Chapter 29 - STATE FINANCE

Section 29:1 - Definitions
Section 29:2 - General Fund; deposit of revenue
Section 29:2B - Federal Capital Improvement Fund; establishment; credits
Section 29:2C - General Federal Grants Fund
Section 29:2C 1/2 - [Repealed]
Section 29:2E - [Repealed]
Section 29:2F - [Repealed]
Section 29:2G - [Repealed]
Section 29:2H - Commonwealth Stabilization Fund
Section 29:2I - Tax Reduction Fund
Section 29:2J - [Repealed]
Section 29:2K - [Repealed]
Section 29:2L - Water Pollution Abatement Revolving Fund
Section 29:2O - Issuance of bonds and notes payable from Commonwealth Transportation Fund
Section 29:2P - [Repealed]
Section 29:2P1.2 - [Repealed]
Section 29:2Q - Intragovernmental Service Fund
Section 29:2R - [Repealed]
Section 29:2S - [Repealed]
Section 29:2T - [Repealed]
Section 29:2U - [Repealed]
Section 29:2V - Dairy Equalization Fund
Section 29:2W - Water Pollution Abatement and Drinking Water Projects Administration Fund
Section 29:2X - [Repealed]
Section 29:2Y - [Repealed]
Section 29:2Z - Commonwealth Sewer Rate Relief Fund
Section 29:2AA - [Repealed]
Section 29:2BB - [Repealed]
Section 29:2CC - [Repealed]
Section 29:2DD - [Repealed]
Section 29:2EE - [Repealed]
Section 29:2FF - [Repealed]
Section 29:2GG - [Repealed]
Section 29:2HH - [Repealed]
Section 29:2II - [Repealed]
Section 29:2JJ - Child Care Quality Fund
Section 29:2KK - [Repealed]
Section 29:2LL - [Repealed]
Section 29:2MM - [Repealed]
Section 29:2NN - [Repealed]
Section 29:2OO - [Repealed]
Section 29:2PP - [Repealed]
Section 29:2QQ - Drinking Water Revolving Fund
Section 29:2RR - Workforce Training Trust Fund
Section 29:2SS - [Repealed]
Section 29:2TT - Liability Management and Reduction Fund
Section 29:2UU through 29:2YY - [Repealed]
Section 29:2ZZ - Catastrophic Illness in Children Relief Fund
Section 29:2AAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Fund
Section 29:2BBB - [Repealed]
Section 29:2CCC - [Repealed]
Section 29:2DDD - Department of Fire Services Hazardous Materials Emergency Mitigation Response Recovery Trust Fund
Section 29:2EEE - [Repealed]
Section 29:2FFF - Dam Safety Trust
Section 29:2GGG - Civil Monetary Penalties Fund; nursing home facilities
Section 29:2HHH - Open Space Acquisition Revolving Fund
Section 29:2III - Agricultural Resolve and Security Fund; gifts, grants, donations, audit and report
Section 29:2JJJ - Registers Technological Fund
Section 29:2KKK - County Registers Technological Fund
Section 29:2LLL - [Effective Until 10/23/2024] Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund
Section 29:2LLL - [Effective 10/23/2024] Firearms Fingerprint Identity Verification Trust Fund
Section 29:2MMM - Massachusetts Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics Grant Fund (Pipeline Fund)
Section 29:2NNN - Roche Community Rink Fund
Section 29:2OOO - Commonwealth Care Trust Fund
Section 29:2PPP - [Effective Until the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) October 1, 2024] Essential Community Provider Trust Fund
Section 29:2PPP - [Effective the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) October 1, 2024] Essential Community Provider Trust Fund
Section 29:2QQQ - Medical Assistance Trust Fund
Section 29:2RRR - Department of Developmental Services Trust Fund
Section 29:2SSS - Educational Rewards Grant Program Fund
Section 29:2TTT - CITI Fund
Section 29:2UUU - Massachusetts Board of Higher Education Scholar-Internship Match Fund
Section 29:2VVV - International Education and Foreign Language Grant Program Fund
Section 29:2WWW - Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund
Section 29:2XXX - District Local Technical Assistance Fund
Section 29:2YYY - Courts Capital Project Fund
Section 29:2ZZZ - Commonwealth Transportation Fund
Section 29:2AAAA - State Athletic Commission Fund
Section 29:2BBBB - Commonwealth Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund
Section 29:2CCCC - Local Aid Stabilization Fund
Section 29:2DDDD - Gaming Economic Development Fund
