PRINTER'S NO. 3193
No. 2316 Session of 1986
INTRODUCED BY KOSINSKI, CALTAGIRONE, MORRIS, GAMBLE, OLASZ,
PRESSMANN, DUFFY, STEIGHNER, AFFLERBACH, WOGAN, JOHNSON,
GEIST, NOYE, MERRY, RAYMOND, HERMAN, FARGO, FLICK, CHADWICK
AND R. C. WRIGHT, MARCH 19, 1986
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 19, 1986
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.
16 (3) Under the act of August 7, 1963 (P.L.549, No.290),
17 referred to as the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance
1 Agency Act.
2 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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