Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 7, § 3 (2026)

Principal agency of executive department; purposes

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Section 3. The executive office for administration and finance shall serve as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the commonwealth for the following purposes:

(1) Developing, co-ordinating, administering and controlling the financial policies and programs of the commonwealth;

(2) Supervising the organization and conduct of the business affairs of the departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the commonwealth;

(3) Developing new policies and programs which will improve the organization, structure, functions, economy, efficiency, procedures, services and administrative practices of all such departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1965–2001 · leading case: Massachusetts Prob. Ass'n v. Comm'r of Admin., 352 N.E.2d 684 (Mass. 1976).

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Massachusetts Prob. Ass'n v. Comm'r of Admin., 352 N.E.2d 684 (Mass. 1976). · cites it 2× “Its responsibilities are defined in G. L. c. 7, § 3, set forth below. 17 Furthermore, the Commissioner of Administration, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor, acts as the executive officer of the Governor in matters “pertaining to the financial, administrative, planning…”

Massachusetts Bay Transp. Auth. v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., 205 N.E.2d 346 (Mass. 1965). “The Executive Office, by G. L. c. 7, § 3, inserted by St. 1962, c.”

Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless v. Sec'y of the Exec. Off. of Health & Human Servs., 422 Mass. 214 (Mass. 1996). “6 , 7 The Executive Office for Administration and Finance *220 (EOAF) has no direct involvement in the administration of the AFDC program, but acts, pursuant to G. L. c. 7, § 3 (1994 ed.), “as the principal agency of the executive department of the government of the…”

Teamsters Local Union No. 404 v. Sec'y of Admin. & Fin., 751 N.E.2d 399 (Mass. 2001). “Its duties are delineated in G. L. c. 7, § 3, set forth below. 7 Additionally, “the Commissioner of Administration, who serves at the pleasure of the Governor, acts as the executive officer of the Governor in matters ‘pertaining *657 to the financial, administrative, planning…”

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