Section 3: Divisions; directors
[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 3. (a) MOBD shall contain such divisions, offices and programs as the director shall determine are necessary to achieve the mission and administer the programs of MOBD, including at least the following 3 divisions: (i) business services; (ii) entrepreneurial and small business development; and (iii) manufacturing development. Each division shall be under the charge of a director who shall be subject to the direction, control and supervision of the director of economic development. Each division director shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of their appointment and shall be appointed and may be removed by the MOBD executive director, with the approval of the secretary, and shall serve until so removed. The position of division director shall not be subject to section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. Each division director shall devote their full time during business hours to the duties of their office. The MOBD executive director may authorize any director to exercise in their name any power, or to discharge in their name any duty, assigned to them by law, and they may at any time revoke that authority.
[ There is no subsection (b).]
(c) MOBD, with assistance from the office of small business and entrepreneurship, and in consultation with the secretary of housing and economic development, the office of consumer affairs and business regulation and the department of housing and community development, shall develop, operate and maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no cost, to provide information on public and private resources available to small businesses and to promote small businesses in the commonwealth. Information made available through the searchable website shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) information on state, local, federal and private sector small business counseling and technical assistance programs;
(2) information on state, local and federal financing programs;
(3) information on state, local and federal procurement and contracting programs and opportunities, including information on the regional economic development organizations under the program established in sections 3J and 3K and opportunities;
(4) information on state incorporation laws and regulations, and the changes to state incorporation laws and regulations;
(5) information on state tax credits;
(6) small business impact statements, as required under sections 2 and 3 of chapter 30A;
(7) information on workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws and the health insurance obligations and options for employers; and
(8) other information and resources, as determined by the director of business development.
Chapter 23A: Section 3. Divisions, offices and programs; website
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 64 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 3. (a) MOBD shall contain such divisions, offices and programs as the director shall determine are necessary to achieve the mission and administer the programs of MOBD.
(b) MOBD shall develop, operate and maintain a searchable website accessible by the public at no cost, to provide information on public and private resources available to small businesses and to promote small businesses in the commonwealth. Information made available through the searchable website shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) information on state, local, federal and private sector small business counseling and technical assistance programs;
(2) information on state, local and federal financing programs;
(3) information on state, local and federal procurement and contracting programs and opportunities, including information on the regional economic development organizations under the program established in sections 3J and 3K and opportunities;
(4) information on state incorporation laws and regulations, and the changes to state incorporation laws and regulations;
(5) information on state tax credits;
(6) information on workers' compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws and the health insurance obligations and options for employers; and
(7) other information and resources, as determined by the director of MOBD.