SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1585        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1414

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Clarify the Ethics Laws of the Commonwealth..

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. Chapter 3:  Section 42, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by repealing lines 11 – 14, which contain the following paragraph:

“Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any salesperson engaging in legitimate state business on behalf of a company from receiving compensation or a commission as part of a bona fide contractual arrangement with that company.”