Massachusetts · statute · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7 · 78 active provisions
Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall unless a contrary intention clearly appears, have the following meanings:— ''Eligibility'', written criteria established before a request for applications that is used to determine if an application for an award of grant program resources is acceptable. ''Gra…
Section 2. There shall be an executive office for administration and finance, which shall serve directly under the governor.
Section 3. The executive office for administration and finance shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the commonwealth for the following purposes: (1) Developing, co-ordinating, administering and controlling the financial policies and programs of the commonwealth; (2) Super…
Section 3B. Each fiscal year, under a schedule promulgated by the secretary, the secretary: (1) shall determine the amount to be charged by the commonwealth for each service of any kind performed by any state personnel or agency which is primarily for the benefit of any individual person or corporation, other than serv…
Section 3D. The state purchasing agent shall supervise the state printing and all publications by the commonwealth shall be printed under the agent's direction; provided, that this section shall not apply to topographic maps issued by state departments, to legislative printing or to publications required to be issued b…
Section 3E. All reports required to be made by permanent state departments, officers and commissions may, subject to the approval of the secretary and except as otherwise provided, be printed annually or otherwise published in electronic form.
Section 3F. Each state agency shall also provide 2 copies of its publication, as defined in section 39 of chapter 6 to the state secretary, 1 of which shall be retained for 2 years as a reference copy. The state secretary shall determine which publications are of sufficient public interest and may then either provide f…
Section 4. The governor shall appoint the secretary of administration and finance. He shall serve at the pleasure of the governor, shall receive such salary as the governor may determine and shall devote his full time to the duties of his office. Except in the cases of the agencies named in section four G, he shall be…
Section 4A. The executive office for administration and finance shall include a division of capital asset management and maintenance, which shall be headed by a commissioner as provided in section 2 of chapter 7C, and a department of revenue as provided in chapter 14. The executive office for administration and finance…
Section 4D. Except as otherwise provided by law, the secretary shall appoint all employees of the executive office for administration and finance. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments shall be made in accordance with chapter 31; provided, however, that in staffing at any time said office, the secreta…
Section 4E. In addition to any powers provided in chapter 6A, in making any examination or investigation authorized under this chapter, the secretary may require the production of books, papers, contracts and documents in the custody of any agency other than those within the executive office of administration and finan…
Section 4G. The following agencies are hereby declared to be within the executive office for administration and finance: the civil service commission; the municipal personnel advisory board; the Massachusetts office on disability; the state finance and governance board established in section 97 of chapter 6; the retire…
Section 4H. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance a division of administrative law appeals under the direction of a chief administrative magistrate who shall be appointed by the secretary of the executive office for administration and finance with the approval of the governor. Said c…
Section 4I. There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance, but not under its supervision or control, a commission to be known as the civil service commission, consisting of 5 members, 1 of whom because of vocation, employment, occupation or affiliation, may be classified as a bona fide repre…
Section 4J. There shall be within the human resources division a division of management services, a division of information services, and a division of technical services. Each division shall be headed by a deputy commissioner. There shall be within each division of the human resources division no more than three burea…
Section 4K. There shall be in the executive office for administration and finance a municipal personnel advisory board. The municipal personnel advisory board shall consist of five members one of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts Mayors' Association and who shall be a mayor; one of whom shall be a member of t…
Section 4L. The operational services division is hereby authorized to acquire, warehouse, allocate and distribute surplus government property to tax supported and to non-profit institutions and others, eligible to acquire property in accordance with terms and conditions of the federal property and administrative servic…
Section 4P. There shall be an extended illness leave bank for employees of the executive branch of the government of the commonwealth who participate therein. The secretary of administration and finance shall administer the bank and shall prescribe regulations governing its operation. Any employee of the executive bran…
Section 4Q. A state agency or state authority which administers a grant program shall publish on the commonwealth's official internet website, in a format that is retrievable and printable all forms necessary for an application, including a grant program reference.
Section 4R. (a) There shall be a caseload and economic forecasting office within the executive office for administration and finance. The office shall forecast caseloads for state-subsidized childcare, MassHealth, emergency assistance and housing programs, the group insurance commission, direct benefits provided by the…
Section 4S. (a) There shall be within the executive office for administration and finance an infrastructure cost council consisting of at least the following 13 members: the secretary of administration and finance who shall serve as chair; the secretary of economic development; the secretary of energy and environmental…
Section 4T. A position shall be established at the manager level under the supervision of the director of diversity and equal opportunity with the responsibility to promote diversity and equal opportunity in civil service employment throughout the commonwealth. The manager of civil service diversity, equity and inclusi…
Section 5. The secretary may, with the consent of the governor, appoint a first deputy commissioner of administration who shall also serve as undersecretary. The first deputy commissioner shall be a person of ability and experience; shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary; shall receive such salary as the secretar…
Section 6F. There shall be a coordinator of flexible hours employment within the human resources division who shall work on the development, implementation and oversight of plans for the utilization, within all executive agencies, of persons who choose to be employed for a reduced number of hours per week and for the r…
Section 7. The secretary shall, on or before the first Wednesday in December of each year ending in an even number, submit a report to the governor listing and discussing the proposals which have been made and the accomplishments which have been achieved during the preceding two years in the areas of improving departme…