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Said counsel may, from time to time, submit to the general court such proposed changes and corrections in the general statutes as they deem necessary or advisable, including ...

The said counsel may employ such legal and other assistance as may be necessary in the discharge of their duties, subject to the approval of the said committees on rules, and may ...

The said counsel shall not be deemed to be executive or administrative officers within the meaning of the constitution, but shall serve directly under the general court ...

The committees on rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, shall appoint a skilled person as recodification counsel and a skilled person as assistant recodification counsel ...

For text effective May 30, 2023, see below ... There shall be an advisory commission on local government, hereinafter referred to as the commission ... The commission shall consist of forty ...

The following words and phrases, as used in this section and in section sixty-four, shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is required by the context ...

There are hereby established in the legislative branch of the state government two bureaus of post audit and oversight, one each to serve under and at the discretion of the senate ...

There is hereby established in the senate a senate art committee, hereinafter called the committee, to consist of the president and the minority leader thereof, and seven persons ...

Members of the commission shall be drawn from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, age, sexual orientation and socio-economic backgrounds from throughout the commonwealth and ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth, which shall consist of 27 persons as follows: 3 persons appointed by ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the status of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders which shall consist of 21 persons as follows: 3 persons to be appointed by the ...

For text effective January 9, 2025, see below ... (a) There shall be a permanent commission on the status of grandparents raising grandchildren which shall consist of 15 persons as ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the future of the metropolitan beaches to consist of: 5 members of the senate, 1 of whom shall serve as co-chair and 1 of whom shall be ...

For text effective January 9, 2025, see below ... (a) There shall be a permanent commission on older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, adults and their caregivers to ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the status of African Americans ... The commission shall consist of: 3 persons appointed by the governor from a list of not less than 5 ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the status of Latinos and Latinas ... The commission shall consist of: 3 persons appointed by the governor from a list of not less than 5 ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the status of persons with disabilities ... The commission shall consist of: 3 persons appointed by the president of the senate; 3 persons ...

(a) There shall be a permanent commission on the social status of Black men and boys to study and examine issues which disproportionately have a negative impact on Black men and ...

Section 1. A statute enacted by the general court which may be made the subject of a referendum petition and which is declared therein to be an emergency law, unless otherwise ...

Any plan presented to the general court by the governor, purporting to be a reorganization plan as provided for under Article LXXXVII of the amendments to the constitution, which ...

Section 2. A resolve, unless otherwise expressly provided therein, shall take effect as soon as it has the force of a law conformably to the constitution

Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this section shall apply to each special commission established to make an investigation and study of any matter ...

Section 3. The enacting style of all measures submitted to the people in pursuance of an initiative petition for a law shall be: Be it enacted by the People, and by their ...

Section 4. Wherever a statute is to take effect upon its acceptance by a municipality or district, or is to be effective in municipalities or districts accepting its provisions ...