaries Week
Section 15BB - Massachusetts National Guard Week
Section 15CC - Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day
Section 15DD - Independence Day
Section 15EE - Endangered Species Day
Section 15FF - Pro-Life Month
Section 15GG - Employ the Older Worker Week
Section 15HH - John Carver Day
Section 15II - Armenian Martyrs’ Day
Section 15JJ - Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday
Section 15KK - National Family Week
Section 15LL - Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Section 15MM - Vietnam Veterans Day
Section 15NN - State Walking Sunday
Section 15OO - Saint Jean de Baptiste Day
Section 15PP - Town Meeting Day
Section 15QQ - Parliamentary Law Month
Section 15RR - Greek Independence Day
Section 15SS - Massachusetts Hospice Week
Section 15TT - Public Employees Appreciation Day
Section 15UU - Practical Nursing Education Week
Section 15VV - Presidents Day
Section 15WW - Youth in Government Day
Section 15XX - Joshua James Day
Section 15YY - Leif Ericson Day
Section 15ZZ - Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Section 15AAA - School Library Media Month
Section 15BBB - POW/MIA Day
Section 15CCC - Homeless Awareness Week
Section 15DDD - Silver-Haired Legislature Days
Section 15EEE - Rabies Prevention Week
Section 15FFF - Official State Crier and Greeter of the Commonwealth
Section 15GGG - Alzheimer’s Awareness Week
Section 15HHH - Employee Involvement and Employee Ownership Week
Section 15III - Independent Living Center Day
Section 15JJJ - Police Memorial Day
Section 15KKK - Workers’ Memorial Day
Section 15LLL - Lupus Awareness Month
Section 15MMM - Geographic Education Awareness Week
Section 15NNN - Literacy Awareness Month
Section 15OOO - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month
Section 15PPP - Samuel Slater Day
Section 15QQQ - Caribbean Week
Section 15RRR - Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Section 15SSS - Emergency Management Week
Section 15TTT - Law Enforcement Memorial Month
Section 15UUU - Home Composting Recognition Week
Section 15VVV - Head Injury Awareness Month
Section 15WWW - Polish-American Heritage Month
Section 15XXX - Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Section 15YYY - Clara Barton Week
Section 15ZZZ - Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
Section 15AAAA - Robert Goddard Day
Section 15BBBB - Special Needs Awareness Day
Section 15CCCC - Robert Frost Day
Section 15DDDD - Lucy Stone Day
Section 15EEEE - Italian-American Heritage Month
Section 15FFFF - Irish-American Heritage Month
Section 15GGGG - Portuguese-American Heritage Month
Section 15HHHH - Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness
Section 15IIII - Public Health Month
Section 15JJJJ - Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day
Section 15KKKK - Arthritis Awareness Day
Section 15LLLL - Autistic Awareness Month
Section 15MMMM - Luther Burbank Day
Section 15NNNN - Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
Section 15OOOO - Civilian Conservation Corps Day
Section 15PPPP - Thomas Paine Day
Section 15QQQQ - Tartan Day
Section 15RRRR - Missing Children’s Day
Section 15SSSS - Unity Day
Section 15TTTT - Myositis Awareness Day
Section 15UUUU - Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15VVVV - Fifty-fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of the Civil War Day
Section 15WWWW - Armenian-American Heritage Month
Section 15XXXX - Guardians’ Day
Section 15YYYY - World War II Commemoration Day
Section 15ZZZZ - Stalking Awareness Month
Section 15AAAAA - Bill of Rights Day
Section 15BBBBB - Juneteenth Independence Day
Section 15CCCCC - Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month
Section 15DDDDD - Leopoldville Disaster Remembrance Day
Section 15EEEEE - Thrombosis Awareness Month
Section 15FFFFF - Phenylketonuria Awareness Day
Section 15GGGGG - Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week
Section 15HHHHH - Philanthropy Day
Section 15IIIII - Jack Kerouac Day
Section 15JJJJJ - Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Section 15KKKKK - Massachusetts Nonprofit Awareness Day
Section 15LLLLL - Disability History Month
Section 15MMMMM - Polish American Congress Day
Section 15NNNNN - No Name Calling Day
Section 15OOOOO - Eunice Kennedy Shriver Day
Section 15PPPPP - World Voice Week
Section 15QQQQQ - Fragile X Awareness Day
Section 15RRRRR - Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week
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 - Art commission; qualifications; appointment; term of office, etc.
