PRINTER'S NO. 1839
No. 1212 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, M. WHITE, EARLL, RAFFERTY, PUNT, O'PAKE,
STACK, TARTAGLIONE, C. WILLIAMS, WASHINGTON AND ORIE,
JUNE 15, 2006
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 15, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for attachment of
3 income.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 4348(j) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 4348. Attachment of income.
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10 (j) Effect of compliance by employer.--Compliance by an
11 employer with an order of attachment of income that is regular
12 on its face operates as a discharge of the civil liability of
13 the employer to the obligor as to that portion of the employment
14 income of the obligor affected. An employer shall not be subject
15 to criminal or civil liability to any individual or agency for
16 conduct in compliance with the order. The employer may deduct
17 from the income of the obligor [2% of the amount paid under the
18 order] a one-time fee of $50 for reimbursement of the expense in
1 complying with the order. In no case shall the employer's
2 reimbursement be deducted from the amount of the support order.
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4 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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