Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 26, 2024

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Nov 22, 2024
§ 870.55 - 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.

authority: Secs. 303, 305, 306, 82 Stat. 163, 164; 15 U.S.C. 1673,1675,1676,unless
source: 35 FR 8226, May 26, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 870.55