STATE FINANCE
M.G.L. pt. Part I, tit. Title III, ch. c. 29
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sectionc. 29, § 1. Definitionssectionc. 29, § 2. General Fund; deposit of revenuesectionc. 29, § 2AAA. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fundsectionc. 29, § 2AAAA. State Athletic Commission Fundsectionc. 29, § 2AAAAA. Safety Net Provider Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2AAAAAA. Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2B. Federal Capital Improvement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2BBBB. Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fundsectionc. 29, § 2BBBBB. Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fundsectionc. 29, § 2BBBBBB. Education and Transportation Fund; income surtax revenues;sectionc. 29, § 2C. General Federal Grants Fundsectionc. 29, § 2CCCC. Local Aid Stabilization Fundsectionc. 29, § 2CCCCC. Civics Project Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2CCCCCC. Education and Transportation Reserve Fundsectionc. 29, § 2DDD. Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2DDDD. Gaming Economic Development Fundsectionc. 29, § 2DDDDD. Technical Rescue Services Fundsectionc. 29, § 2DDDDDD. Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund; certification of fund balancesectionc. 29, § 2EEEE. Local Capital Projects Fundsectionc. 29, § 2EEEEE. Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fundsectionc. 29, § 2EEEEEE. Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2FFF. Dam Safety Trustsectionc. 29, § 2FFFF. Health Care Workforce Transformation Fundsectionc. 29, § 2FFFFF. Home Care Technology Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2FFFFFF. Managed Care Organization Services Reinvestment Fundsectionc. 29, § 2FFFFFFF. Managed Care Organization Services Reinvestment Fundsectionc. 29, § 2GGG. Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; nursing home facilitiessectionc. 29, § 2GGGG. Distressed Hospital Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2GGGGG. Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2GGGGGG. Reentry Demonstration Project Reinvestment Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2H. Commonwealth Stabilization Fundsectionc. 29, § 2HHH. Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fundsectionc. 29, § 2HHHH. Fingerprint-Based Background Check Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2HHHHH. Massachusetts Cultural and Performing Arts Mitigation Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2HHHHHH. Disaster Relief and Resiliency Fundsectionc. 29, § 2I. Tax Reduction Fundsectionc. 29, § 2III. Agricultural Resolve and Security Fundsectionc. 29, § 2IIII. Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fundsectionc. 29, § 2IIIII. Early Education and Care Public-Private Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2IIIIII. Environmental Justice Fundsectionc. 29, § 2JJ. Child Care Quality Fundsectionc. 29, § 2JJJ. Registers Technological Fundsectionc. 29, § 2JJJJ. Public Safety Training Fundsectionc. 29, § 2JJJJJ. Federal COVID-19 Response Fundsectionc. 29, § 2JJJJJJ. Fair Housing Fundsectionc. 29, § 2KKK. County Registers Technological Fundsectionc. 29, § 2KKKK. Medical Marijuana Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2KKKKK. Nonpublic Ambulance Service Reimbursement Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2KKKKKK. Imagination Library of Massachusetts Fundsectionc. 29, § 2L. Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fundsectionc. 29, § 2LLL. Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2LLLL. Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2LLLLL. Low-income services solar programsectionc. 29, § 2LLLLLL. Office of the Inspector General Recovery Fundsectionc. 29, § 2MMM. Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fundsectionc. 29, § 2MMMM. Home and Community-based Services Policy Lab Fundsectionc. 29, § 2MMMMM. Genocide Education Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2MMMMMM. Western Massachusetts Hospital Fundsectionc. 29, § 2NNN. Roche Community Rink Fundsectionc. 29, § 2NNNN. Regional Water Entity Reimbursement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2NNNNN. Student Loan Assistance Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2NNNNNN. Public Higher Education Student Support Fundsectionc. 29, § 2O. Issuance of bonds and notes payable from Commonwealth Transportation Fundsectionc. 29, § 2OOO. Commonwealth Care Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2OOOO. Advanced Manufacturing, Technology and Hospitality Training Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2OOOOO. Healthy Soils Program Fundsectionc. 29, § 2PPP. Essential Community Provider Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2PPPP. Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program Fundsectionc. 29, § 2PPPPP. Academic Health Department Partnerships Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2Q. Intragovernmental Service Fundsectionc. 29, § 2QQ. Drinking Water Revolving Fundsectionc. 29, § 2QQQ. Medical Assistance Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2QQQQ. Logan Airport Health Study Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2QQQQQ. Criminal Justice and Community Support Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2RR. Workforce Training Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2RRR. Department of Developmental Services Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2RRRR. Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2RRRRR. Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Vocational Rehabilitation Reimbursement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2SSS. Educational Rewards Grant Program Fundsectionc. 29, § 2SSSS. MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2SSSSS. Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Vocational Rehabilitation Reimbursement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2TT. Liability Management and Reduction Fundsectionc. 