Section 82. The state treasurer shall be supervisor of funds allotted to the commonwealth from appropriations made pursuant to the federal laws set forth in sections seventy-four and eighty. The funds so allotted shall be expended, without specific appropriation, under the order or the approval of the Massachusetts rehabilitation commission.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 6 sec. 82

  • 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