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Massachusetts General Laws
Part I
Title II
Chapter 12
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12
Department of the Attorney General, and the District Attorneys
1
Attorney general; supervision of department; salary; qualifications; other sources of income
2
Assistants and employees; appointment; duties; compensation; tenure; vacancies
2A
Attorney general; disability; filling vacancies
2B
Annual personnel report
3
Appearances for commonwealth, prosecution or defense; rendering of legal services; payment of expenses for representation of department of transportation
3E
Defense of actions against officers or employees
4
Claims of commonwealth; enforcement
4A
Acceptance of gifts or grants of money or property
5
Civil actions to recover money for commonwealth
5A
False claims; definitions applicable to Secs. 5A to 5O
5B
False claims; liability
5C
Violations under Secs. 5B to 5O; investigation by attorney general; relators; civil actions
5D
Prosecution by attorney general; relator's right to continue as party to action
5E
Alternate remedies available to determine civil penalty
5F
Payments to relators; limitations
5G
Actions brought against governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state, etc.; jurisdiction
5H
Money recovered by commonwealth; false claims prosecution fund
5I
Awards of attorney general fees and expenses; awards of costs and attorney fees against relators; liability
5J
Employers preventing employees from acting to further false claim actions; liability
5K
Limitation of actions; intervention by attorney general; final judgments in criminal proceedings
5L
Preponderance of the evidence standard
5M
Rules, regulations or guidelines; attorney general
5N
Civil investigative demands; attorney general
5O
Agency reporting requirements
6
Consultation with and giving of advice and assistance to district attorneys
6A
Conferences of district attorneys and other officials; notification as to new laws
7
Persons intruding on land, property or rights of commonwealth; prosecution
8
Due application of charity funds enforced
8A
Definitions applicable to Secs. 8A to 8M
8B
Division of public charities; duties
8C
Director of public charities; designation
8D
Employees; appointment and removal
8E
Charitable corporations; registration by filing of information; exceptions; penalties; enforcement
8F
Annual reports of public charities; financial statements; fees; penalties; enforcement
8G
Attorney general as a party; service
8H
Investigations by attorney general
8I
Compliance with investigations; enforcement; penalties
8J
Rules and regulations
8K
Gift for public charitable purpose; presumed intention
8L
Fiscal records
8M
Public records; inspection
8N
Fees, costs, penalties and other monies; general fund
9
Advice and aid to general court and committees
10
Violations of court orders; restraint of trade; institution of investigations and appropriate actions
11
Annual report of cases handled
11A
Division of civil rights and liberties
11B
Board of commissioners on uniform state laws; obscene literature commission
11C
Narcotic and harmful drugs; training program for law enforcement officers
11D
Division of environmental protection
11E
Public utilities; office of ratepayer advocacy; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds; expert or consultant; information requests
11F
Insurance companies; intervention in legal proceedings on behalf of consumers; expenditure of funds
11G
Local consumer aid fund; eligibility for assistance
11H
Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by attorney general; right to bias-free professional policing
11I
Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by aggrieved persons; costs and fees
11I.5
Interference with right to access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; abusive litigation; civil actions
11J
Violations of constitutional rights; temporary restraining orders and injunctions; violations; punishment; vacation of order
11K
Division of victim compensation and assistance
11L
Unlicensed mental health and unlicensed health professionals; sexual contact with patients or clients; temporary restraining order, injunction; violation; penalty
11M
Division of gaming enforcement
11N
Monitoring health care market trends; investigation of unfair methods of competition or anti-competitive behavior; exemption or waiver from federal law
11I1/2
Interference with right to access to reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; abusive litigation; civil actions
11I3/4
Reproductive and gender-affirming health care services; laws governing case or controversies heard in commonwealth
11M1/2
Fantasy contests
12
District attorneys; qualifications; election; term; appearances
13
Districts for administration of criminal law or defense of civil actions
15
Practice of law prohibited; salary
16
Salaries of assistant district attorneys
18
Appointment of an assistant to district attorney; compensation
19
Suffolk district; appointment of messengers and other employees
20
Additional legal assistants; tenure; compensation; powers
20A
Suffolk and Northern districts; special assistant district attorney, appointment and removal; duties; power; salary
20C
Special assistant district attorneys; appointment, removal and salary; participation in federal demonstration programs
20D
District Attorneys Association; executive director; report on criminally prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases
21
Suffolk district; police and detective service
22
Clerical and stenographic workers
23
Payment for traveling expenses; exceptions
24
Expenses payable by commonwealth
25
Advanced expenses; conditions; vouchers
25A
Advance of expenses necessary in performance of duties; limitation; accounting; unexpended balance
26
Court appointment of substitute in absence of attorney general and district attorney
27
District attorneys; duties; control of attorney general
28
Suits on recognizances; discontinuance
29
Accounting for fees, bills of costs and money received
30
Fees for services in performance of duty; appearance in civil action
32
Community based juvenile justice programs; district attorneys
33
Domestic violence and sexual violence training program for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys
34
Pre-arraignment diversion program
35
Student loan ombudsman
36
Development and administration of comprehensive educational diversion program regarding ''sexting''; purpose; curriculum; application of program; educational materials