Section 29:2EEEE - Local Capital Projects Fund
Section 29:2FFFF - Health Care Workforce Transformation Fund
Section 29:2GGGG - Distressed Hospital Trust Fund
Section 29:2HHHH - Fingerprint-Based Background Check Trust Fund
Section 29:2IIII - Dam and Seawall Repair or Removal Fund
Section 29:2JJJJ - Public Safety Training Fund
Section 29:2KKKK - Medical Marijuana Trust Fund
Section 29:2LLLL - Massachusetts Environmental Police Trust Fund
Section 29:2MMMM - Home and Community-Based Services Policy Lab Fund
Section 29:2NNNN - [See also Version 1 as added by a different 2014 act] Regional Water Entity Reimbursement Fund
Section 29:2NNNN - [See also Version 1 as added by a different 2014 act] Climate Change Adaptation Infrastructure Investment Fund
Section 29:2OOOO - Advanced Manufacturing, Technology and Hospitality Trust Fund
Section 29:2PPPP - Massachusetts Seafood Marketing Program Fund
Section 29:2QQQQ - Logan Airport Health Study Trust Fund
Section 29:2RRRR - Municipal Naloxone Bulk Purchase Trust Fund
Section 29:2SSSS - MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund
Section 29:2TTTT - Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund
Section 29:2UUUU - Long-Term Care Facility Quality Improvement Fund
Section 29:2VVVV - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Trust Fund
Section 29:2WWWW - Non-Acute Care Hospital Reimbursement Trust Fund
Section 29:2XXXX - Municipal Epinephrine Bulk Purchase Trust Fund
Section 29:2YYYY - [Repealed Effective 6/30/2028] Substance Use Disorder Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund
Section 29:2ZZZZ - Debt and Long-Term Liability Reduction Trust Fund
Section 29:2AAAAA - [Effective Until 10/1/2027] Safety Net Provider Trust Fund
Section 29:2AAAAA - [Effective 10/1/2027] Safety Net Provider Trust Fund
Section 29:2BBBBB - Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Product Cleanup Fund
Section 29:2CCCCC - Civics Project Trust Fund
Section 29:2DDDDD - Technical Rescue Services Fund
Section 29:2EEEEE - Massachusetts Veterans and Warriors to Agriculture Program Fund
Section 29:2FFFFF - Home Care Technology Trust Fund
Section 29:2GGGGG - Behavioral Health Outreach, Access and Support Trust Fund
Section 29:2GGGGGG - [Effective the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) January 1, 2025]
Section 29:2HHHHH - Massachusetts Cultural and Performing Arts Mitigation Trust Fund
Section 29:2HHHHHH - Disaster Relief and Resiliency Fund
Section 29:2IIIII - Early Education and Care Public-Private Trust Fund
Section 29:2JJJJJ - Federal COVID-19 response fund
Section 29:2KKKKK - Nonpublic Ambulance Service Reimbursement Trust Fund
Section 29:2LLLLL - Low-Income Services Solar Program Fund
Section 29:2MMMMM - Genocide Education Trust Fund
Section 29:2NNNNN - Student Loan Association Trust Fund
Section 29:2OOOOO - Healthy Soils Program Fund
Section 29:2PPPPP - Academic Health Department Partnerships Trust Fund
Section 29:2QQQQQ - Criminal Justice and Community Support Trust Fund
Section 29:2RRRRR - MassAbility Vocational Rehabilitation Reimbursement Fund
Section 29:2SSSSS - Massachusetts Commission for the Blind Vocational Rehabilitation Reimbursement Fund
Section 29:2TTTTT - [Multiple Versions] [Effective Until the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) October 1, 2024] Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund
Section 29:2TTTTT - [Multiple Versions] [Effective the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) October 1, 2024] [Effective Until 10/1/2027] Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund
Section 29:2TTTTT - [Multiple Versions] [Effective 10/1/2027] Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund
Section 29:2TTTTT - [Multiple Versions] Interagency services reserve fund
Section 29:2UUUUU - [Effective Until 10/1/2027] Population Health Investment Trust Fund
Section 29:2UUUUU - [Effective 10/1/2027] Population Health Investment Trust Fund
