Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, § 1 (2026)
''Departments'' defined
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Section 1. The word ''departments'' as used in this chapter, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean all the departments of the commonwealth, except the department of banking and insurance, but including the divisions of banks and loan agencies, of insurance, and also including the several boards serving in the division of registration, the board of registration in medicine and each of the executive offices created by chapters six A and seven.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1976–2012 · leading case: Doe v. Massachusetts Parole Bd., 979 N.E.2d 226 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012).
Doe v. Massachusetts Parole Bd., 979 N.E.2d 226 (Mass. App. Ct. 2012). “See G. L. c. 30, § 1; G. L. c. 127, § 130. General Laws c.”
Gallagher v. Metro. Dist. Comm'n, 359 N.E.2d 36 (Mass. 1977). “G. L. c. 30, § 1. It makes its expenditures not with funds of its own but with Commonwealth funds made available to it from the State treasury by periodic appropriations.”
Mitchell v. Metro. Dist. Comm'n, 351 N.E.2d 536 (Mass. App. Ct. 1976). “29, § 1; G. L. c. 30, § 1). As such, the M.D.C. conducts its activities and meets its payrolls, including overtime payments, not with funds of its own but with Commonwealth funds made available to it from the State treasury by periodic appropriations.”
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