PRINTER'S NO. 1148
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
936
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BROWNE, GREENLEAF, VULAKOVICH, RAFFERTY, ALLOWAY,
TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA, COSTA AND HUGHES, JUNE 29, 2015
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 29, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in support matters generally, further
providing for attachment of income.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4348(j) of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 4348. Attachment of income.
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(j) Effect of compliance by employer.--Compliance by an
employer with an order of attachment of income that is regular
on its face operates as a discharge of the civil liability of
the employer to the obligor as to that portion of the employment
income of the obligor affected. An employer shall not be subject
to criminal or civil liability to any individual or agency for
conduct in compliance with the order. The employer may deduct
from the income of the obligor [2% of the amount paid under the
order] a one-time fee of $50 for reimbursement of the expense in
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complying with the order. In no case shall the employer's
reimbursement be deducted from the amount of the support order.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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