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Section
1
Definitions
Section
2
General Fund; Deposit of Revenue
Section
2a
Repealed, 1969, 546, Sec. 5
Section
2aa
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 139
Section
2aaa
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund
Section
2aaaa
State Athletic Commission Fund
Section
2aaaaa
Safety Net Provider Trust Fund
Section
2b
Federal Capital Improvement Fund
Section
2bb
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 140
Section
2bbb
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 158
Section
2bbbb
Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund
Section
2bbbbb
Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund
Section
2c
General Federal Grants Fund
Section
2c1/2
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 128
Section
2cc
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 141
Section
2ccc
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 159
Section
2cccc
Local Aid Stabilization Fund
Section
2ccccc
Civics Project Trust Fund
Section
2d
Repealed, 1990, 121, Sec. 13
Section
2dd
Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 34
Section
2ddd
Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund
Section
2dddd
Gaming Economic Development Fund
Section
2ddddd
Technical Rescue Services Fund
Section
2e
Repealed, 2009, 25, Sec. 32
Section
2ee
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 142
Section
2eee
Repealed, 2007, 61, Sec. 7
Section
2eeee
Local Capital Projects Fund
Section
2eeeee
Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund
Section
2f
2g - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
2ff
Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 36
Section
2fff
Dam Safety Trust
Section
2ffff
Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund
Section
2fffff
Home Care Technology Trust Fund
Section
2gg
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 145
Section
2ggg
Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; Nursing Home Facilities
Section
2gggg
Distressed Hospital Trust Fund
Section
2ggggg
Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund
Section
2h
Commonwealth Stabilization Fund
Section
2hh
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
2hhh
Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund
Section
2hhhh
Fingerprint–based Background Check Trust Fund
Section
2hhhhh
Massachusetts Cultural and Performing Arts Mitigation Trust Fund
Section
2i
Tax Reduction Fund
Section
2ii
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 146
Section
2iii
Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund
Section
2iiii
Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund
Section
2iiiii
Early Education and Care Public-Private Trust Fund
Section
2j
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 130
Section
2jj
Child Care Quality Fund
Section
2jjj
Registers Technological Fund
Section
2jjjj
Public Safety Training Fund
Section
2k
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 131
Section
2kk
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 147
Section
2kkk
County Registers Technological Fund
Section
2kkkk
Medical Marijuana Trust Fund
Section
2l
Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund
Section
2ll
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 148
Section
2lll
Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund
Section
2llll
Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fund
Section
2m
2n - Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 337
Section
2mm
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 149
Section
2mmm
Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund
Section
2mmmm
Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund
Section
2nn
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 150
Section
2nnn
Roche Community Rink Fund
Section
2nnnn
Regional Water Entity Reimbursement Fund
Section
2o
Issuance of Bonds and Notes Payable From Commonwealth Transportation Fund
Section
2oo
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 151
Section
2ooo
Commonwealth Care Trust Fund
Section
2oooo
Advanced Manufacturing, Technology and Hospitality Training Trust Fund
Section
2p
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 132
Section
2p1/2
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 133
Section
2pp
Repealed, 2002, 118, Sec. 3
Section
2ppp
Essential Community Provider Trust Fund
Section
2pppp
Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program Fund
Section
2q
Intragovernmental Service Fund
Section
2qq
Drinking Water Revolving Fund
Section
2qqq
Medical Assistance Trust Fund
Section
2qqqq
Logan Airport Health Study Trust Fund
Section
2r
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 134
Section
2rr
Workforce Training Trust Fund
