Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Housing and Urban Development, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning housing and urban renewal, subdivision control, condominium laws, the Metropolitan District Commission, and other matters referred.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Human Services and Elderly Affairs, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning public welfare, children, the elderly, the handicapped, mental health, drug rehabilitation and control, veterans benefits, alcoholism, the correction system (including administration, prisoners’ rights, furloughs, work release, probation, rehabilitation, and parole), other social service programs, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Insurance, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters pertaining to insurance, insurance companies, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Files for 1991 and 1995 fragmentary
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Public Safety, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning the safety of the public, including civil defense, firearms and gun control, fire laws, motor vehicle laws, the Soldiers’ Home, and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year, thereunder by hearing date or subject
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on Taxation, a standing committee of the Massachusetts General Court, considers all matters concerning raising of revenue for the Commonwealth by means of taxation, certain matters relating to the local property tax, and other matters referred.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of hearing
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Scope and Content: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary, a standing committee of the General Court, considers all matters concerning the judiciary, including salaries and recall of judges, and juries and jury duty (but excluding retirement of judges and salaries and tenure of court clerks and court officers), and other matters referred.  It drafts, reviews, and holds hearings on proposed legislation.  Hearing files are compiled to document hearings, including preparation, hearing proper, and subsequent actions.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by hearing date
Notes: Series incomplete.  Box 1: 1981-1982.  Box 2: 1982, 1985 (fragmentary), 1987.  Box 3: 1987, 1991
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Scope and Content: The Board of Registration of Medicine, established in 1894, was placed within the Division of Registration (Dept. of Civil Service and Registration) in 1919.  It was replaced by the Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine as of 1976, renamed the Board of Registration in Medicine again in 1979.
Arrangement: Arranged during processing
Restrictions: Evaluative information restricted by statutory provision; MGLA c 4, s 7, cl 26(c) and c 66A.  For conditions of access, consult repository
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Scope and Content: The Division of Insurance of the Department of Banking and Insurance is responsible for the regulation of insurance business in Massachusetts.  This series was created and compiled to assist the division in developing historical information for speeches and reports and in answering correspondence.  It is composed of clippings, research notes, correspondence, speeches, and unpublished papers pertaining to the history and development of the division and biographical materials relating to commissioners and other staff members.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the Commonwealth’s chief legal officer.  The Executive Bureau, which includes the attorney general and personal staff, is responsible for the overall supervision of the legal services provided by the office, for budgetary and personnel matters, and for the development of a uniform and consistent legal policy for the state.  Series is created by the bureau to plan and implement inauguration of the attorney general after election.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by inaugural, thereunder by subject/category
Notes: Formerly designated as series N317. Box 1: Thomas Reilly, 1999, 2003
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Scope and Content: The attorney general of Massachusetts is the Commonwealth’s chief legal officer.  Const Amend Art 48 Init, Pt 2, S 3 requires that an initiative petition be signed by ten qualified voters of Commonwealth and submitted to the attorney general, who certifies its compliance with the state constitution and prepares a summary thereof for the election ballot.  Series is created by the first assistant attorney general’s unit within that bureau to conduct constitutional review.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year
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