{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40, § 8","heading":"Enforcement of laws relating to civil service","body":"Section 8. A city, or a town which accepts chapter thirty-one or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, may appropriate money for the enforcement therein of the laws relating to its civil service.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 40"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:29Z","sha256":"217f449b5e28daf2303c6db1b4aef936d4abb89326607047114a383b5fc7a796","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-7a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40-8a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}