Section
2rrr
Department of Developmental Services Trust Fund
Section
2rrrr
Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fund
Section
2s
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 135
Section
2ss
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 152
Section
2sss
Educational Rewards Grant Program Fund
Section
2ssss
Masshealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund
Section
2t
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 136
Section
2tt
Liability Management and Reduction Fund
Section
2ttt
Citi Fund
Section
2tttt
Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund
Section
2u
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 137
Section
2uu
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 153
Section
2uuu
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar–internship Match Fund
Section
2uuuu
Long–term Care Facility Quality Improvement Fund
Section
2v
Dairy Equalization Fund
Section
2vv
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 154
Section
2vvv
International Education and Foreign Language Grant Program Fund
Section
2vvvv
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Trust Fund
Section
2w
Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund
Section
2ww
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 155
Section
2www
Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund
Section
2wwww
Non–acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund
Section
2x
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
2xx
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 156
Section
2xxx
District Local Technical Assistance Fund
Section
2xxxx
Municipal Epinephrine Bulk Purchase Trust Fund
Section
2y
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 138
Section
2yy
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 157
Section
2yyy
Courts Capital Project Fund
Section
2yyyy
Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund
Section
2z
Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund
Section
2zz
Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
Section
2zzz
Commonwealth Transportation Fund
Section
2zzzz
Debt and Long-Term Liability Reduction Trust Fund
Section
3
Submission of Statements Showing Prior Appropriations, Estimates, and Recommendations; Review
Section
3a
Information to Be Provided by Agency or Authority Receiving Periodic Appropriation Upon Request by Committees
Section
3b
Annual Statement of Planned Expenditures and Employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Regional Transit Authorities
Section
4
Estimates for Purposes Not Covered by Sec. 3; Review; Public Hearing
Section
5
Repealed, 1997, 88, Sec. 7
Section
5a
Repealed, 1963, 473, Sec. 2
Section
5b
Estimates of Budgeted Revenues and Tax Expenditures; Consensus Tax Revenue Forecast
Section
5c
Comptroller's Certification and Disposition of Consolidated Net Surplus
Section
5d
Indirect and Fringe Benefit Costs Expended From General Fund; Recovery by Comptroller
Section
5e
Repealed, 1991, 6, Sec. 17
Section
5f
Department Financial Plans; Contents; Use of Information
Section
5g
Reporting and Certification of Tax Revenues Estimated to Have Been Collected From Capital Gains Income During Preceding Periods; Transfer of Excess Amounts Collected to Commonwealth Stabilization Fund and Other Funds
Section
5h
Report on Value of Property Assumed Abandoned; Certification of Actual Receipts; Transfer of Funds
Section
6
Operating Budget
Section
6a
Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47
Section
6b
Federal Grant Funds
Section
6c
Operating Budget; Expenditures From Trust and Bond Funds; Reconciliation of Reports of Budget Director and Comptroller
Section
6d
Appropriations; Content and Form of General, Supplemental and Deficiency Appropriations Acts
Section
6e
General Appropriation Bill; Balanced Budget
Section
7
Repealed, 1980, 579, Sec. 47
Section
7a
To 7g - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
7h
Budget Submitted by Governor to General Court; Recommended Corrective Amendments Message
Section
7h1/2
Growth Rate of Potential Gross State Product; Actual Economic Growth Benchmark; Report
Section
7i
Requests and Recommendations for Appropriations or Authorizations for Expenditures
Section
7j
7k - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
7l
Appropriation Laws for Commonwealth Expenses; Subject Matter
Section
7m
Transfer of Funds Among Appropriation Items for House of Representatives and Senate
Section
7n
Transfer of Funds Among Items of Appropriation for Joint Legislative Expenses
Section
7o
Transfer of Funds From Items Appropriated to Joint Legislative Expenses to Items for the House of Representatives and the Senate
Section
8
Repealed, 1953, 612, Sec. 7
Section
8a
Repealed, 1984, 484, Sec. 34
