Oregon Legal Research Blog
I’ll be writing a longer blog post on Garnishment soon, but in the meantime:
The Lane County Legal Services Programs website has posted this information: “New laws protect Social Security, Veterans Benefits and other public benefits from garnishment.”
Excerpt:
“… New 2011 federal regulations, which went into effect on May 1, 2011, protect:
- Social Security and SSI
- Veterans benefits
- Federal Railroad retirement benefits and Railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
- Federal Civil Service Retirement System benefits and Federal Employee Retirement System benefits
A new 2011 Oregon law, Senate Bill 926, which went into effect on August 5, 2011, revises Oregon procedures to be consistent with the federal procedures, and protects:
- Public assistance payments from the state of Oregon or an Oregon state agency
- Unemployment Compensation from the state of Oregon or an Oregon state agency
- Payments from a public or private retirement plan
- Workers Compensation
- Black Lung benefits…” (Link to website for full news release.)