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CFR  

Code of Federal Regulations Pertaining to ESA

Title 29  

Labor

 

Chapter V  

Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor

 

 

Part 870  

Restriction on Garnishment

 

 

 

Subpart C  

Exemption for State-Regulated Garnishments


29 CFR 870.55 - Terms and conditions of every exemption.

  • Section Number: 870.55
  • Section Name: Terms and conditions of every exemption.

    (a) It shall be a condition of every exemption of State-regulated 
garnishments that the State representative have the powers and duties
    (1) To represent, and act on behalf of, the State in relation to the 
Administrator and his representatives, with regard to any matter 
relating to, or arising out of, the application, interpretation, and 
enforcement of State laws regulating garnishment of earnings;
    (2) To submit to the Administrator in duplicate and on a current 
basis, a certified copy of every enactment by the State legislature 
affecting any of those laws, and a certified copy of any decision in any 
case involving any of those laws, made by the highest court of the State 
which has jurisdiction to decide or review cases of its kind, if 
properly presented to the court; and
    (3) To submit to the Administrator any information relating to the 
enforcement of those laws, which the Administrator may request.
    (b) The Administrator may make any exemption subject to additional 
terms and conditions which he may find appropriate to carry out the 
purposes of section 303(a) of the Act.
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