Section
8b
To 9 - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
9a
Repealed, 2003, 26, Sec. 166
Section
9b
Allotment of Monies Made Available by Appropriation to State Agencies; Initial and Supplemental Allotments by Secretary
Section
9c
Deficiency of Revenue
Section
9d
Anticipated Decrease in Estimated Revenue
Section
9e
Insufficient Appropriations for Required Expenditures
Section
9f
Periodic Appropriations; Notification of Expenditures
Section
9g
Authorization of Expenditures
Section
9g1/2
Publication of Allocation of Commonwealth Debt for Capital Facility Projects
Section
10
Repealed, 1945, 637, Sec. 3
Section
11
Repealed, 1945, 242, Sec. 10
Section
12
Appropriations for Fiscal Year
Section
12a
Obligations Incurred Against Appropriation or Subsidiary Accounts for Future Items Delivered or Services Rendered
Section
12b
Fiscal Year for Payment of Classified Personal Services
Section
13
Encumbrances Outstanding at Close of Fiscal Year
Section
13a
Transfer of Unexpended Balance of Fund, Trust Fund or Other Separate Account to General Fund
Section
14
Appropriations for Other Than Ordinary Maintenance; Unencumbered Balance
Section
15
Successive Appropriations
Section
16
Payments From Ordinary Revenue; Cash on Hand
Section
17
Withholding Appropriations; Unadjusted Accounts
Section
18
Payments From the Treasury Regulated
Section
19
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
19a
Time of Making Transfers Called for in General Appropriation Acts
Section
20
Authorization of Payments
Section
20a
Repealed, 2013, 38, Sec. 44
Section
20b
Repealed, 1996, 366, Sec. 1
Section
20c
Late Penalty Interest; Submission of Invoice
Section
21
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
22
Payments Limited; Expenses Incurred
Section
23
Advancements From Treasury; Management of State Agency Funds; Funding of Checks and Drafts
Section
23a
Payments for Human Service Programs; Rules and Regulations Relating to Eligibility
Section
24
Advancements; Certification of Immediate Use
Section
25
Advancements; Detailed Statements; Filing by Recipients
Section
26
Expenses in Excess of Appropriations or Allotments
Section
26a
26b - Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
27
Expenses and Increases Regulated
Section
27a
Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 17
Section
27b
Repealed, 2017, 64, Sec. 24
Section
27c
Certain Laws, Rules, Etc. Relating to Costs or Assessments Effective Only by Vote of Acceptance or Appropriation; Written Notice Requesting Determination; Class Actions
Section
28
State Publications; Costs; Payments
Section
29
Subsidiary Accounts; Emergency Increase or Decrease by Interchange; Sufficiency of Funds to Cover Disbursements
Section
29a
Consultants; Employment and Compensation; Legislative Reports
Section
29b
Contracts With Organizations Providing Social, etc., Services
Section
29c
Acquisition of Property or Services From Commercial Vendor by General Court or Agency; Liability for Late Penalty Interest
Section
29d
Private Debt Collectors, Employment by State Agencies
Section
29e
Maximum Reimbursement for Project Costs
Section
29f
Debarment From Bidding; Definitions; Lists; Notice; Affiliates; Mitigating Circumstances
Section
29g
Utility Expenses of Commonwealth; Recoupment of Overcharges
Section
29h
Overdue Payments to Commonwealth; Late Charges
Section
29i
Payment System for Interdepartmental Fiscal Transactions; Service Agreements and Chargebacks; Reports
Section
29j
Use of State Funds to Pay for Executive or Legislative Agent Prohibited
Section
29k
Audit by State Authority of Appropriations Received From the Commonwealth Equal to or in Excess of $500,000; Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; Annual Financial Report; Limitation on Compensation of Executives and Employees of State Authority
Section
30
Insurance
Section
31
Centralized Payroll System; Duties of Comptroller; Authorized Payments; Wage Garnishments
Section
31a
Death, Dismissal or Retirement of State Employees; Accumulated Vacation or Sick-Leave Allowances; Payments
Section
31b
Teachers; Weekly Payments
Section
31c
Schools and Colleges; Non-Teaching Positions; Vacation Time
Section
31d
Payment of Salaries Upon Death of Officers or Employees; Discharge of Liability
Section
31e
Voluntary Services at Public Schools by State Employees; Effect on Salaries
Section
32
Time for Presentment for Payment of Checks Issued by the State Treasurer; Place for Payment of Checks Not Timely Presented; Transfer of Unclaimed Funds; Refunds
Section
32a
Unpaid Wages and Salaries; Unclaimed Wage Fund; Refunds
Section
33
Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 2
Section
34
Deposit of Public Monies
Section
34a
Repealed, 2006, 139, Sec. 39
Section
35
Bonds or Other Securities; Assignments, Etc.
