{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-30-23","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, § 23","heading":"Full time devotion to duties; certain state officers","body":"Section 23. Any person in any executive or administrative department who is appointed to office by the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, and who is paid a salary, may be required by the governor, with like advice and consent, to give his whole time to the duties of his office.","path":["Part I","Title III","Chapter 30"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter30/Section23","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:15Z","sha256":"eab7762d9268e73b048f6f7739bec0c06834f050c7f1da5c525d7f304bc82c61","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-30-22a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-30-23a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}