Section 20 - Powers and duties of art commission
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 - Duties of commissioners
Section 28 - Compensation and expenses of commissioners
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
Section 35 - Librarian; compensation, etc.
Section 36 - Expenditures for state library; approval of accounts
Section 37 - Trustees’ annual report
Section 37A - Gifts in trust for state library
Section 38 - 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 - Copies of state agency publications
Section 40 - Board of trustees of soldiers’ home; superintendent
Section 41 - Powers and duties of trustees
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 - State racing commission; appointment; duties; tenure; annual report
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 - Board of trustees of Holyoke soldiers’ home
Section 71 - Powers and duties of trustees
Section 72 - Repealed, 1974, 806, Sec. 2
Section 73 - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 2
Section 74 - Rehabilitation commission; establishment; expenditure of funds
Section 75 - Commissioner; employees; other offices
Section 76 - Advisory council
Section 77 - Definitions applicable to Secs. 74 to 84
Section 78 - Vocational rehabilitation services; independent living rehabilitation services
Section 78A - Extended sheltered employment
Section 79 - Commission; powers and duties
Section 80 - Additional powers and duties of commission
Section 81 - Cooperation with state agencies; agreements
Section 82 - Federal funds; custodian; expenditure
Section 83 - Gifts to commission; acceptance; investment
Section 84 - 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 - Duties of commission
Section 89, 90 - Repealed, 1964, 636, Sec. 2
Section 91 - Changes in laws; certain departments to initiate studies
Section 92 - Nuclear material or facility; license or permit
Section 93 - Injunction against violations
Section 94 to 96 - Repealed, 1959, 418, Sec. 2
Section 97 - Finance advisory board; members; appointment, qualifications, etc.
Section 98 - Duties of board
Section 99 - Boxers’ fund board; members; appointment, compensation, etc.
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 complaints; basic training course; enforcement guidelines
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 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 section 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 history systems board; meetings; expenses; regulations; powers and duties; executive director and other employees; reports; funds
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 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 - Dissemination of record information; certification; eligibility for access; scope of inquiry; listing; access limited; rules; use of information
Section 172A - Fees; requests for information
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
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 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 - Inspection of record information by individual concerned; corrections; procedure; restrictions
Section 176 - Appeal; de novo hearing; equitable relief
Section 177 - Violations; civil liability
Section 178 - Violations; punishment
Section 1781/2 - Use of criminal offender record information to commit crime against or harass subject; penalty
Section 178A - Victims; certification to receive information
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
Section 178L - Classification of sex offenders by board; hearings; right to counsel
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
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 commission
Section 182B - Powers
Section 182C - Department of environmental management; annual audit; home berth
Section 183 - Motor vehicle insurance merit rating board
Section 183A - Massachusetts cost containment council
Section 184 - Medicolegal investigation commission
Section 184A - Forensic sciences advisory 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 - Massachusetts industrial advisory board
Section 191 - Definitions applicable to Secs. 191 to 199
Section 192 - Commission for the deaf and hard of hearing; creation; financing; agreements; regulations
Section 193 - Commissioner
Section 194 - Functions of commission
Section 195 - Advisory council
Section 196 - Interpreter referral service
Section 197 - Telecommunication devices; rental, lease or sale
Section 198 - Advice to other agencies; provision of requested resources
Section 199 - Records of commission; 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 involvement and ownership commission; members; term; 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 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 122, 123 - Repealed, 1973, 1168, Sec. 4
Section 151 to 153 - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6
Section 151 to 153 - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 6