29, § 2TTT. CITI Fundsectionc. 29, § 2TTTT. Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2TTTTT. Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2UUU. Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar–Internship Match Fundsectionc. 29, § 2UUUU. Long–Term Care Facility Quality Improvement Fundsectionc. 29, § 2UUUUU. Population Health Investment Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2V. Dairy Equalization Fundsectionc. 29, § 2VVV. International education and foreign language grant program fundsectionc. 29, § 2VVVV. Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2VVVVV. Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2W. Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fundsectionc. 29, § 2WWW. Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2WWWW. Non–Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2WWWWW. Behavioral Health Access and Crisis Intervention Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2XXX. District Local Technical Assistance Fundsectionc. 29, § 2XXXX. Municipal Epinephrine Bulk Purchase Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2XXXXX. Communications Access Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2YYY. Courts Capital Project Fundsectionc. 29, § 2YYYY. Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2YYYYY. High-Quality Early Education & Care Affordability Fundsectionc. 29, § 2Z. Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fundsectionc. 29, § 2ZZ. Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fundsectionc. 29, § 2ZZZ. Commonwealth Transportation Fundsectionc. 29, § 2ZZZZ. Debt and Long-Term Liability Reduction Trust Fundsectionc. 29, § 2ZZZZZ. Commonwealth Taxpayer Relief Fundsectionc. 29, § 3. Submission of statements showing prior appropriations, estimates, and recommendations; reviewsectionc. 29, § 3A. Information to be provided by agency or authority receiving periodic appropriation upon request by committeessectionc. 29, § 3B. Annual statement of planned expenditures and employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authoritiessectionc. 29, § 4. Estimates for purposes not covered by Sec. 3; review; public hearingsectionc. 29, § 5B. Estimates of budgeted revenues and tax expenditures; consensus tax revenue forecastsectionc. 29, § 5C. Comptroller's certification and disposition of consolidated net surplussectionc. 29, § 5D. Indirect and fringe benefit costs expended from General Fund; recovery by comptrollersectionc. 29, § 5F. Department financial plans; contents; use of informationsectionc. 29, § 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 fundssectionc. 29, § 5H. Report on value of property assumed abandoned; certification of actual receipts; transfer of fundssectionc. 29, § 5I. Certification of estimated amount of tax revenues collected; quarterly periods; transfer of certified revenuesectionc. 29, § 6. Operating budgetsectionc. 29, § 6B. Federal grant fundssectionc. 29, § 6C. Operating budget; expenditures from trust and bond funds; reconciliation of reports of budget director and comptrollersectionc. 29, § 6D. Appropriations; content and form of general, supplemental and deficiency appropriations actssectionc. 29, § 6E. General appropriation bill; balanced budgetsectionc. 29, § 7H. Budget submitted by governor to general court; recommended corrective amendments messagesectionc. 29, § 7H1/2. Growth rate of potential gross state product; actual economic growth benchmark; reportsectionc. 29, § 7I. Requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations for expendituressectionc. 29, § 7L. Appropriation laws for commonwealth expenses; subject mattersectionc. 29, § 7M. Transfer of funds among appropriation items for House of Representatives and Senatesectionc. 29, § 7N. Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expensessectionc. 29, § 7O. Transfer of funds from items appropriated to joint legislative expenses to items for the house of representatives and the senatesectionc. 29, § 9B. Allotment of monies made available by appropriation to state agencies; initial and supplemental allotments by secretarysectionc. 29, § 9C. Deficiency of revenuesectionc. 29, § 9D. Anticipated decrease in estimated revenuesectionc. 29, § 9E. Insufficient appropriations for required expendituressectionc. 29, § 9F. Periodic appropriations; notification of expendituressectionc. 29, § 9G. Authorization of expendituressectionc. 29, § 9G1/2. Publication of allocation of commonwealth debt for capital facility projectssectionc. 29, § 12. Appropriations for fiscal yearsectionc. 29, § 12A. Obligations incurred against appropriation or subsidiary accounts for future items delivered or services renderedsectionc. 29, § 12B. Fiscal year for payment of classified personal servicessectionc. 29, § 13. Encumbrances outstanding at close of fiscal yearsectionc. 29, § 13A. Transfer of unexpended balance of fund, trust fund or other separate account to General Fundsectionc. 29, § 14. Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance; unencumbered balancesectionc. 29, § 15. Successive appropriationssectionc. 29, § 16. Payments from ordinary revenue; cash on handsectionc. 29, § 17. Withholding appropriations; unadjusted accountssectionc. 29, § 18. Payments from the treasury regulatedsectionc. 29, § 19A. Time of making transfers called for in general appropriation actssectionc. 29, § 20. Authorization of paymentssectionc. 29, § 20C. Late penalty interest; submission of invoicesectionc. 29, § 22. Payments limited; expenses incurredsectionc. 29, § 23. Advancements from treasury; management of state agency funds; funding of checks and draftssectionc. 29, § 23A. Payments for human service programs; rules and regulations relating to eligibilitysectionc. 29, § 24. Advancements; certification of immediate usesectionc. 