Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, § 27 (2026)

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Section 27. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no department, office, commission and institution shall incur an expense, increase a salary or employ a new clerk, assistant or other subordinate, unless an appropriation by the general court and an allotment by the secretary of administration and finance, sufficient to cover the expense thereof, shall have been made. As soon as possible after the general appropriation bill or any other appropriation bill has the force of law conformably to the constitution, the budget director shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means and the comptroller a schedule identifying the amount of each subsidiary account, if any, within every appropriation that shall be made available to departments, offices, commission or institutions within the state's central accounting system.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1982–1991 · leading case: Bradley v. Comm'r of Mental Health, 436 N.E.2d 135 (Mass. 1982).

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Bradley v. Comm'r of Mental Health, 436 N.E.2d 135 (Mass. 1982). “337, 342-343 [1978]; G. L. c. 29, § 27); and that the court retain jurisdiction of the case for the purpose of entering such supplemental judgments as may be necessary to protect the plaintiff’s statutory rights.”

City of Lynn v. Rate Setting Comm'n, 488 N.E.2d 434 (Mass. App. Ct. 1986). “It is subsection (c) of G. L. c. 29, § 27(C), dealing with State administrative rules and regulations, upon which Lynn relies.”

Town of Norfolk v. Dep't of Env't Quality Eng'g, 407 Mass. 233 (Mass. 1990). “Norfolk subsequently asked DEM to rule that G. L. c. 29, § 27 (c), applied to the liner requirement, and to determine the amount of any deficiency.”

City of Cambridge v. Attorney Gen., 410 Mass. 165 (Mass. 1991). “115 in that it barred the effectiveness of any rule or regulation “which shall result in the imposition of additional costs upon any city or town” without the assumption by the Commonwealth of those costs.”

— Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 29, § 27(C) — 1 case

City of Lynn v. Rate Setting Comm'n, 488 N.E.2d 434 (Mass. App. Ct. 1986). “It is subsection (c) of G. L. c. 29, § 27(C), dealing with State administrative rules and regulations, upon which Lynn relies.”

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