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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 66A, § 3 (2026)

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Section 3. The secretary of each executive office shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter which shall be applicable to all agencies, departments, boards, commissions, authorities, and instrumentalities within each of said executive offices subject to the approval of the commissioner of administration. The executive office of housing and livable communities shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter which shall be applicable to local housing and redevelopment authorities of the cities and towns. Any agency not within any such executive office shall be subject to the regulations of the commissioner of administration. The attorney general, the state secretary, the state treasurer and the state auditor shall adopt applicable regulations for their respective departments.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1984–2011 · leading case: Torres v. Attorney Gen., 460 N.E.2d 1032 (Mass. 1984).
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Torres v. Attorney Gen., 460 N.E.2d 1032 (Mass. 1984). · cites it 2× “6A, § 16), had adopted a regulation pursuant to G.L.c. 66A, § 3, stating that "[a]ny agency which is a holder of personal data may *12 give access to that data to authorized investigative agents of the Attorney General .”
Amato v. Dist. Attorney for Cape & Islands Dist., 952 N.E.2d 400 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “Amato also pleaded that EOPSS and the undersecretary had violated G. L. c. 66A, § 3, by failing to promulgate regulations sufficient to carry out FIPA’s purposes with respect to the treatment of DNA samples submitted outside the parameters of G.”
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