29, § 25. Advancements; detailed statements; filing by recipientssectionc. 29, § 26. Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotmentssectionc. 29, § 27. Expenses and increases regulatedsectionc. 29, § 27C. Certain laws, rules, etc. relating to costs or assessments effective only by vote of acceptance or appropriation; written notice requesting determination; class actionssectionc. 29, § 28. State publications; costs; paymentssectionc. 29, § 29. Subsidiary accounts; emergency increase or decrease by interchange; sufficiency of funds to cover disbursementssectionc. 29, § 29A. Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reportssectionc. 29, § 29B. Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., servicessectionc. 29, § 29C. Acquisition of property or services from commercial vendor by general court or agency; liability for late penalty interestsectionc. 29, § 29D. Private debt collectors, employment by state agenciessectionc. 29, § 29E. Maximum reimbursement for project costssectionc. 29, § 29F. Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstancessectionc. 29, § 29G. Utility expenses of commonwealth; recoupment of overchargessectionc. 29, § 29H. Overdue payments to commonwealth; late chargessectionc. 29, § 29I. Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements and chargebacks; reportssectionc. 29, § 29J. Use of state funds to pay for executive or legislative agent prohibitedsectionc. 29, § 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 authoritysectionc. 29, § 30. Insuring property of the commonwealthsectionc. 29, § 31. Centralized payroll system; duties of comptroller; authorized payments; wage garnishmentssectionc. 29, § 31A. Death, dismissal or retirement of state employees; accumulated vacation or sick-leave allowances; paymentssectionc. 29, § 31B. Teachers; weekly paymentssectionc. 29, § 31C. Schools and colleges; non-teaching positions; vacation timesectionc. 29, § 31D. Payment of salaries upon death of officers or employees; discharge of liabilitysectionc. 29, § 31E. Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salariessectionc. 29, § 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; refundssectionc. 29, § 32A. Unpaid wages and salaries; unclaimed wage fund; refundssectionc. 29, § 34. Deposit of public moniessectionc. 29, § 35. Bonds or other securities; assignments, etc.sectionc. 29, § 36. Mortgages held by commonwealth; discharge; assignmentssectionc. 29, § 37. Real estate acquired by foreclosure; sale by statesectionc. 29, § 38. Investment of commonwealth funds; loanssectionc. 29, § 38A. Investment funds; establishment; sale of participation unitssectionc. 29, § 38B. Deferred compensation committeesectionc. 29, § 38C. Investments; bonds or notes; contracts; powers of state treasurer; payments to constitute general obligationssectionc. 29, § 39. Bonds, etc., held by commonwealth; exchangessectionc. 29, § 40. Trust deposits with state; form; investmentsectionc. 29, § 41. Bonds, etc., of commonwealth; custodysectionc. 29, § 44. Unappropriated incomesectionc. 29, § 45. Securities purchased for sinking fundssectionc. 29, § 46. Transfer of securities from one fund to anothersectionc. 29, § 47. Borrowing in anticipation of receipts; use of notes to pay taxes of bearersectionc. 29, § 48. Signatures on bonds and notessectionc. 29, § 48A. Facsimile signatures, bonds, notes, interest coupons; signatures of former officerssectionc. 29, § 48B. Bonds and notes; official statements; advertising; collateral tax consequences to social security recipientssectionc. 29, § 49. Sinking fund for commonwealth bonds; investmentssectionc. 29, § 49A. Minibonds; issuance and sale; limitations; regulationssectionc. 29, § 49B. Insurance or credit line security for bonds and notes; agreements with brokerssectionc. 29, § 49C. College savings programs; issuance and sale of bonds; powers and duties of state treasurersectionc. 29, § 50. Serial and sinking fund payments; certificationsectionc. 29, § 53. Notes or bonds maturing later than three years after issuance; requirements for inviting purchase proposals; waiversectionc. 29, § 53A. Refunding bonds; issuance; proceeds; terms; reportsectionc. 29, § 54. Deposits or other security for proposals by bidderssectionc. 29, § 55. Sale of bonds, etc.; expendituressectionc. 29, § 56. Transfers of reverted funds; sales of bonds or other securitiessectionc. 29, § 58. Registered bonds exchanged for coupon bonds or defaced bondssectionc. 29, § 59. Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; duplicatessectionc. 29, § 60. Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner's indemnity bondssectionc. 29, § 60A. General obligations of the commonwealth, full faith and credit; negotiable instruments; direct debt limitsectionc. 29, § 60B. Capital debt affordability committee; estimation of prudent amount of new debt each fiscal yearsectionc. 29, § 61. Claims for materials or labor against commonwealth; oath of claimantssectionc. 29, § 63. Unlawful exercise or departments abuse of power; commonwealth, commissions, officers, etc.; court restraintsectionc. 29, § 64. Deferred compensation contracts; public employees; investments; budgetssectionc. 29, § 64A. Individual retirement accounts; public employeessectionc. 29, § 64B. Deferred compensation contracts between governmental bodies and employees; investmentssectionc. 29, § 64C. Individual retirement accounts between governmental bodies and employeessectionc. 29, § 64D. Deferred compensation program, annuity or other defined contribution plan; required participationsectionc. 29, § 64E. Qualified defined contribution plan for employees of not-for-profit employersectionc. 29, § 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 financesectionc. 29, § 66. Violation of state finance laws; penaltiessectionc. 29, § 71. Treasurer's obligation regarding local aid intercepts
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter29Fetched: 10/20/2026