{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-49a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 71, § 49A","heading":"Orders for materials and equipment; contracts for services","body":"Section 49A. At any time after the annual appropriations for the ensuing fiscal year are made by a city or town or by all the member cities and towns of a regional school district, a school committee may order materials, supplies and equipment and may contract for services for the public schools which are chargeable against such appropriations; provided, however, that payment may be made prior to the commencement of said ensuing fiscal year.","path":["Part I","Title XII","Chapter 71"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXII/Chapter71/Section49A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:21:22Z","sha256":"60bbbea05b5c2ac48023e843ccbd8066880db271e5acdee441c5334e3d6ea205","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-49","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-71-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}