Section 29:2VVVVV - Massachusetts Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment Initiative Trust Fund
Section 29:2WWWWW - [Repealed]
Section 29:2XXXXX - [Repealed]
Section 29:2YYYYY - High-Quality Early Education and Care Affordability Fund
Section 29:2ZZZZZ - [Repealed]
Section 29:2AAAAAA - Portable Order for Life Sustaining Treatment Trust Fund
Section 29:2BBBBBB - [Effective Until 7/31/2025] Education and Transportation Fund
Section 29:2BBBBBB - [Effective 7/31/2025] Education and Transportation Fund
Section 29:2CCCCCC - Education and Transportation Reserve Fund
Section 29:2DDDDDD - Education and Transportation Innovation and Capital Fund
Section 29:2EEEEEE - [Multiple versions] Information Technology Federal Reimbursement Fund
Section 29:2EEEEEE - [Multiple versions] [Effective the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections; or (ii) January 1, 2025] Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project Fund
Section 29:2EEEEEE - [Multiple versions] [Effective 10/23/2024] Violence Prevention Federal Reinvestment Trust Fund
Section 29:2EEEEEE - [Multiple versions] Commonwealth Federal Matching and Debt Reduction Fund
Section 29:2FFFFFF - Managed Care Organization Services Reinvestment Fund
Section 29:2FFFFFFF - Fair Housing Fund
Section 29:2IIIIII - Environmental Justice Fund
Section 29:3 - Submission of statements showing prior appropriations, estimates and recommendations; review
Section 29:3A - Information required to be provided by agency or authority receiving periodic appropriation upon request by committees
Section 29:3B - Annual statement of planned expenditures and employment for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and regional transit authorities
Section 29:4 - Estimates for purposes not covered by Sec. 3; evaluation; review; public hearings
Section 29:5B - Estimates of total revenue and tax expenditures; consensus tax revenue forecast
Section 29:5C - Annual certification by comptroller and disposition of consolidated net surplus
Section 29:5D - Fringe benefit costs charged to funds other than General Fund; recovery by comptroller
Section 29:5F - Department financial plans; contents; use of information
Section 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 funds
Section 29:5H - Report of value of property assumed abandoned; certification of receipts; transfer of funds
Section 29:5I - Certification of tax revenues collected due to 4 per cent income tax levied pursuant to Article XLIV of Constitution; certification to comptroller
Section 29:6 - Operating budget
Section 29:6B - Federal grant funds
Section 29:6C - Operating budget; expenditures from trust and bond funds; reconciliation of reports of budget director and comptroller
Section 29:6D - Appropriations
Section 29:6E - General appropriation bill; balanced budget
Section 29:7A through 29:7G - [Repealed]
Section 29:7H - Budget submitted by governor to general court; recommended corrective amendments message
Section 29:7H 1/2 - Growth rate of potential gross state product; actual economic growth benchmark; report
Section 29:7I - Requests and recommendations for appropriations or authorizations for expenditures
Section 29:7J - [Repealed]
Section 29:7K - [Repealed]
Section 29:7L - Appropriation laws for commonwealth expenses; subject matter
Section 29:7M - Transfer of funds among appropriation items for House of Representatives and Senate
Section 29:7N - Transfer of funds among items of appropriation for joint legislative expenses
Section 29:7O - Transfer of funds from items appropriated to joint legislative expenses to items for house of representatives and senate
Section 29:8B - [Repealed]
Section 29:8C - [Repealed]
Section 29:9 - [Repealed]
Section 29:9A - [Repealed]
Section 29:9B - Allotment made available by apppropriation to state agencies; initial and supplemental allotments by secretary; reports
Section 29:9C - Deficiency of revenue
Section 29:9D - Anticipated decrease in estimated revenue
