Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 9 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following two sentences:- The archivist of the commonwealth shall, under the direction of the secretary, have charge of the noncurrent records of the commonwealth, particularly with regard to their custody, preservation, management, and when authorized, their destruction. The secretary shall operate and supervise the archives museum and he shall utilize those records of historic value which are in the custody of the archivist for exhibition and education purposes.