Section
36
Mortgages Held by Commonwealth; Discharge; Assignments
Section
37
Real Estate Acquired by Foreclosure; Sale by State
Section
38
Investment of Commonwealth Funds; Loans
Section
38a
Investment Funds; Establishment; Sale of Participation Units
Section
38b
Deferred Compensation Committee
Section
38c
Investments; Bonds or Notes; Contracts; Powers of State Treasurer; Payments to Constitute General Obligations
Section
39
Bonds, etc., Held by Commonwealth; Exchanges
Section
40
Trust Deposits With State; Form; Investment
Section
41
Bonds, etc., of Commonwealth; Custody
Section
42
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
43
Repealed, 1926, 143
Section
44
Unappropriated Income
Section
45
Securities Purchased for Sinking Funds
Section
46
Transfer of Securities From One Fund to Another
Section
47
Borrowing in Anticipation of Receipts; Use of Notes to Pay Taxes of Bearer
Section
47a
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
48
Signatures on Bonds and Notes
Section
48a
Facsimile Signatures, Bonds, Notes, Interest Coupons; Signatures of Former Officers
Section
48b
Bonds and Notes; Official Statements; Advertising; Collateral Tax Consequences to Social Security Recipients
Section
49
Sinking Fund for Commonwealth Bonds; Investments
Section
49a
Minibonds; Issuance and Sale; Limitations; Regulations
Section
49b
Insurance or Credit Line Security for Bonds and Notes; Agreements With Brokers
Section
49c
College Savings Programs; Issuance and Sale of Bonds; Powers and Duties of State Treasurer
Section
50
Serial and Sinking Fund Payments; Certification
Section
51
Repealed, 2012, 165, Sec. 112
Section
52
Repealed, 1999, 68, Sec. 7
Section
53
Notes or Bonds Maturing Later Than Three Years After Issuance; Requirements for Inviting Purchase Proposals; Waiver
Section
53a
Refunding Bonds; Issuance; Proceeds; Terms; Report
Section
54
Deposits or Other Security for Proposals by Bidders
Section
55
Sale of Bonds, etc.; Expenditures
Section
56
Transfers of Reverted Funds; Sales of Bonds or Other Securities
Section
57
Repealed, 1968, 536
Section
58
Registered Bonds Exchanged for Coupon Bonds or Defaced Bonds
Section
59
Lost or Destroyed Interest-Bearing Bonds; Duplicates
Section
60
Lost or Destroyed Interest-Bearing Bonds; Owner's Indemnity Bonds
Section
60a
General Obligations of the Commonwealth, Full Faith and Credit; Negotiable Instruments; Direct Debt Limit
Section
60b
Capital Debt Affordability Committee; Estimation of Prudent Amount of New Debt Each Fiscal Year
Section
61
Claims for Materials or Labor Against Commonwealth; Oath of Claimants
Section
62
Repealed, 1943, 83, Sec. 2
Section
63
Unlawful Exercise or Departments Abuse of Power; Commonwealth, Commissions, Officers, etc.; Court Restraint
Section
64
Deferred Compensation Contracts; Public Employees; Investments
Section
64a
Individual Retirement Accounts; Public Employees
Section
64b
Deferred Compensation Contracts Between Governmental Bodies and Employees; Investments
Section
64c
Individual Retirement Accounts Between Governmental Bodies and Employees
Section
64d
Deferred Compensation Program, Annuity or Other Defined Contribution Plan; Required Participation
Section
64e
Qualified Defined Contribution Plan for Employees of Not-for-Profit Employer
Section
65
Delegation of Certain Powers and Duties by Secretaries of Executive Offices Established Under Chapters Six a and Seven; Review by Secretary of Administration and Finance
Section
66
Violation of State Finance Laws; Penalties
Section
67
To 70 - Repealed, 1992, 133, Sec. 346
Section
71
Treasurer's Obligation Regarding Local Aid Intercepts