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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, § 37 (2026)

Rules and regulations; compliance with statutory filing requirements

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Section 37. Every department, board, commission, division, authority or official of state government, or subdivision thereof, authorized by law to make regulations, shall comply with the filing provisions of section five of chapter thirty A and such regulations shall not take effect until so filed.

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Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1929–2024 · leading case: Atlas Distrib. Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 237 N.E.2d 669 (Mass. 1968).

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Atlas Distrib. Co. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 237 N.E.2d 669 (Mass. 1968). · cites it 2× “30A, §§ 2 and 3, to file the rule with the Secretary of State under G. L. c. 30, § 37, and to secure the approval of the Governor under G.”

Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp., 167 N.E. 235 (Mass. 1929). “307 (now G. L. c. 30, § 37) officials vested with power to make rules and regulations, general in scope and which were to be observed and performed under penalty for violation thereof, were required to file attested copies with the Secretary of State.”

Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. Comm'r of Pub. Welfare, 196 N.E.2d 181 (Mass. 1964). “G. L. c. 30, § 37; c. 30A, § 5. It did not apply, therefore, to the period of hospitalization which was in February and March, 1962.”

Comm'r of the Dep't of Cmty. Affairs v. Boston Redevelopment Auth., 289 N.E.2d 867 (Mass. 1972). “Further, G. L. c. 30, § 37, *618 as amended through St.”

Palm Manor Nursing Home, Inc. v. Rate Setting Comm'n, 270 N.E.2d 823 (Mass. 1971). “We therefore do not consider the plaintiff’s general assault on the board’s classification system, based largely on a study by the United States General Accounting Office.”

Rockland Mut. Ins. v. Comm'r of Ins., 277 N.E.2d 493 (Mass. 1971). “7 His practice seems to have been consistent, *675 although it has not been embodied by him in rules or regulations (see G. L. c. 30, § 37, as amended through St.”

Wellington v. Comm'r of Corporations & Taxation, 269 N.E.2d 264 (Mass. 1971). “” Thus it took the responsible tax officials more *452 than fifty years to correct their error, if it was an error. The notice issued in September, 1968, states that “we have, after review and research determined that our current policy and procedure should be changed to comply…”

Massachusetts Gen. Hosp. v. Comm'r of Admin., 231 N.E.2d 543 (Mass. 1967). “The case arises from the following four actions of the com *371 missioner: (1) the commissioner promulgated emergency hospital rates on February 4, 1965, and notified the State Secretary (see G. L. c. 30, § 37, as amended through St.”

Gen. Elec. Co. v. Maurice Callahan & Sons, Inc., 309 N.E.2d 209 (Mass. App. Ct. 1974). “[G. L. c. 30, § 37].” The text of the vote, including § 9K, is set forth in the margin.”

White's Liquor Mart, Inc. v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Comm'n, 212 N.E.2d 547 (Mass. 1965). “The trial judge found that “ [n]o filing of the material [m]inimum [c]onsumer [r]esale [p]rices had been made with the Secretary of the Commonwealth in accordance with” G. L. c. 30, § 37 (as amended through St.”

Thomas J. Hutton & Another v. Bd. of Health of Nantucket. (Mass. App. Ct. 2024). “111, § 31, has no language, such as appears in G. L. c. 30, § 37, and G. L. c. 30A, § 5, that specifically makes filing a condition precedent for a regulation to become effective thereunder.”

Lemay v. DiPaolo, 3 Mass. L. Rptr. 151 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “Under G.L.c. 30, §37, any official of state government authorized by law to make regulations must comply with the filing requirements of the APA.”

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