CHAPTER 6 THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 15L John F. Kennedy Day
Section 15LL Licensed Practical Nurse Week
Section 15LLL Lupus Awareness Month
Section 15LLLL Autistic Awareness Month
Section 15M Battleship Massachusetts Memorial Day
Section 15MM Vietnam Veterans Day
Section 15MMM Geographic Education Awareness Week
Section 15MMMM Luther Burbank Day
Section 15N Police Officers’ Week
Section 15NN State Walking Sunday
Section 15NNN Literacy Awareness Month
Section 15NNNN Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Time
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 15P Traffic Safety Week
Section 15PP Town Meeting Day
Section 15PPP Samuel Slater Day
Section 15PPPP Thomas Paine Day
Section 15Q United States Marine Corps Day
Section 15QQ Parliamentary Law Month
Section 15QQQ Caribbean Week
Section 15QQQQ Tartan Day
Section 15R Armistice Day
Section 15RR Greek Independence Day
Section 15RRR Emergency Responders Memorial Day
Section 15RRRR Missing Children’s Day
Section 15S Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Section 15SS Massachusetts Hospice Week
Section 15SSS Emergency Management Week
Section 15SSSS Unity Day
Section 15T Kalevala Day
Section 15TT Public Employees Appreciation Day
Section 15TTT Law Enforcement Memorial Month
Section 15TTTT Myositis Awareness 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 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 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 15X Child Nutrition Week
Section 15XX Joshua James Day
Section 15XXX Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Section 15XXXX Guardians’ 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 15Z Bataan-Corregidor Day
Section 15ZZ Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day
Section 15ZZZ Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Week
Section 15ZZZZ Stalking Awareness Month
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
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 Massachusetts aeronautics commission
Section 58 Director; compensation; qualifications; removal; duties
Section 59 Duties of director; commission employees; expenses
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 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 178
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 criminal history systems board
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 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 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; volunteers
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 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 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 shelter as residence of sex offender; juveniles; disclosure of information
Section 178F1/2 Registration by personal appearance; level 2 or level 3 sex offenders
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

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CHAPTER 6 THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, CERTAIN OFFICERS UNDER THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, AND STATE LIBRARY