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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, RAFFERTY, GREENLEAF, M. WHITE, COSTA, SOLOBAY, WOZNIAK, BOSCOLA AND FERLO, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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 |
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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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