PRINTER'S NO. 1807
No. 1546 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, JAROLIN, MELIO, MORRIS, TRELLO, HARPER, GIGLIOTTI, HALUSKA, PISTELLA, BILLOW, ROBINSON, THOMAS, BISHOP, KENNEY AND PERZEL, MAY 23, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 23, 1989
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing 3 exclusions from exemptions from process. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 8127 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 8127. Personal earnings exempt from process. 9 The wages, salaries and commissions of individuals shall 10 while in the hands of the employer be exempt from any 11 attachment, execution or other process except upon an action or 12 proceeding: 13 (1) For support. 14 (2) For board [for four weeks or less] or rent for 15 residential purposes for which the court may attach no more 16 than 10% of the wages of the judgment debtor. 17 (3) Under the act of August 7, 1963 (P.L.549, No.290), 18 referred to as the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
1 Agency Act. 2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. D7L42JLW/19890H1546B1807 - 2 -