Failure to Comply with Requirements of the 108 CMR 14.00
Effective Sep 25, 2015Mass. Register #1296MGL c. 115, § 3B St. 2014, c. 62Executive Office of Veterans Services
(1) Reduction in Reimbursement Allowance. Failure of a veterans' agent to comply with the requirements of 108 CMR 14.00 shall result in a finding that the city or town which employs the veterans' agent is not in compliance with the requirements of M.G.L. c. 115, § 3, and shall further result in the reduction of the reimbursement allowance, paid by the Commonwealth under M.G.L. c. 115, § 6, to 50%. The reduction shall remain in effect:
- (a) until the city or town is in full compliance pursuant to a time period designated by the Secretary; or
- (b) until a plan is agreed upon by the Secretary and the city or town that employs the veterans' agent for that agent to be in full compliance by an agreed-upon date; or
- (c) until such time as the veterans' agent has been removed.
- (2) Trust Account. The Department shall, for any reduction in the reimbursement allowance made under 108 CMR 14.05(1), deposit the reimbursement in a trust account. Upon the appointing authority's full compliance under 108 CMR 14.05(1), the Department shall add this amount to a subsequent reimbursement made to the city or town under M.G.L. c. 115, § 6.