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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10833 · Sec. 11713

Sec. 11713. PERMITTING GARNISHMENT OF WAGES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT

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## SEC. 11713 PERMITTING GARNISHMENT OF WAGES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT Section 2 of D.C. Law 2–14 (DC Code, sec. 1–516) is amended— ####
(1)by striking “After July 25” and inserting “(a) After July 25”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new subsection: > > ### “(b) > > After October 1, 1997, wages salaries, annuities, retirement and disability benefits, and other remuneration based upon employment, or other income owed by, due from, and payable by the government of the District of Columbia to any individual shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, assignment, or withholding in accordance with subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 16 of the District of Columbia Code in the same manner and to the same extent as if the government of the District of Columbia were a private person.” > .
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