Section 9 Broadband and Wireless Availability 1

Section 3 of chapter 23A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(a) MOBD shall contain such divisions, offices and programs as the director shall determine are necessary to achieve the mission and administer the programs of MOBD, including at least the following 3 divisions: business services, entrepreneurial and small business development and manufacturing development. Each division shall be under the charge of a director subject to the direction, control and supervision of the director of economic development. Each director shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of his appointment and shall be appointed and may be removed by the executive director, with the approval of the secretary, and shall serve until so removed. The position of director shall not be subject to section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. Each director shall devote their full time during business hours to the duties of the office. The MOBD executive director may authorize any director to exercise in the executive director's name any power, or to discharge any duty, assigned to the executive director by law, and may at any time revoke the authority.

This section, along with three others, eliminates the Wireless and Broadband Development Division within the Massachusetts Office of Business Development, and moves some of the Division's duties to the Department of Telecommunications and Cable.