SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1118        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1198

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act further defining regular compensation..

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. Section 1 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended, by inserting at the end of the first paragraph, in the definition of “regular compensation” the following: -

“Regular compensation shall not include indirect or in-kind payments, or any payments, such as for housing, lodging, travel, retirement benefits, welfare benefits, workers’ compensation benefits, the value of non-cash job related accessories and benefits, job related expense payments, automobile usage, insurance premiums, dependent care assistance, tuition or any other payment in-kind and all payments in any medium other than cash received by an individual from his housing employing unit.”