Section 29:9E - Insufficient appropriations for required expenditures
Section 29:9F - Periodic appropriations; notification of expenditures by comptroller
Section 29:9G - Authorization of expenditures
Section 29:9G 1/2 - Publication of allocation of commonwealth debt for capital facility projects
Section 29:12 - Appropriations for fiscal year
Section 29:12A - Obligations incurred against appropriation or subsidiary accounts for future items delivered or services rendered
Section 29:12B - Fiscal year for payment of classified personal services
Section 29:13 - Outstanding encumbrances at close of fiscal year
Section 29:13A - Transfer of unexpended balance of funds, trust funds or separate accounts to General Fund
Section 29:14 - Appropriations for other than ordinary maintenance; unencumbered balance
Section 29:15 - Successive appropriations
Section 29:16 - Payments from ordinary revenue
Section 29:17 - Withholding appropriations; unadjusted accounts
Section 29:18 - Payments from the treasury regulated
Section 29:19 - [Repealed]
Section 29:19A - Time of making transfers called for in general appropriation acts
Section 29:20 - Authorization of payments
Section 29:20A - [Repealed]
Section 29:20C - Late penalty interest; submission of invoice
Section 29:21 - [Repealed]
Section 29:22 - Payments limited; expenses incurred
Section 29:23 - Advancements from treasury; management of state agency funds; funding of checks and drafts
Section 29:23A - Payments for human service programs; rules and regulations relating to eligibility
Section 29:24 - Advancements; certification of immediate use
Section 29:25 - Advancements; detailed statements; filing by recipients
Section 29:26 - Expenses in excess of appropriations or allotments
Section 29:26A - [Repealed]
Section 29:26B - [Repealed]
Section 29:27 - Expenses and increases regulated
Section 29:27B - [Repealed]
Section 29:27C - Certain laws, rules, etc., relating to costs or assessments effective only by vote of acceptance or appropriation; written notice to division of local mandates requesting determination; class actions
Section 29:28 - State publications; costs; payments
Section 29:29 - Subsidiary accounts; increase or decrease by interchange; sufficiency of funds to cover disbursements
Section 29:29A - Consultants; employment and compensation; legislative reports
Section 29:29B - Contracts with organizations providing social, etc., services
Section 29:29C - Acquisition of property or services from commercial vendor by general court or agency; liability for late penalty interest
Section 29:29D - Private debt collectors; employment by state agencies
Section 29:29E - Maximum reimbursement for project costs
Section 29:29F - Debarment from bidding; definitions; lists; notice; affiliates; mitigating circumstances
Section 29:29G - Utility expenses of commonwealth; recoupment of overcharges
Section 29:29H - Assessment of late charges for overdue payments to commonwealth
Section 29:29I - Payment system for interdepartmental fiscal transactions; service agreements; chargebacks; reports
Section 29:29J - Use of state funds to pay for executive or legislative agent prohibited
Section 29:29K - Audit of funds received by state authorities from appropriations equal to or in excess of $500,000; duties of state authorities with regard to audits; regulations; compensation committee; annual report; limitation on compensation of executives and employees of state authority
Section 29:30 - Insurance
Section 29:31 - Centralized payroll system; comptroller's duties; authorized payments; wage garnishments
Section 29:31A - Death, suspension, dismissal or retirement of state employees; accumulated vacation or sick-leave allowances; payments
Section 29:31B - Teachers; weekly payments
Section 29:31C - Schools and colleges; non-teaching positions; vacation time
Section 29:31D - Payment of salaries upon death of officers or employees; discharge of liability
Section 29:31E - Voluntary services at public schools by state employees; effect on salaries
