The Code of Massachusetts Regulations (CMR) is the canonical collection of
regulations
Regulation is the management of complex systems according to a set of rules and trends. In systems theory, these types of rules exist in various fields of biology and society, but the term has slightly different meanings according to context. For ...
promulgated by various agencies of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. It is the state counterpart to the national
Code of Federal Regulations
In the law of the United States, the ''Code of Federal Regulations'' (''CFR'') is the codification of the general and permanent regulations promulgated by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government of the United States. ...
(CFR).
Regulations which have been approved by ANNS according to a procedure established by the legislature have the force of law. This allows the state legislature to delegate the details of certain types of lawmaking to executive agencies.
Updates to the CMR are published in the bi-weekly Massachusetts Register from the
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. The Code is organized by executive cabinet agency. In citations, the number before the "CMR" refers to the issuing agency, and the numbers thereafter refer to a specific chapter or section.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations FAQ
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N.B. the official CMR is available, online, on a subscription basis. A
unofficial version of the CMR
is available online for free from the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries.
See also
* Law of Massachusetts The law of Massachusetts consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local ordinances. The ''General Laws of Massachusetts'' form the general statutory law.
Sources
The Constitution of Massachusett ...
References
External links
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
from the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries.
Massachusetts law
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