Bill Text: MA S709 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Clarify employer sanctions for improper expenditure of withholdings or deductions from wages
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-15 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S709 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S709-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc R. Pacheco
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to clarify employer sanctions for improper expenditure of withholdings or deductions from wages.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
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[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00266 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to clarify employer sanctions for improper expenditure of
withholdings or deductions from wages.
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 one hundred and fifty C of chapter one hundred and forty nine A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting in line 5 after the words "chapter one hundred and seventy-five" the following words:- or a contract for hospital and medical services pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six A and chapter one hundred and seventy-six B or an agreement for dental services pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six E or an agreement for optometric services pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six F or a health maintenance contract pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six G and,.
SECTION 2. Section one hundred and fifty C of chapter one hundred and
forty-nine A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1992 Official Edition, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph as a second paragraph:-
No person shall by a special contract with an employee or by any other means exempt himself from this section. The president and treasurer of a corporation and any officers or agents having the management of such corporation shall be deemed to be a person having employees in his service within the meaning of this section.
