CHAPTER 332
H.P. 849 - L.D. 1154
An Act Concerning the Requirement That Employers Garnish the Wages of Their Employees Who Owe Child Support
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 19-A MRSA §2366, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. B, §2 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:
A person who fails to honor an order to withhold and deliver, an order for expedited withholding, or a duly executed assignment of earnings, or fails to surrender property under section 2363, is liable to the department in an amount equal to the debt that is the basis of the for the greater of $500 or the amount the person was required to remit to the department under a lien, order to withhold and deliver, order for expedited withholding, demand for surrender or assignment of earnings, together with costs, interest and reasonable attorney's fees.
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect October 1, 1997.
Effective October 1, 1997.
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