Section 29:32 - Checks not timely presented for payment; unclaimed check fund; transfer of unclaimed funds; refunds
Section 29:32A - Unpaid wages and salaries; unclaimed wage fund; refunds
Section 29:34 - Deposit of public moneys
Section 29:34A - [Repealed]
Section 29:35 - Bonds or other securities; assignments, etc
Section 29:36 - Mortgages held by commonwealth; discharge; assignments
Section 29:37 - Real estate acquired by foreclosure; sale by state
Section 29:38 - Investment of commonwealth funds; loans
Section 29:38A - Investment funds; establishment; sale of participation units
Section 29:38B - Deferred compensation committee
Section 29:38C - Investments; bonds or notes; contracts; powers of state treasurer
Section 29:39 - Bonds, etc., held by commonwealth; exchanges
Section 29:40 - Trust deposits with state regulated; form; investment
Section 29:41 - Bonds, etc., of commonwealth; custody
Section 29:42 - [Repealed]
Section 29:44 - Unappropriated income
Section 29:45 - Securities purchased for sinking funds
Section 29:46 - Transfer of securities from one fund to another
Section 29:47 - Borrowing in anticipation of receipts; use of notes to pay taxes of bearer
Section 29:47A - [Repealed]
Section 29:48 - Signatures on commonwealth bonds and notes
Section 29:48A - Facsimile signatures on bonds, notes, interest coupons; signatures of former officers
Section 29:48B - Bonds and notes; official statements; advertising; information regarding collateral tax consequences to social security benefits recipients
Section 29:49 - Sinking fund for commonwealth bonds; investments
Section 29:49A - Minibonds; issuance and sale; limitations; regulations
Section 29:49B - Insurance or credit line security for bonds and notes; agreements with brokers
Section 29:49C - College savings programs; issuance and sale of bonds; powers and duties of state treasurer
Section 29:50 - Certification of serial and sinking fund payments; certification
Section 29:51 - [Repealed]
Section 29:53 - Bonds or notes maturing later than three years after issuance; solicitation of bids for purchase of bonds or notes; waiver
Section 29:53A - Refunding bonds; issuance; proceeds; terms; report
Section 29:54 - Deposits by bidders
Section 29:55 - Sale of bonds, etc; expenditures
Section 29:56 - Transfer of reverted funds; sales of bonds and other securities
Section 29:58 - Registered bonds; exchanging coupon bonds or defaced bonds
Section 29:59 - Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; duplicates
Section 29:60 - Lost or destroyed interest-bearing bonds; owner's indemnity bonds
Section 29:60A - General obligations of the commonwealth, full faith and credit; negotiable instruments; direct debt limit
Section 29:60B - Capital debt affordability committee; estimate of prudent amount of new debt each fisch year
Section 29:61 - Claims against commonwealth; oath of claimants
Section 29:63 - Unlawful exercise or abuse of power; commonwealth agencies or officers; court restraint
Section 29:64 - Deferred compensation contracts; public employees; investments
Section 29:64A - Individual retirement accounts; public employees
Section 29:64B - Deferred compensation contracts between governmental bodies and employees; investments
Section 29:64C - Individual retirement accounts between governmental bodies and employees
Section 29:64D - Required participation of certain governmental employees in deferred compensation program, annuity or other defined contribution plan; acceptance of provisions under this section
Section 29:64E - Retirement programs for not-for-profit employees; not-for-profit defined contribution committee
Section 29:65 - Delegation of certain powers and duties by secretaries of executive offices established under Chapters 6A and 7; review by secretary of administration and finance
Section 29:66 - Violation of state finance laws; penalties
Section 29:71 - Treasurer's obligation regarding local aid intercepts