{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268a-6b","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 6B","heading":"Candidates for employment as state employee; disclosure of relation to state employee","body":"Section 6B. Each candidate for employment as a state employee shall be required by the hiring authority as part of the application process to disclose, in writing, the names of any state employee who is related to the candidate as: spouse, parent, child or sibling or the spouse of the candidate's parent, child or sibling.\nThe contents of a disclosure received under this section from an employee when such employee was a candidate shall be considered public records under section 7 of chapter 4 and chapter 66.\nAll disclosures made by applicants hired by a state agency shall be made available for public inspection to the extent permissible by law by the official with whom such disclosure has been filed.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 268A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter268A/Section6B","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:14Z","sha256":"1683e910184960056f2a1c08353b447a708e4b210fc8951b911963643de81136","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268a-6a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-268a-7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}