HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3788        FILED ON: 1/16/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1655

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act restricting the use of certain contracts..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. The General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:

Every contract for a period longer than 90 days by which anyone is restrained from engaging in a lawful profession, trade, or business is to that extent void.