§ 1 Management; administration
§ 1A Fees for tuition, room and board
§ 1B Student activity fee
§ 1C Meetings
§ 1E Branch banks on grounds of universities authorized
§ 1F Funds for legislative agents or organizations attempting to influence legislation
§ 2 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; provision for agricultural education
§ 2A Required subjects for instruction
§ 3 Agreement for practice teaching
§ 4 Bonds of university presidents
§ 4A Leaves of absence
§ 4B Teachers; employment and dismissal
§ 6 Admission of non-resident students
§ 8 Educational program
§ 10 Audit
§ 11 Budget
§ 12 Annual appropriation
§ 13 Financial report; accounting system
§ 14 Special trusts, etc.; management
§ 15 Purchases
§ 16 Election, etc., of officers; employment, status and benefits of personnel
§ 17 Travel policy
§ 18 Control, movement and parking of motor vehicles
§ 19 Institutions of higher learning; jurisdiction of board
§ 20 University education for police officers and firefighters
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 73 - State Colleges and Community Colleges

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.